Fayetteville
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OLM Volleyball Season Capped At Sweet 16
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 27, 2011On its way to the state volleyball tournament, Our Lady of Mercy High School defeated Landmark Christian School, Fairburn, 2-0 in the semifinals of the area tournament. In the Oct. 8 area championship game against Eagles Landing Christian Academy, McDonough, Mercy lost in four games 3-1. For the second consecutive year Mercy was the area […] Full Story
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OLM Volleyball Season Capped At Sweet 16
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 27, 2011On its way to the state volleyball tournament, Our Lady of Mercy High School defeated Landmark Christian School, Fairburn, 2-0 in the semifinals of the area tournament. In the Oct. 8 area championship game against Eagles Landing Christian Academy, McDonough, Mercy lost in four games 3-1. For the second consecutive year Mercy was the area […] Full Story
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Our Lady Of Mercy Welcomes New Coaches
Published June 23, 2011
Our Lady of Mercy High School just completed one of its best overall athletic seasons. The boys track team had a top 10 performance as well as an individual state champion, the cross country programs finished in the top 10 during state competition, an individual performance in the state resulted in a top five finish […] Full Story
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OLM Sprinter Intrigued By Fiber Engineering
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published May 26, 2011As Our Lady of Mercy High School senior Pierce Vincent walks the halls in the last few days at his soon-to-be alma mater, he reflects on his path so far and begins to prepare for the journey that lies ahead. “It’s like the four longest years of my life have gone by in the blink […] Full Story
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Our Lady of Mercy Girls Embark On Historic Tennis Run
Published April 28, 2011
Our Lady of Mercy High School’s Lady Bobcats tennis team continued its post-season run on Tuesday, April 26, with a 3-2 victory over George Walton Academy, Monroe, in the first round of the Class A state tournament. The girls are making school history by becoming the first Mercy tennis team to reach the “Sweet 16” of the state tournament. […] Full Story
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Catholic Men’s League Crowns 2010 Champion
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 25, 2010The Catholic Men’s Basketball League ended its fourth season of play Nov. 14. The final game of the season was a showdown between Our Lady of Lourdes, Atlanta, and St. Mary Magdalene, Newnan. The teams were tied at 28 at halftime, but in the end Lourdes defeated St Mary Magdalene, 76-52. The Lourdes team, champions […] Full Story
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Two Cheerleading Squads Advance To State Finals
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 11, 2010St. Pius X High School captured first place in the Nov. 6 region cheerleading championship at Starr’s Mill High School. Describing St. Pius’ routine, head coach Alison Bruckert said, “Our routine has a high level of difficulty, incorporating group stunts, pyramids, one-man stunts, tumbling, and basket tosses.” The girls also included jumps, a cheer and […] Full Story
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Mercy Welcomes Alumni Back With A Victory
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 14, 2010When Our Lady of Mercy High School defeated Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy 35-26 on homecoming night, Oct. 8, it reached a historic milestone by capturing more than four victories in a single season. Sophomore running back Rashard Fant led the offensive attack as he scored a touchdown in each quarter. Fant ran from six yards […] Full Story
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High Schools Reflect On First Hard-Working Decade
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published September 30, 2010As Blessed Trinity and Our Lady of Mercy high schools begin a new school year in the fall of 2010, they are also reflecting on the 10 years of growth that brought each of the schools to where they are today. Both established in 2000 as a result of the “Building the Church of Tomorrow” […] Full Story
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In Softball, Mercy Loses, BT Readies For Region
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published September 30, 2010Landmark Christian High School shut out Our Lady of Mercy High School in softball 15-0 on Sept. 21. Mercy’s last victory was back on Sept. 2, but the team hopes to end the month and the final game of the season on a positive note. In Roswell, Blessed Trinity High School ended its regular season […] Full Story
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At OLM, Student Discovers Love Of Literature
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 13, 2010Isis Freeman transferred into Our Lady of Mercy High School her junior year. During her two years at the Fayetteville school, she has earned the respect of faculty and peers. There is little she hasn’t done on campus. She was elected president of the Fatima House, which gives her an inside track to advise the […] Full Story
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Our Lady Of Mercy Names New Head Football Coach
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published April 15, 2010Excitement and anticipation surround the football program at Our Lady of Mercy High School with the recent hiring of new head football Mike Earwood. With a career record of 186-62, Coach Earwood leaves neighboring Starr’s Mill High School, where he was the first and only football coach at the Fayette County public school. Starr’s Mill […] Full Story
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Basketball Rivals Team Up For Haiti Relief
Published January 21, 2010
Our Lady of Mercy High School will play its local rival Landmark Christian School, Fairburn, in basketball (junior varsity boys at 4:30 p.m., varsity girls at 6 p.m. and varsity boys at 7:30 p.m.) on Friday, Jan. 29. On that night Our Lady of Mercy will not charge an entrance fee at the gate. Instead […] Full Story
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Men’s Basketball League Wraps Up Third Season
Published December 10, 2009
The Catholic Men’s Basketball League (CML) completed its 2009 season at Our Lady of Mercy High School Nov. 15. Over 90 men from six teams competed each Sunday starting on Sept. 13. Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Atlanta, won its third consecutive championship and finished the season with an undefeated record of 10-0. Our Lady […] Full Story
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At Mercy, Innovations Grant Makes Garden Grow
Published September 17, 2009
At Our Lady of Mercy High School, students use state-of-the-art computers to design windmills to provide electricity for a new waterfall. In biology classes, students are investigating rates of photosynthesis on high-powered calculators. The school’s chaplain is teaching a course called “Theology of the Garden.” The young people and faculty here are turning a section […] Full Story
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Mercy’s best season memorable for coach, senior son
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 26, 2009FAYETTEVILLE–A four-year tradition on the sidelines of Our Lady of Mercy’s hard court is ending. Coach Tony Caruso and his son, Rob, a team captain, wrapped up their third wining season together where the two prowled the sidelines and the basketball court. The long-time coach next year won’t have his senior son in the game. […] Full Story
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Focolare, Focused On Gospel Living, Has Local Center
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published May 10, 2007Sid Hayden, a former banker who is now parish administrator at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna, embraces the international Focolare ecclesial movement building spiritual unity across economic, racial and religious lines as a “ticket to sanctity” in practicing his faith. Hayden became involved in this spiritual lifestyle back in the 1970s when his […] Full Story
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Fayetteville Community Dedicates New Church
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published December 7, 2006A beautiful new church building, fitting of its “country Catholic community,” marks a new chapter in the life of Fayetteville Catholics. Parishioner Dan Murphy, a native New Yorker, likes how the new church retains its country feel. “This is a blessing that the Lord has bestowed on us,” he said, seated in a pew before […] Full Story
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Building New Church Strengthens Fayetteville Catholics
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published July 21, 2005On the hot summer evening of June 14, Teresa Caldwell greeted people arriving at the multipurpose building of St. Gabriel’s Church for the groundbreaking Mass and ceremony for the new church of this south-side congregation, marking a new chapter in the history of this parish and the nearly two-centuries old town of Fayetteville. They came […] Full Story