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September 1, 2011The playfield at St. Catherine of Siena School, Kennesaw, is now named in honor of a former student who died in a car crash. The 2008 alumnus, Javier Mejia, will be memorialized at his former elementary school. He died in 2009. The father of Javier, Juan Carlos Mejia, said at the August ribbon cutting, “Javi […]
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September 1, 2011Our Lady of Lourdes Church parishioner Christopher Davis had a business meeting with Gov. Nathan Deal on Aug. 12 and shared a photograph of the state’s chief executive posing with Davis’ family members. In the photo are his daughter, Erin, and his mother, Betty Davis. Davis said the photo came after a meeting to discuss […]
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Three Honored With National ‘People Of Life’ Awards
August 18, 2011Three women received the 2011 People of Life Award for their lifetime commitment to caring for women and children. The awards were given as part of the annual national Diocesan Pro-Life Leadership Conference that took place Aug. 8-10 in Atlanta. One of the award winners is Magaly Llaguno, a leader since 1972 in the effort […]
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Former Pharmacist Professes Vows As Visitation Nun
August 18, 2011The morning sunlight illuminated a stained glass window that read “fortiter et fideliter” (“bravely and faithfully”) in the small chapel at the Visitation Monastery as Sister Teresa Maria Kulangara prepared to profess her final vows. Surrounded by family and friends from all over the country, Sister Teresa Maria was all smiles as she reverently participated […]
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Parishes Host First LaSalette Lay Ministry Summit
August 18, 2011Three parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese staffed by priests of the Missionaries of LaSalette collaborated to host the first LaSalette Lay Ministry Summit July 20-23. Events held at St. Ann Church, Marietta, St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Smyrna, and St. Oliver Plunkett Church, Snellville, drew nearly 2,000 attendees, including staff members, lay associates, pastoral assistants, […]
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August 18, 2011Fourteen teens and three adults from St. Marguerite d’Youville Church, Lawrenceville, traveled this summer to Chicago for a mission trip. The St. Marguerite d’Youville mission trip participants pose outside a community center in Chicago where they help feed the homeless. The mission was built around the theme “I Refuse.” The young adults lived the motto: […]
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1951 vows still inspiring Sister Marie Sullivan’s life
August 18, 2011Sister Marie Sullivan celebrates her 60-year anniversary as a Sinsinawa Dominican sister this year, reaching a milestone in her journey as a servant of the church. The life and ministry of Sister Marie is as interesting and varied as the personality of the small-framed nun herself, working with the poor, women and children before founding […]
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Waugh’s ‘Brideshead’ Explores Grace, Wholeness
August 18, 2011In a famous apology for his conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1930, the British novelist Evelyn Waugh responded to his critics among the intelligentsia by explaining that, contrary to conventional wisdom, his decision to become a Catholic had nothing to do with Jesuit evangelism, attraction to ritual and ceremony, or an inability to reason for […]
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‘First And 10’ With BT’s New Head Football Coach
August 18, 2011Coach Tim McFarlin is no stranger to North Fulton County football. McFarlin was Roswell High School’s head coach for 10 seasons, but he retired after the 2007 season with a career record of 82-34-1. His retirement was short lived because he returned as an assistant coach with King’s Ridge Christian School, Alpharetta, in 2009 and […]
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Catholic Schools Debut iPad Program As School Begins
August 18, 2011Textbooks will be staying on the shelves as some students return to the classroom carrying only lightweight iPads. Six schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese are embracing the touch-screen iPads as the newest classroom tool to recreate Civil War battles in social studies, reinforce math lessons with instructional videos or write a classroom blog to improve […]