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• The Class of 2021: Top scholars honored at Catholic high schools

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 27, 2021

  Valedictorians and salutatorians from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta were honored for their academic achievements.

• Nonprofit rooted in Corpus Christi Church supports youth on the margins

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2021

  Youth for Humanity, a nonprofit founded by a Corpus Christi parishioner, supports youth in the Stone Mountain and surrounding areas through community service projects and educational programs.

• Historical issues of The Georgia Bulletin now available online

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 26, 2021

  Digital versions of The Georgia Bulletin are now available to search online. A project of the Office of Archives and Records of the archdiocese, full text issues from 1963-1980 may be accessed through the Digital Library of Georgia.

• Blessed Trinity lacrosse teams claim double championships

  

  By ANDREW NELSON
  Published May 19, 2021

  Blessed Trinity’s lacrosse teams recently swept the Class A-5A finals, repeating from 2018 as double champions. The girls wrapped up their 15-2 season as the boys capped their undefeated season with a come-from-behind win.

• Marist School athletic director retires after 25 years

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 15, 2021

  Thomas “Tommy” Marshall, Marist School athletic director, will retire this summer after 25 years serving at the Catholic high school. 

• School in Ghana named in honor of Bishop Joel Konzen

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published May 13, 2021

  A new school, named for Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, of Atlanta, will open doors and possibilities for 225 vulnerable children living in Ghana, West Africa.

• Walking With Moms in Need initiative addresses barriers to choosing life

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 12, 2021

  The goal of a new program, Walking With Moms in Need, is to draw parish members together to accompany pregnant women and their families through difficult circumstances.

• Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church feeds hundreds daily

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 12, 2021

  This outreach from Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church finds those who are isolated from others. As trust grows, the goals grow beyond a daily plate of food–from helping to land a temporary job to providing clothing. 

• Remembering Deacon Ed Grabowy of St. Ann Church

  Published May 12, 2021

  Deacon Ed Grabowy, 82, died April 29 after a short illness. He served at St. Ann Church, Marietta, for many years.

• Churches playing critical roles in vaccine efforts

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 5, 2021

  Parishes in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are joining in the effort to get vaccines into people’s arms. A year ago, in these same places public Masses were cancelled.  

• Georgia Bulletin pilgrimages take flight in 2022

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 2, 2021

  Reservations are being accepted for two Georgia Bulletin pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and Oberammergau, Germany for the Passion Play.

• 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.