August 2010
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Remembering Hurricane Katrina
Published August 30, 2010
While some homes had been demolished in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward, nearly a year later others remained topsy-turvy by the force of the water. Yesterday, August 29, marked the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in New Orleans, La. It is an unforgettable natural disaster in the history of our country. Katrina’s fifth […] Full Story
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A competition cheerleading convert
Published August 26, 2010
Blessed Trinity defended its Region 6-AA title with a first place win during the Region Cheerleading Competition last November. As I worked on my schedule of fall sports coverage last week, I had to include a sport that was not on my list in previous years. When The Georgia Bulletin began its sports reporting in […] Full Story
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My time as a "Knight of the Altar’
Published August 19, 2010
Altar servers have recently been in the Catholic news when for the first time girl servers outnumbered the boys at a celebration at the Vatican. That spurred some recollection of my own when I served as a ‘Knight of the Altar,’ as we were called. My first thought was: how cool a ministry name is […] Full Story
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Vacation reflections
Published August 17, 2010
St. Vitla Church in Czesky Krumlov, Czech Republic The wooden kneeler bit into my knees. Here I was worshiping during a recent vacation to the Czech Republic. My Czech started and ended with ‘dobry den’ (good day) and ‘prosim’ (a catchall phrase for thank you and please.) So at Mass, I knew only when to […] Full Story
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There’s an app for that!
Published August 13, 2010
In a world of instant communication and social networking, it is increasingly hard for us (or me, anyway) to find time for prayer and reflection. With so much “noise” going on around us, we need to make an effort to draw our spirituality into our daily life. So whether you are waiting in the doctor’s […] Full Story
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One of the perks
Published August 9, 2010
Health insurance, “inside access” and…organic vegetables? It wasn’t until recently I could add that last one to the list of perks I receive as a reporter for The Georgia Bulletin. In last week’s issue of the paper, we ran an article about the organic garden that was recently started at Marist School in Atlanta. I […] Full Story
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Sent to the principal’s office–UPDATED
Published August 6, 2010
UPDATE: Here are the links to the stories Michael writes about: Lauren Schell, the new principal at Holy Redeemer School. Charles Martin, the new principal at St. Joseph School, Athens. Pamela Moors, the new principal at St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School. — I had to go to the principal’s office three times this week, […] Full Story