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• 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

• Rachel’s Vineyard Founder Addresses Men, Abortion

  Published April 10, 2008

  St. Monica Church’s Respect Life Ministry and the archdiocesan Pro-Life Office will sponsor a talk on post-abortion healing for men, “Redeeming a Father’s Heart,” by Kevin Burke on Wednesday, April 23, at 7 p.m. at the church’s Lyke Hall. Burke is the co-founder of Rachel’s Vineyard, a national post-abortion treatment/retreat program, as well as a […]

• Notre Dame Academy Holds ‘Empty Bowls’ Dinner

  Published March 27, 2008

  Notre Dame Academy, an independent Catholic school in Duluth, held its first “Empty Bowls Dinner” on Sunday, Feb. 24, raising more than $1,000 to help the Duluth Co-Op. Empty Bowls, a worldwide service learning project that incorporates the creation of art to fight the hunger crisis in America, boasts a simple but profound concept, as […]

• Catholic High School Wrestlers Compete In Area, State Tournaments

  Published February 28, 2008

  Catholic school wrestlers competed in their area tournaments Feb. 16, and many qualified to go on and compete in the state tournament at the Gwinnett Center Arena, Duluth, Feb. 21-23. Listed below are the area and state results. AREA TOURNAMENT Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, 1-A Area Runner-Up:   Clint Ford, 112 lbs. weight […] Full Story

• Msgr. Churchwell Named To Credit Union Board

  Published September 6, 2007

  On Tuesday, Sept. 4, officials at the Georgia Federal Credit Union (GFCU) announced the appointment of Msgr. Stephen Churchwell to its board of directors. Ordained in 1976, Msgr. Churchwell is currently the pastor of Christ Redeemer Church in Dawsonville and serves part-time at the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, where he is Adjutant […] Full Story

• Upcoming Gala To Help Those In Haiti

  Published September 6, 2007

  The Church of St. Monica will hold its first Hope for Haiti gala on Friday, Oct. 26, from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. at the Gwinnett Place Marriott. The black-tie optional gala will feature the renowned Rupert’s Orchestra, an open bar, three-course dinner and silent auction. Proceeds of the event will benefit the needs of those […] Full Story

• Steubenville Atlanta Brings Teens Together In Faith

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Special To The Bulletin
  Published August 16, 2007

  As in years past, the Steubenville Atlanta youth conference provided an atmosphere for teens—and adults—to give praise and worship to God in the way they feel called. The event, organized and sponsored by Life Teen, offered upbeat music, inspirational speakers and the ability to experience Jesus in the most holy Eucharist, and urged the attendees […] Full Story

• Author To Speak On ‘Champions Of Faith’

  Published June 7, 2007

  The Respect Life Ministry of St. Monica Church will present a dinner and talk with Tom O’Toole, author of the book “Champions of Faith: Catholic Sports Heroes Tell Their Stories,” Saturday, June 16, at 7 p.m. For his book, O’Toole, a popular freelance writer for many Catholic publications, interviewed a wide range of Catholic athletes and […] Full Story

• Notre Dame Academy Runs For Reading

  Published April 19, 2007

  They gathered over $54,000 in pledges. They trained for weeks in their daily physical education classes. And on March 28, 394 Notre Dame Academy students ran to raise money for a new school-wide literary program. The event, titled “Run for Reading,” got started about 9 a.m. with an Atlanta Falcons cheerleader leading the school in […] Full Story

• Learning Comes To Life On Student Trip To Rome

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 29, 2007

  Julie Derucki’s eyes filled with tears as she watched history come to life for her students. The six students from Notre Dame Academy were a part of what assistant principal Derucki called a “traveling classroom.” But this wasn’t just any classroom. The eighth-grade students spent March 10-16 in Rome, Italy, where the lessons they’d learned […] Full Story

• St. Pius X Girls Retain Their Basketball Crown

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 15, 2007

  To St. Pius X High School and Marist School supporters it could have been dubbed the second annual Lenten Classic, but in reality it was the girls Class AAAA state basketball finals between the two Atlanta Catholic schools. For the second consecutive year, Marist and St. Pius X met on the Gwinnett Arena court. After […] Full Story

• More Than 1,500 Prepare To Enter Church At Easter

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 8, 2007

  Clear skies and warm temperatures offered the first glimpses of spring Feb. 24 and 25—appropriate weather for those taking the final steps toward a new springtime in their faith at four separate Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion ceremonies held throughout the archdiocese. Over the span of the two days, Archbishop Wilton D. […] Full Story

• St. Monica’s Invites Teens To Hear Jason Evert

  Published February 8, 2007

  St. Monica’s Respect Life Ministry and Youth Group invite teens in eighth grade and up to hear Jason Evert, nationally acclaimed Catholic chastity education speaker, give his “Romance Without Regret” talk. Evert will speak on Tuesday, March 13, at 7 p.m. at St. Monica’s Church, 1700 Buford Highway, Duluth. Father Jack Durkin, pastor, will celebrate […] Full Story

• Duluth Mission Burns, Church Hastens To Help

  Published January 25, 2007

  The call came into the Gwinnett fire department on Thursday, Jan. 18, just before 6:30 a.m.—a small strip shopping center on Buford Highway was on fire. Fire trucks were dispatched minutes later to the building, which houses, among the small businesses, the Catholic mission of Duluth, church home to approximately 1,200 Hispanic Catholics in the […] Full Story

• Credit Union Awards Grant To St. Vincent De Paul

  Published September 21, 2006

  The Georgia Federal Credit Union (GFCU) recently awarded a $1,000 grant to the St. Vincent de Paul Society through its Catholic Community Charitable Giving Fund (CCCGF). The fund was established following the merger of Greater Atlanta Catholic Federal Credit Union with Georgia Federal Credit Union and is managed by committee members of the Catholic Advisory […] Full Story

• New School Sponsors New Music Festival

  Published April 13, 2006

  Notre Dame Academy will present the Family FunFest, a debut Christian music festival, on Sunday, May 7, from 12:30-8 p.m. at the City of Duluth Festival Center. The festival, which will feature headlining band Superchic[k], nationally known contemporary Christian artists whose songs have been featured in more than 20 Disney movies, will also include family […] Full Story

• Via Crucis Exposes Humanity In Christ’s Passion

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 13, 2006

  The day before Nancy Osborne turned 50, Hurricane Katrina roared through, wreaking havoc and nearly destroying her family’s Hattiesburg, Miss., home. Three days later, while out searching for supplies, Osborne’s husband was shot to death, the victim of an apparent attempted carjacking. Left without a husband and father, Osborne and her six children were devastated […] Full Story