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‘Soloist’ Finds Saving Grace Of Friendship
April 30, 2009While not a perfect film, “The Soloist” is a movie with a lot of heart. It is beautifully filmed, but the timing can be slow at times. The friendship at the center of the movie is a memorable one, however, and the film contains valuable messages about the healing power of companionship and the value […]
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Chapter Of Mats Like Walking With St. Francis
April 30, 2009The “reunion of all family reunions” took Brother Nicholas Wolfla to Assisi, Italy, where Franciscans celebrated the 800th anniversary of Pope Innocent III’s approval of the rule of life that established the order. For only the second time in its history—the first being in the year 1221—the order invited all Franciscans to gather for what […]
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Father Snyder Defends Collaboration To Help Poor
April 23, 2009Father Larry Snyder was running errands when he got the call. It was the White House. Father Snyder, the 58-year-old president of Catholic Charities USA, accepted the offer extended to him to sit on the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Since doing so earlier this year, the priest from the Archdiocese of […]
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NDA Is First IB-Accredited Catholic Elementary School
April 23, 2009The Notre Dame Academy fourth-grader sits in front of a computer eagerly participating in a research project. The young man, Jackson deLeede, is working on a class “Web quest” on the Civil War. “It’s really fun,” he said, trying to keep his eyes on the screen and remaining focused. “I get to learn about things […]
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Southern Catholic May Become Legion Institution
April 23, 2009Southern Catholic College, Georgia’s only residential Catholic college, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Legion of Christ, which opens the possibility for the small co-educational, liberal arts school to become a Legion institution. “We are excited about this development,” said Dr. Jeremiah J. Ashcroft, president of Southern Catholic, in a prepared joint statement. […]
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Festival Choir To Perform Spring Concert
April 23, 2009Festival Choir of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Spring Concert Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. St. Peter Chanel Church 11330 Woodstock Road Roswell Tickets: $15 (suggested donation) More information available at www.afcatlanta.org The Festival Choir of the Archdiocese of Atlanta will present its seventh annual spring concert at St. Peter Chanel Church on Saturday, April 25, […]
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Pinecrest Falls To Dominion Christian
April 23, 2009In its worst loss of the baseball season, Pinecrest Academy was shut out by Dominion Christian High School of Marietta, 24-0, April 17. Dominion Christian, undefeated with an overall record of 18-0, scored 13 runs in the first inning. If there’s any consolation for Pinecrest, the following day in major league baseball the Cleveland Indians […]
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Holy Spirit Students Take Aim With Bows, Arrows
April 23, 2009Holy Spirit Preparatory School archery is an up-and-coming program due in part to the hard work and dedication of its 26-year-old coach Rochelle Rombalski, who also serves as the Visual Arts Chair at Holy Spirit Prep’s Upper School. Rombalski, a native of Mableton, attends Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Atlanta. Since each arrow is […]
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Catholic Charities’ Supporters Asked To Do More
April 23, 2009More than 500 friends of Catholic Charities showed their support for the social service agency in the midst of a lengthy economic recession, an atmosphere of anxiety and climbing unemployment. “This is a gathering of Good Samaritans. You people believe in tomorrow. You stepped forward,” said George Levert, chair of the Catholic Charities of Atlanta […]
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My Secret Knight In Shining Armor
April 23, 2009My husband and I hardly ever keep secrets. We unburden our hearts to each other on our date nights, which occur quite regularly each week. We have rarely missed a date night during our 26 years of marriage. We relax by the fireplace during winter, and in the warmer months, we head out to the deck. There, we […]