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• St. Pius’ Asia Durr receives state, national honors

  Published March 20, 2015

  ATLANTA—For the second consecutive year, St. Pius X High School senior guard Asia Durr has been named the Gatorade Georgia Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court. As Georgia’s best high school basketball player, Durr is […]

• Pastoral plan undergoing final touches; April release set

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published March 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—Shortly after Easter, people of the archdiocese will see how their priorities for the local church over the next five years shake out. The pastoral plan of the Atlanta Archdiocese will be made public the weekend of April 19. The priorities were winnowed out by votes parishioners cast at 10 regional deanery meetings in 2014 […]

• Chapter closes for legendary Catholic bookstore at Ignatius House

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—Trinity Bookstore for more than three decades has supplied spiritual books for seekers, first Communion gifts for youngsters and crosses for struggling believers to clutch. The independent store at Ignatius Retreat House in May will close. Lisa Randolph, the shop’s longtime owner, has struggled as anyone with an Internet connection can receive orders delivered to […]

• Mass marks ‘faith of Patrick’ planted by Irish wherever they settled

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published March 19, 2015

  ATLANTA—Clad in primarily green attire, worshippers filled the pews of the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta to remember the “Apostle of Ireland” on the feast day of St. Patrick, March 17. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was celebrant of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Mass sponsored by the Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta. While […]

• Bills on religious freedom, human trafficking, autism, make Crossover Day

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
  Published March 18, 2015

  ATLANTA—The Catholic bishops of Georgia are supporting the contentious proposed religious freedom bill under consideration by the Legislature. But Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and Savannah Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., said in a statement they “oppose any support or implementation of (a religious freedom law) in a way that will discriminate against any […]

• March dates set for St. Patrick Mass, parade, Father O’Reilly remembrance

  

  Published March 6, 2015

  ATLANTA—The annual St. Patrick’s Day Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 17, at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will be the principal celebrant, with Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama as a concelebrant. The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta, with its chaplain, Father John Kieran, is sponsoring […]

• New Catholics-to-be take steps on fervent journey to a deeper faith

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—Nearly 2,000 men, women and teens at the annual Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion took a step closer in their faith journey to the Catholic Church, which they will enter later this spring during the church’s holiest days. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, wearing purple vestments and holding a shepherd’s staff, in a […]

• 20th annual Eucharistic Congress set for June 5-6

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 5, 2015

  COLLEGE PARK—Thousands of Catholics are expected to attend the 20th annual Eucharistic Congress, drawing people together for worship, prayer and education. Centered on the theme of “I will be with you always,” the congress, held annually on the feast of Corpus Christi, brings a diversity of people and cultures together in celebrating their common faith, […]

• 3 Catholic schools receive $1.63 million in grants from Goizueta Foundation

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 5, 2015

  ATLANTA—Three Catholic schools are to receive a total of $1.63 million from The Goizueta Foundation to focus attention in the classroom on creativity and the sciences. Marist School and Notre Dame Academy received separate grants from the private foundation to launch a STEAM-focused curriculum. Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School received money for its math […]

• 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 […]

• 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 […]