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• Archbishop’s Q&A session covers canonization process, saintly living

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 23, 2025

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., and Father Branson Hipp, of the Catholic Center at Georgia Tech, hosted a question-and-answer session following the Mass of Thanksgiving for St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

• Fall fellowship at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs 

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published September 21, 2025

  Every Labor Day weekend, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church in Norcross hosts its fall festival to usher in a new season.

• Atlanta’s Mass of Thanksgiving celebrates canonization of new saints

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published September 11, 2025

  Hundreds of the faithful filled Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church in Norcross on Sept. 7 to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for the canonization of St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati.

• Atlanta Archdiocese to have Mass of Thanksgiving for Acutis, Frassati canonization

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published August 18, 2025

  Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving to mark the canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati on Sept. 7 at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church.

• The celebration of Corpus Christi

  

  By GEORGIA BULLETIN STAFF
  Published July 11, 2025

  With processions large and small, Atlanta Catholics celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi during the weekend of June 21-22. The Chinese Catholic community of The Holy Name of Jesus Mission in Norcross marked the days leading up to Corpus Christi with a week-long revival.

• Multicultural procession of Pilgrims of Hope draws crowd 

  

  By ANDREW NELSON
  Published October 30, 2024

  A fall procession route linked St. Patrick Church and Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, Norcross, and Our Lady of Americas Mission, Lilburn, in a prayerful march defending an attack on belief in the Eucharist.

• Ghanaian Catholic community in Atlanta marks a decade 

  

  Published September 4, 2024

  The Ghanaian Community in the Archdiocese of Atlanta recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. 

• Five new priests bring unity, diversity to Archdiocese of Atlanta

  

  By NATALIA DURON, Staff Writer
  Published June 13, 2024

  Friends, family, clergy and parishioners rejoiced inside Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church on June 1 as five paths merged and became united in the mission to serve God and his people. 

• Light of Our Parish Life: Adoring Christ before serving others

  

  By ALEXANDER BROWN, Special to the Bulletin
  Published August 2, 2023

  Have you considered the role of adoration in your parish’s service? The youth leadership team at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church gathers monthly for adoration to strengthen their spiritual relationship.

• Local men answer the call: Four new priests ordained   

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published June 7, 2023

  Four men followed diverse paths to ministry, but now they are united in a common mission. Ordained on May 27, they became the newest priests to serve the nearly 1 million people of the Archdiocese of Atlanta during a ceremony rich in sacred tradition.  

• Priests gather for Advent prayer, reconciliation

  Published December 19, 2022

  Sixty-six priests from the Archdiocese of Atlanta gathered for their annual Advent Day of Reflection on Monday, Nov. 28, at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church in Norcross.  

• Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church feeds hundreds daily

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published May 12, 2021

  This outreach from Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church finds those who are isolated from others. As trust grows, the goals grow beyond a daily plate of food–from helping to land a temporary job to providing clothing. 

• Parish Milestones: St. Patrick Church, Norcross, celebrates 50 years

  

  By SAMANTHA SMITH, Staff Writer
  Published November 12, 2020

  St. Patrick Church in Norcross, served by the Fransalians, marks its 50th anniversary this year and celebrated in a special way in August.

• With church dedication, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church begins new chapter

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published December 26, 2019

  On Nov. 28, an estimated 4,000 people witnessed the dedication of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, a towering building with roofs of sweeping overhanging eaves.

• Holy Name of Jesus Mission dedicated

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published December 7, 2017

  NORCROSS—More than 200 people celebrated the dedication of the first Chinese Catholic mission in the Archdiocese of Atlanta during a Nov. 19 Mass. In a procession led by members of the Knights of Columbus in plumed hats, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory blessed the Holy Name of Jesus Chinese Mission building on Light Circle in Norcross […] Full Story | En Español

• Church groundbreaking is ‘dream come true’ for Vietnamese parish

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 7, 2017

  NORCROSS—A large granite slab blasted with dynamite from the property of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church is to serve as a cornerstone of a new Asian-influenced church for this Gwinnett County faith community. Blessed by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory on Aug. 27, the huge stone and ceremonial groundbreaking marked another step toward the long-sought goal of […] Full Story

• Chinese Catholic community acquires church in Norcross

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published October 6, 2016

  NORCROSS—The Chinese Catholic community has its own church home and hopes to begin celebrating Mass there in October. The new Holy Name of Jesus Chinese Catholic Mission recently purchased a former Baptist church in Norcross for what will be the hub of this small but growing faith community, which has gathered for years at All […] Full Story

• Burmese Catholics hold national conference in Atlanta

  

  By NICHOLE GOLDEN, Staff Writer
  Published October 28, 2015

  NORCROSS—“Be Not Afraid” was the theme of the 2015 National Conference of Burmese-American Catholics at the North Atlanta Trade Center in Norcross Sept. 4-7. Deacon Peter B. Swan, of St. Philip Benizi Church, Jonesboro, and president of the NCBAC, estimates that 1,800 Burmese-American Catholics from across the United States attended the sixth annual event. Thirty […] Full Story

• Indian Catholics celebrate Marian feast, homeland’s independence Aug. 15

  

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published September 4, 2015

  NORCROSS—The Indian Catholic community in the Atlanta Archdiocese celebrated the feast of the Assumption of Mary with the statue of Our Lady of Vailankanni (Our Lady of Good Health)—the officially sanctioned Marian apparition of India—carried in the procession as Mass began, decorated with flowers and garlands. The Indian culture on Saturday, Aug. 15, at St. […] Full Story

• Mary’s Garden bookstore continues with new owner

  Published May 28, 2015

  NORCROSS—The Catholic bookstore Mary’s Garden is under new ownership. And the new owner will be familiar to customers. Talin Major has worked there for years. Cherie Peters, the store’s founder, sold the Norcross bookstore after 15 years. She moved to Savannah. “It was liking giving my baby away. The store has meant so much to […] Full Story