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    <title>The Georgia Bulletin - Local News</title>
    <copyright>Copyright (c) 2013 The Georgia Bulletin</copyright>
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    <description>Local Catholic news happening in the Archdiocese of Atlanta from the The Georgia Bulletin</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>A Salute To 2013’s Inspiring Grads</title>
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        <description>Seven graduating seniors from the Catholic high schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese are profiled in this issue of The Georgia Bulletin. These students leave high school shaped by their teachers and administrators in the Catholic faith, where faith, learning and service go hand in hand. The high schools nominated these...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Holy Spirit Senior Finds Passion In Metalworking</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_holyspirit_senior_finds_passion_in_metalworking/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—When Holy Spirit Prep School senior Alex Munoz was doing a school project in eighth grade, he came across a video of copper being cast, a process by which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Pius Teen’s Health Inspires Her To Pursue Medicine</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_pius_teen_health_inspires_her_to_pursue_medicine/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—When St. Pius X senior Amanda Cameron was diagnosed with progressive mitochondrial myopathy in December 2010, she thought her high school career was over. Now she is preparing to graduate and feels blessed to have had such a “perfect” senior year. “I almost dropped out of high school,” she said,...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Vietnam Native Impacts School With Unselfish Acts, Work Ethic</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_vietnam_native_impacts_school_with_unselfish_acts_work_ethic/?s=</link>
        <description>FAYETTEVILLE—Huy Trinh wanted to reach more students at Our Lady of Mercy High School whose grades needed extra help. The existing National Honor Society tutoring project wasn’t reaching many students, so he changed it to serve the students better. He assigned members of the academic club to teachers who appointed...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>‘Charity In Action’ Distinguishes Blessed Trinity Senior</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_charity_in_action_distinquishes_blessed_trinity_senior/?s=</link>
        <description>ROSWELL—Allee Smith had homeless women and children she’s served on her mind as she competed in beauty pageants. Smith, 18, who was Miss Fulton County Outstanding Teen 2012, volunteered at the Drake House and spoke out about ending homelessness during her competitions. The home is a residential crisis center for...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>‘Unsung Hero’ At Athens School Hopes To Be Marketer, Marine</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_unsung_hero_at_athens_school_hopes_to_be_marketer_marine/?s=</link>
        <description>ATHENS—Monsignor Donovan High School senior Jeremy Ruiz has had an active high school career that includes four years of varsity soccer, serving as captain of the boxing team, and heading up the video gaming club, a group he started at the beginning of his junior year. As he looks toward...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Artistic Gift Blossoms For Marist Student Overcoming Dyslexia</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_artistic_gift_blossoms_for_marist_student_overcoming_dyslexia/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—The second-floor art room is where Sarah Piper goes to get away. The high school senior’s art portfolio gives her a break from the words and numbers that challenge her. “It is something that has helped me so much. I never found myself good with words, especially with dyslexia. I...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Korean Student Finds Catholic Faith, Inspires Others</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_korean_student_finds_catholic_faith_inspires_others/?s=</link>
        <description>CUMMING—When Jinny Kim entered Pinecrest Academy, she was in a new school and in a new country, surrounded by people who measured success in a different way. Kim, whose full name is Jin Sol Kim, was born and raised in a town near Seoul, South Korea. She had lived in...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Let’s Give The Devil His Due</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/murray_lets_give_the_devil_his_due/?s=</link>
        <description>Sometimes reading the headlines makes me cringe. Page after page screams of relentless, dark, depressing, hideous and upsetting events all around the world. Sometimes it is scenes of weeping families that result from natural disasters like earthquakes and storms. But, worse still are the treacherous deeds done by human beings,...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>What I Have Seen and Heard</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/abg/?s=</link>
        <description>She was the wife of a prominent Chicago surgeon and the mother of four sons and literally one of the funniest and most energetic women that I have ever known. Charlotte (Coke) Redden died last month after a long illness and I prayed for her every day during the past...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido</title>
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        <description>Ella era la esposa de un prominente cirujano de Chicago y la madre de cuatro hijos; y literalmente, una de las mujeres más divertidas y con más energía que jamás he conocido. Charlotte (Coke) Redden murió el mes pasado después de una larga enfermedad y durante las últimas semanas he...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Jubilee Mass To Honor Eight Priests</title>
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        <description>ATLANTA—The Catholic community is invited to attend a Jubilee Mass, joining eight priests serving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta as they celebrate milestones. The Mass is Wednesday, May 15, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, at 10:30 a.m. Priests marking their 25th ordination anniversary are: Archimandrite John Azar,...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>priest Assignments</title>
