Clarkston
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Catholic Charities builds community, fosters academic success for Atlanta’s newcomers
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 9, 2023With the assistance of Catholic Charities Atlanta many refugee families have found safety in the United States. The organization’s after-school tutoring program helps the children of these families to flourish academically and emotionally.
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Clarkston event highlights contributions of refugee community
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 22, 2018CLARKSTON—Bahadur Subba spent 13 years in a refugee camp, where more than 100,000 people had fled for protection “There was no aid. We were just on the side of a riverbank,” said 49-year-old Subba, about the camp. With Nepali heritage, he was a member of a minority group in Bhutan, a country in the eastern […]
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Two women find friendship is their common language
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published July 7, 2016CLARKSTON—Fatma, a Syrian refugee and mother of five children, loves treating her friend Susan Scollo to steaming cups of tea and coffee flavored with cinnamon, and homemade chocolate and coconut desserts. Scollo, a volunteer with Catholic Charities Atlanta’s Refugee Resettlement Services, visits Fatma weekly to help with errands or sort through documents. After violence forced […]
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Sister Mary-beth Beres, Teacher, Consultant, Dies
Published August 21, 2008
Sister Mary Elizabeth Beres, OP, 66, died on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at her residence in Clarkston. She was in the 47th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican congregation. Born in Birmingham, Ala., to John and Ethel (Elenyesi) Beres, she graduated from St. Mary High School in Jackson, Mich. Sister Mary-beth earned a […] Full Story