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Blessed Trinity defeats Marist to win its first state football championship
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published December 21, 2017ATLANTA—For the first time ever, the two teams competing for Georgia’s Class AAAA football championship were from Catholic high schools. Roswell’s Blessed Trinity High School defeated Marist School 16-7 to claim the trophy. Originally scheduled for Dec. 9 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the game was rescheduled to Dec. 15 because of Atlanta’s surprise pre-Christmas snowstorm. […]
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A retrospective look at 2017 in Atlanta’s Catholic community
Published December 21, 2017
ATLANTA—As 2017 nears its conclusion, it’s time to look back at some of the significant stories of the Catholic community in the Atlanta Archdiocese. With some two dozen issues of The Georgia Bulletin published each year, inevitably great stories are overlooked and left out. We know that parishes, ministries and believers quietly offer women, men […]
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Our Lady of Fatima is focus of charismatic renewal anniversary event
By CATHY WEAVER BISCAN, Special to the Bulletin
Published December 7, 2017ATLANTA—The Atlanta Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference, held Oct. 13-14, marked the 50th anniversary of the renewal as well as the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal. Marked by a miracle of the sun spinning in the sky at midday, the Virgin Mary appeared to three children in […] Full Story
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HIV/AIDS ministers seek compassion, prayer at World AIDS Day Mass
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published December 7, 2017ATLANTA—Volunteers devoted to serving people with HIV/AIDS gathered at a Dec. 1 Mass “For a World Living with AIDS” at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Atlanta. Held annually on World AIDS Day, the Mass is hosted alternately by parishes with HIV/AIDS ministries. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was the celebrant for this year’s Mass, which is […]
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Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Gathering to have Christmas focus
Published December 7, 2017
ATLANTA—The Catholic and Orthodox communities will gather Monday, Dec. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 2500 Clairmont Road, NE, Atlanta. All are welcome to attend. The theme of the Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Gathering will be “Was Jesus Born on Dec. 25? And Why This Matters.” Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and […]
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#iGiveCatholic surpasses fundraising goals in Atlanta
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 7, 2017ATLANTA—In the inaugural #iGiveCatholic campaign in the Atlanta Archdiocese, donors contributed $292,115 to ministries, parishes and schools during a 24-hour span. #GivingTuesday, a national fundraising campaign, initially began in 2012 as an opportunity for people during the holiday shopping season to serve others. Catholic leaders promoted Tuesday, Nov. 28, as #iGiveCatholic, a chance for the […]
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Marist School announces appointments of new president, principal
Published December 7, 2017
ATLANTA—Marist School has announced that its principal, Marist Father Joel M. Konzen, has been appointed the school’s president by Father Paul Frechette, SM, provincial superior of the Society of Mary U.S. Province. Father Konzen will assume his new position July 1, 2018. “We are blessed to have a new president who will continue the legacy […] Full Story
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Cathedral Choir welcomes season with ‘Readings and Carols’
Published December 7, 2017
ATLANTA—The Cathedral Choir of Christ the King in Atlanta will celebrate the return of “A Candlelight Service of Readings and Carols” on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The Cathedral is located at 2699 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta. This Cathedral tradition combines the prophetic expectation of Advent with the joyful fulfillment of Christ’s birth. The […] Full Story
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Celebrations for Our Lady of Guadalupe set for parishes around archdiocese
Published December 4, 2017
ATLANTA—Churches around the Archdiocese of Atlanta have planned activities to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day is Dec. 12. The list of celebrations, listed by parish, can be found in English and in Spanish.
