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• Frigid weather brings challenges, chances to help others

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published January 23, 2014

  ATLANTA—Georgia’s record-breaking, polar temperatures in early January left some parishes in the archdiocese scrambling to fix broken pipes, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul preparing for what’s to come. Nine parishes reported burst water or sprinkler pipes in the days after the deep freeze the week of Jan. 6. Four claims have been […] Full Story

• Birmingham bomb victims remembered at 2014 MLK Mass

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 23, 2014

  ATLANTA—A leader in the Kenyan Catholic community was celebrated at the annual Archdiocese of Atlanta Mass for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observance. Victoria Mburu, 41, received the Father Bruce Wilkinson Founders Award for bringing the East African immigrants together for support, friendship and worship. “I was definitely honored. I couldn’t do it by […]

• Catholic Foundation announces fall grant recipients

  Published January 23, 2014

  ATLANTA—For the fall 2013 grant cycle, the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia awarded 29 general grants totaling $92,100, and 10 parish enrichment grants totaling $10,000. According to Nancy Coveny, executive director of the Catholic Foundation, the foundation received its greatest number of requests to date during this grant cycle. Forty-four applications totaling just over $440,000 […]

• Catholic Charities Atlanta announces graduation of 2013 Leadership Class

  

  Published January 23, 2014

  ATLANTA—The 42 men and women of the 2013 Leadership Class sponsored by Catholic Charities Atlanta (CCA) graduated in a ceremony held Jan. 8 at the Georgian Club. The leadership program, concluding its third year, continues to grow as young faithful Catholic leaders seek opportunities to learn servant leadership and incorporate their faith in the workplace. […] Full Story

• Opportunities to serve in the spotlight at upcoming ‘Salt and Light’ exposition

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, ngolden@georgiabulletin.org
  Published January 23, 2014

  ATLANTA—“Being Salt and Light” is the theme of the second annual archdiocesan Justice and Peace Exposition. Admission and parking are free for the Saturday, Feb. 8, event, to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Chancery offices, located at 2401 Lake Park Drive, in Smyrna. “All they need is an open heart,” […] Full Story

• High school integration meant an Atlanta black Catholic could ‘come home’

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2014

  ATLANTA—Charles Reginald Moore was the first African-American to graduate from St. Joseph’s High School in Atlanta. Entering in the fall of 1962, when the first black students desegregated Catholic schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese, Moore came in as a junior. He graduated in 1964 from the archdiocesan high school, which was then located on Courtland […]

• Photo inspires look back at era when Catholic schools desegregated

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2014

  ATLANTA—Fifty years ago, federal court pressure was forcing Atlanta to dismantle an unjust segregated public school system. The bishops of Georgia and South Carolina decided that this was the right time to also desegregate the Catholic schools. Documents in the Archdiocese of Atlanta Archives show what a stressful and carefully planned effort this was over […]

• Soldiers thank Immaculate Heart of Mary students

  

  Published January 9, 2014

  Students at Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Atlanta, support overseas members of the military with care packages several times a year. But this time students were on the receiving end of thank you notes and pictures. Soldiers wrote to the students how much the handwritten notes, lip balm, crackers and assorted odds and ends mean […] Full Story

• St. Brendan serves 280 families in need

  Published January 9, 2014

  St. Brendan the Navigator’s Christmas Market was huge for 280 families who attended. Approximately 100 volunteers from the parish served the families for three hours. The doors to the parish social hall in Cumming were opened as the ministry served 494 children, 586 adults and 71 seniors. They registered 20 new families, gave out 160 […] Full Story

• Students take mission trip to Nicaragua

  

  Published January 9, 2014

  Half of Atlanta’s Sophia Academy’s high school students and two staff members went last November on a weeklong mission trip to Chinandega, Nicaragua, with Amigos for Christ. Before their departure, Father Joseph Peek showed the high school students a relic of the first degree of Jesus’ cross—the students kissed the relic in preparation for their […] Full Story

