Georgia Bulletin

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• Faith & Public Policy Workshops In 8 Parishes

  Published September 13, 2012

  The conventions are over. Election Day is less than two months away. Now the voters have their work cut out for them. Researching candidates’ positions yourself, listening to or reading well-informed commentators, analyzing the difficult decisions ahead and the character and wisdom of those running for office, these tasks fall to the citizen, in order […] Full Story

• Catholic Foundation Spring Grants Announced

  Published August 30, 2012

  The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia issued 25 grants totaling $115,700 in the spring of 2012. These grants will provide support to a variety of causes throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The following 17 grants from the general grants program were funded by the foundation’s community services fund, the Conrads education fund, the general fund, […] Full Story

• Priest Assignment

  Published August 30, 2012

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Francisco Javier Munoz-Garcia has been assigned as parochial vicar at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Fayetteville, N.C., in the Diocese of Raleigh, effective June 28.

• Court Blocks Part Of Georgia’s Immigration Law

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 30, 2012

  A federal court blocked a provision of Georgia’s immigration law, lifting the fear of advocates for immigrants that the law could interfere with ministering to undocumented immigrants. “That’s a definite plus,” said Frank Mulcahy, the executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference. “We’re pleased the court of appeal saw the unconstitutional aspects,” he said. Meanwhile, […] Full Story

• Habitat Honored For Building Path Out Of Poverty

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published August 30, 2012

  At a Habitat build, the person in jeans hammering next to you on Saturday could be a CEO, a single mother who helped construct her own Habitat home years ago and now is helping the next person, or the family who will soon live there, putting in their sweat equity. Last Saturday, it could have […] Full Story

• Annual AACCW Convention Set For Sept. 7-9

  By JEAN DRISKELL, Special To The Bulletin
  Published August 16, 2012

  “Renew and Rejoice, Your Light Must Shine Before Others … Matthew 5:16” is the theme for the 56th annual convention of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (AACCW). The convention will be held Friday to Sunday, Sept. 7-9, at the Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria, 200 Interstate North Parkway, Atlanta. The Northeast and Northwest […] Full Story

• Gift Called ‘Most Significant Catholic Legacy’

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published August 16, 2012

  What may be the largest bequest ever given to the Archdiocese of Atlanta is going to impact over 100 parishes, schools and Catholic agencies for years to come through endowment funds. “The first thing I would like to say is how extremely grateful Catholic Charities Atlanta is,” said Joseph Krygiel, chief executive officer. “This gift […] Full Story

• Margaret Mitchell’s Family: Learned, Quiet Lives

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published August 16, 2012

  The generous bequest of Joseph Mitchell is perhaps the most public moment of a life lived very privately. Two Cathedral of Christ the King parishioners spoke of their memories of him. Hamilton Smith, his third cousin by marriage, grew up alongside him. They were in the same class at Christ the King School and initially […] Full Story

• Habersham Address To Become Archbishop’s New Home

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 16, 2012

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta received a property on Habersham Road in the Buckhead neighborhood as part of the bequest of Joseph Mitchell, nephew of the famous author of “Gone With the Wind,” that will become the new home for the archbishop. Located less than two miles from his current home, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is […]

• Church Inherits 50 Percent Of Rights To GWTW

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published August 16, 2012

  Because of a generous bequest from Joseph Mitchell, the late nephew of celebrated author Margaret Mitchell, the Atlanta Archdiocese now owns 50 percent of the literary rights to her Pulitzer prize-winning, best-selling novel, “Gone With the Wind.” But what does this mean for the Archdiocese of Atlanta? The short answer: continuing revenue from sales of […] Full Story

• As School Begins, Five New Principals Take The Lead

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 16, 2012

  Five new principals will be leading students and faculty in the Atlanta Archdiocese as the school year gets underway. One taught soldiers earning high school equivalency degrees; another was a caddy in high school; yet another enjoys reading church documents on Catholic education to share those insights with faculty and parents. Here are the new […] Full Story

• Mitchell Heir Leaves Estate To Archdiocese

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published August 16, 2012

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta has received a substantial gift from the estate of Margaret Mitchell’s nephew, Joseph, including a 50 percent share of the trademark and literary rights to “Gone With the Wind.” The estate of Joseph Mitchell included a multi-million dollar bequest to the archdiocese and the donation of his home on Habersham Road […] Full Story

• Togo Priest Becomes Chaplain To French-Speakers

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 2, 2012

  Two parishes will host the new ministry to French-speaking Catholics in the Atlanta Archdiocese. Father Daniel Agbeko Gbadji will be the spiritual leader of the community, part of the multicultural face of the archdiocese. “We have to show people our capability and our desire to be gathered as a big Francophone group. We must emphasize […] Full Story

• Priest Assignments

  Published August 2, 2012

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest and clergy assignments. Father Daniel Joseph Rogaczewski has been assigned as parochial vicar at All Saints Church, Dunwoody, effective June 23. Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales Father Joseph Pottemmel has been assigned as chaplain at the Monastery of the Visitation, Snellville, effective July […] Full Story

• More End-Of-Life Ministry Needed, Deacon Tells Interfaith Group

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published August 2, 2012

  Deacon Bob Hauert, chaplain at Hospice Atlanta and deacon at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, spoke on death, dying and the importance of hospice care at the North American Interfaith Network conference held in Atlanta July 15-18. Deacon Hauert, ordained a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 2010, shared his story with workshop […] Full Story

• Mission Call Led Father T.J. From Appalachia To Atlanta

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 2, 2012

  Father T.J. Meehan once carried a notebook where he wrote the names of patients he talked with during his stint at Grady Hospital. Some 1,400 of them were remembered. Most were patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. “A few may be living, but not many,” he said. Seeking out the ill, the dying, the overlooked always appealed […] Full Story

• CCHD Grants Benefit Local Programs

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 2, 2012

  A chess program that encourages conflict resolution. A Catholic celebration of Earth Day. A center that aids refugees to learn job skills. These programs and others benefited from recent awards from the local Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Some $37,500 was given to nine programs that aim to transform people’s lives and break the cycle […] Full Story

• Parishioners Help Teens, Runaways Avoid Exploitation

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, CNS
  Published August 2, 2012

  Scanning the crowded terminal of the Greyhound bus station on the edge of downtown Atlanta, Breon Haskett hones in on a lone teenage girl standing in line waiting to buy her ride out of town. Haskett, a tall, broad-shouldered Marine Corps vet who now works as the youth minister at Transfiguration Parish in suburban Marietta, […] Full Story

• ’Epidemic’ Of Child Sexual Exploitation Gets Atlanta’s Attention, But Still Grows

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, CNS
  Published August 2, 2012

  Sitting on the bench of the Fulton County Juvenile Court in 2000, then-Judge Nina Hickson saw 12- and 13-year-old girls with the “look of death” in their eyes. Those eyes were empty, as if “whatever life was there was gone,” Hickson said. Usually repeat offenders for underage drinking, fighting or truancy, the girls showed little […] Full Story

• Adrian Dominican Sister Celebrates Golden Jubilee

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published July 19, 2012

  As a young child, Dominican Sister Sharon McGuire decided that she either wanted to be a nun or a nurse. And for the last few decades, Sister McGuire has answered God’s call to both vocations, serving people in a medical and spiritual capacity as part of the Adrian Dominican order. Celebrating her golden jubilee this […] Full Story