September 5, 2019
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Pinecrest Academy opens new lower school building
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published September 5, 2019Faculty, staff, students and families of Pinecrest Academy gathered to celebrate the opening of the new lower school building on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
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Papal nuncio encourages African clergy, sisters at Fairburn convention
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published September 5, 2019Each year, members of the African Conference of Catholic Clergy and Religious in the United States (ACCCRUS) gather to support and learn from another. From July 24-27, ACCCRUS held its 20th annual convention in Fairburn, with a keynote address by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.
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My grandmother’s enduring love for family
By Lorraine V. Murray
Published September 5, 2019One photo shows a plump woman wearing a plain dress and gazing shyly into the camera. Another shows her on the beach, hiding partially behind her husband and dressed in a skirted bathing suit complete with long stockings. This is my maternal grandmother, Rose Bibbo, a lady whom I never met, but greatly admire.
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The Senior Side: the WHO ministry after the loss of a spouse
By BILL CLARKE, Commentary
Published September 5, 2019The WHO ministry is a parish ministry of committed men and women who have experienced the loss of a spouse and are attempting to build new lives. Their purpose is to help one another by sharing feelings from others who are traveling the same journey.
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Perfect and living compounds
By FATHER JAMES S. BEHRENS, OCSO
Published September 5, 2019God’s life is in us. We are made in his image and likeness—a human/divine compound in which the human cannot be understood apart from its divine dimension.
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Reencuentro Familiar reunites elderly Mexicans with family in Georgia
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
Published September 5, 2019Our Lady of the Americas Mission took action with compassion to reunite Mexican immigrants with their aged parents from Hidalgo, Mexico, for 20 days in Georgia after decades of family separation.
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Sister Louise Sommer bids Atlanta farewell
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 5, 2019After nearly a lifetime in Atlanta, St. Louis native Sister Louise Sommer, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, is returning to her Missouri community. St. Lawrence Church will honor her with a Sept. 21 reception.
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Trappist priest remembered for forming deep connections with others
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Special to the Bulletin
Published September 5, 2019Father James Behrens, OCSO, died on Aug. 15. He was 71 and a monk for 25 years and priest for 45 years. He entered the Cistercian order at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit in Conyers in 1994. Before that he was a priest for 20 years in the Newark Archdiocese.
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Parish business manager earns master’s degree in church management
Published September 5, 2019
Helena Frazier, a May graduate of the master’s program in church management at Villanova University, is already applying what she learned during the intensive two-year program. The parish business manager at St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro, Frazier enrolled in the master’s program at the encouragement of the church’s pastor.
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NCCW annual convention focuses on ‘care for our common home’
Published September 5, 2019
More than 650 women attended the annual convention for the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) Aug. 21-24 in Atlanta. The NCCW celebrated its 99th year with the theme, “Reflecting the Joy of God, Caring for God’s Creation.”
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Deacon William E. Payne Jr. dies Aug. 9
Published September 5, 2019
Deacon William E. Payne Jr. died on Aug. 9. He was ordained a deacon on Dec. 3, 1988 and served at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta. His lifelong ministry was in service to the poor.
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New leader of young adult ministries believes in creating thriving communities
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published September 5, 2019Allen Austin is the new associate director of campus and young adult ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Originally from Florida, Austin is a graduate of the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He previously served as youth minister at St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek, and at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Alpharetta.
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Focolare movement emphasizes spirituality of unity
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 5, 2019The Focolare movement, which has a renewed presence in Atlanta, emphasizes a spirituality of unity. The foundation of the lay Catholic organization is one simple idea—people of all faiths, or none, can find common ground and with it comes a sense of belonging and love for each other.