Archives
10,959 results were found for your search for all stories
-
Southern Catholic Student Receives National Recognition
September 18, 2008Anne Marie Sutherland, a senior majoring in history and philosophy at Southern Catholic College, was recently selected as a Marion G. Wells Honors Fellow by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute of Wilmington, Del. ISI is a national educational organization whose prestigious honors program selects each year 50 of the nation’s most talented undergraduates to participate in […]
-
New Marist President Hopes To Link School, Missions
September 18, 2008The new president of Marist School aims to build strong connections between the private Catholic school here and its sister schools and missions guided by Marist priests and brothers around the globe. Father John Harhager will work for the first time in a school after serving in the top levels of the Society of Mary, […]
-
Marist Has 13 National Merit Semifinalists
September 18, 2008Marist School has a record number of 13 semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition this year. Semifinalists are the highest PSAT scorers in each of the 50 states and represent less than 1 percent of each state’s high school seniors. Alpharetta resident Claire Ittner achieved a perfect score. In addition to Ittner, the other […]
-
Sister Jozefa, Of Visitation Monastery, Dies
September 18, 2008A long-time former superior at the Monastery of the Visitation was remembered at her funeral Mass. Sister Mary Jozefa Kowalewski, a sister of the order of the Visitation of Holy Mary, passed away Sept. 11. She was 83. Born in Wilmington, Va., Sister Jozefa professed her final vows to join the religious order in 1960. […]
-
Catechesis Program To Begin At St. Brigid
September 18, 2008Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, level one, an adult formation course for working with children, will be offered at St. Brigid Church for eight sessions beginning Friday to Saturday, Sept. 26-27. The level one course is the foundation for all three levels of the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program. Training consists of discussions, presentations […]
-
Pius Traditions Connect Coaching Alums
September 18, 2008Coaches schooled in competition as student-athletes a generation ago at St. Pius X High School now cheer, yell and inspire others. Siblings from three families are among a dozen head coaches and athletic leaders around Atlanta formed at the Catholic high school. Coaches in the Standard, Maloof and Turner families are busy as the football […]
-
What I Have Seen and Heard (September 11, 2008)
September 11, 2008The Apostle Paul was born approximately 2,000 years ago in Tarsus—the exact date in all likelihood is known only to God. The Church Universal, however, is observing the anniversary of his birth for a full year. Paul is such a significant figure for the Church that his birth deserves at least an entire year’s commemoration. […]
-
Carrying Joseph’s Cross
September 11, 2008I remember when Joseph was in the womb. It was about four and a half years ago, when a young woman, whose name is Gillian, announced that she was pregnant. She was a cataloguer in the library where I work, and for the next few months, her tummy grew rounder. She left the job to […]
-
Getting There
September 11, 2008When the novice directors from our order were recently here for a series of meetings, we took a ride into Atlanta to visit the Martin Luther King Memorial. I had never been there before. I was an assigned driver, and one of the sisters had used MapQuest to secure the exact directions. They worked fine […]
-
Navigating The Political Season With Faith
September 11, 2008Labor Day has come and gone. The official end of summer (someone needs to inform nature) gives way to the change of seasons. Those “lazy, hazy, crazy” days of barefoot, lemonade and sleeping late have been replaced by falling leaves, a real breakfast and shouts of “it’s time to get up for school!” This year […]