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• OLM student named advisor for U.N. Girl Up

  Published October 2, 2014

  FAYETTEVILLE—Simone Cowan, a senior at Our Lady of Mercy High School, in Fayetteville, was selected by the United Nation Foundation as a teen advisor for the Girl Up Campaign, one of 20 girls from across the country chosen. The mission of Girl Up is to raise awareness and funds for United Nations programs that help […]

• IHM student chosen Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholar

  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—Tommy Kim, an eighth-grade student at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, in Atlanta, was named a 2014 Jack Kent Cooke Young Scholar. More than 1,000 seventh-grade students nationwide applied for this scholarship, which is awarded to approximately 60 students. The scholarship supports outstanding students from seventh grade through graduate school who have a variety of […] Full Story

• St. Pius X students honored by National Merit Scholarship program

  Published October 2, 2014

  ATLANTA—At St. Pius X High School, in Atlanta, five students were named semifinalists in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. They are Carter A. Grabbe, Connor J. Huddleston, Andrew J. Jacon, Joe W. Kilpatrick and Caroline R. Porter. Semifinalists have the opportunity to continue in competition for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships that will be […] Full Story

• St. Mary’s Health Care System joins a health care alliance

  Published October 2, 2014

  ATHENS—St. Mary’s Health Care System joined Stratus Healthcare, the largest alliance of health care providers in the southeastern United States. The agreement includes St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens and St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro. While St. Mary’s is a member, it remains independent. St. Mary’s already is an affiliate of CHE Trinity Health, […] Full Story

• St. Matthew Church, Winder, honors longtime parishioner

  Published October 2, 2014

  WINDER—Betty Cohron was honored for her 50 years of service to St. Matthew Church, in Winder, as the community celebrated a milestone with a picnic. The Cohron family saw St. Matthew grow from its early days in a school building to the construction of the current sanctuary seven years ago. Parish leaders honored Betty with […] Full Story

• Archbishop Gregory interview on reorganizing Chancery administration

  Published September 19, 2014

  This is the full text of the Georgia Bulletin question-and-answer interview with Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory about his appointment of a chief operating officer of the Atlanta Archdiocese and other administrative changes made in July 2014. A story based on the written interview was published Sept. 18, 2014.  Q. You and David Spotanski have a […]

• Priests convene, add their pastoral plan recommendations

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 18, 2014

  BUFORD—Priests of the Atlanta Archdiocese paused from their ministries recently as they voted on what may become the pastoral priorities of the Catholic Church here over the next five years. Some 180 clergymen attended the convocation of priests, held at Legacy Lodge at Lake Lanier, from Monday, Sept. 8, to Thursday, Sept. 11, to add […]

• See ‘face of Christ’ in young migrants, Ga. bishops ask

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—The bishops of Georgia have called on their faith communities to “seek opportunities to welcome and serve” the wave of unaccompanied immigrant children and teenagers and young families who have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and are now being sheltered in various states, including Georgia. Catholics should “recognize the face of Christ in each migrating person,” […] Full Story

• Archbishop creates post of chief operating officer, reorganizes direct reports

  By GRETCHEN KEISER and ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writers
  Published September 18, 2014

  SMYRNA—In a recent reorganization of the Chancery administration, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has named a layman to the new post of chief operating officer and brought Brad Wilson, the chief financial officer of the archdiocese, into a direct reporting relationship to the archbishop. Archbishop Gregory also has designated Bishop David P. Talley as a vicar […]

• Property on Habersham Road now listed for sale

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published September 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—The house at 3358 Habersham Road, previously the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s residence for the archbishop, went on the market Sept. 17. The house is listed at $2.85 million. The property has been listed by Beacham and Company Realtors, a firm selected after a search by Catholic Construction Services, Inc., the real estate arm of the […] Full Story

• Emory Saint Joseph’s VolunTeen program lets teens serve others

  

  Published September 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—Sixty-two high schoolers committed a minimum of 40 hours during the summer to changing lives with the VolunTeen program at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital. Students from Alpharetta, Dunwoody, Johns Creek, Lithonia, Cobb and other areas of Atlanta traveled weekly to Emory Saint Joseph’s to participate. The young men and women got a chance to dress […] Full Story

• Summer means more than games for CKS students

  

  Published September 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—Students and faculty members took the opportunity this summer to give their time and talent to serve others, a tenet of Christ the King School. While many hit the pool and tennis courts and played a few more video games, some CKS students served the community. On June 1, Nicole Pizzo, Mary Elizabeth Westenberger, Molly […]

• IHM Boy Scout earns top Boy Scout honor

  

  Published September 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—Parishioners and students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School can better enjoy the garden on the campus, thanks to the efforts of a Boy Scout. Joshua Forbes, 16, received his Eagle Scout award in a Court of Honor ceremony Aug. 17, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. He is a member of Troop 550 at […] Full Story

• Over the edge in Savannah

  Published September 18, 2014

  SAVANNAH—The Diocese of Savannah’s Southern Cross newspaper editor, Michael Johnson, will be participating in fundraiser by rappelling down a Savannah building. Johnson is a bilateral, below the knee amputee who maintains an active lifestyle. On Friday, Oct. 31, Johnson is going “Over the Edge” of the Historic Manger Building, one of the tallest buildings in […] Full Story

• Youth ministers earn new certificates

  Published September 18, 2014

  MARIETTA—Fifteen catechists from Marietta’s Transfiguration Church completed the youth ministry program offered by the University of Dayton through the Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation. The program is made up of eight five-week courses over a year and a half. The youth ministry program, in addition to other requirements, earned the graduates the status of […] Full Story

• ‘The girls’ of Sacred Heart High make memories

  Published September 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—Sacred Heart High School, an all girls’ school, was located in downtown Atlanta across the campus from the old Marist School near Sacred Heart Basilica. The class of 1958 was the last to graduate as St. Pius X opened that fall. Classmates held the traditional reunions marking 10 years and 20 years since they left […]

• New Acworth mission announces Mass times

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published September 18, 2014

  KENNESAW—Sunday Masses are being celebrated at the new Acworth mission as of Sept. 14. North Cobb High School’s auditorium, 3400 Old 41 Highway in Kennesaw, is the location for Masses. Mass times are 8:15 a.m. and 10 a.m. in English with a Spanish Mass at noon. Father Mark Starr, administrator of the mission, said that […] Full Story

• Betty Smith, one of Cathedral’s original members, dies

  Published September 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—Elizabeth “Betty” Haverty Smith died Sept. 14 at the age of 90. Smith, remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and philanthropist, was born in Atlanta on April 4, 1924. She was the daughter of the former Elizabeth Rawson and Clarence Haverty and the granddaughter of J.J. Haverty, founder of Haverty Furniture Co. Betty […]

• Deacon Joseph Fugere, of Prince of Peace Church, dies

  Published September 18, 2014

  GAINESVILLE—Deacon Joseph Henry Fugere Jr., assigned to Prince of Peace Church in Flowery Branch this spring, died Aug. 14 in Gainesville. He was 74 years old. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Fugere was the son of the late Joseph and Loretta Fugere. Raised in Johnston, Rhode Island, Fugere assisted in building the community’s high school […]

• Visitation Sister Francis Joseph Roberts dies at 75

  Published September 18, 2014

  SNELLVILLE—Sister of the Visitation Francis Joseph Roberts died Aug. 11. She was 75 years old. Frances Margaret Roberts was born Nov. 25, 1938, in Montgomery, Alabama. She was the only child of Baptist deacon George William Roberts Jr. and Frances Margaret Cunningham Roberts. She was born deaf and later learned to communicate by reading lips […] Full Story