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• Marist priest among seven honored for educational excellence, dedication

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published March 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—Marist Father Joel Konzen, principal of Marist School, will receive a 2015 Educational Excellence Award from the National Catholic Educational Association. The seven recipients of the award for dedication and commitment to excellence are selected from more than 100,000 educators who serve in U.S. Catholic secondary schools. Recipients will be recognized in April during the […]

• Funeral Mass celebrated for Donald R. Keough at Cathedral

  Published March 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—The funeral Mass was celebrated Tuesday, March 3, at the Cathedral of Christ the King for Donald R. Keough, whose leadership and generosity included his home parish, the Atlanta Archdiocese, and Catholic universities. Mr. Keough, the former president, chief operating officer and director of the Coca-Cola Company from 1981 to 1993, died Tuesday, Feb. 24, […]

• Teens inspired to bring gifts of music and youth to seniors, hospice patients

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—Michaela Pocock started playing the violin in the fourth grade. Today, what began as a hobby has become a ministry—one that Michaela hopes will inspire other teens around the country. The Roswell High School junior and parishioner at St. Jude the Apostle Church in Sandy Springs was looking for a way to give back. “I […] Full Story

• Twelve permanent deacons, one transitional deacon, ordained Feb. 7

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—During the Mass of ordination to the diaconate Saturday, Feb. 7, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory reminded the 2015 class of men ordained that the meaning of the word deacon is “one who serves.” Twelve men were ordained to the permanent diaconate in the Archdiocese of Atlanta at the Cathedral of Christ the King. The new […]

• Meet our new deacons, class of 2015

  Published February 19, 2015

  Rev. Mr. Jorge Carranza Age: 33, born Oct. 26, 1981, in Chicago. Son of Martin and Bertha Carranza and older brother of Diana and Ivan Carranza and Janet Rivera. Will be ordained to the priesthood later this year. Education: St. Joseph Seminary College, Louisiana, bachelor of liberal arts. Finishing a master’s in divinity at St. […]

• New chief executive comes with working knowledge of Catholic Charities Atlanta

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—Vanessa Russell wants the Catholic community to live its faith through Catholic Charities Atlanta’s service to women and men in need. “This is where you can live your faith. We don’t ask how people got to us. If they show up and they are in need, we help them. This is what we do. We […]

• Catholics under Gold Dome introduced to legislative advocacy

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—The Georgia Catholic Conference successfully lobbied for a proposal to direct aid to sexually trafficked boys and girls, one of its key 2015 legislative priorities. Frank Mulcahy, the conference executive director, testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee, to back the Safe Harbor for Sexually Exploited Children Fund, dedicated to help trafficking victims. The church […]

• Deacons witness execution of Catholic inmate Warren Hill

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—The State of Georgia executed Warren Lee Hill, who had received the sacraments of the Catholic Church while on death row, the evening of Jan. 27. Hill, sentenced to death for the 1991 murder of a fellow inmate, died by lethal injection. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his application for a stay of execution earlier […]

• Area Catholic athletes sign on to play college sports

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—This year’s National Signing Day took place on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Local Catholic seniors in high school joined other athletes around the country by making it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play collegiate sports at the college or university of their choice. The list below includes area Catholic athletes who […]

• Appeals court hears Atlanta Archdiocese, EWTN cases challenging HHS mandate

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special to the Bulletin
  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—A new chapter has been added in the ongoing fight against the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. Attorneys for the Atlanta Archdiocese, Catholic Education of North Georgia, Inc. and the Savannah Diocese joined those representing the Eternal Word Television Network Feb. 4 in back-to-back court cases before a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit […]

• Holy Spirit seniors sing, dance, to reach ‘Roma!’

  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—With a two-act lineup of singing and dancing to entertain guests, seniors at Holy Spirit Prep School raised more than $7,000 at the annual “Roma!” event, a night of food, entertainment and auctions to support the annual senior class trip to Rome, Italy. The festivities took place on Wednesday, Feb. 4. It’ll be the 10th […]

• Sophia Academy girls win basketball championship

  

  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—Sophia Academy’s girls and boys basketball season ended with a tournament in which the girls won. The Sophia girls captured their second straight Atlanta Private Athletic Conference championship by defeating Swift School of Roswell in the semifinals and the Waldorf School of Decatur in the title game at Weller Park Recreation Center in Roswell. In […]

• Catholic Foundation announces ministry grants

  Published February 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia has announced the award and distribution of 37 general awards for the 2014 fall grant cycle. Nancy Coveny, executive director of the Catholic Foundation, said 48 grant applications in need of $547,334 were received for the grant cycle just past. For these requests, $102,500 was available for distribution. These […]

• Creative teaching methods define Sophia Academy’s first honoree

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—Christy Wallace, a kindergarten teacher at Sophia Academy, is the school’s first teacher to be honored at the Archbishop’s Banquet for Catholic Education. Wallace said the award, in her mind, recognizes the achievement of the school and its staff in being designated in 2013 as an independent Catholic school. The teacher recognition could have gone […]

• Overseeing Christ the King facilities makes Chris Brown indispensable

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—A walkie-talkie is Chris Brown’s constant companion on the job as facilities manager for both Christ the King School and the Cathedral of Christ the King. It frequently crackles as he walks throughout the Peachtree Road campus with a question or a summons. Brown handles problems ranging from plumbing to electrical in the buildings, oversees […]

• Msgr. McNamee named NCEA 2015 Distinguished Pastor

  

  Published February 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—Msgr. Francis (Frank) G. McNamee, rector of the Cathedral of Christ the King, has been selected by the National Catholic Educational Association for the 2015 Distinguished Pastor Award. The annual award, established in 2007, honors pastors who have given outstanding support to Catholic elementary education. “We in the Christ the King School community know that […]

• Reporting to jobs one day a week is part of freshman year at Cristo Rey Atlanta

  

  By ANDREW NELSON and NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writers
  Published February 5, 2015

  Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School opened its doors in August 2014 with some 160 students in its inaugural freshman class. The West Peachtree Street school offers a college prep curriculum for students from financially strapped families. What is unique is how it does this: one day a week, on a rotating schedule, students are […]

• Hundreds gather to pray at the 2015 Mass for the Unborn

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—On the Jan. 22 anniversary of the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, Catholics in the Atlanta Archdiocese voiced their opposition to abortion. Hundreds prayed together in the Cathedral of Christ the King, led by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, on the day of the anniversary. Later, under an overcast sky with temperatures in the 50s, […]

• Catholic hospital reopens in Haitian capital five years after earthquake

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—The people of Haiti marked the fifth anniversary of the country’s devastating earthquake with the reopening of St. François de Sales Hospital in the heart of Port-au-Prince Jan. 15. The country’s oldest Catholic health care facility, rebuilt by the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince and Catholic Relief Services, can serve an increased number of patients and has […]

• Rabbi Skorka: Pope Francis keeps people close, even those disagreeing

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—Affectionately dubbed the pope’s rabbi, an Argentinian Jewish leader shared stories and insights in Atlanta recently into their unlikely friendship that started with needling about soccer teams and led to an embrace at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, the holiest place Jews can pray. “God blessed us to materialize a common dream,” said Rabbi Abraham Skorka about […]