March 18, 2021
-
Holy Spirit Prep swimmers compete in state championship
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER
Published March 22, 2021The varsity and middle school swim teams at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, competed in the Jan. 30 Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) State Swimming Championship. When all 36 events were over, the varsity boys and girls teams placed second and fourth overall, respectively.
-
The Library Card episode in Richard Wright’s ‘Black Boy’
By DAVID A. KING, Ph.D.
Published March 19, 2021I never imagined I would be denied the small joy of the public library, especially in March, which is National Reading Month. The great writer Richard Wright almost never had that joy at all. Growing up Black in the segregated Jim Crow South, the public library was closed to him.
-
The never-ending love story
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY
Published March 19, 2021I was a chubby child who dreaded Lent, since it seemed like just another diet. I dutifully gave up sweets, then would sneak into the kitchen and snag chocolate chip cookies that my mother had stashed in the freezer until Lent was over.
-
Resilience Fund helping Cristo Rey to secure students’ dreams
By DIANA VEGA-PUGA, Special to the Bulletin
Published March 19, 2021Last year was different from all other years. 2020 brought financial problems to many people, businesses and some schools including Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. The school created a 12-month campaign, The Resilience Fund, to help secure students’ dreams.
-
Atlanta Catholic offers Lenten invitation to serve the hemisphere’s poorest
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
Published March 18, 2021Retired U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen Thomas Wessels of Atlanta invites Catholics to deepen their Lenten experience by joining Malteser International Americas’ mission to uplift the hemisphere’s poorest.
-
Catholics lean on faith battling COVID-19 and beyond
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published March 18, 2021The coronavirus pandemic has upended life for more than a year. COVID survivors and their loved ones share stories of loss, of leaning on their Catholic faith and the lessons learned.
-
Atlanta priests serve as ‘physicians of souls’ during COVID surge
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 18, 2021In the past year, a handful of Atlanta priests stepped forward to serve patients hospitalized with COVID-19. This ministry offers peace to those dying and comfort to those lonely, separated from loved ones because of the virus.
-
Despite challenges, healthcare workers are hopeful at Atlanta’s Catholic hospital
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published March 18, 2021Since the COVID-19 pandemic, staff of Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, the first faith-based hospital in Atlanta, have been working diligently as hundreds have come seeking treatment for the coronavirus.
-
COVID-19: Inside the senior experience
By LAUREN ASHE, Special to the Bulletin
Published March 18, 2021St. Pius X High School student Lauren Ashe writes about her senior year experience against the backdrop of COVID-19.
-
Memorial Masses for coronavirus victims held across the archdiocese
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published March 18, 2021As the one-year mark of the pandemic approached, Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., asked parishes to hold memorial Masses for those who died in the last year.
-
St. Joseph, a tender and loving father
By ARCHBISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER, Commentary
Published March 17, 2021With the apostolic letter “Patris corde,” Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has proclaimed a Year of St. Joseph.
-
Gainesville parish partners with health officials to immunize at-risk members
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 15, 2021A February collaboration between St. Michael Church in Gainesville and the Hall County Department of Public Health converted the church’s roomy parish hall into a vaccination site to help turn the corner on the pandemic.