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• Monsignor Donovan football coach named new athletic director

  

  Published July 24, 2014

  Will Mayer, Monsignor Donovan High School’s athletic director for the past four years, stepped down at the end of the 2013-14 school year to be the head basketball coach at Creekside High School in St. Augustine, Florida. Under his leadership, Monsignor Donovan sports grew and teams earned several regional and state championships in volleyball, cross […] Full Story

• Women’s ‘huge influence’ can be magnified with unified Catholic action, NCCW president says

  

  By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
  Published July 24, 2014

  SMYRNA—There are 35 million Catholic women in the United States, the president of the National Council of Catholic Women told those gathered for an archdiocesan women’s leadership and networking workshop June 14. “Just think, if we could all act together on a single issue, what we could accomplish,” said Rebecca Woodhull, a Springfield, Illinois, educator. […] Full Story

• Symposium to focus on practical aspects of music ministry

  Published July 24, 2014

  ATLANTA—Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the Southeastern Liturgical Music Symposium is a gathering of liturgical musicians who share an interest in advancing the quality of Catholic liturgical music. This year’s symposium will be held at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 353 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, on Saturday, Aug. 9. The symposium […]

• Priest killed in Civil War to be honored

  Published July 24, 2014

  JONESBORO—One hundred and fifty years ago this August, a Benedictine priest became the first Catholic chaplain in U.S. military history to be killed in action. Father Emmeran Bliemel, the military chaplain of the 10th Tennessee, died on Aug. 31, 1864, while ministering to soldiers during the Battle of Jonesboro in Georgia. The Father Emmeran Bliemel […] Full Story

• La Salette Father Michael Flanagan dies

  Published July 24, 2014

  ATLANTA—Father Michael J. Flanagan, 82, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, and first pastor of St. Clement Church, in Calhoun, died June 22, the feast of Corpus Christi, at St. Mary Home in West Hartford, Connecticut. Father Flanagan was the administrator of St. Clement beginning in 1981 and became the first pastor when […]

• Prisoner’s carving completes crucifix at St. Brendan Church

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff reporter
  Published July 24, 2014

  CUMMING—For years, the parishioners of St. Brendan the Navigator Church in Cumming have attended Masses, joyous baptisms and weddings, and solemn funerals with the backdrop of a beautiful Celtic cross behind the altar. All the while they have hoped and prayed to be able to add the corpus of Jesus to the cross. During the […]

• New process announced for giving to GRACE Scholars program

  Published July 18, 2014

  ATLANTA—GRACE Scholars introduced a new contribution form on July 15 when the organization began accepting pre-registrations for 2015. The form is available in online and paper versions. In prior years, donors were required to complete two forms. The two forms have combined into one form for 2015. The online form can be completed and submitted […]

• St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital opens café

  Published July 18, 2014

  You don’t need to be sick to eat at St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital, in Greensboro. You just need to be hungry. The hospital announced that as of Thursday, July 17, the new eatery at the hospital is open for meals. Service at the Good Samaritan Café will include a hot and cold breakfast bar, […] Full Story

• Top honors for Emory Saint Joseph’s physician

  Published July 17, 2014

  Dr. Thomas P. McGahan, an Emory Saint Joseph’s physician with Metro Atlanta Gastroenterology, was awarded the hospital’s E. Napier “Buck” Burson Physician Award of Distinction. He was honored recently at the 24th annual dinner and ceremony. The award is Emory Saint Joseph’s highest honor for physician service and is named for Burson, a respected internist, […] Full Story

• Locals aid Catholic World Mission with help to the Balkans

  

  Published July 17, 2014

  The local Bosnian community, Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department and Catholic World Mission teamed up in June to collect and ship relief supplies to aid displaced residents stuck in the aftermath of massive flooding and mudslides in the Balkans. Catholic World Mission, a nonprofit based in New York, and members of the Bosnian Community Center in […]

• Perfect score on SAT and ACT by Holy Spirit Prep student

  Published July 17, 2014

  Meredith Jones, a rising senior at Holy Spirit Prep School in Atlanta, earned the highest possible scores on both the SAT and ACT exams, the standardized tests used by colleges in their admissions process. Meredith scored a 2400 on the SAT and a 36 on the ACT, each in one sitting, taking the two exams […] Full Story

