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Pinecrest Academy Wins Thriller At Buzzer
January 11, 2007If you were on hand for the Jan. 5 basketball game in the Pinecrest Academy gymnasium, Cumming, you were lucky enough to witness the “Metz Miracle” in the school’s 2007 home opener against Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta. Holy Spirit was undaunted from the tipoff, jumping out early with an 8-0 run. They held the […]
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Our Lady Of Mercy Extends Winning Streak
January 11, 2007The varsity girls of Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, went 2-1 at the David Brainerd Christian School Invitational, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 27-29. The team averaged 70 points per game in their two wins. Sophomore point guard Camille Thompson, who averaged 17 points, nearly 6 rebounds and 4 steals per game, was named to […]
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King Center Presents ‘Sisters of Selma’ Documentary
January 11, 2007IMAGE Film & Video and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site DREAM Series will present the documentary “Sisters of Selma” on Thursday, Jan. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the screening room. The one-hour film, directed by Jayasri Hart, is an unabashedly spiritual take on the Selma, Ala., voting rights marches of 1965 from […]
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Ethicist Speaks On Vaccines At Catholic Medical Meeting
January 11, 2007Medical ethicist John Brehany, Ph.D., will speak at the 12th annual meeting of the Atlanta Guild of the Catholic Medical Association on Saturday, Feb. 3, at Saint Joseph’s Hospital. The meeting will begin with vigil Mass at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel, and then a catered banquet will be held in the hospital’s educational center. […]
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Archbishop Visits ‘Family Of God’ At Jackson Prison
January 11, 2007The male inmates endure a rigorous classification process at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson upon entry into the state prison system. Staffers of the maximum security facility determine where to transfer prisoners for their permanent prison residence. Then, assigned a number for identification, they must surrender everything. Those without work assignments may […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (January 4, 2007)
January 4, 2007Public opinion is a powerful authority in our society, and we have developed a number of official ways of measuring this potent influence in our world. Gallup, Zogby, The Harris Poll, and CARA are just a few of the names of services that have come to command respect for their ability to determine with great […]
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Notre Dame Folk Choir Performs In Alpharetta
January 4, 2007The University of Notre Dame Folk Choir, an ensemble of 55 singers and instrumentalists, will perform a concert of sacred music on Friday, Jan. 12, at St. Brigid Church. The concert will benefit Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) schools in Biloxi and Gulf Port, Miss., affected by Hurricane Katrina. The concert will be held at […]
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‘Welcoming The Stranger’ Is MLK Mass Theme; Celebrations Planned For Youth, Young Adults
January 4, 2007For more than two decades, the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Office for Black Catholic Ministry, has brought the community together to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In observance of the 2007 King Holiday, the archdiocese’s 23rd annual Eucharistic Service to commemorate the Christian witness of Dr. King will be held […]
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Decree Transferring The Canonical Attachment Of Our Lady Of The Americas Mission In Lilburn To St. Patrick’s Parish
January 4, 2007The Mission Church of Our Lady of the Americas in the city of Lilburn, Georgia, serves the Spanish-speaking Local community under the pastoral care of its proper Administrator. Sacramental, liturgical, and pastoral ministries are carried out under the direction of the Administrator, as are educational and apostolic works and temporal administration. This Mission has been […]
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Film Documents Bulgarians’ Fight Against Nazi Evils
January 4, 2007A baker hid Jews in his ovens. A teacher wore a Jewish star out of solidarity with her Jewish friends. A group of men went to parliament to protest planned Nazi deportations. The deputy parliament speaker ruined his political career but successfully mobilized other politicians to stop them. And then there was the Orthodox bishop […]