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Roswell

• Queen Of Angels Students Look To The Future And Win

  Published February 19, 2009

  In the futuristic city of Jatville, clean, reusable energy, water conservation and keeping the environment green are paramount. The citizens of this amazing city have research facilities, a sophisticated transportation system and a power grid based on clean energy sources. Jatville even has a water filtration system that works like the circulatory system of the […] Full Story

• Queen Of Angels Celebrates A Decade

  

  By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
  Published January 29, 2009

  A lot can happen in a decade. Just ask Kathy Wood. Ten years ago, she was starting her first fall as dean of students at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. Miles away in Roswell, the Archdiocese of Atlanta was opening Queen of Angels School, one of three new regional K-8 schools built to […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Girls Lose Second Straight

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published January 15, 2009

  After their third game in five days, the Blessed Trinity High School girls may have shown some fatigue as they lost to Etowah High School of Woodstock 76-52. Blessed Trinity held a four-point lead at the conclusion of the first period, but Etowah forged ahead 35-30 just before halftime. Etowah went on a 9-0 run […] Full Story

• Father Rau Will Become Pastor Of St. Peter Chanel

  Published December 11, 2008

  Father Peter Rau had been named as the new pastor of St. Peter Chanel Church, succeeding Father Frank McNamee, who will become the pastor of the Cathedral of Christ the King. Both appointments will be effective Jan. 1, 2009. Father Rau has been the pastor of Good Shepherd Church in Cumming since 1996 and previously […] Full Story

• St. Peter Chanel Dedication Caps Its First 10 Years

  Published December 11, 2008

  Just two days after Thanksgiving, parishioners of St. Peter Chanel Church gathered together to give thanks for their new church. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the dedication Mass for St. Peter Chanel Saturday, Nov. 29, with more than 30 priest concelebrants, including the pastor, Father Frank McNamee, and Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue. The new, Gothic-style […] Full Story

• Blessed trinity ups its record to 5-0

  Published December 11, 2008

  Two teams with records going in the opposite direction met on the basketball court Dec. 5, as 4-0 Blessed Trinity High School hosted 0-3 St. Pius X High School. The records had little significance in the early going. In fact, at the end of a low-scoring first quarter, Blessed Trinity held a slim 7-6 lead. […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Gets Sixth Win Of Season

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published October 23, 2008

  The last time Blessed Trinity High School faced a winless team at home, they lost by three points. To make sure history didn’t repeat itself in the same season, they defeated Cross Keys High School (0-7) 76-0, Oct. 17. Blessed Trinity fullback Sam Burkhalter led the offense with nine carries for 267 yards and four […] Full Story

• Queen of Angels Dedicates 10th Year To Mary

  

  Published October 16, 2008

  On Sept. 8, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and in honor of Mary’s birthday, students and faculty at Queen of Angels School dedicated their 10th school year to Mary, Queen of Angels, with a Mass, prayer service and blessing. The Mass, held at neighboring St. Peter Chanel Church, was celebrated […] Full Story

• Greater Atlanta Christian Upsets BT At Home

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published October 9, 2008

  When Blessed Trinity and Greater Atlanta Christian School faced each other Oct. 3, it was just a matter of whose streak was going to come to a halt, the 4-0 one of Blessed Trinity or the 0-4 one of Greater Atlanta Christian. In the end Blessed Trinity was upset by a fiercely competitive Greater Atlanta […] Full Story

• Teens Swim For Those In Need

  Published October 2, 2008

  Teens and youngsters raised more than $2,500 at a swim-a-thon to help people in need. Two dozen swimmers completed nearly 1,400 laps at the Splash for Cash fundraiser, organized by Taylor Baudry, a senior at Blessed Trinity High School and member of St. Ann Church Life Teen program. The idea was born after Taylor heard […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Remains Undefeated

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published September 25, 2008

  Blessed Trinity senior running back Sam Burkhalter had 24 carries for 137 yards and three touchdowns as the BT team defeated Washington-Wilkes High School 33-7, Sept. 19. Quarterback Kohl Hegetschweiler threw two interceptions but still completed 57 percent of his passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns. Blessed Trinity defensive backs Mitchell Smith and Jack […] Full Story

• Hispanic Ministry Leaders Focus On Growing Role

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 4, 2008

  More than 250 Hispanic church leaders gathered for a one-day workshop to strengthen their efforts as “co-workers in the vineyard of the Lord.” The Hispanic Ministry Office hosted the mid-summer event at St. Andrew Church, Roswell, to connect community leaders from across the Atlanta Archdiocese who work with Hispanic Catholics. “It planted a seed in […] Full Story

• Roswell Rotary Raised Funds For ‘Honor’

  By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
  Published May 22, 2008

  Although many cities have their own memorials to their World War II veterans, it wasn’t until 2004 that the national World War II Memorial was completed. By that time, many World War II veterans had died or were in their late 70s and 80s and many couldn’t make the trip to see the memorial in […] Full Story

• Aging Veterans Flown To See Their Memorial

  Published May 22, 2008

  Lt. Col. Gerald “Bud” Might flew missions out of England with the Army Air Corps in B-17s, a B-26 and a C-54, taking to the air just months after his younger brother, Robert, was killed in a plane crash near Cologne, Germany. Shot at countless times over more than 75 missions, Might hung up his wings […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Girls Three-Peat In Soccer

  Published May 18, 2008

  Blessed Trinity High School junior forward Christina Kyker scored the game’s only goal on an assist from senior midfielder Brittany Gordon with 14:00 left in the match to lead Blessed Trinity to its third consecutive state championship over Spalding High School of Griffin. Blessed Trinity head coach Gilbert Jean-Baptiste said the Spalding goalkeeper did an […] Full Story

• Catholic High Schools Hold May Graduations

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published May 15, 2008

  Blessed Trinity High School ROSWELL—The Baccalaureate Mass will be celebrated on Friday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Brigid Church, Alpharetta. The graduation of nearly 200 seniors is scheduled for Saturday, May 17, at 3 p.m. at the school. The valedictorian for the 2008 class is Trent McMullen, son of Todd and Linda McMullen, […] Full Story

• A Championship Deferred: Tale Of The BT Titans

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 13, 2008

  The Blessed Trinity High School varsity boys basketball team won 22 consecutive games during their 2007-2008 season before they lost their first game. It’s the basketball program’s longest winning streak and the second longest in school history behind softball. In the photos that follow, The Georgia Bulletin chronicles the team in its final month of […] Full Story

• Queen Of Angels Team Receives National Honors

  Published March 6, 2008

  Three seventh-grade students at Queen of Angels School recently brought national attention to their school as they placed fifth in the final round of the 2008 National Engineers Week Future City Competition. Joel Anderson, Elliott Brewer and Reed Scott represented the Roswell school and comprised one of 37 teams throughout the country that made it […] Full Story

• Suitcases Roll Faith Lessons Into Students’ Lives

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 6, 2008

  Representatives of three of the world’s largest religions gathered in February to participate in a gesture of interfaith peace and open dialogue. No, they were not clerics or government officials, but eighth-graders from Georgia. Students from The Epstein School, an independent Jewish school in Sandy Springs, Sister Clara Muhammad School, a private Islamic school in […] Full Story

• Alliance Of The Two Hearts To Host Lenten Events

  Published February 21, 2008

  A Lenten retreat for the International Alliance of the Holy Family will be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 8-9, at the Holiday Inn, Roswell. Prior to the retreat, the Alliance of the Two Hearts will hold a First Friday Lenten vigil on Friday, March 7. All are welcome to attend. The vigil on Friday […] Full Story