• Parishes can act to help children at border, says ministry head

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff reporter
  Published July 17, 2014

  ATLANTA—Parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are being encouraged to tap the expertise of their members and identify resources to help the wave of children crossing the United States’ borders. Officials from the archdiocese and Catholic Charities Atlanta attended a weeklong immigration conference in Washington, D.C., with a focus on the crisis of tens of […] Full Story

• Meet the 6 new priests of the Atlanta Archdiocese

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published July 10, 2014

  Father Luis Alvarez Age: 31 Birthdate: May 26, 1983 Birthplace: Puerto Rico Parents: Luis Alnedo Alvarez Rodriguez and Carmen Maria Velazquez Melendez. Family: Father Alvarez has a younger brother, Jonathan Luis, and two half-siblings, Alexander and Emily. Education: Attended Georgia Tech for undergraduate studies and participated in Navy ROTC while there. Seminary: St. Vincent Seminary, […]

• For 75 years, the Sisters have given Atlanta a living explanation of ‘our Catholic faith’

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published July 10, 2014

  ATLANTA—In 1939, Savannah was the only diocese in Georgia, and its bishop, Gerald P. O’Hara, welcomed two Hawthorne Dominican Sisters, Mother Mary Rose and Sister Mary Angela, to open a home for the terminally ill in Atlanta. Seventy-five years after the sisters’ nighttime train trip from New York down South, their successors continue to provide […]

• Every stone a prayer as mason builds a parish grotto

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 10, 2014

  DAWSONVILLE—This place of serenity was built with prayer, sweat, and some 200 tons of stones. “Every stone was essentially a prayer for me. It was a pleasure. I miss so much being there,” said longtime stonemason Allen Cerinetti. The grotto is at Christ the Redeemer Church, some 56 miles north of Atlanta. It’s dedicated to […] Full Story

• Retiring St. Jude pastor, Msgr. Fennessy, given fond sendoff, with thanks

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
  Published July 10, 2014

  ATLANTA—Msgr. James Fennessy’s booming Irish brogue and boisterous laugh are familiar sounds in the archdiocese. But those who know him best also know he has a softer, more prayerful side. It’s that pastoral quality that many parishioners credit with carrying them through some of the most difficult times in their lives. Msgr. Fennessy celebrated his […] Full Story

• Being ‘confidently Catholic’ is aim of 10-year-old YAM Toastmasters Club

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 10, 2014

  ROSWELL—The YAM Toastmasters Club celebrated its 10th anniversary in June. Lisa Ryan began the club to connect with fellow Catholics and as a tool for her own professional development. Her vision was that it would be a place where people could speak freely about the Catholic faith, but also learn to speak effectively. “In YAM […] Full Story

• Death penalty conference to focus on reconciliation

  Published July 10, 2014

  SMYRNA—Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty will have an informative gathering, “Restoration, Reconciliation and Forgiveness: A Catholic Perspective on the Death Penalty” on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the archdiocesan Chancery offices, 2401 Lake Park Drive in Smyrna. The program runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The program’s nationally acclaimed speakers will take an in-depth […]

• Father Michael Silloway will speak at Magnificat meal in August

  Published July 10, 2014

  ATLANTA—Father Michael Silloway, whose call to the priesthood unfolded while he was growing up in metro Atlanta and attending the University of Georgia, will speak about his faith journey as the guest speaker at the Magnificat ministry breakfast in August. The Magnificat breakfast will be held on Saturday morning, Aug. 16, at Holy Cross Church […]

• After the hustle of downtown Atlanta, Father Stephen Lyness serves rural parishes

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 10, 2014

  THOMSON—Father Stephen Lyness has changed his ministry from the hustle and energy at Atlanta’s Georgia State University to the unhurried pace of small town Georgia. After nearly a decade working on the downtown campus with its 25,000 undergraduates, Father Lyness has taken up his new position as pastor of St. Joseph Church, Washington, and Our […] Full Story