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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 […]
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SVdP Provides Care To Growing Numbers
December 8, 2011Nearly one out of every five Georgia residents now lives in poverty. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show some 1.83 million people in Georgia living below the poverty line, some 18.7 percent of the state. It is the highest level since 1993. Volunteers at the St. Vincent de Paul Society see their faces, people […]
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New Book Unlocks Deeper Meaning Of Mass
December 8, 2011“INSIDE THE MASS: A SPIRITUAL REFLECTION ON THE NEW TRANSLATION” by Father Theodore Book, SLL; Scepter Publishers, Inc., (New York, N.Y., 2011). 122 pp., paperback; $9.95. If you’ve ever had trouble explaining to a curious friend what Mass is all about, or yearned to understand the prayers more deeply, this book is for you. In […]
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In Midlife A Dream To Be A Missionary Is Realized
December 8, 2011Halfway around the world and immersed in an unfamiliar culture, St. Jude the Apostle parishioner Carmen Hilmes still recognizes the oneness of faith in God. “The universality of our faith has been awe-inspiring,” said Hilmes, who has been stationed as a missionary in the Cambodian capital city of Phnom Penh since September. She is serving […]
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Lay Missionary ‘Meets God’ In Eyes Of Poor, Suffering
December 8, 2011Catherine Giller always had a heart for mission work. Though she feels that God may have been leading her to it years ago, she did not always recognize the signs. “I believe that God put before my eyes ‘mission’ in various forms throughout my life, but that my eyes were not always open,” Giller said. […]