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• Vietnamese fall festival draws huge crowd opening night

  

  By LINDSAY GLADU, Special to the Bulletin
  Published September 4, 2014

  NORCROSS—This year’s Hoi Cho Mua Thu “Fall Festival,” presented by the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, started on a somber note with prayers for peace throughout the world and a reminder that the guests were blessed with the ability to gather without worry or persecution. About 10,000 people attended the opening night of the three-day long […] Full Story

• Parishioners realize ‘dream’ of establishing Vietnamese parish in Norcross

  

  By ANNE NEUFELD RUTZ, Special to the Bulletin
  Published December 6, 2013

  NORCROSS—The first Sunday of Advent took on a special meaning for the members of the newest parish in the archdiocese, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church in Norcross. After 17 years as a mission, Holy Vietnamese Martyrs officially became a parish in mid-October and celebrated the elevation at a Mass of thanksgiving on Dec. 1. It joins […]

• Holy Vietnamese Martyrs elevated from mission to parish

  Published November 7, 2013

  NORCROSS—The Archdiocese of Atlanta has elevated Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church in Norcross from a mission church to the status of a parish, effective Oct. 16, 2013. The text of the decree from Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory follows: “Whereas the People of God of Norcross and its environs have been served by the Mission of Holy […] Full Story

• 2012 Vietnamese Fall Festival Draws Thousands

  Published September 13, 2013

  Thousands of people from Georgia and the Southeast gathered at Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church for the seventh annual fall festival, celebrating the heritage and culture of the Vietnamese-American population. The three-day event, from Aug. 31-Sept. 2, is filled with music, food, dancing and fellowship and is an annual tradition known for its fundraising for the […]

• Mary Our Queen Choir Performs At Buffalo Church

  Published November 22, 2012

  Acoustics make all the difference in the world to a choir. And acoustics certainly made a remarkable difference to Norcross’s Mary Our Queen Church choir during their recent performances in three Catholic churches in Buffalo, N.Y. The choir and several parishioners from Mary Our Queen made a pilgrimage to New York in early November to […]

• Atlanta’s Faith Community Tackles Sex Trafficking

  

  By DENNIS SADOWSKI, CNS
  Published August 2, 2012

  Crystal Ward works hard helping people to think in new ways about the commercial sex industry and its victims. Young girls being forced to sell themselves for sex are not prostitutes, she told a group of 30 church leaders from throughout metropolitan Atlanta; the girls are victims of sexual exploitation in illegal networks run by […]

• Young Adults Attend ‘Saved In Hope’ Retreat

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published November 10, 2011

  It was a weekend of searching, listening and dialogue, both internal and external. Nearly 100 young adults joined Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and Sisters of Life for the “Saved In Hope” retreat, held at Simpsonwood Retreat Center Oct. 14-16. The weekend encouraged the 20- to 40-year-olds to embrace their vulnerability and grow in their […]

• Young Adults Attend ‘Saved In Hope’ Retreat

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published November 10, 2011

  It was a weekend of searching, listening and dialogue, both internal and external. Nearly 100 young adults joined Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and Sisters of Life for the “Saved In Hope” retreat, held at Simpsonwood Retreat Center Oct. 14-16. The weekend encouraged the 20- to 40-year-olds to embrace their vulnerability and grow in their […]

• Polish Catholics Gather For Blessing Of Baskets

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published April 28, 2011

  Polish Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta held true to tradition as they participated in “Święconka,” the blessing of Polish Easter baskets, on Holy Saturday at Mary Our Queen Church and St. Marguerite d’Youville Church, Lawrenceville. Father Piotr Nowacki, chaplain of the Polish Catholic Apostolate for the archdiocese, led the humble services, which were attended […]

• Faith Of Catholics, New And Old, Lights Up Vigil

  By GRETCHEN KEISER, Staff Writer
  Published April 28, 2011

  St. Patrick’s Church was a flurry of activity on the night of the Easter Vigil. Cars turned into the parking lot. Outside, where a prayer of St. Patrick adorns the façade, parents let dressed-up kids vent energy outdoors before corralling them for the lengthy Mass to come. Inside, 30 or so people, soon to become […] Full Story

