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Missionary Work Inspires Tri-Cities Scholar
June 9, 2011Hedith Lopez-Gomez once challenged herself to do something extraordinary: Step out of her comfort zone. So as a freshman, the 17-year-old sang in the school’s choral Winter Concert. She sang a solo in front of the large audience. It’s that attitude driving Hedith as she moves from Tri-Cities High School, in East Point, to Emory […]
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Gainesville Salutatorian May Be Nurse, Counselor
June 9, 2011Chestatee High School graduate Britni Esson has learned many lessons during her four years in high school. One is the importance of hard work. For her efforts, Britni earned the title of salutatorian in the 2011 graduating class of the Gainesville high school, the second highest academic honor in her class. The daughter of Deborah […]
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Rome Salutatorian To Enter Georgia Tech
June 9, 2011The Georgia Bulletin invited readers to send the names of Catholic students who graduated at the top of their class in 2011 at public high schools in North Georgia. Here are interviews with five outstanding students, who earned the rank of valedictorian or salutatorian in Gainesville, Rome, Alpharetta, McDonough and East Point. Rome High School […]
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St. Benedict Valedictorian Heads For Harvard
June 9, 2011The Georgia Bulletin invited readers to send the names of Catholic students who graduated at the top of their class in 2011 at public high schools in North Georgia. Here are interviews with five outstanding students, who earned the rank of valedictorian or salutatorian in Gainesville, Rome, Alpharetta, McDonough and East Point. St. Benedict parishioner […]
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Engaging Congress Speakers To Share Diverse Experiences
June 9, 2011When the doors open on Friday, June 24, and the 16th annual Eucharistic Congress commences, a group of renowned speakers will offer talks during the evening and throughout the next day on various aspects of the Eucharist and vocations—in six languages, in nine tracks, geared to attendees of all ages. Some 30,000 or more are […]
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Stepping Out In Faith: Two Ordained Deacons
June 9, 2011Nearly 20 members of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church surrounded Rev. Mr. Mark Starr, heads bowed in prayer. Ordained to the diaconate for less than an hour, the former parishioner at the Douglasville parish offered a prayer for the group of friends, from white-haired senior citizens to gangly teens. “He has so many […]
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Video Interview with Father James Martin
June 2, 2011Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest and best-selling author, visited Atlanta during the last week in May. He did a Q & A with young people at the Ignatius Jesuit Retreat House in Atlanta. Some 60 people came to hear him speak. After talking for close to two hours, posing for photos and signing his […]
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Pretty Good Mission Statement
May 31, 2011The great thing about the Web is how way leads on to way. You can forget where the trail started. That’s how I stumbled on this essay at a publication called Ekklesia: A New Way of Thinking. As someone who has hung out with the Religion Newswriters Association (RNA) types for a half century, I’d […]
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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 […]