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Brookhaven

• SJE students win Battle of the Books 

  

  Published April 7, 2025

  The Battle of the Books engages students across grade levels in a dynamic atmosphere centered around reading. Each grade reads a set list of books, from 24 titles for younger students to 16 for older ones. Teams of three to four students face off in a literary version of Jeopardy!

• Marist priests to leave Atlanta parish after 60 years  

  

  By ANDREW NELSON 
  Published December 3, 2024

  The Marists, formally known as the Society of Mary, will leave Our Lady of Assumption Church in the summer of 2025. The religious community’s priests have been the spiritual leaders of the Brookhaven parish since the mid-1960s.

• Nuncio shares pope’s vision of a listening church at Divine Mercy Mission 

  

  By IMELDA RICHÁRD, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 8, 2024

  An expectant crowd gathered Feb. 19 at Divine Mercy Mission to hear the message of Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, on “The Vision of Pope Francis for a Synodal Church.” The Spanish-language program was organized by the Aquinas Center of Theology.

• Archbishop dedicates Divine Mercy Mission 

  

  By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
  Published January 7, 2023

  On the afternoon of the fourth Sunday of Advent, Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., dedicated the newest church in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Divine Mercy Mission.

• Children with disabilities receive sacraments at CTK Mission 

  

  By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 10, 2020

  Six children with disabilities received their sacraments on Aug. 12 at the Christ the King Mission in Brookhaven. Father William Canales celebrated the joyful Mass and encouraged the children to always talk to Jesus in their prayers.

• Parish builds warm community with Brookhaven police officers

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published September 21, 2017

  BROOKHAVEN—The Adopt-A-Cop ministry of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, launched in late February, is helping parishioners forge relationships with officers of the Brookhaven Police Department. The ministry has grown by leaps and bounds as 144 parish families have adopted 54 employees of the department, which has 65 sworn police officers. Anne Stephens, parish communications […] Full Story | En Español