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Catholic Charities Joins Initiative At MLK Sr. Complex
December 6, 2012Four nonprofit agencies are starting a collaboration to help struggling families in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward become financially secure. Catholic Charities Atlanta is embracing this initiative at the new Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Complex, named for the long-time pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and father of the civil rights icon. “The potential for […]
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Deacon Tom Mackin, Of St. Oliver Plunkett, Dies
December 6, 2012Born Jan. 20, 1933, he was a U.S. Army veteran who had served in Korea. He worked at the J.C. Penney Catalog Company for some 32 years. He loved his family and his community and had a unique sense of humor. In a letter to the family, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said, “Tom accomplished many […]
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School Sister Of Notre Dame, Former Teacher, Dies
December 6, 2012School Sister of Notre Dame Sister Catherine Marie O’Donnell, a grade school teacher and school principal for more than 43 years, died of respiratory failure on Nov. 24 at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn. She was 87. Mary O’Donnell was born on March 16, 1925, in Medford, Mass., to Irish immigrants Patrick O’Donnell […]
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Movie Review: “Anna Karenina”
December 6, 2012Keira Knightley stars in this lush adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s 1877 novel about a once happily married mother in the high society of imperial Russia who forsakes her upright husband (Jude Law) in favor of an aristocrat (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) with whom she falls obsessively in love. Director Joe Wright and screenwriter Tom Stoppard cover nearly […]
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Movie Review: ““The Collection”
December 6, 2012Hideous exercise in torture porn about a masked maniac (Randall Archer) who likes to kidnap people and practice dissection on them, both pre- and post-mortem. When his latest victim (Emma Fitzpatrick) disappears, the only survivor of his previous activities (Josh Stewart) joins forces with a team of mercenaries (led by Lee Tergesen) her wealthy father […]
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Movie Review: “Rise Of The Guardians
December 6, 2012What better way to spend a few hours over the holidays than in the company, not only of Santa Claus himself, but of the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman? Courtesy of the delightful 3-D animated adventure “Rise of the Guardians” (Paramount), moviegoers of almost all ages can do just that. Based on […]
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Eagle Scout Helps His Lilburn Parish
December 6, 2012Eagle Scout Corey Taylor earned the highest rank in Boy Scouts this summer by helping St. Stephen the Martyr Church, Lilburn, as the parish reconstructed its gazebo. The goal was to replace the existing gazebo, which was in a woodsy area on the church property and used by people without church permission, with one that […]
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St. Mary’s Athletics Gets A Boost
December 6, 2012In a year’s time, the St. Mary Booster Club has improved athletics at the Rome Catholic school. Students used to have to play in various recreational leagues or even on other schools’ teams. But now, the program is unified as St. Mary’s Knights play sports during three seasons. Additionally, the school competes in a league […]
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CTK Students Aid Midtown Assistance Center
December 6, 2012The seventh grade at the Cathedral of Christ the King School recently organized a food drive to support the Midtown Assistance Center. They delivered more than 300 grocery bags, a record donation. The effort has taken place yearly since 1985. The students met each morning for a week to collect, organize and store food items donated […]
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Nov. 18 Named For Knight
December 6, 2012Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory declared Nov. 18 in the Atlanta Archdiocese—“for the gatherings of all Knights of Peter Claver, now and in the future”—to be known as Clarence Lott Day. Lott, who is 100 years old, was recognized for his nearly a century of service with the Knights of Peter Claver, which began when he […]