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Fall Festivals
September 27, 2012CONYERS, SEPT. 29 MONASTERY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT hosts Fall Festival 2012 at the Trappist monastery, 2625 Highway 212, SW, Conyers, with free events for all ages, families, children and adults. Events include guided nature walks and a lecture series throughout the day on the “Good Earth,” covering the historic, natural and architectural aspects of […]
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Priests Serving In Archdiocese Gather At Convocation
September 27, 2012With the theme “Our Call to Stewardship of the Priesthood,” the 2012 Convocation of Priests gathered over 200 diocesan and religious order priests together at Legacy Lodge at Lake Lanier to assess the vitality of the presbyterate and explore effective tools for improving their lives and ministries as priests. The convocation, which is held every […]
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Fifth-Grade Vocations Day
September 27, 2012Some 850 fifth-grade boys and girls were invited to consider becoming a priest, sister, deacon or brother at the sixth annual Fifth-Grade Vocations Day, hosted by St. Joseph Catholic School and Church in Marietta. The Offices of Vocations and Catholic Schools organized the day. St. Joseph parish priest Father Mark Starr concelebrated the Mass with […]
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Top 50 Catholic High Schools
September 27, 2012Atlanta’s Holy Spirit Preparatory School and Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, were named two of the Top 50 Catholic High Schools. Both schools have received the honor consecutively. The Cardinal Newman Society hosts the rankings promoting schools that excel in three categories: academic excellence, Catholic identity and civic education. Holy Spirit Upper School Principal Tommy Curtin said […]
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Carroll’s ‘American Requiem’ A Profound Memorial
September 27, 2012Throughout his life, my father expressed a debt of gratitude to me. “I had saved his life,” he often said, “by keeping him out of Vietnam.” In early 1967, one of the worst years of the Vietnam War, my father received word from his draft board in Atlanta. He was soon to be one of […]
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Olympian Returns To Our Lady of Victory School
September 27, 2012Students and faculty at Our Lady of Victory School, Tyrone, recently welcomed back a former student and Olympian Christian Taylor. Taylor, 22, brought home the gold medal for the United States in the triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics. He shared his journey to achieve his gold medal and the story of his success. […]
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Internet Safety A Topic At Pinecrest
September 27, 2012Pinecrest Academy, in Cumming, allows the use of Internet-ready devices starting in sixth grade and older. Younger students are also introduced to these technologies. And to learn about Internet safety, the school partnered with Covenant Eyes, an Internet-filtering software company, to educate parents and students about Internet safety and work to encourage families to install […]
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Holy Redeemer School Celebrates Birthday
September 27, 2012On Friday, Sept. 7, Holy Redeemer School, Johns Creek, celebrated its 13th birthday. Eighth- grade students assisted at a special Mass. All students were invited to bring a food item for the food pantry at St. Brigid Church, adjacent to the school. And each Saint Family made birthday cards, which were hung outside of the […]
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Knights Host Dinner & Movie Event
September 27, 2012Knights of Columbus Council 8376 at St. Ann Church, Marietta, and the members of the parish Military Support Ministry organized and ran a mid-summer, outdoor-indoor, dinner-and-a-movie event to raise money for two causes: “Wheelchairs for Veterans” and tuition support for seminarians becoming military chaplains. Larry Moyer, Jim Kutzman and Deacon Tom Badger, all Knights, led […]
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School Runners Raise Money
September 27, 2012High school runners on the Marist and St. Pius X cross country teams together raised money for Back on My Feet, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to creating independence and self-sufficiency with people who are homeless, by first engaging them in a running program. More than 150 runners from the two Atlanta Catholic high […]