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• Campus ministry continues to raise funds for new building

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published January 23, 2020

  The Catholic community at the University of West Georgia is working to “realize the dream” of a campus ministry building.

• Collegiate faith shines at Newman Centers

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published January 23, 2020

  Named after St. John Henry Newman, canonized last October, Newman Centers are Catholic ministry centers at non-Catholic colleges and universities throughout the world. Read about Newman Centers in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

• Marietta native Jenni Ellis named Safe Environment director

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published January 23, 2020

  Jenni Ellis is the new director of the Safe Environment Office for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, which works to ensure the safety and security of children, young people and vulnerable adults throughout the archdiocese.

• The Golden Lions roar past Madison County

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
  Published January 23, 2020

  The St. Pius X High School boys’ basketball team started the Jan. 14 game with an 11-0 run, forcing Danielsville’s Madison County High School to call an early time out. It didn’t matter. St. Pius X players kept their foot on the gas, enforced a tenacious defense and defeated Madison County

• Take action on HB 702 and SB 291

  Published January 23, 2020

  ATLANTA—Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty (GCADP) urges support of Georgia House Bill 702 to repeal the state’s death penalty. A bipartisan group of legislators introduced HB 702. If enacted, the bill would replace the death penalty in Georgia with life without parole. GCADP states, “As pro-life people, we cannot accept the risk of wrongful conviction, […] Full Story

• Love and service hallmarks of MLK celebration

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published January 23, 2020

  The annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, encompasses a service project, the Mass and a youth celebration. The theme was, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).

• Pinecrest Academy hosts first home wrestling match of 2020

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
  Published January 23, 2020

  Pinecrest Academy held a three-way wrestling match Jan. 15 between its team, Riverside Military Academy of Gainesville and Salem High School of Conyers in the upper school gymnasium. With only eight wrestlers available, the undermanned and sometimes undersized Pinecrest team still managed to finish in second place.

• A look at the 2020 Georgia legislative session

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 23, 2020

  The Georgia General Assembly began its session Monday, Jan. 13. Representing the Catholic Church in front of lawmakers falls to attorney Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference.

• Sister of Mercy Valentina Sheridan, pastoral care and education leader, dies January 14

  

  Published January 16, 2020

  Sister M. Valentina Sheridan (Theresa), RSM, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 14 at Mercy Convent in Savannah. She was 88 years old. Sister Val worked for a number of years in the Archdiocese of Atlanta in both education and pastoral care.

• Atlanta Catholics make 2020 spiritual resolutions

  

  By MARK WOOLSEY, Special to the Bulletin
  Published January 9, 2020

  Secular intentions like losing weight or stopping smoking rear their heads year after year. Faith-based resolutions also seem to stake out turf. They might be more demonstrable, such as going to confession more, stepping up volunteer work, or more reflective of inner practices like concentrated prayer.

• LaGrange assignment unforgettable experience for reporter

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2020

  Is it ever too late to try to right a wrong? Do you apologize for something done generations ago? That was the question faced by the police chief in LaGrange, Louis Dekmar. The chief in 2017 publicly apologized for a 1940 lynching in the community.

• Writer’s favorite assignment highlighted listening ministry

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2020

  All of us have faced difficulties in life. Whether it is job loss, divorce, financial stress, we know that life is not always fair or kind. When we face those darker times, support in the form of a listening ear can make all the difference. This kind of life-changing support is provided through Stephen Ministry.

• Favorite photo story of 2019 bridges a moment to the past

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2020

  When Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory left Atlanta to become the Archdiocese of Washington’s archbishop last May, the paper’s photographer had an idea for “Then & NOW,” an occasional series in The Georgia Bulletin providing updates on people who appeared in a newspaper photograph years ago.

• The top stories of 2019: A look back

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2020

  2019 was a year of great change for Atlanta’s Catholic community as longtime Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was appointed Archbishop of Washington by Pope Francis. While the departure of the archbishop was the biggest news story of the year, The Georgia Bulletin looks back at the other top stories of 2019.

• Guitars as guides: St. Pius X program shapes student musicians

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2020

  The award-winning guitar program of St. Pius X High School has been around for 20 years. Guitar instructor, Brion Kennedy, knows of only a handful of similar programs. His goal is to be a guide as students deepen their talents, giving them freedom to teach their peers and develop as musicians and leaders.

• Georgia-based Radio Inmaculada celebrates anniversary

  

  By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
  Published December 26, 2019

  Radio Inmaculada celebrated 14 years on the air Dec. 8 with a dinner and concert in Douglasville. That day they officially launched Inmaculada TV, a digital platform that broadcasts Catholic content to Spanish-speaking Catholics around the world.

• Prayer and painting go hand in hand for icon artists

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published December 26, 2019

  Every painting session at Emmanuel Studio begins in prayer. Austere faces of holy women and men hanging on the walls surround the artists.

• Father Timothy Ryan, a priest with varied career, dies December 13

  Published December 26, 2019

  Father Timothy Ryan, a retired priest of the Diocese of Savannah, died peacefully in Roswell, on Dec. 13. He was 81.

• #iGiveCatholic supported nearly 100 archdiocesan ministries

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published December 26, 2019

  Some 3,100 donors contributed more than $680,000 to 94 Archdiocese of Atlanta ministries during the #iGiveCatholic campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 3.

• Kind words and a listening ear give KSU students a ‘Reason to Smile’

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published December 26, 2019

  The need to feel connected and St. Teresa’s words were the beginning of Reason to Smile, a student organization at Kennesaw State University that engages, empathizes and motivates peers to help create a more welcoming campus community.