Atlanta
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Habitat invites people to help with Pope Francis build
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 20, 2015ATLANTA—Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, with the help of an anonymous donor, has raised the majority of funds needed to begin construction of a home in honor of Pope Francis this November. The Pope Francis build is one of a number that Habitat for Humanity has organized in conjunction with the visit of the pope to […]
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Marist Father John Sullivan, 50 years a priest, dies
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—Father John Sullivan, SM, 78, parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Brookhaven, died July 28. He professed religious vows to the Society of Mary on Sept. 8, 1959, and recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Father Sullivan was raised and educated in California. He earned degrees […] Full Story
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Vocations director, seminarians see hunger for Gospel in Tanzania mission trip
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 6, 2015ATLANTA—Joy is the souvenir from a recent mission trip to Tanzania for Father Tim Hepburn, director of vocations for the archdiocese, and seminarians Jack Knight and Juan Carlos Pacheco. The three traveled from Atlanta to the east African nation in July for a 16-day trip with Renewal Ministries. The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based ministry focuses on […]
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Catholic Relief works in Tanzania on developing small farms, aiding refugees
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 6, 2015ATLANTA—In the east African country of Tanzania, Catholic Relief Services’ programs range from teaching schoolchildren about sanitation and hygiene to supporting agricultural livelihoods and assisting refugees from other nations. “Our CRS projects are scattered all over the country,” said Cullen Larson, Southeast regional director for the agency. “It’s quite varied.” Larson worked as interim country […] Full Story
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Cyclist raises over $13,500 for Cristo Rey Atlanta
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—Cyclist Dick Marklein completed his cross-country trek to raise scholarship money for Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. That’s 52 days and 3,900 miles. The cyclist began on May 31 in San Francisco and ended in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 21 where Marklein dipped his bike into the Atlantic Ocean. The trip was the cyclist’s […] Full Story
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IHM Church honors saint with Lebanese celebration
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—The community at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church celebrated a saint from Lebanon with a Middle Eastern potluck and a hafla, a traditional gathering among friends and relatives. The Atlanta parish marked the July 24 feast day. The event began with the community reciting the collect prayer for the feast of St. Sharbel. Then with […] Full Story
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Atlanta youth honored at National Junior Beta Convention
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—Rising high school freshman Joshua Owens earned an award at the National Junior Beta Convention. Owens, who will be attending Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville, competed in social studies at the convention in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned third place on the national stage. In an earlier Georgia contest, he placed second in the […] Full Story
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New Lyke House chaplain engaged in working toward the common good
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
Published August 6, 2015ATLANTA—A new chaplain will greet students as they return to Lyke House at the Atlanta University Center. Society of the Divine Word Father Urey P. Mark in July became the director and chaplain of the Catholic Center for Atlanta’s historically black colleges and universities, including Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College and Clark […]
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A priest for 41 years, Msgr. Branch wants to turn his attention to the poor
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
Published August 6, 2015ATLANTA—Msgr. Edward Branch has stepped aside from his longtime ministry at the Atlanta University Center, the campus of four historically black colleges and universities, and is “refocusing” his ministry. A priest for more than 40 years, he wants his next chapter in life to be about the poor and the marginalized. He envisions serving with […]
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Local groups plan rendezvous with Pope Francis in Philadelphia
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published July 23, 2015ATHENS—St. Joseph Church parishioner Lynn Renna has done her papal pilgrimage homework. For months Renna has been researching transportation and accommodation details associated with a parish trip during Pope Francis’ visit to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September. Pope Francis will be in the United States Sept. 22-27, giving talks and making […]
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CTK pitches in so summer vacation doesn’t mean some go hungry
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published July 23, 2015ATLANTA—Schoolteacher Carol Hunt worried about her students, inside the classroom and out. Some 20 years ago, she had the thought of putting together a simple bagged lunch when her school’s cafeteria was closed for the summer and delivering the lunches to students herself. “I knew they didn’t have food during the summer months,” said Hunt, […]
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Jeremiah verse empowered Mary Boyert to speak tirelessly for life causes
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published July 23, 2015ATLANTA—After more than 15 years of serving as director of Respect Life for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Mary Boyert will “look and see” what the next call to serve might be. Boyert retired July 1. Before taking the Respect Life Ministry’s helm in 1999, she worked for 21 years at Georgia Right to Life. Boyert’s […] Full Story
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Jubilarian Father Richard Kieran planted Gospel, encouraged evangelizing faith
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published July 23, 2015ATLANTA—Father Richard Kieran, who marked 50 years in the priesthood June 20, enjoyed tending gardens as a young priest. A native of Ireland, Father Kieran also had a green thumb when it came to establishing new ministries now firmly rooted in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. In 1958, Atlanta’s then vocation director, Msgr. P.J. O’Connor, spoke […]
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Parishioners pack meals bound for West Africa in CRS collaborative
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published July 23, 2015ATLANTA—Area parishes are embracing a solidarity-building program that draws together Catholics here and people in need in West Africa. Helping Hands is a volunteer event founded on the mandate from Jesus in the Gospel of St. Matthew (Mt 25:35) and Catholic social teaching. It is a meal-packaging program for adults and children developed collaboratively by […] Full Story
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Anna Milam will speak at the Aug. 15 Magnificat for women
Published July 23, 2015
ATLANTA—Anna Milam, a parishioner of St. Pius X Church, Conyers, will be speaking of her faith journey at the August Magnificat, a prayer breakfast open to all women. The Magnificat will be held on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta, which is just off the Chamblee-Tucker […] Full Story
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Women at leadership training urged to be listeners, be Christlike
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published July 23, 2015SMYRNA—The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women hosted its annual leadership program for women of the archdiocese at the Chancery June 20. Presenters for the daylong event were Ellen Bachman and Suzanne Erpenbach from the National Council of Catholic Women Leadership Training Development team. The LTD program is “a program by council women for council […]
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‘Catholic Drinkie’ blends faith and spirits in unique book on brews
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published July 23, 2015ATLANTA—In the summer heat, how about a Mary Magdalene Watermelon Wheat to take the edge off? Or perhaps a Pope Benedict in Retirement? These are home-brew recipes found in the book “The Catholic Drinkie’s Guide to Homebrewed Evangelism.” First-time author Sarah Vabulas—who goes by the moniker of Catholic Drinkie—mixed her passion for her faith with […]
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Two new administrative leaders named at Holy Spirit Prep School
Published July 23, 2015
ATLANTA—Jen de Castro is the new director of advancement at Holy Spirit Prep School, Atlanta. De Castro comes to Holy Spirit Prep from Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, where she served as development manager for special projects and major gifts. In 2011, de Castro served as the major gifts officer at Marist School, Atlanta, where […]
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Sophia Academy students receive end-of-year honors
Published July 23, 2015
ATLANTA—Sophia Academy held in late May its annual end of the year honors day awards. Sophia Academy was founded to serve students with learning differences and utilizes small class sizes, multisensory teaching and personal learning plans. Sophia Academy is a Marist school. One of the most prestigious awards, the Corrigan Family Scholarship Award, was established […]
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Five newly ordained priests urged to be ‘ministers of mercy’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published July 9, 2015ATLANTA—Five men became the newest priests in the Atlanta Archdiocese after their solemn ordination ceremony with its sweet smelling oils, billowing clouds of incense and silent prayer. The men were charged by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory to be “ministers of mercy.” The newly ordained are Father Brian Bufford, Father Jorge Carranza, Father Branson Scott Hipp, […]
