2020
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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.
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Sister of Mercy Valentina Sheridan, pastoral care and education leader, dies January 14
Published January 16, 2020
Sister M. Valentina Sheridan (Theresa), RSM, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 14 at Mercy Convent in Savannah. She was 88 years old. Sister Val worked for a number of years in the Archdiocese of Atlanta in both education and pastoral care.
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Father Walter W. Foley, archdiocesan priest, dies January 11
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 13, 2020Father Walter Wilford Foley, a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta for more than 43 years, died Saturday, Jan. 11. He was 91 years old. Father Foley was ordained to the priesthood in 1976 by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan.
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Titans’ tiny house project complete
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 9, 2020Students at Blessed Trinity High School recently completed construction of a tiny house. They began the project more than one year ago. The project was part of an effort by the Roswell school to weave several subjects into school projects, linking religion and the arts to engineering and technology.
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Atlanta Catholics make 2020 spiritual resolutions
By MARK WOOLSEY, Special to the Bulletin
Published January 9, 2020Secular intentions like losing weight or stopping smoking rear their heads year after year. Faith-based resolutions also seem to stake out turf. They might be more demonstrable, such as going to confession more, stepping up volunteer work, or more reflective of inner practices like concentrated prayer.
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LaGrange assignment unforgettable experience for reporter
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 9, 2020Is it ever too late to try to right a wrong? Do you apologize for something done generations ago? That was the question faced by the police chief in LaGrange, Louis Dekmar. The chief in 2017 publicly apologized for a 1940 lynching in the community.
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‘Just Mercy’ has real-world significance
By JOHN MULDERIG, Catholic News Service
Published January 9, 2020The legal drama “Just Mercy” (Warner Bros.), director and co-writer Destin Daniel Cretton’s adaptation of the 2014 memoir by Bryan Stevenson, reaches back to events in the 1980s. But it also succeeds in vividly demonstrating the ongoing dangers posed by the application of the death penalty in a society still burdened by widespread racism.
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Writer’s favorite assignment highlighted listening ministry
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 9, 2020All of us have faced difficulties in life. Whether it is job loss, divorce, financial stress, we know that life is not always fair or kind. When we face those darker times, support in the form of a listening ear can make all the difference. This kind of life-changing support is provided through Stephen Ministry.
