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• Atlanta’s new auxiliary bishop to be ordained July 19

  Published July 6, 2017

  ATLANTA—The episcopal ordination of Bishop-designate Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III will take place on Wednesday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. Bishop-designate Shlesinger will become a bishop by the laying on of hands and prayer of consecration, similar to the ritual of a priest’s ordination. Archbishop Wilton D. […] Full Story

• A year of state championships for Catholic schools

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published July 6, 2017

  ATLANTA—Archdiocesan and independent Catholic high schools captured individual and team state championships last fall and winter and this past spring in a variety of sports. Four of the schools—Blessed Trinity High School, Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Marist School and St. Pius X High School—won 10 team state championships in 10 different sports. Among the same […]

• Spirit of welcome, openness draws many to Cathedral Hispanic mission

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published July 6, 2017

  ATLANTA—Since relocating to Buford Highway two years ago, the Cathedral of Christ the King Hispanic Mission has nearly quadrupled in size, now drawing some 1,400 people to the mission’s two Sunday Masses. With hundreds of new members, those coming range from impoverished newcomers to established immigrants from Mexico and across Latin America. Enrollment in religious […]

• Teacher wins Georgia Credit Union scholarship for continuing ed

  Published July 6, 2017

  ATLANTA—The Georgia United Credit Union announced the winner of the Archbishop Emeritus John Francis Donoghue Scholarship for Continuing Education, Kathryn Ledlie of Atlanta, first-grade teacher at Christ the King School. This scholarship is named for the late Archbishop John Francis Donoghue, who was a strong advocate of Catholic education and credit union services. Since the […] Full Story

• Holy Spirit Prep graduate to attend college seminary

  Published July 6, 2017

  ATLANTA—Among the 2017 graduates from Holy Spirit Preparatory School this year was Matthew “Cole” Austin. Cole served as the head boy and is the first student at this Atlanta independent Catholic high school to enroll in a college seminary. In August, he will be attending St. Joseph Seminary College in Saint Benedict, Louisiana, where he […] Full Story

• Christ the King School service program earns national recognition

  Published July 6, 2017

  ATLANTA—The Christ the King School’s “CKS Serves” program was recognized this past spring with a 2017 Innovations in Catholic Education award. The prize was awarded to the school as the winner of the “Total Community Involvement” category, announced at the annual National Catholic Educational Association convention in St. Louis, Missouri. CKS Serves grew out of […]

• Cristo Rey looks toward 2017 school year with newly renovated place to learn

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 6, 2017

  ATLANTA—Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School for the first time will have an entire high school student body, from veteran seniors to wide-eyed freshmen, when classes reconvene. Freshmen students start arriving for a summer academy July 24 at the school’s new location in downtown Atlanta after a $21 million makeover of the donated building. Classes […] Full Story

• Bishop Luis R. Zarama named bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina

  

  Published July 5, 2017

  ATLANTA—Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Luis R. Zarama, auxiliary bishop of the Atlanta Archdiocese, to serve the people of the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, as their bishop. The appointment was announced Wednesday, July 5. In a statement, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said that Pope Francis has “honored the Archdiocese of Atlanta with the gift […]

• SPC students’ summer enriched with learning program

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published June 23, 2017

  ATLANTA—A pilot enrichment program at St. Peter Claver Regional School in Decatur, made possible by the Christ Child Society of Atlanta, will help students avoid the summer academic slide. Fifty students from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade are participating in the summer series on Wednesday mornings. The Christ Child Society funded the program to help students […]

• Transfiguration Church founding pastor, Father Raymond F. Horan, dies at 74

  Published June 23, 2017

  ATLANTA—Father Raymond F. Horan died Friday, June 9, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. He was 74 years old. The son of Raymond F. Horan Sr. and Marguerite E. (O’Shaughnessy) Horan, he was born Oct. 10, 1942, in Somerville, Massachusetts. He had two siblings, Peter and David. He attended Marist College High School […]

