Bearing Light

In this episode of Bearing Light, Andrew Nelson talks with Joe Barker, the executive director of the Sister Thea Bowman Educational Foundation and N'dea Delfish, a foundational scholar and Boston College graduate. Discover how the legacy of Sister Thea Bowman, who is on the road to canonization, continues through the lives of young people pursuing their education.

In this episode of Bearing Light, Natalia Duron and Ashley Morris continue their reflection on a two-day pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama. They discuss their visits to the Harris House and Freedom Rides Museum and share how the experience impacted them and what they will remember from the pilgrimage.

Natalia Duron and Ashley Morris reflect on an archdiocesan pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama. Pilgrims visited the Legacy Sites, highlighting the history of racial injustice.

September is National Suicide Prevention Month. The Bearing Light podcast features Maggie Rousseau, director of the Disabilities Ministry for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, as she discuss Catholic teaching on mental health and suicide, and parish-based accompaniment.

Licensed professional counselor Colleen Walsh, who worships at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Smyrna, shares insights on warning signs of suicide, and the importance of direct questions. Walsh also talks about the importance of the 9-8-8 crisis hotline for suicide prevention.

Lorraine Murray shares her faith journey during this conversation with Bearing Light podcast.

Hear her funny anecdote about meeting a contemporary saint in Atlanta and how writing her column beloved by Georgia Bulletin readers is a form of prayer for the Decatur resident.

Bearing Light dedicates the next few episodes to the award-winning columnists who educate us, entertain us and teach us as they write for the Georgia Bulletin.

Let’s get to know the veteran columnist David King. He is an English professor at Kennesaw State University, in addition to being a leader with the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults at Holy Spirit Church. In his conversation with Bearing Light, he casts a wide net to explore the Catholic influence in popular culture, from "The Godfather" to Walker Percy - in addition to his own conversion story.

In this episode of Bearing Light, guest host Natalia Duron, reporter of the Georgia Bulletin, speaks with Father Rey Pineda, director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and Father Gerardo Ceballos, secretary to the archbishop and director of the Office of Liturgy. Together, the priests talk about the record number of seminary applications in the archdiocese this year. The two share their reasons behind this growth and why it signifies hope in the Church.

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Brazilian native Father Leandro Nunes and fellow soccer lover Antonio Borges share how a World Cup watch party brought together some 300 people at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church in Douglasville. They talk about why the game is about much more than winning and losing.

On Saturday, June 6, more than a hundred pilgrims joined the bishops of the Archdiocese of Atlanta on a two-and-a-half mile Eucharistic procession to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi.

On this week's special podcast, we will follow along the walk from Purification Church to the Heritage Retreat Center in Sharon, Georgia, hearing why people wanted to celebrate the Lord in this way.

A video version is available on You Tube.

Natalia Duron, Georgia Bulletin staff reporter, joins this episode of Bearing Light to talk about the paper's Spanish language podcast as well as her recent assignments from ordinations to anniversaries.