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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.

• Father Timothy Ryan, a priest with varied career, dies December 13

  Published December 26, 2019

  Father Timothy Ryan, a retired priest of the Diocese of Savannah, died peacefully in Roswell, on Dec. 13. He was 81.

• Kind words and a listening ear give KSU students a ‘Reason to Smile’

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published December 26, 2019

  The need to feel connected and St. Teresa’s words were the beginning of Reason to Smile, a student organization at Kennesaw State University that engages, empathizes and motivates peers to help create a more welcoming campus community.