2023
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AACCW honors contributions of women, youth at Recognition Day
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 10, 2023The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, Inc. held its 46th annual Recognition Day at St. Lawrence Church. Recognition Day honors women and youth from each parish for expressing faith through work they do in their church, families and communities.
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Atlanta seminarians embark on lifelong formation journey
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 10, 2023Nine seminarians in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are preparing to be ordained in this month with five men taking a step forward on their vocational journey by becoming transitional deacons, and a second group to become priests.
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Archbishop Hartmayer speaks on behalf of Catholic Communication Campaign
Published May 2, 2023
Archbishop Hartmayer of Atlanta, chair of the USCCB’s Subcommittee on the Catholic Communication Campaign, encourages support for the special collection to be held May 20-21.
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Revived by the repast: Open a seat at the table
By MAUREEN SMITH, Commentary
Published May 2, 2023A meal with friends can be one of the best medicines your soul can ask for. Just a few weeks ago, sitting in the sun, sharing good food, laughing, remembering and appreciating the gift of decades of friendship revived my spirits better than any other thing I can imagine.
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‘Guadalcanal Diary’ and Father Francis W. Kelly
By DAVID A. KING, Ph.D.
Published May 1, 2023As Paul Simon sings on the great album “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” “I never got the chance to serve; I did not serve.”
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Honors for Blessed Trinity Athletics
Published May 1, 2023
The athletics program at Blessed Trinity High School recently earned recognition. Athletic Director Ricky Turner and Senior Joelle Miller received special honors.
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Marching in time to the Resurrection beat
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published April 28, 2023The world has come back to life! Daffodils are displaying their bright yellow finery, while pear trees are imitating clouds. In the mornings, a Carolina wren, a tiny bird, trumpets a morning song that echoes throughout the yard.
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September’s Rescue Atlanta event part of Eucharistic Revival
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published April 28, 2023Making the salvation story personal and real is the aim of Rescue Live, coming to Atlanta this fall as part of the Eucharistic Revival.
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The gift and challenge of peace
By ARCHBISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER, OFM Conv.
Published April 27, 2023After his resurrection, Jesus entered the upper room where his disciples had been in hiding since his crucifixion. They were afraid for their own lives. Jesus greeted them with the words: “Peace be with you.”
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Sister Peggy Fannon, ‘heart of Saint Joseph,’ marks 50 years at hospital
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 27, 2023Sister Peggy Fannon is the only Sister of Mercy walking the halls and visiting the patients of Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Atlanta’s oldest hospital. Thousands and thousands of patients have benefited from her five decades of nursing.
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Flannery O’Connor and Christian redemption
By ELIZABETH LIVINGSTON, Special to the Bulletin
Published April 18, 2023The Southern Catholic author Flannery O’Connor wrote a plethora of stories exploring the consciousness of the American South. Her stories stirred people up, angered and bewildered them.
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Cancel my candidacy for sainthood
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY, Commentary
Published April 18, 2023Examining my conscience wasn’t tough when I was a child. My sins were basically the same every week—disobeying my parents and fighting with my sister.
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Senior Side: retirement redefined
By BILL CLARKE
Published April 15, 2023The internalized perception that most people have of retirement is that it is more of a departure from certain activities than the beginning of a new experience.
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Dreaming of a future full of hope
By BISHOP BERNARD E. SHLESINGER III, Commentary
Published April 14, 2023There is no subject that I enjoy preaching on more than the mercy of God. This is because I know that without God’s mercy, we are devoid of hope for an eternal remedy to the maladies which afflict us.
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Archbishop Hartmayer reflects on pillars of priestly life at Chrism Mass, honors jubilarians
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published April 14, 2023Seventeen priests serving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are celebrating jubilee anniversaries of their ordinations from 25 to 60 years. They were honored at the annual Chrism Mass.
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Charismatic Renewal leader Marlene Lee-Seaton to speak at Magnificat
Published April 13, 2023
Marlene Lee-Seaton, a leader in the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will be the guest speaker at the Magnificat gathering for women to be held on Saturday, May 20.
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Remembering Msgr. William Hoffman
Published April 13, 2023
Msgr. William “Bill” Hoffman, archdiocesan priest, died Monday, April 10. He was 88 years old. He had been a priest for more than 61 years.
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Pope prays that Easter joy would break through gloom of sin, war, strife
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published April 9, 2023On a bright spring morning, Pope Francis prayed that Christians would experience the joy of Easter and allow Christ’s resurrection to be “the light that illumines the darkness and the gloom in which, all too often, our world finds itself enveloped.”
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Cathedral’s Tenebrae a solemn prayer service
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published April 7, 2023The Cathedral of Christ the King held a Tenebrae service Wednesday, April 5. Tenebrae is a mournful prayer service of song and Scripture.
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Jesus waits patiently for us
By JENNY MILES, Commentary
Published April 3, 2023As a cradle Catholic, I have been privileged to attend Mass and receive the Eucharist almost every Sunday of my life.