Georgia
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Fifth annual Embrace Mass to be celebrated at Cathedral of Christ the King
Published April 28, 2016
ATLANTA—Each year families in the Archdiocese of Atlanta come together for a memorial Mass in honor of their children who were lost to miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss. This Mass, sponsored by All Embrace, Inc., is a tangible way to celebrate these babies as members of Christ’s kingdom, as well as a means to provide […] Full Story
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Groundbreaking on May 5 for restoration of state’s first Catholic church
Published April 28, 2016
SHARON—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will conduct a special groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday, May 5, at 4:30 p.m. in Sharon to mark the formal start of restorations to the Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Georgia’s first Catholic church. All are welcome to attend. Purification Church dates from 1790, when a small band […]
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Catholic educator calls role as first president of St. Pius High School a ‘dream job’
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published April 28, 2016ATLANTA—The leadership structure of Atlanta’s oldest archdiocesan high school has been modified to become a president and principal model. A youthful Catholic administrator will become its first president. Chad Barwick, a Catholic middle and high school principal in Montgomery, Alabama, who entered teaching through the University of Notre Dame ACE program, will be the first […]
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Blessed Trinity High School well established as founding principal retires
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 28, 2016ROSWELL—Frank Moore spent many weekends recruiting students and convincing parents that a school that wasn’t complete and a faculty that wasn’t hired would deliver a top-notch Catholic high school education. The “student pioneers” gave Blessed Trinity High School its foundation when it opened in 2000, he said. “When you open a new school, there’s the […]
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Tree planting keeps acts of care for the earth in spotlight
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published April 28, 2016SMYRNA—Justice and Peace Ministries of the Archdiocese of Atlanta encourages parish groups, schools and families to plant a Laudato Si’ tree in celebration of Earth Day 2016. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory launched the campaign by blessing and planting a donated white dogwood tree on the grounds of the Chancery in Smyrna April 21. The tree […] Full Story
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UGA scientists, Catholics let pope know they got the ‘Laudato Si’’ message
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016ATHENS—As birds chirped in Rosella’s Garden at the Catholic Center of the University of Georgia April 5, scientists, students and members of the interfaith community gathered to celebrate a formal response to a special letter. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and recently retired UGA environmental scientist Susan Varlamoff led the celebration of the official Action Plan […]
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Teacher marries beau with second-graders in the front row
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016ATLANTA—Beth Anne Ross and William Dempsey III were united in the sacrament of marriage Friday, April 1, at the morning Mass of St. Jude the Apostle School. Dempsey and Ross, longtime friends and running and hiking partners, became husband and wife at the first wedding in the school community’s history. A second-grade teacher at St. […]
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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 […]
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Archbishop Gregory shares reaction to new apostolic exhortation
By ARCHBISHOP WILTON D. GREGORY, Commentary
Published April 14, 2016ATLANTA—With the April 8 release of the document, “‘Amoris Laetitia’ (The Joy of Love), from Pope Francis, The Georgia Bulletin asked Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory a few questions about this latest document from the pontiff. He shared his thoughts in this Q&A for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Georgia Bulletin: What is an apostolic […]
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Preschool teacher of the year, ‘Ms. Jerry’ just loves her OLA kids
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016ATLANTA—Jaroslava Patak, known as “Ms. Jerry” to her students at Our Lady of the Assumption Church preschool, is the 2016 Distinguished Teacher of the Year of the Georgia Preschool Association. Patak received the award at the association’s annual meeting Feb. 26 at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. She has served on the OLA preschool […] Full Story
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Witness to executions, advocate for victims, Sister Prejean to speak May 9
Published April 14, 2016
ALPHARETTA—Sister Helen Prejean, known for sparking national dialogue on the death penalty, will speak at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Alpharetta on Monday, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. Sister Helen was born on April 21, 1939, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and joined the Congregation of St. Joseph in 1957. She spent her first years teaching […]
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Brian Marks returns to Blessed Trinity as principal July 1
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016ROSWELL—A veteran administrator of Blessed Trinity High School is returning as its new principal. Brian Marks, who spent 13 years serving as assistant principal at the Roswell high school, begins in the new position July 1. He succeeds Frank Moore, the only principal the school community has known since its doors opened 16 years ago. […]
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Archdiocese responds to victims group’s protest
Published April 14, 2016
ATLANTA—A small group of members of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) held signs as part of a press conference outside the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, April 4. The group asked that the Archdiocese of Atlanta publish on its website a list of those priests, deacons and religious who were […] Full Story
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Divine Mercy Sunday marked with bilingual Mass, veneration of relics
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published April 14, 2016LAWRENCEVILLE—The Polish community of St. Marguerite d’Youville Church, along with other members of the parish and the archdiocese, celebrated Divine Mercy Sunday April 3 with Mass, the Divine Mercy chaplet, veneration of relics of St. John Paul II, St. Faustina and Blessed Mother Teresa, and a documentary on the history of the original image of […] Full Story
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Deacon J. Eugene Whitmeyer dies
Published April 14, 2016
LILBURN—Deacon J. Eugene Whitmeyer of Lilburn died March 20. He was 83. Deacon Whitmeyer was a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Korean War. He was a graduate of Kent State University in Ohio and became an architect design engineer. Deacon Whitmeyer was ordained to the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Atlanta on […] Full Story
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New program to fight abuse of vulnerable people underway in archdiocese
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016SMYRNA—Thousands of teachers, clergy, religious women and men, parish staff and volunteers and employees of the Atlanta Archdiocese will be trained under a new program to prevent and combat child abuse. A national program is being rolled out in the 69-county archdiocese to ensure adults can identify and report abuse of children and vulnerable people, […]
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Cathedral homily traces recent popes’ great emphasis on God’s mercy
By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
Published April 14, 2016ATLANTA—Eucharistic exposition and Benediction for Divine Mercy Sunday were presented at the Cathedral of Christ the King April 3 by Deacon Gerald Zukauckas, spiritual director of the Divine Mercy Apostolate. The celebration began after the 7:15 p.m. Mass and was in conjunction with the Divine Mercy celebration held earlier that day at St. Marguerite d’Youville […] Full Story
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Detainee families find comfort and support at El Refugio
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published April 14, 2016LUMPKIN—Inside this cozy yellow bungalow, the kitchen smells of fried chorizo, onions and peppers, and scrambled eggs. A fresh pot of coffee is ready by 7 a.m. as guests awaken in the three bedrooms. A mile from the barbed wire surrounding Stewart Detention Center in rural southwest Georgia sits this house of hospitality with its […]
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St. Joseph’s Tables honor beloved saint
Published April 14, 2016
ATLANTA—Immaculate Heart of Mary School and St. Anthony of Padua Church, both in Atlanta, celebrated the feast of St. Joseph on March 18 and 19 with a St. Joseph’s Table. The table at the school was filled with wonderful food of Italian and Polish heritage, prayer cards, carpenter tools, turnips from the IHM garden, prayers […] Full Story
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Pinecrest kindergartners learn about Easter in egg hunt
Published April 14, 2016
CUMMING—The kindergarten classes at Pinecrest Academy learned about Easter and Holy Week. One of the kindergarten teachers’ favorite ways to share the Easter story with their students is through “Resurrection Eggs,” an interactive teaching tool by an organization called Family Life. These out-of-the-ordinary eggs allow Easter to come to life in the little hands that […] Full Story
