2020
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Parishes show creativity with Triduum, Easter celebrations
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 16, 2020Despite being unable to gather for Holy Week celebrations, parish leaders in north and central Georgia found creative ways to work with and around annual traditions.
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Church leaders call for aid and prayers following deadly tornadoes, storms
By RHINA GUIDOS, Catholic News Service
Published April 16, 2020Two U.S. archbishops are asking for prayers and help for those affected by a series of storms and tornadoes that tore through several states beginning on Easter and going into the following day.
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Archbishop Hartmayer joins first virtual unity Seder
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 16, 2020Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., joined the American Jewish Community (AJC) in Atlanta for the first virtual Atlanta Unity Seder April 6.
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Mental health professionals give tips on handling pandemic stress
By SAMANTHA SMITH and ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writers
Published April 16, 2020Since much of the community has gone into isolation, people’s anxieties and concerns have ramped up considerably. Catholic counselors and therapists discuss ways to cope.
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Catholic leaders urge Congress to address shortcomings in CARES Act
By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
Published April 16, 2020Catholic leaders are urging Congress to address issues in a new federal emergency aid package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Catholic Charities, SVdP respond to coronavirus
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 16, 2020Families being self-sufficient takes on a new meaning as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused great job loss in the United States. Catholic Charities Atlanta and SVdP Georgia are responding to the needs.
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Pope calls for a ‘contagion’ of Easter hope
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published April 16, 2020Pope Francis’ Easter prayers on April 12 were mostly in the context of the suffering and death caused by the coronavirus and the economic difficulties the pandemic already has triggered.
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Recognition Day spotlights parish women, youth, with giving hearts
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published April 16, 2020The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women honored 60 women and 52 youth for their faith and service to the church, family and community at the 43rd annual Recognition Day Mass.
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Women and Youth of the Year honorees named
Published April 16, 2020
The AACCW shares the names of those honored at their annual recognition day Mass on March 7.
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Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper and ‘The Pride of the Yankees’
By DAVID A. KING, Ph.D.
Published April 16, 2020At times of futility and depression, we often turn to sport to divert attention from our troubles. Now, there are no sports. Regular readers of my column know that almost every spring, I write about baseball, which was supposed to have started by now.
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New challenges require new solutions
By FATHER JOHN KIERAN
Published April 16, 2020Living in a retirement home adds an extra challenge in the battle against COVID-19. Many sequestered seniors say, “I don’t know what to do with myself; I have so much time on my hands!”
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The road and the rainbow
By Maureen Pratt, Catholic News Service
Published April 16, 2020As I neared Los Angeles and my gaze alternated between the road and the colorful glory in the sky, a prayer of gratitude welled up in me.
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Pope leads Way of the Cross in empty, torch-lit St. Peter’s Square
By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, Catholic News Service
Published April 10, 2020Pope Francis led the Way of the Cross from St. Peter’s Square rather than Rome’s Colosseum, where it has been held annually for more than five decades.
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On Holy Thursday, pope thanks God for world’s priests
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published April 9, 2020On Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis thanked all priests for their service and called those who died ministering to the sick and health care workers part of the community of “saints next door.”
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Pope on Palm Sunday: Life, measured by love, is meant to serve others
By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
Published April 5, 2020Broadcast and livestreamed over a wide range of media, the pope preached in his Palm Sunday homily about the betrayal and abandonment Jesus experienced before and during his Passion.
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Good Friday decree issued for health care workers
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published April 4, 2020Health care workers in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are dispensed from the obligation on Good Friday to abstain from eating meat and from fasting.
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Online learning continues in Atlanta’s Catholic schools
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 2, 2020Online learning has become the new normal in Catholic schools since being closed on March 16 due to the coronavirus.
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Lilburn students serve others with sandwiches
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 2, 2020People are still hungry. That’s what the community at St. John Neumann Regional School knows. They are just one of the Catholic schools responding to the pandemic.
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Gregg’s Pantry at Decatur parish continues outreach amid pandemic
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 2, 2020As other food pantries shut down, volunteers at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur continued to serve their neighbors.
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St. Clement’s renovated spaces, new altar are fruits of parishioners’ labors
By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
Published April 2, 2020The community of St. Clement Church, Calhoun, gathered to celebrate renovations and participate in the consecration of a new altar March 8. Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, celebrated the Mass.
