Also in this Issue

• Bishops celebrate Mass of Prayer and Penance for survivors of clergy sex abuse

• Pope, U.S. Catholic bishops, join in prayers for victims of London attacks

• Priest says Egypt’s Christians feel they could be martyrs at any time

• Oregon Catholic father of four killed trying to protect fellow passengers

• Pope, President Trump speak of hopes for peace

• Pope: Jesus walks with those discouraged, with bowed heads

• Catholic advocates for immigrants assess how to win allies, combat fear

• Movies with Catholic themes to hit cinemas, video

• Are you a Class of 2017 valedictorian or salutatorian?

• Mercy Care Chamblee sponsors say new health clinic offers dignity, care to all

• Catholics bring Pope Francis’ call to protect creation to climate march

• Airline worker brings trafficking victims’ faces into plain view

• ‘Hidden Figures,’ ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ among Christopher Award winners

• Father Terry Kane, priest for 49 years in archdiocese, dies

• Longtime priest of the archdiocese, Msgr. Leo Herbert, dies

• Don’t be rigid; Holy Spirit is gift of God who surprises us, pope says

• Father Solanus Casey recalled as beloved friar who showed mercy to others

• Welcome Grants expanded to five archdiocesan schools for 2017-2018 year

• Seven Carmelite communities are helping lay Catholics live faith more deeply

• Raleigh priest named as new Atlanta auxiliary bishop

Local News

• Vatican City

  Vatican releases online questionnaire for youth

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—To involve young people in preparations for the Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018, the Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-olds around the world. The questionnaire—available in English, Spanish, French and Italian—can be found on the synod’s official site: youth.synod2018.va/content/synod2018/it.html […] Full Story | En Español

• Atlanta

  Four ordained as transitional deacons

  ATLANTA—Thunderous applause echoed off the stone walls of the Cathedral of Christ the King as four men presented themselves to be ordained as transitional deacons, a milestone toward serving as Catholic priests. As the men lay face down on the stone floor, friends and family filling the Gothic church’s wooden pews asked the saints to […] Full Story

• Atlanta

  Innovative program funds buildings for rapidly growing churches

  ATLANTA—Making room for everyone at the Lord’s table is the spirit behind a focused new program in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The Special Projects Program is funding the expansion of basic worship and religious education space in a few uniquely challenged parishes whose churches cannot hold all those coming for Mass or faith education. The […] Full Story | En Español

• Cedartown

  St. Bernadette breaks ground for much-needed church building

  CEDARTOWN—Parishioners of St. Bernadette Church welcomed Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory for the groundbreaking on a new church building Sunday, May 7, celebrating with a festival-like event. Families tailgated in the 13-acre pasture next to the Second Baptist Church on Evergreen Lane, site of the proposed building to be backed through special projects funding of the […] Full Story

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