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• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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, […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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 […] Full Story

• 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

• Administrator named for new Acworth mission

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published July 10, 2014

  ACWORTH—Father Mark Starr will be able to draw on his former career as a professional engineer in his assignment as administrator of a new mission, to be established in Acworth. Father Starr, who was ordained a priest just two years ago, celebrated his final Mass as a parochial vicar of St. Joseph Church in Marietta […] Full Story

• St. Mary’s Health Care System salutes its top employees

  

  Published July 10, 2014

  Jeanine Mullins, financial systems analyst with St. Mary’s Health Care System’s patient financial services, received the Athens hospital’s highest honor at an annual event to recognize employees on June 5 at the Classic Center. Mullins received the 10th annual Catherine McAuley Award, named in honor of the foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, the religious […] Full Story

• Hunger doesn’t take a summer break

  Published July 10, 2014

  Parishioners at Atlanta’s Cathedral of Christ the King are participating again in MUST Ministries’ summer lunch program.  MUST provides summer lunches to more than 250,000 children in the metro area. This is the fourth summer that CTK parishioners have joined the community effort. Pastor Msgr. Frank McNamee challenged the parish community to provide 1,000 lunches […] Full Story

• Athens students pen winning essays about religious freedom

  Published July 10, 2014

  Knights of Columbus Council 6514 from St. Joseph Church, Athens, sponsored essay contests for eighth-graders at St. Joseph School and students at Monsignor Donovan High School. The theme of the contest was “The Importance of Religious Freedom.” Cash awards and certificates were given to first, second and third place winners in each grade category. And […] Full Story

• Korean War vets honored at dinner

  

  Published July 10, 2014

  Korean War veterans were honored guests at a dinner at All Saints Church, Dunwoody, hosted by the Knights of Columbus, including a representative from the government of South Korea. On May 31, the Father Charles J. Watters Assembly 2688 and the Father Joseph T. O’Callahan Assembly 3441 together celebrated the living Korean War vets. Some […] Full Story