2020
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Catholic schools superintendent retires after 14 years in Atlanta
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 28, 2020This summer, Dr. Diane Starkovich will retire after 14 years serving as superintendent for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Inspired by her own teachers as a young girl, Starkovich said she has loved the job every single day.
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Pope to lead shrines in rosary prayer May 30
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
Published May 28, 2020Pope Francis will lead the major shrines around the world in praying the rosary to implore Mary’s intercession and protection amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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High school seniors, parents reflect on unique school year
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 28, 2020The pandemic remade the traditional events marking the end of high school for the class of 2020. Instead of group pictures and senior proms, they ended the year with Zoom classrooms and virtual ceremonies, learning resilience along the way.
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CRS kickstarts ‘Lead the Way on Hunger’ campaign
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 28, 2020“Shadow pandemics” are stalking vulnerable communities around the world in addition to the novel coronavirus, said Sean Callahan, president of Catholic Relief Services. CRS has launched a new initiative to fight global hunger.
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Smyrna priest tests positive for COVID-19
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 28, 2020Father Brian Sheridan, a La Salette priest and pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna, learned he tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 26.
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The gift of the ‘Spiritual Exercises’ of St. Ignatius of Loyola
By Father Peter E. Fink, SJ, Commentary
Published May 28, 2020St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), left to the church fruit of his own spiritual journey as the “Spiritual Exercises.”
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Preserving God’s creation is a sacred duty
By ARCHBISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER, OFM Conv.
Published May 28, 2020Laudato Si’. These words are taken from the beautiful Canticle of Creation by St. Francis of Assisi.
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Atlanta Archbishop announces priest assignments
Published May 22, 2020
Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has announced priest assignments for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, effective on July 1.
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Senior Side: The power of hope
By BILL CLARKE
Published May 20, 2020Looking back on past crises, we seniors can say that we have lived through the best of times and worst of times. Along the way we have accumulated a vast amount of experience which for many culminates in wisdom, also known to be a gift of the Holy Spirit.
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Archbishop Hartmayer announces guidelines for resuming in-parish worship
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published May 18, 2020Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has announced a schedule and conditions for resumption of in-parish worship and access to church buildings in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
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Archbishop Hartmayer to celebrate Green Mass May 20
By GEORGIA BULLETIN NEWS STAFF
Published May 14, 2020The annual Green Mass will be celebrated at noon on Wednesday, May 20.
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Compassion Kitchen Project helps restaurant workers, feeds the hungry
By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 14, 2020Recognizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on both the restaurant community and the hungry, parishioners of the Cathedral of Christ the King started The Compassion Kitchen Project.
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Dr. Maria Montessori and her method
By DR. DAVID A. KING, Ph.D.
Published May 14, 2020As I’ve tried to educate my sons—and my many students—throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve thought a lot not just about how we learn but how we teach, and I’ve been reading especially about Dr. Maria Montessori, widely acknowledged as one of the most influential educators of all time.
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The simple lesson of childhood
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published May 14, 2020Sometimes it seems our world changed almost overnight. Now words like “exponential,” “antibody,” “pandemic” and “social distancing” are part of our daily vocabulary.
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Coat of Arms reflects archbishop’s Catholic heritage, Franciscan vocation
Published May 14, 2020
In church tradition, when a bishop becomes the ordinary of a diocese, the arms of his jurisdiction are joined (impaled) with his personal coat of arms. Learn more about Archbishop Hartmayer’s coat of arms, and his episcopal motto.
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Former parishioners welcome archbishop back home
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 14, 2020Beginning in 1995, Archbishop Hartmayer served as pastor of St. Philip Benizi Church for 15 years, then at St. John Vianney in Lithia Springs. Former parishioners recall his collaborative style.
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How the Diocese of Savannah formed a bishop
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published May 14, 2020In the weeks between his March appointment as Archbishop of Atlanta and the official installation May 6, Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., shared warm words for the people of Savannah.
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The ministry of a Franciscan friar
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 14, 2020Archbishop Hartmayer is one of 25 Conventual Franciscan Friars serving as bishops worldwide and one of three in the United States. Franciscans live out their vocations in a variety of ways.
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Family, friends recall Archbishop Hartmayer’s childhood
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 14, 2020The values taught around the dining room table in his modest home in upstate New York shaped the new Atlanta archbishop’s life.
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At morning Mass, Pope offers prayers for unemployed
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Services
Published May 14, 2020As countries continue to reel from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis offered prayers for the men and women who have been unable to work.
