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Music Key To Teaching For St. Catherine’s Mr. Griffith
February 14, 2013KENNESAW—Walk into Owen Griffith’s fourth-grade class and don’t be surprised to see the 47-year-old strumming on a guitar. A longtime musician, the teacher sings songs with the youngsters to help them learn prayers, the water cycle and the names of the planets. He was one of the teachers honored at the Archdiocese of Atlanta education […]
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Dedicated Pius Teacher Shares Love Of Reading
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—St. Pius X High School English teacher Charleen Klister has had a love of reading ever since she was a young girl growing up in De Pere, Wis. “I don’t remember life before I could read,” she said, smiling. Through her literature and writing classes, Klister brings this love of reading to students at St. […]
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Notre Dame Teacher Finds Life Lessons In Music
February 14, 2013DULUTH—Amy LoCurto’s music classes are about much more than music. While rhythm, melody and instruments do play a central role in the classroom, students naturally learn other life skills while studying music, according to LoCurto. Now in her fourth year at Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic, World International Baccalaureate school in Duluth, LoCurto covers a […]
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Archdiocese Honors Teachers, Staff At Banquet
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—At the close of Catholic Schools Week this year, teachers and employees of the archdiocesan and independent Catholic schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese gathered for the sixth annual Archbishop’s Banquet for Catholic Education on Feb. 2 at the Marriott Atlanta Perimeter Center. At the banquet a teacher or staff member from each of the 23 […]
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Catholics Represented At Annual Day At The Capitol
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—The Georgia Catholic Conference aims to help shape state laws on key topics important to the church—from education tax credits and abortion to human trafficking. The annual Catholic Day at the Capitol, held this year on Jan. 29, drew more than 100 people to the Statehouse, said organizers. The participants got a taste of what […]
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Our New Deacons
February 14, 2013Deacon Dan Buckley Age: 62 Date of Birth: Jan. 5, 1951 Place of Birth: Atlanta Family: He and his wife, Terri, have been married for 35 years and have two sons, Chris and Steven, and two grandchildren. Education: Attended DeKalb Community College, Clarkston, and studied accounting Work Experience: Bookkeeper and administrator at United Pump and […]
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Decision Reflects Pope’s Humility, Archbishop Says
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said that his many meetings with Pope Benedict XVI during the years when the archbishop headed the U.S. bishops’ conference and the future pope was prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith were characterized by memorable openness, true conversation and respect. “I was always impressed with his preparation,” […]
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Pope Benedict XVI Announces He Will Resign
February 14, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Saying he no longer has the strength to exercise ministry over the universal church, Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 11 that he would be resigning at the end of the month after an eight-year pontificate. “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due […]
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Twelve Ordained As New Deacons For Atlanta
February 14, 2013ATLANTA—Twelve men have been ordained as deacons by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to serve the church as “servant ministers,” charged with serving the poor, helping the skeptical with their faith, and assisting at the celebration of Mass. With its incense and ancient prayers, the ordination Mass was celebrated Saturday, Feb. 2, as friends and family […]
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No Room In The Lifeboat
February 14, 2013I’m always deeply moved when someone sacrifices their life for someone else in a movie. In the 1953 film “Titanic,” there was that gut-wrenching scene where some noble passengers and crew members helped women and children into the lifeboats, and then stayed on the ship to die because there weren’t enough boats to go around. […]