January 23, 2020
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Counting the ways that I love St. Paul
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY
Published January 23, 2020St. Paul was a scoundrel before his conversion. As Saul of Tarsus, he was known for “breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord.”
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Campus ministry continues to raise funds for new building
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020The Catholic community at the University of West Georgia is working to “realize the dream” of a campus ministry building.
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Collegiate faith shines at Newman Centers
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020Named after St. John Henry Newman, canonized last October, Newman Centers are Catholic ministry centers at non-Catholic colleges and universities throughout the world. Read about Newman Centers in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
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Father Walter W. Foley, archdiocesan priest, remembered as a ‘faithful soul’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020Called a “religious brother, a devoted priest, a revered son, a blood brother and uncle, a friend and adventurer and a faithful soul,” Father Walter Wilford Foley was laid to rest Friday, Jan. 17.
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Marietta native Jenni Ellis named Safe Environment director
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020Jenni Ellis is the new director of the Safe Environment Office for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, which works to ensure the safety and security of children, young people and vulnerable adults throughout the archdiocese.
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The Golden Lions roar past Madison County
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 23, 2020The St. Pius X High School boys’ basketball team started the Jan. 14 game with an 11-0 run, forcing Danielsville’s Madison County High School to call an early time out. It didn’t matter. St. Pius X players kept their foot on the gas, enforced a tenacious defense and defeated Madison County
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Take action on HB 702 and SB 291
Published January 23, 2020
Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty (GCADP) urges support of Georgia House Bill 702 to repeal the state’s death penalty. The bishops of Georgia oppose SB 291, recently introduced assisted suicide legislation. Learn more about both proposals.
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Love and service hallmarks of MLK celebration
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020The annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, encompasses a service project, the Mass and a youth celebration. The theme was, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).
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U.S. bishops taking ‘ad limina’ visits to Rome
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published January 23, 2020The bishops of the U.S. prepared detailed reports on their dioceses to take to the Vatican. The U.S. bishops’ visits “ad limina apostolorum” began in 2019. Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, diocesan administrator for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III will take ad limina visits Feb. 7-15.
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Pinecrest Academy hosts first home wrestling match of 2020
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 23, 2020Pinecrest Academy held a three-way wrestling match Jan. 15 between its team, Riverside Military Academy of Gainesville and Salem High School of Conyers in the upper school gymnasium. With only eight wrestlers available, the undermanned and sometimes undersized Pinecrest team still managed to finish in second place.
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Celebrating Father Niese’s silver anniversary
Published January 23, 2020
Hundreds of St. Michael the Archangel Church parishioners came to the Mass on Jan. 11 to celebrate Father Larry Niese, pastor, and the 25 years since his ordination.
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A look at the 2020 Georgia legislative session
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020The Georgia General Assembly began its session Monday, Jan. 13. Representing the Catholic Church in front of lawmakers falls to attorney Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference.
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125 years of cinema, and ‘Of Gods and Men’
By DAVID A. KING, Ph.D
Published January 23, 2020Throughout this year, in celebration of the 125th anniversary of cinema, I will be writing several columns that consider the enormous contribution of Catholics to film art.
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Mother Teresa and my 23-year journey
By LINDA SCHAEFER, Special to the Bulletin
Published January 23, 2020It was on a most auspicious day on June 12, 1995 that Gretchen Keiser, then-editor of The Georgia Bulletin, and I waited in silent expectation on a private tarmac of Hartsfield Atlanta Airport for the arrival of Mother Teresa.