Georgia Bulletin

Decatur

• Deacon Alfred Mitchell, former director of deacon personnel, dies August 27 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 1, 2024

  Deacon Alfred Mitchell, former director of deacon personnel for the archdiocese, died Aug. 27. He served in that capacity for 15 years and was also a deacon for Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Decatur.  

• Atlanta Catholics find ‘the Holy Spirit is in our midst’ at Synod sessions

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 22, 2024

  A Decatur listening session, on March 7, was one of the latest conversations taking place among Catholics and others as part of the Synod on Synodality, the initiative started by Pope Francis to get church members talking and listening to one another. 

• Emory author hopes to inspire view of parishes as ‘schools of solidarity’ 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 9, 2023

  Susan B. Reynolds studies and teaches Catholic theology at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. She recently published her first book, which takes a deep dive into a working-class parish in Boston. 

• A celebration of Mary and all mothers 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published May 11, 2023

  The Mother’s Day Mass and reception is a long-standing tradition for the fifth-grade students at St. Thomas More School.  

• Fish fry season a time for fellowship 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 16, 2023

  Community comes together at St. Thomas More Church on Fridays like it does at parishes around the Atlanta Archdiocese as hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of meals are served at traditional Lenten fish frys.  

• Christ Child Society aids growth in literacy at St. Peter Claver Regional School 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 19, 2022

  St. Peter Claver Regional School and the Christ Child Society continue their collaboration that began in 2015. What started with an eye toward erecting a butterfly garden on campus has turned to improving literacy inside the school building.   

• Saints author speaks at Decatur’s St. Thomas More Church

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published May 27, 2022

  St. Thomas More Church hosted author and speaker Meg Hunter-Kilmer to study the risen Christ’s encounters with the people he loved

• School facilities manager says work is ‘heaven on earth’ 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 21, 2022

  Yemane Ghidey, school facilities manager at St. Thomas More School, watches over the students as any grandfather would. The school community recently celebrated the 73-year-old with “Mr. Yemane Day” honoring his service with a smile.

• Catholics to share ‘hopes and dreams’ as synod listening sessions get underway  

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 16, 2022

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta is moving into the public phase of the synod, as believers gather in church halls and online for prayer-filled moments to understand “communion, participation and mission.”

• ACE fellows ‘on fire’ for teaching and the faith

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 20, 2022

  Six young adults are teaching in area schools as members of the Alliance for Catholic Education. Each lives off a modest stipend while earning a master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame.

• Candler’s Catholic Studies director nominated for Latin Grammy

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 29, 2020

  As a composer, Tony Alonso has more than 20 collections of music to his name. His newest work honors his Cuban roots and has been nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Best Christian Album category.

• Gregg’s Pantry at Decatur parish continues outreach amid pandemic

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 2, 2020

  As other food pantries shut down, volunteers at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur continued to serve their neighbors. 

• Native Haitian celebrates 103rd birthday at Decatur parish

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published August 8, 2019

  Family and friends of Marie Antoinette Alce, a native of Haiti, gathered to mark her milestone 103rd birthday at Sts. Peter and Paul Church July 13.

• Marist students journey with refugees in May pilgrimage

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 30, 2019

  Some 60 people made a five-mile pilgrimage in support of refugees on Saturday, May 18. Students from the Marist School led the “Share the Journey” march.

• ‘Empty Bowls’ dinner fights hunger in Haiti

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 7, 2019

  DECATUR—More than 500 people attended the Empty Bowls fundraising dinner of St. Thomas More School to support the people of Haiti. The sixth annual dinner—a simple meal of soup—took over Mulhern Hall at St. Thomas More Church the evening of Feb. 21. Art teacher Cate Miller, who leads the effort, said the project reminds students, […] Full Story

• St. Thomas More speaker shares history of black Catholics in America

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 25, 2019

  DECATUR—The black Catholic movement grew out of two dissimilar events, the reforms of the Catholic Church during the Second Vatican Council and the rise of the civil rights and Black Power movement, said a professor of religion speaking at St. Thomas More Church, Decatur. African-Americans gained legislative victories in the 1960s with voting and civil […] Full Story

• Longtime deacon aspires for ministry to be with the faithful

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 21, 2018

  DECATUR—Deacon Alfred Mitchell gets up daily at 5:30 a.m., whether he has somewhere to go or not. As deacon for 31 years, he starts before sunrise reciting morning prayer from the church’s Liturgy of the Hours. “I can get up and say, ‘Good morning, God,’ instead of ‘Good God, it’s morning,’” said the deacon. “That’s […] Full Story

• Adrian Dominican Sister Mary Priniski remembers an ‘amazing 50 years’

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published October 23, 2018

  DECATUR—Adrian Dominican Sister Mary Priniski, Ph.D., has devoted her life to advocating for the rights of workers and the marginalized, first inspired by a 1971 Vatican synod that declared social justice a constitutive element of the Gospel. Now in her 50th year of religious life, she perseveres in her labors with new vigor as interim […] Full Story

• Chaplain for Atlanta’s Haitian Catholics happy to serve ‘my countrymen’

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published January 11, 2018

  DECATUR—In the 20th anniversary of its establishment, the Haitian Catholic Community of Atlanta celebrates une bonne année or happy new year with the assignment of its first full-time chaplain. A member of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles, the Scalabrinians, Father Carl Jean will begin serving in January as chaplain to the Haitian […] Full Story | En Español

• St. Peter Claver School runners hope for a track and field of dreams

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 11, 2018

  DECATUR—They run laps in the parking lot and hurry to the curb when a car appears. The oldest athlete looks out for the youngest, exercising hand in hand. The runners are members of the Kilometer Kids club at St. Peter Claver Regional School in Decatur. Among runners in blue sweat suits emblazoned with the school […] Full Story | En Español