Cedartown
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Sisters enliven faith in Cedartown
By ANDREW NELSON acnelson@georgiabulletin.org
Published November 11, 2022The Sisters Poor of Jesus Christ live together, pray together and seek to be of service to those who ask for it. Since arriving in early 2022, these four sisters have taken up residence in downtown Cedartown.
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Archbishop blesses long-anticipated new parish center for St. Bernadette
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published July 13, 2018CEDARTOWN—On the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated a Mass of dedication and blessing of the new parish center for Cedartown area Catholics. On June 24, parishioners and invited community guests gathered at the just-completed worship and religious education center for St. Bernadette Church on Evergreen Lane […] Full Story
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Cedartown parish honors life of Blessed Stanley Rother
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published November 27, 2017CEDARTOWN—St. Bernadette Church, in Cedartown, along with its Guatemalan community celebrated a special Mass Sept. 16 in advance of the beatification of Father Stanley Rother. Blessed Rother, the first American-born martyr and priest to be beatified, spent 13 years ministering to the people of Guatemala. He was murdered there in July 1981. Father Timothy Gallagher, […] Full Story
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St. Bernadette breaks ground for much-needed church building
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published June 1, 2017CEDARTOWN—Parishioners of St. Bernadette Church welcomed Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory for the groundbreaking on a new church building Sunday, May 7, celebrating with a festival-like event. Families tailgated in the 13-acre pasture next to the Second Baptist Church on Evergreen Lane, site of the proposed building to be backed through special projects funding of the […] Full Story | En Español
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St. Bernadette Church’s first Knights of Columbus council is bilingual
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff writer
Published August 18, 2016CEDARTOWN—The 75-year-old St. Bernadette Church in Cedartown has its first Knights of Columbus council after a June initiation ceremony welcoming 21 new Knights. The St. Bernadette Council will elect officers in mid-August and then receive its council number. Father Timothy Gallagher became pastor of St. Bernadette four years ago. Although long familiar with the organization […] Full Story
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Cedartown salutatorian also stands out for his faith, compassion
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 28, 2015CEDARTOWN—As a freshman Leobardo Rodriguez watched his big sister Maria graduate as salutatorian from Cedartown High School and quietly set his own goal to top her and become valedictorian. While he didn’t quite lock up the top spot, he now graduates as salutatorian in his own class with the satisfaction of having given it his […] Full Story
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Priest Joyfully Answers Call To First Pastorate
By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
Published July 19, 2012Father Timothy Gallagher, who grew up in a small Catholic community in Madison, Georgia, has now answered the call to serve as pastor of one of Atlanta’s smaller Catholic parishes, in Cedartown. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently assigned Father Gallagher, 40, to be pastor of St. Bernadette Church, west of Atlanta near the Georgia-Alabama border. […] Full Story
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Volunteers Make Christmas Connections A Success
Published December 24, 2009
Cold, wet weather did not dampen the spirits of people working in the parking lot at St. Bernadette Church for a children’s Christmas celebration. On Saturday, Dec. 19, community leaders welcomed youth volunteers from St. Pius X High School and Transfiguration Church who came to play with the children and organized hundreds of gifts for […] Full Story