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• School leaders look ahead to new year

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 11, 2023

  Schools around the Archdiocese of Atlanta opened their doors beginning Aug. 7 for students, from the youngest starting in pre-K to seniors relishing their final year of high school. Three school administrators share their communities’ preparations for the year ahead.

• Archbishop Hartmayer praises CRS work in Honduras 

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published August 11, 2023

  As a member of the Catholic Relief Services Board of Directors, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., traveled to Honduras this summer to witness the agency’s lifesaving work there. 

• Catholic Charities builds community, fosters academic success for Atlanta’s newcomers 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 9, 2023

  With the assistance of Catholic Charities Atlanta many refugee families have found safety in the United States. The organization’s after-school tutoring program helps the children of these families to flourish academically and emotionally.

• Light of Our Parish Life: Adoring Christ before serving others

  

  By ALEXANDER BROWN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published August 2, 2023

  Have you considered the role of adoration in your parish’s service? The youth leadership team at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church gathers monthly for adoration to strengthen their spiritual relationship.

• A spiritual renewal for young Catholics at ‘SteubieATL’ 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 24, 2023

  Hundreds of young believers filled Gas South Convention Center for a weekend of spiritual renewal and high-energy worship at the annual Steubenville Conference.

• Travel: Belinda Held’s lifelong vocation 

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published July 21, 2023

  For Belinda Held, sharing her love of travel with others is a vocation. Held has been working with The Georgia Bulletin for more than a decade to organize pilgrimages and accompany travelers to places of spiritual significance from the Holy Land to Europe and beyond.

• Knights award student scholarships

  Published July 19, 2023

  St. Joseph Knights of Columbus Council 4599 recently presented student scholarships.

• Transfiguration Church Ladies Auxiliary celebrating 20 years

  

  Published July 19, 2023

  The Ladies Auxiliary of Transfiguration Church has reached a significant milestone, celebrating its 20th year of existence.

• Student wins national handwriting competition 

  Published July 19, 2023

  Lexi Pham, who just completed the 5th grade at St. John the Evangelist School, was selected the 5th-grade Grand National Champion in the 32nd annual Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.

• St. Vincent de Paul Georgia expands program to help families escape motel life 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 17, 2023

  St. Vincent de Paul Georgia’s Motel to Home initiative provides support and resources to help families transition into secure, long-term housing.

• Catholic summer travel in Georgia 

  

  By ANNAGRACE DESSEZ
  Published July 14, 2023

  Georgia is full of vast, beautiful places. God’s design is evident through nature, in ornate buildings and in the people you meet. While you may want to visit a classic tourist destination like Panama City Beach or Hilton Head Island, consider seeking God’s presence in the amazing places here in Georgia.

• A day of childhood games for young adults

  

  By BENEDICT ESPOSITO
  Published July 13, 2023

  The young adult group at the Cathedral of Christ the King, 20/30 Somethings, is bringing Field Day back on Saturday, Aug. 19—a perfect way to meet new people and have fun. 

• Catholic Metro Sports announces fall registrations 

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published July 10, 2023

  At more than 16 parishes and schools across the Archdiocese of Atlanta, students from Catholic and public schools are teaming up on soccer fields and basketball courts while their parents get to know each other on the sidelines. 

• Corpus Christi Sunday

  

  Published July 6, 2023

  Father Gaurav Shroff, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Church, led parishioners in a eucharistic procession around Adamson Square in Carrollton. He shares thoughts on video about the procession’s meaning.

• Bringing diverse people of God together through his Body and Blood 

  

  By ALEXANDER BROWN, Special to the Bulletin 
  Published July 6, 2023

  St. Paul of the Cross Church hosted one of many eucharistic processions the weekend of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ for the parish year of the National Eucharistic Revival.  

• Eucharistic procession bridges spiritual and the literal, says St. Aelred pastor 

  

  By ALLISON MAWN, Special to the Bulletin 
  Published July 5, 2023

  On June 11–Corpus Christi Sunday–St. Aelred Catholic Church in Bishop hosted a eucharistic procession. Father Gregory Tipton, pastor of St. Aelred, described the procession as an opportunity to strengthen one’s relationship with Jesus and rejoice in his presence.

• Food truck ministry serves hot meals and hope 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 5, 2023

  The Capuchin Franciscan priests serving in Atlanta and their volunteers are offering simple meals of comfort food to the homeless and hungry near the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Twice a week, people line up for meals outside the order’s food truck.

• Bishops of Atlanta Province call for ‘decisive action’ on gun safety, mental health legislation 

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published June 27, 2023

  Sitting in front of a replica of Michelangelo’s Pietà—the sculpture of Mary holding her crucified son—the bishops of the Atlanta Province signed a joint statement June 27 urging “decisive action” to curb gun violence. 

• Archbishop Hartmayer offers words of support for Jewish community

  

  Published June 26, 2023

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., offered a statement in support of local Jewish communities June 26 following incidences of hate that occurred in Cobb County and in Macon.

• ‘Garden’ musical tells the oldest story in its Atlanta premiere 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 16, 2023

  “Garden” will have its first performance in Atlanta in a two-weekend run starting at the end of July. The Archdiocese of Atlanta and the ECHO Community are producing the musical, based on Genesis.