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• Choir brings Gregorian chant to worship at Atlanta parishes

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 30, 2021

  A choir of 20-somethings travels to churches in the Archdiocese of Atlanta to sing in Latin at Mass, a practice that largely disappeared from parishes two generations ago.

• Duc In Altum a ‘connector and collaborator’ of ideas for educators

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published April 29, 2021

  What began as a small summit in 2015 is expanding into a national network for educators and the communities they serve. The Duc In Altum Schools Collaborative grew out of a shared desire of summit organizers to bolster faith formation.

• Archbishop Hartmayer addresses return to Mass in letter to the faithful

  

  Published April 29, 2021

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., shares a letter to Catholics in the Archdiocese regarding expiration of the dispensation of obligation to attend Mass.

• Corpus Christi parishioners join community effort to garden with love

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 29, 2021

  Corpus Christi Church parishioners take part in a Stone Mountain community garden effort that helps feed the hungry and creates fellowship among volunteers.

• Archbishop Hartmayer encourages young professionals at speaker series

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 29, 2021

  More than 50 young adults gathered for the executive speaker event featuring Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., sponsored by the local chapter of Young Catholic Professionals.

• Cristo Rey girls’ soccer team, in a first, defeats Holy Spirit

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 27, 2021

  The visiting Flames of Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School defeated the Cougars of Holy Spirit Preparatory School in a girls’ varsity soccer match on April 21.

• Marist War Eagles begin boys’ lacrosse playoffs

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 27, 2021

  The Marist School boys’ varsity lacrosse team wrapped up its season on April 22 with a 9-5 record. The War Eagles of Marist next takes the field at the Class A-5A Boys State Lacrosse Championship, starting April 28.

• Archbishop’s statement on Chauvin conviction

  

  Published April 22, 2021

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., released a statement on the conviction of a former Minnesota police officer in the murder of George Floyd.

• Jake Rodgers named head of school at Pinecrest Academy

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 16, 2021

  Jake Rodgers has been named the new head of school at Pinecrest Academy for the 2021-22 school year. Born in San Antonio and raised in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, Rodgers came from a family of educators.

• Marist alumnus Derek Waugh to lead War Eagle athletic program

  Published April 16, 2021

  Marist School has announced that Derek Waugh, a 1989 Marist graduate, will be the school’s next athletic director.

• New Catholic Foundation fund meeting pandemic needs

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 15, 2021

  The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia distributed its first round of Emergency Response Fund grants. The foundation contributed $242,000 to organizations meeting needs created by the pandemic.

• Atlanta’s 2021 jubilarian priests

  

  Published April 15, 2021

  Sixteen priests serving in the Archdiocese of Atlanta celebrate milestone anniversaries of ordinations to the priesthood this year.

• Catholics encourage long-term support of Newnan’s tornado recovery

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published April 15, 2021

  In a matter of minutes a powerful nighttime tornado in late March destroyed businesses and homes in Coweta county, leaving many families without a place to live. Deacon Steve Swope of Newnan is encouraging Catholic parishes to join aid efforts.

• Renewal of promises draws priests together at Chrism Mass

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 14, 2021

  Sixteen priests were honored for their years of ministry in the Archdiocese of Atlanta when Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., celebrated the second Chrism Mass shaped by the pandemic. 

• ‘Serve in Style’ to help Christ Child Society continue mission

  Published April 6, 2021

  Christ Child Society of Atlanta will host its annual fundraiser this year as a virtual event, April 17-24. The fundraiser, “Serve in Style,” will include an online auction.

• Atlanta joins Vatican’s Laudato Si’ action plan for global church

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 1, 2021

  Representatives from around the world will take part in the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Action Plan working group, including Kat Doyle, director of Justice and Peace Ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. 

• Catechists honored as front line evangelizers

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 1, 2021

  In a March 15 virtual ceremony, the Office of Formation and Discipleship honored catechetical leaders from parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Atlanta for their years of service, dedication and accomplishments.

• Deacon Donald Kelsey, longtime airport chaplain, dies March 11

  

  Published March 31, 2021

  Deacon Donald A. Kelsey, of Suwanee, died March 11. He was 88 years old. Deacon Kelsey served many years as an airport chaplain.

• Mourning shooting victims, Asian Catholics join others against violence 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 31, 2021

  Colorful flower bouquets carpeted the entryway of the Gold Spa. “Stop Asian Hate” signs were carried by some of the more than 100 mourners at the Atlanta spa, one location of a crime spree where a man shot to death eight people. Catholics joined others at a March 21 interfaith service outside the spa.

• The archbishop’s Holy Week statement on racism

  

  Published March 31, 2021

  On March 31, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., offered a statement on racism, pledging a personal commitment to model the change that must take place to eradicate the sin.