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Refugee finds ‘nation I can be proud of’
October 2, 2014ATLANTA—For more than 20 years, Pasupati Regmi had no country to call home. That changed Aug. 29 when the Bhutan native’s dream of becoming an American citizen was realized. He took his oath of allegiance, along with 162 others, at the Atlanta office of the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Regmi, who works […]
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Rita McInerney, Georgia Bulletin retired staff member, dies at 92
October 2, 2014ATLANTA—Rita McInerney, former staff writer and associate editor of The Georgia Bulletin, died Thursday, Sept. 4, at St. Joseph Villa, near Philadelphia. She was 92. Miss McInerney, whose given name was Mary Rita, was a pioneer as a woman in newspaper work in Pennsylvania for many years before she moved to Atlanta, to be near […]
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Pinecrest, St. Jude’s celebrate ‘sweet’ honor
October 2, 2014ATLANTA—St. Jude the Apostle School was honored again as a National Blue Ribbon School for overall excellence, its second award in 11 years. The Sandy Springs school marked the occasion with a celebration, complete with frozen popsicles and a party for faculty. “It’s an affirmation. It is not all about test scores. It is an […]
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Three local Catholic schools named Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
October 2, 2014ROSWELL—The last day of September ushered in good news for three schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The U.S. Department of Education announced Sept. 30 that archdiocesan Catholic schools Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell and St. Jude the Apostle School in Atlanta, along with independent Catholic school, Pinecrest Academy in Cumming, have earned the […]
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Blue Ribbons, cake and Bomb Pops
October 2, 2014This past Tuesday, Sept. 30, it became public knowledge that two archdiocesan Catholic schools, Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, and St. Jude the Apostle School, Atlanta, and one independent Catholic school, Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, were named National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence for 2014 by the U.S. Department of Education. For months these honors had […]
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St. Vincent de Paul creates more shared ‘tables’ with the poor, Atlanta Food Bank director says
October 2, 2014ATLANTA—They came from different states. They spanned a wide range of ages. Their backgrounds were varied. But all who gathered for the 2014 Society of St. Vincent de Paul National Assembly at the Marriott Marquis Sept. 24 to 27 shared one common mission—to learn how to better serve those who most need their help. More […]
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Devout doctor chooses hermitage ‘to focus just on’ Jesus
October 2, 2014CONYERS—Sister Mary Beatrice Raphael wakes before dawn and walks down a narrow hall to begin hours of prayer. She lights the beeswax candles. Opening the hand-carved wooden tabernacle with angels adorning its front to see the Eucharist, she kneels as she prays in this bedroom converted to a private chapel. Later, she’ll spend time with […]
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Christ Our Hope realizes dream of memorial garden as part of 30th anniversary celebration
October 2, 2014LITHONIA—No longer a baby or even a teenager, Christ Our Hope Church in Lithonia has arrived at adulthood. In celebration of the parish’s 30th anniversary, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory concelebrated Mass on Sept. 21 with the current pastor, Father JohnPaul Ezeonyido, and several former pastors. The priests, deacons and altar servers processed into the church […] Full Story
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Good Shepherd refreshes, expands original church
October 2, 2014CUMMING—The sanctuary of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Cumming has nearly doubled its previous seating capacity following a nine-month renovation project. The renovations, which began in October 2013, included sanctuary expansion and new pews to comfortably seat 700 people, the addition of an entrance tower leading to a new and larger narthex, as […]
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40 days of prayer dedicated to restoring ‘respect for all human life’
October 2, 2014ATLANTA—About 100 people walked with candles along Briarcliff Road on Tuesday night, Sept. 23, their dimly lit procession drawing attention from passing cars and joggers as they processed from Immaculate Heart of Mary Church to an office park a few blocks away. There, in front of a nondescript building, they were led in ecumenical prayer […]