Georgia
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Catholic Foundation donors reflect on faith as motivator for giving
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published September 22, 2026The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia celebrated members of the Deo Gratias Society and Founders Society at a Sept. 3 Mass and reception at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Atlanta. Donors reflected on their gifts to the Archdiocese of Atlanta and what motivated them to support the Church.
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Georgia pilgrims visit Alabama sites, celebrate Festival del Divino Niño
By NATALIA DURON
Published September 21, 2026On Sept. 4-5, St. Joseph Church in Dalton collaborated with Catholic speaker and EWTN host Paula Umaña to host a two-day pilgrimage in Alabama for the annual Festival del Divino Niño.
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Reach for Excellence awarded significant grant
Published September 19, 2026
Reach for Excellence, an independent program of the Society of Mary hosted at Marist School, has received a grant from The Goizueta Foundation to support students through high school.
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Keeping watch with Jesus: Archdiocese of Atlanta installs council for nocturnal adoration
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published September 18, 2026While many Georgians are sleeping at night, Catholics across the Archdiocese of Atlanta are awake praying before the Blessed Sacrament. This practice is known as nocturnal adoration.
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World Cup visitors share prayer intentions with The Quest
Published September 18, 2026
The Quest Catholic radio station organized a booth during the FIFA World Cup. The station’s staff served as a friendly faces to visitors and fans downtown for the global sporting event.
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Ignatius House: 65 years of connecting others with God
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 18, 2026The Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center is marking its 65th anniversary, while celebrating the latest campus addition, The Upper Room.
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Snellville Knights hold school supply drive
Published September 18, 2026
Members of the Knights of Columbus Council 13440 at St. Oliver Plunkett Church recently completed the 3rd annual Back-to-School Supply Drive, helping students prepare for the upcoming school year.
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Milledgeville WWMIN helps moms stay on track
Published September 18, 2026
The Walking with Moms in Need ministry of Sacred Heart Church in Milledgeville held a PlayDate+Resource Fair in the spring for moms and children.
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Catholic school days memorialized with love
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published September 18, 2026Members of the Class of 1966 of Saint Joseph Catholic High School memorialized the school’s existence with the dedication and blessing of a plaque at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Red Mass, Blue Mass: How ‘color’ Masses serve professionals
By D.D. EMMONS, OSV News
Published September 17, 2026The Church has long offered Masses that recognize special occasions and needs. Among such Masses are those for professional groups, traditionally popularized by names of a color.
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A milestone of moves for St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s Motel to Home initiative
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 17, 2026SVdP Georgia recently celebrated the 1,000th family that moved into long-term housing through its unique Motel to Home program, which helps pay security deposits and first month’s rent.
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Georgia’s bishops urge pardons board to commute death sentence of Stacey Humphreys
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published September 14, 2026Georgia’s Catholic bishops are asking the state’s board of pardon and paroles to commute the sentence of death row inmate Stacey Humphreys.
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A quarter century after 9/11: Remembering, grieving and hoping
By ARCHBISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER, OFM Conv.
Published September 9, 2026This September marks 25 years since the morning the sky over three American cities filled with smoke, and the world as we knew it changed in the span of an hour.
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Six churches open their doors for the Jubilee Year of Saint Francis
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published September 8, 2026Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has designated six churches across the Archdiocese of Atlanta as pilgrimage sites for the Jubilee Year of St. Francis of Assisi.
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Former school a new home for Our Lady of La Vang Church
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 3, 2026The community of Our Lady of La Vang Church is transforming a vacant Cobb County grade school into a hub for worship, community and prayer for Vietnamese Catholics.
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Pinecrest grad performs with symphony
Published August 13, 2026
A graduate of Pinecrest Academy made a guest appearance with the Augusta Symphony for its Symphonic Dances concert in May. Evelyn Fuentes is an up-and-coming musician whose talent earned her the privilege to share the stage with the symphony.
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Georgia Bulletin columnist Lauretta Hannon publishes spiritual memoir
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
Published August 13, 2026Lauretta Hannon, a parishioner at St. Mary’s Church in Rome, is a guest columnist for The Georgia Bulletin and author of two memoirs—her most recent a spiritual memoir. “A Priest Walks into a Waffle House: Stories from a Gritty, Grace-Filled Life” shares tales from Hannon’s childhood to her discovery of the Catholic faith and beyond.
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Reach for Excellence marks 25th anniversary
Published August 13, 2026
The Reach for Excellence at the Marist School organization began in 2001 to help students from working-class backgrounds prepare for college-prep high schools. Organizers, supporters and students celebrated its 25th anniversary this year.
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Catholic Charities’ work showcased in ‘People of Hope’ traveling museum
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 12, 2026The People of Hope traveling museum spotlights neighbors in need and those who help them. Catholic Charities Atlanta hosted the exhibit’s two-day visit in Roswell as an opportunity to spread awareness about the work the nonprofit does.
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Two Atlanta Catholic schools welcome new principals
By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
Published August 11, 2026The Archdiocese of Atlanta has named two new principals for the 2026-27 school year. Meet the new leaders of the communities at St. Peter Claver Regional School and St. Mary’s Academy.
