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• Catholic Foundation holds networking event for professional advisors

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 18, 2019

  The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia held its first-ever luncheon Sept. 26 for professional advisors to promote collaboration and legacy giving among their Catholic clients.

• Georgia justice, disability rights advocate named St. Thomas More Award recipients

  Published October 18, 2019

  ATLANTA—Judges, lawyers, law students and other legal professionals attended he St. Thomas More Society’s annual Red Mass Oct. 10 at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

• Local parish celebrates contributions of African American Catholics

  Published October 17, 2019

  In honor of National Black Catholic History Month, St. Paul of the Cross Church will special events and Masses throughout November.

• Parish, school fall festivals celebrate the season

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 17, 2019

  Parishes and schools in the Atlanta Archdiocese host fall festival celebrations throughout the season.

• LaGrange’s police chief honored by St. Thomas More Society

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 17, 2019

  The St. Thomas More Society, an organization of Catholics working in the legal profession and judiciary, honored Chief Louis Dekmar of LaGrange with its St. Francis of Assisi Award Oct. 10.

• Two rural parishes combine resources to serve teens

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 17, 2019

  Youth Ministry in the Mountains serves teens in grades 6-12 in two northeast Georgia parish communities, offering the young people social activities and spiritual growth.

• Green teams answer pope’s call to ‘care for creation’

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 17, 2019

  In 2015, Pope Francis released his encyclical, “Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home.” Later that year, the Archdiocese of Atlanta released an action plan to help parishes, schools and families incorporate more sustainable practices.

• Ministry leader Pat Jones to speak at Magnificat

  Published October 3, 2019

  Pat Jones, the leader of the ministry to the homebound at St. Pius X Church in Conyers, will be the speaker at the November Magnificat for women. It will be held on Saturday, Nov. 9, at Holy Cross Church in Atlanta.

• Catholic Charities Atlanta ‘disheartened’ at presidential determination for refugee admissions

  Published October 3, 2019

  The Trump Administration is proposing to limit admissions into the United States for refugees at 18,000. Catholic Charities Atlanta responds to the proposal.

• OLM students learn about the life of St. Peter Claver

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  A group of eight Our Lady of Mercy High School students organized a prayer service and presentation to mark the Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities on Sept. 9.

• Knights of Columbus refurbishing safe house for trafficking victims

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  Men with Knights of Columbus Thomas O’Reilly Council 4358 at St. Thomas More Church, Decatur, are rolling up their sleeves to work on a new safe house for women caught in the commercial sex industry.

• Atlanta priests join Catholic Extension trip to border

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  To learn more about the plight of immigrants, 19 priests from various dioceses, including Atlanta, joined Catholic Extension for a mission immersion program for pastors Sept. 16-18, traveling to the Diocese of Brownsville in Texas and a migrant shelter in Mexico.

• Archdiocese partners with NAMI Georgia to promote mental health awareness

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON REDDING
  Published October 3, 2019

  In collaboration with the Archdiocese of Atlanta Disabilities Ministry, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Georgia is hoping to train those who lead ministries in the archdiocese to help people who are affected by mental illness.

• Greensboro Catholics answer Gospel call to feed the hungry

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  As part of their Year of Service, parishioners at Christ Our King and Savior Church spent the morning of Saturday, Sept. 21 packing meals for Rise Against Hunger.

• Our Lady of Mercy’s softball bats heat up under autumn skies

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
  Published October 3, 2019

  Our Lady of Mercy pitcher Nicole Lomonaco held the opposition, Alpharetta’s St. Francis High School, to one run in Mercy’s 13-1 home softball victory, Sept. 25.

• St. Pius X is victorious in a five-set match

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
  Published October 3, 2019

  St. Pius X High School’s Sept. 24 best three out of five volleyball match against Kennesaw’s Mount Paran Christian School was the first this season to go all five sets to edge out a victory.

• Archdiocesan schools celebrate repeat Blue Ribbon awards

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 3, 2019

  Three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta were recognized as 2019 National Blue Ribbon Schools on Thursday, Sept. 26. The schools honored were Queen of Angels in Roswell, Immaculate Heart of Mary and Our Lady of the Assumption in Atlanta.

• Three archdiocesan schools win Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Awards

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 26, 2019

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta proudly announces three schools recognized Sept. 26 as Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence.

• Marist ‘brothers in arms’ recall 1989 state football championship

  

  By ANDREW NELSON and SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writers
  Published September 19, 2019

  The Marist football team scored three unanswered touchdowns against the Worth County Rams Dec. 16, 1989, winning the state football championship game 30-8. It was the school’s first state title since its inaugural 1913 season.

• Annual conference inspires catechists to create encounters with Christ

  By CATHY WEAVER BISCAN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 19, 2019

  A crowd of almost 1,500 filled the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center on Saturday, Aug. 17 as catechists from across the southeast gathered to continue their faith journeys as the theme exclaimed, “Jesus, Walk with Us.”