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Adversity Challenged Athlete, Who Became A Role Model
May 26, 2011Matt Farkas was a three-sport athlete heading toward his junior year football season opener for Pinecrest Academy. Doctors uncovered at a routine school physical something that wasn’t quite right with his heart and told him to sit out the first game. Quickly, it became sit out all practices and all games. From summer to December […]
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OLM Sprinter Intrigued By Fiber Engineering
May 26, 2011As Our Lady of Mercy High School senior Pierce Vincent walks the halls in the last few days at his soon-to-be alma mater, he reflects on his path so far and begins to prepare for the journey that lies ahead. “It’s like the four longest years of my life have gone by in the blink […]
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Dancing BT Senior Hopes To Become Medical Doctor
May 26, 2011What do dance and climbing the 200-foot face of a mountain have to do with one another? For Blessed Trinity High School senior Katie Womick, it’s all about focus. “I loved it. Like dancing, it took all the stress off,” she said, recalling her mountaineering experience in Switzerland. “You cannot let your thoughts stray.” Drawn […]
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St. Pius Graduate Will Join Air Force First
May 26, 2011This fall when many St. Pius X High School graduates will be deciding which classes will fill their schedule in the first semester of college, senior Noelle Richards will be beginning a different kind of education. She will be active in the U.S. Air Force, studying mechanics, since she feels it would be a great […]
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Eagle Scout Distinguished By His Care For Others
May 26, 2011Charles “Thad” Holden’s senior year started with a family tragedy. His father was stricken suddenly on a business trip while Thad hiked with the Boy Scouts in New Mexico. Rushed from the desert to Las Vegas, he and his mother were by his father’s bedside for days until he passed away. “Everything he taught me, […]
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A Year Serving The Poor Is Marist Senior’s Next Step
May 26, 2011Jason Ebinger first soaked the feet of the homeless man in warm water and then trimmed his toenails, removed dead skin, checked for sores, and other signs of ill health. It’s while serving at the foot clinic at the Open Door Community that he came to his idea of giving a year of service following […]
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Mother’s Deployment Tested Monsignor Donovan Senior
May 26, 2011Lannon Gustafson felt she had something to prove during her high school years. Her mother, Jenifer, serves in the U.S. Army Reserves and was deployed to Afghanistan for six months in 2010. Lannon knew she could hold her own and wanted to prove to herself she could make it through. “It was obviously very hard […]
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2011 Graduates Commended As Model Students
May 26, 2011Leadership, ingenuity, devotion to the Church, and enthusiastic interest in science, engineering, athletics, dedicated service … these are but some of the traits found in the seven high school seniors spotlighted in this issue of The Georgia Bulletin. Continuing an annual tradition at the newspaper, the Catholic high schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese each nominated […]
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Chapel Blessing
May 26, 2011SMYRNA – The Atlanta Archdiocese celebrated the blessing of its new chapel Thursday, May 26, at the Chancery.Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was the main celebrant, along with Aux. Bishop Luis R. Zarama and several priests and deacons. These photos were taken with my iPhone and then filtered through a couple photo apps. -Andrew From upper […]
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Take The Survey
May 21, 2011Be part of a national study about Catholic media use The Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada has commissioned the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University to conduct a survey of readers of Catholic media. The Georgia Bulletin is inviting you to be a part of this […]