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SCC Undergrads Plan Transfers
May 27, 2010While a public appeal continues trying to raise $6 million by June 30 so that Southern Catholic College in Dawsonville can reopen, many undergraduates there have applied to other colleges, several of which have stepped forward to help students with transfers and financial aid. Among the colleges are Franciscan University of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio, […]
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Southern Catholic ‘Alive In You,’ Graduates Told
May 27, 2010Smiling brighter than their parents’ flashing cameras, Southern Catholic College graduates in cap and gown, marching to “Pomp and Circumstance,” evoked the catch-in-the-throat moment of joy. Almost like uncorking champagne, they seemed ready to pop with vitality and an eagerness to show the world what years of family life, education, prayer and seasoning has produced […]
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Pius Students Live Out Latin Lesson
May 27, 2010Last fall, St. Pius X Latin honors teacher Susan Belmonte asked her students for ideas for a class video project. Several months later, students were lining up around the track to participate in the school’s first chariot race. “I wanted the project to be student-driven, not simply assigned by me,” said Belmonte. “We narrowed the […]
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Learning from the Good Shepherd
May 27, 2010Most members of the animal kingdom have far more developed senses of smell than we humans possess. It is one of the important ways that they can find their meals and of course, manage to avoid becoming meals for other animals. People have often made effective use of these highly developed senses of smell in […]
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Camp Continues To Honor Miralles’ Legacy
May 27, 2010The threat of the year’s first May showers did not deter nearly 80 young men and women with developmental disabilities from getting outside and having fun. Whether facing each other in kickball or paddling a boat across a lake, the campers and the volunteers dedicated to them were both sure to have a good time […] Full Story
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Convocation Seeks Church Unity In Diverse World
May 13, 2010The universality of the Catholic Church and the cultural diversity of the church in the United States were on display at the University of Notre Dame May 6-8 in the person of 300 church leaders, including Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, with cultural heritages that span the globe. The Catholic Cultural Diversity Network Convocation produced […] Full Story
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What I Have Seen And Heard (May 13, 2010
May 13, 2010Last week an important national gathering held at Notre Dame University brought together a team of Catholic people who represent the great diversity of cultures, ethnic groups, races and regions of our Church in the United States of America. The conference was called by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and approximately a dozen bishops, […]
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A Secret Recipe For Befriending God
May 13, 2010Have you ever had a day when all the floors are polished, the beds are made, the bathrooms are gleaming, the larder is full—and there’s nothing left to do? Me neither. Instead, it seems I am always chasing a frisky dust bunny across the living room, scouring the bathtub or putting laundry away. As I […]
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After Illness, Donovan Senior Will Help Others
May 13, 2010Instead of being in classes and taking exams, Marissa Kennedy spent two months hospitalized during her junior year as her weight dropped to less than 85 pounds. She spent the time undergoing medical tests at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite. At the hospital, she was persuaded by caring physical therapists to get out […] Full Story
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Holy Spirit Student Sees Hard Work Pay Off
May 13, 2010Jeannine Torres is wrapping up her senior year at Holy Spirit Prep School in a whirlwind of activity starting with prom, then a weeklong jaunt with the senior class to see the antiquities of Rome and ending with graduation. But rewind four years and, but for a persistent mom, high school would have been very […]