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        <description>ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Marist Father John Bolduc was assigned to assist with the Hispanic ministry at Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Atlanta , and as part-time campus minister for the Hispanic Ministry at Marist School, Atlanta, effective March 15. Bishop...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Mortarboards To Fly In May For Class Of 2013</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/c2013_mortarboards_to_fly_in_may_for_class_2013/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—Seven Catholic high schools will hold their commencement exercises in May and six have announced their 2013 valedictorians and salutatorians. The graduations are listed below. Archdiocesan High Schools St. Pius X High School, Atlanta The commencement ceremony for St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, will be held on Saturday, May...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Eucharistic Congress Speakers Set To Engage, Inspire</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/ec_speakers_set_to_engage_inspire/?s=</link>
        <description>COLLEGE PARK—When the 18th annual Eucharistic Congress convenes at the Georgia International Convention Center in a few short weeks, it will be an event hosted by Atlanta’s three bishops—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama and Auxiliary Bishop David P. Talley—attended by thousands and featuring prayer, music, halls...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Sponsors Support Annual Congress</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/ec_sponsors_support_annual_congress/?s=</link>
        <description>Track sponsors for the 2013 Eucharistic Congress, donating $10,000, include the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia and the Supreme Office of the Knights of Columbus. Leading sponsors, who donated $5,000, are Catholic Charities Atlanta, Georgia United Credit Union and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home. Sustaining sponsors, donating $2,500, include...</description>
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        <guid>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/yof_fatima/?s=</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Pilgrims To Fatima Include Many Devoted Popes</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/yof_fatima/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—Pope Francis, in asking that his papacy be consecrated to Our Lady of Fatima, continues the close interrelationship between popes and this 20th-century apparition of Mary. On May 13, 2013, the bishops of Portugal are expected to pray on Pope Francis’ behalf this prayer of consecration, as he has asked...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Looking Back... April - May 1963</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/50years_looking_back_april_may_1963/?s=</link>
        <description> Issues of The Georgia Bulletin in April and May 1963 are dominated by the publication of “Pacem in Terris,” the encyclical on peace of Pope John XXIII. The 11,000-word papal letter was issued on April 10, 1963, and the full text in English was published as a special supplement...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>MAP Brings Medical Aid To Missionaries, Clinics</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/map_brings_medical_aid_to_missionaries_clinics/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—Scott Walters doesn’t mind holding out a tin cup. In fact, he loves it. “I tell people I have the world’s best job. I have the privilege of begging for the poor,” said Walters, the chief development officer for MAP International. “It’s truly humbling and a joyful, joyful experience,” he...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Celebration at the cathedral  for Msgr. McNamee</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/notable_celebration_at_the_cathedral_for_msgr_mcnamee/?s=</link>
        <description>On Wednesday, April 17, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving and investiture for Msgr. Frank McNamee, rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, who was elevated to the rank of monsignor this spring. Several hundred people attended the event, including members of the Knights of...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>New students join St. Mary School Junior Beta Club</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/notable_students_join_st_mary_school_junior_beta_club/?s=</link>
        <description> St. Mary School Junior Beta Club  recently accepted 25 fifth-graders and two sixth-graders.  The National Beta Club, open to students from 5th to 12th grades, promotes academic achievement, character, leadership and service. Its motto is “Let Us Lead by Serving Others.” The newest members are: Audrey McFall , Alex...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>St. Pius X High School recognizes  excellence in the archdiocese</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/notable_piusx_high_recognizes_excellence_in_the_archdiocese/?s=</link>
        <description>The Chi-Rho Award from St. Pius X High School is presented to eighth-graders who, in the judgment of the faculty, possess qualities of faith, determination, caring and integrity. The 2013 Chi-Rho Award winners are:  Andrea Werner , St. John Neumann Regional School, Lilburn; John Brown , St. Peter Claver Regional School,...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Non-Metro Parishes Talk Through Unique Challenges</title>
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        <description>ATLANTA—Rural Catholic communities make up one in three parishes in the Atlanta Archdiocese, giving the believers unique challenges, from few resources to long distances to travel for parish celebrations. Leaders from 23 parishes shared ideas at a daylong conference on Thursday, April 25, in Atlanta designed to help church workers...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Collegiate Sports On The Horizon For Seniors</title>
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        <description> ATLANTA—A number of graduating high school seniors from the Archdiocese of Atlanta, who are listed below, will be playing sports at various colleges and universities locally and around the country. This list excludes the Catholic athletes announced in the Feb. 14 issue of The Georgia Bulletin, which included those...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>5K Benefits Developmentally Disabled Adults</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/05/09/5k_benefits_developmentally_disabled_adults/?s=</link>
