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Holy Spirit’s Whelan Wins National Soccer Award
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—The 2012 US Youth Soccer Goal and Save of the Year award recipients were announced at an awards gala on Jan. 18 in Indianapolis, Ind. Luke Whelan, a junior at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, was awarded the US Youth Soccer Save of the Year. The save that won “Save of the Year,” came during Holy […]
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Area Catholic Athletes Sign On To Play College Sports
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—This year’s National Signing Day took place on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Local Catholic high school seniors joined other athletes around the country by making it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play collegiate sports at the college or university of their choice. The list below includes, by high school, the area […]
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Atlanta Social Justice Leader Sits On National Board
February 14, 2013Kat Doyle, director of justice and peace ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, was recently appointed to the board of the Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors during its annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The Roundtable is the national professional association for those staff who advise Catholic bishops on matters of justice and […]
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Queen Of Angels Students Look To Future
February 14, 2013Matt Cox, Joe Hill and Nathaniel Poschel, students at Queen of Angels School, Roswell, dreamed up the futuristic city of Aqua Serenity. Their ideas won the seventh-graders first place at the Georgia Regional Future City competition on Saturday, Jan. 26. Aqua Serenity depends on the precious resource of water. It is used for transportation, garbage […]
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Pius Athlete Heads To International Competition
February 14, 2013St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, senior Devon Dabney has been selected by the USA Triathlon governing body to be one of four women to compete in the PATCO Jr. World Championships in Brazil in June. Dabney earned this honor by being ranked fourth in the USA in the Jr. Elite Triathlon.
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Blessed Trinity Kicker Raises Money To Beat Cancer
February 14, 2013The football season is in the history books. But this good work should not fall through the cracks. Blessed Trinity High School’s varsity kicker Marc Nolan out-raised his fundraising goal for Cure Childhood Cancer with his leg. Nolan earned the money by collecting donations for every point after touchdown kick or field goal for the […]
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Stock Market Wizards At Pinecrest Academy
February 14, 2013The Pinecrest Academy team won first in The Georgia Stock Market Game, hosted by the SIFMA Foundation and the Georgia Council on Economic Education. The independent Catholic school competed in the private school Northeast region section. The team included Robert Crone, Christian Marchione and Jacob Jennings. High school social studies teacher David Boaz assembled nine […]
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Advocate For Mentally Ill Receives McAuley Award
February 14, 2013Deborah Crockett, who is a veteran mental health caseworker, is the first recipient of the McAuley Award at Saint Joseph’s Health System. It is named for Catherine McAuley, the Irish-born founder of the Sisters of Mercy. The religious order established Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta, the first hospital in Atlanta. It has been a long-standing tradition […]
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“The Hobbit”: A Failed Cinematic Journey
February 14, 2013“All things come to an end,” reports the narrator in “The Hobbit,” J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved children’s book, “even this story.” I have rarely been so grateful to reach the end of any story as I was at the conclusion of Peter Jackson’s recent film “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.” Of course, the conclusion of Jackson’s […]
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St. Toribio Romo Mission Growing In Murray County
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—The new St. Toribio Romo Mission welcomes Mexican immigrants and other people across Murray County, east of Dalton, to its first house of worship in a renovated car dealership on the main Chatsworth highway. Named after a popular saint among Mexican migrants, the mission of St. Joseph’s Church in Dalton held its first Mass on […]