Georgia
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Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital has new chaplain for pastoral care
Published September 21, 2017
ATLANTA—Father S. Patrick Scully has been appointed chaplain at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital and will serve as a member of the Pastoral Care Department. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory recently blessed Father Scully during a Mass of celebration at the hospital for staff, volunteers and visitors. Archbishop Gregory said, “For more than 135 years, Emory Saint […] Full Story
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Hearts full of prayer remind school to work for peace
Published September 21, 2017
HAPEVILLE—Students and teachers at St. John the Evangelist School, Hapeville, shared from the heart their desires for peace. On Friday, Sept. 8, the school community gathered for weekly Mass. After the liturgy, school members each wrote a prayer for peace on a note and then placed it on oversized heart. The notes filled up three […] Full Story
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Catholic school students help peers who go hungry
Published September 21, 2017
TYRONE—Students at Our Lady of Victory School, Tyrone, recently participated in the Be Joy Food Drive. Many school children face hunger and rely on schools to provide meals. The Be Joy Food Drive helps local food organizations prepare and deliver backpacks filled with food each week to help feed these children on the weekends. The […] Full Story
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Blessed Trinity gets a 9/11 memorial, created with love by two sisters
Published September 21, 2017
ROSWELL—Kathleen and Ryan O’Donnell, students at Blessed Trinity High School, noticed in the fall of 2015 that their Roswell school did not have a public memorial, like other local schools, recalling the 9/11 tragedy. The sisters instead would ask their mom and dad to drive by other local memorials to pay respect to the victims […] Full Story
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Atlanta Carmelites celebrate a new lay community
Published September 21, 2017
LAWRENCEVILLE—The Secular Discalced Carmelite Community of St. Therese, the Little Flower, in Lawrenceville, was recently granted official status by the Vatican. The group was officially declared a canonical community Aug. 12. The members of St. Therese the Little Flower started their community on March 5, 2002, with 16 people who met in the back of […] Full Story
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ACCR Conference attendees to reflect upon Fatima anniversary
Published September 21, 2017
ATLANTA—The Atlanta Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference, to be held Oct. 13-14, will mark the 100th anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun” of Fatima. The conference will be at the Atlanta Airport Renaissance Concourse Hotel, 1 Hartsfield Center Parkway in Atlanta. Hundreds of Catholics from the archdiocese as well as the Southeast will gather for […] Full Story
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Bishop Zarama travels to Raleigh with message of God’s love
By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
Published September 7, 2017ATLANTA—In an interview before he left the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Bishop Luis R. Zarama smilingly acknowledged that every step forward in his priesthood—from pastor to vicar general to auxiliary bishop of Atlanta and now to bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina—has been “a surprise” and a significant new challenge. Each time “I never expected it and […] Full Story | En Español
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Georgia priests bid Bishop Zarama a fond farewell
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 7, 2017ATLANTA—Bishop Luis R. Zarama spoke from the pulpit of the Cathedral of Christ the King as he said farewell to the community of priests and faithful in the Archdiocese of Atlanta before leaving to become the bishop of Raleigh, North Carolina. “I’m leaving Atlanta but not my heart. I am leaving Atlanta and you are […] Full Story
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‘Authentic shepherd’ built bridges within the Atlanta community
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Special to the Bulletin
Published September 7, 2017ATLANTA—As Bishop Luis R. Zarama begins leading the Diocese of Raleigh, N.C., Hispanic clergy and other leaders of the Archdiocese of Atlanta praised his pastoral legacy as an authentic shepherd who shared God’s love with the people and built bridges of unity with the Latino community. A native of Pasto, Colombia, Bishop Zarama was ordained […] Full Story | En Español
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St. Joseph Maronite Church has new home in northern suburbs
By ROBIN ISAF, Special to the Bulletin
Published September 7, 2017ATLANTA—St. Joseph Maronite Church of Atlanta has a new location on Glenridge Drive in Sandy Springs. The growing parish celebrated the first Mass in its new parish home May 14. The move to the northern Atlanta suburbs marks a new chapter in the congregation’s history. The Maronite community, an Eastern rite Catholic Church in full […] Full Story
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Relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina to be displayed at Holy Spirit
