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• Counting the ways that I love St. Paul

  January 23, 2020

  St. Paul was a scoundrel before his conversion. As Saul of Tarsus, he was known for “breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord.”

• Campus ministry continues to raise funds for new building

  January 23, 2020

  The Catholic community at the University of West Georgia is working to “realize the dream” of a campus ministry building.

• Collegiate faith shines at Newman Centers

  January 23, 2020

  Named after St. John Henry Newman, canonized last October, Newman Centers are Catholic ministry centers at non-Catholic colleges and universities throughout the world. Read about Newman Centers in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

• Father Walter W.  Foley, archdiocesan priest, remembered as a ‘faithful soul’

  January 23, 2020

  Called a “religious brother, a devoted priest, a revered son, a blood brother and uncle, a friend and adventurer and a faithful soul,” Father Walter Wilford Foley was laid to rest Friday, Jan. 17.

• Marietta native Jenni Ellis named Safe Environment director

  January 23, 2020

  Jenni Ellis is the new director of the Safe Environment Office for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, which works to ensure the safety and security of children, young people and vulnerable adults throughout the archdiocese.

• The Golden Lions roar past Madison County

  January 23, 2020

  The St. Pius X High School boys’ basketball team started the Jan. 14 game with an 11-0 run, forcing Danielsville’s Madison County High School to call an early time out. It didn’t matter. St. Pius X players kept their foot on the gas, enforced a tenacious defense and defeated Madison County

• Take action on HB 702 and SB 291

  January 23, 2020

  Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty (GCADP) urges support of Georgia House Bill 702 to repeal the state’s death penalty. The bishops of Georgia oppose SB 291, recently introduced assisted suicide legislation. Learn more about both proposals.

• Love and service hallmarks of MLK celebration

  January 23, 2020

  The annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, encompasses a service project, the Mass and a youth celebration. The theme was, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

• U.S. bishops taking ‘ad limina’ visits to Rome

  January 23, 2020

  The bishops of the U.S. prepared detailed reports on their dioceses to take to the Vatican. The U.S. bishops’ visits “ad limina apostolorum” began in 2019. Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, diocesan administrator for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III will take ad limina visits Feb. 7-15.

• Pinecrest Academy hosts first home wrestling match of 2020

  January 23, 2020

  Pinecrest Academy held a three-way wrestling match Jan. 15 between its team, Riverside Military Academy of Gainesville and Salem High School of Conyers in the upper school gymnasium. With only eight wrestlers available, the undermanned and sometimes undersized Pinecrest team still managed to finish in second place.