Atlanta
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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Summer Bible study for women to be offered at Holy Spirit
Published July 9, 2015
ATLANTA—“The Book of Tobit tells a beautiful story about ordinary people devoted to their family, their faith and living God’s will,” Keri Allen, leader of Proclaim My Word ministry, said. A life application Bible study on Tobit, titled, “God Hears Your Prayers!,” is offered to the women of the archdiocese and will be presented by […]
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Marist athletic director inducted into Hall of Fame
Published July 9, 2015
ATLANTA—Marist School athletic director Tommy Marshall has been inducted into the Georgia Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame. The honor is given to coaches who have displayed great leadership and prominence during their career. Marshall was one of three 2015 honorees. He has been in athletic administration for 30 years and at Marist for 19 […]
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Atlanta archbishop responds to U.S. Supreme Court decision
Published June 26, 2015
Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory released this statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same sex marriage: “Each U.S. Supreme Court decision that has ever been rendered has resulted in deep disappointment for some people and vindication for others. If we all agreed on the outcomes of these divisive cases, there would […]
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Archbishop calls Charleston victims’ families ‘courageous … compassionate’
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Atlanta prayed for strength for the people of Charleston, South Carolina, and healing for the nation at a special Mass June 20. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the vigil Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes for the nine victims of the tragic June 17 shooting at Emanuel […]
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Archbishop Gregory: Pope gives ‘pastoral admonition’ to care for fragile Earth
Published June 25, 2015
Pope Francis released today his highly anticipated encyclical on the environment, an authoritative pastoral admonition for all of us to pay much closer attention to the fragile and threatened health of the Earth, which serves as our common home. Using one of the Canticles of St. Francis of Assisi as both the opening line and […]
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Coaches with spring in their state championship step
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published June 25, 2015ATLANTA–Here are profiles of four coaches who have demonstrated a championship pedigree in Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. SARA GEIGER St. Pius X Girls Soccer Coach Age: 29 Hometown: Lilburn Began coaching: 2008 Overall record: 152-16-6 State championships: 2009-2011 and 2013-2015 Coaching philosophy: “I am a very intense coach during our training sessions […]
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Catholic school teams reap success at the state level
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Archdiocesan and independent Catholic high schools captured state championships this spring in sports including baseball, golf, soccer, tennis and track and field. Here is a school-by-school breakdown of the state title winners. Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell The girls tennis team defeated Westminster 3-2 to win its seventh consecutive state championship and the eighth in […]
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Pastor celebrated at jubilee for ‘gracious, loving heart’
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published June 25, 2015ATLANTA—As the Mass was beginning for Msgr. Henry Gracz’s priestly jubilee, the words of the hymn “All Are Welcome” resounded off the rafters of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, celebrating the mission of the parish and how the pastor embodies it. “In this setting of word and sacrament, so many of us met Henry […]
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Father Morrow’s prescription for happiness: ‘I’m 85 … and I’m still needed’
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
Published June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Sixty years of priesthood: six decades of ministry, a lifetime of service. Yet, despite this milestone, Father Richard Morrow remains as humble and as dedicated to his vocation as the day of his ordination. To mark his 60th anniversary, Father Morrow celebrated a Mass May 31 at the Cathedral of Christ the King, where he […]
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Daily rosary at Suwanee City Hall among Fortnight for Freedom events
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published June 25, 2015ATLANTA—The “Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to Bear Witness” is taking place June 21-July 4, a time when the liturgical calendar celebrates a series of martyrs who remained faithful despite persecution by political power including St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher, St. John the Baptist, Sts. Peter and Paul, and the First Martyrs of the […]
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Georgia Catholic Conference director honored by CLINIC for immigration work
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published June 25, 2015ATLANTA—Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference, is the 2015 recipient of Catholic Immigration Network’s CLINIC Champion award. CLINIC Executive Director Jeanne Atkinson presented the award to Mulcahy at the nonprofit’s annual convening in Salt Lake City, Utah, May 14. Atkinson said that Mulcahy, a CLINIC board member since 2013, goes above and […]
