May 13, 2021
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A wakeup call: Growth in the senior population
By BILL CLARKE, Commentary
Published May 28, 2021As we look back on the past year, the Year of the Pandemic, one of the greatest concerns of our church leadership was the possibility of losing a significant number of parishioners, including their spiritual and financial support
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Historical issues of The Georgia Bulletin now available online
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 26, 2021Digital versions of The Georgia Bulletin are now available to search online. A project of the Office of Archives and Records of the archdiocese, full text issues from 1963-1980 may be accessed through the Digital Library of Georgia.
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An invitation to find comfort in Mary
By SARAH OTTO, M.Div.
Published May 26, 2021As Mother’s Day approached this year, St. Ignatius of Loyola was strangely on my mind. Ignatius lost his own mother at a very young age.
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A shorthand for how the faith is lived
By BISHOP JOEL M. KONZEN, S.M.
Published May 18, 2021The letters after Archbishop Hartmayer’s name (OFM Conv.) and after my name (S.M.) are not academic but religious references. In his case, the abbreviation tells that he is a member of the Conventual Franciscans. In my case, the designation says that I am a member of the Society of Mary—Marists.
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Marist School athletic director retires after 25 years
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published May 15, 2021Thomas “Tommy” Marshall, Marist School athletic director, will retire this summer after 25 years serving at the Catholic high school.
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School in Ghana named in honor of Bishop Joel Konzen
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published May 13, 2021A new school, named for Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, of Atlanta, will open doors and possibilities for 225 vulnerable children living in Ghana, West Africa.
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Walking With Moms in Need initiative addresses barriers to choosing life
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 12, 2021The goal of a new program, Walking With Moms in Need, is to draw parish members together to accompany pregnant women and their families through difficult circumstances.
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Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church feeds hundreds daily
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 12, 2021This outreach from Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church finds those who are isolated from others. As trust grows, the goals grow beyond a daily plate of food–from helping to land a temporary job to providing clothing.
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Remembering Deacon Ed Grabowy of St. Ann Church
Published May 12, 2021
Deacon Ed Grabowy, 82, died April 29 after a short illness. He served at St. Ann Church, Marietta, for many years.
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I don’t see your name on the list
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY
Published May 12, 2021Cemeteries are places I once studiously avoided. To me they were dreary reminders of our mortality and who wants to face that?