Georgia
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Marietta native Jenni Ellis named Safe Environment director
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020Jenni Ellis is the new director of the Safe Environment Office for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, which works to ensure the safety and security of children, young people and vulnerable adults throughout the archdiocese.
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The Golden Lions roar past Madison County
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 23, 2020The St. Pius X High School boys’ basketball team started the Jan. 14 game with an 11-0 run, forcing Danielsville’s Madison County High School to call an early time out. It didn’t matter. St. Pius X players kept their foot on the gas, enforced a tenacious defense and defeated Madison County
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Take action on HB 702 and SB 291
Published January 23, 2020
Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty (GCADP) urges support of Georgia House Bill 702 to repeal the state’s death penalty. The bishops of Georgia oppose SB 291, recently introduced assisted suicide legislation. Learn more about both proposals.
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Love and service hallmarks of MLK celebration
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020The annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, encompasses a service project, the Mass and a youth celebration. The theme was, “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19).
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Pinecrest Academy hosts first home wrestling match of 2020
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 23, 2020Pinecrest Academy held a three-way wrestling match Jan. 15 between its team, Riverside Military Academy of Gainesville and Salem High School of Conyers in the upper school gymnasium. With only eight wrestlers available, the undermanned and sometimes undersized Pinecrest team still managed to finish in second place.
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Celebrating Father Niese’s silver anniversary
Published January 23, 2020
Hundreds of St. Michael the Archangel Church parishioners came to the Mass on Jan. 11 to celebrate Father Larry Niese, pastor, and the 25 years since his ordination.
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A look at the 2020 Georgia legislative session
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2020The Georgia General Assembly began its session Monday, Jan. 13. Representing the Catholic Church in front of lawmakers falls to attorney Frank Mulcahy, executive director of the Georgia Catholic Conference.
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Sister of Mercy Valentina Sheridan, pastoral care and education leader, dies January 14
Published January 16, 2020
Sister M. Valentina Sheridan (Theresa), RSM, died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 14 at Mercy Convent in Savannah. She was 88 years old. Sister Val worked for a number of years in the Archdiocese of Atlanta in both education and pastoral care.
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Father Walter W. Foley, archdiocesan priest, dies January 11
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 13, 2020Father Walter Wilford Foley, a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta for more than 43 years, died Saturday, Jan. 11. He was 91 years old. Father Foley was ordained to the priesthood in 1976 by Archbishop Thomas A. Donnellan.
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Titans’ tiny house project complete
By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
Published January 9, 2020Students at Blessed Trinity High School recently completed construction of a tiny house. They began the project more than one year ago. The project was part of an effort by the Roswell school to weave several subjects into school projects, linking religion and the arts to engineering and technology.
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Atlanta Catholics make 2020 spiritual resolutions
By MARK WOOLSEY, Special to the Bulletin
Published January 9, 2020Secular intentions like losing weight or stopping smoking rear their heads year after year. Faith-based resolutions also seem to stake out turf. They might be more demonstrable, such as going to confession more, stepping up volunteer work, or more reflective of inner practices like concentrated prayer.
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LaGrange assignment unforgettable experience for reporter
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 9, 2020Is it ever too late to try to right a wrong? Do you apologize for something done generations ago? That was the question faced by the police chief in LaGrange, Louis Dekmar. The chief in 2017 publicly apologized for a 1940 lynching in the community.
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Writer’s favorite assignment highlighted listening ministry
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published January 9, 2020All of us have faced difficulties in life. Whether it is job loss, divorce, financial stress, we know that life is not always fair or kind. When we face those darker times, support in the form of a listening ear can make all the difference. This kind of life-changing support is provided through Stephen Ministry.
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Favorite photo story of 2019 bridges a moment to the past
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Writer
Published January 9, 2020When Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory left Atlanta to become the Archdiocese of Washington’s archbishop last May, the paper’s photographer had an idea for “Then & NOW,” an occasional series in The Georgia Bulletin providing updates on people who appeared in a newspaper photograph years ago.
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The top stories of 2019: A look back
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published January 9, 20202019 was a year of great change for Atlanta’s Catholic community as longtime Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory was appointed Archbishop of Washington by Pope Francis. While the departure of the archbishop was the biggest news story of the year, The Georgia Bulletin looks back at the other top stories of 2019.
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Guitars as guides: St. Pius X program shapes student musicians
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published January 9, 2020The award-winning guitar program of St. Pius X High School has been around for 20 years. Guitar instructor, Brion Kennedy, knows of only a handful of similar programs. His goal is to be a guide as students deepen their talents, giving them freedom to teach their peers and develop as musicians and leaders.
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Georgia-based Radio Inmaculada celebrates anniversary
By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin
Published December 26, 2019Radio Inmaculada celebrated 14 years on the air Dec. 8 with a dinner and concert in Douglasville. That day they officially launched Inmaculada TV, a digital platform that broadcasts Catholic content to Spanish-speaking Catholics around the world.
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Prayer and painting go hand in hand for icon artists
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published December 26, 2019Every painting session at Emmanuel Studio begins in prayer. Austere faces of holy women and men hanging on the walls surround the artists.
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Father Timothy Ryan, a priest with varied career, dies December 13
Published December 26, 2019
Father Timothy Ryan, a retired priest of the Diocese of Savannah, died peacefully in Roswell, on Dec. 13. He was 81.
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#iGiveCatholic supported nearly 100 archdiocesan ministries
By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
Published December 26, 2019Some 3,100 donors contributed more than $680,000 to 94 Archdiocese of Atlanta ministries during the #iGiveCatholic campaign on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
