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Foundation named for Sister Thea Bowman transforms life for Black collegians

The Sister Thea Bowman Black Catholic Education Foundation is a nonprofit scholarship organization with a three-decade history of serving Black young adults attending Catholic colleges. Its director, Atlanta Catholic Joe Barker, talks about its mission.

• Pet and garden blessings part of Care for Creation events

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published October 16, 2026

  The Care for Creation Ministry of St. Lawrence Church hosted a trio of events Oct. 3, honoring the spirit of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, “On Care for our Common Home.”

• Archbishop Hartmayer shares ways to live like St. Francis at Transitus Mass

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published October 16, 2026

  It was a homecoming for Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., as he returned to the Jonesboro parish he once led as pastor to celebrate the Transitus Mass of St. Francis of Assisi.

• Mercy Housing Southeast celebrates the ‘Power of Home’

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 16, 2026

  Mercy Housing Southeast marks its 30th anniversary as an affordable housing nonprofit. Three new projects are underway to provide housing for some 400 families in the region.