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Book Gives Chilling Tour of Hell
March 13, 2008MY VISIT TO HELL; by Paul Thigpen; Realms, 2007; 304 pp; paperback; $12.99. Many people like to fantasize about what heaven will be like. Maybe there will be streams and lakes and big lush trees. Maybe there will be huge banquet tables with delicacies we can devour without ever getting fat. Oddly enough, though, these […]
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It’s A Bull’s Eye For Holy Spirit Prep Archery
March 13, 2008Ten students from the Holy Spirit Preparatory School’s archery team competed with over 70 other participants from Georgia and South Carolina in the Georgia Junior Olympic Archery Development State Indoor Shoot, Feb. 9 in Conyers. Seven students took home medals: Adam Kendall – first place, male cub novice Caroline Suarez – first place, female cub […]
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Rose Begley’s Old-Fashioned Irish Soda Bread Recipe
March 13, 2008Every year a group of six women of Irish heritage bake many dozen scones and loaves of Irish bread of all types to serve Mass-goers at a brunch following the annual St. Patrick’s Day Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. From raisin breads to brown breads and cranberry scones, the tables […]
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Chrism Mass To Be At 5 P.M.
March 13, 2008On Tuesday, March 18, at 5 p.m., the Cathedral of Christ the King will host the priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta for the traditional Chrism Mass, when Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory blesses the chrism, the mixture of olive oil and balsam, to be used throughout the coming liturgical year for the sacraments of baptism, […]
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Gift Planning Director Matches Givers And Good Works
March 13, 2008Helping others with money has always been something close to the heart of Diane Duquette, the new director of gift planning for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Her professional journey, which began in the private sector as a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch, has now led her into a position combining that desire to help others with […]
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Priest Assignments
March 13, 2008Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Kizito Okeke has been assigned to serve as parochial vicar at St. Michael Church, Gainesville, through Feb. 28, 2009. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father George G. Gabet, FSSP, District Superior of The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, and has […]
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Marist Teacher Explores Booker T. Washington Legacy
March 13, 2008With his first book, Marist School teacher Michael Bieze focuses on Booker T. Washington, once the most famous black man in the nation and at the same time a divisive figure in American history. Washington helped lead the Tuskegee Institute, now known as Tuskegee University, in Alabama and was seen as the country’s leading black […]
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Catholic Lobbyists Backing New Vouchers Bill
March 13, 2008Lobbyists for the Georgia Catholic Conference are getting behind a proposal that would allow students in failing schools to use state education vouchers to transfer to other schools, including parochial schools. The measure, SB 458, passed the Georgia Senate Wednesday, March 5, and now moves over to the House of Representatives. Frank Mulcahy, the executive […]
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A Championship Deferred: Tale Of The BT Titans
March 13, 2008The Blessed Trinity High School varsity boys basketball team won 22 consecutive games during their 2007-2008 season before they lost their first game. It’s the basketball program’s longest winning streak and the second longest in school history behind softball. In the photos that follow, The Georgia Bulletin chronicles the team in its final month of […] Full Story
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Lilburn School Receives $2K Technology Award
March 13, 2008St. John Neumann Regional School announced that the school has received a $2,000 Teach Award from Best Buy Co., Inc. for integrating interactive technology into its curriculum. Computer instructor Allisan Mintz received the award for integrating interactive technology with the virtue of responsibility and designing lesson plans in several disciplines across the curriculum. The lesson […]