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Pius, Marist, Holy Spirit Prep Run The Course In Cross Country
October 14, 2010St. Pius X High School is currently ranked first in Class AAA cross country and third in the state in all classifications behind nationally ranked Brookwood High School, Snellville, and Parkview High School, Lilburn. Pius finished third at last month’s Berry Invitational, Rome, behind Brookwood and Parkview and second at the Marist School Double Dip. […]
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Mercy Welcomes Alumni Back With A Victory
October 14, 2010When Our Lady of Mercy High School defeated Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy 35-26 on homecoming night, Oct. 8, it reached a historic milestone by capturing more than four victories in a single season. Sophomore running back Rashard Fant led the offensive attack as he scored a touchdown in each quarter. Fant ran from six yards […]
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O’Connor Home To Host Book Award Announcement
October 14, 2010The 20 finalists in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people’s literature for the 2010 National Book Awards were to be announced for the first time at Flannery O’Connor’s childhood home in Savannah on Oct. 13. The site was selected from among more than 75 venue suggestions for the 2010 National Book Award finalist announcement from […]
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Vision, Vocation, Redemption In O’Connor’s Fiction
October 14, 2010Reading this piece as you are, you immediately join the company of the audience that Georgia author Flannery O’Connor most wanted to address: an informed modern Catholic reader. That many of you are also no doubt natives of O’Connor’s home state and region is a fact that would have also pleased her. And yet, paradoxically, […]
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Dinner, Jaime Thietten Performance To Benefit PATH
October 14, 2010The annual fundraiser and dinner for PATH (Post Abortion Treatment and Healing) will be held on Thursday, Nov. 4, from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at the Cathedral of Christ the King. The event will include a performance by singer Jaime Thietten. Tickets are $35 per person. Msgr. Richard Lopez, chaplain and teacher at St. […]
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Apostolate Marks 10 Years Of Weekly Mass In Polish
October 14, 2010As the Archdiocese of Atlanta grows more and more culturally diverse, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is taking time to celebrate with each international community. He recently celebrated Mass with the well-established Polish community to recognize 10 years of continuous ministry. The archdiocese has included Polish Catholics for many years—longer than a decade—but Polish Masses were […]
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Catholic Musician To Speak At November Magnificat
October 14, 2010Musician Annie Karto will offer her message of God’s mercy and hope at the upcoming Magnificat breakfast on Saturday, Nov. 13. All women of the archdiocese are invited to attend. The breakfast will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Killian Hall, 908 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn. The event includes music, prayer, the […]
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Notable
October 14, 2010Good things are happening for Melissa Peña, who was featured in a Georgia Bulletin story about a retreat for homeless women held at Jesuit Retreat Center at Ignatius House (“Retreat Brings New Life To Women In Recovery,” April 29). Since her spring retreat, Peña not only completed her GED but also spoke at her graduation […]
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Father Fernandez, Missionary, Conyers Resident, Dies
October 14, 2010Father Angel Rosendo Fernandez Bravo, a missionary priest who had retired to Conyers some 12 years ago, died after a long illness on Oct. 1, the day of his birth. He was 82. Born in the Canary Islands, Spain, in 1928, Father Angel was ordained a priest at the Seminary of La Laguna in Tenerife. […]
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Catholic School ‘A Dream Come True’ For Family
October 14, 2010When Maryann Lester started kindergarten this fall, someone she may never know opened the door for her. The little girl, who loves her school uniform and her teacher, goes to Holy Redeemer School in Johns Creek. She is a GRACE Scholar, a program supported by people throughout Georgia who redirected a portion of their state […]