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• 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.”                     

• St. John the Evangelist students support children’s home in Ghana

  

  Published September 19, 2019

  St. John the Evangelist School began the school year with a service project for the Pope Francis Home and School in Ghana.

• New intercultural ministry director shares embracing vision

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  Lucia Baez Luzondo, the new intercultural ministry director for the archdiocese, hopes to lead Catholics and parishes to an appreciation of the gifts of other cultural families.

• Blessed Trinity High School places cedar crucifix at stadium

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF, editor@georgiabulletin.org
  Published September 19, 2019

  A new 14-foot tall cedar crucifix at Blessed Trinity High School Stadium serves as a reminder of God’s love to all who visit the Roswell campus.

• Deacon Frank Coughlin dies September 3

  Published September 19, 2019

  Deacon Frank Fenton Coughlin, who served three different Atlanta parishes, died Sept. 3. He was 84 years old.

• Blue Mass honors public safety officials, first responders

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  Public safety officials, first responders and Catholics gathered to celebrate the fifth annual Blue Mass on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta.

• St. Pius X student helps stock the pantry at Ronald McDonald House

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  This is the fifth year that Brian Matthews, a senior at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta, will run a fall pantry drive for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

• Upcoming Masses celebrate contributions of lay Catholics

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 19, 2019

  Three archdiocesan Masses, to be held in October, will celebrate the work and ministry of laypeople in the church.

• Pinecrest Academy opens new lower school building

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 5, 2019

  Faculty, staff, students and families of Pinecrest Academy gathered to celebrate the opening of the new lower school building on Wednesday, Aug. 7.

• Papal nuncio encourages African clergy, sisters at Fairburn convention

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Editor
  Published September 5, 2019

  Each year, members of the African Conference of Catholic Clergy and Religious in the United States (ACCCRUS) gather to support and learn from another. From July 24-27, ACCCRUS held its 20th annual convention in Fairburn, with a keynote address by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

• Reencuentro Familiar reunites elderly Mexicans with family in Georgia

  

  By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 5, 2019

  Our Lady of the Americas Mission took action with compassion to reunite Mexican immigrants with their aged parents from Hidalgo, Mexico, for 20 days in Georgia after decades of family separation.

• Sister Louise Sommer bids Atlanta farewell

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 5, 2019

  After nearly a lifetime in Atlanta, St. Louis native Sister Louise Sommer, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, is returning to her Missouri community. St. Lawrence Church will honor her with a Sept. 21 reception.

• Trappist priest remembered for forming deep connections with others

  

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 5, 2019

  Father James Behrens, OCSO, died on Aug. 15. He was 71 and a monk for 25 years and priest for 45 years. He entered the Cistercian order at the Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit in Conyers in 1994. Before that he was a priest for 20 years in the Newark Archdiocese.

• Parish business manager earns master’s degree in church management

  Published September 5, 2019

  Helena Frazier, a May graduate of the master’s program in church management at Villanova University, is already applying what she learned during the intensive two-year program. The parish business manager at St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro, Frazier enrolled in the master’s program at the encouragement of the church’s pastor.

• NCCW annual convention focuses on ‘care for our common home’

  

  Published September 5, 2019

  More than 650 women attended the annual convention for the National Council of Catholic Women (NCCW) Aug. 21-24 in Atlanta. The NCCW celebrated its 99th year with the theme, “Reflecting the Joy of God, Caring for God’s Creation.”

• Deacon William E. Payne Jr. dies Aug. 9

  Published September 5, 2019

  Deacon William E. Payne Jr. died on Aug. 9. He was ordained a deacon on Dec. 3, 1988 and served at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Atlanta. His lifelong ministry was in service to the poor.

• New leader of young adult ministries believes in creating thriving communities

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published September 5, 2019

  Allen Austin is the new associate director of campus and young adult ministries for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Originally from Florida, Austin is a graduate of the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He previously served as youth minister at St. Brigid Church, Johns Creek, and at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Alpharetta.