• National leadership position for Newnan priest

  Published January 9, 2014

  Father Henry Atem, the pastor of St. George Church, in Newnan, has been selected as the national president of the African Conference of Catholic Clergy and Religious in the United States. He served as the national vice president from 2009 to 2013. There are ranges of challenges faced by African clergy and religious, with the […] Full Story

• St. Joseph student wins Catholic citizenship essay contest

  Published January 9, 2014

  Olivia Nottoli was the top winner of the Knights of Columbus Council 4599 annual Catholic citizenship essay contest for 2013. This year’s topic was “Religious Liberty: The Importance of Religious Freedom.” Olivia is an eighth-grade student at St. Joseph School in Marietta. She will now be entered into the Knights of Columbus district competition to […] Full Story

• American Heritage Girls place wreaths in Marietta

  Published January 9, 2014

  The community on Saturday, Dec. 14, marked Wreaths Across America day. Many individuals participated in placing over 500,000 wreaths at more than 800 veterans and military cemeteries, including in north Georgia. The event involved adults and many youth and scouting-style groups participated. The event, which began with one man’s efforts at Arlington National Cemetery, has grown to […] Full Story

• Reception for Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Prayer Journal’ set for Jan. 26

  By PAULA LAWTON BEVINGTON, Special to the Bulletin
  Published January 9, 2014

  Flannery O’Connor, arguably Georgia’s preeminent author, has a new book out. Never mind that she has been dead nearly 50 years. “A Prayer Journal,” written by O’Connor and edited by William A. Sessions, was published in November 2013 and has evoked high praise from reviewers. The board of the Flannery O’Connor – Andalusia Foundation will […] Full Story

• Annual Valentine event focuses on World Marriage Day

  Published January 9, 2014

  ATLANTA—The second Sunday of February has become “World Marriage Day” in 43 states and several military bases in foreign countries. World Marriage Day honors couples as the head of the family, the basic unit of society.  The observance salutes the beauty of a couple’s fidelity, sacrifice and joy in married life. The Atlanta Area Worldwide Marriage […] Full Story

• Memorial Mass set for Archbishop Gregory’s mother

  Published January 9, 2014

  ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will celebrate Mass in memory of his mother, Ethel Duncan Gregory, who died Dec. 10, 2013, in Chicago. The Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta. A reception will follow in Kenny Hall. All are welcome to attend.

• Retirement for priests can open new avenues for ministry

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published January 9, 2014

  ATLANTA—Although officially retired from active ministry, many diocesan priests continue dedicated ministries serving in Atlanta and beyond. Father Richard Morrow, Msgr. William Hoffman, Father Walter Foley and Father Patrick McCormick have a combined 192 years of service as priests. ‘I’m 84 and I’m still needed’ Father Richard “Dick” Morrow has been a priest for 58 […]

• Jasper parish to host speaker on Christians in the Middle East

  Published January 9, 2014

  JASPER—Father Dominique Hanna will present “The Confessing Christians in the East” at Our Lady of the Mountains Church in Jasper on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 5 p.m. Father Hanna, pastor of St. Joseph Maronite Catholic Church in Atlanta, will speak about the history and the heroism of the suffering Christians in the Middle East. Father […] Full Story

• Two schools produce mixed results on the hardwood

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published January 9, 2014

  ROSWELL—The Blessed Trinity High School girls basketball team (6-7) scored the first six points of the game before Johns Creek High School (4-7) scored its first basket. When halftime rolled around, Johns Creek held a 27-19 lead. At the end of the third quarter Johns Creek held a 10-point lead. With 1:26 remaining in the […]

• Annual celebration planned for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  Published January 9, 2014

  ATLANTA—The annual weekend celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be held in the Atlanta Archdiocese on Jan. 16, 18-19.  The theme of the weekend is “The Content of Their Character: Made in the Image and Likeness of God—Remembering the 16th Street Baptist Church Four Little Girls and the Martyrs […] Full Story