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Georgia Tech Center Celebrates Two Anniversaries
October 27, 2011During Georgia Tech’s homecoming weekend, Oct. 28-30, the school’s Catholic Center will be hosting a dual celebration of 85 years as a presence on campus and 25 years in its building on Fourth Street. Kicking off with a Mass and open house reception on Friday, Oct. 28, the weekend will be full of events, including […]
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OLM Volleyball Season Capped At Sweet 16
October 27, 2011On its way to the state volleyball tournament, Our Lady of Mercy High School defeated Landmark Christian School, Fairburn, 2-0 in the semifinals of the area tournament. In the Oct. 8 area championship game against Eagles Landing Christian Academy, McDonough, Mercy lost in four games 3-1. For the second consecutive year Mercy was the area […]
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Teaching With A Touch Of Grace
October 26, 2011Earlier this month I covered the dedication of Pinecrest Academy’s new John Paul II Lower School Activities Building. During the ribbon cutting ceremony, sandwiched between the Lower School principal and the construction company’s project manager was a woman named My Thi Huynh. To my surprise she was listed in the press release as “the teacher […]
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Notable
October 24, 2011Transfiguration Church, Marietta, awarded its highest recognition honors at its 34th anniversary celebration. The Lumen Gentium (Light of Christ) Award was one of several handed out at the celebration on Saturday, Sept. 24. Nearly 200 people attended the Blue & Silver Ball with food prepared by the men’s club, and a musical performance by the […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (October 13, 2011)
October 13, 2011It was a charming human interest story that appeared last week in many local newspapers and even was occasionally aired on television newscasts—the blessing of pets on or near the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. It was enchanting to see children and adults bringing their treasured pets to be blessed and sprinkled with holy […]
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‘Catholics aren’t Christians’ – and other common myths
October 13, 2011I was once thoroughly stunned when a lady asked me, in all seriousness, whether Catholicism was a cult. This was the first of many times I have found myself attempting to debunk myths about my faith. Following are some rather prevalent ones with ammunition for setting the record straight. Catholics worship Mary. Here’s the truth: […]
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What The Church Teaches About Cremation
October 13, 2011A Catholic interviewer recently asked Emilio Estevez why his new movie “The Way,” which is so respectfully full of Catholic imagery, has its main character (Martin Sheen) scattering the ashes of his son, a practice forbidden by Church law? Estevez answered that the “character of Tom is a lapsed Catholic. He wouldn’t be formed in […]
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Notable
October 13, 2011Transfiguration Church, Marietta, awarded its highest recognition honors at its 34th anniversary celebration. The Lumen Gentium (Light of Christ) Award was one of several handed out at the celebration on Saturday, Sept. 24. Nearly 200 people attended the Blue & Silver Ball with food prepared by the men’s club, and a musical performance by the […]
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Movie On Early Years Of Women’s Basketball Inspires
October 13, 2011“The Mighty Macs,” a new film produced and directed by Tim Chambers, follows a well-used formula: an untutored team is formed with awkward players, unpolished talent is given a chance to shine, the team finds its inspiration, and the underdogs finally triumph in the end. What makes “The Mighty Macs” special, however, is the heart […]
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Students Break World Record In Hide And Seek
October 13, 2011How do you break a world record? This was the question middle school video journalism students at Queen of Angels School were asked as part of a group project last year. Instead of just researching how it was done in the past, the Queen of Angels students decided to actually attempt to break a world […] Full Story