Local News

Photo By Michael Alexander

Sister of Mercy Valentina Sheridan, pastoral care and education leader, dies Jan. 14

Sister M. Valentina Sheridan (Theresa), RSM, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 14 at Mercy Convent in Savannah. She was 88 years old. Sister Val worked for a number of years in the Archdiocese of Atlanta in both education and pastoral care.

• Father Walter W. Foley, archdiocesan priest, dies January 11

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published January 13, 2020

  Father Walter Wilford Foley, a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta for more than 43 years, died Saturday, Jan. 11. He was 91 years old. Father Foley was ordained to the priesthood in 1976 by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan.

• Titans’ tiny house project complete

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published January 9, 2020

  Students at Blessed Trinity High School recently completed construction of a tiny house. They began the project more than one year ago. The project was part of an effort by the Roswell school to weave several subjects into school projects, linking religion and the arts to engineering and technology.

• Atlanta Catholics make 2020 spiritual resolutions

  

  By MARK WOOLSEY, Special to the Bulletin
  Published January 9, 2020

  Secular intentions like losing weight or stopping smoking rear their heads year after year. Faith-based resolutions also seem to stake out turf. They might be more demonstrable, such as going to confession more, stepping up volunteer work, or more reflective of inner practices like concentrated prayer.