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• Health Fair draws 1,000 at Holy Trinity Church

  March 20, 2015

  PEACHTREE CITY—Holy Trinity Church in Peachtree City hosted its largest crowd in its 14th annual event known as the Family Health Fair or Dia de la Familia. Marta McGlade, a parish leader, said by 7:30 a.m. there were crowds lined up to get in and be screened for numerous health exams. The event took place […]

• Winder parish keeps traditional Mardi Gras

  March 20, 2015

  WINDER—Krewe of Knights hosted its sixth annual Mardi Gras Ball, with most of the helpers coming from St. Matthew Church, Winder. The celebration started with three women from Louisiana who are parishioners at St. Matthew. And in response, Barrow County has embraced the heritage and cuisine of the Pelican State, said Shelia Hawthorne, a member of “Krewe of Knights.” More […]

• Archives seeks D’Youville Academy memorabilia

  March 20, 2015

  SMYRNA—Calling all D’Youville Academy graduates! The archdiocesan Office of Archives and Records is looking for photos, yearbooks and other items or information relating to D’Youville Academy. The school for young ladies was located in Chamblee in what was known as the Fischer Mansion. Open from 1960-69, the academy was run by the Grey Nuns of the […]

• IHM School given funds for digital microscopes

  March 20, 2015

  ATLANTA—Clipper Petroleum Foundation and Exxon Mobil Educational Alliance have awarded Immaculate Heart of Mary School grants to purchase SmartMicroScopes. SmartMicroScopes are handheld digital microscopes that allow students to place the lens directly on the item to be explored in its natural, multi-dimensional state. Students can take still images and video recordings of specimens, including time-lapse […]

• Visiting priest from Mexico serves 22,000 Catholics

  March 20, 2015

  ALPHARETTA—Father Benigno Martinez, a priest of the Archdiocese of Tulancingo, State of Hidalgo, Mexico, came to St. Thomas Aquinas in January to baptize the infant son of his brother who lives in the parish. He also celebrated the Sunday Spanish Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas. Father Martinez, ordained five years ago, is the pastor and […] Full Story

• St. Pius X has five National Merit finalists

  March 20, 2015

  ATLANTA—Five students at St. Pius X High School were named finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Competition for 2015. St. Pius X has had at least three National Merit Scholarship finalists in 14 of the previous 15 years and has had 80 National Merit finalists since 2000. The five finalists from St. Pius X are […]

• St. Pius’ Asia Durr receives state, national honors

  March 20, 2015

  ATLANTA—For the second consecutive year, St. Pius X High School senior guard Asia Durr has been named the Gatorade Georgia Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court. As Georgia’s best high school basketball player, Durr is […]

• Pinecrest names Chris Kane to succeed retiring athletic director

  March 20, 2015

  CUMMING—Pinecrest Academy’s head of school, Paul Parker, recently named Chris Kane the school’s new athletic director, effective July 1. Kane will succeed Tom Palmer, who is retiring at the end of the 2014-2015 school year. Kane, who teaches history, currently serves as head varsity soccer coach and social studies department chair at Pinecrest. “Mr. Kane’s […] Full Story

• Pope: Elderly need to offer wisdom, prayers in later years

  March 20, 2015

  VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Don’t pack it in or shift into cruise control, Pope Francis told his fellow seniors. Young people and families, especially, need the older generation’s prayers, wisdom and gifts to give them the encouragement, hope and faith they often lack, he said at his weekly general audience March 11. “We, older people, can remind […]

• Father Mulcahy of ‘M*A*S*H’ portrayed priestly ideal

  March 20, 2015

  For over four years at The Georgia Bulletin, I’ve written a monthly column devoted to culture and the Catholic Church. In over 50 articles, I’ve addressed novelists, filmmakers, poets, painters, athletes and cultural figures and public intellectuals who have integrated their Catholic faith with their work. These are among the most important and influential Catholic […]