Georgia Bulletin

Decatur

• Middle School Champs Crowned

  Published February 28, 2008

  The Catholic Metro League of Atlanta held its championship games for grades five through eight at St. Thomas More School, Decatur, Feb. 16. The 2008 champions are: Girls Grade 5 – St. Brigid, Alpharetta Grade 6 – St. Peter Chanel, Roswell Grade 7 – St. Thomas More, Decatur Grade 8 – Christ the King, Atlanta […] Full Story

• Youth Community Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published January 24, 2008

  More than 400 people gathered together on Sunday, Jan. 20, for a special celebration of the life and message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event, which was attended by children, parents, young adults and Catholic school principals, as well as Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, used prayer, song and dance to honor the civil […] Full Story

• Haitian Catholics Mark Milestone As Community

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 29, 2007

  Like many Haitians, Alberta Therlonge could easily slip into a pew at any Catholic parish around Atlanta for worship. But instead, Therlonge drives 40 minutes across the city from her Cobb County home passing half a dozen other Catholic churches to pray and sing in her first language, Creole. “When I sing, it means much […] Full Story

• First Fall In Many Years Finds Mrs. Msezane At Home

  By SUZANNE HAUGH, Special To The Bulletin
  Published November 8, 2007

  Upon her retirement after years in the classroom and as St. Thomas More’s principal, Gail Msezane is enjoying more time to play bridge and to knit while also jumping into her newest role of grandmother to her 1-year-old grandson, Jacob. “The first sweater I knitted him was three times too big,” she said with a […] Full Story

• Fund Honors Father Pat Mulhern

  Published September 27, 2007

  A group of friends of Father Pat Mulhern have established a fund in his memory to support a performing arts experience for students at St. Thomas More School each year. “There were so many areas of God’s creation that Father Pat loved but paramount among them were his love for St. Thomas More School and […] Full Story

• School Celebrates Saint’s Day, Grandparents

  Published September 20, 2007

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently visited St. Peter Claver Regional School to celebrate Mass in honor of the school’s patron saint. Grandparents of St. Peter Claver students were the special guests at the Sept. 12 Mass and reception with the archbishop. Some 50 grandparents stayed to attend classes with their students and also joined them […] Full Story

• St. Thomas More Hosts Event On Child Trafficking

  Published August 23, 2007

  A documentary that investigates the hidden world of child sex trafficking in the United States will be shown in an event open to the public at St. Thomas More Church and School on Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. The documentary, “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: How To Identify America’s Trafficked Youth,” was prepared by Shared […] Full Story

• From A State Of Strife To A Place Of Peace

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published July 5, 2007

  Summertime is here and school is out once again, but for three students leaving the sixth grade, their lives will always remain inextricably intertwined. Muslim boys Haroon Sangar of Afghanistan and Paywand Sofy of Iraq and Patience Karnanue, a Christian girl from Liberia, come from places of upheaval and strife. For the last few years […] Full Story

• St. Peter Claver Students Leave Lasting Gifts

  Published June 7, 2007

  The eighth-grade students at St. Peter Claver Regional School celebrated their upcoming graduation from middle school with a gift of service to their school. The class planted a Japanese maple tree on the school grounds to help beautify the area between their old buildings and the new gym. The students also helped complete the log […] Full Story

• Students Meditate On Living Stations

  Published April 12, 2007

  St. Peter Claver Regional School held a moving reenactment of the Stations of the Cross on Friday, March 30, as eighth-grade students organized and acted the story for the whole school community. Using the music “By Your Side,” written by Steve Givens for Creative Communications for the parish in 1999, the readers and actors helped […] Full Story

• St. Thomas More Wins CMLA Championship

  Published April 5, 2007

  The Cinderella story has come true. The 15th-seeded St. Thomas More School basketball team won the 2007 Catholic Metro League of Atlanta fifth-grade boys basketball championship with a thrilling, come-from-behind upset win in the final seconds over the previously unbeaten top seed, St. Peter Chanel Feb. 17. STM trailed by as many as 13 points […] Full Story

• St. Peter Claver Takes Two Teams To The Finals

  Published March 22, 2007

  The eighth-grade boys and girls team of St. Peter Claver Regional School, Decatur, made it to the finals of the Catholic Metro League of Atlanta basketball tournament, Feb. 17. The tournament was held at Pinecrest Academy. Despite leading at halftime, the Lady Jaguars were defeated by St. Peter Chanel, Roswell, 42-33. They finished the season […] Full Story

• Father Pat Mulhern Remembered As Christ-like Priest

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published December 14, 2006

  Father Patrick F. Mulhern was “a man of exquisite understatement who invited people to do great things with very few words,” said Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. “He invited rather than coerced. He suggested rather than commanded. He proposed rather than required. … That was the way Jesus taught.” Preaching at the funeral Mass for Father […] Full Story

• Homecoming Set For Alums Of 4 Catholic Schools

  Published November 30, 2006

  St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School will hold an alumni homecoming celebration on Saturday, Dec. 16, from 12 noon until 5 p.m. in the school gymnasium. Graduates of St. Peter Claver and of the foundation schools—Our Lady of Lourdes School, Atlanta, St. Anthony of Padua School, Atlanta, and Sts. Peter and Paul School, Decatur—will be […] Full Story

• Jan Sebacher Honored For Aquinas Center Work

  By DANA GREENE, Special To The Bulletin
  Published November 16, 2006

  Frederick Buechner once said that vocation is that place where “one’s deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” And vocation is the place that Jan M. Sebacher, program coordinator and manager extraordinaire, found at the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University where he served first as a volunteer and later as an employee. […] Full Story

• Parish ‘More Fest’ Offers Races, Games, Food

  Published October 5, 2006

  On Saturday, Oct. 14, the parish community of St. Thomas More in Decatur will hold its annual More Fest, with fun and fellowship from start to finish. The celebration begins with the 18th annual road race and fun run; registration is at 7:30 a.m. and race time is 8:30 a.m. A flea market of bargains […] Full Story

• Sts. Peter And Paul Church To Hold Health Fair

  Published August 28, 2006

  The St. Jude Circle of Sts. Peter & Paul Church will hold a free health fair on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. in the gym of St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School. The fair will have registered nurses, lab technicians, nutritionists, and American Heart Association and diabetic association representatives on hand to […] Full Story

• St. Peter Claver School Receives Dual Accreditation

  Published August 17, 2006

  St. Peter Claver Regional School has been awarded dual accreditation by the Southern Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SAIS-SACS). Although St. Peter Claver has had SACS accreditation for a number of years, this is the first time the Decatur school has sought the dual accreditation offered by the […] Full Story

• Mary’s Joyful Obedience Inspires On ‘Mary Day’

  By JEAN DRISKELL, Special Contributor
  Published May 11, 2006

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the seventh annual Mary Day program with a concelebrated Mass at Sts. Peter and Paul Church on Saturday, March 25, the feast of the Annunciation. Father Eric Hill, pastor, and visiting priest Father Thierry St. Clair concelebrated with the archbishop. Along with parishioners of Sts. Peter and Paul Church, members […] Full Story

• School Shares Patron Saint’s Ministry Of Welcome

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published December 8, 2005

  As evacuees from the Gulf Coast region streamed into Atlanta during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Catholic schools in North Georgia opened their doors to many of the children fleeing the destruction and seeking shelter. And St. Peter Claver Regional School, which started the school year with 98 students, expanded dramatically when 42 students […] Full Story