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• Mercy Care Rome provides safety net for seniors during pandemic

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 30, 2020

  The new coronavirus closed the day program for senior citizens at Mercy Care Rome. But staff members are still caring for their elderly clients during this pandemic.

• Installation of Archbishop Hartmayer to be livestreamed, broadcast

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 30, 2020

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., will become the new spiritual leader of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on Wednesday, May 6. Catholics are invited to join the installation online or watch on television.

• Faith helps family battle coronavirus

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 30, 2020

  Faith has taken on new meaning since the COVID-19 virus hit the Paulus family of St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro. While several family members have recovered, father Chuck Paulus remains hospitalized.

• Georgia’s bishops write letter to the faithful regarding celebration of public Masses

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published April 23, 2020

  In a letter to the faithful, the bishops of Georgia discussed the decision to suspend public liturgies through the end of May following Governor Brian Kemp’s announcement permitting some businesses to reopen.

• Delayed RCIA journeys are tests in patience

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 16, 2020

  In the Archdiocese of Atlanta, more than 1,900 women, men, and children wait to join other believers in the church as the public celebration of the Easter vigil Mass was suspended due to the pandemic.

• UGA senior looks for blessings as time on campus ends

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 16, 2020

  The pandemic crisis ended Nikki Edwards’ senior year as the University of Georgia campus in Athens closed. It also upended the campus organization she co-leads.

• Hospital chaplain shares hope with patients, families

  Published April 16, 2020

  Father Patrick Scully is a chaplain at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, the Catholic hospital in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. He has learned the novel coronavirus pandemic demands new ways to serve.

• Parishes show creativity with Triduum, Easter celebrations

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 16, 2020

  Despite being unable to gather for Holy Week celebrations, parish leaders in north and central Georgia found creative ways to work with and around annual traditions.

• Archbishop Hartmayer joins first virtual unity Seder

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 16, 2020

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., joined the American Jewish Community (AJC) in Atlanta for the first virtual Atlanta Unity Seder April 6.

• Mental health professionals give tips on handling pandemic stress

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH and ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writers
  Published April 16, 2020

  Since much of the community has gone into isolation, people’s anxieties and concerns have ramped up considerably. Catholic counselors and therapists discuss ways to cope.

• Catholic Charities, SVdP respond to coronavirus

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 16, 2020

  Families being self-sufficient takes on a new meaning as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused great job loss in the United States. Catholic Charities Atlanta and SVdP Georgia are responding to the needs.

• Recognition Day spotlights parish women, youth, with giving hearts

  

  By JEAN DRISKELL, Special to the Bulletin
  Published April 16, 2020

  The Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women honored 60 women and 52 youth for their faith and service to the church, family and community at the 43rd annual Recognition Day Mass.

• Women and Youth of the Year honorees named

  Published April 16, 2020

  The AACCW shares the names of those honored at their annual recognition day Mass on March 7.

• Good Friday decree issued for health care workers

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published April 4, 2020

  Health care workers in the Archdiocese of Atlanta are dispensed from the obligation on Good Friday to abstain from eating meat and from fasting.

• Online learning continues in Atlanta’s Catholic schools

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published April 2, 2020

  Online learning has become the new normal in Catholic schools since being closed on March 16 due to the coronavirus.

• Lilburn students serve others with sandwiches

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 2, 2020

  People are still hungry. That’s what the community at St. John Neumann Regional School knows. They are just one of the Catholic schools responding to the pandemic.

• Gregg’s Pantry at Decatur parish continues outreach amid pandemic

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 2, 2020

  As other food pantries shut down, volunteers at Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Decatur continued to serve their neighbors. 

• St. Clement’s renovated spaces, new altar are fruits of parishioners’ labors

  

  By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
  Published April 2, 2020

  The community of St. Clement Church, Calhoun, gathered to celebrate renovations and participate in the consecration of a new altar March 8. Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, celebrated the Mass.

• Parishes find new ways to minister to the faithful

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, ANDREW NELSON and SAMANTHA SMITH
  Published April 2, 2020

  Parish priests and their staff have been prompted by the virus outbreak to find new ways of serving from providing faith formation to meeting spiritual needs.

• Atlanta Catholics participate in national partnership summit

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published April 2, 2020

  Area Catholics attending the Catholic Partnership Summit roundtable in Washington, D.C. came back with ideas on opening parish life and the Archdiocese of Atlanta to the voices of its lay members.