Georgia
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Hapeville parish grateful for decades of service by Sisters of Saint Joseph of Concordia
Published November 21, 2018
HAPEVILLE—Parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church, Hapeville, held an appreciation dinner on Sept. 14 for two Sisters of Saint Joseph of Concordia, Kansas—Sister Helen Mick and Sister Jodi Creten. The celebration recognized the sisters’ 30 years of dedicated service to the elderly and the parish community. The two came to Georgia in 1988 to […] Full Story
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Holy Spirit Church to host St. John Vianney relic tour
Published November 21, 2018
ATLANTA—Holy Spirit Church will host the Knights of Columbus relic tour of the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney on Dec. 7 and 8. The relic is normally kept with the saint’s incorrupt body at the Shrine of St. John Vianney in the Basilique d’Ars in Ars-Sur-Formans, France. St. John Vianney, the “parish priest of […]
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‘Humility to serve’ the foundation of Lilburn deacon’s work
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 21, 2018LILBURN—After Sunday Mass, Deacon Evelio Garcia-Carreras carries the Eucharist to two Lilburn assisted living homes. Accompanied by a laywoman and layman, the three bear the sacrament to women and men too weak to travel. “There is something in the Eucharist that calls my attention. What calls me is Jesus,” he said. He finds joy bringing […] Full Story | En Español
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Longtime deacon aspires for ministry to be with the faithful
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 21, 2018DECATUR—Deacon Alfred Mitchell gets up daily at 5:30 a.m., whether he has somewhere to go or not. As deacon for 31 years, he starts before sunrise reciting morning prayer from the church’s Liturgy of the Hours. “I can get up and say, ‘Good morning, God,’ instead of ‘Good God, it’s morning,’” said the deacon. “That’s […]
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St. Michael the Archangel Church builds new food pantry in service to the poor in Cherokee County
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 20, 2018WOODSTOCK—Sam Nappi was part of the team at St. Michael the Archangel Church that drove boxes of food to half a dozen families a week. Volunteers with the parish food pantry now help about 320 families monthly in this Cherokee County community. As more demands were put on the ministry, the deliveries stopped and pantry […] Full Story | En Español
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Priests, deacons, seminarians and religious with credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors
Published November 6, 2018
The Archdiocese of Atlanta is committed to the protection of minors, as well as to compliance with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. In a spirit of transparency and the hope of continued healing for the survivors of abuse, I have decided to release the […]
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St. Paul of the Cross to have evangelization revival
Published November 5, 2018
ATLANTA—All are invited to join St. Paul of the Cross Church, Atlanta, for an Evangelization Revival celebrating Black Catholic History Month. The event will begin with Mass on Sunday, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. Dewayne Smithers will conduct a motivational session for youth and young adults following the Mass. Smithers is a youth minister and […] Full Story
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IHM Church and School celebrate 60 years
Published November 4, 2018
ATLANTA—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the 60th Anniversary Mass of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church and School on Oct. 27. “I hear you’ve turned 60,” the Archbishop told the assembly at the beginning of the liturgy. “You look marvelous!” Concelebrants for the Mass included pastor Msgr. Albert Jowdy and parochial vicar Father Carlos Ortega and […]
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Field day at Corpus Christi helps transform church grounds
Published November 3, 2018
STONE MOUNTAIN—Parishioners of Corpus Christi Church in Stone Mountain joined 100 employees of Ruppert Landscape for a fun field day event Sept. 13. The end result was a much-needed landscape makeover for the church community. Employees of the Ruppert Landscape’s Lilburn and Mableton, and Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina branches descended upon the grounds of […] Full Story
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Mountain parish breaks ground on new parish hall
Published November 3, 2018
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN—Parishioners of Our Lady of the Mount Church welcomed Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, to celebrate Mass and groundbreaking for the church’s new parish hall on Sunday, Oct. 14. Father Thomas Shuler, pastor, and members of the parish’s capital campaign, building committee and parish council joined Bishop Konzen outside as he blessed the ground […]
