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Teens Swim For Those In Need
October 2, 2008Teens and youngsters raised more than $2,500 at a swim-a-thon to help people in need. Two dozen swimmers completed nearly 1,400 laps at the Splash for Cash fundraiser, organized by Taylor Baudry, a senior at Blessed Trinity High School and member of St. Ann Church Life Teen program. The idea was born after Taylor heard […]
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Catholic School Sees Small Rise In Clayton Students
October 2, 2008The loss of SACS accreditation by the Clayton County school system has not led to a significant change in enrollment at neighboring Catholic schools. At Our Lady of Mercy High School in Fairburn, a few additional students from Clayton County entered this fall. Typically 20 to 25 percent of students at OLM are Clayton County […]
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Film Adapts World War II Novel On ‘Buffalo Soldiers’
October 2, 2008In “Miracle at St. Anna,” director Spike Lee creates a moving, if flawed, portrait of the horrors of war. Based on a novel by James McBride, the film presents the action on the Italian front during World War II through a variety of perspectives, but stays true to its own moral code. The film tells […]
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Catholics Seek Support For Probe Of Fort Benning School
October 2, 2008Ten years after a Catholic archbishop in Guatemala was beaten to death for his work on human rights, four Atlanta priests, two sisters, and seven local members of the Catholic peace group Pax Christi are calling on Congress to deepen its investigation of the controversial Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation which one of his […]
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Foundation Awards Grants To Five Organizations
October 2, 2008Five organizations across Georgia have received grants totaling $173,000 from the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia. The funds, which are one-time grants, have been awarded to support various programs and missions, from underserved students to the homeless. The Catholic Foundation provides these modest, competitive grants for programs in accordance with donors’ wishes. In announcing the grants, […]
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Judicial Year Opens With Prayer At Red Mass
October 2, 2008Priests in red vestments and judges wearing black gowns and scarlet scarves strode into Sacred Heart Church to mark the beginning of the judicial year. Scores of lawyers, elected officials and legal administrators filled the wooden pews of the Peachtree Street landmark Sept. 25 in the celebration of the Red Mass, a centuries-old tradition. Archbishop […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (September 25, 2008)
September 25, 2008An important, universal and unavoidable dimension of adolescence is hero admiration. As youngsters, we all have had our heroes and heroines—those folks that we admired and perhaps secretly longed to try to be like. Maybe it was a sports star or a movie actress or military hero or even an astronaut, but as teenagers we […]
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Blessed Trinity Remains Undefeated
September 25, 2008Blessed Trinity senior running back Sam Burkhalter had 24 carries for 137 yards and three touchdowns as the BT team defeated Washington-Wilkes High School 33-7, Sept. 19. Quarterback Kohl Hegetschweiler threw two interceptions but still completed 57 percent of his passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns. Blessed Trinity defensive backs Mitchell Smith and Jack […]
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Candidates’ Stands On Life Cover More Than Abortion
September 25, 2008On few topics do presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain diverge as sharply as on abortion. But on other life issues—embryonic stem-cell research, assisted suicide and the death penalty—the differences are not always easy to ferret out. On abortion, McCain’s campaign Web site said the Republican candidate “believes Roe v. Wade is […]
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Catholic Relief Responds To Ethiopian Food Crisis
September 25, 2008The U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services has been working with aid agencies to respond to the Ethiopian food crisis brought on by drought. Lane Bunkers, CRS country representative in Ethiopia, told Catholic News Service in an e-mail Sept. 16 that CRS signed a $53.4 million agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide […]