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The Wall of Scholars
May 27, 2011Newman Scholar portraits hang on the wall at Lyke House. Before the seniors at the Atlanta University Center marched to the sound of “Pomp and Circumstance” and the underclassmen returned home, Lyke House – the Catholic Center at Atlanta University announced its 2011 Newman Scholar. Since 1992 a Newman Scholar has been named at the […]
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Easter Celebrated On North Georgia Campuses
May 26, 2011College campuses are a place to find and nurture the Catholic faith. That’s the story told this Easter at Catholic centers at Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, Emory University and the Atlanta University Center, where young adults experienced their first sacraments. “Every year I find my confidence in God’s grace strengthened by the RCIA […]
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Catholic Conference Has Some Success In This Session
May 26, 2011The Georgia Catholic Conference successfully lobbied for new laws in front of the state Legislature during the recently concluded 2011 session. Two of the most prominent laws toughened penalties for sex trafficking of children in the state and another revised the law governing GRACE Scholars, a scholarship program funded with redirected tax dollars. The Georgia […]
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Retired St. Thomas More Principal, Gail Msezane, Dies
May 26, 2011Gail Patrick Msezane, retired principal of St. Thomas More School, Decatur, died May 1 at home in the presence of her family. She was 66. Mrs. Msezane was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and pursued a career as an educator, first as a teacher and progressing to her […]
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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 […]