2020
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Parishes find new ways to minister to the faithful
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, ANDREW NELSON and SAMANTHA SMITH
Published April 2, 2020Parish priests and their staff have been prompted by the virus outbreak to find new ways of serving from providing faith formation to meeting spiritual needs.
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Summit held to address church’s ‘twin crises’ of abuse, leadership failure
By MARK ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published April 2, 2020The Catholic Partnership Summit, Feb. 28-29, had as its theme, “From Crisis to Co-Responsibility: Creating a New Culture of Leadership.” It drew leaders from 63 U.S. dioceses, including Atlanta.
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Atlanta Catholics participate in national partnership summit
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 2, 2020Area Catholics attending the Catholic Partnership Summit roundtable in Washington, D.C. came back with ideas on opening parish life and the Archdiocese of Atlanta to the voices of its lay members.
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Service for reporting sexual misconduct involving U.S. bishops launched
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 2, 2020A new reporting system for sexual misconduct allegations against United States bishops began March 16.
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Eucharistic Congress canceled due to coronavirus
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published April 2, 2020The 2020 Eucharistic Congress scheduled for June 12-13 has been canceled, but the event is slated to return in 2021.
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Jesus’ last words become prayers for a pandemic
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published April 2, 2020This Lenten season surely will be etched into our memories forever. Our usual offerings to God pale compared to the sacrifices we’re called to make during the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 is a call to live differently, pope says
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published April 2, 2020Pope Francis meditated on the meaning of the pandemic and its implications March 27 before raising a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament and giving an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi”
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Mass suspension continues through April 19, school closures extended
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published March 27, 2020Due to the continued spread of COVID-19 in Georgia, the archdiocese will extend suspension of the Masses through Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19. Catholic school building closings will be extended through Friday, April 17.
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Pope Francis announces extraordinary ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing March 27
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published March 23, 2020In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said he will give an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) at 6 p.m. Rome time Friday, March 27.
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Roswell Catholic schools notify communities of a positive COVID-19 case
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published March 21, 2020Administrators at Queen of Angels School and Blessed Trinity High School notified their respective communities on March 18 and 19 of a positive COVID-19 diagnosis for an elementary school staff member.
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Changes to installation Mass for Archbishop Hartmayer announced
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
Published March 20, 2020Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, diocesan administrator for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, announced today that the installation of the new archbishop of Atlanta will take place in a private ceremony.
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Abate takes vows to the hermitic life
Published March 19, 2020
Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, was celebrant for the profession of vows and investiture for Nicholas Abate to the hermitic life.
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The displaced person
By DR. DAVID KING, Ph.D
Published March 19, 2020A friend and I were discussing the state of the world and literature’s relevance to it, when my friend brought up Flannery O’Connor. He said, “if you were to take all of O’Connor’s stories, and compare them side by side, you would find that the constant recurring theme is that of ‘The Displaced Person.’”
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Battling the demons prowling through our lives
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published March 19, 2020There was an old monk often visited by people seeking spiritual help. One day, someone asked, “Father, how did you learn to pray?”
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Reporting system to record abuse complaints against bishops begins
By DENNIS SADOWSKI, Catholic News Service
Published March 19, 2020A reporting system accepting sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. bishops and eparchs is in place. Called the Catholic Bishops Abuse Reporting Service, or CBAR, the system became operational March 16.
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Catholics adjust to worship, life disruptions in time of coronavirus
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 19, 2020Catholics are believers shaped by ritual and sacraments, so without the community or sacraments, it can be jarring, said Father Dennis Dorner. He hopes during this time of separation that people learn to create their “own ritual and faith life within their own sacred space.”
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Pinecrest and Walker split in baseball doubleheader
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Writer
Published March 19, 2020After a rainout prevented Pinecrest Academy and The Walker School baseball teams from playing the previous day, they decided to play an evening doubleheader on Walker’s lighted field Wednesday, March 11.
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Archdiocese partners with High Museum for Stations of the Cross devotion
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 19, 2020Drawing from a diversity of art and reflections, believers can trace the final hours of Jesus’ life in a new Stations of the Cross devotion. Pieces from the High Museum of Art’s collection reveal religious expressions from unexpected sources. The devotions can be found online.
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Staying connected to faith while at home
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published March 19, 2020Here is a list of ideas for staying spiritually connected as the community works to keep the most vulnerable people safe from COVID-19, a coronavirus.
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CDC director ‘not shy about his Catholic faith,’ says pastor
By TIM SWIFT, Catholic News Service
Published March 19, 2020When Msgr. Richard Woy sees Dr. William Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on television these days flanked by medical experts issuing the latest guidance on the novel coronavirus he doesn’t just see one of the top health officials in the U.S., he sees one of the faithful.
