Also in this Issue

• Annual poll shows 75 percent of adults want restrictions on abortion

• Abuse report’s claim of cover-up, mishandling of cases called ‘misleading’

• Judges block expansion of religious exemptions to HHS mandate

• KOC Essay winners reflect on family life and faith

• St. Oliver Plunkett invites teens to World Youth Day Rally

• Mass for the Unborn, Stand for Life Jan. 28

• Centro Hispano Marista hosts 2018 GED graduation

• Fortunate and Faithful Families to have February gathering

• MLK observances to include Mass, youth celebration

• ‘Sister of Selma’ and Atlanta Catholic education leader dies Jan. 2

• Dog’s job at Oregon Catholic hospital: Comforting kids in emergency room

• Archdiocese of Atlanta Annual Report

• Robots and AI: Papal academy decodes newest pro-life challenges

• Sister Wendy Beckett, art critic and British TV star, dies at 88

• Christmas Eve marks 200th anniversary of beloved carol ‘Silent Night’

• Hawthorne Dominican Sister Mary Walter Ziajor dies

• ‘Everything changes’ with Christ’s birth, pope says

• Deacon Hilliard Lee remembered with special cross

• Queen of Angels’ parish tree brightens the season

• Cristo Rey boys’ team gives valiant effort against Holy Spirit Preparatory

Local News

• Atlanta

  Remembering the top stories of 2018

  It’s that time when we consider the events that shaped 2018 for the Atlanta Catholic community. We must have printed hundreds of thousands of words and hundreds of photos in last year’s 23 issues. Editor Nichole Golden, Photographer Michael Alexander and Staff Writer Andrew Nelson flipped through the pages to select the stories with an […] Full Story

• Atlanta

  Favorite photos captured in 2018 reflect visual gifts from God

  ATLANTA–I always say I’ve never taken a photograph that God didn’t orchestrate or see first. If I’m attentive, able to anticipate what God is about to unveil and I’m in the right place at the right time, the opportunity for capturing a special moment is possible. There are two photos from 2018 that speak to […] Full Story

• Atlanta

  Reporter’s favorite story combines art and faith

  ATLANTA—The image first popped up in my Twitter feed. It was a painting of a cloaked pregnant woman, twinned with a large catchphrase written in cursive: “Woman are stronger than hell.” The mural was painted on a wall at the Krog Street tunnel, one of Atlanta’s most famous outposts for public art. I’d call it […] Full Story

• Atlanta

  Lesson on living a full life a memorable story

  ATLANTA—The year 2018 began by interviewing a woman whose 100-year life coincided with a remarkable period of Atlanta history and a connection to a saint. Winter weather prevented me from getting together at least once with Emily Milner, known as “Miss Emily” to fellow parishioners at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. We were finally […] Full Story

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