Georgia
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Pregnancy Aid Clinic to open new center in north Fulton County
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 20, 2015ATLANTA—The Pregnancy Aid Clinic is expanding to the north side of Fulton County to open an additional clinic to serve a new group of women. The new office is scheduled to open Oct. 1 in Roswell, enlarging the service area for the only Catholic crisis pregnancy center. This will be its third facility. The original […] Full Story
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Dahlonega parish dedicates Marian grotto, celebrates financial milestone
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 20, 2015DAHLONEGA—It was a twofold celebration for parishioners of St. Luke the Evangelist Church in Dahlonega on the solemn feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Following the vigil Mass Aug. 15, almost seven years to the date of dedicating its parish hall in 2008, the parish community unveiled its new Grotto of Our […] Full Story
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A decade of support and education for parish preschool teachers in Atlanta Archdiocese
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 20, 2015MARIETTA—As summer winds to a close each year, the directors and teachers of archdiocesan parish preschools take part in the Summer Education Institute. The 2015 Institute, organized by the Office of Parish Preschools of the archdiocese, celebrated 10 years of offering informative and creative workshops on topics ranging from children’s literature to parent communications. Terry […]
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First woman athletic director in local Catholic schools named at Monsignor Donovan
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 20, 2015ATHENS—Wynter Kelly, the new athletic director at Monsignor Donovan High School in Athens, is finding an “overwhelmingly warm” welcome. “I’ve had so many people reach out to me,” said Kelly. A longtime coach and mother of five, including a collegiate student-athlete, Kelly moved from Rhode Island July 23 and began work at Monsignor Donovan the […]
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Douglasville’s St. Theresa marks three decades
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published August 20, 2015DOUGLASVILLE—With a bilingual Mass, a dinner and dance, parishioners of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Church in Douglasville celebrated the 30th anniversary of the establishment of their parish on Aug. 7. The official decree was made on Aug. 8, 1985, by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan when the request and the door-to-door survey by a […] Full Story
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Football teams don’t pass up chance for preseason ‘Hail Marys’
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published August 20, 2015SANDY SPRINGS—Nearly 200 jersey-clad football players, coaches and parents from Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, and Holy Spirit Preparatory School and St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, participated in an Aug. 5 rosary rally at St. Jude the Apostle Church. Conducted by Father Tim Hepburn, vocations director for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the evening service […]
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New principals take charge of three Catholic schools
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published August 20, 2015ATLANTA—Three Catholic schools have new administrators as the 2015-2016 school year begins. The new principals/heads of school, who will serve at Holy Spirit Upper School, Atlanta, St. Joseph School, Athens, and Sophia Academy, Atlanta, are introduced here as they also talk about the teachers who helped them believe in their talents. Jocelyn Sotomayor, Upper […] Full Story
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Habitat invites people to help with Pope Francis build
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 20, 2015ATLANTA—Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, with the help of an anonymous donor, has raised the majority of funds needed to begin construction of a home in honor of Pope Francis this November. The Pope Francis build is one of a number that Habitat for Humanity has organized in conjunction with the visit of the pope to […]
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New Office of Life, Dignity and Justice formed
Published August 20, 2015
SMYRNA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the formation of a new Office of Life, Dignity and Justice, comprised of the existing four ministries of Respect Life, Disabilities, Prison and Jail, and Justice and Peace. In a letter to pastors and staff, Archbishop Gregory said, “These ministries, for that is what they truly are, have been […]
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St. Anna’s new church, with historic bells, graces Walton County landscape
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 6, 2015MONROE—The gleaming white bell tower of St. Anna Church in Monroe is a new landmark on the landscape of Walton County. St. Anna parishioners celebrated the culmination of seven years of planning, work and sacrifice at a Mass of dedication for their new church July 26 — the feast day of St. Anna and St. […] Full Story
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Mass of inclusion celebrates anniversary of Americans With Disabilities Act
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
Published August 6, 2015MARIETTA—Twenty-five years ago, a Mass like the one Bishop David P. Talley celebrated at the Church of St. Ann July 26 may not have been possible. The annual archdiocesan Mass of Inclusion marked a special celebration this year—the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act. “This sign of our government, that […]
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Marist Father John Sullivan, 50 years a priest, dies
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—Father John Sullivan, SM, 78, parochial vicar at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Brookhaven, died July 28. He professed religious vows to the Society of Mary on Sept. 8, 1959, and recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Father Sullivan was raised and educated in California. He earned degrees […] Full Story
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Vocations director, seminarians see hunger for Gospel in Tanzania mission trip
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 6, 2015ATLANTA—Joy is the souvenir from a recent mission trip to Tanzania for Father Tim Hepburn, director of vocations for the archdiocese, and seminarians Jack Knight and Juan Carlos Pacheco. The three traveled from Atlanta to the east African nation in July for a 16-day trip with Renewal Ministries. The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based ministry focuses on […]
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Catholic Relief works in Tanzania on developing small farms, aiding refugees
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published August 6, 2015ATLANTA—In the east African country of Tanzania, Catholic Relief Services’ programs range from teaching schoolchildren about sanitation and hygiene to supporting agricultural livelihoods and assisting refugees from other nations. “Our CRS projects are scattered all over the country,” said Cullen Larson, Southeast regional director for the agency. “It’s quite varied.” Larson worked as interim country […]
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Parish that gave birth to Disabilities Ministry hosts national Catholic ministry leader
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
Published August 6, 2015SANDY SPRINGS—For more than 30 years, the National Catholic Partnership on Disability has been working collaboratively to ensure all people with disabilities are able to fully experience parish life. At a reception at St. Jude the Apostle Church July 22, the success of that collaboration in the Archdiocese of Atlanta was celebrated at a fundraiser […]
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Cyclist raises over $13,500 for Cristo Rey Atlanta
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—Cyclist Dick Marklein completed his cross-country trek to raise scholarship money for Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. That’s 52 days and 3,900 miles. The cyclist began on May 31 in San Francisco and ended in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, July 21 where Marklein dipped his bike into the Atlantic Ocean. The trip was the cyclist’s […]
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Brunch with the Dooleys highlights St. Matthew Haiti fundraiser
Published August 6, 2015
TYRONE—How would you like to have brunch with legendary University of Georgia Coach Vince Dooley and his wife, Barbara? Or take a nap in your very own handmade porch bed? How about a week at the beach, or would you prefer the mountains? All of these and more can be yours if you attend Casino […]
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IHM Church honors saint with Lebanese celebration
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—The community at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church celebrated a saint from Lebanon with a Middle Eastern potluck and a hafla, a traditional gathering among friends and relatives. The Atlanta parish marked the July 24 feast day. The event began with the community reciting the collect prayer for the feast of St. Sharbel. Then with […]
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Atlanta youth honored at National Junior Beta Convention
Published August 6, 2015
ATLANTA—Rising high school freshman Joshua Owens earned an award at the National Junior Beta Convention. Owens, who will be attending Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fayetteville, competed in social studies at the convention in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned third place on the national stage. In an earlier Georgia contest, he placed second in the […]
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Woman, children enter Catholic mission in Lilburn to avoid deportation
Published August 6, 2015
LILBURN—The Mission of Our Lady of the Americas will provide assistance to a pregnant woman and her two small children who sought shelter there to avoid deportation, a statement of the Atlanta Archdiocese said. A small room at Our Lady of the Americas Mission has been serving as a place of refuge for Claudia Mariela […]
