Georgia Bulletin

Atlanta

• 2010 Catholic Schools Employees Of The Year

  Published February 18, 2010

  Following are the teachers and staff honored as outstanding employees of the year on Feb. 6 at the annual banquet sponsored by the Office of Catholic Schools. Kate Aiello, Spanish teacher, St. John the Evangelist School, Hapeville; Jerry Beck, fifth-grade teacher, Holy Redeemer School, Johns Creek; Lisa Cordell, middle school computer lab, Our Lady of […] Full Story

• Annual Catholic Day Offers Opportunity For Action

  Published February 18, 2010

  The fourth annual Catholic Day at the Capitol will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Georgia Capitol in downtown Atlanta. Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Diocese of Savannah are invited to attend and exercise their baptismal call as advocates for public policy that protects those who are vulnerable and promotes […] Full Story

• Professor Enlivens Lecture With Stories Of Flannery

  By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
  Published February 18, 2010

  She died of lupus at age 39. During her lifetime she wrote 32 short stories and two novels, weaving Christ’s message of grace subtly through the actions of her often grotesque characters. Along the way she left an indelible mark on Catholic literature. Even more than 45 years after her death, Georgia native and devout […] Full Story

• Hibernians Sponsor St. Patrick’s Day Events

  Published February 18, 2010

  The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta will hold a number of annual events to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Events include a St. Patrick’s Day parade, a St. Patrick’s Day Mass, a memorial Mass for Father Thomas O’Reilly and the annual Hibernian Black Tie Ball. The HBSA expects the 2010 parade […] Full Story

• Area Catholics Sign To Play College Sports

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published February 18, 2010

  Like athletes around the country, local Catholic high school seniors made it official on National Signing Day, Feb. 3, as they signed binding national letters of intent to play collegiate sports at the college or university of their choice. The list below includes area Catholic high school athletes who made commitments on National Signing Day […] Full Story

• Catholic Underground To Be Held At CTK

  Published February 18, 2010

  Catholic Underground, an event sponsored by Go FISH Outreach, will be held at the Cathedral of Christ the King on Saturday, March 6, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The event will feature adoration, live music and the chance to meet new friends. People of all ages and faiths are invited to participate in this evening of […] Full Story

• Fifteen Joyfully Ordained As Permanent Deacons

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published February 18, 2010

  As fifteen men were ordained as new permanent deacons of the archdiocese Feb. 6, the archbishop encouraged them to be “ablaze” with the fire of the Gospel. The 2010 class of candidates entered a church full of family, friends, about 100 of their brother deacons and 50 priests. The ordination Mass, celebrated at the Cathedral […] Full Story

• Hospital Seeks Partnership Within Catholic Mission

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  With the future of U.S. healthcare uncertain and the increasing competition among metro area hospital systems, officials at the only Catholic hospital in the city, Saint Joseph’s Hospital, are working on plans to assure the continued vibrancy of the hospital’s mission. Saint Joseph’s, first established in 1880 in Atlanta by the Sisters of Mercy, is […] Full Story

• Catholic Schools Do Their Part To Help Haiti

  By LIZZIE HOWELL, Special To The Bulletin
  Published February 4, 2010

  Since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, the Marist School and St. Pius X High School have been doing their part to reach out to the people of Haiti in love and support. Both schools immediately took up school-wide collections. The schools usually ask students to donate with a promise of an “out-of-uniform […] Full Story

• Kelly Will Take Catholic Formation To National Zoo

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  Overlooking sleeping pandas at Zoo Atlanta, Dennis Kelly talked about how important conservation and biodiversity is in the world today. “Species are going extinct at a rate that we haven’t seen since the dinosaur era. Many, many of those species are going extinct because of what humans are doing. That is really what anyone who […] Full Story

• GRACE Scholars Donations Vault To $2.9 Million

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  As the GRACE Scholars program completed its second year, encouraging signs continue to move the program forward. In 2008, its first year, GRACE brought in over $86,000 to help with tuition for students who newly entered Catholic schools throughout the state of Georgia. In 2009, nearly $2.9 million has been directed to the program through […] Full Story

• Parishes Raise Over $750,000 For Haiti, Plus Goods

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  Emergency shelter and food top the needs of Haitians as the country digs out from its devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. Recovery from the disaster is expected to take close to a decade as world leaders discuss rebuilding the ravaged country. Volunteers from Atlanta and development experts have switched focus from emergency assistance aid to sustaining […]

• Archdiocese Hires Youth Ministry, Inculturation Director

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  The Brooklyn diocesan coordinator of adolescent faith formation, Marilyn Santos, has joined the archdiocesan Office of Formation and Discipleship as associate director of youth ministry and associate director of inculturation. Santos, who is a native of New York, spent the last three years on the staff of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. Prior to that […] Full Story

• Peter Faletti Appointed Master Planner For Archdiocese

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  How are we doing? That’s what pastors and school principals are soon going to be asked when the Atlanta Archdiocese polls parish leaders. It has been three years since the archdiocese surveyed leaders across its 69 counties, 99 parishes and missions, and 18 schools to get a picture of the weaknesses and strengths of its […] Full Story

• Mass, Banquet For Catholic Physicians Feb. 20

  Published February 4, 2010

  The Atlanta Guild of the Catholic Medical Association will hold its annual White Mass and banquet program on Saturday evening, Feb. 20, at Mary Our Queen Church in Norcross. The Mass, which takes its name from physicians’ white coats, will be celebrated at 5 p.m. by Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue and concelebrated by Father David […] Full Story

• Gridiron Athletes Recognized

  Published February 4, 2010

  Members of Blessed Trinity High School’s football team were recently named to the North Fulton All County Team for Georgia. They include juniors Jack Bradley (lineman), Riley Lyons (kicker), T.K. Thomas (linebacker), seniors Eddie Bartlett (lineman), Nick Day (defensive back), Jeremy Phillips (defensive end) and Jake Skole (wide receiver and defensive back). In addition to […] Full Story

• St. Pius X Coaches Honored

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published February 4, 2010

  The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) named St. Pius X High School head girls soccer coach Sara Geiger as its Regional Coach of the Year for the South. Geiger’s 2009 team captured the state championship and finished with a perfect record of 22-0. In her first season the 2008 team was the state […] Full Story

• Catholic Foundation Awards First Parish Enrichment Grants

  Published February 4, 2010

  The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia for the first time awarded its parish enrichment grants to help with small projects at churches as well as awarding $104,100 in general grants. The parish enrichment grants are $1,000 gifts given to a parish in each of the 10 deaneries in the archdiocese. Last fall, a pastors’ advisory […] Full Story

• Credit Union To Award Donoghue Scholarship

  Published February 4, 2010

  The Catholic division of the Georgia Federal Credit Union is holding an essay contest to find the recipient of the 2010 Archbishop-emeritus John F. Donoghue Scholarship, an annual scholarship that awards $1,500 to the first-place winner and $1,000 to the runner up. Senior high school students in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are invited to participate. […] Full Story

• Vatican Astronomer To Speak At Emory, Agnes Scott

  Published February 4, 2010

  The Aquinas Center of Theology has announced that Society of Jesus Brother Guy Consolmagno, an astronomer with the Vatican Observatory, will be speaking at Emory University on Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. and Agnes Scott College on Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Brother Consolmagno, a world-class astronomer and physicist, received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees […] Full Story