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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 […]
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Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido
September 27, 2012Había un entusiasmo obvio en San Benedicto por las fiestas de celebración de su Aniversario de Plata y la reapertura de la iglesia, cuyo santuario pasó por una renovación en los últimos meses. Esta parroquia maravillosamente prospera, tiene sólo 25 años; ¡sin embargo, su crecimiento asombroso no es nada menos que increíble! ¡Cuando entraba al […]
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Meeting Jesus In A Distressing Disguise
September 27, 2012Bam, Bam, Bam! It was midnight, and I had just drifted into a fitful sleep. We had the clock set for 4 a.m. to take my mother-in-law to surgery at Saint Joseph’s Hospital the next day. I jumped out of bed and threw open the door. My mother-in-law was in the hall, banging on the […]
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Mary Cherished By Cubans As Virgin Of Charity
September 27, 2012As the small statue of La Virgen de la Caridad, Our Lady of Charity, was carried aloft on a platform decorated with flowers, members of the Cuban community processed behind as it entered the Cathedral of Christ the King Sept. 8. Marking the 400th anniversary of La Virgen’s appearance, the community prayed for their homeland […]
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Archbishop Gregory Answers Questions About Mary
September 27, 2012The Catholic Church has announced plans to commemorate a Year of Faith worldwide, led by Pope Benedict XVI, beginning Oct. 11. In the Atlanta Archdiocese, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, who had already planned a Marian focus for the year, decided to join the two together—Mary and faith—to focus on “the image and example of Mary.” […]
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Emphasis On Mary To Color Upcoming Year
September 27, 2012The Year of Faith in the Catholic Church begins on October 11, marking a time church leaders hope leads to a renewal of faith and a willingness to share it. Pope Benedict XVI in his letter “Porta Fidei” (“The Door of Faith”) wrote that the year coincides with the 50th anniversary of the opening of […]
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Blessed Trinity Bats Way To Victory
September 13, 2012ROSWELL—The Blessed Trinity High School softball team finished the week of Sept. 2 with a loss and a win. On Sept. 5 they dropped a game to Pope High School, Marietta, 2-1. The next day they rebounded with an 18-1 victory over Towers High School, Decatur, in three innings. The team scored 11 runs in […]