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• Departing sisters were ‘the heart of this neighborhood’

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 29, 2025

  Sister Margarita Martin and Sister Uyen-Chi Dang, Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, drew a close to their congregation’s two decades of ministry at Oasis Católica Santa Rafaela in Athens. Community members celebrated the sisters whom they considered members of the family.

• Monsignor Donovan School to include seventh and eighth grades 

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published April 8, 2025

  Monsignor Donovan School, an independent Catholic School, will expand its academic program to include seventh and eighth grades beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.  

• Survey an opportunity to build community in Atlanta parishes

  Published April 5, 2025

  Turning parish surveys with the Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI) into opportunities for community-building, parishes are finding new ways to engage members.

• Feed My Starving Children partners with UGA Catholic Center to host MobilePack

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published April 4, 2025

  Feed My Starving Children will host its annual MobilePack event on April 25-27 in Athens. Nearly 1,000 volunteers will pack 185,000 meals for children around the world.

• Organ donations shortage emphasized at St. Mary’s Hospital

  

  Published February 5, 2025

  St. Mary’s Hospital has earned national recognition for its work to increase organ, eye and tissue donor registrations

• Student start-up offers Catholic apparel

  

  By ALLISON MAWN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published October 2, 2024

  Matthew 28 says to go make disciples of all nations. Five students at the University of Georgia are acting on that mission with their small business, Classic City Catholic.

• Catholic Center life spurs UGA graduates to pursue missionary work 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 4, 2024

  Nearly a dozen recent University of Georgia graduates involved in the campus Catholic community are pursing the missionary life.     

• Athens high school celebrates cancer survivor’s graduation  

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 3, 2024

  Eduardo Huato-Blanco was determined to receive his diploma at Monsignor Donovan High School. Halfway through his junior year, he embarked on several months of chemotherapy to treat anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

• UGA student to be Perpetual Pilgrim in National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published April 18, 2024

  University of Georgia student Jaella Mac Au will join the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage as a Perpetual Pilgrim. She is among 24 young adults who will make a cross-country trek toward the 10th National Eucharistic Congress.

• Alison Loyd inspires students to ‘endure and overcome’  

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 14, 2024

  Alison Loyd’s deep commitment to education, understanding of learning differences and faith motivated her to pursue a career in teaching at a Catholic school. 

• 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.