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• Georgia’s bishops call abortion ruling a ‘terrible step backwards’ 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published October 1, 2024

  Georgia’s bishops offered a statement Oct. 1, following the ruling that struck down the state’s LIFE Act. In it they ask for all people of goodwill to take the cause for life to prayer and action.

• Georgia’s abortion ban struck down again; abortions can now be performed up to 22 weeks 

  

  By OSV NEWS
  Published September 30, 2024

  Judge Robert McBurney of Superior Court of Fulton County in Atlanta ruled Sept. 30 that Georgia can no longer enforce its so-called “heartbeat law” on abortion.

• Hundreds mourn Christian Angulo following Apalachee High School shooting  

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 26, 2024

  Family, friends, classmates and teachers filled the pews at St. Matthew Church, in Winder, for the funeral of Christian Gabriel Angulo, a 14-year-old student who died in the shooting at Apalachee High School on Sept. 4.

• Catholics4Habitat raise walls on 50th home in Cobb County 

  Published September 25, 2024

  On Saturday, Sept. 7, Catholics4Habitat raised the first walls on its 50th Habitat for Humanity home in the City of Austell.

• New president of Holy Spirit Preparatory School envisions a ‘community of joy’  

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 20, 2024

  Aimee Viana is the new president of Atlanta’s Holy Spirit Preparatory School. “My goal is to form faithful young men and women,” she said.

• Middle schoolers embrace Gospel of Jesus at ‘Holy Fire’   

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org.
  Published September 20, 2024

  Hundreds of middle school youth renewed their baptismal promises at “Holy Fire,” a Sept. 14 event featuring music, encouraging speakers, the sacrament of reconciliation and Mass.  

• St. Mary Magdalene Church: Celebrating a quarter century 

  

  By MELISSA HENDERSON, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 20, 2024

  St. Mary Magdalene Church in Coweta County is celebrating a significant milestone: its 25th anniversary.

• Pregnancy Aid Clinic to celebrate 40th anniversary at ‘An Evening for Life’  

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2024

  Pregnancy Aid Clinic (PAC) will host “An Evening for Life” gala on Oct. 27 at the Georgia Aquarium. PAC provides medical services and parenting support for pregnant women in need.

• Our Lady of Lavang community meets at Blessed Trinity High School

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2024

  A burgeoning Vietnamese community—named to honor Our Lady of Lavang—uses space at Blessed Trinity High School. The community typically draws a couple hundred people for Sunday Mass.

• Pro-life work continues following abortion clinic closure 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 9, 2024

  Leaders in the movement against abortion in the Archdiocese of Atlanta have guarded optimism that the Atlanta Women’s Center, one of the large abortion providers in the area, has closed its doors.  

• Queen of Angels School receives $100,000 donation

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 6, 2024

  Queen of Angels School was named the beneficiary of a $100,000 donation from a local parishioner. The gift will enhance Catholic education for students.

• St. Matthew Church comforting community following school shooting 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 6, 2024

  St. Matthew Church in Barrow County is comforting the grief-stricken following a tragic shooting Sept. 4 at Apalachee High School in Winder.

• Archdiocese of Atlanta plans new interparochial Catholic school 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 6, 2024

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta is preparing to open a new school in Hall County. This will be the first new school established by the archdiocese in close to 20 years.  

• Cristo Rey announces director of corporate work study 

  Published September 5, 2024

  New director of Corporate Work Study named at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School.  

• Bishop Tran visits Mary Our Queen camp 

  

  Published September 5, 2024

  A two-week program at Mary Our Queen Church was an opportunity for 20 children, from 2 to 15, to experience a summer camp.

• Bishops of Atlanta urge prayer and action following Apalachee High School shooting 

  

  Published September 4, 2024

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., was joined by Atlanta’s auxiliary bishops in offering prayers for healing for the Winder community following the Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee High School.

• Ghanaian Catholic community in Atlanta marks a decade 

  

  Published September 4, 2024

  The Ghanaian Community in the Archdiocese of Atlanta recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. 

• Pinecrest students learn skills for the future 

  Published September 4, 2024

  Pinecrest Academy students are gearing up for this fall’s robotic competition as the private school debuts a robotics club for the 2024-2025 school year.  

• Chart-topping Hillbilly Thomists perform in Georgia as part of ‘Marigold’ tour 

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published September 4, 2024

  A band of Dominican friars is making its third appearance on Billboard’s bluegrass chart. The Hillbilly Thomists visited Atlanta as part of a summer tour.

• Deacon Alfred Mitchell, former director of deacon personnel, dies August 27 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 1, 2024

  Deacon Alfred Mitchell, former director of deacon personnel for the archdiocese, died Aug. 27. He served in that capacity for 15 years and was also a deacon for Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Decatur.