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Students Break World Record In Hide And Seek
Published October 13, 2011
How do you break a world record? This was the question middle school video journalism students at Queen of Angels School were asked as part of a group project last year. Instead of just researching how it was done in the past, the Queen of Angels students decided to actually attempt to break a world […]
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St. Pius X Band Belts Out Championship Performance
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 13, 2011The marching Golden Lions of St. Pius X High School successfully competed in the Oct. 1 Lake Lanier Tournament of Bands, an annual band competition held at Chestatee High School Stadium, Gainesville. The St. Pius marching band captured first place among all AA bands and first place in the silver division. Their drumline and flagline […]
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GRACE opens Catholic school doors to 450 students
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special To The Bulletin
Published October 13, 2011ATLANTA–Haile and Nigist Woldu last year traveled with their son Enoch by MARTA from their Auburn Avenue apartment in Atlanta to Decatur every weekday and then walked with him from the station to St. Thomas More School, overjoyed by the chance to give him a Catholic education like the one they received when they were […]
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African Catholics join together in solidarity at Mass
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 13, 2011STONE MOUNTAIN–Worshippers recited prayers in five languages as they praised God, African-style. Five women danced down the center aisle of Corpus Christi Church at the start of Mass to the drumbeat of African rhythms. One woman carried the book with the day’s Scripture readings on her back, presenting it to Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, the […]
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Couples married 50, 60 years honored at Mass
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 13, 2011JOHNS CREEK–Barbara and Earl Beck laugh about it, but they are serious when they say their first meeting left them with “mutual dislike.” Their moms had played matchmakers. If they knew one thing, dates arranged by mom could not end well. Said a smiling Barbara, “I told my mother I wanted to do my own […]
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Race Marks Comeback Of Priest Sidelined By Leukemia
By LYNNE ANDERSON, Special To The Bulletin
Published September 29, 2011For Father Joseph Peek, the journey of 26.1 miles begins with a 5K on Oct. 15. And the leukemia survivor has chosen the Winship Win the Fight 5K as his comeback race. More importantly, he says, he is entering the race as a way to support research at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. All […]
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Priest Assignments
Published September 29, 2011
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. He has confirmed the assignment of Father Luis Garza as territorial director of the Legionaries of Christ, effective Sept. 19. He has confirmed the recommendation of Father Garza and assigned Father Joseph Ramos, LC, to work with the men of the Regnum Christi, […]
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Local Programs Focus On Why ‘Life Matters’ At All Stages
Published September 29, 2011
The Archdiocese of Atlanta will be joining with Catholics across the country in the 40th annual observance of October as Respect Life Month. Begun in 1972, the Respect Life program combines all four aspects of the U.S. bishops’ “Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities”—education, prayer, service and advocacy. It kicks off each year on Respect Life […]
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Next Execution In Georgia May Take Place Oct. 5
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 29, 2011Coming quickly on the heels of the execution of Troy Davis, Catholic spiritual leaders and death penalty opponents are again taking a public stand to oppose the use of the death chamber. Marcus R. Johnson on Wednesday, Oct. 5, is scheduled to be put to death for the 1994 killing of Angela Sizemore, whose body … Continue reading Next Execution In Georgia May Take Place Oct. 5
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Embrace Ministry Born Out Of Couple’s Grief
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 29, 2011Out of her own heartbreak, Nicole Hartman is reaching out to other couples that share the grief of losing a child still in the womb. “It is this awful cross,” she said. The 39-year-old is leading the effort to form a ministry in the Atlanta Archdiocese called Embrace to aid other couples with support and […]
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Glendon speaks on threats to religious freedom
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published September 29, 2011ATLANTA–The trend of Americans becoming less connected to religious institutions and looking upon spirituality as a private matter could hurt liberal democracies and undermine the cause of religious freedom, according to the head of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Mary Ann Glendon, professor of law at Harvard University, spoke Sept. 20 at the Emory […]
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At the Cathedral, recalling the historic first Mass
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published September 29, 2011Driving by the Cathedral of Christ the King on Monday, Aug. 15, one might have seen people gathered for Mass not inside the church, but on the front steps of the rectory and on the front lawn. They were standing in the footprints of earlier generations of Catholics. The congregation prayed where exactly 75 years […]
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Westminster Choir To Perform At Christ The King
Published September 29, 2011
The Cathedral of Christ the King will host the Westminster Cathedral Choir of London for a concert on Monday, Oct. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be the group’s first U.S. appearance and the only one scheduled in the Southeast on the group’s eight-stop U.S. tour this year. The choir, founded in 1903, is […]
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CTK Memorial Celebration To Honor Late Pope
Published September 29, 2011
A memorial celebration will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, on Friday to Saturday, Oct. 21-22, to honor Blessed John Paul II. All are invited to attend. The celebration has been planned as part of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory’s response to a Vatican decree honoring the devotion to Blessed John Paul […]
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Retiree honored for opening church to youth sports
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published September 29, 2011STONE MOUNTAIN–After 25 years of leading the youth basketball program at Corpus Christi Church, Lee Buechele has retired his jersey. The Stone Mountain parish held a reception Aug. 27 to honor Buechele’s contribution to the parish and community, an event that brought together current players and alumni of the various programs he led in his […]
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OLA Named Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published September 29, 2011Blue ribbons and banners adorned Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School on Friday, Sept. 16, following an announcement that the school was one of 49 private schools to receive the title of a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence for 2011. The official news went public at the end of the school day on […]
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Race Marks Comeback Of Priest Sidelined By Leukemia
By LYNNE ANDERSON, Special To The Bulletin
Published September 29, 2011For Father Joseph Peek, the journey of 26.1 miles begins with a 5K on Oct. 15. And the leukemia survivor has chosen the Winship Win the Fight 5K as his comeback race. More importantly, he says, he is entering the race as a way to support research at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University. All […]
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Priest Assignments
Published September 29, 2011
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. He has confirmed the assignment of Father Luis Garza as territorial director of the Legionaries of Christ, effective Sept. 19. He has confirmed the recommendation of Father Garza and assigned Father Joseph Ramos, LC, to work with the men of the Regnum Christi, […]
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Local Programs Focus On Why ‘Life Matters’ At All Stages
Published September 29, 2011
The Archdiocese of Atlanta will be joining with Catholics across the country in the 40th annual observance of October as Respect Life Month. Begun in 1972, the Respect Life program combines all four aspects of the U.S. bishops’ “Pastoral Plan for Pro-Life Activities”—education, prayer, service and advocacy. It kicks off each year on Respect Life […]
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Next Execution In Georgia May Take Place Oct. 5
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 29, 2011Coming quickly on the heels of the execution of Troy Davis, Catholic spiritual leaders and death penalty opponents are again taking a public stand to oppose the use of the death chamber. Marcus R. Johnson on Wednesday, Oct. 5, is scheduled to be put to death for the 1994 killing of Angela Sizemore, whose body […]