Published September 7, 2017
ATLANTA—The relics of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, will tour several dioceses in the United States Sept. 16–Oct. 8. In the Archdiocese of Atlanta, the relics will be displayed at Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive, NW, Atlanta, on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Hours for public veneration will be 9 a.m.-6:50 p.m. […] Full Story
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New Visitation Monastery superior left pharmacy career for cloister
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published September 7, 2017SNELLVILLE—Mother Teresa Maria Kulangara is the newly elected superior of the Visitation Monastery, home to five cloistered nuns of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary. The monastery also has three women in formation. Elected on June 13 by the sisters, Mother Teresa Maria, 49, is a native of Kerala, India, and a former […] Full Story
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Church groundbreaking is ‘dream come true’ for Vietnamese parish
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
Published September 7, 2017NORCROSS—A large granite slab blasted with dynamite from the property of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church is to serve as a cornerstone of a new Asian-influenced church for this Gwinnett County faith community. Blessed by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on Aug. 27, the huge stone and ceremonial groundbreaking marked another step toward the long-sought goal of […] Full Story
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PATH offers spiritual healing from pain of abortion
By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
Published September 7, 2017ROSWELL—Jody Duffy, who became the director of Post Abortion Treatment and Healing in March 2016, knows firsthand the emotional and spiritual suffering of abortion, but also about the forgiveness available. In her work with PATH, Duffy helps men and women suffering from a long-past or recent abortion decision, including a special outreach to military veterans. […] Full Story | En Español
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Aquinas Center affiliates with Emory’s Candler School of Theology
Published September 7, 2017
ATLANTA—Emory University’s Candler School of Theology and the Aquinas Center of Theology are together strengthening opportunities on campus to engage the local Catholic community. The two academic entities entered into an affiliation agreement this summer. Leaders hope to boost the number of speakers addressing contemporary Catholic issues, as well as attract more Catholic students interested […] Full Story
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Father John Kieran celebrates golden jubilee of priesthood
Published September 7, 2017
ATLANTA—Father John Kieran celebrated multiple blessings this year as he reached his 50th anniversary of priesthood and his 80th birthday. At a jubilee Mass on Saturday, June 10, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, a congregation of many of his past parishioners, friends and family members from Ireland filled the church to remember and join […] Full Story
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Georgia Bulletin to offer information session Sept. 21 on upcoming Holy Land pilgrimage
Published September 7, 2017
SMYRNA—The Georgia Bulletin is hosting a pilgrimage to the Holy Land early in 2018, with spiritual guidance by Father Michael Silloway, chaplain at St. Pius X High School in Atlanta. An information session will be held Thursday, Sept. 21, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., for those who are considering—or are already signed up for—the pilgrimage. All are […] Full Story
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Atlanta to host international stewardship conference
Published September 7, 2017
ATLANTA—The 55th annual conference of the International Catholic Stewardship Council will be Sept. 17-20 in Atlanta. Clergy, parish staff and lay leaders, as well as diocesan stewardship and development staff, are encouraged to attend. The conference theme is “Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response.” Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky, will deliver the […] Full Story
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Aquinas Center to hold special movie event
Published September 7, 2017
ATLANTA—The Aquinas Center at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology will offer a free viewing of “Babette’s Feast” as part of its Light in the Darkness Movie Series. The film will be shown Thursday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 252, located at 1531 Dickey Drive in Atlanta. Pope […] Full Story
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‘Voices of young people’ can overcome resurgence of bigotry, archbishop says
By ANDREW NELSON, Staff writer
Published August 24, 2017ATHENS—Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory urged Catholic college students to have the courage of faith to respond to hatred and bigotry. Speaking to about 500 students at the Catholic Center at the University of Georgia, the archbishop focused on a faith response to the violent and hate-filled demonstrations that took place during a rally of white […] Full Story | En Español