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Blessed Trinity retired the baseball jersey of a former player
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 2, 2018ROSWELL—During halftime of Blessed Trinity High School’s Oct. 26 football game, Matt Skole, a member of the class of 2008, was joined on the field by his family; Brian Marks, school president; Cathy Lancaster, school principal; Andy Harlin, baseball coach; and athletic director Ricky Turner as his baseball jersey, #25, was retired. Skole, who played […] Full Story
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Last year’s state football finalists face off in a regular season rematch
By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
Published November 2, 2018Ten months and 11 days after Blessed Trinity High School and Marist School, Atlanta, played for the Class AAAA state football championship on Marist’s field, the two teams squared off, Oct. 26, on Blessed Trinity’s field in a regular season contest. In a low-scoring, defensive battle, Blessed Trinity kicker Ethan Chauvin’s field goal early in […]
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‘Engage to Educate’ brings Catholic teachers to first statewide conference
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published November 2, 2018ROSWELL—As students in Georgia’s Catholic schools enjoyed days off in early October, their teachers headed back to the classroom for three days of learning. Engage to Educate, the first combined educational conference held for teachers from the Atlanta Archdiocese and Savannah Diocese, took place Oct. 3-5 at Blessed Trinity High School and Queen of Angels […]
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PATH to have fundraiser dinner Nov. 8
Published November 1, 2018
ATLANTA—Post Abortion Treatment and Healing, PATH, will have its annual fundraising dinner on Thursday, Nov. 8 at Holy Spirit Church. This year’s guest speaker is Sheila Harper, president and founder of SaveOne Bible Study. The PATH Ministry became familiar with SaveOne in 2016 and began using that program for its weekly Bible studies, which are […]
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Atlanta’s Jewish and Catholic communities discuss finding unity in diversity
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 1, 2018ATLANTA—Days before a gunman attacked the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, more than 250 women and men of Christian and Jewish faiths focused on building unity in a divided society. The gathering on Thursday, Oct. 25, called Repairing the World, is the fourth annual event bringing together the two faith communities, organized by […]
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St. Clare of Assisi Church built with helping hands
By ADRIANNE MURCHISON, Special to the Bulletin
Published November 1, 2018ACWORTH—Hundreds of smiling parishioners filled their new sanctuary at St. Clare of Assisi Church on a recent celebratory Sunday. With afternoon sunlight beaming through windows, choirs and instrumentalists led hymns in English and Spanish. Yet it was the beautiful silences that captured the joy and emotion of the dedication Mass Oct. 28. Bishop Joel M. […] Full Story | En Español
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Courage Apostolate member Daniel Mattson shares story at Georgia Tech
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 1, 2018ATLANTA—When asked by a student how to talk to a gay friend about the morality of homosexuality, author Daniel Mattson told an audience of students at the Georgia Tech Catholic Center, “Your job is to love him, as he is.” “You relate to him, one on one. That is really the way of the Gospel,” […] Full Story
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Father James Martin shares bridge-building message at Atlanta parishes
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published November 1, 2018DECATUR—When a gunman killed 49 people at Miami’s Pulse Nightclub in 2016, Jesuit Father James Martin was struck by the silence from some American bishops in expressing solidarity with the slain gay patrons, unlike their responses to other mass shootings. “It seemed to me, even in death, LGBT people were more or less invisible to […]
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Marist School gets goats to help battle creek erosion
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published November 1, 2018ATLANTA—Rented goats visited the campus of Marist School Oct. 16-23 upon the invitation of environmental science students and their teacher Kelly Mandy. Students in Mandy’s science classes began researching ways to help restore riparian zones along the banks of the school’s Nancy Creek. Riparian zones are the 50-foot areas that border rivers and other bodies […] Full Story
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Archbishop answers Catholics’ questions on abuse
Published November 1, 2018
ATLANTA—In the weeks since scandals related to former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick and troubling revelations of heinous abuse in six Pennsylvania dioceses have come to light in the national media, many parishioners in churches across the Atlanta Archdiocese have met together for prayer and to share their concerns in an open or town hall format. […]
