Georgia Bulletin

Norcross

• Pinecrest Team Wins 2008 GISA Academic Bowl

  Published April 17, 2008

  Pinecrest Academy’s varsity academic team won the 2008 Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) annual Academic Bowl tournament held at Wesleyan School on Saturday, March 29. This is the first year the Pinecrest team competed in this event. The Pinecrest team, Roberto Ocon, Michael Williams, Rob Herd and Kate Foster, won the championship in the varsity […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• Flute Choir To Perform At Mary Our Queen

  Published March 8, 2007

  The Atlanta Music Academy Flute Choir, under the direction of Kelly Via, will be performing in concert at Mary Our Queen Church on Sunday, March 18, at 2:30 p.m. The AMA Flute Choir is composed of students in grades nine through 12, college students and an AMA faculty member. The 2006-07 membership represents 12 high […]

• Police Seek To Identify Man Killed In Church Lot

  Published January 25, 2007

  The pastor of St. Patrick Church, Father Tom Hennessy, said he will bless and re-consecrate the property and grounds of the church this week as he guides his parish community in the wake of the killing of an unknown man in a back church parking lot Jan. 21. The blessing “will be done privately” and […] Full Story

• Women Give Insight Into Catholic Struggle In China

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published November 23, 2006

  A scholar, two sisters, and an editor described at the 22nd National Catholic China Conference how they are each developing their gifts and answering their unique calls from God to strengthen the church in China. Professor Rachel Zhu Xiao Hong, Ph.D., is establishing links between the ecclesial and academic worlds, while Cecilia Tao Beiling is […] Full Story

• Local Conference To Examine Christianity In China

  Published September 7, 2006

  The U.S. Catholic China Bureau’s 22nd National China Conference will be held the weekend of Nov. 3-5 at the Simpsonwood Retreat and Conference Center in Norcross. Taking the theme “Experiencing Jesus Christ Through Chinese Eyes,” this year’s conference will examine ways in which Chinese cultural, social, intellectual, theological, artistic and other perspectives reflect, as through […]

• Vietnamese Community Celebrates New ‘Home’

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 17, 2006

  A community that met for over 10 years at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta finally has a place to call its own. The dedication of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Mission was a collision of colors, culture and faith, as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory inaugurated their new worship space. The dedication began outside of the church under […] Full Story

• Norcross Parish Hosts Catholic Parenting Conference

  Published July 6, 2006

  A conference for parents on “Cultivating Catholic Families: Building the Domestic Church” will be held on Saturday, July 22, to help participants to be more proactive in their children’s faith formation. The conference will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will include speakers, a panel discussion, up-to-date and hands-on effective materials to purchase, […]

• Children Can Be Good Stewards Of God’s Gifts

  By LORETTA AND BILL BOYD-Special To The Bulletin
  Published January 19, 2006

  Someone once defined stewardship as “a little bit of you, a forward path, a privilege, a way, a choice, a pleasure, a helping hand, a promise, a connection, a right, a responsibility, a thank you, an awareness, a commitment, a gift, a crossroad decision, a connection to each other, a little bit of you for […] Full Story

• Spring Hill Expands Degrees, Programs Offered In Atlanta Area

  Published November 17, 2005

  Spring Hill College, a Jesuit college located in Mobile, Ala., has expanded its presence in Atlanta by offering accelerated undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults. Since 1997, Spring Hill has offered degrees in theology at Holy Spirit Church in Atlanta. The success of this program prompted the college to expand the range of degrees […]

• Fall Festival Features Fun For Everyone

  Published September 1, 2005

  The seventh annual Mary Our Queen Church Fall Festival is set for the first weekend in October, and the grounds and multi-level parking lot of the church will soon be brimming with amusement rides and games, arts and crafts, food, flea market finds, entertainment, “fun” runners and auction bidders. The first Mary Our Queen festival […] Full Story

• Academy Gives Homeschoolers Classroom Experience

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special Contributor
  Published May 6, 2004

  There is not a small car to be seen in the parking lot outside Regina Caeli Academy, which shares its property with St. Patrick’s Church. Instead, the lot is full of large vans, many bearing pro-life bumper stickers and several with more than one child’s car seat visible in the back. Inside the building, at […] Full Story

• Migration Week Spotlights Plight Of World Refugees

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
  Published January 8, 2004

  Sitting at the dining room table in his apartment in front of a picture of Mecca, Layee Toure, a native of Liberia, reads from a 1998 letter from a friend informing him of his little brother’s execution by government forces. Sorting through newspaper clippings and old employment badges, Toure recalls how his 20s were spent […]