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Students celebrate Catholic Schools Week

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St. Gabriel students get special visitors 

020712csw-stgabes-icecreamCHARLOTTE — Officer Peter Grant of the Charlotte Police Department visited the first grade and spoke about his role in our community along with safety and other important information.

He was among 20 or more professionals who took time out of their day to speak to the children at St. Gabriel School during Catholic Schools Week.

020712csw-stgabes-mascotsA CMC Medicenter Air Helicopter landed in the school's parking lot with two flight nurses and the pilot aboard. The students got to ask questions and take a tour of the helicopter. Mrs. Sullivan's 4th grade class is pictured taking a tour of the helicopter.

Thursday was School Spirit Day. During the Teachers Vs. 5th grade volleyball game, special visitors included the CCHS Cougar, the Holy Trinity Bulldog and Holy Trinity Cheerleaders came to help pep up the students. Father Andre also showed his volleyball skills by playing with the students.020712csw-stgabes-show

Students at St. Gabriel finished the week with a talent show lead by parent volunteers Donna Green, Kerri Firestone. The show "The St. Gabe Factor" 020712csw-stgabes-mascots1featured more than 50 acts this year. This picture is a group of girls performing at the early show.

— Provided by Virginia White

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Father Patrick Winslow: What can we learn from Pope Francis?

It appears as if popes have something on their mind when first elected. One might call it a diagnosis and a proposed remedy for current ails. With Pope John Paul II, it was a message of hope to a world filled with fear. One can still hear him...

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David Hains: Close that unhealthy health center

David Hains: Close that unhealthy health center

The Gosnell abortion mill in Philadelphia and A Preferred Woman's Health Center in Charlotte have something in common: little regard for human life. It should come as no surprise that women are being mistreated in these facilities since...

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Peggy Bowes: Honor thy mother: Devotions to Mary

Peggy Bowes: Honor thy mother: Devotions to Mary

"We never give more honor to Jesus than when we honor His Mother, and we honor her simply and solely to honor Him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek – Jesus, her Son." — St. Louis de Montfort,...

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McLeansville artist sees his work as evangelization

McLeansville artist sees his work as evangelization

GREENSBORO — One gift changed Paul Nixon's life. Today the McLeansville man is a working artist, with sculptures on display throughout Guilford County. His latest, a sculpture of the Lamb of God, was installed at St. Thomas More Church...

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For the love of painting: Lifesize portrait painted of Monsignor Marcaccio

For the love of painting: Lifesize portrait painted of Monsignor Marcaccio

GREENSBORO — Last month Monsignor Anthony Marcaccio, pastor of St. Pius X Church in Greensboro, was hung. On a wall. In the church. Last year, St. Pius X parishioners hired up-and-coming British artist Nancy Fletcher to paint a life-size...

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Shroud of Turin broadcast set for Holy Saturday

Shroud of Turin broadcast set for Holy Saturday

DENVER — Pope Benedict XVI's decision to allow a TV broadcast of the Shroud of Turin on March 30, Holy Saturday, has been lauded by experts for highlighting the link between the shroud and the death and resurrection of Christ. "Pope Benedict...

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