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• Georgia Bulletin writer reflects on inspiring feature

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published January 14, 2025

  Georgia Bulletin Staff Writer Natalia Duron reflects on a 2024 assignment with a lasting impact on her own life.

• Financial aid programs provide for Catholic families, schools in Georgia

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published January 7, 2025

  Georgia’s Catholic and private schools are receiving boosts in funding through the efforts of several state- and archdiocesan-supported financial aid programs, including Georgia Promise Scholarships, GOAL, block grants and Georgia Special Needs Scholarships.

• A letter from Archbishop Hartmayer to Cardinal Gregory

  Published January 6, 2025

  ATLANTA—Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., shares his letter to Cardinal Wilton Gregory, written upon learning of the cardinal’s retirement Jan. 6.  “Your Eminence, my dear brother, Wilton:  Peace and All Good!  The bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated religious, and lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Atlanta join me in congratulating you and assuring you of […] Full Story | En Español

• Archbishop Hartmayer congratulates Metropolitan of Atlanta upon retirement, sends well wishes to successor

  Published January 6, 2025

  ATLANTA—Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has written to His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios on his retirement. Metropolitan Alexios has served as the Metropolitan of the Greek Orthodox Church of Atlanta since 2002. The archbishop’s letter reads in part: “The occasion of your retirement affords me the opportunity to thank God for your many years of fruitful […] Full Story | En Español

• Archbishop Hartmayer’s statement on the death of President Jimmy Carter

  

  Published December 30, 2024

  Archbishop Hartmayer of Atlanta expresses prayers and condolences to the family of President Jimmy Carter upon his Dec. 29 death.

• Cathedral of Christ the King honors Our Lady of Guadalupe

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published December 26, 2024

  On Dec. 11 and 12, the Cathedral of Christ the King was filled with prayers, music and vibrant celebration as parishioners gathered to honor the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

• Archdiocese of Atlanta announces cancellation of Eucharistic Congress

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published December 16, 2024

  The Archdiocese of Atlanta will not host the 2025 Eucharistic Congress due to budget constraints. Deacon Dennis Dorner, chancellor of the archdiocese, made the announcement about the June congress on Dec. 16

• #iGiveCatholic campaign raises more than $1 million in Atlanta

  

  By NATALIA DURON
  Published December 12, 2024

  This year’s #iGiveCatholic campaign raised nearly $1.1 million for Catholic schools, parishes and charities in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. More than 3,000 donors helped fund essential projects and needs for 102 organizations in the archdiocese.

• Advent: Events of the season announced 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published December 3, 2024

  From services to programs of lessons and carols, here’s a sampling of events in the Archdiocese of Atlanta marking this season of reflection.

• Building futures with Kitchen Cura 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published December 3, 2024

  Four months ago, three novices started their journey with the Kitchen Cura, a transformative, food-focused internship at Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center.  

• Letters of Thanksgiving

  

  Published November 26, 2024

  Gratitude is abounding this season. Guest contributors Patty Childs, superintendent of Catholic Schools; Frank Mulcahy, director of the Georgia Catholic Conference; and Sister Josefa Maria Chicoine, VHM, share what they are most thankful for in hopes readers will consider the blessings in their own lives.

• Billboard spreads Respect Life Message

  

  Published May 30, 2024

  The Knights of Columbus Council #14425 at St. Anna Church earned the Faith in Action Life Award at the Georgia Knights of Columbus Convention.

• St. Anna Church honors clergy 

  

  Published December 1, 2021

  St. Anna Church, a rural parish in Walton County, held an appreciation weekend for its clergy after Masses Nov. 6-7.

• St. Anna Church honors heroes who served

  

  Published November 11, 2021

  St. Anna Church’s Knights of Columbus Council 14425 paid tribute to service men and women for the fourth straight year with its Wall of Honor (WOH) at the Monroe parish. 

• Deacon Connell, of St. Anna Church, dies November 3

  

  Published November 13, 2020

  Deacon Jerry Connell of St. Anna Church died peacefully on Nov. 3 at his home in Monroe. He was 85 years old.

• St. Anna expands Wall of Honor tribute to veterans

  

  By MARY THERESE GRIFFIN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published December 12, 2019

  Last year, St. Anna Church, Monroe, honored the military veterans of the congregation with a Wall of Honor. The Knights of Columbus Council #14425 built four panels to display more than 200 photos. The wall drew much interest, and the faces of those featured increased this year to 286.

• St. Anna Church in Monroe honors its military veterans

  

  Published December 6, 2018

  MONROE—On Veterans Day, Sunday, Nov. 11, St. Anna Church in Monroe honored its congregation’s military veterans by dedicating a Veterans Wall of Honor. In a project spearheaded by the Knights of Columbus, Council 14425, the church’s parishioners submitted over 200 photos of their families’ military veterans. The Knights processed, printed, framed and displayed the pictures […] Full Story

• St. Anna’s new church, with historic bells, graces Walton County landscape

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published August 6, 2015

  MONROE—The gleaming white bell tower of St. Anna Church in Monroe is a new landmark on the landscape of Walton County. St. Anna parishioners celebrated the culmination of seven years of planning, work and sacrifice at a Mass of dedication for their new church July 26 — the feast day of St. Anna and St. […] Full Story

• St. Anna holds traditional Good Friday pilgrimage perhaps for last time

  

  Published April 30, 2015

  MONROE—Holy Week was a special time for St. Anna Church in Monroe. The parish community had what is likely to be its last reenactment in the center of Monroe on Good Friday retracing Jesus’ final hours. A local tradition that is a dozen years old, the prayerful event attracts a crowd of people. “It’s a […] Full Story

• Southpaw priest burns one over the plate

  

  Published August 21, 2014

  Father Daniel Toof is a southpaw. The pastor at St. Anna Church, in Monroe, wearing a jersey with “Fr. Dan” across the back, pitched a strike at Lawrenceville’s Coolray Field on Friday, Aug. 8, at the Triple A matchup between the Norfolk Tides and the hometown Gwinnett Braves. St. Anna’s Knights of Columbus, sponsored the […] Full Story