Georgia Bulletin

Atlanta

• Editors’ Choice: 2015 stories

  Published January 7, 2016

  In 2015 The Georgia Bulletin told the stories about the Catholic community in the 69 counties of the archdiocese in over two-dozen issues. Editors and reporters compiled the following list as the most impactful news events for the Atlanta Archdiocese last year: 1. Marking an episcopal anniversary:  Archbishop Gregory reflects on his first decade in Atlanta […]

• King remembrance Mass to be celebrated Jan. 16 at Shrine

  Published January 7, 2016

  ATLANTA—The Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Office of Intercultural and Ethnic Diversity will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from Jan. 14 to 17 with a young adult service event, Mass, and a Youth Celebration. The theme for this year’s celebration is “So We, Though Many, Are One Body in […] Full Story

• Archbishop’s Annual Appeal begins for 2016; Commitment Weekend will be Jan. 30-31

  Published January 7, 2016

  ATLANTA—The Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, the unified appeal conducted annually in the parishes and missions of the Atlanta Archdiocese, kicked off Jan. 1 and will run throughout the year. The donations made by individuals to the Archbishop’s Appeal provide funding for many of the essential programs, ministries and services of the Catholic Church in north and […] Full Story

• As Holy Year begins, Catholics encouraged to serve those living on the margins

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
  Published January 1, 2016

  ATLANTA—Believers in the archdiocese celebrated the start of the Year of Mercy as two Holy Doors opened to commemorate this special time of prayer and service. At the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, and at Our Lady of the Americas Mission, Lilburn, upbeat crowds marked the occasion. The entryways set aside for the Jubilee […] Full Story

• Bible study on Romans to begin in January

  Published January 1, 2016

  ATLANTA—Starting Jan. 21, Keri Allen will be presenting a study series on St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans, entitled “His Saving Grace!” This life application Bible study will be held at Holy Spirit Church, in St. Mary’s Chapel, on Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and will continue through March 17. Holy Spirit is […]

• Blessed Trinity, Westminster take it to overtime in football state finals

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff photographer
  Published December 15, 2015

  ATLANTA—This past weekend the Georgia Dome hosted a crowd of Blessed Trinity High School supporters, clad in a palette of green, gold and white, on hand to witness their Titans take on the Westminster Wildcats for the Class AAA state football championship, Dec. 11. In the 14 years since the Roswell school has been playing […] Full Story

• IHM School dedicates playground in honor of a friend

  

  Published December 10, 2015

  ATLANTA—A new playground graces the grounds of Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Atlanta. Dedicated Nov. 16, it was constructed for the students in honor of a special IHM alumna, Christine McLellan. McLellan graduated from the in-town school in 2006 but continued to support the school as an after-school care counselor while she attended Georgia […] Full Story

• ‘A Southern Celtic Christmas’ to be broadcast nationally

  Published December 10, 2015

  ATLANTA—The 2015 Christmas season will mark the third consecutive year that American Public Television will distribute “A Southern Celtic Christmas” to PBS stations nationwide. Georgia Public Broadcasting will air the program as a Christmas special for the fifth year in a row. The dates and times of the broadcast are Monday, Dec. 21, at 11 […] Full Story

• Cathedral Choir offers annual celebration of readings and carols

  Published December 10, 2015

  ATLANTA—The Cathedral Choir of Christ the King in Atlanta will present its annual Advent service, “A Candlelight Service of Readings and Carols,” on Sunday, Dec. 20, 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. […]

• World AIDS Day Mass continues to spotlight ‘crisis in our community’

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published December 10, 2015

  ATLANTA—Worshipers reached inside a small basket of red lapel ribbons as they walked into Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Atlanta for the archdiocesan World AIDS Day Mass Dec. 1. Organized by Justice and Peace Ministries of the archdiocese, the annual Mass is hosted alternately by one of the parishes with active HIV/AIDS ministries. Joining […]

