May 16, 2019
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Catholics share in faith at annual Eucharistic Congress, June 21-22
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 16, 2019Thousands of Catholics from the Southeast will gather for the 2019 Eucharistic Congress on June 21-22 at the Georgia International Convention Center in College Park.
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St. Pius’ Teacher Jam a year-end school tradition
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 16, 2019Teacher Jam has been a tradition closing out the school year since 2001 at St. Pius X High School. The outdoor concert, featuring teachers as the musicians, gives students a chance to relax before final exams.
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St. John Bosco wins its first state soccer championship
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER
Published May 16, 2019The St. John Bosco Academy boys varsity scoccer team won its first Georgia Independent Christian Athletic Association (GICAA) Division II-AA state championship May 4.
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Accolades for Pinecrest Academy soccer athletes and coach
Published May 16, 2019
The Class 1A-Private Area 8 soccer teams were announced, and Pinecrest Academy had five girls and two boys named to the area’s first team and four boys and three girls to the area’s second team.
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Blessed Trinity advances to baseball’s ‘final four’
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER
Published May 16, 2019It took a second day of competition, but on May 9, Blessed Trinity High School earned a spot in the Class AAAA state semifinal game by defeating College Park’s Woodward Academy, 2-1, for its second victory of a three-game series.In the first game, May 8, Blessed Trinity defeated Woodward Academy 7-2.
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The eternal voyage of ‘The Sea Moose’
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published May 16, 2019Whenever I read about Jesus and the disciples in their fishing boat, my mind traipses back in time to the days when my husband and I journeyed through the Gulf of Mexico in a boat called “The Sea Moose.”
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Cristo Rey student wins 2019 Anne Frank essay competition
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 16, 2019Bae Na Dae Ta, a sophomore at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School, is the winner of the national 2019 “Lessons from Anne” essay competition, inspired by the writings of Anne Frank.
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Pastors welcome 53 graduates who will help them catechize in Spanish
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 16, 2019An innovative program equipping parishes with catechetical leaders trained in Spanish for ministry has graduated its third class. More than 50 leaders representing 30 Hispanic ministries received a certificate in pastoral theology in April.
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Notre Dame Academy’s first graduation ceremony May 31
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 16, 2019Notre Dame Academy in Duluth will have its first ever graduation ceremony May 31. Twenty students will earn their high school diplomas from the independent Catholic school.
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Archbishop Gregory offers invocation at Atlanta City Council
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
Published May 16, 2019Upon the invitation of Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory offered the invocation at the April 15 meeting of the council.
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Catholic minorities can still change the world, pope says
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published May 16, 2019Visiting the small Catholic communities in Bulgaria and North Macedonia offered an opportunity to encourage the faithful to remember God’s miracle of feeding a multitude with just a few loaves and fishes, Pope Francis said.
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Mary Hall Freedom House, City of Sandy Springs resolve zoning conflict
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published May 16, 2019In April, the City of Sandy Springs and the nonprofit Mary Hall Freedom House reached an agreement to settle a two-year dispute over zoning violations. Pax Christi of St. Jude the Apostle Church, Father John Kieran and others spoke out on behalf of the organization and its work.
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Hitchcock’s ‘The Wrong Man’ portrays complexity of suffering
By DAVID A. KING, Ph.D.
Published May 16, 2019St. Stephen did nothing wrong. As he testified about the power of God and the truth of the resurrection, his audience scorned him and “cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together. They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him.” The book of the Acts […] Full Story
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Hundreds attend St. Catherine of Siena’s Faith and Love conference
By PAUL THIGPEN, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 16, 2019More than 500 Catholics from as far as Colorado gathered on Saturday, March 31, at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Kennesaw. They filled the sanctuary for the “Faith and Love Conference: Understanding and Explaining the Church’s Teaching on Marriage and Human Sexuality.”