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Golf and redemption in ‘The Legend of Bagger Vance’
June 22, 2018A constant theme in my many columns for The Georgia Bulletin is tradition, from the Latin tradere, which means literally “to hand one another along.” Any parent, any teacher, will tell you that one of the great joys of mentoring is sharing treasured truths, interests and pursuits with those you teach. So it has come […]
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At spring meeting, bishops OK directives, abuse charter revisions
June 22, 2018FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CNS)—New medical directives governing health care partnerships and revisions to the charter on the protection of young people were approved during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ spring general assembly. During their June 13-14 meeting, the bishops also approved what is described a “pastoral response” to Asian and Pacific Island Catholics and, […]
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Church’s compassion must be extended to survivors of suicide
June 22, 2018Father Charles T. Rubey is a cherished priest friend of mine with nearly 50 years of distinguished service to Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Chicago. During a recent telephone conversation Father Rubey mentioned that he was aware of several shameful incidents of people, grieving the loss of loved ones who had tragically taken their […]
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‘Tag’ movie based on three-decade chase game of Catholic school friends
June 22, 2018WASHINGTON (CNS)—A group of Catholic high school friends has kept in touch—literally—since graduating more than 30 years ago from Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington. The way they’ve stayed connected—through essentially continuing a version of tag they started in high school—has received mixed reaction from people over the years, but that all changed five years […]
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Meditation on lambs, shepherds, wolves and humble pie
June 22, 2018The train puttered along the track, revealing through its huge windows emerald meadows decorated with white dots. My husband and I were traveling from a village in the Cotswolds—where we’d attended a Tolkien-themed art show that included his work—back to London, where we’d spend the night with friends, then fly home the next day. As […]
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Spring was a season of state championships for Catholics schools
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—Archdiocesan and independent Catholic high schools captured individual and team state championships this spring in sports like lacrosse, soccer and track and field. Here is a school-by-school breakdown of the state champions: Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, Class AAAA Teams: Boys’ lacrosse, defeated Greater Atlanta Christian, Norcross, 6-5; it was the team’s first trip to […]
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Newspaper, communications office receive 16 Catholic Press awards
June 21, 2018GREEN BAY, Wis.—The Georgia Bulletin and the Office of Communications for the Archdiocese of Atlanta earned a total of 16 Catholic Press awards for work done in 2017, some for collaborative projects, at this year’s Catholic Media Conference. The awards were announced at the June 15 banquet that closed the conference. The conference, held June […]
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Cathedral’s Hyland Center project moving forward
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—As rector of the distinctive Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta, Msgr. Frank McNamee wears many hats. His favorite lately is a white hard hat that he dons to go outside and check on the construction progress of the parish’s new Hyland Center. The demolition and construction project in the cathedral’s courtyard began after […]
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Msgr. Churchwell was ‘always there for the people’
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—The brother priests of Msgr. Stephen T. Churchwell, JCD, remembered his love of vocation and people at a June 7 vigil at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Atlanta. The longtime priest and canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Atlanta died May 31. He was 68. “From the earliest of times, Steve knew something was […]
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Theology on Tap provides unity for young adult community
June 21, 2018ATLANTA—A Facebook post alerted Michael Brown to the Theology on Tap event May 23 at a brewery in Atlanta’s Grant Park neighborhood. Although the event started in two hours, Brown knew he had to be there. “To see such a young Catholic crowd in Atlanta getting together—you don’t really see that in the Catholic Church,” […]