Conyers
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AACCW honors women, high school seniors for service to others
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 3, 2018CONYERS—At the 41st annual Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women (AACCW) Recognition Day, 60 women and 55 high school seniors were honored for their ministries and service to the church and their communities. Recognition Day was held this year on March 17 at St. Pius X Church, Conyers. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the Mass, […] Full Story
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‘A life of great joy and gifts’: Father Matt celebrates six decades of priesthood
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
Published May 3, 2018CONYERS—Having graduated from college with a chemistry degree, Father Matt Torpey, OCSO, was enjoying a beach day back in 1950 when his girlfriend handed him Trappist monk Thomas Merton’s autobiography, “The Seven Storey Mountain,” which had just hit the market. To his own surprise, the book set the 22-year-old on the spiritual hike of a […] Full Story | En Español
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St. Pius X Church to host ‘Mercy & Mary’ retreat
Published February 8, 2018
CONYERS—Father Michael Gaitley, director of formation for the Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy, will lead a Mercy & Mary Retreat, March 2-3, at St. Pius X Church in Conyers. Father Gaitley, MIC, is a past speaker in the English track program at the Atlanta Eucharistic Congress and the bestselling author of “33 Days to Morning […] Full Story
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St. Pius X Church to offer sex trafficking prevention program
Published January 25, 2018
CONYERS—The St. Pius X Women’s Jail and Prison Ministry will sponsor the community-wide event, “Teen Sex Trafficking: How to Spot It, How to Stop It” on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. in the parish hall at St. Pius X Church, 2621 Highway 20, Conyers. All are welcome to attend the program, which is free. […] Full Story
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Hermit finds great joy in journey to perpetual vows
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 21, 2017CONYERS—After a spiritual journey filled with “beautiful challenges,” Sister Mary Beatrice Raphael made perpetual vows to live as a hermit, the first in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. In the sacred ceremony, Sister Beatrice vowed to give herself to God “in silence and solitude, in preserving prayer and joyful penitence, in humble labor and holiness of […] Full Story
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Trappist Father Jerome Hickey dies Nov. 22
Published December 7, 2017
CONYERS—Father Jerome Hickey, OCSO, a Cistercian monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died Wednesday, Nov. 22. He was 87. He endured a period of illness that confined him to the monastery’s infirmary for 13 years, the last seven of which he was bedridden. He was an example of long-suffering patience as […] Full Story
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Deacon Fernando Barrueta dies Nov. 21
Published December 7, 2017
CONYERS—Deacon Fernando Barrueta, who served at St. Pius X Church in Conyers, died Nov. 21. He was 77. Born May 30, 1940, in Havana, Cuba, Deacon Barrueta studied at a preparatory school there. He was a graduate of the Inter-American Aviation School as an air-conditioning mechanic. He was preceded in death by his wife, Raquel. […] Full Story
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Toolbox program a useful, timely business crash course for priests
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
Published November 22, 2017CONYERS—Between morning prayers and quiet time before the Eucharist, priests attended a business leaders boot camp, getting a crash course on budgeting, hiring and fundraising at the Toolbox for Pastoral Management program, held Nov. 13-17 at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit. Nearly 30 priests from the Archdiocese of Atlanta and other dioceses spent a […] Full Story
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Architectural tours of Conyers monastery offered through October
Published July 6, 2017
CONYERS—See the beauty and history of the Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers during the monthly Highlights and Insights Tour, sponsored by the Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance. Tour dates are Saturdays on July 22, Aug. 26, Sept. 16 and Oct. 28 at 1:30 p.m. The monastery is located at 2625 Highway […] Full Story
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Fifth Conyers abbot, Dom Bernard Johnson, OCSO, dies
Published March 10, 2017
CONYERS—Dom Bernard Johnson, fifth abbot of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, died Feb. 21 at the Abbey of New Clairvaux in Vina, California. He was 91. Named Henry Albin Johnson, he was born on July 15, 1925 at Fort Lyon, a military facility in Las Animas, Colorado. His parents were in […] Full Story
