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Catholic Schools Do Their Part To Help Haiti
By LIZZIE HOWELL, Special To The Bulletin
Published February 4, 2010Since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, the Marist School and St. Pius X High School have been doing their part to reach out to the people of Haiti in love and support. Both schools immediately took up school-wide collections. The schools usually ask students to donate with a promise of an “out-of-uniform […] Full Story
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Kelly Will Take Catholic Formation To National Zoo
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 4, 2010Overlooking sleeping pandas at Zoo Atlanta, Dennis Kelly talked about how important conservation and biodiversity is in the world today. “Species are going extinct at a rate that we haven’t seen since the dinosaur era. Many, many of those species are going extinct because of what humans are doing. That is really what anyone who […] Full Story
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GRACE Scholars Donations Vault To $2.9 Million
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published February 4, 2010As the GRACE Scholars program completed its second year, encouraging signs continue to move the program forward. In 2008, its first year, GRACE brought in over $86,000 to help with tuition for students who newly entered Catholic schools throughout the state of Georgia. In 2009, nearly $2.9 million has been directed to the program through […] Full Story
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Parishes Raise Over $750,000 For Haiti, Plus Goods
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 4, 2010Emergency shelter and food top the needs of Haitians as the country digs out from its devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Recovery from the disaster is expected to take close to a decade as world leaders discuss rebuilding the ravaged country. Volunteers from Atlanta and development experts have switched focus from emergency assistance aid to sustaining […]
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Archdiocese Hires Youth Ministry, Inculturation Director
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published February 4, 2010The Brooklyn diocesan coordinator of adolescent faith formation, Marilyn Santos, has joined the archdiocesan Office of Formation and Discipleship as associate director of youth ministry and associate director of inculturation. Santos, who is a native of New York, spent the last three years on the staff of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. Prior to that […] Full Story
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Peter Faletti Appointed Master Planner For Archdiocese
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 4, 2010How are we doing? That’s what pastors and school principals are soon going to be asked when the Atlanta Archdiocese polls parish leaders. It has been three years since the archdiocese surveyed leaders across its 69 counties, 99 parishes and missions, and 18 schools to get a picture of the weaknesses and strengths of its […] Full Story
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Mass, Banquet For Catholic Physicians Feb. 20
Published February 4, 2010
The Atlanta Guild of the Catholic Medical Association will hold its annual White Mass and banquet program on Saturday evening, Feb. 20, at Mary Our Queen Church in Norcross. The Mass, which takes its name from physicians’ white coats, will be celebrated at 5 p.m. by Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue and concelebrated by Father David […] Full Story
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Gridiron Athletes Recognized
Published February 4, 2010
Members of Blessed Trinity High School’s football team were recently named to the North Fulton All County Team for Georgia. They include juniors Jack Bradley (lineman), Riley Lyons (kicker), T.K. Thomas (linebacker), seniors Eddie Bartlett (lineman), Nick Day (defensive back), Jeremy Phillips (defensive end) and Jake Skole (wide receiver and defensive back). In addition to […] Full Story
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St. Pius X Coaches Honored
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published February 4, 2010The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) named St. Pius X High School head girls soccer coach Sara Geiger as its Regional Coach of the Year for the South. Geiger’s 2009 team captured the state championship and finished with a perfect record of 22-0. In her first season the 2008 team was the state […]
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Catholic Foundation Awards First Parish Enrichment Grants
Published February 4, 2010
The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia for the first time awarded its parish enrichment grants to help with small projects at churches as well as awarding $104,100 in general grants. The parish enrichment grants are $1,000 gifts given to a parish in each of the 10 deaneries in the archdiocese. Last fall, a pastors’ advisory […]
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Credit Union To Award Donoghue Scholarship
Published February 4, 2010
The Catholic division of the Georgia Federal Credit Union is holding an essay contest to find the recipient of the 2010 Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue Scholarship, an annual scholarship that awards $1,500 to the first-place winner and $1,000 to the runner up. Senior high school students in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are invited to participate. […]
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Vatican Astronomer To Speak At Emory, Agnes Scott
Published February 4, 2010
The Aquinas Center of Theology has announced that Society of Jesus Brother Guy Consolmagno, an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory, will be speaking at Emory University on Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. and Agnes Scott College on Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Brother Consolmagno, a world-class astronomer and physicist, received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees […] Full Story
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Upcoming Conference For Separated, Divorced Catholics
Published February 4, 2010
Journey of Hope 2010, a conference for separated and divorced Catholics, will be held on Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 27-28, at the Marriott North Hotel, located at 200 Interstate North Parkway, Atlanta. Speakers and workshops will address the issues of healing, faith and life after divorce. The hosts for the event are Lisa Duffy and Vince Frese, […]
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Catholic Councilwoman Recalls Civil Rights History
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published January 21, 2010A convert to Catholicism, Carolyn Long Banks carried her faith with her during the days when she organized sit-ins as a college student during the civil rights movement and the years she served her hometown as the first black councilwoman on the Atlanta City Council. Today the active mother and grandmother, a parishioner at St. […]
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Award Honors ‘A Gentle Soul’ Who Cares For Others
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 21, 2010Eva Romick learned the lessons of racial justice from the “good sisters” who taught her at her Ohio parochial school. Those lessons rippled through her life, from rooming with two black college students and service as a Peace Corps volunteer to promoting ecumenical efforts in her adopted community of Douglasville. Her grade school teachers, who […]
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Haiti Suffering Remembered At Annual King Mass
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 21, 2010The tragedy unfolding in Haiti was on people’s minds as the Atlanta Archdiocese remembered the life and work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. The devastating earthquake on the island country and the deaths of an estimated 100,000 or more were spotlighted as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, assisted by some 13 priests and five deacons […]
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New Web Site To Inform Catholics On State Politics
Published January 21, 2010
The Georgia Catholic Conference unveiled a new Web site just as the state lawmakers begin their work in crafting laws and dealing with red ink in state spending. The Web site allows people interested in state politics to sign up for alerts about key legislation and other important events at the Georgia Statehouse. The Georgia […]
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Dads Event To Feature Army’s Father Fred Wendel
Published January 21, 2010
This year, the annual Dads Morning of Recollection, sponsored by the fathers of Marist and Blessed Trinity High School, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Marist School. Men of all faiths are invited to attend, to celebrate commitment to God, country and family. The featured speaker is Father Fred […]
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Holy Cross To Stage Annual Musical To Benefit Poor
Published January 21, 2010
The Holy Cross Theatre Ministry will present “Kiss Me, Kate” as its 26th annual musical the last weekend of January and the first weekend of February. The Broadway musical, which is a take on William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” will venture into a land of overbearing lords, not-so-submissive ladies, lyres and liars. This […]
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Peace Activist Father John Dear To Lead Retreat
Published January 21, 2010
An in-depth spiritual retreat with noted speaker, author and peace activist, Jesuit Father John Dear, will be offered at St. Jude the Apostle Church on Friday and Saturday, March 5-6. All are invited to attend. The retreat, entitled “The Road to Peace: Gospel Nonviolence in a World of Violence,” is being sponsored by Pax Christi […]
