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• Catholic Foundation donors reflect on faith as motivator for giving

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 22, 2026

  The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia celebrated members of the Deo Gratias Society and Founders Society at a Sept. 3 Mass and reception at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Atlanta. Donors reflected on their gifts to the Archdiocese of Atlanta and what motivated them to support the Church.

• Georgia pilgrims visit Alabama sites, celebrate Festival del Divino Niño

  

  By NATALIA DURON
  Published September 21, 2026

  On Sept. 4-5, St. Joseph Church in Dalton collaborated with Catholic speaker and EWTN host Paula Umaña to host a two-day pilgrimage in Alabama for the annual Festival del Divino Niño.

• Reach for Excellence awarded significant grant

  

  Published September 19, 2026

  Reach for Excellence, an independent program of the Society of Mary hosted at Marist School, has received a grant from The Goizueta Foundation to support students through high school.

• Keeping watch with Jesus: Archdiocese of Atlanta installs council for nocturnal adoration  

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 18, 2026

  While many Georgians are sleeping at night, Catholics across the Archdiocese of Atlanta are awake praying before the Blessed Sacrament. This practice is known as nocturnal adoration.  

• World Cup visitors share prayer intentions with The Quest

  

  Published September 18, 2026

  The Quest Catholic radio station organized a booth during the FIFA World Cup. The station’s staff served as a friendly faces to visitors and fans downtown for the global sporting event.

• Catholic school days memorialized with love

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published September 18, 2026

  Members of the Class of 1966 of Saint Joseph Catholic High School memorialized the school’s existence with the dedication and blessing of a plaque at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

• Red Mass, Blue Mass: How ‘color’ Masses serve professionals

  

  By D.D. EMMONS, OSV News
  Published September 17, 2026

  The Church has long offered Masses that recognize special occasions and needs. Among such Masses are those for professional groups, traditionally popularized by names of a color.

• A milestone of moves for St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s Motel to Home initiative 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 17, 2026

  SVdP Georgia recently celebrated the 1,000th family that moved into long-term housing through its unique Motel to Home program, which helps pay security deposits and first month’s rent.

• Georgia’s bishops urge pardons board to commute death sentence of Stacey Humphreys

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 14, 2026

  Georgia’s Catholic bishops are asking the state’s board of pardon and paroles to commute the sentence of death row inmate Stacey Humphreys.

• A quarter century after 9/11: Remembering, grieving and hoping

  

  By ARCHBISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER, OFM Conv. 
  Published September 9, 2026

  This September marks 25 years since the morning the sky over three American cities filled with smoke, and the world as we knew it changed in the span of an hour.

• Six churches open their doors for the Jubilee Year of Saint Francis

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 8, 2026

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has designated six churches across the Archdiocese of Atlanta as pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.

• Georgia Bulletin columnist Lauretta Hannon publishes spiritual memoir 

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published August 13, 2026

  Lauretta Hannon, a parishioner at St. Mary’s Church in Rome, is a guest columnist for The Georgia Bulletin and author of two memoirs—her most recent a spiritual memoir.  “A Priest Walks into a Waffle House: Stories from a Gritty, Grace-Filled Life” shares tales from Hannon’s childhood to her discovery of the Catholic faith and beyond.  

• Reach for Excellence marks 25th anniversary  

  

  Published August 13, 2026

  The Reach for Excellence at the Marist School organization began in 2001 to help students from working-class backgrounds prepare for college-prep high schools. Organizers, supporters and students celebrated its 25th anniversary this year.

• Two Atlanta Catholic schools welcome new principals

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published August 11, 2026

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta has named two new principals for the 2026-27 school year. Meet the new leaders of the communities at St. Peter Claver Regional School and St. Mary’s Academy.

• More than a headline: Reflections from a pilgrimage to Montgomery

  

  By NATALIA DURON
  Published August 6, 2026

  What roads do I travel that once carried people living in fear? What buildings have I stepped in that stood witness to hatred? What stories remain buried beneath my daily routine? These questions echoed in my head throughout the archdiocesan pilgrimage to Montgomery.

• Sons of Atlanta: Record seminarian class reflects growing culture of vocations in archdiocese

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published August 6, 2026

  Twenty-six men in the Archdiocese of Atlanta applied to enter the seminary this year, and 20 were accepted, making it the largest incoming class in the archdiocese’s history. Vocations leaders say the milestone reflects years of work to strengthen priestly formation and build a culture of discernment.

• New program in Archdiocese of Atlanta helps students grow in faith

  

  By NATALIA DURON
  Published August 5, 2026

  Run to Jesus, a new program in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will teach children and teenagers how to deepen their relationship with Christ while facing everyday challenges.

• Monica Donohue to speak at August Magnificat

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published July 17, 2026

  Monica Donohue, who had a profound conversion experience at age 31, will be the speaker at the next Magnificat gathering for women to be held on Saturday morning, Aug. 22, at Holy Cross Church.

• Cathedral community, neighbor churches partner with Intown Cares to extend hospitality to homeless

  

  By EMMA SCHRAMM, Special to the Bulletin
  Published July 15, 2026

  After the pandemic, organizations aiding the homeless struggled with resources and funding and began to shut down, leaving a void in the Buckhead area. Nearby churches, including the Cathedral of Christ the King, recognized a growing need for support, and formed a relationship with Intown Cares.

• Archbishop Hartmayer writes letter to the faithful on SSPX schism

  

  Published July 13, 2026

  On July 13, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., shared a pastoral letter concerning the Society of St. Pius X and the faithful of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.