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The youth take their turn at making a joyful noise
January 24, 2014As I was covering the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Eucharistic Celebration, Jan. 17, the most visible addition to this year’s liturgy was the presence of a children’s choir. The 45-member choir, under the direction of Stephen Lee, was comprised of youngsters age 3 to 17 from various archdiocesan parishes. They had five Saturday afternoon […]
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St. Pius X senior named top Gatorade state cross country runner
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—St. Pius X High School senior Austin Sprague has been named the 2013-14 Gatorade Georgia Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year, making him the first student-athlete chosen from the school as state runner of the year. Sprague is also finalist for the Gatorade National Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year, which will be […]
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Transfiguration making ‘place at the table’ for Filipino street children
January 23, 2014MARIETTA—When energy company executive John Drake returned home to Michigan from work in the Philippines, he was unable to put the street children of Toledo City or a request from the community’s mayor out of his mind. Mayor Arlene Zambo had asked Drake if he could renovate and run an existing crisis center for children […]
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In the spirit of Dr. King, a summit begins
January 23, 2014Fifty-five middle school students, 29 from St. Jude the Apostle School, Sandy Springs, and 26 from Greenfield Hebrew Academy, gathered on the Atlanta campus of the Jewish school for the first Acceptance Summit Jan. 16. It provided an opportunity for a dialogue of religious understanding and tolerance. The summit was facilitated by the Anti-Defamation League […]
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Holy Spirit student helps save mother’s life
January 23, 2014A student at Holy Spirit Prep Lower School, Olivia Centola, helped save her mother’s life over the holidays. While driving down to Florida for Christmas, Olivia’s mother, Shannon, had what was later called by doctors a “mini-stroke.” Olivia helped her mother pull over safely, called 911 on one cell phone and her father on a […]
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St. Pius senior reads at Ebenezer Church King service
January 23, 2014Erin Sheppard, a St. Pius X High School senior, participated in the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. The televised service was carried live on Atlanta’s FOX 5 television station on Jan. 20. Following an interview and audition process, Sheppard was selected to share in a reading of the Nobel […]
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Greensboro Catholic hospital first remote treatment stroke center
January 23, 2014St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro has been designated as Georgia’s first remote treatment stroke center by the state Department of Public Health Office of EMS/Trauma. The designation recognizes Good Samaritan’s quality care for stroke patients, including its partnership with St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens and Georgia Regents University in Augusta, to provide state-of-the-art […]
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Pinecrest senior receives top academic scholarship to Auburn
January 23, 2014A Pinecrest Academy senior, Michael Bruckner, received notification from Jay Gogue, president of Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., in December 2013, awarding him the Academic Presidential Scholarship, one of Auburn University’s highest academic awards. The award is in the amount of $64,000 over four years, with an additional $1,000 technology stipend for his first fall quarter. Pinecrest […]
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Attention Student Athletes
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—National Signing Day for high school athletes is Wednesday, Feb. 5. Are you a high school senior who attends a parish in the Archdiocese of Atlanta? The Georgia Bulletin would like to acknowledge student athletes who have signed or will sign National Letters of Intent to play a sport at a college or university. If […]
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Charism School, Miracle Healing Service set for Feb. 7-9
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—A school to receive teaching and training in some of the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit will be offered in Atlanta Feb. 7-9, led by Damian Stayne, a lay evangelist from England who is also the founder of a Catholic charismatic and contemplative community there. The Charism School will focus upon the gifts of […]