Atlanta
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Band pride at Atlanta area high schools
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published October 2, 2025Students musicians and percussionists at Blessed Trinity High School and Marist School take the field with teamwork and halftime shows.
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Golden Lions drum major leads band on and off field
By ANDREW NELSON, Reporter
Published October 2, 2025St. Pius X senior Zoe Leiner leads the Marching Golden Lions band with heart, guiding her peers through music and teamwork.
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Restorative justice conference attendees learn how Catholic Church can help usher in hope
By ANDREW NELSON, Reporter
Published October 2, 2025Catholic leaders, families and justice reformers met in Atlanta to promote restorative justice, healing and hope during a three-day conference.
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Catholic Foundation donors inspired by faith to create legacy gifts
By MEG BUTLER, Special to the Bulletin
Published October 1, 2025At its annual Deo Gratias Mass, the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia celebrated generous donors, whose gifts help the community at large.
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Father Francis Kissel, Marist priest, dies September 17
Published September 25, 2025
Father Francis (Frank) J. Kissel, a priest of the Society of Mary, died on September 17. He was 83 years old. Over several decades, he shared his talents in many areas of life at Marist School.
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At start of Rosh Hashanah, Atlanta’s archbishop uplifts Jewish community in prayer
Published September 22, 2025
Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., offered prayer for Atlanta’s Jewish community as they prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which begins at sundown Sept. 22.
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Sister Mary Kateri, Hawthorne Dominican, dies Sept. 19
Published September 21, 2025
Sister Mary Kateri, OP, (Cecelia Anne Pickering) died on Sept. 19 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in Atlanta.
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Monsignor James Fennessy, retired pastor of St. Jude the Apostle, remembered
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published September 18, 2025Msgr. James Joseph “Jim” Fennessy, the retired pastor of St. Jude the Apostle Church, died Sept. 15. He was 82 years old and a priest for 57 years.
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Retired Oklahoma City Archbishop, ordained a priest in Atlanta, dies at 91
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
Published September 18, 2025Archbishop Eusebius Beltran, archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, died on Sept. 12 at 91. Archbishop Beltran was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta in 1960.
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In September 11 message, Archbishop Hartmayer urges all to reject culture of violence
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published September 11, 2025On the 24th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, calls upon all people of goodwill to recommit to building a culture of life and a civilization of love, and to reject a culture of violence.
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Helping others a balm for Atlanta’s Hurricane Katrina survivors
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 4, 2025As Hurricane Katrina roared inland, New Orleanians faced hard choices. Some sat in hours of traffic, others got out of harm’s way with three days’ worth of clothes. Those who evacuated to Atlanta shared the hurricane’s spiritual impact on their lives.
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Archbishop Hartmayer’s statement on Minnesota Catholic school shooting
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published August 27, 2025Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, who serves as chair of the board of the National Catholic Educational Association, offered a statement regarding the deadly Minnesota school shooting. “The murder of children worshipping at Mass is unspeakable,” he said.
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Removal of homeless encampment near Atlanta’s Shrine part of broader initiative
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 27, 2025For more than two years, tents and tarps filled the sidewalks alongside the Shrine of Immaculate Conception, one of the oldest parishes in Atlanta. Now, a city-led effort to end homelessness has come to the church’s front steps.
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Catholic filmmaker experiences ‘Triumph of the Heart’
By SYLVIA DORHAM Special to the Bulletin
Published August 26, 2025“Triumph of the Heart” will be released in September in U.S. theaters. Atlanta videographer Patrick Blonski was part of the film crew for the movie about the final days of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
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As numbers decline, communities age, women religious urged to discern their ‘emerging future’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 21, 2025Several hundred Catholic sisters and guests gathered in downtown Atlanta for the annual assembly of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious Aug. 12-15 for conversation, prayer and friendship.
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CTK volunteers and MUST Ministries on a mission to fight hunger
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 11, 2025Volunteers at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta gathered to pack 10,000 meals for children through the MUST Ministries Summer Lunch Program.
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Catholic Charities Atlanta marks 50 years of refugee resettlement services
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 11, 2025For decades, Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) has helped thousands of refugees rebuild their lives in Georgia. This year marks 50 years of service, even as the future of refugee resettlement grows uncertain.
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Archdiocese of Atlanta welcomes new school principals
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 10, 2025The 2025-26 school year ushers in new leaders at archdiocesan elementary and high schools.
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Atlanta hosts National Conference for Hispanic Deacons
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 6, 2025Deacons and Catholic leaders from across the country gathered in Atlanta on July 24 to attend the National Conference for Hispanic Deacons.
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Archbishop Hartmayer ordains friar priest at Holy Cross Church
By KEVIN KEENAN, Special to the Bulletin
Published July 21, 2025Our Lady of the Angels Province welcomed a new friar priest—Friar Franck Lino Sokpolie, OFM Conv.—ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., July 19. He will serve at Holy Cross Church, Atlanta.
