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• Emily Wilson shares message of being rooted in Christ at UGA visit

  

  By ALLISON MAWN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published October 5, 2023

  On Sept. 28, global influencer, author and speaker Emily Wilson visited the University of Georgia Catholic Center, providing an encouraging message to the community.  

• A sesquicentennial celebration for St. Joseph in Athens 

  

  By ALLISON MAWN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 22, 2023

  St. Joseph Church, the first Catholic church in Athens, marked its 150th anniversary on Sept. 17, with Mass and a reception. Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., celebrated Mass, emphasizing the grace of community.

• UGA students travel to Peru for service 

  

  Published May 11, 2023

  A total of 13 students from UGA, and both Catholic Center chaplains, participated in a March trip to Peru for service and faith.

• Monsignor Donovan HS celebrates 20 years  

  

  By By ANDREW NELSON acnelson@georgiabulletin.org
  Published May 11, 2023

  Monsignor Donovan High Schoo in Athensl celebrated a special 20th Anniversary Founder’s Day on the birthday of Msgr. Walter J. Donovan, the school’s namesake.  

• Athens’ Monsignor Donovan High School walks with students facing cancer

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 16, 2023

  Prayers for the intercession of St. Peregrine were added to the morning announcements at Monsignor Donovan High School as two of its students had their lives altered by cancer. Eduardo Blanco and John Paul Abrigo learned of their diagnoses within weeks of each other.

• The transcendent power of art

  

  By ELENA ACOSTA, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 31, 2022

  Father Anthony Salzman, an Orthodox icon painter and Joey Martineck, director of Respect Life Ministry, discuss how art has impacted their faith life.

• ‘Catholic Dawgs’ delves into life at Athens Catholic Center

  

  Published December 10, 2021

  Hosted by Father Brian McNavish, assistant director at the UGA Catholic Center, the conversations on the “Catholic Dawgs” podcast focus on a young person living their faith on campus.

• Deacon Donald W. Marchildon remembered

  Published November 12, 2021

  Deacon Donald Wood Marchildon of Athens died peacefully and surrounded by family on Oct. 25. He was 84 years old.

• Catholic educators, parents reflect on the pandemic era

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2021

  After 12 months of improvising and adaptation, Catholic school teachers and parents shared thoughts on the constraints of the school year, but also some of the bright spots of the year.

• A farewell to a trio of sisters

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 9, 2020

  The Athens Catholic community honored three retiring sisters with a farewell, drive-by parade on June 7.

• Departing Franciscans leave enduring spirit at UGA Catholic Center

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 11, 2020

  The Franciscan friars, in their recognizable brown robes, will be leaving The Catholic Center at the University of Georgia at the end of June. Their departure ends some 60 years of ministry at the flagship university.

• UGA senior looks for blessings as time on campus ends

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 16, 2020

  The pandemic crisis ended Nikki Edwards’ senior year as the University of Georgia campus in Athens closed. It also upended the campus organization she co-leads.

• Compassion favorite value of Athens education honoree

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 6, 2020

  Stephanie Howe, Spanish teacher and dean of student services, is the Catholic education honoree representing Monsignor Donovan High School for 2020.

• Athens parish launches faith formation for students with disabilities

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON REDDING, Special to the Bulletin
  Published April 4, 2019

  In early March, nine of Lynn Langston’s students, ranging in age from 8 to 28, received the sacraments of Eucharist and confirmation. For the director of religious education from St. Joseph Church in Athens, the Mass was a special event. The students were part of Langston’s—and St. Joseph’s—first class for those with disabilities.

• Athens deacon and volunteers prepare refugee couples for sacrament of marriage

  

  Published December 6, 2018

  ATHENS—On Oct. 13, the joy was visible on the faces of seven couples, the women clad in the colorful, traditional sarongs of their Karenni culture and the men in their native vests or in the coats and ties of their adopted American culture. Deacon Jim Gaudin of St. Joseph Church, Athens, had prepared seven couples, […] Full Story

• UGA Catholic Center’s Sister Barbara Daniels marks 50 years of religious life

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 20, 2018

  ATHENS—As a Missionary Sister of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sister Barbara Daniels has educated in faith and mathematics from the remote Pacific country of Papua New Guinea and cities across Africa to Catholic schools across Pennsylvania and an international spirituality center in France. And since 2012 she has joyfully carried out her latest […] Full Story

• ‘Voices of young people’ can overcome resurgence of bigotry, archbishop says

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
  Published August 24, 2017

  ATHENS—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory urged Catholic college students to have the courage of faith to respond to hatred and bigotry. Speaking to about 500 students at the Catholic Center at the University of Georgia, the archbishop focused on a faith response to the violent and hate-filled demonstrations that took place during a rally of white […] Full Story | En Español

• Athens hospital honors former employee, now volunteer

  

  Published August 24, 2017

  ATHENS—Frankie Jones, of Oglethorpe County, and long-time St. Mary Hospital employee turned volunteer, was recently named St. Mary’s Foundation 2017 Auxiliary Volunteer of the Year. Jones began working at the Athens hospital in 1950. During her initial years at St. Mary’s, Jones lived on the hospital property in a house that the Missionary Sisters of […] Full Story

• Laudato Bee Honey sold for environmental projects by UGA Catholics

  Published July 6, 2017

  ATHENS—The Laudato Si’ Squad, of the Catholic Center at the University of Georgia, is comprised of a small group of students who collaborate with the community to spread awareness of human connection to the rest of God’s creation and each other. The group is focused on initiatives at the Catholic Center, from planting native flower […] Full Story

• Doors close for the last time at St. Joseph’s Prince Avenue church

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 9, 2017

  ATHENS—Josephine Strickland was baptized in 1932 at St. Joseph Church. The fifth generation of her family to worship there, she had the task of ceremoniously closing its 1912 doors with a timeworn padlock. “I thought of all the things that happened here. I’m going to miss it. It will always be special to me,” said […] Full Story