Georgia Bulletin

Smyrna

• Archbishop Hartmayer announces 2025 priest assignments

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published May 14, 2025

  Archbishop Gregory John Hartmayer, OFM Conv., of Atlanta, has announced the 2025 priest assignments, effective July 1.

• Catholic Charities Atlanta holds information session on immigrant, refugee policies

  

  By NATALIA DURON
  Published March 11, 2025

  Catholic Charities Atlanta hosted a post-election information session at the Archdiocese of Atlanta Chancery on Feb. 5. The forum discussed national policies that affect specific parishioners, community members and children in the archdiocese.

• Advocates see human side of tribunal work 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published March 7, 2025

  Some 130 women and men now serve as advocates for the Archdiocese of Atlanta Metropolitan Tribunal helping people seeking a marriage annulment in the church’s court system. While tribunal work can seem legal and procedural, advocates see a deeply human side. 

• Mental health ministry topic of clergy education 

  

  Published February 28, 2025

  Bishop John Dolan of Phoenix, Arizona, was the guest speaker at a day set aside for clergy education about mental health in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. 

• Archbishop asks for prayers to see delayed school opening to fruition

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 23, 2024

  A grade school scheduled to open in Hall County is to be deferred as education leaders wrestle with an unexpected wrinkle: a time crunch to set up a permanent school.  

• Nigerian Igbo community meets archbishop

  

  Published May 31, 2024

  On May 22, Father Paschal Amagba led a delegation of the Nigerian Igbo Catholic Community of Atlanta to visit Atlanta Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv.

• Archbishop Hartmayer announces 2024 priest assignments

  

  Published May 15, 2024

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer has announced the 2024 priest assignments, effective in July.

• Child advocate recognized with St. Joseph the Protector Award 

  Published May 1, 2024

  Sue Stubbs, director of the Archdiocese of Atlanta victim assistance program in the Office of Child and Youth Protection, was recognized with the top honor at the Child and Youth Protection Catholic Leadership Conference.

• Believers encouraged to use weapons of love at Rescue Atlanta  

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 21, 2023

  The work of the faithful is to be “agents of sabotage” against evil to collaborate with God in the re-creation of the world, Father John Riccardo told a sold-out crowd at Rescue Atlanta.   

• The spiritual side of retirement planning: the lagniappe step

  By BILL CLARKE
  Published March 2, 2023

  Several years ago, I had a rather serious surgery and was recuperating in intensive care. It was almost midnight, and it was very quiet in the ICU. I had tubes connected measuring my vital signs.

• Growing number of parishes, schools embrace environmental cause  

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 2, 2023

  More than 20 parishes and schools gathered to share strategies and learn from each other at a Jan. 25 workshop in Smyrna as part of the archdiocese’s Laudato Si’ Initiative to care for the environment. 

• Schools support Catholic Charities Atlanta 

  

  Published December 19, 2022

  SMYRNA—Archdiocese of Atlanta Catholic School Superintendent Diane Starkovich and Assistant Superintendent Karen Vogtner donated funds from the Catholic school principals and the administrative office to Catholic Charities Atlanta for Christmas.   Accepting this year’s gift was Amy Sanislo, the marketing and communications manager at Catholic Charities Atlanta.  For information on supporting Catholic Charities, visit catholiccharitiesatlanta.org.   

• Support of Cobb parish community makes priestly vocation possible 

  

  By IMELDA RICHARD, Special to the Bulletin 
  Published July 18, 2022

  A love of music, the support of a Smyrna parish community and the example of dedicated clergy inspired Father Rodrigo Padrón-Pérez in his own priestly vocation. 

• Mass raises awareness for domestic violence

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published October 14, 2021

  A Mass for the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary for Domestic Violence Awareness Month was Oct. 7. Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III celebrated the Mass.

• Archbishop Hartmayer blesses new statue of Mary on Chancery grounds

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published July 22, 2021

  A statue of Mary now greets visitors and staff at the offices of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. The white Italian marble statue of Mary depicts her in the traditional stance as Our Lady of Grace with her exposed Immaculate Heart.

• Summer school for Catholic educators

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published July 8, 2021

  It was back to the classroom for Catholic educators taking part in the Summer Institute of the Archdiocese of Atlanta—a time to share ideas and prepare for the upcoming school year.

• A reporter reflects on favorite stories of 2020

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published January 7, 2021

  Georgia Bulletin Reporter Andrew Nelson reflects upon some of his favorite assignments of 2020.

• Favorite photograph harks back to an unfavorable moment in 2020

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Photographer
  Published January 7, 2021

  Georgia Bulletin Photographer Michael Alexander shares his favorite photo of 2020 as part of the newspaper’s Year In Review.

• Online Guadalupe celebrations honor ‘the mother of hope’

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published December 24, 2020

  At St. Thomas the Apostle parish, the Our Lady of Guadalupe festival moved primarily online for a 24-hour celebration. Organizers said a global audience of tens of thousands watched from Africa and Asia to Mexico and Brazil.

• OSV presenting offertory stabilization program to parishes

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2020

  Leaders of the Archdiocese of Atlanta are encouraging parishes to begin an offertory recovery initiative from Our Sunday Visitor in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.