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Roswell

• Conference Explores Being Catholic In The Workplace

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 4, 2010

  The second annual Atlanta Catholic Business Conference, held at St. Peter Chanel Church on Saturday, Feb. 20, brought together business leaders and professionals to discuss what it means to be Catholic in the workplace. Sponsored by the St. Peter Chanel Business Association, the Woodstock Business Conference Atlanta chapter and the Aquinas Center of Theology at […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Retires Jersey

  Published February 4, 2010

  The baseball jersey of 2004 Blessed Trinity alumnus Tyler Flowers was retired during halftime of the Jan. 2 boys basketball game. Flowers attended Chipola Junior College, Marianna, Fla. The 6-foot-4-inch Flowers is currently playing catcher for the Chicago White Sox.

• Annual Catholic Business Conference Set For Feb. 20

  Published February 4, 2010

  The second annual Atlanta Catholic Business Conference will be held at St. Peter Chanel Church on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The conference is for all Christians, especially the Catholic business and professional community, who want to understand the role of faith in the workplace. Entitled “How to be Catholic in […] Full Story

• Archbishop Calls Pro-Life Movement ‘Persistent Answer To Violence Of Abortion’

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  Several Blessed Trinity High School students reverently entered the school gymnasium, each holding a candle, before their annual Mass for the Unborn began. Each candle represented 1 million infants aborted since Roe v. Wade, a 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion. Nearly 50 candles stood aglow on a table throughout the Mass. The Roswell […] Full Story

• Parish Food Drive Structured To Aid Missionaries

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published January 7, 2010

  The world is shrinking, and dire Third World poverty is no longer out of sight for North Georgians. It is just to the south in Haiti and Jamaica or Central America. Mission trips have created deep links between churches here and Catholic missionaries there. But how do you help when the scope of the need […] Full Story

• Habitat Home-Building Still Impels 25-Year Volunteer

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published November 26, 2009

  Gene Stelten opens the first page of a weathered scrapbook. It isn’t pictures of his wife, Jeannie, their five children or their grandchildren, but it’s obviously family in his heart. It starts in 1984. A colleague writes him about a new thing in Atlanta called Habitat for Humanity and says, “It’s right down your alley.” […] Full Story

• Dr. Peter Kreeft To Speak At Roswell Parish

  Published October 29, 2009

  St. Peter Chanel Church will host the “Jesus Shock Conference” on Saturday, Nov. 14, in the parish’s McNamee Hall. Participants will meet and listen to Dr. Peter Kreeft, professor at Boston College, author and speaker, as he encourages attendees to passionately commit their lives to Jesus Christ. Kreeft, a professor of philosophy at Boston College […] Full Story

• Hispanic Encounter Calls For Ongoing Evangelization

  By RUTH E. DÁVILA, Special To The Bulletin
  Published August 6, 2009

  Nearly 300 Hispanic leaders of the Archdiocese of Atlanta packed into a large hall at St. Andrew Church by the Chattahoochee River July 11 for the sixth annual Encounter of Hispanic Ministries. “It is an opportunity to share experiences, services and pastoral knowledge with ministry leaders, which will help them in the integration process of […] Full Story

• Chip Lovejoy Honored

  Published August 6, 2009

   Chip Lovejoy, a 2009 graduate of Blessed Trinity High School in Roswell, was chosen as this year’s Georgia Scout of the Year and was the runner-up and a scholarship winner in the National 2009 Veterans of Foreign Wars Scout of the Year competition. He is an Atlanta Sea Scout Squadron Boatswain on Sea Scout Ship […] Full Story

• BT Teacher Finds Unique Way To Blend Hobby, Helping

  

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2009

  Chantal Gourlay always had a love for animals. In 2004 when she got her first German shepherd puppy, which demonstrated a noticeable amount of energy, she wondered if she could find a way to use that youthful stamina for a purpose. First she thought about prepping the dog for competition, considering whether to train Jonah […] Full Story

• Maybe She’ll One Day Teach Catholic Theology

  

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published May 15, 2009

  For Blessed Trinity High School senior Victoria Bonutti, attending a school with a Catholic focus is one of the most important things. So important that next year she will continue her college education at one of the most well- known Catholic schools in the country: the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. “I find it’s […] Full Story

• BT Rallies To Defeat Greater Atlanta Christian

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published May 7, 2009

  Greater Atlanta Christian School scored three runs in the top of the first inning to take a 3-0 lead, but Blessed Trinity High School batters ignited for 20 hits and 17 runs, and BT senior Ryan List provided four innings of scoreless pitching to seal a 17-3 victory on April 30. Junior center fielder Jake […] Full Story

• Badge-Winning Boy Scout Achieves Unique Goal

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 30, 2009

  Choosing from among his 121 Boy Scout merit badges, David Cano has a special fondness for two of them: water skiing and bugle. The first because he doesn’t own a boat and doesn’t get to a lake to practice too often. The second because it was a challenge and his last one to complete a […] Full Story

• Festival Choir To Perform Spring Concert

  By KEVIN CULVER, Special To The Bulletin
  Published April 23, 2009

  Festival Choir of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Spring Concert Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m. St. Peter Chanel Church 11330 Woodstock Road Roswell Tickets: $15 (suggested donation) More information available at www.afcatlanta.org The Festival Choir of the Archdiocese of Atlanta will present its seventh annual spring concert at St. Peter Chanel Church on Saturday, April 25, […] Full Story

• Kosovo Story Told Through Drama

  Published April 9, 2009

  “Blackbird: A Story of Kosovo, America, and the Theory of Relativity” Presented by the Blessed Trinity Theatrical Alliance Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek Wednesday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Kennesaw Thursday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell […] Full Story

• St. Peter Chanel Dedicates New Organ

  

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 26, 2009

  For a while, Vivian White had a dream of an organ at St. Peter Chanel Church. A big fan of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, she felt it would add a great deal to the place of worship. That dream came true, two years to the day after her death, as more than 600 people came […] Full Story

• Archdiocesan Mass To Award Scouts For Faith

  Published March 26, 2009

  Local scouts will be honored at the Atlanta Archdiocesan Scout Mass on Saturday, April 4. Five Boy Scouts and one Girl Scout will receive the highest religious recognition a scout can earn at the service. The award for the Boy Scouts is called Pillars of Faith—Duty to God and for the Girl Scouts, Pillars of Faith—Service […] Full Story

• St. Peter Chanel Series To Host Authors, Radio Host

  Published March 26, 2009

  The St. Peter Chanel Church major speakers’ series will feature three dynamic men on Monday, April 20, from 7-9 p.m. Pat Lencioni, best-selling business author, Matthew Kelly, New York Times best-selling spiritual author, and Allen Hunt, Catholic and faith-based radio talk show host, will share their wisdom on becoming a stronger Catholic at home, at […] Full Story

• Business Leaders Learn Ways To Mesh Faith, Work

  By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
  Published March 19, 2009

  More than 160 business professionals from 25 parishes met on a rainy Saturday for the first Atlanta Catholic Business Conference at St. Peter Chanel Church. But from the onset, this was not business as usual. With job layoffs, corporate leader misconduct and the spiraling stock market as a backdrop, the Feb. 28 meeting instead focused […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Boys Reach State Semifinals

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 13, 2009

  In state basketball playoff action, Blessed Trinity High School defeated Dade County 90-68 March 7 at The Forum, Rome. Blessed Trinity led 31-20 at the half and stretched the lead to 58-41 by the end of the third period. With four minutes remaining in the game, Dade County rallied to pull within six points, but […] Full Story