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• St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital president named

  Published March 3, 2016

  LAVONIA—Jeff English, interim president of St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital, has been promoted to the office of president. “Jeff led a successful integration of St. Mary’s Health Care System into the newly acquired hospital,” said Don McKenna, president and CEO of St. Mary’s in announcing the appointment. “Jeff and his team of committed and competent […]

• Marist student’s doodle catches the eye of Google

  

  Published March 3, 2016

  ATLANTA—Ian Otten, a Marist School seventh-grader, earned the top prize as the Georgia winner of the Doodle 4 Google, a national competition. The competition challenged students from across the country to use Google’s homepage as a canvas to doodle and show what makes them unique. Ian’s doodle was titled “My Love for Sports.” He was […]

• ‘Stop Hunger Now’ inspires theme of St. Jude School project

  

  Published March 3, 2016

  SANDY SPRINGS—In another Catholic Schools Week event, St. Jude students participated in a project for the benefit of children—kids helping kids. The school community has been doing similar activities for nearly a dozen years. For the past five years, students worked with Stop Hunger Now to package meals for other children. They packed more than […] Full Story

• St. John Neumann School serves homeless men and women

  Published March 3, 2016

  LILBURN—On Sunday, Feb. 21, more than 100 members of the St. John Neumann Regional School community gathered in the school cafeteria to participate in a Stewardship Sunday event. Using lunchmeat, cheese and bread donated by the school families and local businesses, more than 2,500 sandwiches were prepared for the benefit of Clyde’s Kitchen in downtown […] Full Story

• Catholic high schooler attracts fans on Youtube girls channel

  Published March 3, 2016

  ROSWELL—Blessed Trinity High School freshman Mimi Drabik is one of seven girls to have been selected for a new media opportunity. With over 4 million viewers, the web video series titled SuperSevenGirls is creating a forum for high school girls to mentor younger girls. Mimi works with the YouTube channel, where she and other teenagers […] Full Story

• Holy Spirit Prep’s march toward Final Four comes to a halt

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 3, 2016

  ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Prep boys basketball team and first-year coach Greg McClaire fell a game short of making the school’s second Final Four appearance in the Georgia Independent School Association Class AAA state basketball playoffs. After a 70-47 defeat Feb. 24 of Westwood School, the visiting team from the southwest Georgia city of Camilla, the only […]

• From teaching to singing, Deacon Terry Holmer served Douglasville community

  Published March 3, 2016

  DOUGLASVILLLE—Deacon Terry M. Holmer, who served at St. Theresa Church, in Douglasville, died Tuesday, Feb. 2. He was 60 years old. Born Sept. 5, 1955, in East Chicago, Indiana, Deacon Holmer served the Catholic community and others before and since his ordination on Feb. 2, 2002. He died as a result of injuries suffered in […] Full Story

• Failure teaches important lessons, champion swimmer-coach tells students

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2016

  DECATUR—During a visit to St. Thomas More School in Decatur Feb. 11, champion swimmer Mike Norment encouraged students to learn from mistakes and develop a relationship with God through prayer. Norment, a former world-ranked swimmer who had an outstanding career at the University of Georgia, spoke to third- through fifth-grade classes as part of a […] Full Story

• Opening of monastery Holy Door draws large crowd

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2016

  CONYERS—Peggy Sandy waited for more than two hours ahead of several hundred pilgrims. “I’m trying to grow in my faith and this is part of it,” she said. A member of St. Pius X Church, Conyers, for Sandy the hours of waiting for the opening of the Holy Door at the Monastery of the Holy […]

• 2,044 newcomers to the church are ‘living signs of God’s fidelity’

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2016

  ATLANTA—On the first Sunday of Lent, 2,044 women, men and teenagers declared their intention to join the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Atlanta at Easter, one of the largest groups the archdiocese has received. The annual Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion welcomed the catechumens and candidates on their journey leading to […]

