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• Sister Therese Maher, OP, dies May 27 

  Published July 6, 2023

  Sister Therese Maher, OP, died May 27, at St. Elizabeth Manor, Footville, Wisconsin. She had served in Atlanta at St. Pius X High School.

• Sister Peggy Ryan, OP, marks jubilee 

  Published June 15, 2023

  Sister Peggy Ryan, OP, will mark her 40th jubilee in 2023. She served in the Archdiocese of Atlanta for several years as a family therapist and social worker.

• Sister Mary Jane Herlik, OP,  remembered 

  Published April 28, 2022

  Sister Mary Jane Herlik, OP, died April 4. Sister Mary Jane served in the Archdiocese of Atlanta as pastoral associate at St. Joseph Church, Marietta from 1987 to 1993 and was a founding member of the Archdiocesan AIDS Task Force. 

• Sister Marie Sullivan’s service made a difference with the poor  

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published February 21, 2022

  Sister Marie Sullivan, a Sinsinawa Dominican, served families in need in the Archdiocese of Atlanta for many years. She died Feb. 9 at the age of 90.

• Sister Marie Sullivan, OP, celebrates jubilee

  

  Published April 15, 2021

  Sister Marie Sullivan, OP, will mark her 70th jubilee this year, along with nine other Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa commemorating 70 years. She was a servant to Atlanta’s poor for many years.

• Sister Nora Ryan, OP, dies December 22

  

  Published January 7, 2021

  Sister Nora Ryan, OP, died on December 22 at St. Dominic Villa, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin. She was 87 years old. She served in the Archdiocese of Atlanta for many years.

• Unofficial Catholic paper mailed to Wisconsin Catholic homes before election

  

  Published October 29, 2020

  Ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, a publication mailed to Catholic homes around Wisconsin is seeking to influence the vote of readers.

• Rwandan priest who survived genocide preaches forgiveness and mercy

  By SAM LUCERO, Special to the Bulletin
  Published March 3, 2016

  CHAMPION, Wis.— Since 1995, Father Ubald Rugirangoga has been preaching about forgiveness, mercy and reconciliation. The African priest speaks from the heart, having survived the 1994 genocide in his native Rwanda that killed some 800,000 people, including more than 80 members of his family. He will be visiting the Atlanta Archdiocese March 14-15 to celebrate […] Full Story

• Joan Lucas Receives National Honor

  Published October 26, 2006

  Joan Lucas of the Atlanta Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women was selected as the national 2006 Our Lady of Good Counsel honoree by the National Council of Catholic Women at its general assembly Sept. 21-23. Lucas, a member of Holy Family Church, Marietta, had been chosen as Region 3 finalist for the honor. The national […] Full Story