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• Feed the hungry: Catholic volunteers partner with Rise Against Hunger

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published July 11, 2024

  Rise Against Hunger, a United States-based organization dedicated to ending food insecurity, helps communities across the nation. Catholic schools and parishes of the Archdiocese of Atlanta partner with Rise Against Hunger each year, impacting millions around the globe.

• Holy Spirit celebrates 60 years by hosting Mass of the Americas 

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published July 11, 2024

  Holy Spirit Church, which launched its 60th anniversary year on Pentecost Sunday, will continue the celebration by hosting “Mass of the Americas” July 16.

• The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in pictures

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published July 10, 2024

  Between June 21-23, the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made seven stops within the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

• National Eucharistic Pilgrimage reignites faith in Archdiocese of Atlanta 

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published June 25, 2024

  The National Eucharistic Pilgrimage made its way through the Archdiocese of Atlanta, with pilgrims spending three days walking under the blazing southern sun and sparking a new curiosity about the Lord.

• The Georgia Bulletin honored with nine Catholic Media Awards

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published June 24, 2024

  At the 2024 Catholic Media Conference in Atlanta, the staff of The Georgia Bulletin received nine Catholic Media Awards. The conference was June 18-21 with the theme of “Connect in ATL.”

• A heartfelt goodbye to the Claretian Missionaries   

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 17, 2024

  Believers at Corpus Christi Church are saying goodbye to the Claretian community, an international missionary religious order, which has shepherded the parish for more than 30 years.  

• Sisters bring Jesus’ compassion to the sick with nursing ministry 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 17, 2024

  Three Kenyan sisters have joined the nursing staff at the Roswell retirement community owned by the Archdiocese of Atlanta, and one will soon begin work at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital. Their ministry is to provide care and companionship to the sick.

• Through Health is Hope, ServeHAITI brings needed medical, nutrition supplies to families 

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published June 13, 2024

  The St. Vincent de Paul Health Center, operated by ServeHAITI, continues to see patients despite unrest in Haiti. The Health is Hope campaign enables the clinic to provide needed care to those fleeing Port-au-Prince.

• Five new priests bring unity, diversity to Archdiocese of Atlanta

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published June 13, 2024

  Friends, family, clergy and parishioners rejoiced inside Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church on June 1 as five paths merged and became united in the mission to serve God and his people. 

• Pregnancy Aid Clinic fatherhood sessions, program highlight men’s mental health  

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published June 7, 2024

  In observance of Father’s Day and Men’s Mental Health Week, the Pregnancy Aid Clinic will extend its fatherhood program by hosting online sessions for men to discuss their mental health as father figures.  

• Catholic Center life spurs UGA graduates to pursue missionary work 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 4, 2024

  Nearly a dozen recent University of Georgia graduates involved in the campus Catholic community are pursing the missionary life.     

• Pinecrest grad excels in America’s pastime

  Published June 3, 2024

  Ben Gobbel, a member of the class of 2018 of Pinecrest Academy, is playing AA baseball.

• Athens high school celebrates cancer survivor’s graduation  

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 3, 2024

  Eduardo Huato-Blanco was determined to receive his diploma at Monsignor Donovan High School. Halfway through his junior year, he embarked on several months of chemotherapy to treat anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

• The Class of 2024: Catholic schools honor top graduates 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published June 2, 2024

  The Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta honored their 2024 valedictorians and salutatorians at graduation ceremonies in May.  

• Nigerian Igbo community meets archbishop

  

  Published May 31, 2024

  On May 22, Father Paschal Amagba led a delegation of the Nigerian Igbo Catholic Community of Atlanta to visit Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv.

• Billboard spreads Respect Life Message

  

  Published May 30, 2024

  The Knights of Columbus Council #14425 at St. Anna Church earned the Faith in Action Life Award at the Georgia Knights of Columbus Convention.

• ‘Pete Speaks with Grace’ podcast blends the everyday and the spiritual

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published May 29, 2024

  Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III recently blessed the launch of a deacon and parishioner’s media website. The duo’s first digital project is a podcast that dives into the mingling of the mundane and the spiritual.  

• St. Mary’s student wins first place at Oratorical Finals  

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published May 21, 2024

  Eighth-grade student William Jackson, of St. Mary School in Rome, won first place at the annual Oratorical Finals May 1. 

• St. Jude students have May Crowning, last for principal Patty Childs 

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published May 21, 2024

  St. Jude the Apostle School held its annual May Crowning event on May 1. Students from each grade participated in honoring Mary with flowers and prayer.

• Flannery O’Connor’s life and faith serve as inspirations for new film

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 21, 2024

  A sold-out theater full of Flannery O’Connor fans heard from director/writer Ethan Hawke and actor Maya Hawke about the new biopic “Wildcat.” The film celebrates one of Georgia’s most famous authors.