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• Priest Assignments

  Published March 29, 2012

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Alvaro D. Avendano has been assigned as administrator of St. Helena Mission, Clayton, effective Feb. 15. Msgr. Francois Smith Jeannot, who has retired from ministry in the Jacmel Diocese in Haiti, has been assigned as presiding priest for Masses for the Haitian […]

• AACCW Recognition Day Honors Those Who Serve

  

  By JEAN DRISKELL, Special To The Bulletin
  Published March 29, 2012

  Nominated by their parish communities, 58 women and 54 senior high school youth of the Atlanta Archdiocese were honored March 3 for their ministry and service to the church at the 35th annual Recognition Day, sponsored by the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women. AACCW president Dana Lee Willis, speaking at the Recognition Day Mass, […]

• Radio Hosts Lead Panel On Religious Freedom

  By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special To The Bulletin
  Published March 29, 2012

  As radio hosts, Greg and Jennifer Willits are no strangers to hearing a wide array of listeners’ opinions. But when it comes to the federal health plan mandating free contraceptive coverage by most religious employers, the couple has been surprised by both the support and the dissent the topic has generated. The Willitses, hosts of […]

• Catholic Charities Atlanta Gala Honors Sister Valentina

  Published March 29, 2012

  A Sister of Mercy who has served for more than 60 years in various roles in the archdiocese, from Catholic school superintendent and parish administrator to director of mission integration at Saint Joseph’s Hospital, will be honored at the fifth annual Catholic Charities Atlanta Gala. Sister Valentina Sheridan, RSM, is to receive the Archbishop John […]

• Pilgrimage To Link Christ’s Passion, Social Justice

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 29, 2012

  The 32nd annual Good Friday Pilgrimage, which is a “walking prayer” linking the solemn remembrance of Christ’s Passion with contemporary social justice questions, will take place on April 6, sponsored by the social justice ministries of the archdiocese. Participants will gather on the steps of the state Capitol at 8:45 a.m. on Good Friday. Archbishop […]

• Social Justice Series Starts With Nuclear Disarmament

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 29, 2012

    A new series for Catholics will begin in April, with the aim of providing in-depth discussions on current social justice topics that are often overlooked. The first program will focus on the Church’s teaching on nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and nuclear disarmament. “Part of the reason we are doing the series is […]

• Emory Chaplain Sees ‘Profound Faith’ In Students

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 29, 2012

  During the past months, The Georgia Bulletin has profiled the new college and high school chaplains in the Atlanta Archdiocese. Father Diosmar Natad, 45, serves the Catholic students at Emory University and Agnes Scott College. His first undergraduate degree was in chemical engineering. Later he went on to study philosophy in seminary and earn two […]

• For Sixth ‘Via Crucis,’ Parishioner Portrays Jesus

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 29, 2012

  Throughout Lent and leading up to Holy Week, Catholics are encouraged to meditate on the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus through many means, whether by fasting, sacrifice or special prayers such as the Stations of the Cross. For Sacred Heart Basilica parishioner Justo Roman Zepeda, Holy Week has taken on special meaning. For the […] Full Story

• Atlanta Rally Echoes Call To Rescind HHS Mandate

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 29, 2012

  Catholics and others crowded the Georgia statehouse plaza on Friday, March 23, and spilled across Washington Street at a rally for religious freedom. Standing under umbrellas in the spring rain, speakers passionately opposed a recent U.S. Health and Human Services’ mandate, which requires health insurance plans to include and pay for employees’ contraception, including abortion-inducing […] Full Story

• Anno Hardage Tapped For Catholic Charities Atlanta Role

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 15, 2012

  When she was chancellor of the archdiocese in the late 1990s, Anno Hardage helped oversee the “Building the Church of Tomorrow” campaign that generated over $70 million to help build new Catholic schools and campus centers, fund endowments for archdiocesan needs, and give parishes a share of the donations for their big-ticket projects. A dozen […]

