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Catholic high schools on AP Honor Roll
February 6, 2014Three archdiocesan high schools earned places on the fourth annual AP District Honor Roll for increasing access to Advanced Placement course work while simultaneously maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of three or higher on AP exams. The Catholic high schools are Blessed Trinity, Our Lady of Mercy, and St. Pius X. […]
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Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical gathering continues to grow
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—On Dec. 17, 2013, the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Atlanta hosted the semi-annual Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical gathering. This gathering’s theme was the Nativity of Christ in a world in need of faith, hope and love. The Advent celebration was the largest since its inception during the Year of St. Paul in 2008-2009. The […]
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Artist begins ministry of inspiring words
February 6, 2014A parishioner at St. Brigid Church, in Johns Creek, started a ministry that combines art and calligraphy to create joyful inspirational messages. Caring Canvases, started by artist Eileen Cardillo, began hosting parties in the fall of 2013 to create these unique canvases. The ministry hosted a party with students at St. Pius X High School […]
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Cristo Rey Jesuit High School under construction
February 6, 2014Demolition continues as the Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School takes shape. Some 44 students have been accepted into the school, which serves families in economic hardship, according to a news release. The school is slated to open in the fall with 125 students in its inaugural year. Demolition at the Midtown building began before […]
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OLM graduate teaches in Italy
February 6, 2014The 2011 valedictorian at Our Lady of Mercy High School, in Fayetteville, spent January teaching in Italy. Aerospace major Nicole Gagnier, who attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Mass., was one of more than 40 MIT students participating in the teaching program. She worked with Italian middle school students on physics. According to […]
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Lecture series to explore Flannery O’Connor’s faith, writings
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—With the recent publication of her prayer journal and growing anticipation regarding film adaptations of her work, interest in writer Flannery O’Connor is at a peak. “The Prayer Journal” affirmed at last, even for those remaining skeptics, the profound importance O’Connor’s Catholic faith had to her fiction works. “I write the way I do because […]
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220 representing 26 local churches hear strategies of ‘Rebuilt’ Maryland parish
February 6, 2014ALPHARETTA—It was during a night called “Family Friendly Friday” that Father Michael White finally snapped. The Lenten event drew a crowd to his Maryland parish, like most of the activities that filled the Church of the Nativity’s calendar. But when one attendee complained to Father White about the free food he was receiving, Father White […] Full Story
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‘Great Music’ program to cap Cathedral anniversary
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—The Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta will conclude its 75th anniversary celebration with a special program of music on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. More than a concert, “Great Music for Great Cathedrals” uses music, narrations and the church’s magnificent interior to celebrate the role cathedral churches have played in the development […]
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Book review: Candid tale of parish’s conversion offers valuable insights for others
February 6, 2014The Church of the Nativity is located in northern Baltimore. “Rebuilt: The Story of a Catholic Parish” tells how the parish has been transformed from a typically lethargic suburban parish with weekly Mass attendance of 1,400 into an evangelical Catholic mega-church with weekly Mass attendance of more than 4,000. Written by Father Michael White, pastor, […] Full Story
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Father Austin remembered for tireless ministry in parishes, prisons
February 6, 2014ALPHARETTA—Father Austin Fogarty, a son of Ireland, first began his service to the people of the Archdiocese of Atlanta as assistant pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas in Alpharetta in 1981. A devoted prison chaplain, and pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas, Father Fogarty, called Father Austin by those he ministered to, died Jan. 15 at Emory […] Full Story