August 7, 2025
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From the Archives: The Marists’ history in Atlanta
By GEOFFREY HETHERINGTON, Archdiocesan Archivist
Published August 14, 2025Two months ago, the Marist priests of Our Lady of the Assumption in Brookhaven left the parish after 60 years of service there. A celebration on May 18 honored the order that fostered the spiritual needs of parishioners for the last six decades.
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Archdiocese, Catholic Leadership Institute collaborate to strengthen parish life
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 13, 2025Church leaders are choosing 25 communities for a program to reimagine how parishes can reach people in a culture where church is not central to daily life. It’s the next step of a multi-year collaboration between parishes and missions in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and the Catholic Leadership Institute.
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The hidden power of drive-by prayers
By LORRAINE V. MURRAY
Published August 12, 2025The old man inched along the sidewalk, toting a heavy grocery sack. His back hunched forward and his eyes were fixed on the ground.
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CTK volunteers and MUST Ministries on a mission to fight hunger
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 11, 2025Volunteers at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta gathered to pack 10,000 meals for children through the MUST Ministries Summer Lunch Program.
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Catholic Charities Atlanta marks 50 years of refugee resettlement services
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 11, 2025For decades, Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) has helped thousands of refugees rebuild their lives in Georgia. This year marks 50 years of service, even as the future of refugee resettlement grows uncertain.
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Archdiocese of Atlanta welcomes new school principals
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 10, 2025The 2025-26 school year ushers in new leaders at archdiocesan elementary and high schools.
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The case of the accidental retreatant
By LAURETTA HANNON
Published August 10, 2025The light outside the monastery was golden and coppery, in that way you see only in a fall afternoon gloaming. After battling through Friday Atlanta traffic to get there, I sat on the ground in front of the abbey to decompress.
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Atlanta hosts National Conference for Hispanic Deacons
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 6, 2025Deacons and Catholic leaders from across the country gathered in Atlanta on July 24 to attend the National Conference for Hispanic Deacons.
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The gift of our seniors
By BISHOP BERNARD E. SHLESINGER III
Published August 6, 2025Every year on the fourth Sunday of July, the Catholic Church celebrates the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly to highlight the important role they play in their own families and society.
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St. Paul the Apostle’s new reliquarium a sacred space
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published July 25, 2025Believers seeking a deeper connection to the sacred gather in a newly blessed chapel in St. Paul the Apostle Church in Cleveland, now home to 33 relics of saints and martyrs.
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Archbishop Hartmayer ordains friar priest at Holy Cross Church
By KEVIN KEENAN, Special to the Bulletin
Published July 21, 2025Our Lady of the Angels Province welcomed a new friar priest—Friar Franck Lino Sokpolie, OFM Conv.—ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., July 19. He will serve at Holy Cross Church, Atlanta.
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Sister Mary Pauline Oetgen, CSJ, remembered
Published July 18, 2025
Sister Mary Pauline Oetgen, CSJ, who served as an educator in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah, died on July 4 in St. Louis. She was 98 years old.
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Woman’s vocational journey leads to chicken coops and life of prayer
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published July 16, 2025Time spent among the brush, caring for chickens and roosters in Conyers, is how Sister Irina Zavala lives out the Catholic practice of “Ora et Labora”–prayer and work.