• Archbishop to priests: ‘Laudato Si’’ calls for renewed relationship with God, others, creation

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
  Published December 10, 2015

  ATLANTA—Pundits and business interests question why the pope is getting involved in the debate over climate change and environmental destruction, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory told priests serving in Georgia, but that reaction occurs whenever church leaders raise moral questions about current events. Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical is “written to the entire world,” Archbishop Gregory said. […] Full Story

• Father Linus DeSantis remembered as faith builder, spiritual father for young adults

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON REDDING, Special to the Bulletin
  Published December 10, 2015

  ATLANTA—Peace and all good things. That was the way Father Linus DeSantis, OFM Conv., signed his letters and emails. It was also the way he lived his life. The beloved priest died Dec. 1 after a massive heart attack in Syracuse, New York, where he was serving as the campus minister of the Alibrandi Catholic […] Full Story

• Holy Spirit Prep School teacher earns physics’ doctorate

  

  Published December 10, 2015

  ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Upper School physics teacher Bianca Hall successfully defended her dissertation and earned her doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Central Florida. Now Dr. Hall, she studied for the degree over nearly five years, progressing through two years of classwork, picking up her master’s degree, and dedicating two and a half additional […] Full Story

• Bishop celebrates Mass to pray for end to death penalty

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published November 26, 2015

  ATLANTA—On the Nov. 12 feast day of St. Josaphat, the faithful gathered at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to pray for abolition of the death penalty in Georgia. Bishop David P. Talley celebrated the special Mass upon his return from the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Bishop Talley had celebrated […] Full Story

• Orthodox-Catholic Gathering to focus on prayers for Middle East Christians

  Published November 26, 2015

  ATLANTA—The Orthodox-Catholic Ecumenical Gathering, to be held Monday, Dec. 7, will have a focus of prayers for Christians persecuted in the Middle East. The service begins at 7 p.m. at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 2500 Clairmont Road, NE, Atlanta. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios of the Greek Orthodox […] Full Story

• Masses to be celebrated for World AIDS Day

  Published November 26, 2015

  ATLANTA—Each year at the beginning of December, the Archdiocese of Atlanta joins the world in marking World AIDS Day. The archdiocese holds an annual Mass as a chance for people to gather as a community, remembering and praying for those who died due to HIV/AIDS and those currently living with HIV/AIDS; their families, friends and […] Full Story

• Year of Mercy begins Dec. 8 as archbishop opens Holy Door

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 26, 2015

  ATLANTA—Catholics in the archdiocese will have the opportunity to start the Extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy by participating in the rites of the opening of Holy Doors. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will lead the first celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, as Pope Francis and bishops across the globe […] Full Story

• Helping his uncle with kidney donation a ‘no-brainer’ for teacher

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published November 26, 2015

  ATLANTA—Being healthy is not something that Kevin Rogers and Ann Burkly take for granted. Rogers, a parishioner at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Atlanta, and Burkly, a member of St. Joseph Church in Marietta, each gave extraordinary gifts in recent months by donating a kidney to another person with failing organs. Rogers gave one […] Full Story

• Bill Bolling, Myrtle Davis, Russ Spencer receive SVdP ‘Hope in Action’ awards

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published November 26, 2015

  ATLANTA—The 2015 Hope in Action honorees of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia have used their hearts, minds and hands to serve the poor and support the organization’s work. The Evening for Hope gala, held Oct. 17 at the Renaissance Waverly Atlanta hotel, began with Mass celebrated by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. A festive evening of […] Full Story

• Richard J. Reynolds III honored by Marist School

  Published November 26, 2015

  ATLANTA—Marist School’s historian, Richard J. Reynolds III, was recognized as the 2014-2015 recipient of Marist School’s highest honor, the St. Peter Chanel Award. He was a member of the class of 1952. The award, named for the saint who sacrificed his life to his missionary work, is given in recognition of individuals whose selflessness, exceptional […]