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Marietta

• Atlanta priests serve as ‘physicians of souls’ during COVID surge 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 18, 2021

  In the past year, a handful of Atlanta priests stepped forward to serve patients hospitalized with COVID-19. This ministry offers peace to those dying and comfort to those lonely, separated from loved ones because of the virus.

• Bishop Shlesinger to open series on Catholic social teaching

  

  Published September 18, 2020

  Transfiguration Church will welcome Bishop Bernard Shlesinger to open a new season of Catholic social teaching presentations. The kick-off event on Thursday, Sept. 24 will begin a series of topics stemming from current events.

• St. Ann volunteers harvesting hope with community garden

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 29, 2020

  Eyeing an empty plot on the St. Ann Church campus, SVdP food pantry leaders decided to break ground on a community garden. Although it was long a topic of conversation at the Marietta parish, it took the COVID-19 lockdown to make it happen.

• Transfiguration’s ‘Operation Elder Care’ maintains connection, meets needs of seniors

  Published April 30, 2020

  Since March 19, Transfiguration Church in Marietta has been participating in what they are calling “Operation Elder Care” to make connections with and assess the needs of seniors.

• Pinecrest and Walker split in baseball doubleheader

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Writer
  Published March 19, 2020

  After a rainout prevented Pinecrest Academy and The Walker School baseball teams from playing the previous day, they decided to play an evening doubleheader on Walker’s lighted field Wednesday, March 11.

• Catholic school faculty members honored at annual education banquet

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published February 6, 2020

  Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Atlanta marked Catholic Schools Week Jan. 26-Feb. 1, a national observance focusing on faith-building, academic and community contributions of the schools.

• BT’s first-year head coach takes a team to the state finals and wins

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, malexander@georgiabulletin.org
  Published November 14, 2019

  Blessed Trinity was a 3-1 set victor over the St. Pius X team in a volleyball match on Nov. 2.

• MUST cold weather shelter accepts donations

  Published December 19, 2018

  MARIETTA—As the cold temperatures dip below freezing this season, MUST Ministries is taking in women and children to assure they are safe and warm. The Cold Weather Shelter is a temporary housing program on the Elizabeth Inn Campus that allows women and children to come to the Loaves and Fishes Community Kitchen and stay on […] Full Story

• Father Michael Steven Sherliza, a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, dies

  Published October 23, 2018

  MARIETTA— Father Michael Steven Sherliza, a priest of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, died Oct. 22 after battling a long series of illnesses. He was 62. The son of Robert Joseph Sherliza and Lizzette (Sullivan) Sherliza, he was born on Oct. 2, 1956, the feast of the Guardian Angels, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. He attended St. Mary’s […] Full Story

• St. Ann Church community celebrates 40th anniversary

  

  Published September 20, 2018

  MARIETTA—Joined by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory, the members of St. Ann Church, Marietta, celebrated the 40th anniversary of their parish at an Aug. 5 Mass. A gala Founder’s Weekend evening of food and dancing Aug. 3 preceded the Mass and the community continued the anniversary celebration with a ministry fair and Atlanta Braves Night events […] Full Story

• Blessed Trinity senior completes teen-oriented Girl Scout Gold Award project

  

  Published August 23, 2018

  MARIETTA—Mattie Riordan, a senior at Blessed Trinity High School, Roswell, completed her Girl Scout Gold Award project this summer by creating a safe outdoor space for teens of St. Ann Church, Marietta. A member of Troop 26214 of St. Joseph School, Marietta, Riordan’s project addresses the issues of juvenile violent crime and the digital divide. […] Full Story

• Confirmation celebrated in American Sign Language

  

  Published August 3, 2018

  MARIETTA—On April 19, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated Mass and the sacrament of confirmation for a group on young people, including Nicholas Spacht, at Transfiguration Church, Marietta. Nicholas is unique among his classmates in that he is deaf and fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). During the years of his sacramental preparation, sign language interpreters […] Full Story

• Workshop examines church’s stance on just war, armed conflicts

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 25, 2018

  MARIETTA—What to make of global conflicts where missile-heavy drones unleash deadly violence on “battlefields without borders,” the dizzying number of extremists vying for control in the Syrian Civil War and nuclear weapons being engineered smaller for use on the front lines? Some 50 people assembled at Transfiguration Church, Marietta, April 28 for “A Catholic Look […] Full Story

• Workshop looks at church’s stance on just war, global conflicts

  Published April 5, 2018

  MARIETTA—Justice and Peace Ministries of the Archdiocese of Atlanta will sponsor “A Catholic Look at War and Global Conflict” on Saturday, April 28, at Transfiguration Church in Marietta. The all-day workshop will be from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the parish’s family life center, 1815 Blackwell Road. The workshop will examine the Catholic Church’s stance on […] Full Story

• Congregation Etz Chaim and St. Ann partner on Holocaust memorial project

  By JOHN TABELLIONE, Special to the Bulletin
  Published February 26, 2018

  MARIETTA—A unique program called “Books and Bricks” serves to educate the youth of Congregation Etz Chaim and St. Ann Church in Marietta about the Holocaust. The program uses two memorial dates to educate the communities—“Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day” (Yom HaShoah) and the 1938 pogrom of “Kristallnacht” (Night of Broken Glass). Over the past several […] Full Story

• Youth in Mission grants mission scholarships

  Published January 26, 2018

  MARIETTA—Youth in Mission, a Catholic Foundation of North Georgia-sponsored charity, recently presented $20,000 in scholarships toward the 2018 travel fees of 36 young missionaries. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory attended and blessed the youth and their mission trips at the sixth annual Youth in Mission Scholarships Presentation on Dec. 16, 2017, at St. Joseph Church in […] Full Story

• La Salette priest Father Roger Plante dies Dec. 9

  Published January 11, 2018

  MARIETTA—La Salette Father Roger J. Plante, senior priest in residence at St. Ann Church in Marietta, died suddenly on Dec. 9, 2017. He was 82. Father Plante was born in Springvale, Maine, on March 19, 1935, son of the late Ovila and Diana (Mailhot) Plante. He attended La Salette Seminary in Enfield, New Hampshire, and […] Full Story

• ‘Launch’ program transforms religious education at Marietta parish

  

  By ERIKA ANDERSON REDDING, Special to the Bulletin
  Published December 7, 2017

  MARIETTA—It’s Sunday morning at St. Ann Church. In the dim lighting of a first-floor room, dozens of children sit on the floor. The students face the twinkling stars that form a constellation in the shape of a Chi Ro cross. A simulated space shuttle cockpit doubles as a stage. The children are mesmerized by their […] Full Story | En Español

• Serrans to provide day of recreation for priests

  Published August 24, 2017

  MARIETTA—The Serra Club of Atlanta will host the 40th annual Priests’ Day of Appreciation and Recreation on Monday, Sept. 18, at the Indian Hills Country Club in Marietta. The day of golf, tennis and fellowship will conclude with a social hour, dinner and awards program. The event begins at 11:30 a.m. at the country club, […] Full Story

• Seven Carmelite communities are helping lay Catholics live faith more deeply

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 18, 2017

  This is the third in an occasional series featuring area Catholics deepening their faith by affiliating with religious orders. MARIETTA—Joe Herzberg and Charles Trout stood in front of the altar at Holy Family Church to accept with prayers and blessings a brown square cloth, draped over their chest and back. For these two, the small […] Full Story