2020
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‘Angels Unawares’ to be displayed at Holy Spirit
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 10, 2020This bronze sculpture, called “Angels Unawares” is a monument to migration. Created by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz, it is scheduled to be displayed on the campus of Holy Spirit Preparatory School in Atlanta starting Jan. 7.
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Atlanta’s 2021 Eucharistic Congress cancelled amid COVID concerns
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published December 10, 2020On Monday, Dec. 7, Deacon Dennis Dorner, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, announced that the 2021 Eucharistic Congress will not be held. Due to the uncertainty about the safety of gathering thousands of people in one space six months from now, organizers decided to cancel the event.
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Spanish language virtual program a success
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published December 2, 2020More than 250 participants from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and around the nation participated in the virtual program “New Directory for Catechesis: The Gospel Always Current.”
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Searching for the hidden message
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published December 2, 2020We moved often when I was a child, so I left secret messages in my various bedrooms to prove I had once lived there.
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Magnificat creates videos with bishop, Father Hepburn as speakers
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Special to the Bulletin
Published December 1, 2020The Magnificat ministry in the archdiocese, which has not been able to hold the Magnificat meal for women since March, has stepped out in faith, creating virtual events with speakers Bishop Bernard Shlesinger and Father Tim Hepburn. Both of the videos can be seen on the YouTube channel of the Magnificat Joyful Visitation chapter.
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Pope creates 13 new cardinals, including Washington archbishop
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published November 28, 2020One by one 11 senior churchmen, including–Cardinals Wilton D. Gregory of Washingto, and formerly of Atlanta, and Silvano M. Tomasi, a former Vatican diplomat–knelt before Pope Francis to receive their red hats in a Nov. 28 consistory.
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Georgia prepares for Senate runoffs January 5
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2020Candidates for two U.S. Senate seats representing Georgia are preparing for a runoff election on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Faithful Citizenship videos available through the archdiocese can be a good starting point for Catholics preparing to vote.
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Faith, reason and Santa Claus
By DAVID A. KING, Ph.D., Commentary
Published November 26, 2020How do we support what we profess to believe? Do we look for signs, for evidence, for visible proof? Or do we believe simply through faith?
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Gratitude for those sustaining the life of the church
By BISHOP JOEL M. KONZEN, SM
Published November 26, 2020It has been heartening to see first-hand the adaptations that parishes have made in order to continue serving their members, as well as the extra efforts being made by our priests and deacons to minister to their flocks.
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#iGiveCatholic responds to pandemic needs
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2020Coordinated locally by the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia, #iGiveCatholic is an online giving day that brings the Catholic community together to give back.
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The necessity of Black Catholic History Month: A reflection
By ASHLEY MORRIS, Th.M.
Published November 26, 2020More than a 30-day recounting or retelling of a series of little-known church facts, Black Catholic History Month is the perfect opportunity to reflect upon and uplift God’s movement within communities regularly overlooked in our narratives.
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Reminders of what it means to be thankful
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2020As Thanksgiving approached, The Georgia Bulletin reached out to Catholics featured in earlier stories as the pandemic began. It was a hope that through their disrupted lives, they might remind us all of what it is to be thankful during this holiday.
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Faith-filled home becomes a home for faithful in Johns Creek
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2020Dr. Fred Jabaley, a cradle Catholic and dentist, bought farmland for his family on Old Alabama Road in 1973. Years later, the land and some surrounding it would become the home of St. Brigid Church and Holy Redeemer School in Johns Creek, and more recently the parish columbarium.
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Memorial Garden, columbarium at Johns Creek parish a place for prayer
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2020A quiet and prayerful memorial garden and columbarium sits right outside the adoration chapel at St. Brigid Church. Blessed by Cardinal Wilton Gregory in 2016, then Archbishop of Atlanta, the columbarium at the Johns Creek parish is a sacred resting place for cremated remains.
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Working group formed to deal with conflicts between Biden policies, church teaching
By MARK PATTISON, Catholic News Service
Published November 26, 2020Archbishop Allen Vigneron will head up a special working group of the U.S. bishops to address issues surrounding the election of a Catholic president and policies that may come about that would be in conflict with Catholic teaching and the bishops’ priorities.
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Bishops, in virtual meeting, focus on McCarrick report, pandemic, racism
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, Catholic News Service
Published November 17, 2020The first day of the virtual fall assembly of the U.S. Catholic bishops, Nov. 16, included discussion about the Vatican report on Theodore McCarrick, the ongoing pandemic and the church’s response to racism.
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Deacon Connell, of St. Anna Church, dies November 3
Published November 13, 2020
Deacon Jerry Connell of St. Anna Church died peacefully on Nov. 3 at his home in Monroe. He was 85 years old.
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Bill Shlesinger, father of Bishop Shlesinger, dies October 25
Published November 13, 2020
Bernard Edward (Bill) Shlesinger Jr. of Mount Vernon, Virginia, the father of Bishop Shlesinger of Atlanta, died on Oct. 25. He was 96 years old.
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Why grace is revealed in gratitude
By ANDY OTTO, Commentary
Published November 13, 2020Sometimes we treat saying “thank you” as just a social norm, but it’s so much more. Recently, there has been an explosion of gratitude apps and journals—ways to help people be more intentionally aware of the blessedness in their lives. This is tapping into something Christianity has always had at its heart.
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When the world spins into a new disaster
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published November 13, 2020It’s hard to read the headlines these days. In Portland, a Catholic church was recently vandalized by street mobs running amuck. The parish, St. Andre Bessette, has a large program to help homeless people, which came to a halt due to the damage.