• Reader’s Lenten Recipe: Testing Day Soup – Or Tortellini Soup

  Published March 15, 2012

  Reader Jeannine Ferrara, school counselor at St. Jude the Apostle School, Atlanta, sent in this recipe with a story: “During school admissions testing, I make lunch for the teachers and staff who come in on two Saturdays in February and evaluate potential students. One of the teachers is a vegetarian and one of the student […]

• Priest Assignment

  Published March 15, 2012

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. He has confirmed the recommendation of Father Joseph G. Bachand, provincial superior of the Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette and Father Claude F. Rheaume, local superior and director of LaSalette of Enfield, and has assigned Father Roger J. Plante, MS, as senior […]

• Catholic Charities Opens New Northlake Office

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 15, 2012

  The Immigration Legal Services and Refugee Resettlement arms of Catholic Charities Atlanta have found a new home in an office park off Northlake Parkway just inside the Atlanta Interstate-285 perimeter. The Catholic Charities services moved from their former location on West Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta to an office near Northlake Mall, increasing their space […]

• Young Adult Easter Event, ‘Pascua Juvenil,’ To Be Held

  Published March 15, 2012

  An Easter celebration, “Encountering the Living Jesus Christ,” will be held for young adults of the archdiocese on Saturday, April 14. The Archdiocese of Atlanta Office of Formation and Discipleship and the Hispanic Ministry Office are the sponsors. The Easter celebration, “Pascua Juvenil,” is for young adults 18 and older. The celebration will provide them […] Full Story

• Bishop Zarama To Speak At SVdP Spring Conference

  Published March 15, 2012

  Auxiliary Bishop Luis R. Zarama will give the keynote address at the annual membership meeting, Spring to Life, of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Atlanta on Saturday, March 24, at St. Pius X High School. Each year the volunteers for SVdP, called Vincentians, gather for education, inspiration and fellowship. All are invited and […] Full Story

• Southeastern Equestrian Order Members Meet In Atlanta

  Published March 15, 2012

  The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, Southeastern Lieutenancy of the United States, is scheduled to hold its annual meeting on Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21, at the Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel and Holy Spirit Church. Some 500 members of the ancient order are expected to attend the weekend conference. The events […] Full Story

• Pinecrest Hosts Middle School Music Festival

  Published March 15, 2012

  Pinecrest Academy will host the Atlanta Archdiocesan Middle School Honors Music Festival on Saturday, March 24, at 4 p.m. Top vocal and instrumental performers from participating archdiocesan schools, grades five through eight, will participate in the festival, which will include beginning bands, advanced bands, and choir. Students will meet and begin rehearsing at 8:30 a.m. and […] Full Story

• Irish Musician To Play St. Patrick’s Day Concerts

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 15, 2012

  Among the many activities planned in Atlanta for St. Patrick’s Day will be appearances by Irish musician Liam O’Connor. Kicking off an Irish Pride Festival on the afternoon of March 17, and later giving an evening concert at the Buckhead Theatre, O’Connor will perform music rooted in the Irish tradition, accompanied by traditional Irish dancers. […] Full Story

• Cathedral of Christ The King: A Day In The Life

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER and ANDREW NELSON, Georgia Bulletin Staff (Photos by Michael Alexander, Text by Andrew Nelson
  Published March 15, 2012

  The Gothic Cathedral of Christ the King overlooks the famed Peachtree Road of Atlanta. Beneath its spires, generations of Catholics in the archdiocese have experienced the life cycle of their faith from joyous baptisms as holy water touches the foreheads of youngsters to tearful funerals as Catholics pray for their beloved dead. For 75 years, […]

• Pius Wins First Home Game On Its ‘Field of Dreams’

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published March 1, 2012

  On a balmy, February winter afternoon, the St. Pius X High School baseball team christened its new field, the Seaver Family Sports Complex, on the first day of the 2012 season with a 2-1 victory over Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell. In the school’s 53-year history, it was the baseball team’s first home game on […]