        <description>LILBURN— For the third year in a row, St. John Neumann Church, Lilburn, is joining forces with St. Mary’s Independent Living Extensions (SMILE) for a 5K and one-mile fun run. This year’s event is set for Saturday, May 11, at Lilburn City Park. Organizers and entertainers are donating their time...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Build ‘Civilization Of Love’ In Response To Bombings, Cardinal Urges</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/build_civilization_of_love_in_response_to_bombings_cardinal_urges/?s=</link>
        <description>BOSTON (CNS)—Even though “the culture of death looms large” today, the light of Christ the Good Shepherd “can expel the darkness and illuminate for us a path that leads to life, to a civilization of solidarity and love,” said Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley. “I hope that the events of...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Beyond Medical Help, Physician Gave Spiritual Help</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/beyond_medical_help_physician_gave_spiritual_help/?s=</link>
        <description>BOSTON (CNS)—Though events at the 2013 Boston Marathon included mayhem and the need for swift action, the father of a heroic runner slowed down to reflect in prayer at a Catholic shrine the next day. After experiencing firsthand the events as two bombs exploded April 15 at the finish line,...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Atlanta’s Marists Celebrate 150 Years Of U.S. Ministry</title>
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        <description>ATLANTA—While Marist priests and brothers today may not travel to mission communities in the U.S. via horse and carriage or by hopping on the train, the focus of their apostolate has remained very much the same as when they first arrived from France 150 years ago. Three religious sisters join...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Celebrating New Life In Our Parishes</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/murray_celebrating_new_life_in_our_parishes/?s=</link>
        <description>I was reading the Atlanta newspaper the other day and realized a section has been missing for a long time. You will still find death notices, but there are no birth announcements as in days of old. I’m not sure why this section has vanished, but surely as Catholics we...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>What I Have Seen and Heard</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/abg/?s=</link>
        <description>Events from this past Easter Sunday managed to place me into a direct personal relationship with two Catholic saints—well, in truth, I was put into immediate connection with two local relatives of two saints—and since then I have not been able to stop thinking about the coincidence of those two...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Lo Que He Visto Y He Oido</title>
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        <description>Los eventos ocurridos este pasado Domingo de Resurrección lograron colocarme en relación directa con dos santos católicos, bueno, en realidad, estuve en contacto inmediato con dos de los parientes locales de estos dos santos y desde entonces no he podido dejar de pensar en la coincidencia de estos dos encuentros...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Letters To The Editor</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/letters_to_the_editor/?s=</link>
        <description> Newtown, Conn., pastor grateful to Catholics Dear Brothers and Sisters, On behalf of our community and parish, we extend our gratitude to each of you who remembered us in prayer following the events of Dec. 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School. We quickly realized the universality of the...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Catholic Charities Atlanta Celebrates 60 Years At Gala</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/cca_celebrates_60_years_gala/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—Recognizing six decades of service to individuals and families in North Georgia, supporters, friends and staff members of Catholic Charities Atlanta gathered for the organization’s annual gala on Thursday, April 18. Serving as the charity’s largest fundraiser, this year the gala put special focus on the 60-year anniversary of CCA,...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Damaged Texas Town Swarmed With Assistance, Prayers</title>
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        <description>WEST, Texas (CNS)—The small town of West has been flooded with donations, disaster response teams, volunteers, news media and, perhaps most importantly, prayers since an explosion at a fertilizer plant the evening of April 17. The explosion killed 14 people and destroyed many of the homes within five blocks of...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Spanish radiothon seeks donors, prayers</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/notable_spanish_radiothon_seeks_donors_prayers/?s=</link>
        <description>The second radio marathon, “Crece Nuestra Fe” (Our Faith Grows), took place from Monday to Saturday, April 15 to 20. During the radiothon, live broadcasts of “Nuestra Fe” came from a conference room of the Chancery of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in Smyrna for an hour every day. “Nuestra Fe”...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>For 2013 education tax credit, act quickly</title>
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        <description>Grace Scholars’ leaders are encouraging Catholic taxpayers to contribute to the student scholarship organization that aids Georgia Catholic school students. David Brown , the executive director of Grace Scholars, reported that as of April 7, 56 percent of the education tax credit available statewide has already been approved for 2013....</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Sister Valentina receives award named for her</title>
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        <description>Mercy Sister Valentina Sheridan received the 2013 Second Century Award at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta. The award, which will be given annually at the hospital, is to be named in her honor as the Sister Valentina Sheridan Award. Sister Val, as she is known, is the director of mission...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Catholic students win Governor’s Honors</title>
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        <description>Local Catholic high school students will be spending part of the summer as members of the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. The students from St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, for the 2013 program are: in math, Josh Chatfield , of Decatur; in visual arts, Ana Haynes , of Lawrenceville; in...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>New leader for Holy Spirit Preparatory School</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/notable_new_leader_for_holy_spirit_prep_school/?s=</link>
