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Atlanta

Overcoming obstacles in young adult ministry

This fall, the Office of Formation and Discipleship collaborated with The Georgia Bulletin on a survey for young adults in the Atlanta Archdiocese. Of the more than 700 young adults who participated, 83% attend Mass 3-5 times per month and nearly 65% are involved in parish life including and outside of young adult ministry.

• Thanksgiving blessings shared

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 28, 2019

  President Abraham Lincoln set the holiday of Thanksgiving on our civic calendar. He wrote how it was “fit and proper” the gifts of God “should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People.” The Georgia Bulletin asked a few people to share their gratitude.

• Our Lady of Guadalupe celebrations announced

  

  Published November 28, 2019

  The feast in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Thursday, Dec. 12, will be celebrated with Masses, Aztec dances, processions and prayers.

• Archdiocese taking part in census awareness campaign

  

  By MARK WOOLSEY, Special to the Bulletin
  Published November 28, 2019

  The 2020 census count doesn’t commence until next spring, but preliminary planning is underway as U.S. Census Bureau officials toil to establish working relationships with local and community groups to help ensure a comprehensive count. And the Archdiocese of Atlanta is figuring into that process in a prominent way.