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• OLA students devote full day to service

  

  Published October 16, 2014

  ATLANTA—Our Lady of the Assumption School in Atlanta dedicated Wednesday, Sept. 24, as its fourth annual Day of Service. Students in all grades participated, serving 20 organizations. Fifth- and sixth-grade students packaged 10,000 non-perishable meals for school-aged children in Africa. Third- and fourth-graders put together 464 snack bags for family members of children with cancer. […]

• Queen of Angels School celebrates 15 years

  

  Published October 16, 2014

  ROSWELL—The past, the present and the future of Queen of Angels School, Roswell, came together on Friday, Oct. 3, to celebrate the school’s 15th anniversary. Sister Patricia Clune, CSJ, founding principal, and Dr. Kathy Wood, retired principal, attended an all-school Mass along with alumni, parents of alumni, current and former staff members, students and the […] Full Story

• Cristo Rey High School promotes green projects

  Published October 16, 2014

  ATLANTA—On Sept. 27, students, staff and community volunteers rolled up their sleeves to make Cristo Rey Jesuit High School a healthier, more sustainable learning environment. They focused on participating in a school-wide clean up and recycling initiative, launching an environmental awareness program, and encouraging student-led “trash-to-treasure” recycling projects. To commemorate the effort, the school will […]

• Holy Family youth spends year in Germany

  Published October 16, 2014

  MARIETTA—Mason Kane is now studying in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program. He is a graduate of Walton High School. Mason is a member of Holy Family Church in Marietta, with his parents, Christopher and Cecilia Kane, and sister, Brittany. The program offers students the opportunity to live and study in Germany […]

• Peace advocates give talks on resolving conflict, establishing unity

  By LINDSAY GLADU, Special to the Bulletin
  Published October 16, 2014

  CARROLLTON—These days we hear a lot about peace. But how do we implement peace each day, in each interaction with other people? The National Association for Peace/Anti-Violence Education, NAPE, aims to change how people think about civility and unity through education. On Sept. 19, 20 and 21, NAPE held its 17th annual conference at the […] Full Story

• New run/walk to benefit Special Olympics

  Published October 16, 2014

  ROSWELL—The Knights of Columbus of St. Peter Chanel Church in Roswell, Council 13217, will have a 5K chip-timed run/walk event on Saturday, Nov. 22. The inaugural 5K will raise funds for Special Olympics Georgia and the Knights of Columbus charities. The event, to be held on the campus of Blessed Trinity High School and St. […] Full Story

• Refugee finds ‘nation I can be proud of’

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—For more than 20 years, Pasupati Regmi had no country to call home. That changed Aug. 29 when the Bhutan native’s dream of becoming an American citizen was realized. He took his oath of allegiance, along with 162 others, at the Atlanta office of the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Regmi, who works […]

• Rita McInerney, Georgia Bulletin retired staff member, dies at 92

  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—Rita McInerney, former staff writer and associate editor of The Georgia Bulletin, died Thursday, Sept. 4, at St. Joseph Villa, near Philadelphia. She was 92. Miss McInerney, whose given name was Mary Rita, was a pioneer as a woman in newspaper work in Pennsylvania for many years before she moved to Atlanta, to be near […] Full Story

• Pinecrest, St. Jude’s celebrate ‘sweet’ honor

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—St. Jude the Apostle School was honored again as a National Blue Ribbon School for overall excellence, its second award in 11 years. The Sandy Springs school marked the occasion with a celebration, complete with frozen popsicles and a party for faculty. “It’s an affirmation. It is not all about test scores. It is an […] Full Story

• Three local Catholic schools named Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2014

  ROSWELL—The last day of September ushered in good news for three schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The U.S. Department of Education announced Sept. 30 that archdiocesan Catholic schools Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell and St. Jude the Apostle School in Atlanta, along with independent Catholic school, Pinecrest Academy in Cumming, have earned the […] Full Story

• St. Vincent de Paul creates more shared ‘tables’ with the poor, Atlanta Food Bank director says

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—They came from different states. They spanned a wide range of ages. Their backgrounds were varied. But all who gathered for the 2014 Society of St. Vincent de Paul National Assembly at the Marriott Marquis Sept. 24 to 27 shared one common mission—to learn how to better serve those who most need their help. More […] Full Story

• Devout doctor chooses hermitage ‘to focus just on’ Jesus

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2014

  CONYERS—Sister Mary Beatrice Raphael wakes before dawn and walks down a narrow hall to begin hours of prayer. She lights the beeswax candles. Opening the hand-carved wooden tabernacle with angels adorning its front to see the Eucharist, she kneels as she prays in this bedroom converted to a private chapel. Later, she’ll spend time with […]

• Christ Our Hope realizes dream of memorial garden as part of 30th anniversary celebration

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2014

  LITHONIA—No longer a baby or even a teenager, Christ Our Hope Church in Lithonia has arrived at adulthood. In celebration of the parish’s 30th anniversary, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory concelebrated Mass on Sept. 21 with the current pastor, Father JohnPaul Ezeonyido, and several former pastors. The priests, deacons and altar servers processed into the church […] Full Story

• Good Shepherd refreshes, expands original church

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2014

  CUMMING—The sanctuary of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Cumming has nearly doubled its previous seating capacity following a nine-month renovation project. The renovations, which began in October 2013, included sanctuary expansion and new pews to comfortably seat 700 people, the addition of an entrance tower leading to a new and larger narthex, as […] Full Story

• 40 days of prayer dedicated to restoring ‘respect for all human life’

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—About 100 people walked with candles along Briarcliff Road on Tuesday night, Sept. 23, their dimly lit procession drawing attention from passing cars and joggers as they processed from Immaculate Heart of Mary Church to an office park a few blocks away. There, in front of a nondescript building, they were led in ecumenical prayer […] Full Story

• Pat Chivers, communications and advocacy director, to retire

  Published October 2, 2014

  SMYRNA—Patricia M. Chivers, director of communications and advocacy for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, announced Sept. 24 that she will retire Dec. 31. A search for the new director has begun. Chivers was named in July 2006 as director of communications after serving as the director of government relations for the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and, […] Full Story

• Conyers parish to host death penalty conference

  Published October 2, 2014

  CONYERS—Attorney Dale Recinella will headline a daylong death penalty conference at St. Pius X Church on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event, sponsored by the St. Pius Chapter of the Order of St. Luke the Physician, will be held from 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The conference will take place in the parish hall at St. […] Full Story

• St. Pius X graduate signs to play lacrosse at St. Gregory University

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—Exactly one month before his 19th birthday on Oct. 4, Jake Henderson, a 2014 graduate of St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, received a scholarship to play lacrosse for the Cavaliers of St. Gregory University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The 6-foot-2 Henderson will play the attack and midfielder positions for the Cavaliers. Henderson played lacrosse for […]

• Holy Redeemer School marks 15th anniversary

  

  Published October 2, 2014

  JOHNS CREEK—Students and faculty at Holy Redeemer School, in Johns Creek, celebrated its 15th anniversary on Friday, Sept. 5. Many of the founding faculty members and families were in attendance. Twelve faculty members and six current families have been with the school since its inception. An all-school Mass was held in St. Brigid Church next […] Full Story

• Over 860 students learn about vocations

  

  Published October 2, 2014

  MARIETTA—More than 860 students attended the eighth annual Vocations Day, hosted by St. Joseph School, in Marietta, Sept. 23. The fifth-grade students from every Catholic school, independent and archdiocesan, in the Atlanta Archdiocese gathered to learn how they can be called to serve God. The day began with concelebrated Mass with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, […] Full Story