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• Holy Spirit Prep swimmers compete in state championship

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER
  Published March 22, 2021

  The varsity and middle school swim teams at Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, competed in the Jan. 30 Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) State Swimming Championship. When all 36 events were over, the varsity boys and girls teams placed second and fourth overall, respectively.

• Resilience Fund helping Cristo Rey to secure students’ dreams   

  

  By DIANA VEGA-PUGA, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 19, 2021

  Last year was different from all other years. 2020 brought financial problems to many people, businesses and some schools including Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. The school created a 12-month campaign, The Resilience Fund, to help secure students’ dreams.

• Atlanta Catholic offers Lenten invitation to serve the hemisphere’s poorest

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 18, 2021

  Retired U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen Thomas Wessels of Atlanta invites Catholics to deepen their Lenten experience by joining Malteser International Americas’ mission to uplift the hemisphere’s poorest.

• Catholics lean on faith battling COVID-19 and beyond

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published March 18, 2021

  The coronavirus pandemic has upended life for more than a year. COVID survivors and their loved ones share stories of loss, of leaning on their Catholic faith and the lessons learned.

• Atlanta priests serve as ‘physicians of souls’ during COVID surge 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 18, 2021

  In the past year, a handful of Atlanta priests stepped forward to serve patients hospitalized with COVID-19. This ministry offers peace to those dying and comfort to those lonely, separated from loved ones because of the virus.

• Despite challenges, healthcare workers are hopeful at Atlanta’s Catholic hospital

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published March 18, 2021

  Since the COVID-19 pandemic, staff of Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, the first faith-based hospital in Atlanta, have been working diligently as hundreds have come seeking treatment for the coronavirus.

• COVID-19: Inside the senior experience

  

  By LAUREN ASHE, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 18, 2021

  St. Pius X High School student Lauren Ashe writes about her senior year experience against the backdrop of COVID-19.

• Memorial Masses for coronavirus victims held across the archdiocese

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published March 18, 2021

  As the one-year mark of the pandemic approached, Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., asked parishes to hold memorial Masses for those who died in the last year. 

• Archbishop Hartmayer offers statement on Atlanta shootings

  

  Published March 17, 2021

  Archbishop Hartmayer offered a statement on the March 16 shootings in Atlanta that claimed the lives of eight people. He asks that the Christian family of faith work for the protection of the whole community.

• Gainesville parish partners with health officials to immunize at-risk members

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 15, 2021

  A February collaboration between St. Michael Church in Gainesville and the Hall County Department of Public Health converted the church’s roomy parish hall into a vaccination site to help turn the corner on the pandemic.

• Day of abstinence lifted for Solemnity of St. Joseph

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published March 11, 2021

  In a March 10 decree, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., lifted the day of abstinence for Friday, March 19 as it is the Solemnity of St. Joseph.

• New board chairman at Pregnancy Aid Clinic 

  Published March 9, 2021

  The Pregnancy Aid Clinic announced the appointment of Deacon Gary Schantz as chairman of the board of directors. He serves as a deacon at St. Jude the Apostle Church.

• Coach Tom Hall returns to Blessed Trinity to lead football program

  Published March 4, 2021

  Blessed Trinity High School has announced the appointment of Coach Tom Hall as the third head football coach in school history.

• St. Pius X selects Chad Garrison as new football coach

  Published March 4, 2021

  Coach Chad Garrison, who has served as the offensive line coach with the Golden Lion program since 2000, has been named as St. Pius X High School’s head football coach.

• Local Catholic student athletes sign on to play college sports

  

  Published March 4, 2021

  National Signing Day took place on Feb. 3. Catholic seniors in public, private and Catholic high schools joined other athletes around the country by making it official when they signed binding national letters of intent to play at the college or university level.

• In Rite of Election, hundreds journey toward the church

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published March 4, 2021

  Nearly 1,200 people are expected to join the Catholic Church at this year’s Easter Vigil in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Four parishes hosted Rites of Election on Feb. 20.

• Atlanta priests, bishops take part in racial healing program

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 4, 2021

  A panel examining how to respond to racism in the church said healing will take place once women and men burdened by it are listened to and placed in the center of the conversation. “Pastoral Strategies for Racial Healing in Our Communities” brought together some 50 priests and bishops for an online presentation Feb. 15.

• A second career leads Kelly Wood to serve as St. Catherine of Siena principal

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 4, 2021

  Kelly Wood has been named the new principal for St. Catherine of Siena School after years as a parent volunteer and then a teacher. 

• Archbishop Hartmayer speaks in support of House Bill 485

  Published March 3, 2021

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta, has released the a statement in support of House Bill 485, which would abolish the death penalty in Georgia.

• Archbishop of Atlanta clarifies stance on COVID-19 vaccines

  

  Published March 3, 2021

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta, has released a statement on COVID-19 vaccines following the approval of a third vaccine in the United States.