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Pinecrest Academy marks ‘20 Years of Tradition’
January 23, 2014CUMMING—Pinecrest Academy, a pre-kindergarten to 12th-grade independent Catholic school in Forsyth County, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a day of festivities on Friday, Jan. 31, honoring the vision, perseverance and love of Catholic education that a handful of dedicated founders had in 1993. Founded on strong faith and humble beginnings, Pinecrest Academy opened its […]
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Monastery’s last living founder, Father Luke Kot, dies at 102
January 23, 2014CONYERS—Shovels of red dirt were dropped in the sign of the cross onto the shroud-wrapped body of Father Luke Kot as the community of Trappist monks buried their beloved brother. The joyful, ancient Psalm 118 accompanied him on his final journey from the nearby abbey church. “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, […]
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Lyke House students put words into action
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—College students and young adults put their faith into action Jan. 16 at Lyke House, the Catholic Center at Atlanta University Center, by creating hygiene kits for people in need. Students and graduates of Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University assembled these concrete and intangible gifts as part of the weekend celebration of […]
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Hour of adoration leavens stressful grind for Georgia Tech students
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—Sunrise is still an hour away. The Georgia Tech campus is in its pre-dawn quiet. In a dimly lit chapel, students pray. The open doors of the tabernacle show the Eucharist exposed in a small monstrance. Small flames from four candles shine in the room. A girl sits on the floor. Another reads from her […]
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Father Austin Fogarty, priest for 32 years, dies
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—Father Austin Fogarty, the pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta and a dedicated prison ministry chaplain, died Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Emory University Hospital Midtown. He was 61. A priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta for over 30 years, Father Fogarty was a native of Dublin, Ireland, born on May 18, 1952. The […]
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Frigid weather brings challenges, chances to help others
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—Georgia’s record-breaking, polar temperatures in early January left some parishes in the archdiocese scrambling to fix broken pipes, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul preparing for what’s to come. Nine parishes reported burst water or sprinkler pipes in the days after the deep freeze the week of Jan. 6. Four claims have been […]
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Birmingham bomb victims remembered at 2014 MLK Mass
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—A leader in the Kenyan Catholic community was celebrated at the annual Archdiocese of Atlanta Mass for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance. Victoria Mburu, 41, received the Father Bruce Wilkinson Founders Award for bringing the East African immigrants together for support, friendship and worship. “I was definitely honored. I couldn’t do it by […]
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Catholics from Kenya find home in Cartersville
January 23, 2014CARTERSVILLE—Kenyan Catholics have made St. Francis of Assisi Church, in Cartersville, their home. As many as 60 people from the East African country gather monthly to celebrate Mass and tuck into native food. The gathering started in 2012 and has grown steadily to attract more people, said organizers. There are an estimated 4,191 Kenyans living […]
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Discovering the Catholic in Jack Kerouac, author of the Beat Generation
January 23, 2014As a university professor and a director of an RCIA program, I deal with searchers from week to week. I watch people make discoveries, both about themselves and others, and I watch as they reconcile themselves to the mysteries that make life difficult, and beautiful. On campus, I see my former self in my students […]
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Catholic Foundation announces fall grant recipients
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—For the fall 2013 grant cycle, the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia awarded 29 general grants totaling $92,100, and 10 parish enrichment grants totaling $10,000. According to Nancy Coveny, executive director of the Catholic Foundation, the foundation received its greatest number of requests to date during this grant cycle. Forty-four applications totaling just over $440,000 […]