Georgia
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Helping with homework is ‘doing justice’
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 19, 2013ATLANTA—The classroom walls are covered with reports on field trips to Clark Atlanta University, certificates celebrating students as “rockin’ readers,” and books line the shelves. The students file in, stuff their bags and jackets into the cubbyholes and take a seat as homework help begins. Today, it’s special: there’s a chocolate birthday cake. This classroom […]
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In jubilee year, sisters still zealous in ministries
By NICHOLE GOLDEN
Published December 19, 2013The year 2013 was one of milestones for several sisters in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Celebrating jubilee anniversaries with their congregations this year were Sister Margaret McAnoy, IHM; Sister Nora Ryan, OP; Sister Mary Paul, OP, and Sister Mary Ellen, OP.
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Christ Child Society volunteers see children in need as face of Jesus
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published December 19, 2013ATLANTA—The Christ Child Society of Atlanta, celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014, continues the mission of “Challenging Poverty: One Child at a Time.” The group has 70 members representing various parishes. The women assemble and distribute layettes of baby care items to mothers in need, collect gently used books for children, rock infants at Grady […]
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IHM students collect 599 toys
Published December 19, 2013
Each year the Student Council at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Atlanta organizes a toy drive for Catholic Charities Atlanta. The yearly goal is 300 toys. This year, however, the Student Council exceeded that goal and actually collected 599 toys. These new, unopened toys will be delivered to needy children in time for Christmas. […]
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Motorcycle clubs replenish Shrine food pantry
Published December 19, 2013
Metro Atlanta motorcycle riders filled the food pantry shelves at the St. Francis Table in Atlanta. John Peek of KickStand Promotions, LLC, a local motorcycle marketing company, teamed with riders and Deacon Bill Payne at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to help those in need. The table serves about 1,500 men, women and children […] Full Story
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Stand for Life to be held in Atlanta, Washington Jan. 22
Published December 19, 2013
ATLANTA—The inaugural Stand for Life will take place in two locations to highlight one powerful cause. Stand for Life, designed to commemorate and focus attention on the 1973 Supreme Court decisions legalizing abortion in the United States, will have events in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Nine major events will be held in both cities. […] Full Story
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BT sophomore honored for volunteerism
Published December 19, 2013
A sophomore at Blessed Trinity High School, in Roswell, Luke Donovan has earned a place as a national Points of Light volunteer. This is the nation’s largest volunteer organization, started by the first President Bush. Donovan organized a warm clothing drive for the area elementary schools, through the high school’s St. Vincent de Paul chapter. […]
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Gift of Grace House decorated for Christmas
Published December 19, 2013
For the 18th year, the AIDS Ministry of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart decorated the Gift of Grace House for Christmas. Monica Rudolph, AIDS ministry coordinator, organized the event. Ten adults helped by six children attended the festive event. They decorated a live Christmas tree, the front porch and the living room of the […]
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Trappist Brother Ken Sullivan, 85, dies
Published December 19, 2013
CONYERS—Brother Kenneth (Ken) Sullivan, 85, monk of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers, died peacefully in the monastery’s infirmary on Monday, Dec. 2. The celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial was Friday, Dec. 6, in the Abbey church. Brother Ken was born in February 1928 in Newport, R. I., the son of […]
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Father Niel Jarreau, Jesuit retreat director, dies
Published December 19, 2013
ATLANTA—Father J. Niel Jarreau, SJ, a longtime retreat director at Ignatius House Retreat Center, died on Dec. 10 in Opelousas, La. He was 87. Father Jarreau, who was known as Father Niel, had been a member of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) for 70 years and a priest for 57 years. He served his […]
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Christmas Eve Mass to be celebrated at historic Sharon church
Published December 13, 2013
SHARON—Catholics and their friends from across Georgia are creating a Christmas Eve tradition in the state’s oldest parish, the Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Sharon. Pilgrims will gather for carols at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, and Mass at 4:30 p.m. in the white clapboard […] Full Story
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National speaker Jason Evert will talk to teens about chastity
Published December 6, 2013
ATLANTA—Adults and teens will have the chance to hear from a nationally known speaker and author with a focus on the virtue of chastity. In collaboration with Holy Trinity Church, Peachtree City, and St. Monica Church, Duluth, the Office of Formation and Discipleship has announced the second annual national speaker series featuring Jason Evert. He […] Full Story
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Cancer survivor to play college lacrosse
Published December 6, 2013
A young man recently profiled in the Georgia Bulletin for his fight against childhood cancer will be playing lacrosse at the collegiate level. Blessed Trinity High School senior Sean Dever, 18, will play lacrosse goalie at Young Harris College, Young Harris. He lost a leg during his cancer treatment six years ago. Mary Beth Dever, […]
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Corrigans receive Marist’s highest honor
Published December 6, 2013
Marie and Dr. Victor Corrigan II received the 2012-2013 St. Peter Chanel Award, the highest honor Marist School bestows. The St. Peter Chanel Award is given in recognition of individuals whose support and leadership has advanced the mission of Marist School. The award is named for the saint who sacrificed his life to his missionary […] Full Story
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Parishioners realize ‘dream’ of establishing Vietnamese parish in Norcross
By ANNE NEUFELD RUTZ, Special to the Bulletin
Published December 6, 2013NORCROSS—The first Sunday of Advent took on a special meaning for the members of the newest parish in the archdiocese, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church in Norcross. After 17 years as a mission, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs officially became a parish in mid-October and celebrated the elevation at a Mass of thanksgiving on Dec. 1. It joins […] Full Story
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Looking Back: December 1963
Published December 6, 2013
The second session of the Second Vatican Council came to an end on Dec. 4, 1963, with the approval of a “sweeping reform of the public worship of the Church by passing the Liturgical Constitution by an overwhelming majority of 2,147 to 4,” according to a front-page article in the Dec. 5 edition of The […] Full Story
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Ministries refocus on helping those living with HIV
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2013ATLANTA—Mary Paetsch carries a leather portfolio filled with loose papers. It’s sort of a diary. She scribbles on the papers phone messages from people with HIV and AIDS who have turned to the AIDS ministry at St. Ann’s Church pleading for help. Her cryptic notes tell of the aid given: February 1998: rent; November 1999: […]
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Film profiles sisters’ work among poor, homeless, imprisoned
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2013ATLANTA—The documentary “Band of Sisters” opens with two headphone-wearing nuns fielding questions from listeners about the lives of women religious and the Catholic faith. “Podcasting live from the convent,” says the announcer. The Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta featured the film “Band of Sisters” at a Nov. 12 screening in the […]
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CTK offers ‘Readings and Carols’
Published December 6, 2013
ATLANTA—The Cathedral Choir of Christ the King will celebrate the return of its annual presentation, “A Candlelight Service of Readings and Carols,” on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. This Cathedral tradition combines the prophetic expectation of Advent with the joyful fulfillment of Christ’s birth. The visual and acoustic environment of the Cathedral will be […]
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Summons to more ‘selfless’ living, in imitation of Christ, closes Year of Faith
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published December 6, 2013ATLANTA—The glorious music of the Cathedral Choir filled the air, and the pews and aisles were teeming with worshippers as the Year of Faith in Atlanta came to a close Sunday, Nov. 24, at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory presided at the Year of Faith closing Mass with Bishop Luis […]
