Athens
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GISA accolades for Monsignor Donovan football players, coach
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published December 11, 2014ATHENS—Monsignor Donovan Catholic High School had 10 football players selected to the Georgia Independent School Association 2014 All-Region 4-AA team. They are senior quarterback Lee Brackman, junior outside linebacker Alize Brown, senior center Larry Childs, senior wide receiver J.D. Daniels, senior lineman Dylan Dellinger, senior wide receiver Braxton Haley, junior running back Garrison Harris, senior […] Full Story
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Athens thrift store hits the $1 million mark
Published October 30, 2014
ATHENS—St. Mary’s Hospice House Thrift Store, which stocks its shelves with inexpensive items, celebrated hitting a $1 million in sales milestone. “The credit goes to all of our wonderful thrift store volunteers who make this store possible,” said Pat Schlotzhauer in a news release. She is the leader of the auxiliary’s thrift store committee and […] Full Story
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St. Mary’s Health Care System joins a health care alliance
Published October 2, 2014
ATHENS—St. Mary’s Health Care System joined Stratus Healthcare, the largest alliance of health care providers in the southeastern United States. The agreement includes St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens and St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro. While St. Mary’s is a member, it remains independent. St. Mary’s already is an affiliate of CHE Trinity Health, […] Full Story
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Monsignor Donovan football coach named new athletic director
Published July 24, 2014
Will Mayer, Monsignor Donovan High School’s athletic director for the past four years, stepped down at the end of the 2013-14 school year to be the head basketball coach at Creekside High School in St. Augustine, Florida. Under his leadership, Monsignor Donovan sports grew and teams earned several regional and state championships in volleyball, cross […] Full Story
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St. Mary’s Health Care System salutes its top employees
Published July 10, 2014
Jeanine Mullins, financial systems analyst with St. Mary’s Health Care System’s patient financial services, received the Athens hospital’s highest honor at an annual event to recognize employees on June 5 at the Classic Center. Mullins received the 10th annual Catherine McAuley Award, named in honor of the foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, the religious […] Full Story
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Athens students pen winning essays about religious freedom
Published July 10, 2014
Knights of Columbus Council 6514 from St. Joseph Church, Athens, sponsored essay contests for eighth-graders at St. Joseph School and students at Monsignor Donovan High School. The theme of the contest was “The Importance of Religious Freedom.” Cash awards and certificates were given to first, second and third place winners in each grade category. And […] Full Story
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Local schools celebrate recent scholarship winners
Published June 12, 2014
Four students received scholarships to attend Monsignor Donovan High School, in Athens, from St. Mary’s Health Care System. Selected for the scholarships were Shelby Allen, Hailey Fulford, Jacob Lancaster and Caroline Slate. The scholarship winners are individuals who, in the Catholic tradition of helping others, are well respected by their teachers, are good stewards of […] Full Story
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Sister Margarita Martin in Athens: Bringing ‘church to the people’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published May 15, 2014ATHENS—The couches, mattresses, and chairs piled on top of each other created an island of furniture. Volunteer college students scrambled around it as they painted the kitchen-living room combination in the mobile home with a fresh coat of white. A wet, mildew smell filled its four rooms. They worked under the direction of Sister Margarita […] Full Story
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At Monsignor Donovan, Balbina Ramos’ faith guides her, impacts those around her
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published May 15, 2014Balbina Ramos “believes in doing whatever it takes to help family, strangers and anyone in need,” said Monsignor Donovan High School in its nomination of her as the outstanding senior for The Georgia Bulletin. They attribute her willingness to help others to her Catholic upbringing. “Many teachers feel she is the person that will (and […] Full Story
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Three baptisms christen new Athens school campus
Published May 1, 2014
Three youngsters were the first baptisms at the new campus of St. Joseph Church and School. The Athens school community celebrated the event with the Scott family on Friday, April 11. Jackson Scott, who is in second grade, Clayton Scott, in kindergarten, and Anniston Scott, who is in the preschool, were baptized by Father David […] Full Story
