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• Many volunteers build love into adoration chapel, new hall at St. Monica’s

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published August 7, 2014

  DULUTH—The new “Mary, Mother of the Eucharist Chapel” at St. Monica Church is an awe-inspiring space where parishioners and visitors can pray without distraction before the Blessed Sacrament. The adoration chapel, blessed by Bishop Luis R. Zarama on Sunday, June 1, includes a monstrance from France, hand-carved altar panels, stenciled ceiling patterns and stained glass […] Full Story

• St. Augustine Hall extends St. Monica’s ministries

  

  Published August 7, 2014

  DULUTH—St. Monica Church broke ground on construction of St. Augustine Hall and Mary, Mother of the Eucharist Chapel in May 2013. The additions were complete in January 2014, and parishioners then started the process of completing the interior spaces, including flooring, and the landscaping outdoors. “We’re still actually working,” said Father Jack Durkin, pastor. St. […] Full Story

• Steubenville conference brings teens ‘so close to Christ’

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
  Published July 24, 2014

  DULUTH—A full rock-star quality band, an incredible light show, high definition screens: The atmosphere at Steubenville Atlanta was electric. But in the midst of it all was the real reason nearly 3,000 teens had flocked to the Gwinnett Center—there was Jesus. Colorful T-shirts peppered the giant room where nationally known Catholic speakers spoke to teens […] Full Story

• Notre Dame Academy to launch high school in 2015

  Published April 16, 2014

  DULUTH—Notre Dame Academy (NDA) in Duluth has announced plans to expand its current campus to include grades 9-12 and launch a high school with the inaugural freshman class starting in the fall of 2015. The school has purchased 21 acres of land adjacent to the existing elementary and middle school campus on River Green Parkway […] Full Story

• Pastor, parents, staff give St. Monica teens a message of God’s love

  

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special to the Bulletin
  Published February 20, 2014

  DULUTH—Retreats, mission trips, adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Bible studies, and catechesis with the pastor—these components contribute to making St. Monica’s youth ministry program vibrant and attractive to both youth and the parish at large. Its strength was evident at an archdiocesan-wide XLT youth gathering last November, when the Duluth parish brought 100 teens and […] Full Story

• Chat with fifth-grader leads to technology donation

  

  Published September 12, 2013

  A fifth-grade classroom at Notre Dame Academy has new technology thanks to a business savvy student. A rising sixth-grader at the Duluth school, Trent Schweizer already knows the value of networking. Trent saw that the projector in his fifth-grade classroom was failing and resolved to find a way to replace it. It turns out that […] Full Story

• Archbishop Donoghue Scholarship Winners Announced

  

  Published April 25, 2013

  DULUTH—Georgia United Credit Union has announced the 2013 winners of the Archbishop John F. Donoghue scholarship, awarded for the sixth annual year. Annual selection is based on a short essay, academic accomplishments, leadership and participation in both school and community activities. The winner this year is Margaret (Meg) Panetta of The Westminster Schools of Atlanta, […] Full Story

• Korean Enclave In Duluth Served By St. Andrew Kim

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special To The Bulletin
  Published March 14, 2013

  A Korean Catholic mission in the heart of Gwinnett County’s vibrant Korean-American enclave of Duluth has more than doubled its membership in 18 months. St. Andrew Kim Korean Catholic Church is located on a stretch of Duluth Highway known as church row, amidst several other Korean churches. Since August 2011, it has grown from 98 […] Full Story

• Notre Dame Teacher Finds Life Lessons In Music

  By STEPHEN O'KANE
  Published February 14, 2013

  DULUTH—Amy LoCurto’s music classes are about much more than music. While rhythm, melody and instruments do play a central role in the classroom, students naturally learn other life skills while studying music, according to LoCurto. Now in her fourth year at Notre Dame Academy, a Catholic, World International Baccalaureate school in Duluth, LoCurto covers a […] Full Story

