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• Green teams answer pope’s call to ‘care for creation’

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 17, 2019

  In 2015, Pope Francis released his encyclical, “Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home.” Later that year, the Archdiocese of Atlanta released an action plan to help parishes, schools and families incorporate more sustainable practices.

• Ministry leader Pat Jones to speak at Magnificat

  Published October 3, 2019

  Pat Jones, the leader of the ministry to the homebound at St. Pius X Church in Conyers, will be the speaker at the November Magnificat for women. It will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta.

• Catholic Charities Atlanta ‘disheartened’ at presidential determination for refugee admissions

  Published October 3, 2019

  The Trump Administration is proposing to limit admissions into the United States for refugees at 18,000. Catholic Charities Atlanta responds to the proposal.

• Knights of Columbus refurbishing safe house for trafficking victims

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  Men with Knights of Columbus Thomas O’Reilly Council 4358 at St. Thomas More Church, Decatur, are rolling up their sleeves to work on a new safe house for women caught in the commercial sex industry.

• Atlanta priests join Catholic Extension trip to border

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  To learn more about the plight of immigrants, 19 priests from various dioceses, including Atlanta, joined Catholic Extension for a mission immersion program for pastors Sept. 16-18, traveling to the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas and a migrant shelter in Mexico.

• Archdiocese partners with NAMI Georgia to promote mental health awareness

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON REDDING
  Published October 3, 2019

  In collaboration with the Archdiocese of Atlanta Disabilities Ministry, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Georgia is hoping to train those who lead ministries in the archdiocese to help people who are affected by mental illness.

• Archdiocesan schools celebrate repeat Blue Ribbon awards

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  Three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta were recognized as 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools on Thursday, Sept. 26. The schools honored were Queen of Angels in Roswell, Immaculate Heart of Mary and Our Lady of the Assumption in Atlanta.

• Three archdiocesan schools win Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Awards

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 26, 2019

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta proudly announces three schools recognized Sept. 26 as Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence.

• Marist ‘brothers in arms’ recall 1989 state football championship

  

  By ANDREW NELSON and SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writers
  Published September 19, 2019

  The Marist football team scored three unanswered touchdowns against the Worth County Rams Dec. 16, 1989, winning the state football championship game 30-8. It was the school’s first state title since its inaugural 1913 season.

• Annual conference inspires catechists to create encounters with Christ

  By CATHY WEAVER BISCAN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 19, 2019

  A crowd of almost 1,500 filled the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center on Saturday, Aug. 17 as catechists from across the southeast gathered to continue their faith journeys as the theme exclaimed, “Jesus, Walk with Us.”                     

• New intercultural ministry director shares embracing vision

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  Lucia Baez Luzondo, the new intercultural ministry director for the archdiocese, hopes to lead Catholics and parishes to an appreciation of the gifts of other cultural families.

• Deacon Frank Coughlin dies September 3

  Published September 19, 2019

  Deacon Frank Fenton Coughlin, who served three different Atlanta parishes, died Sept. 3. He was 84 years old.

• Blue Mass honors public safety officials, first responders

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  Public safety officials, first responders and Catholics gathered to celebrate the fifth annual Blue Mass on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta.

• St. Pius X student helps stock the pantry at Ronald McDonald House

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  This is the fifth year that Brian Matthews, a senior at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta, will run a fall pantry drive for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

• Upcoming Masses celebrate contributions of lay Catholics

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  Three archdiocesan Masses, to be held in October, will celebrate the work and ministry of laypeople in the church.

• NCCW annual convention focuses on ‘care for our common home’

  

  Published September 5, 2019

  More than 650 women attended the annual convention for the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) Aug. 21-24 in Atlanta. The NCCW celebrated its 99th year with the theme, “Reflecting the Joy of God, Caring for God’s Creation.”

• Deacon William E. Payne Jr. dies Aug. 9

  Published September 5, 2019

  Deacon William E. Payne Jr. died on Aug. 9. He was ordained a deacon on Dec. 3, 1988 and served at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta. His lifelong ministry was in service to the poor.

• New leader of young adult ministries believes in creating thriving communities

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 5, 2019

  Allen Austin is the new associate director of campus and young adult ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Originally from Florida, Austin is a graduate of the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He previously served as youth minister at St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek, and at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Alpharetta.

• Knights of Peter Claver host annual convention in Atlanta

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published August 23, 2019

  Knights of Peter Claver held its 104th national convention Aug. 2-7 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta. The six-day convention included meetings on social justice issues, college scholarship awards, updates on the order and social events.

• Rebuilding Hope helps seminarians experience missionary life in Puerto Rico

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 21, 2019

  Atlanta seminarians traveled for three weeks to Puerto Rico to get a taste of missionary life, in addition to doing works of mercy. The men visited the sick and homebound, worked in a food pantry and repaired homes in the communities of Mayaguez and San Juan.