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• STM Girls Take The Court For A Cause

  January 17, 2013

  The St. Thomas More sixth-grade girls basketball team was crowned champion of the sixth annual Sam Robb Memorial Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament, which was held Dec. 27-29. The team raised over $800 for pediatric cancer research. Of that money, $350 was raised prior to the tournament during a cookie swap fundraiser at the home of […]

• Marist Athletic Director Honored

  January 17, 2013

  ATLANTA—Tommy Marshall, Marist School athletic director, was one of nine recipients of the 2012 Distinguished Service Award. The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) presents the award annually to selected members of the association in recognition of their length of service, special accomplishments and contributions to interscholastic athletics at the local, state and national levels. […]

• Gridiron Athletes, SPX Coach Recognized

  January 17, 2013

  Nine members of St. Pius X High School’s football team received accolades from various sources last month. Four of the players were selected to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) Class AAA All-State team, seven players were selected to the Region 6-AAA team, and six were named to the All-DeKalb County team. AJC Class AAA All-State Team […]

• Exposition Offers Information On Social Teaching

  January 17, 2013

  ATLANTA—The first archdiocesan Justice and Peace Exposition is drawing together some three dozen Atlanta organizations that all reflect the diversity of the church’s social teaching. Sponsored by Justice and Peace Ministries of the archdiocese, the event will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. It […]

• Looking Back… January 1963

  January 17, 2013

  The Jan. 4, 1963 issue of The Georgia Bulletin featured the Catholic movie ratings known as the “Legion of Decency.” Movies recommended for all ages included “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” “El Cid,” and “The Longest Day.” Tarzan and Three Stooges’ movies also made the list. Movies on the Adults Only list included […]

• Multimedia Youth Arts Contest Open For Entries

  January 17, 2013

  On behalf of the 2013 Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest, the archdiocesan Justice and Peace Ministry is now accepting submissions for this year’s contest. The competition, part of a nationwide contest, is sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the domestic, anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The theme for the […]

• Pip Arnold Awards Three Teens Mission Trip Funds

  January 17, 2013

  With plans to participate in a medical mission trip to Ghana this spring, Pinecrest Academy student Nicole Madda was trying to find ways to cover the cost of her trip. The 15-year-old came across an article in The Georgia Bulletin about a nonprofit organization, Youth in Mission, which was planning to award local teens some […]

• Noted Author To Lead Marian Retreat At All Saints

  January 17, 2013

  All Saints Church will host “A Weekend With Immaculée,” a retreat to be led by Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, on Feb. 8-9. Ilibagiza, New York Times best-selling author of “Left To Tell” and two other books, will speak about how she found forgiveness and hope through her harrowing experiences. She […]

• New Cistercian Monk Professes Solemn Vows In Conyers

  January 17, 2013

  A nearly 20-year journey of vocational discernment has ended for Brother Peter Damian Spera, who professed solemn vows on Jan. 1 and became a fully professed member of the Cistercian community at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Brother Peter Damian kneels before Abbot Francis Michael Stiteler, OCSO, during the Jan. 1 solemn […]

• Tricia Ward Named CTK School Principal

  January 13, 2013

  ATLANTA—Father Frank McNamee, pastor of the Cathedral of Christ the King, has appointed Tricia Ward as principal of Christ the King School, Atlanta, effective Jan. 11. “This is exciting news and I am confident that Mrs. Ward will hit the ground running in her new role,” he said. Ward has been serving as interim principal […]