Atlanta
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Cardinal Pierre encourages believers to leave ‘comfort zones’ to share Gospel
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 8, 2024Pope Francis’ ambassador to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre, spent his two-day visit to Atlanta offering encouragement for the ongoing Synod on Synodality. Speaking at Emory University, Cardinal Pierre said changes in the culture and society represent an opportunity to welcome an “apostolic age” in living the faith.
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Msgr. Henry Gracz leaves legacy of inclusive faith and love at Shrine
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published March 7, 2024The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where Msgr. Henry Gracz offered hospitality emphasizing “a place in God’s church for everyone,” was filled to overflowing for his funeral on Feb. 24.
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Archbishop Hartmayer asks for clemency for death row inmate Willie Pye
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published March 7, 2024On March 7, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., wrote to the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles to ask for clemency for death row inmate Willie James Pye.
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Atlanta to have Synod on Synodality listening sessions
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published February 22, 2024Dioceses in the U.S. are holding additional listening sessions as request by the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops, in preparation for the second session of the global Synod on Synodality this fall. The Archdiocese of Atlanta will host five sessions between Feb. 25 and March 18.
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Companions in faith: Catholic converts assist new believers
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 22, 2024This year, the Archdiocese of Atlanta welcomed some 2,500 people at the Rite of Election. Atlanta bishops greeted the assembled at four churches. Catholics who joined the church last year are serving as companions in faith, assisting others in the journey toward the church.
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Father Robbie Cotta to speak at March Magnificat
Published February 21, 2024
Father Robbie Cotta, who sensed his strongest call to the priesthood while attending the first Mass of a newly ordained friend, will be the speaker at the next Magnificat gathering for women.
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‘Deacon J’ named Cristo Rey’s Teacher of the Year
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 14, 2024Walking into Deacon Sami Jajeh’s theology classroom is entering a living museum of colorful and expressive art and heartfelt signs of faith from the four corners of the world.
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College Knights embrace heritage and purpose
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 11, 2024The Lyke House is home to a new Knights of St. Peter Claver council. It inaugurated its leaders from students attending the four historically Black colleges and universities in the Atlanta University Center, and Georgia State University. At the University of Georgia Catholic Center in Athens, another young Knights council entered its second year.
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Eight deacons ordained to be servants of all
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 11, 2024In a solemn Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King on Feb. 3, Bishop John Tran ordained eight men to the permanent diaconate to offer blessings and live in service to charity.
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Shrine’s beloved pastor, Msgr. Henry C. Gracz, is remembered
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published February 8, 2024Msgr. Henry Charles Gracz, longtime pastor of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, died Feb. 5, in Atlanta. He was 84 years old and a priest for 59 years.
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Atlanta Bishops join fight against antisemitism as Georgia bill progresses
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published January 26, 2024The bishops of Atlanta added their voices to the effort to pass a law that defines antisemitism in the face of reports of escalating attacks of Jews.
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Atlanta Archdiocese and Neocatechumenal Way partner in formation of priests
By ANDREW NELSON
Published January 25, 2024The Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Neocatechumenal Way are entering into a new relationship to form men to serve as priests in local parishes and for missionary work.
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Archdiocesan Mass recalls Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring legacy
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published January 16, 2024The faithful gathered Jan. 13 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a man of prayer and faith.
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Year in Review: Georgia Bulletin reporter reflects on a story of love and courage
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 12, 2024In May 2023, reporter Andrew Nelson wrote a story that remains in his heart, and it is not one of celebration. Instead, it revolves around the life-altering events experienced by Devon Corbett, whose world changed forever on a ski slope in 2020.
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A tribute to a Catholic education leader
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 12, 2024Catholic education leader Julie Broom, who had a big heart for the overlooked, died on Dec. 25 at the age of 63. “She took collaboration to the next level,” said the superintendent of schools about her colleague.
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The year 2023 in review
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published January 11, 2024From the ordination of a third auxiliary bishop to a continued focus on the Eucharist ahead of a national revival, The Georgia Bulletin looks at the stories of 2023 that shaped life in Atlanta’s Catholic community.
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Archbishop Hartmayer’s greetings for the new year
Published January 3, 2024
Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., extends his greetings for the new year to the community of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and shares the prayer focus of 2024.
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Archbishop Hartmayer encourages priests to read full text of ‘Fiducia Supplicans’
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published December 31, 2023In a Dec. 19 memo to archdiocesan priests, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer OFM Conv., encouraged them all to read the full text of the declaration, “Fiducia Supplicans, on the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings,” issued by the Vatican’s Discastery for the Doctrine of the Faith the previous day.
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Religious leaders join Archbishop Hartmayer to pray for peace
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 22, 2023Religious leaders from throughout the Atlanta region gathered in the sanctuary of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church for a Dec. 13 ecumenical and interfaith prayer service for peace.
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Three Atlanta churches part of plenary indulgence for Greccio Nativity anniversary
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published December 21, 2023On the 800th anniversary of the “Nativity scene of Greccio,” the Apostolic Penitentiary is granting a plenary indulgence to all the faithful who, between now and Feb. 2, visit a Nativity scene in a church entrusted to the Franciscan Friars anywhere in the world. Three Atlanta churches are granted the privilege.