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• Catholic community continues support of holiday basketball tournament

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published January 25, 2019

  ATLANTA— The 12th annual Sam Robb Memorial Holiday Classic basketball tournament took place Dec. 27-29 at Roswell’s Blessed Trinity High School and Queen of Angels School, Atlanta’s Marist School and St. Jude the Apostle School, Sandy Springs. With the support of the Catholic Metro League of Atlanta (CMLA), parishes and schools, the holiday classic has […] Full Story

• Standard is 2019 winner of Msgr. Branch Young Adult Award

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 25, 2019

  ATLANTA—Natalie Standard is the type of leader who doesn’t talk, doesn’t brag. She just does. Starting from a young age, she has not stopped engaging with her peers and her church at St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro. When she went off to Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, she joined other Christian athletes to serve […] Full Story

• Catholic Charities’ work with veterans supported by Annual Appeal

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 25, 2019

  ATLANTA—More than an estimated 450 military veterans were homeless in Atlanta and four other counties in 2018 in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, according to advocates for veterans. Catholic Charities Atlanta is one of the resources that helps women and men who served in uniform to stabilize their lives with housing and employment assistance. The goal […] Full Story | En Español

• Transfiguration parishioner honored with Prejean Unity Award

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 24, 2019

  ATLANTA—Breon Haskett is committed to helping young people. He has served as an outreach volunteer with the homeless shelter, Covenant House, by driving the streets of Atlanta to find young people in need of a meal and a safe place to stay. He attends Transfiguration Church, Marietta, where he has taught high schoolers the faith, […] Full Story

• Archdiocese completes parish incorporation project

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published January 24, 2019

  ATLANTA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta recently completed another step in a decade-long review of its legal structure by incorporating its parishes. The review and its implementation, begun in 2006, are being overseen by a task force of canon lawyers, outside civil attorneys and members of the archdiocesan finance council. It is led by Bishop Joel M. […] Full Story

• Birthright celebrates five decades of quiet pro-life service

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published January 24, 2019

  ATLANTA—Birthright of Atlanta pregnancy center director Lisa Olwine recently took a call from a pregnant woman who was about to get evicted from her home and sought an abortion. “She was thinking if I’m going to be homeless I don’t want to be homeless and pregnant and she was wanting an abortion,” Olwine recalled. “I […] Full Story | En Español

• Catholics remember MLK’s desire to see God’s message lived

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 21, 2019

  ATLANTA–The Atlanta Catholic community remembered the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a joyful Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Jan. 19, displaying the diversity of believers. The gospel music of the St. Anthony of Padua Church Choir. The lilting sounds of praise from the women of the Cameroonian community […] Full Story

• Remembering the top stories of 2018

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 10, 2019

  It’s that time when we consider the events that shaped 2018 for the Atlanta Catholic community. We must have printed hundreds of thousands of words and hundreds of photos in last year’s 23 issues. Editor Nichole Golden, Photographer Michael Alexander and Staff Writer Andrew Nelson flipped through the pages to select the stories with an […] Full Story

• Favorite photos captured in 2018 reflect visual gifts from God

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published January 10, 2019

  ATLANTA–I always say I’ve never taken a photograph that God didn’t orchestrate or see first. If I’m attentive, able to anticipate what God is about to unveil and I’m in the right place at the right time, the opportunity for capturing a special moment is possible. There are two photos from 2018 that speak to […] Full Story

• Reporter’s favorite story combines art and faith

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 10, 2019

  ATLANTA—The image first popped up in my Twitter feed. It was a painting of a cloaked pregnant woman, twinned with a large catchphrase written in cursive: “Woman are stronger than hell.” The mural was painted on a wall at the Krog Street tunnel, one of Atlanta’s most famous outposts for public art. I’d call it […] Full Story

• Mass for the Unborn, Stand for Life Jan. 28

  

