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• Catholic Church leaders at Vatican begin historic summit on clerical sexual abuse of minors.

  Published February 21, 2019

  “Faced with widespread and growing discomfort following new reports and revelations of very serious cases of sexual abuse involving members of the clergy, on September 12, 2018, at the end of one of the meetings of the Council of Cardinals it was announced that the Holy Father had decided to call a meeting in the […] Full Story

• Blessing of crucifix at Archdiocese of Atlanta

  

  By Andrew Nelson, Staff Writer
  Published December 21, 2018

  A new life-size crucifix is the centerpiece of a new place for prayer at the Atlanta Archdiocese headquarters. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory Tuesday, Dec. 18, blessed the bronze and copper cross where Jesus’ body hangs. Artist Timothy Schmalz relied on models of African-American men to depict Jesus. The artist explains why it was important to […] Full Story

• Our Lady of Guadalupe procession fills Hapeville street

  Published December 17, 2018

  Members of the St. John the Evangelist Church celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. You can follow the procession, starting on the left, leading to the parish at the end of King Arnold Street. Sorry to say, something is wonky with the video. The stars with videos show a gray box. Click on the […] Full Story

• On assignment: The Shrine of Immaculate Conception

  By Andrew Nelson, Staff Writer
  Published December 5, 2018

  The other day I was at the Shrine of Immaculate Conception, the first Catholic church in Atlanta with records dating to 1846. I was excited to interview Cathal Doyle and Jessie Bashor. They are the new directors of the Central Night Shelter. The shelter is practically a Bashor family heirloom. Both Mark and Katie Bashor […] Full Story

• My encounter with the goat at Marist School

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published October 31, 2018

  Who wouldn’t want to come face to face with the GOAT (the greatest of all time)?  GOAT has been a part of our sports jargon for over two decades It’s such a big deal it was among the 840 words added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary this year. It’s often reserved for a select group of […] Full Story

• Lessons I learned about fatherhood

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published June 13, 2018

  The piece below is a reprint of a column written for the June 17, 1999 issue of The Georgia Bulletin, just days before Father’s Day.   If the love of a mother for her child is a sign of God’s covenant with us, then the love of a father for his child must be a […] Full Story

• At the center of a movement against gun violence in schools is a desire for peace

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published March 22, 2018

  On March 14, the day of the National School Walkout, students and faculty across the country left their classrooms to protest gun violence at schools and remember the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, one month earlier. I went to Marist School, Atlanta, that day. Fourteen students and […] Full Story

• The Great American Eclipse in Archdiocese of Atlanta

  Published August 21, 2017

  Catholic schools and people in the Atlanta Archdiocese looked skyward on Aug. 21 to take in the eclipse. We asked people to submit photos as they observed the historic event. We got more photos than we could put in the Aug. 24 issue, so here are some to enjoy Eclipse ready! (try taking a selfie […] Full Story

• A librarian assistant checks herself out

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published June 5, 2017

  Phyllis Warner, Christ the King School’s longtime librarian assistant, has closed the final chapter on a 44-year career at the Atlanta school, as she retired last month. Warner, like her husband Jack of 58 years, grew up in the southeast Ohio town of Logan. They attended the same high school and dated as Jack served […] Full Story

• New Catholic auxiliary bishop introduced to Atlanta community

  Published May 16, 2017

  Bishop-designate Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III, of the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, was introduced to the Catholic community of north and middle Georgia on Monday, May 15. A smiling Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory made the announcement. We're excited to welcome Bishop-Elect Ned Shlesinger to the Archdiocese of Atlanta! pic.twitter.com/lwLqerIKkB — Atlanta Archdiocese (@archatl) May 15, 2017 […] Full Story

• Art at St. Matthew Church, Tyrone, honors parish namesake

  By Andrew Nelson
  Published March 25, 2017

  The chapel at St. Matthew Church, Tyrone, is not only a place for prayer, but also art. I took a road trip to this parish for an article about its effort to be more energy efficient. Taking some time for myself, I wandered into the chapel which is flooded with natural light. Depictions of the […] Full Story

• How the McPhees learned to play the bagpipes and drums.

  By Andrew Nelson
  Published March 14, 2017

  I drove some 50 miles to St. Mary, Mother of God, Catholic Church, in Jackson. It well may be the most southern parish in the Atlanta Archdiocese. Driving past green fields and cows in pastures it felt that way. Awaiting me was a bagpiper and a tenor drummer, a husband and wife duo. It was […] Full Story

• Going back to a familiar academic setting

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published February 8, 2017

  A number of teachers at Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are also alumni of those same schools where they once learned, studied, walked the halls and participated in extracurricular activities. They were promoted from grade to grade until they eventually left, but years later they would return in a new and different capacity […] Full Story

• The art of wrestling

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published January 27, 2017

  God has blessed a number of professional athletes with great gifts to do some of the most awesome, jaw-dropping things on the court, on the field, on the ice, or in the water. Some are so breathtaking they leave you to wonder, ‘how did they do that?’ Whether you view the images of famous sports […] Full Story

• St. Joseph Church prepares to say goodbye to downtown Athens

  

  By Andrew Nelson
  Published January 24, 2017

  I always enjoy the rare chance to travel to Athens, with its strong Catholic community presence. My January 12 road trip was prompted by the final countdown of the parish campus at 134 Prince Avenue. This land near downtown Athens has been the home for the faithful at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church (that’s how the […] Full Story

• At Atlanta’s Open Door Community in its final days

  Published January 10, 2017

  I heard my grandmother’s voice as I walked in the Open Door Community on a rainy day, although she died more than 15 years ago. Handing out bags of hospitality to waiting homeless men was a lovely woman with an even more lovely Scottish burr. It was this woman’s voice that plucked at my heartstrings. […] Full Story

• Atlanta seminarian serves with Pope Francis

  Published January 10, 2017

  Through email, Atlanta’s Rev. Mr. Bryan Kuhr answered questions about assisting as Pope Francis celebrated Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. His answers have been lightly edited. Georgia Bulletin: How do these opportunities come up? Deacon Kuhr: Several times a year, the various seminaries in Rome are asked to provide altar servers and deacons for the celebration of […] Full Story

• A look back at 2106

  Published January 3, 2017

  In 2016, the Catholic community in Atlanta celebrated new beginnings as Auxiliary Bishop David P. Talley became the spiritual leader in Alexandria, Louisiana, and applauded the conviction of a young woman who urged her peers to stop looking through the lens of social media instead embrace themselves. We mourned the deaths of priests whose struggle with […] Full Story

• A fan of The Tribe watches & hopes, (with caution)

  By Andrew Nelson
  Published November 1, 2016

  Religious art decorated Father Mark Horak’s office as you’d expect from a man of the cloth. But there is also a bookshelf that caught my eye. If you look for this shelf, it’s behind his desk. Taking up a corner are the mascots of the Cleveland Indians and the Cleveland Browns. “My earliest memories include rooting […] Full Story

• Youngsters play and sing for the Lord

  

  By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
  Published September 28, 2016

  Sometimes I go out on a photo assignment with one thing in mind, and then I discover something else in the process. That was the case last week when I went to St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Alpharetta, to photograph Deacon Joe Pupo. Deacon Pupo was serving with the main celebrant and pastor, Msgr. Daniel Stack, […] Full Story | En Español