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• The joys of spiritual motherhood

  November 28, 2019

  We met in the hospital when she was a newborn, and I brought homemade cookies for her mother. The baby was tiny and sweet, and named Sarah Evangeline.

• A Catholic canceling of a culture of racism

  November 28, 2019

  Father Bryan Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Christian ethicist at Fordham University and author of “Racial Justice and the Catholic Church,” spoke at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology for its Howard Thurman Lecture on Nov. 7.

• Thanksgiving blessings shared

  November 28, 2019

  President Abraham Lincoln set the holiday of Thanksgiving on our civic calendar. He wrote how it was “fit and proper” the gifts of God “should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.” The Georgia Bulletin asked a few people to share their gratitude.

• Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations announced

  November 28, 2019

  The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday, Dec. 12, will be celebrated with Masses, Aztec dances, processions and prayers.

• Archdiocese taking part in census awareness campaign

  November 28, 2019

  The 2020 census count doesn’t commence until next spring, but preliminary planning is underway as U.S. Census Bureau officials toil to establish working relationships with local and community groups to help ensure a comprehensive count. And the Archdiocese of Atlanta is figuring into that process in a prominent way.

• Mercy junior honored with national Youth Virtues, Valor and Vision Award

  November 28, 2019

  For her work to support Camp Sunshine and families of children with cancer, Danielle Garger earned the Youth Virtues, Valor and Vision Award from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA). Garger is a junior at Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville.

• The Senior Side: The Salt Shaker Christmas

  November 28, 2019

  The first time I saw the movie, “A Christmas Story,” I was deeply moved because I could have been Ralphie, the main character. Same age … same locale … same everything.

• St. Gabriel’s Knights of Columbus host Faith & Sharing Mass

  November 28, 2019

  The Faith and Sharing Mass celebrated by Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III at St. Gabriel Church was held Nov. 3. The Mass was hosted by the St. Gabriel Knights of Columbus and the archdiocesan Disabilities Ministry.

• Penance services mark the Advent season

  November 28, 2019

  In addition to the traditions associated Advent, many Catholics also go to confession as a way to prepare for the coming of Jesus. People value the sacrament of reconciliation as a means of receiving God’s forgiveness, said Father John Kieran. “It’s one of our greatest gifts in the church,” he said.

• Bishops hear that third-party reporting system may start in February

  November 16, 2019

  A third-party reporting system to field sexual misconduct allegations against bishops could be in place by the end of February, an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told the bishops during their fall general assembly in Baltimore.