  Published January 10, 2019

  ATLANTA—The 1973 Supreme Court cases, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, which legalized abortion in the United States, will be marked by the Catholic community in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 28 at the Mass for the Unborn and Stand for Life. Highlights of this Mass for the Unborn are the commissioning of Respect Life […] Full Story

• Centro Hispano Marista hosts 2018 GED graduation

  

  Published January 10, 2019

  ATLANTA—Centro Hispano Marista, also known as the Marist Hispanic Center, held its fifth commencement ceremony for 52 graduates, all of whom obtained their GED diplomas, on Tuesday, Dec. 11.at Marist School, Atlanta. The program director of Centro Hispano Marista, Dr. Leticia Valencia, greeted the graduates and guests. “Our mission is to turn educational dreams into […] Full Story | En Español

• Lesson on living a full life a memorable story

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published January 10, 2019

  ATLANTA—The year 2018 began by interviewing a woman whose 100-year life coincided with a remarkable period of Atlanta history and a connection to a saint. Winter weather prevented me from getting together at least once with Emily Milner, known as “Miss Emily” to fellow parishioners at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. We were finally […] Full Story

• MLK observances to include Mass, youth celebration

  

  Published January 9, 2019

  ATLANTA—The celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Atlanta Archdiocese is to take place starting Jan. 13. The theme for this year is “If One Member Suffers, All Suffer Together; If One Member is Honored, All Rejoice Together.” (1 Corinthians 12:26) The scheduled events include the chance for young adults to perform community service; a […] Full Story

• Hawthorne Dominican Sister Mary Walter Ziajor dies

  

  Published December 22, 2018

  ATLANTA–Sister Mary Walter Ziajor, OP (Anna Rose Ziajor) died on Dec. 16 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in Atlanta. She was born Dec. 1, 1929 in North Dighton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Jacob and Helen (Zrebiec) Ziajor. She is pre-deceased by her parents, two brothers and five sisters. She is survived […] Full Story

• Deacon Hilliard Lee remembered with special cross

  

  Published December 20, 2018

  ATLANTA—On Dec. 1 a new cross was dedicated and blessed as a memorial to the late Deacon Hilliard Lee at the St. Stephen Center for Diaconal Study, which is next door to St. Paul of the Cross Church, Atlanta. The brief service followed the 8 a.m. Mass at the church, where Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory […] Full Story

• Cristo Rey boys’ team gives valiant effort against Holy Spirit Preparatory

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Photographer
  Published December 20, 2018

  ATLANTA—Facing a team with a roster that includes at least 10 players six feet, two inches and above, an outsized and less skilled Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School team earned the respect of their opponents from Holy Spirit Preparatory School by their tenacity and effort. It was a crushing defeat for Cristo Rey at […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity Titans retain state football championship title

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Photographer
  Published December 20, 2018

  ATLANTA—Standing just outside the west end zone, the Blessed Trinity High School cheerleaders raised a 10-foot by 18-foot banner with white and gold letters outlined in black, bearing the pre-game charge, “Defend the Title.” Moments later the Roswell Catholic school’s team of 70 players ran through it, as they prepared for the Dec. 12 Class […] Full Story

• Catholics involved at home in the global work of CRS

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published December 20, 2018

  ATLANTA—The year 2018 marks a special milestone for Catholic Relief Services—its 75th anniversary. In 1943, the Catholic bishops of the United States established CRS to help war-torn Europe and its refugees recover. During World War II, CRS’ work focused on the resettlement of war refugees in Europe. The mission continues today, using the gospel of […] Full Story

• Atlanta nurse helping others while immigration status in limbo

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published December 20, 2018

  ATLANTA—Roxana Chicas’ goal is to help farm workers and others avoid illnesses from working in the grueling sun. People who make a living outside—from construction crews to farm workers—can suffer serious damage to kidneys and the brain from the extreme heat. Hispanic workers picking crops in Florida were surprised to see this native of El […] Full Story