Georgia
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Blessed Trinity Gets Sixth Win Of Season
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 23, 2008The last time Blessed Trinity High School faced a winless team at home, they lost by three points. To make sure history didn’t repeat itself in the same season, they defeated Cross Keys High School (0-7) 76-0, Oct. 17. Blessed Trinity fullback Sam Burkhalter led the offense with nine carries for 267 yards and four […] Full Story
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Whitewater Edges Out Marist In Softball Sectionals
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 23, 2008It was a scoreless game through five and a half innings, but in the end Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, prevailed 3-2 over a tenacious Marist School in the Class AAAA North Sectionals at Hobgood Park, Woodstock, Oct. 18. Marist was one of the top four teams to advance to sectionals after defeating Forsyth Central High […] Full Story
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Mercy, Pius Compete At Wesleyan Invitational
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 23, 2008Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, and St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, were among the 18 boys and 12 girls cross country teams running at the Wesleyan School Invitational, Norcross, Oct. 18. Mercy brought its boys and girls teams, while the St. Pius boys team competed. Mercy’s Jared Cooper finished 10th out of […] Full Story
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Parishioners, Even Target Stores, Join In Refugee Drives
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 23, 2008Spurred on by the idea that people want to help if asked, Joanne Wider has become an advocate for refugees. Wider enlisted the help of her choir at St. Ann Church, Marietta, neighbors and even a person holding a garage sale by simply telling them about refugees fleeing persecution and their needs as they remake […] Full Story
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Homecoming Planned For Returning Catholics
Published October 23, 2008
The Catholic Diocese of Savannah will sponsor “One in the Spirit: A Catholic Homecoming” at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry on Saturday, Nov. 1. The event, in addition to serving as a celebration of the faith, will place a special emphasis on inviting back those who have been away from the faith. Keynote speakers […] Full Story
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Cathedral Plans Faure’s ‘Requiem’ For All Souls Day
Published October 23, 2008
November is a month traditionally dedicated to remembering ancestors and loved ones who have died. In a liturgy dedicated to those remembrances, Cathedral Choir of the Cathedral of Christ the King will again offer a moving remembrance of the Feast of All Souls. On Saturday, Nov. 1, at 5:30 p.m., Father Charles Byrd will celebrate […] Full Story
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Mercy Students Dramatize Human Cost Of Abortion
Published October 23, 2008
For the second year, Our Lady of Mercy High School brought the issue of life to the forefront in October, holding a pro-life week with a series of events, including a silent witness by one-quarter of the student body to visually dramatize the abortion rate in the United States in a human way. On Oct. […] Full Story
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Notre Dame Program Puts ACE Teachers In Schools
By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
Published October 23, 2008When Elizabeth Stewart first met teachers from Notre Dame University’s Alliance for Catholic Education program in her hometown of Mobile, Ala., these young teachers helped her discern where God was calling her. Nearly a decade later she is serving Atlanta’s Catholic schools in exactly the same way. Stewart described the “ACE-ers” she met in 1998 […] Full Story
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Duluth Church Battles Childhood Mortality In Haiti
Published October 16, 2008
In 1999, St. Monica Church began a parish twinning program with a sister parish, Sacred Heart Church in Hinche, Haiti. In 2000, the first medical mission to Hinche was organized, and many more missions have followed over the past eight years. Eventually these medical mission efforts were augmented by the construction and operation of a […] Full Story
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Archbishop Speaks On Death Penalty At Emory
By REBECCA RAKOCZY, Special To The Bulletin
Published October 16, 2008“It is one of the most difficult issues facing the faithful—but one of the most important life issues. It has caused a deep division within our church,” said Phillip Thompson, director of the Aquinas Center of Theology, as he introduced the night’s speaker and topic. The “difficult issue” is the death penalty; the speaker was […] Full Story
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Priest Assignments
Published October 16, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following changes in priest assignments. Father Fausto Marquez, parochial vicar at St. Jude the Apostle Church, Sandy Springs, and Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta, has also been appointed as spiritual director of La Escuela de la Cruz, effective Oct. 2. Archbishop Gregory has confirmed the recommendation of Father Eddie […] Full Story
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Alveda King To Speak At Stone Mountain Parish
Published October 16, 2008
On Sunday, Oct. 26, the faith in Jesus of many Christians will rock Corpus Christi Church, 600 Mountain View Drive. At 7 p.m., Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will join the parish’s Gospel Choir in a short and stirring presentation of songs of praise. Immediately afterward the widely known speaker will […] Full Story
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Marist Runs Off Fifth Straight Victory
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published October 16, 2008After an opening season loss to St. Pius X High School, Marist School has gone about its business knocking off all subsequent contenders in its path. The team has been victorious in its last five games and is undefeated in region play. Marist furthered its cause Oct. 10 with a 37-7 win over Forsyth Central […] Full Story
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Legatus Chapter Offers Catholic Executives Fellowship
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Special To The Bulletin
Published October 16, 2008Tom Peterson used to suffer from what he calls “affluenza.” It was the desire to collect more and more tokens from the secular world—items such as cars and houses—that showed off his success to those around him. At the time, he was a self-proclaimed workaholic. He was a successful ad agency president who had no […] Full Story
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Gala Raises $60,000 For St. Vincent De Paul Society
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published October 16, 2008Volunteers with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are to bridge the gap between the poor and the well-to-do, telling the life stories of the poor so society cares more, according to the president of DePaul University. Vincentian Father Dennis Holtschneider said the poor are largely ignored in this country. “But you know their […] Full Story
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Queen of Angels Dedicates 10th Year To Mary
Published October 16, 2008
On Sept. 8, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and in honor of Mary’s birthday, students and faculty at Queen of Angels School dedicated their 10th school year to Mary, Queen of Angels, with a Mass, prayer service and blessing. The Mass, held at neighboring St. Peter Chanel Church, was celebrated […] Full Story
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Town Hall Meetings To Give Results Of School Surveys
Published October 16, 2008
Earlier this year, the Catholic University of America conducted online surveys to assist the Archdiocese of Atlanta with a strategic plan for its Catholic schools. Consultative meetings have been scheduled in five locations throughout the archdiocese to present the results of the data that the university has been analyzing. Town hall meetings, scheduled from 7 […] Full Story
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Council Member: Becoming Businesslike Isn’t Heretical
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published October 16, 2008Bill Hughey is the head of strategic planning for at-risk children in Rockdale County. As part of his job he helped create a model in Rockdale that brings together all agencies working with a child and his family into a team because for these kids this will lead to better outcomes. “I became the silo-buster,” […] Full Story
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Archdiocese Impacted By Year 2 Of Strategic Planning: Working Groups Advise Archbishop In Four Key Areas
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
Published October 16, 2008During the past year more than 50 women and men have been wrestling with the future of the Catholic Church in North Georgia. Through meetings, interviews and research, groups of lay people, pastors and archdiocesan officials have wrapped their arms around a church in flux, trying to look at the present condition with objective eyes […] Full Story
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Priest Assignments
Published October 9, 2008
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory has announced the following change in priest assignment. Father Pedro Poloche Rodriguez has been assigned to the Metropolitan Marriage Tribunal, effective Sept. 26. He has also been assigned to serve part-time as parochial vicar at Sacred Heart Church, Atlanta, where he will reside.
