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Read about Adults Joining the Church at the Rite of Election
March 6, 2012The Rite of Election is such a great time in the Catholic Church as adults make a conscience choice to join the church. Speaking as a cradle Catholic, to see folks make that decision and hear their stories helps renew my faith. I interviewed a few folks about the experience. Our paper on March 1 couldn’t […]
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Pius Wins First Home Game On Its ‘Field of Dreams’
March 1, 2012On a balmy, February winter afternoon, the St. Pius X High School baseball team christened its new field, the Seaver Family Sports Complex, on the first day of the 2012 season with a 2-1 victory over Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell. In the school’s 53-year history, it was the baseball team’s first home game on […]
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Reader’s Lenten Recipe: Linguine alla Puttanesca
March 1, 2012The first Lenten recipe this year comes from Penny Ortolano of St. Benedict Church in Duluth, who sent in one for a linguine sauce “put together by my husband’s cousin, Henry Carrone, who takes great pleasure in cooking, especially Italian food.” She likes how easy it is to put together based on ingredients commonly found […]
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Cristo Rey School Plans Gain Momentum In Atlanta
March 1, 2012The Cristo Rey Network opened 24 independent Catholic high schools for underprivileged urban youth in its first decade and aims to duplicate that in the next, emboldened by its success serving low-income families with its rigorous college preparatory curriculum. And an Atlanta feasibility study board now is completing groundwork and forges ahead with plans to […]
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Sophia Academy Seeks Catholic Identity With Marist Aid
March 1, 2012Sophia Academy, founded by a Catholic, Marie Corrigan, 13 years ago to meet the learning needs of one of her daughters, has affiliated with the Society of Mary and is seeking to attain designation as an independent Catholic school. The school on Dresden Drive, Atlanta, opened in 1999 as the first Christian school here to […]
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Lenten Ashes Offered At Atlanta Airport
March 1, 2012Travelers towing roller bags, military service members, along with pilots and flight attendants came to the Interfaith Chapel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at the start of Lent to receive a smudge of ashes. Katie Hughes heard over the loudspeaker that ashes were available. Hughes and her two small children were sitting at their gate […]
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2012 St. Patrick’s Day Festivities Planned
March 1, 2012Mass, live music and the 130th annual parade headline the 2012 St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, sponsored by Atlanta St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Inc. Events begin on Saturday, March 10, with the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta Black Tie Ball, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Druid Hills Golf Club, Atlanta. […]
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Catholic Foundation Announces Latest Grants
March 1, 2012According to Michael J. Keough, board chairman, the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia approved 37 grants totaling $100,000 for their Fall 2011 cycle. These grants will support a variety of causes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The following 27 grants came from the general grants program, which is funded by the foundation’s general, Goizueta, and […]
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Young Adult Lent Series ‘Holy Grounds’ Underway
March 1, 2012The Office of Formation and Discipleship of the Archdiocese of Atlanta is sponsoring its annual Holy Grounds Lenten coffeehouse at different locations throughout the archdiocese on Wednesday nights during Lent. The series for single and married persons in their 20s and 30s begins each week with Mass, followed by a light Lenten dinner and a […]
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Notable
March 1, 2012Knights of Columbus Council 7923 of St. John Neumann Church in Lilburn recently celebrated the council’s 30th anniversary. Nearly 80 council members and their wives gathered at Killian Hall for an evening of fellowship and sharing memories. There are about 300 knights in the council. Three of the original signers of the council charter, Ed […]