Atlanta
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Marist School deals first shutout of the softball season
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published August 23, 2018ATLANTA—The game time temperature for the Aug. 14 softball game between Marist School and West Hall High School of Oakwood was 89 degrees. Marist scored its first run in the bottom of the first inning after the team began a rally with back-to-back singles by outfielder Lexi Van Metre and infielder Avery Fantucci. Marist pitcher […]
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Blessed Trinity Titans and St. Pius Golden Lions clash in season opener
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published August 23, 2018ATLANTA—Blessed Trinity High School, Atlanta, went on the road to face St. Pius X High School, Aug. 18. With 7:11 remaining in the first quarter, Blessed Trinity was the first team to score when quarterback Jake Smith ran it in behind the team’s center from three yards out. In the second quarter, with 5:48 left […] Full Story
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Organization supporting Gambian Catholics marks special anniversary
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2018ATLANTA—In August 1993, Father Anthony Gabisi traveled from west Africa to Atlanta thinking he’d raise money for the small Catholic community in The Gambia. He instead found natives of his country distant from the faith and ignoring celebrations of their national identity. “Nobody talked about church. This is not how we are at home,” he […]
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VolunTEENS spend summer in service to hospital community
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2018ATLANTA—At Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta, summertime means the return of the VolunTEENS to the corridors. Youth ages 15 to 19 from across metro Atlanta, dressed in blue scrubs, work in various departments at the hospital. It’s a chance for the teens to explore careers in health care and interact with patients and staff. […]
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New nonprofit to deliver hope to Puerto Ricans in hurricane recovery
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 23, 2018ATLANTA—A new ministry aims to knit closer ties between Catholics in Atlanta and those in Puerto Rico as the first anniversary of Hurricane Maria approaches. The island continues rebuilding after the Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds made landfall on Sept. 20, 2017. It took nearly 11 months for electricity to be restored to […]
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Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory’s statement in response to the resignation of Theodore McCarrick
Published August 9, 2018
ATLANTA— “As shepherd of the Catholic Church in Atlanta and united with my brother bishops under Pope Francis in service to Jesus Christ and His Church, I express my profound anger, sadness, and distress concerning sexual abuse by Church leaders of children, young people and those over whom they exercised authority. My anger and disappointment, […]
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Atlanta delegates prepare for national Encuentro
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 3, 2018ATLANTA—Some two dozen women and men will represent the Archdiocese of Atlanta at the National Fifth Encuentro, as Hispanic Catholics gather to strengthen the Latino presence in the church. Drawing together believers from around the country, V Encuentro (Spanish for meeting) maintains an effort begun more than 40 years ago “to continue our walk as […]
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Muralists enliven their Catholic faith in public with vivid street art
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 3, 2018ATLANTA—Three months ago, Kathleen Loesel and Alison Mabery used their free hours to stand on a sidewalk with paintbrushes in hand, creating images in color on the concrete wall as trucks and cars hurtled past. Drivers and walkers stopped at the impromptu studio near the Krog Street tunnel as the artists painted the mural of […]
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Catholic schools welcome new administrators as academic year begins
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 3, 2018ATLANTA—With the start of the new school year, three archdiocesan and two independent schools welcome new administrators. Independent schools Monsignor Donovan High School, Athens, and Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, have new heads of school. Paul Gessner will serve as head of school at Monsignor Donovan High School, and Edward Spurka, Ph.D., will fill the same role […]
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Sister with vocation as hermit will be Magnificat speaker
Published July 5, 2018
ATLANTA—The speaker at the Magnificat meal for women on Saturday, Aug. 4, has a unique vocation in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Sister Mary Beatrice Raphael is a canonical hermit, having professed perpetual vows to consecrated life for the Archdiocese of Atlanta last year. How and why does God draw someone from a full and active […] Full Story
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Seniors honored by local high schools
Published July 5, 2018
ATLANTA—The following recently graduated seniors from Catholic parishes in the Atlanta area were honored by their high schools. DeKalb School of the Arts, Avondale Estates Richy Wagner was named the 2018 valedictorian at the DeKalb School of the Arts. He is the son of Frank and Betsy Wagner and attends Our Lady of the […] Full Story
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Statement on U.S. immigration policy
Published June 29, 2018
ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has released the following statement on the U.S. government’s recent immigration policy separating migrant families. “The recent immigration policy that has separated children from their parents is deeply disturbing. The administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ policy resulted in many children being torn from the arms of their parents and placed in separate detention facilities […]
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Spring was a season of state championships for Catholic schools
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published June 21, 2018ATLANTA—Archdiocesan and independent Catholic high schools captured individual and team state championships this spring in sports like lacrosse, soccer and track and field. Here is a school-by-school breakdown of the state champions: Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, Class AAAA Teams: Boys’ lacrosse, defeated Greater Atlanta Christian, Norcross, 6-5; it was the team’s first trip to […]
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Newspaper, communications office receive 16 Catholic Press awards
Published June 21, 2018
GREEN BAY, Wis.—The Georgia Bulletin and the Office of Communications for the Archdiocese of Atlanta earned a total of 16 Catholic Press awards for work done in 2017, some for collaborative projects, at this year’s Catholic Media Conference. The awards were announced at the June 15 banquet that closed the conference. The conference, held June […]
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Cathedral’s Hyland Center project moving forward
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published June 21, 2018ATLANTA—As rector of the distinctive Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta, Msgr. Frank McNamee wears many hats. His favorite lately is a white hard hat that he dons to go outside and check on the construction progress of the parish’s new Hyland Center. The demolition and construction project in the cathedral’s courtyard began after […] Full Story
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Msgr. Churchwell was ‘always there for the people’
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published June 21, 2018ATLANTA—The brother priests of Msgr. Stephen T. Churchwell, JCD, remembered his love of vocation and people at a June 7 vigil at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Atlanta. The longtime priest and canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Atlanta died May 31. He was 68. “From the earliest of times, Steve knew something was […]
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Theology on Tap provides unity for young adult community
By C. DANIELS-DUBOSE, Special to the Bulletin
Published June 21, 2018ATLANTA—A Facebook post alerted Michael Brown to the Theology on Tap event May 23 at a brewery in Atlanta’s Grant Park neighborhood. Although the event started in two hours, Brown knew he had to be there. “To see such a young Catholic crowd in Atlanta getting together—you don’t really see that in the Catholic Church,” […] Full Story
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An opportunity to meet the new priests
Published June 21, 2018
Father Jack Knight Age: 31 Family: Jack and Lelis Knight; three sisters. Secular career: Assistant in the Office of Catholic Schools, Archdiocese of Atlanta; coffee barista; medical office billing assistant. The Call: “My parents and three older sisters are the ones who formed my heart of service and self-sacrificial love rooted in the person of […]
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Five priests ordained to serve archdiocese
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published June 21, 2018ATLANTA—Five men were ordained at the Cathedral of Christ the King June 16 to serve in the Atlanta Archdiocese as priests. As the men take on the ministry in a skeptical age, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory encouraged them to be “faith witnesses to the living Christ” by serving as “humble credible men of faith.” Archbishop […]
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Former Atlantan takes over as director of formation and discipleship
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published June 11, 2018ATLANTA—It’s home again for Andrew “Andy” W. Lichtenwalner, Ph.D., the new director of the Office of Formation and Discipleship (OFD) for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced Lichtenwalner’s appointment in March, and he officially started in his new role May 21. He joins the Secretariat, replacing Amy Daniels, who transferred to the […]