• Steubenville Atlanta Conference To Be Held In July

  Published June 23, 2011

  Hundreds of youth from around the Atlanta area will gather in the Gwinnett Center in Duluth for the Steubenville Atlanta Conference, to be held July 15-17. Centered on Jesus present in the Eucharist, the weekend will immerse young people in the basics of their Catholic faith and offer them an opportunity to encounter God in […] Full Story

• Steubenville Atlanta Encourages Teens In Their Faith

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published July 22, 2010

  The Steubenville Atlanta Youth Conference, a staple event for teens during their summer break from high school, was held July 16-18, filling the Arena at Gwinnett Center with energy, music and teens’ prayerful celebration of their Catholic faith. Listening to the teens talk about the weekend, the moments they spent in adoration before the Blessed […] Full Story

• Two Earn Archbishop Donoghue Scholarships

  Published May 13, 2010

  The Georgia Federal Credit Union (GFCU) has announced the winners of their 2010 Archbishop John F. Donoghue scholarships, created in honor of the now retired archbishop who petitioned to add credit union benefits to members of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. This is the third year GFCU has awarded scholarships to Catholic high school students. Selection […] Full Story

• Teens Celebrate Faith At Steubenville

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 6, 2009

  Mix chest-thumbing music with thousands of high-energy teenagers, throw in Catholic devotions and talks about Mary and the saints and what you get is Steubenville Atlanta. The annual celebration of music and faith drew some 2,300 teens and young adults to the Gwinnett Conference Center July 17-19 for three days and two nights. From a […] Full Story

• Catholic Student Awarded GFCU Scholarship

  Published June 4, 2009

   Georgia Federal Credit Union recently announced Marist student Virginia Gilchrist as the recipient of the second annual Archbishop-emeritus John Francis Donoghue scholarship competition. Gilchrist, who attends Marist School in Atlanta, is an active participant in the community. She has volunteered with organizations such as North Atlanta Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sheltering Arms Daycare, and various […] Full Story

• NDA Is First IB-Accredited Catholic Elementary School

  Published April 23, 2009

  The Notre Dame Academy fourth-grader sits in front of a computer eagerly participating in a research project. The young man, Jackson deLeede, is working on a class “Web quest” on the Civil War. “It’s really fun,” he said, trying to keep his eyes on the screen and remaining focused. “I get to learn about things […] Full Story

• Credit Union Promotion To Aid Local Parishes

  Published April 16, 2009

  The Georgia Federal Credit Union (GFCU), the credit union for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, has announced a new promotion that will aid local Catholic parishes. From now to June 21 (redemption ends July 31), when Catholics open an account with GFCU or when existing Catholic members add a new product such as a mortgage or […] Full Story

• Stewardship Staffs Told Good Communication Needed

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published April 2, 2009

  Serving a role in stewardship is more than just a job. True stewardship is a way of life, according to many present at the Regional Stewardship Conference held at the Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place on Saturday, March 28. The eighth annual conference, reportedly the largest regional stewardship conference in the country, attracted a record crowd […] Full Story

• Refugees Are ‘Valued People’ After Resettling Here

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 30, 2008

  Nicholas Laepi huddled in the jungle under a plastic-roofed tent for shelter, living as a refugee. A trip to obtain medicine for his family from an insurgent army had put him in the crosshairs of the Myanmar military. Facing forced army service, he fled. The journey by bus, on foot, by boat took him nearly […] Full Story

• Duluth Church Battles Childhood Mortality In Haiti

  Published October 16, 2008

  In 1999, St. Monica Church began a parish twinning program with a sister parish, Sacred Heart Church in Hinche, Haiti. In 2000, the first medical mission to Hinche was organized, and many more missions have followed over the past eight years. Eventually these medical mission efforts were augmented by the construction and operation of a […] Full Story

• NDA Students Place Third In World Odyssey Finals

  Published June 19, 2008

  A team from Notre Dame Academy joined more than 800 teams of creative students from around the world at the University of Maryland campus June 3 to compete in the Odyssey of the Mind world finals, and their skills in creative problem solving earned them a third-place finish. Earlier this year, the NDA team was […] Full Story