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• Meet the 2020 transitional deacons

  Published June 24, 2020

  On June 13, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., ordained two transitional deacons as they journey toward the priesthood. Deacon Robbie Cotta and Deacon Paul Nacey look forward to ministering in Atlanta.

• Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer supports Dreamers in June 19 statement

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published June 19, 2020

  In a 5-4 decision on June 18, the Supreme Court ruled against efforts by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., issued a statement of encouragement for DACA recipients, often referred to as “Dreamers.”

• The priests of Atlanta speak against racism

  

  Published June 16, 2020

  On Pentecost Sunday, priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta spoke about opposing racism and racial violence.

• Bulletin Notes to include virtual events

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published June 16, 2020

  Parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations are invited to send upcoming event and program details for Bulletin Notes to The Georgia Bulletin to be published, resuming in the July 9 issue.

• Catholics march in downtown Atlanta for racial justice

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published June 12, 2020

  On June 11, more than 400 Catholics filled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in front of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta to protest racism and racial injustice. The peaceful protest brought together Catholics of all ages and races.

• Honoring the spring athletes of the Class of 2020

  

  Published June 11, 2020

  The Georgia Bulletin honors the senior athletes at Catholic schools whose spring seasons were cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Seasoned Arizona educator named Atlanta’s superintendent of Catholic schools

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 11, 2020

  Arizona educator Harry “Hal” Plummer, who has more than four decades of education experience, has been selected as the next superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

• Atlanta’s faithful responding to racial injustice 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 11, 2020

  In the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the faithful are engaging in the racial justice issue in a variety of ways–from demonstrations to virtual programs.

• A word from Archbishop Hartmayer 

  Published June 11, 2020

  In a joint statement, the Conventual Franciscan Friars across the United States “pledge ourselves to prayer and witness in actions of solidarity for the ending of racial injustice and for peace on our streets.”

• Archbishop Hartmayer releases statement in wake of racial violence, protests

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN NEWS STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published May 30, 2020

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta, issued a statement in the wake of several incidents of racial violence and protests which followed.

• The Class of 2020: Top scholars at Catholic schools recognized

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published May 28, 2020

  The Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta honored valedictorians and salutatorians of the class of 2020.

• Local Catholic school leaders retiring this year

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  A school president and three principals are saying goodbye to students, faculty and staff as they close their final administration years in Atlanta Catholic schools.

• Catholic schools superintendent retires after 14 years in Atlanta

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  This summer, Dr. Diane Starkovich will retire after 14 years serving as superintendent for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Inspired by her own teachers as a young girl, Starkovich said she has loved the job every single day.

• High school seniors, parents reflect on unique school year

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  The pandemic remade the traditional events marking the end of high school for the class of 2020. Instead of group pictures and senior proms, they ended the year with Zoom classrooms and virtual ceremonies, learning resilience along the way.

• CRS kickstarts ‘Lead the Way on Hunger’ campaign

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  “Shadow pandemics” are stalking vulnerable communities around the world in addition to the novel coronavirus, said Sean Callahan, president of Catholic Relief Services. CRS has launched a new initiative to fight global hunger.

• Archbishop Hartmayer announces guidelines for resuming in-parish worship

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published May 18, 2020

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has announced a schedule and conditions for resumption of in-parish worship and access to church buildings in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

• Compassion Kitchen Project helps restaurant workers, feeds the hungry

  

  By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
  Published May 14, 2020

  Recognizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on both the restaurant community and the hungry, parishioners of the Cathedral of Christ the King started The Compassion Kitchen Project.

• Former parishioners welcome archbishop back home

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  Beginning in 1995, Archbishop Hartmayer served as pastor of St. Philip Benizi Church for 15 years, then at St. John Vianney in Lithia Springs. Former parishioners recall his collaborative style.

• The ministry of a Franciscan friar

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  Archbishop Hartmayer is one of 25 Conventual Franciscan Friars serving as bishops worldwide and one of three in the United States. Franciscans live out their vocations in a variety of ways.

• Family, friends recall Archbishop Hartmayer’s childhood 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  The values taught around the dining room table in his modest home in upstate New York shaped the new Atlanta archbishop’s life.