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• Bulletin Notes to include virtual events

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published June 16, 2020

  Parishes, schools and other Catholic organizations are invited to send upcoming event and program details for Bulletin Notes to The Georgia Bulletin to be published, resuming in the July 9 issue.

• Catholics march in downtown Atlanta for racial justice

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published June 12, 2020

  On June 11, more than 400 Catholics filled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in front of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Atlanta to protest racism and racial injustice. The peaceful protest brought together Catholics of all ages and races.

• Toccoa parishioners distribute masks

  

  Published June 12, 2020

  The Vietnamese community at St. Mary Church distributed close to 1,000 homemade and washable face masks throughout the Toccoa-Stephens County and Lavonia area. 

• Departing Franciscans leave enduring spirit at UGA Catholic Center

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 11, 2020

  The Franciscan friars, in their recognizable brown robes, will be leaving The Catholic Center at the University of Georgia at the end of June. Their departure ends some 60 years of ministry at the flagship university.

• Honoring the spring athletes of the Class of 2020

  

  Published June 11, 2020

  The Georgia Bulletin honors the senior athletes at Catholic schools whose spring seasons were cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Bible marathon brings hope during pandemic

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published June 11, 2020

  Parishioners at St. Mary Mother of God Church in Jackson participated in a ‘round-the-clock Bible reading marathon May 28-June 1.

• Seasoned Arizona educator named Atlanta’s superintendent of Catholic schools

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 11, 2020

  Arizona educator Harry “Hal” Plummer, who has more than four decades of education experience, has been selected as the next superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

• Atlanta’s faithful responding to racial injustice 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 11, 2020

  In the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the faithful are engaging in the racial justice issue in a variety of ways–from demonstrations to virtual programs.

• Georgia-born nonprofit labors with Nicaraguans to improve conditions

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published June 11, 2020

  Building on its 20 years of work in the Americas’ second poorest nation, Amigos for Christ has plowed ahead in a door-to-door campaign to help Nicaraguans stay safe amid the pandemic.

• A word from Archbishop Hartmayer 

  Published June 11, 2020

  In a joint statement, the Conventual Franciscan Friars across the United States “pledge ourselves to prayer and witness in actions of solidarity for the ending of racial injustice and for peace on our streets.”

• Archbishop Hartmayer releases statement in wake of racial violence, protests

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN NEWS STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published May 30, 2020

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta, issued a statement in the wake of several incidents of racial violence and protests which followed.

• 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.