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Pinecrest Academy inducts new members to honor society
October 11, 2013Pinecrest Academy held an induction ceremony for the newest members of the John Paul II Chapter of the National Honor Society of Pinecrest Academy. The ceremonies were held at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel on the Cumming campus Friday, Oct. 4. Prior to the ceremony, the new members and their families attended First Friday […]
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Local musician selected for Army band
October 11, 2013Brendan Dukes, a senior mellophone player and the band captain for the Habersham Central High School Band of Blue, has been selected to be a member of the 2014 U.S. Army All-American Marching Band. He and other band members are to perform at halftime of the U.S. Army All-American Bowl at the Alamodome in San […]
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Opera star urges students at Catholic school alma mater to dream big
October 10, 2013PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (CNS)—Imagine a place filled with more than 400 children, yet so quiet you can hear someone breathe. That was the scene at St. Ann School in Prairie Village—and the person doing the “breathing” was world-renowned opera star and Grammy Award winner Joyce DiDonato. “The only way I can make my voice travel […]
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Mass recognizes life-saving work of those in health care
October 10, 2013ATLANTA—The Atlanta Archdiocese is honoring Catholic physicians, nurses and other health care workers with the White Mass, signifying the white coat worn in the medical profession. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and the priests of the archdiocese will celebrate the Mass in recognition of the profession’s life-saving work. The Mass is associated with St. Luke, the […]
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Relics of saint-physician in Atlanta
October 10, 2013ATLANTA—During the weekend of Oct. 12-13, Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta will have relics of St. Gianna Beretta Molla available for veneration after each Mass. St. Gianna was a wife, mother and pediatrician in Italy. She caught the attention of the church in Italy when she refused to terminate her pregnancy to save her life […]
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Despite dangers, church always assists world’s refugees, says prelate
October 10, 2013UNITED NATIONS (CNS)—Refugees and migrants pay the highest price in conflicts around the world and it is in the Catholic Church’s DNA to provide them humanitarian aid and prayerful support, according to speakers at a U.N. event Oct. 4. The panel was held in conjunction with the U.N. High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development. […]
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Interfaith hospital on Turkish border helps Syrians save themselves
October 10, 2013KILIS, Turkey (CNS)—Ali Ahmad was walking with his young son one evening after dark. It was after they had fled Aleppo, Syria, and begun their lives as refugees in southern Turkey. It was a clear, starry night. “He looks up at the stars and he says, ‘Dada, are they coming to bomb us?’ I, I…. […]
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Many benefit from ripple effects of father’s love for daughter
October 10, 2013ATLANTA—People with Down syndrome have a dedicated friend and advocate in Frank Murphy of St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, and, in turn, he considers them his “Down syndrome family.” The Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta presented a Lifetime Achievement Award Sept. 19 to Murphy at its annual Buddy Breakfast. Murphy and his late […]
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Local Marian Servants community commits to service
October 10, 2013ATLANTA—The national leader of the Marian Servants of Divine Providence came to Atlanta Sept. 13 to celebrate the commitment ceremony for its members. Diane F. Brown, of Clearwater, Fla., watched as more than 30 members of the group in the Archdiocese of Atlanta repeated vows at St. Benedict Church, Johns Creek, to strive “to be […]
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Aquinas Center to offer ‘Band of Sisters’ documentary
October 10, 2013ATLANTA—“Band of Sisters,” a documentary on the remarkable history of Catholic women religious in the United States, will be presented Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Emory University. The program will be from 7-9 p.m. at 208 in Goodrich C. White Hall. The hall is located at 301 Dowman Drive in Atlanta with parking available in both […]