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• The Class of 2020: Top scholars at Catholic schools recognized

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published May 28, 2020

  The Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta honored valedictorians and salutatorians of the class of 2020.

• Local Catholic school leaders retiring this year

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  A school president and three principals are saying goodbye to students, faculty and staff as they close their final administration years in Atlanta Catholic schools.

• Catholic schools superintendent retires after 14 years in Atlanta

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  This summer, Dr. Diane Starkovich will retire after 14 years serving as superintendent for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Inspired by her own teachers as a young girl, Starkovich said she has loved the job every single day.

• High school seniors, parents reflect on unique school year

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  The pandemic remade the traditional events marking the end of high school for the class of 2020. Instead of group pictures and senior proms, they ended the year with Zoom classrooms and virtual ceremonies, learning resilience along the way.

• CRS kickstarts ‘Lead the Way on Hunger’ campaign

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  “Shadow pandemics” are stalking vulnerable communities around the world in addition to the novel coronavirus, said Sean Callahan, president of Catholic Relief Services. CRS has launched a new initiative to fight global hunger.

• Smyrna priest tests positive for COVID-19

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 28, 2020

  Father Brian Sheridan, a La Salette priest and pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Smyrna, learned he tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 26.

• Atlanta Archbishop announces priest assignments

  

  Published May 22, 2020

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has announced priest assignments for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, effective on July 1.

• Archbishop Hartmayer announces guidelines for resuming in-parish worship

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published May 18, 2020

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has announced a schedule and conditions for resumption of in-parish worship and access to church buildings in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

• Archbishop Hartmayer to celebrate Green Mass May 20

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN NEWS STAFF
  Published May 14, 2020

  The annual Green Mass will be celebrated at noon on Wednesday, May 20.

• Compassion Kitchen Project helps restaurant workers, feeds the hungry

  

  By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
  Published May 14, 2020

  Recognizing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on both the restaurant community and the hungry, parishioners of the Cathedral of Christ the King started The Compassion Kitchen Project.

• Deacon Chester Gorman dies April 20

  Published May 14, 2020

  Chester Elmore Gorman, who served at St. Brendan the Navigator Church,Cumming, died on Monday, April 20.

• Former parishioners welcome archbishop back home

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  Beginning in 1995, Archbishop Hartmayer served as pastor of St. Philip Benizi Church for 15 years, then at St. John Vianney in Lithia Springs. Former parishioners recall his collaborative style.

• The ministry of a Franciscan friar

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  Archbishop Hartmayer is one of 25 Conventual Franciscan Friars serving as bishops worldwide and one of three in the United States. Franciscans live out their vocations in a variety of ways.

• Family, friends recall Archbishop Hartmayer’s childhood 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  The values taught around the dining room table in his modest home in upstate New York shaped the new Atlanta archbishop’s life.

• Atlanta’s new archbishop installed in quiet ceremony

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  In the silence of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., was installed May 6 to lead the 1.2 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, telling believers they must care for each other without limit.

• Archbishop provides call to action at solemn vespers

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published May 14, 2020

  On the eve of his installation and 41st anniversary of ordination to the priesthood, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., gathered with clergy, religious and laity for solemn vespers.

• Transfiguration’s ‘Operation Elder Care’ maintains connection, meets needs of seniors

  Published April 30, 2020

  Since March 19, Transfiguration Church in Marietta has been participating in what they are calling “Operation Elder Care” to make connections with and assess the needs of seniors.

• Mercy graduate brings positive spirit to nursing

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 30, 2020

  As the pandemic grew, nurse Jaime Gilbert’s work in an Augusta hospital changed. The 25-year-old surgical recovery nurse is a graduate of Our Lady of Mercy High School.

• Atlanta ministries to benefit from #iGiveCatholic Together

  

  Published April 30, 2020

  To support the church in this time of crisis, the national organization of #iGiveCatholic decided to turn on the #iGiveCatholic giving platform on May 5.

• Two Atlanta education leaders earn national awards

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published April 30, 2020

  The National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) announced that two Atlanta Catholics are among the 27 recipients of the NCEA 2020 “Lead, Learn, Proclaim Award.”