• Polish community grieves loss of couple vital to Catholic apostolate

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published February 19, 2016

  LAWRENCEVILLE—After immigrating to the United States from Poland in the mid-1980s, Dr. Krzysztof Krawczyński and his wife, Dr. Elżbieta Gürtler-Krawczyńska, excelled in medical research careers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University in Atlanta. They brought that same passion, dedication and depth to the Polish community in Georgia, including fostering the […]

• Meet the permanent deacons ordained Feb. 6

  Published February 19, 2016

  ATLANTA–An introduction to the eight men who were ordained to the permanent diaconate for the Atlanta Archdiocese on Feb. 6: David A. Barron                           Age: 54, born June 20, 1961, in Evansville, Indiana. Married to Michelle for 24 years, with son, John, and daughter, Haille. Assigned to Holy Family Church, Marietta. Education: University of Evansville, Indiana, […] Full Story

• ‘The Catholic Cast’ takes faith to online audience as podcasting grows

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2016

  ATLANTA—Their studio is a converted bedroom where family photos hang on the walls. The family black Lab, Kelly, chews a bone nearby. The three friends who make up “The Catholic Cast,” Brent Masters and John and Amber Lynch, lean into their microphones to talk about the often-heard complaint: Mass is boring. The trio shares six […]

• Curb on some death penalty cases motivates Catholics at Capitol

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published February 19, 2016

  ATLANTA—In a basement room of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta, advocates gathered for prayer and a legislative briefing Feb. 4 to begin Catholic Day at the Capitol. More than 50 people participated in this year’s program to meet with lawmakers who represent them in the Georgia General Assembly and to learn more […]

• Next at St. Thomas More: ‘Empty Bowls’ dinner

  Published February 19, 2016

  DECATUR—The third annual St. Thomas More School Empty Bowls Project will be held on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The dinner program will be in Mulhern Hall, located at 630 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur. The Empty Bowls Project is a grassroots initiative to bring awareness to the fight against hunger […] Full Story

• Drexel alumni celebrate historic anniversary in Atlanta

  Published February 19, 2016

  ATLANTA—Fifty-five years ago, at the height of the American civil rights movement, dozens of African-American families partnered with the Archdiocese of Atlanta to establish the city’s only black Catholic high school, Drexel Catholic High. Drexel High operated between 1961 and 1967. Located on wooded grounds on Harwell Road in Atlanta’s historic Collier Heights, it offered […]

• February day of reflection to focus on works of mercy

  Published February 5, 2016

  ATLANTA—The Divine Mercy Apostolate at the Cathedral of Christ the King will hold a day of reflection on Saturday, Feb. 20, from 8:10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All are welcome to attend. The theme of the day is “The Heart of Mercy in Action – Embrace the Jubilee in Living the Corporal and Spiritual Works […] Full Story

• OLA School’s Lisa Cordell is a principal with ‘quiet, steady confidence’

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2016

  ATLANTA—Before she was a teenager, Lisa Cordell knew she wanted to be a teacher. She spent time in classrooms helping at an elementary school. Summers were spent preparing school bulletin boards. She was so sure of her vocation she joined Future Teachers of America. “I wanted to be able to pass along knowledge of academics […]

• Lenten mission at St. Brigid will feature speaker Allen Hunt

  Published February 5, 2016

  JOHNS CREEK—Allen Hunt, Ph.D., author and convert to Catholicism, will present the Lenten mission at his home parish, St. Brigid Church in Johns Creek on Monday to Wednesday, Feb. 22-24. All are welcome to attend. The theme of the parish mission will be “Experiencing Jesus: Three Nights to Accept Pope Francis’ Invitation to Encounter Christ.” […]

• Kids learn science, wonder, from raising trout, Lilburn teacher of the year says

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published February 5, 2016

  LILBURN—At St. John Neumann Regional School in Lilburn, third-grade teacher Karen Hoban is known as the “crazy fish lady.” “It’s my fellow teachers that added the ‘crazy,’” said Hoban of the nickname. Hoban introduced the Trout in the Classroom program at the school after partnering with Trout Unlimited, an organization working to keep rivers and […] Full Story