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Anti-Defamation League honors members of Marist School community
Published November 28, 2017
ATLANTA—Marist School students and a faculty member were recently recognized for their work with the Anti-Defamation League. Juniors Luis Bowen and Lauren Jennings were selected as Lynne & Howard Halpern Atlanta delegates for the Anti-Defamation League’s 18th annual Grosfeld Family National Youth Leadership Mission to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Bowen and […] Full Story
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National recognition for Holy Spirit Prep for its Catholic identity
Published November 28, 2017
ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Preparatory School has been recognized as a Catholic Education Honor Roll School—the sixth consecutive School of Excellence award for the Atlanta private Catholic school. The national Honor Roll program is directed by the Cardinal Newman Society and has recognized over 300 high-performing Catholic high schools nationwide since the program’s inception in 2004. The […] Full Story
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Atlanta Catholic singer has new album
Published November 28, 2017
ATLANTA—Local singer Elyse O’Kane released her second album, “A Time to Heal.” The project was completed with the assistance of two Catholic musicians in Atlanta, Mary Welch Rogers, of the Cathedral of Christ the King, who produced the album, and Ed Bolduc, of St. Ann Church in Marietta, who wrote choral and musical arrangements and […]
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The Atlanta Homeward Choirs welcome a women’s choir
Published November 28, 2017
ATLANTA—The Atlanta Homeward Choir at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta, is expanding its membership to include women. Close to a dozen women have joined the choir during its inaugural season. Donal Noonan, the choir founder, said his vision had been to broaden the participants in the choir, made up of people who are […] Full Story
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Cathedral prayer service focuses on ecumenical conversation
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published November 27, 2017ATLANTA—The Oct. 31 ecumenical prayer service at the Cathedral of Christ the King, “Common Prayer—From Conflict to Communion,” commemorated the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The Cathedral and Lutheran communities provided the music. The ecumenical service, approved by The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Lutheran World Federation, is based on the document […] Full Story
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#iGiveCatholic campaign rallies faith community to support nonprofits
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2017ATLANTA—Donors in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are opening their wallets for the #iGiveCatholic fundraising campaign, which offers a new way to support local Catholic parishes, schools and organizations. Some $21,000 was raised for ministries during the first week of the early bird giving preceding the campaign’s official start. Atlanta contributions made up about 29 percent […] Full Story
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Covenant House vigil a memorial to young lives lost
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
Published November 22, 2017ATLANTA—Young people “lost to the streets” were remembered in a quiet ceremony of candlelight and bell ringing Thursday, Nov. 16, at Covenant House Georgia. Scores of supporters of Covenant House gathered in the courtyard of the Atlanta crisis shelter for homeless youth to mark the deaths of teens and young adults lured away in 2017. […] Full Story
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Statement from Archbishop Gregory on the shooting at the Texas Baptist church
Published November 6, 2017
ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has made the following statement regarding the Nov. 5 shooting during services at the First Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. “Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta are close in prayer with our brothers and sisters from the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, as they grieve the loss and […]
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PATH fundraiser Nov. 9 at Holy Spirit
Published November 3, 2017
ATLANTA—Post Abortion Treatment and Healing (PATH) will welcome Dr. Martha Shuping, M.D., a psychiatrist who has helped men and women recover from the effects of abortion since 1985, to speak at its annual fundraiser. The PATH dinner will be Thursday, Nov. 9, at Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, NW, Atlanta. PATH sponsors the event […]
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Marriage Encounter rekindles couples’ passion for a lifetime
By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special to the Bulletin
Published November 3, 2017ATLANTA—Married couples at all stages of life can benefit from a weekend away that will take already good marriages and help shape them into lifetime love affairs. Annie and Roger Borrello testify to the life-changing benefits of a Marriage Encounter weekend, referred to as the “Weekend” by those who have experienced it. Before their encounter […] Full Story
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Inaugural social justice forum highlights work of Georgia Innocence Project
By ERIKA ANDERSON REDDING, Special to the Bulletin
Published November 2, 2017ATLANTA—Sybil Robinson had a passion for social justice and helping those in need—and through her leadership at St. Anthony of Padua Church, she shared that passion with others. Nearly a year after her sudden death, Robinson’s friends and family came together for the inaugural Sybil M. Robinson Social Justice Forum at her beloved Atlanta parish. […] Full Story | En Español
