Georgia Bulletin

Atlanta

• Theology On Tap Flowing On Summer Nights

  Published June 23, 2011

  The popular Theology on Tap speaker series is going on throughout the summer, featuring priests, a woman involved in the nonprofit world, and even a bishop. The casual atmosphere at these evening events draws young adults 18 to 40 to gather in local bars and restaurants for a conversation about faith and how it applies […] Full Story

• Three New Priests Ordained June 18

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published June 23, 2011

  Once engrossed in microbiology, chemistry and investment banking, three men who found their vocation in Christ were ordained priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on Saturday, June 18. Archdiocesan seminarians, more than 60 priests, Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama and Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory joined the candidates in a procession that entered the Cathedral of […] Full Story

• Catholic Foundation Announces Spring Grants

  Published June 9, 2011

  The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia recently awarded 25 grants totaling $100,000. These grants provide support to a variety of causes throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The following 18 grants came from the General Grants Program, which is funded by the Foundation’s General, Goizueta, Community Services and Nellie Dodd McAdams Endowment Funds. The preschool at […] Full Story

• Deacon Assignment

  Published June 9, 2011

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in deacon assignment. Deacon Thomas J. Metzger has been transferred from St. Augustine of Hippo Church, Covington, to serve at St. Anna Church, Monroe, effective June 6.

• Archbishop announces New Priest Assignments

  Published June 9, 2011

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest assignments. The assignments are effective July 7, 2011, unless otherwise noted. PASTORS Father Joseph Liem Nguyen, who has been serving as national advisor for the Vietnamese in the United States, has been appointed pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Blairsville. Father Richard Wise, pastor of […] Full Story

• ‘Jesus Had Fun,’ Says Father Martin, Of Faith, Joy

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 9, 2011

  Like many best-selling authors, Father Jim Martin faced one last difficulty in writing his newest book. What to call it? It’s about joy and humor in the spiritual life. Father Martin thought of “Sarah’s Laugh” with its link to the Genesis story of the elderly Sarah laughing at the promise of angels that she would […] Full Story

• Stepping Out In Faith: Two Ordained Deacons

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 9, 2011

  Nearly 20 members of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church surrounded Rev. Mr. Mark Starr, heads bowed in prayer. Ordained to the diaconate for less than an hour, the former parishioner at the Douglasville parish offered a prayer for the group of friends, from white-haired senior citizens to gangly teens. “He has so many […] Full Story

• Easter Celebrated On North Georgia Campuses

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2011

  College campuses are a place to find and nurture the Catholic faith. That’s the story told this Easter at Catholic centers at Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia, Emory University and the Atlanta University Center, where young adults experienced their first sacraments. “Every year I find my confidence in God’s grace strengthened by the RCIA […] Full Story

• Retired St. Thomas More Principal, Gail Msezane, Dies

  Published May 26, 2011

  Gail Patrick Msezane, retired principal of St. Thomas More School, Decatur, died May 1 at home in the presence of her family. She was 66. Mrs. Msezane was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She graduated from the University of Saskatchewan and pursued a career as an educator, first as a teacher and progressing to her […] Full Story

• Joan Tiernan, Former OLA Principal, Dies

  Published May 26, 2011

  Joan M. Tiernan, Ph.D., of Atlanta, died May 15 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 60. A loving wife, mother, teacher and excellent role model, Mrs. Tiernan taught seventh- and eighth-grade math, joining the staff at Our Lady of the Assumption School as a math teacher in 1979. She became principal at the […] Full Story

• Living Room Founder To Attend HIV/AIDS Service

  Published May 26, 2011

  Father Juan Anzora, parochial vicar at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Atlanta, will be a featured speaker at an HIV/AIDS memorial service, and Dominican Sister Mary Jane Lubinski, founder of one of the city’s largest HIV/AIDS nonprofits, is expected to attend. The service will be held Saturday, June 4, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 265 […] Full Story

• Catholic Schools Represented At State Track Meets

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published May 26, 2011

  The 2011 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) boys state track and field meet took place in Jefferson May 5-7 and the girls meet took place in Albany May 12-14. In Class A competition Fayetteville’s Our Lady of Mercy High School boys finished fourth overall. In the 100-meter dash Mercy’s Pierce Vincent finished third with a […] Full Story

• Seniors Look Ahead To Collegiate Sports

  Published May 26, 2011

  Below is a list of graduating high school seniors in the Atlanta area who will be playing sports at collegiate institutions both locally and around the country. This list does not include the athletes announced in the Feb. 17 issue of The Georgia Bulletin, which included those athletes who committed on or prior to National […] Full Story

• CCHD Awards Local Parish, Community Grants

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2011

  The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the Catholic Church’s domestic anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, recently awarded grants to seven local ministries and programs in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Two types of CCHD grants were given to various ministries in North Georgia, including local parish grants and local community […] Full Story

• New Immigration Law ‘Dividing Us,’ Bishop Zarama Says

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2011

  Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 into law May 13. Legal challenges to the new law are expected and might delay implementation, but it is scheduled otherwise to take effect July 1. The Catholic bishops of Georgia were among those who opposed its passage. Archbishop Wilton D. […] Full Story

• St. Pius Graduate Will Join Air Force First

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2011

  This fall when many St. Pius X High School graduates will be deciding which classes will fill their schedule in the first semester of college, senior Noelle Richards will be beginning a different kind of education. She will be active in the U.S. Air Force, studying mechanics, since she feels it would be a great […] Full Story

• Eagle Scout Distinguished By His Care For Others

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2011

  Charles “Thad” Holden’s senior year started with a family tragedy. His father was stricken suddenly on a business trip while Thad hiked with the Boy Scouts in New Mexico. Rushed from the desert to Las Vegas, he and his mother were by his father’s bedside for days until he passed away. “Everything he taught me, […] Full Story

• A Year Serving The Poor Is Marist Senior’s Next Step

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2011

  Jason Ebinger first soaked the feet of the homeless man in warm water and then trimmed his toenails, removed dead skin, checked for sores, and other signs of ill health. It’s while serving at the foot clinic at the Open Door Community that he came to his idea of giving a year of service following […] Full Story

• Marist Advances To Round Two Of Baseball Playoffs

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published May 12, 2011

  Marist School, the defending state champions of Class AAAA baseball, swept Madison County High School, Danielsville, in the first two games of their best-of-three series, May 6. Marist won the first two games 10-0 and 4-0, respectively, on their home diamond of Jerry Queen Field. In the first game, Marist pitcher, senior Blake Stevens, had 10 […] Full Story

• St. Pius Falls To Allatoona In Baseball Playoffs

  

  Published May 12, 2011

  In the first round of the Class AAA state baseball playoffs, St. Pius X High School defeated Allatoona High School, Acworth, 3-1 in game one of its best-of-three series, May 6. Pius held a one-run lead in the beginning of the fifth inning, but Allatoona tied the game on an RBI single by left fielder […] Full Story