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Priest Assignment
December 8, 2011Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Alvaro D. Avendano has been assigned as parochial vicar at St. Mark Church, Clarkesville, and at St. Helena Mission, Clayton, effective Dec. 1. He will reside at St. Helena’s.
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Feeding Hungry Continues Drexel Mission At Lourdes
December 8, 2011Aproned volunteers pile plates with the day’s menu of spicy chicken sausage, collard greens and creamed potatoes. The “guests” of the Lourdes Lunch Ministry add to their crowded plates as they choose from a table heavy with breads and pastries before taking a seat. Servers walk around with steaming cups of coffee, water and lemonade. […]
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Catholic Foundation Gives Thanks With New Society
December 8, 2011Paula and Charles Gorgolione wanted to create a lasting gift in memory of Charles’ mother. The couple had inherited some money and wanted to “do good with the money to remember her by.” The retired Catholic elementary school teacher and vocational high school instructor were already involved in helping Catholic Charities Atlanta’s ministries. So when […]
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Two Honored For Serving Others In Court System
December 8, 2011DeKalb County Senior Judge Robert Castellani for years faced a courtroom with what seemed to him to be a revolving door of drug-addicted defendants committing crime after crime. Defendants faced probation and jail but kept coming back in front of him, he said. The work was “unrealistic and ineffective,” said Castellani, who served on the […]
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Marist Cross Country ends on strong footing
December 8, 2011ATLANTA–For the 11th year in a row, the boys cross country team at Marist School has won the Region 6AAAA Championship and they finished second in the state competition. Sophomore Michael Thurston was the Region 6AAAA champion and he placed second at the state championship meet. Thurston was named to Team Georgia and he also […]
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Students Speak Out For Pro-Life Concerns
December 8, 2011“Our EDGE team woke up early and prepared for a big event in the center of Gainesville. All teens met … to pick signs with the message to say no to abortion. As the EDGE team walked up the street, many drivers that went by were honking and putting thumbs up as an agreement to […]
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St. Michael Teens Join National Pro-Life Effort
December 8, 2011Teens at St. Michael Parish are busy this season. Not just with preparations for upcoming holidays but also with their involvement in the national pro-life movement. Beginning in September, the youth group at the Gainesville parish became involved by holding a drive to collect baby items for Catholic and pro-life pregnancy crisis centers as part […]
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Notable
December 8, 2011On Sunday, Nov. 13, the clothing designs of a parishioner of St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, were displayed at a “Pure Fashion” Show. Local designer Marisa Pereira crafted the look of the outfits. The work is called the Michaela-Noel clothing collection. Designer Pereira’s vision is to give teenagers and women styles to wear […]
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Jesuit Retreat House Dedicates New Center
December 8, 2011A newly constructed resource building at the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center was recently dedicated on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The dedication was the capstone of the completion of the new J. Robert Fitzgerald Resource Center and also celebrated renovations to the retreat house, including an upgraded entrance and lobby atrium. The 4,000-square-foot resource center accomplished […]
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Parishioners Create Church Stained Glass Windows
December 8, 2011For the volunteers at this Forsyth County church, the chance to work with a craftsman gave them the opportunity to add beauty to Good Shepherd Church. The work wasn’t easy, but the novice volunteers had fun creating the stained glass windows. “My husband says all our DNA are in the windows,” said Tina Wright, who […]