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Stories of jubilee priests rich with God’s surprises
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff reporter
Published April 16, 2014ATLANTA—One priest marched for civil rights. Another served in violent Atlanta public housing projects. And one left his native Pennsylvania to minister to the small Catholic community in north Georgia. All of these three priests mark milestones this year, commemorating 25 and 50 years since their ordinations. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and their brother priests […] Full Story
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What’s cooking for Lent: Wild Mushroom Soup from the University of Georgia Catholic Center
Published April 3, 2014
ATHENS—Tuesdays mean the community comes together at the University of Georgia Catholic Center for a Lenten reflection and a noon meal of soup and bread. During part of it, Franciscan Father Tom Vigliotta, the center’s director, invites a student to give a short reflection on how Jesus, the Bread of Life, is revealed in an […] Full Story
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Two Athens events help local causes
Published March 20, 2014
The Athens Catholic community has two upcoming opportunities to get fit and help good causes at the same time. The 36th 5K Human Race/Walk is scheduled for Saturday, April 5. The proceeds from this fun event help the Franciscan Outreach Ministry at the University of Georgia Catholic Center. The race starts at 8:30 a.m. Entry […] Full Story
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Sister Margarita honored in Athens
Published November 22, 2013
Sister Margarita Martin was saluted in Athens at the 2013 Emancipation Proclamation and Pioneer Award dinner. The member of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus religious congregation received the lifetime achievement award as an “unsung hero” for her work with Oasis Catolico Santa Rafaela and with the immigrants and Spanish-speakers in Athens. Her […] Full Story
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Looking Back: Sept. 12, 1963
Published September 12, 2013
In the Sept. 12, 1963 edition of The Georgia Bulletin, plans were announced for “Operation Understanding,” a project that would open every parish church in the Atlanta Archdiocese for tours on the same Sunday afternoon in November, with lay people trained to give explanations of what visitors would see in a Catholic church. The project […] Full Story
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Monsignor Donovan High School: Kicking off a new football tradition
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 12, 2013ATHENS—The Rams faced third down. It was an early test for the young team. Their first offensive play from the line of scrimmage had ended in a 12-yard loss. The offensive line this time pushed forward and running back Jeremiah Jordan sprinted to the right sideline. He broke free of pursuing players to scramble 67 […] Full Story
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Bishop Given Athens Parish Tour
Published June 20, 2013
Father David McGuinness, pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Athens, gave Bishop Luis R. Zarama a bird’s-eye view of the parish’s 46 acres on Epps Bridge Parkway in Athens. St. Joseph’s, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year, relocated its Pre-K through eighth school from the parish’s downtown campus in September. The parish center, which […] Full Story
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‘Unsung Hero’ At Athens School Hopes To Be Marketer, Marine
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published May 9, 2013ATHENS—Monsignor Donovan High School senior Jeremy Ruiz has had an active high school career that includes four years of varsity soccer, serving as captain of the boxing team, and heading up the video gaming club, a group he started at the beginning of his junior year. As he looks toward life after high school, he […] Full Story
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Athens Students Earn Accolades For Essay Writing
Published March 14, 2013
Knights of Columbus Council 6514 recently held essay contests for eighth-graders at St. Joseph School, Athens, and students at Monsignor Donovan High School. The theme of the contest was “The Importance of Religious Freedom.” Cash awards and certificates were given to the first-, second- and third-place winners in each grade category. Everyone who submitted an […] Full Story
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Students Hit The Books At New St. Joseph, Athens
By ANDREW NELSON and STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writers
Published September 13, 2012ATHENS—Under overcast skies, students and parents lined up outside the doors of the new St. Joseph School Wednesday, Sept. 5, awaiting the official opening of its doors for the 2012-2013 school year. The key to the new brick building was given to a young pre-kindergarten student at the back of the line and passed through […] Full Story