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Brother Laurin Hartzog, OCSO, of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, dies
Published December 22, 2016
CONYERS—Brother Laurin Hartzog, a monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit, died in the monastery infirmary on Friday, Dec. 16, after a long illness. He was 86 and had been in monastic life for 38 years. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for him on Monday, Dec. 19, at Our Lady of the […] Full Story
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Eighth abbot formally blessed to lead Holy Spirit monastery in Conyers
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff writer
Published August 18, 2016CONYERS—On the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Aug. 15, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory conferred the abbatial blessing on Dom Augustine Myslinski, OCSO, the eighth abbot of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers. Joining the 34 monks of the community for the Mass and rite of blessing at the abbey […] Full Story
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Rockdale Catholics remember beloved veterans
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published July 7, 2016CONYERS—A row of white crosses and American flags along the edge of St. Pius X Church property reminded passing drivers and parishioners of the sacrifices of veterans on July 4. Members of the parish commemorated the contributions of their late family members and friends who served this country by wearing a military uniform. Folks like […] Full Story
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The Monastery of the Holy Spirit elects eighth abbot May 29
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff writer
Published June 10, 2016CONYERS—On the feast of Corpus Christi, May 29, the monks of the Monastery of Holy Spirit elected Father Augustine Myslinski, OCSO, as their new abbot. The community elected Father Myslinski to serve as the eighth abbot of the monastery for a six-year term of office. Abbot Stanislaus Gumula, OCSO, of the sister monastery Mepkin Abbey […] Full Story
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Father Anthony Delisi, ‘the one who invited people in,’ is laid to rest
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published May 26, 2016CONYERS—Father Anthony Delisi, 87, a Cistercian monk for 67 years and priest for 61 years, was buried in the monks cemetery alongside Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Abbey on Saturday, May 14, following a Mass of Christian Burial attended by hundreds of people whose lives he had touched. Because the portion of his monastic […] Full Story
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Father Anthony Delisi, Cistercian monk and priest, dies
Published May 12, 2016
CONYERS—Father Anthony Delisi, Cistercian monk and priest of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died peacefully with the company of his brother monks praying at his side on Monday, May 9. He was 87. His body will be received at the monastery church on Friday, May 13, at 5 p.m. before vespers and […] Full Story
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Joshua Bishop, executed March 31, was a ‘powerful witness for forgiveness’
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016CONYERS—Joshua Bishop, who died by lethal injection March 31, was remembered by his faith community, friends and supporters at a funeral Mass celebrated April 12 at St. Pius X Church in Conyers by Father Tom Zahuta. Bishop, who became a Catholic in prison, regularly attended Mass and other faith gatherings. He met with visiting deacons […] Full Story
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Opening of monastery Holy Door draws large crowd
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published February 19, 2016CONYERS—Peggy Sandy waited for more than two hours ahead of several hundred pilgrims. “I’m trying to grow in my faith and this is part of it,” she said. A member of St. Pius X Church, Conyers, for Sandy the hours of waiting for the opening of the Holy Door at the Monastery of the Holy […] Full Story
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Monastery chosen to receive charity fund from court case
Published January 21, 2016
CONYERS—The Monastery of the Holy Spirit was one of the four beneficiaries in Rockdale County from a court settlement thanks to the efforts of a lawyer who thinks highly of the religious community. In 2004, a fire at the Bio-Lab chemical plant in Conyers forced the evacuation of homes within two miles of the plant. […] Full Story
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Visit to native Cuba, meeting Pope Francis there was ‘trip of a lifetime’
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published November 26, 2015CONYERS—The opportunity to return to Cuba in September to reunite with family and meet Pope Francis was a pilgrimage nearly 50 years in the making for Maria Morera Johnson. A parishioner of St. Pius X Church in Conyers, Johnson traveled to her native Cuba with her mother, Begoña Morera, and her aunts. “It was a […] Full Story