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• Send Us Your Lenten Recipes

  Published March 3, 2011

  Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, March 9, and the tradition of meatless Fridays in Lent typically brings forth the tried-and-true macaroni and cheese, fish sticks, tuna casserole, cheese pizza and the like. What does your family eat during Lent? The Georgia Bulletin staff is offering a challenge to readers to come up with more creative […]

• Catholic Conference Testifies Against Immigration Bill

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published March 3, 2011

  Legislation that proposes new penalties for employing illegal immigrants, possessing fraudulent identification and for transporting or “harboring” illegal immigrants will be debated in the full Georgia House of Representatives. The legislation also proposes giving law enforcement officers in the state the power to enforce federal immigration laws in certain circumstances and requires employers to use […]

• Catholics At Capitol Knock On Legislators’ Doors

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published March 3, 2011

  While the docket of the Georgia House of Representatives includes high-profile legislation aimed at immigrants to this country, legislators heard a reflection Feb. 17 from the chaplain of the day, Bishop Luis R. Zarama, a naturalized U.S. citizen. “You have an enormous task before you this year,” Bishop Zarama said, speaking from the well of […]

• Saint Joseph’s Hospital Sale Appears Imminent

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published March 3, 2011

  The sale of Atlanta’s oldest and only Catholic hospital, Saint Joseph’s Hospital of Atlanta, is imminent, according to hospital officials. The hospital and related entities, Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute, Saint Joseph’s Medical Group, Saint Joseph’s Service Corp. and Saint Joseph’s East Georgia in Greensboro, are those being considered for sale to a new parent […]

• Catholic Charities, Legislators Honoring Msgr. Kiernan

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 3, 2011

  Msgr. R. Donald Kiernan poked his head into the doorway to check on the kindergarteners as they practiced the rosary. This unexpected visitor asked if they were well behaved. The class of youngsters became quiet as he gently taught them to make the sign of the cross. Touch your forehead. Belly button. Left shoulder. Right […]

• Priest Who Started Airport Ministry Loved Travel

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 3, 2011

  Father Jack Druding spent more time than most on airplanes. He’d seen 49 states. (He skipped South Dakota because he couldn’t see the point after a visit to North Dakota.) He visited more than a dozen countries in his travels. So it was no surprise a 2010 trip to Seattle included a stop at the […]

• Combined Collection To Benefit Mission Work

  Published March 3, 2011

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta has combined several second collections into one collection, which will be taken up in all parishes on the weekend of March 12-13. This combined collection will benefit Black and Indian Missions, Catholic Home Missions, and Mission Cooperative. The National Collection for Black and Indian Missions began in 1884 and supports evangelization […]

• Notre Dame Glee Club To Perform March 16

  Published March 3, 2011

  Our Lady of the Assumption Church will host the Notre Dame University Glee Club for a special concert on Wednesday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Atlanta church. Four Georgia Catholics will be singing with the group during their spring tour of the Southeast, including Trigg Ferrano of Holy Family Church, Marietta, Brian and […]

• St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations Begin March 10

  Published March 3, 2011

  The Hibernian Benevolent Society of Atlanta, which started many of Atlanta’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, will sponsor its annual events in honor of Ireland’s patron saint. The festivities kick off with the annual ceremony to honor Father Thomas O’Reilly, a founder of HBSA and the man who was instrumental in saving Atlanta churches and city […]

• Radio Show Host To Speak At Holy Spirit Church

  Published March 3, 2011

  Holy Spirit Church will host Allen Hunt, a Catholic convert and host of “The Allen Hunt Show,” a syndicated talk radio show on WSB radio, on Wednesday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. A former Methodist mega-church pastor, Hunt will reflect on his popular book, “Confessions of a Mega-Church Pastor: How I Found the Hidden Treasures […]

• Vietnamese Church Resolves Waste Transfer Dispute

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 3, 2011

  As many Asian communities throughout the area observed the lunar New Year in February, members of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church doubly celebrated as their battle against Gwinnett County commissioners and a proposed waste transfer station next to their church finally came to an end. After two years of town hall meetings, consistently calling and writing […]

• Area Catholic Athletes Sign On To Play College Sports

  Published February 17, 2011

  National Signing Day took place this year on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Joining other athletes around the country, local Catholic high school seniors made it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play collegiate sports at the college or university of their choice. The list below includes area Catholic athletes who made commitments […]

• Priest Assignments

  Published February 17, 2011

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following priest assignments. Father Terry Crone has been assigned as the first pastor of the newly designated parish of St. Catherine Laboure, Jefferson, effective Feb. 2. He will continue to serve as the pastor of St. Mary Church, Toccoa. Father John T. Howren has been assigned as pastor […]

• Father Druding, Founder Of Airport Ministry, Dies At 74

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 17, 2011

  Father Jack Druding, a priest who shared a morning coffee with Pope John Paul II and was the Catholic priest who offered a friendly ear to travelers and workers alike in ministry at then newly opened Hartsfield International Airport, died on Feb. 12 at St. George Village. He was 74. Father Druding crossed paths with […]

• Rebecca Gallagher Dies

  Published February 17, 2011

  Rebecca Gallagher, the mother of six children, including Father Timothy Gallagher of the Atlanta Archdiocese, died at her home in Godfrey, Ga., on Feb. 12 after an extended battle with brain cancer. She was 72. Born on Dec. 19, 1938 to Pauline Hale Dryden and the late Quinton Dryden, Mrs. Gallagher, known as Becky, grew […]

• Education Celebrated At Catholic Schools Banquet

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE and ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writers
  Published February 17, 2011

  Nancy Crane’s office is cozy with its couch, rocking chair, blankets made by her mom. Not the kind of place you’d expect for the school’s director of discipline. She laughed. “It’s really kind of a joke. We don’t have discipline (problems) at Our Lady of Victory,” she said. A long-time educator, Crane was chosen from […]

• Catholics Urged To Support Archbishop’s Appeal

  By MARY ANNE CASTRANIO, Staff Writer
  Published February 17, 2011

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory is asking Catholics of the archdiocese to “reflect on how God has worked in your own life and participate again, or for the first time,” in this year’s Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, which will run from January to December of this year. The weekend of Feb. 26-27 is Commitment Weekend, when Catholics […]

• Fathers Told Their Family Life Is Saintly

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 17, 2011

  What’s a 16th-century martyr have to teach 21st century fathers? A lot, it turns out. Leave it to Msgr. Richard Lopez to lead a cafeteria of men at St. Pius X High School through the life and times of St. Thomas More and find nuggets of wisdom for them. Try writing a letter to their […]

• 10 Years After 9/11, Different Faiths Seek Harmony

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 17, 2011

  It’s always good to have friends in times of crisis. But it’s even better to have friends all the time. A panel of religious leaders encouraged faith communities to talk, learn and celebrate together. More than 160, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus gathered in Atlanta Feb. 2 to mark the first United Nations World […]

• New Deacons Humbled as They Begin Ministry

  By STEPHEN O'KANE and ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writers
  Published February 17, 2011

  A selfless attitude, a servant’s heart, and a love for the poor are prerequisites for the diaconate, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory told the 2011 class of men ordained Feb. 5 at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Sixteen men were ordained to the permanent diaconate, adding another large class to serve the growing church of […]