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Joan Tiernan, Former OLA Principal, Dies
May 26, 2011Joan M. Tiernan, Ph.D., of Atlanta, died May 15 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 60. A loving wife, mother, teacher and excellent role model, Mrs. Tiernan taught seventh- and eighth-grade math, joining the staff at Our Lady of the Assumption School as a math teacher in 1979. She became principal at the […]
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Living Room Founder To Attend HIV/AIDS Service
May 26, 2011Father Juan Anzora, parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta, will be a featured speaker at an HIV/AIDS memorial service, and Dominican Sister Mary Jane Lubinski, founder of one of the city’s largest HIV/AIDS nonprofits, is expected to attend. The service will be held Saturday, June 4, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 265 […]
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Reflective Film ‘The Return’ Leads Viewer Deeper In Faith
May 26, 2011I am often depressed by the speed at which new media emerges and disappears. We know about books, films and recordings often months before they appear, and many of us frequently consume and forget them even before they find their way into the traditional marketplace. The enchantment, the anticipation and the mystery of waiting for […]
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Notable
May 26, 2011Some 2,100 Catholics and others gave GRACE Scholars an all-time high of $3.7 million in contributions last year. And taking over the scholarship program—which raises money as people opt to redirect some state tax dollars through a tax credit—is an experienced fundraiser, David Brown. Brown started in early May as the new director of GRACE […]
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BT Captures Second State Championship
May 26, 2011Blessed Trinity High School will have to make room in its display case for a second Class AA state championship trophy this year. The girls soccer team joins the girls tennis team in the ring of champions. The Lady Titans captured their fifth state title in eight years, a pretty remarkable feat for a school […]
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Catholic Schools Represented At State Track Meets
May 26, 2011The 2011 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) boys state track and field meet took place in Jefferson May 5-7 and the girls meet took place in Albany May 12-14. In Class A competition Fayetteville’s Our Lady of Mercy High School boys finished fourth overall. In the 100-meter dash Mercy’s Pierce Vincent finished third with a […]
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Seniors Look Ahead To Collegiate Sports
May 26, 2011Below is a list of graduating high school seniors in the Atlanta area who will be playing sports at collegiate institutions both locally and around the country. This list does not include the athletes announced in the Feb. 17 issue of The Georgia Bulletin, which included those athletes who committed on or prior to National […]
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CCHD Awards Local Parish, Community Grants
May 26, 2011The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the Catholic Church’s domestic anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, recently awarded grants to seven local ministries and programs in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Two types of CCHD grants were given to various ministries in North Georgia, including local parish grants and local community […]
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At Meeting, Clergy Given Guidance On Law’s Impact
May 26, 2011Priests and deacons attending a meeting May 19 on Georgia’s new Illegal Immigration Reform and Enactment Act were encouraged to continue their pastoral work undeterred. The clergy were advised not to overly anticipate how the new law will impact their ministries, in part because it may be challenged in court, in part because as a […]
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New Immigration Law ‘Dividing Us,’ Bishop Zarama Says
May 26, 2011Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 into law May 13. Legal challenges to the new law are expected and might delay implementation, but it is scheduled otherwise to take effect July 1. The Catholic bishops of Georgia were among those who opposed its passage. Archbishop Wilton D. […]