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St. Pius X Girls Reach State Soccer Semifinals
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published May 7, 2009The Lady Golden Lions soccer team of St. Pius X High School defeated West Forsyth High School, Cumming, in an April 28 match and Woodward Academy on May 1 to reach the state semifinals. With superior speed and foot skill, seven different St. Pius players scored to complete a 9-0 shutout of West Forsyth in […] Full Story
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Twin Marist Athletes Choose Unique College Paths
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published May 7, 2009The longest they have been apart in their lives is about one week. But now, Marist School seniors and identical twins Paige and Whitney Weiland are preparing for graduation and then college, at two different schools. Both of the tall, athletic teenagers agree that growing up with a twin has its ups and downs, although […] Full Story
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Priest Assignments
Published May 7, 2009
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Archbishop Gregory has extended the faculties of Father Kizito Okeke to serve as parochial vicar at St. Michael Church, Gainesville, through April 30, 2010, effective April 27. Archbishop Gregory has extended the faculties of Father Gregory Anatuanya to serve as parochial vicar at […] Full Story
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Zambian Project Nears Completion For Students
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 7, 2009The goal for the student club Project Zambia at Holy Spirit Preparatory School is within reach two years after students brainstormed how to help peers in the South African country. Approaching the milestone of raising some $46,000, students at the club at the independent Catholic school are wrapping up the enterprise that aims to build […] Full Story
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Five Men To Be Ordained To Transitional Diaconate
Published May 7, 2009
Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will ordain five men to the transitional diaconate for the Archdiocese of Atlanta on Saturday, May 16, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King. The men to be ordained are as follows: Mario Lopez, Chijioke Ogbuka, Thang Pham, Carlos Vargas and Thomas Zahuta. Two others, Llane Briese […] Full Story
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Area Catholic High Schools Prepare For Graduations
Published May 7, 2009
Seniors at the seven Catholic high schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese are preparing for graduation ceremonies. Hundreds of seniors at the archdiocesan, private and independent Catholic schools will walk in caps and gowns to conclude their high school years. St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, will hold its graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 16, at […] Full Story
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IHM School Marks Jubilee With Fun-Filled Weekend
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published May 7, 2009Just a few months after parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church celebrated their 50th anniversary with a sparkling new church, alumni of IHM School came together to celebrate 50 years of Catholic education with a homecoming weekend. The event, held from April 24-26, was both entertaining and spiritual, from the Friday night alumni reception […] Full Story
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West End Parish Celebrates Roots In Light Of Gospel
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 7, 2009Women dancers wearing feathered headdresses led altar servers, deacons and priests at St. Anthony of Padua Church Sunday as drummers beat a rhythm to open the morning Mass. Since 1999, the West End parish has annually highlighted its diversity of people of African heritage with its African, African-American Cultural Celebration. The faithful dressed in colorful […] Full Story
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Naval Academy Ahead For Lethbridge Twins
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published May 7, 2009ATLANTA—Twins Jake and Matt Lethbridge, who have run side by side since middle school, will be entering the U.S. Naval Academy together in the fall. In addition to their studies and military training, the Lethbridge brothers, who were part of a three-time state championship cross country team at Our Lady of Mercy High School and […] Full Story
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Catholics, Greek Orthodox To Gather In Prayer
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 30, 2009The spiritual leaders of the Greek Orthodox and the Catholic churches will together lead a prayer service as part of the Year of St. Paul celebration. Metropolitan Alexios and Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory along with their faith communities will commemorate the birth of St. Paul some 2,000 years ago. The service on Wednesday, May 6, […] Full Story
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Pianist Plays Benefit As Concert Among Friends
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published April 30, 2009Enrique Chia still vividly remembers playing the piano in his parents’ living room when he was a young boy growing up in Cienfuegos, a “very beautiful city” on the southern coast of Cuba. Friends and strangers alike would stop by to listen to the talented Chia, which gave him “a feeling that is very special,” […] Full Story
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Sister Manuela Souto, CSJ, Former Teacher, Dies
Published April 30, 2009
Sister Mary Manuela Souto, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province, died April 19. She was 83. The daughter of Manuel Gonzales and Viola Souto, she was born in Mobile, Ala., on Feb. 9, 1926, and entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1946, making her final profession on Aug. 15, […] Full Story
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Chapter Of Mats Like Walking With St. Francis
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published April 30, 2009The “reunion of all family reunions” took Brother Nicholas Wolfla to Assisi, Italy, where Franciscans celebrated the 800th anniversary of Pope Innocent III’s approval of the rule of life that established the order. For only the second time in its history—the first being in the year 1221—the order invited all Franciscans to gather for what […] Full Story
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Father Snyder Defends Collaboration To Help Poor
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 23, 2009Father Larry Snyder was running errands when he got the call. It was the White House. Father Snyder, the 58-year-old president of Catholic Charities USA, accepted the offer extended to him to sit on the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Since doing so earlier this year, the priest from the Archdiocese of […] Full Story
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Holy Spirit Students Take Aim With Bows, Arrows
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published April 23, 2009Holy Spirit Preparatory School archery is an up-and-coming program due in part to the hard work and dedication of its 26-year-old coach Rochelle Rombalski, who also serves as the Visual Arts Chair at Holy Spirit Prep’s Upper School. Rombalski, a native of Mableton, attends Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Atlanta. Since each arrow is […] Full Story
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Catholic Charities’ Supporters Asked To Do More
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 23, 2009More than 500 friends of Catholic Charities showed their support for the social service agency in the midst of a lengthy economic recession, an atmosphere of anxiety and climbing unemployment. “This is a gathering of Good Samaritans. You people believe in tomorrow. You stepped forward,” said George Levert, chair of the Catholic Charities of Atlanta […] Full Story
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Priests Reminded Jesus Announces ‘Year Of Favor’
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published April 16, 2009“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.” With more than 160 […] Full Story
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Pilgrimage Links Injustice With Suffering Of Jesus
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published April 16, 2009Despite the call for heavy rain and severe thunderstorms, hundreds of people stayed dry during the 29th annual Good Friday Pilgrimage on April 10. The pilgrims gathered on the steps of Georgia’s Capitol under a threatening sky the morning of Good Friday, but managed to walk the streets of downtown Atlanta without feeling a drop […] Full Story
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Workshop To Help Parishes Launch Jobs Ministries
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published April 16, 2009Thursday, May 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta Training Parish Leaders To Start a Career Ministry, Sponsored by Catholic Charities Atlanta Limited Space Register for Workshop; Two Volunteers per Parish Contact: Caroline Hansen at caroline@careerministry.org or (770) 794-6651 to register Caroline McCoy-Hansen first began a career ministry nearly six […] Full Story
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Medical Volunteers Sought For Local Mission Work
Published April 16, 2009
A new collaboration between the local members of the Order of Malta and an arm of Saint Joseph Hospital aims to provide medical care for families at the Solidarity Mission Village. The focus for the Order of Malta, a religious organization founded during the Crusades, is finding needed doctors, nurses and physician assistants to volunteer […] Full Story
