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CTK Brownies Go To The State Capitol
May 4, 2006On Monday March 6, members of Brownie Girl Scout Troop 317 from Christ the King School delivered 800 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to the Georgia State Capitol and surrounding legislative offices. Brownie Sydney Bloeme sold 800 boxes to Reece and Associates, a public affairs law firm. Wayne Reece requested that each member of the […]
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Father Damian Turk, 48 Years A Trappist Monk, Dies
May 4, 2006Father Damian Turk, OCSO, a monk priest at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, died just before midnight on Tuesday, April 25. He was 80 years old. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 15, 1925, he was born the eighth of nine children and baptized Lawrence Christ Turk at the Church of St. Lawrence in […]
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New Principal Chosen For Holy Redeemer School
May 4, 2006Holy Redeemer School in Alpharetta, a flourishing regional Catholic elementary school that opened in 1999, will receive a new principal July 1, Dr. Eric E. Westley. Succeeding the school’s founding principal Mary Reiling, Westley has been serving in administration at St. Bernard Academy in Nashville, Tenn., for the past two years. He has over 25 […]
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Jubilee Celebration For Sisters Inspires Gratefulness
May 4, 2006It was a day of celebration, reunion and farewells for the women Religious of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, who gathered together for their annual luncheon in early April at St. Peter Chanel Church. The Atlanta Conference of Sisters, led by Sister Mary-beth Beres, OP, joined together in prayer and fellowship April 1 for a luncheon […]
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‘Walk By Faith’ To Send Help To Haiti
May 4, 2006Our Lady of Lourdes Church is hosting the first “Walk by Faith” 3K Walkathon on May 20. The walkathon is being held to promote healthy lifestyles in the community and to raise funds for educating 150 children in the Atlanta church’s sister parish, Our Lady of Fatima, in Lafossett, Haiti. Haiti is arguably the poorest […]
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Marist Paper Wins Press Awards
May 4, 2006Marist School’s newspaper, The Blue and Gold, and literary magazine, The Rapier, both won the Silver Crown Award at the Columbia Scholastic Press Awards Conference held in March. Publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing. This was the first nomination and win for The Rapier. Crown […]
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Conversion Explored From Feminine Perspective
May 4, 2006“THE CATHOLIC MYSTIQUE: Fourteen Women Find Fulfillment in the Catholic Church,” by Jennifer Ferrara and Patricia Sodano Ireland. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Ind., 2004); 299 pp.; paperback; $14.95. Jennifer Ferrara had a dilemma. An ordained Lutheran minister, she was upset over her religion’s refusal to take a definite position on the sanctity of life. Ferrara […]
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‘Crazy Crawfish’ To Help New Orleans Church
May 4, 2006Inspired to help a New Orleans church and school devastated by Hurricane Katrina, a group of Atlanta young adults will host the inaugural “Crazy Crawfish Boil Benefit” on Saturday, May 20, at 983 Canter Road, a private home near Lenox Mall, from 4-11 p.m. The event is described as a “great big New Orleans-style party […]
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Bursting At Seams, IHM Begins Work On New Church
May 4, 2006For a 48-year-old Atlanta parish with barely any meeting space on its property except for its parochial school, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church has served the parish and archdiocesan community remarkably well. It educates through an active social justice committee, gave birth to the vibrant, multicultural Cursillo retreat movement across North Georgia, has welcomed the […]
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What I Have Seen and Heard (April 27,, 2006)
April 27, 2006The City of Atlanta hosts many different conventions throughout the year—business, sports, hobby, and professional groups descend on our city throughout the year and provide an opportunity for many people to visit the vibrant community that is Atlanta. This past week another group attended a convention in Atlanta—the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) held its […]