• Sister Mary Paul Cretello, who served at the cancer home, dies

  Published June 23, 2017

  ATLANTA—Sister Mary Paul Cretello, OP, died April 18 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in Atlanta after an extended illness. She was 84 years old. She was born Anne M. Cretello on Jan. 25, 1933, in Long Branch, New Jersey, to Anthony Cretello and Antoinette (Cittandino) Cretello. She was preceded in death by her […] Full Story

• Four ordained as transitional deacons

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 1, 2017

  ATLANTA—Thunderous applause echoed off the stone walls of the Cathedral of Christ the King as four men presented themselves to be ordained as transitional deacons, a milestone toward serving as Catholic priests. As the men lay face down on the stone floor, friends and family filling the Gothic church’s wooden pews asked the saints to […]

• Innovative program funds buildings for rapidly growing churches

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published June 1, 2017

  ATLANTA—Making room for everyone at the Lord’s table is the spirit behind a focused new program in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The Special Projects Program is funding the expansion of basic worship and religious education space in a few uniquely challenged parishes whose churches cannot hold all those coming for Mass or faith education. The […] Full Story | En Español

• Catholic advocates for immigrants assess how to win allies, combat fear

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 1, 2017

  ATLANTA—Frances McBrayer used to be able to focus on ensuring that refugees had an apartment to live in, the weary travelers were picked up at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and had jobs lined up to integrate families who had spent years in desolate camps into the Atlanta community. Her work would accompany families of refugees […]

• Msgr. Herbert, Father Kane remembered in joint funeral Mass in Atlanta

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 1, 2017

  ATLANTA—Two sons of Ireland were remembered with prayers at the Cathedral of Christ the King where a Book of the Gospels rested on each of their wooden caskets, to the left and to the right of the center aisle. Msgr. Leo P. Herbert and Father Terence “Terry” A. Kane came to the then-mission territory of […]

• Students see Atlanta as holy ground during Holy Week

  

  Published May 19, 2017

  ATLANTA—Some Holy Spirit Preparatory School students, faculty, and families joined Mission Youth in downtown Atlanta to spend time on the holiest days of the church calendar. Anamaria Duran, a rising senior, said, “We were accompanying Jesus in the little ways we could.” From Holy Thursday to Easter Sunday some 80-90 missionaries participated, including students and […]

• Father Terry Kane, priest for 49 years in archdiocese, dies

  Published May 18, 2017

  ATLANTA—Father Terence “Terry” A. Kane passed away on May 17 at the age of 75. Born Dec. 24, 1941, in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland, Father Kane was among the 40 Irish priests drawn to the mission territory of Georgia by the invitation and inspiration of Msgr. P.J. O’Connor when he was vocations director of the […] Full Story

• Longtime priest of the archdiocese, Msgr. Leo Herbert, dies

  Published May 18, 2017

  ATLANTA—Msgr. Leo Herbert, who was recently honored for 50 years of priestly service in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, died May 15. The Irish native was 74. Born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, he was the youngest in a family of four sisters and a brother. Msgr. Herbert came to the United States after being ordained at […]

• Welcome Grants expanded to five archdiocesan schools for 2017-2018 year

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 18, 2017

  DECATUR—For principal Susanne Greenwood, the archdiocesan Welcome Grants played a significant role in getting parents to take a look at St. Peter Claver Regional School. The Decatur school is moving closer to its enrollment target, in large part because the grants eased parents’ financial costs, Greenwood said. “Many of our families desirous of a Catholic […]

• Raleigh priest named as new Atlanta auxiliary bishop

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published May 18, 2017

  ATLANTA—Pope Francis has named Father Bernard E. “Ned” Shlesinger III, a priest of the Diocese of Raleigh, North Carolina, as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Bishop-designate Shlesinger, 56, was most recently the director of spiritual formation for St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where he has been on the faculty for four […] Full Story | En Español