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Duluth

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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

• Cartoonist To Speak On ‘Adultitus’ At Duluth Parish

  Published February 23, 2006

  Wisconsin cartoonist Jason Kotecki will speak about living and loving with a childlike faith, especially in the season of Lent, on Saturday, March 4, at the Church of St. Monica. Kotecki, whose comic strip, “Kim and Jason,” has appealed to worldwide readers of all ages with its humorous childlike look at life, will also speak […] Full Story

• Credit Union Expands Its Services For Catholics

  Published January 26, 2006

  As the staff of the Georgia Federal Credit Union looks forward to celebrating the one-year anniversary of its affiliation with the Archdiocese of Atlanta in February, a number of announcements enhancing the organization’s relationship with Catholics of the archdiocese have been announced. The Catholic division of GCFU is “dedicated to the ongoing support of the […] Full Story

• Notre Dame Academy Commemorates Saints Day

  Published November 10, 2005

  The fastest way to learn about the saints may be to walk in the shoes of one. That is the lesson many Notre Dame Academy students realized on All Saints Day when they represented their chosen saint. The students in the Pre-K through eighth grade Catholic school dressed the part for a special morning Mass […] Full Story

• Notre Dame Academy Opens With Marist Sponsorship

  Published September 8, 2005

  Debra Orr spent the first week of school at the new Notre Dame Academy holding her breath and hoping she had not forgotten anything essential to the school’s opening. By Friday of that week, however, things were still running smoothly and even the car pool had been successfully managed down to a six-minute run. So […] Full Story