• Vietnamese Church Resolves Waste Transfer Dispute

  

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published March 3, 2011

  As many Asian communities throughout the area observed the lunar New Year in February, members of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church doubly celebrated as their battle against Gwinnett County commissioners and a proposed waste transfer station next to their church finally came to an end. After two years of town hall meetings, consistently calling and writing […]

• Lively Cameroon Community Gathers Together In Faith

  By STEPHEN O'KANE, Staff Writer
  Published September 16, 2010

  Every month, Mary Our Queen Parish serves as a gathering place for the growing number of Cameroonian Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. As a native of Buea, Cameroon, Father Henry Atem, parochial vicar at St. Peter Chanel Church in Roswell, has been closely involved with the group as chaplain since his ordination in 2008. […]

• Norcross Church Hosts Priest From Pro-Life Network

  Published June 10, 2010

  Father Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, will speak at St. Patrick Church the weekend of July 10-11 for all those who are interested in attending. HLI, founded in 1981, is the world’s largest pro-life organization with affiliate offices and associates in 87 countries. Father Euteneuer, president since 2001, has traveled more than […] Full Story

• Moving A Church From Buffalo To Norcross

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published February 4, 2010

  Marble block by marble block, that’s how parishioners at Mary Our Queen Church hope to move a historic, basilica-style church in Buffalo, N.Y., to the Atlanta suburbs. Backers of the idea—dubbed “preservation through relocation”—see it as an opportunity to reuse an architectural gem for a parish that has outgrown its own church. It is nearly […]

• Marian Mass, Procession To Be Held Dec. 8

  Published November 26, 2009

  A Mass and procession in honor of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception will take place on Tuesday, Dec. 8. The Mass, hosted by St. Patrick Church, will be followed by a candlelight procession to the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Mission. The group, accompanied by a police escort, will process with the Blessed Sacrament (weather permitting) […] Full Story

• Mission Asks Other Parishes For Support On Rezoning Issue

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published January 22, 2009

  Following the strong showing at a Gwinnett County public hearing on Dec. 16, the members of Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Mission are taking to the proverbial streets, hoping to drum up even more support in opposition to the building of a waste transfer station adjacent to their property on Shackleford Road. The December meeting was the […]

• Mercy, Pius Compete At Wesleyan Invitational

  

  By MICHAEL ALEXANDER, Staff Photographer
  Published October 23, 2008

  Our Lady of Mercy High School, Fairburn, and St. Pius X High School, Atlanta, were among the 18 boys and 12 girls cross country teams running at the Wesleyan School Invitational, Norcross, Oct. 18. Mercy brought its boys and girls teams, while the St. Pius boys team competed. Mercy’s Jared Cooper finished 10th out of […]

• Minority Communities Have Many New HIV Cases

  By ANDREW NELSON, Staff Writer
  Published August 21, 2008

  Black and Latino communities face an HIV/AIDS crisis in numbers that mirror the early years of the disease. “It’s like the second wave of the pandemic,” said Irene Miranda, the director of the Atlanta Archdiocese’s HIV/AIDS ministry. Troubling statistics of the disease show it is reaching deeper into minority communities and people living in rural […] Full Story

• AIDS Speakers Offer Ways For Youth To Minister

  By STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writer
  Published August 21, 2008

  With no official medical education or experience, Ainhoa Tollinche was admittedly a little nervous about how she would fit in as a speaker for the first Southeastern Conference of Catholic AIDS Ministers gathering held last week at the Simpsonwood retreat center. But the subject of AIDS education, especially regarding youth in Catholic schools, turned out […]

• Southeastern Catholic AIDS Ministers Convene

  

  By ANDREW NELSON and STEPHEN O’KANE, Staff Writers
  Published August 21, 2008

  Connie swallows 52 medications a day to live. Connie, who is 52, and Javier, a 30-year-old construction worker, put a face on AIDS statistics to a roomful of Catholic AIDS counselors, teachers and students. Shedding tears, each told a story of exclusion from community and church. They used only first names. Javier said he told […] Full Story