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High School Athletes Receive Year-End Honors
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published January 3, 2008A select group of Catholic varsity football and softball athletes around the Archdiocese of Atlanta have received recognition for their play on the field during the 2007 season. Softball Our Lady of Mercy High School seniors Amanda Keuler, shortstop, and Ellen Super, center fielder, made second team all-region for Region 5-A. A trio of pitchers […]
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Tajci Concert Rings In True Meaning Of Christmas
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published December 20, 2007A lone keyboard produced ambient chords as the lights dimmed and Catholic musician Tajci proceeded down the center aisle to take her place at the front of Our Lady of the Assumption Church. The calm yet powerful atmosphere was the setting for “Emmanuel – The Story of Christmas,” a performance given every year during Advent […] Full Story
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Hard-Working Santa Jack Believes In Giving Back
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
Published December 20, 2007I told my kids I interviewed Santa today. “Was he the real one?” asked my kindergartener, having determined that the man dressed in a red suit at our church’s breakfast with Santa yesterday was just one of Santa’s helpers. “Did he get our letters?” my 11-year-old daughter asked in all earnestness. My third-grade son checked […]
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BT Boys Remain Undefeated; Girls Win, Too
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published December 13, 2007The Blessed Trinity High School boys are on an eight-game winning streak after two more victories. On Dec. 7 they defeated region adversary North Atlanta High School 64-51. Tyler Cerone (19 points) and Jordan Callahan (15 points) led the team in scoring. The two senior guards combined for seven 3-pointers and were a combined five-for-five […]
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IHM Youth Create AIDS Quilt For Jamaican Children
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2007Children from Jamaica were remembered last week at a Worlds AIDS Day commemoration by young people at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Girls from the Briarcliff Road parish worked for months quilting a panel for the internationally known AIDS Memorial Quilt. They dedicated the colorful panel to young people at the Mustard Seed Community in […]
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At AIDS Mass, Catholics Asked To Help, Pray
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2007Catholics from across the Atlanta region gathered in dance, prayer and song to commemorate World AIDS Day as the skirl of bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace” filled the sanctuary of St. Philip Benizi Church. Some 200 people attended the Saturday Mass Dec. 1 filled with signs of remembrance of victims of HIV/AIDS, from a shrine of […]
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Nurse Hears Call To Serve Christ In The Sick
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2007Overnight at Piedmont Hospital, Michelle Millan helped patients back to health on the 5 South Ward. During her 12-hours shifts at the Peachtree Road hospital, groggy patients recovering from surgery found comfort. Today, Millan intends to continue as a nurse, but with a different type of care. Her new patients approach the end of life […] Full Story
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New Catholic Men’s Basketball League Starts Strong
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2007This fall, men from around the archdiocese showcased their best sneakers and quickest moves as they took part in the inaugural season of the Catholic Men’s Basketball League at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn. Founded by Jim Winkler of St. Gabriel Church, Fayetteville, the Catholic Men’s Basketball League is a pilot program that […] Full Story
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St. Pius Marching Band Is GISA Grand Champion
Published December 6, 2007
The marching band of St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, recently won the 2007 Georgia Independent School Association Class AA Division Grand Champion award at the association’s marching band invitational held Oct. 13 at Wesleyan School, Norcross. The award caps a series of three competitions this year in which the school captured first place. “I […]
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OLM Employee Recognized For Managing Risk, Promoting Safety
Published December 6, 2007
Each year the Catholic Mutual Group presents an award to an archdiocesan employee for personal attention to parish and school maintenance and protection of property and safety. The 2007 Risk Management Award was presented to Vince Antonich, facility manager at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, at a fall meeting of facility managers at […]
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Emory Hosts 15th Annual Celtic Christmas Concert
Published December 6, 2007
The 2007 gala 15th anniversary Atlanta Celtic Christmas Concert will feature the talents of three Grammy Award-winners including Irish sean-nós singer Moya Brennan, virtuoso Celtic banjoist Alison Brown and the composer of Riverdance, Bill Whelan. Back by popular demand from last year’s concert, these and the regular line-up of top regional performers promise to provide […]
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Filipino Community Prepares For Christmas With Simbang Gabi
Published December 6, 2007
This month the Filipino community in the Archdiocese of Atlanta will again celebrate Simbang Gabi, a more than 400-year-old tradition that helps prepare Filipino Catholics for the coming of Christ. Simbang Gabi, which began in the late 16th century, is widely celebrated in the Philippines as well as in Filipino communities throughout the world. The […] Full Story
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St. Anthony’s To Host Mission
Published December 6, 2007
St. Anthony Church will hold an Advent mission on Sunday through Wednesday, Dec. 9-12, led by Father Daniel McCaffrey. The talks will be presented at 3 p.m. and repeated at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Father Daniel McCaffrey was ordained in 1958, and a year later he departed for Pakistan where he served […] Full Story
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Roswell Mission Will Focus On Divine Mercy, St. Faustina
Published December 6, 2007
St. Peter Chanel Church will host Sister Mary Wendy and Sister Mary Grace of the Sisters of Reparation to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus for an Advent mission on Saturday, Dec. 8, through Wednesday, Dec. 12. The sisters will present the message of Divine Mercy as given by Jesus Christ to St. Faustina. The […] Full Story
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Mercy Wrestlers Win Twice
Published December 6, 2007
The Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats began the season racking up victories over Pace Academy during the Dunwoody Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 24, and at home on Nov. 27 against Banneker High School. The team’s veteran wrestlers provided the skill and leadership in these two very close matches. In the Dunwoody tournament senior heavyweight […] Full Story
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Faith Sustains New Commander Of Georgia Guard
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2007Aren’t generals supposed to talk with voices that bark? Stare and intimidate? Brig. Gen. Maria Britt won’t do any of that after taking command Dec. 1 of the 10,500 soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard. It will be the first time in the Georgia Guard’s 273-year history that a female general will lead it. […]
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Choirs Welcome Nativity With ‘Ceremony Of Carols’
Published November 29, 2007
On Sunday afternoon, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m., as the sun begins to set on the Advent season and the liturgical world turns toward the final preparations for the birth of the Savior, Benjamin Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols” will be presented by choirs from the Cathedral of Christ the King. Women from the Schola […]
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Monastic Life Offers Community Of Prayer, Work
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published November 29, 2007Cistercian Brother Michael Lautieri remembers well his first visit to the monastery. He was 52, beyond the age when men are accepted as possible candidates. But after a career as a teacher and a travel agent, he had heard again the call he first sensed as a younger man. “When the call came again at […]
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Haitian Catholics Mark Milestone As Community
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 29, 2007Like many Haitians, Alberta Therlonge could easily slip into a pew at any Catholic parish around Atlanta for worship. But instead, Therlonge drives 40 minutes across the city from her Cobb County home passing half a dozen other Catholic churches to pray and sing in her first language, Creole. “When I sing, it means much […]
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Love of God, Country Sounded At Ecumenical Service
By JANE WILSON, Special To The Bulletin
Published November 29, 2007It was a full house at the Temple Kol Emeth as worshippers from across the Metro Atlanta area gathered on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 20, for the third annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service. Welcomed by a troop of enthusiastic ushers and surrounded by the temple’s beautiful stained glass, attendees found the experience to be an […] Full Story