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Sister Joan Daly To Serve Grey Nuns In Leadership
June 19, 2008Sister Joan Daly, well known to many in the Atlanta Archdiocese, has been elected to serve as a member of the Leadership Council of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart and will be leaving North Georgia to begin a five-year term of office in the congregation’s motherhouse in Yardley, Pa. Her installation, along with […]
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‘Drastic Action’ Revives Atlanta Church Court
June 19, 2008The archdiocesan Metropolitan Tribunal is reaching out to Catholics in parishes in a continuing effort to improve a scuffed reputation earned when the faithful faced years of delays as they petitioned the church’s court system for a marriage annulment. At its worst, people waited on their petitions to the church’s court system in some cases […]
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Rome Transplant Shares Canon Law Knowledge
June 19, 2008David Castronovo uses his empty espresso paper cup on the café table to make a point about one of the finer details of canon law and marriage. Say, for instance, you want an espresso. You ask for an espresso. The barista tells you it’s an espresso as you are handed an espresso cup. What’s the […]
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Transfiguration Teen Chosen For Randall Scholarship
June 19, 2008This year marked the 10th presentation of the Stephanie Randall Memorial Scholarship. A $2,000 scholarship was presented to Emily Halstead at Senior Night May 4 at Transfiguration Parish in Marietta. Emily, the daughter of Maureen and Greg Halstead of Woodstock, graduated from Etowah High School in May and will attend Mercer College in Macon in […]
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Catholic Seniors Signed For Collegiate Sports
June 19, 2008Graduating seniors from Catholic schools in the archdiocese were honored with sports scholarships to colleges in the South and Midwest. They include: BASEBALL Marist School, Atlanta Brodie Leibrandt will attend Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. BASKETBALL Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell Sean Cunningham will attend Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa. Vinny Cuviello will attend Morningside College, […]
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NDA Students Place Third In World Odyssey Finals
June 19, 2008A team from Notre Dame Academy joined more than 800 teams of creative students from around the world at the University of Maryland campus June 3 to compete in the Odyssey of the Mind world finals, and their skills in creative problem solving earned them a third-place finish. Earlier this year, the NDA team was […]
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Four Catholics Among First Dooley Award Finalists
June 19, 2008The finalists for the first Vincent J. Dooley Awards and Scholarships were announced by Athletes for a Better World (ABW) and the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) in early April. The awards are presented to one male and one female senior athlete from every Georgia high school who “exemplifies distinguished individual character, outstanding teamwork and […]
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‘Brought To Fulfillment’ Archbishop Ordains Eight New Priests
June 19, 2008The eight new priests stood in horseshoe fashion in the sanctuary of Christ the King Cathedral. In the middle of them was Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, kneeling. His voice cracked with emotion. “Sons, may I have your blessing.” The powerful moment concluded the three-hour ornate ceremony of ordination on May 31 as the new priests […]
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Pinecrest Makes It Back To GISA State Finals
June 6, 2008For the second consecutive year the Pinecrest Academy boys soccer team made it to the Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) state soccer finals. The only difference was instead of capturing the title as they did in 2007, they had to settle for state runner-up after losing to North Cobb Christian School of Kennesaw 1-0. The […]
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Student Wins National Handwriting Award
June 5, 2008Justine Tchouaffe, a student at St. John the Evangelist School, was named the 2008 national fourth-grade winner in the National Handwriting Contest sponsored by Zaner-Bloser Educational Publishers. She was the state first-grade handwriting winner in 2005. Tchouaffe competed against state winners nationwide for the title of national champion selected for each grade level, one to […]