        <description> Kyle Pietrantonio took over as head of school for Holy Spirit Preparatory School on March 1. Pietrantonio previously was the school’s associate head of school and Lower School principal. He has served in different roles during the past eight years, including high school history and Latin teacher and junior...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Pinecrest senior’s conversion wins contest</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/notable_pinecrest_seniors_conversion_wins_contest/?s=</link>
        <description>“Jinny” Jin Sol Kim is heading to Dallas, Texas, after winning the statewide Georgia Right to Life oratory contest. Kim had already won the Atlanta chapter of Georgia Right to Life contest when she competed on the state level April 20. Now, she will participate in the national competition June...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Choir Steps Outside Its Zone To Help Haitian Kids</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/choir_steps_outside_its_zone_to_help_haitian_kids/?s=</link>
        <description>PEACHTREE CITY—John LeBlanc’s hand cuts through the air, keeping the beat as Leila Wathen sings into the microphone. Then she joins the group from the soundproofed room to listen to her recording. Some of her notes make the long-time singer shake her head with disappointment. She goes back into the...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Archbishop Donoghue Scholarship Winners Announced</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/archbishop_donoghue_scholarship_winners_announced/?s=</link>
        <description>DULUTH—Georgia United Credit Union has announced the 2013 winners of the Archbishop John F. Donoghue scholarship, awarded for the sixth annual year. Annual selection is based on a short essay, academic accomplishments, leadership and participation in both school and community activities. The winner this year is Margaret (Meg) Panetta of...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Call For Valedictorians And Salutatorians</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/calling_for_valedictorians_salutatorians/?s=</link>
        <description> Are you a 2013 high school valedictorian or salutatorian in North Georgia? The Georgia Bulletin would like to acknowledge members of the Archdiocese of Atlanta being honored as class valedictorians and salutatorians at public and private high schools. Please send the names of senior high school students so honored,...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Attention Student Athletes</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/attention_student_athletes/?s=</link>
        <description>Are you a 2013 high school senior who attends a parish in North Georgia’s Archdiocese of Atlanta? The Georgia Bulletin would like to acknowledge student athletes of the archdiocese that have signed to play a sport at a college or university. This list will exclude the athletes announced in the...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Catholic Therapists Invoke ‘Mother Of Good Counsel’</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/yof_catholic_therapists_invoke_mother_of_good_counsel/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—As the church marks the feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel, members of the Catholic Psychotherapy Association feel a special connection to their patron. Therapist Sandra McKay in the late 1990s hosted other Catholic counselors in her home near Atlanta. The group talked about professional development and reviewed clinical...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Poems Chart T.S. Eliot’s Spiritual Evolution</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/king_poems_chart_ts_eliot_spiritual_evolution/?s=</link>
        <description>As a Georgia native with deep roots in this state, I was especially proud of David P. Talley’s appointment to auxiliary bishop. As I read the articles that put Bishop Talley’s remarkable life into context, I was particularly struck by his reminiscence that he discovered Catholicism through reading Thomas Merton’s...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Looking Back... April 1963</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/50years_looking_back_april1963/?s=</link>
        <description>Archbishop Hallinan’s 1963 Easter Message In a book of meditations soon to be published, Paul Claudel, the French poet, asks us to “lie still with our eyes closed a moment before dawn breaks on the day of the Resurrection.” It is a novel suggestion, one that is apt to surprise...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Christ The King School Presents Annual Tour Of Homes</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/ctk_school_presents_annual_tour_of_homes/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—Christ the King School presents its second annual Tour of Homes on Sunday, April 28, from 1-5 p.m. This year’s tour, which includes three homes, celebrates the past, present and future of Christ the King School and presents a chance to peek at home styles that range from Colonial to...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Catholic-Orthodox Event To Focus On Mother Of God</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/catholic_orthodox_event_focus_mother_of_god/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—The next Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical gathering is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. at Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, Atlanta. A reception will take place afterwards in McDonough Hall. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta will officiate. The theme will...</description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
        <title>Parent-Teen Safe Driving Expo To Feature Pip Arnold</title>
        <link>http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local/2013/04/25/parent_teen_safe_driving_expo_features_pip_arnold/?s=</link>
        <description>ATLANTA—An annual event to offer parents and their teenagers a range of insights into safe driving will be held Saturday, May 4, at the Cobb Galleria Centre. The SafeTeen Georgia Driving Academy is in its eighth year. Held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with main program sessions at 11...</description>
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