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Come and join us this Christmas!

Come and join us this Christmas! Christmas Eve, December 24, Tuesday Midnight Mass starts at 11:30PM (Mass in Chinese) Christmas Day, December 25, Wednesday Mass of Christmas Day (Mass in Chinese) and Sunday School Christmas Pageant starts at 10:30AM Potluck and Santa Claus starts after Mass Mass in English starts at 2:00PM in the chapel Address: 5395 Light Circle NW, Norcross, GA 30071 Phone: 678-691-3261 email: info@hnojatl.org

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Chinese School
Sundays at 11:30am

Chinese language classes for adults meet on Sundays from 11:30am – 12:30pm in the choir room. Class schedule is as follows:  August 18, 2024 August 25, 2024 September 8, 2024 September 15, 2024 September 22, 2024 September 29, 2024 October 6, 2024 October 13, 2024 October 20, 2024 October 27, 2024 Fee: $60/person

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Celebrating the Assumption of Mary

In 1950, Pope Pius XII proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in his apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus (God Ineffable or Indescribable). It was about time, for not only had canonized Saints written about it, the Christian faithful since the early Church had already been expressing that article of faith in their traditions, prayers, devotions, sacred images and liturgies. In his proclamation, Pope Pius XII tied in the dogma of the Assumption with the three preceding…

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Did Mary die before her Assumption?

The Apostolic constitution of Pope Pius XII states: “We pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.” — Pope Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus, 1950 The question of whether Mary died is significant especially in the context of the Assumption. The story of the Dormition of Mary from the Eastern Orthodox Church, which is…

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2025-2026 OCIA Liturgical Rites Schedule

September 7, 2025 Rite of Welcome and Acceptance October 5, 2025 The Rite of Anointing       Feb 15, 2026 The Rite of Sending Feb 21, 2026 The Rite of Election Feb 22, 2026 1st Sunday of Lent Feb 29, 2026 2nd Sunday of Lent March 8, 2026 3rd Sunday of Lent (The First Scrutiny) March 15, 2026 4th Sunday of Lent (The Second Scrutiny) March 22, 2026 5th Sunday of Lent (The Third Scrutiny) April 4, 2026 Easter Vigil April…

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Pentecost
June 8, 2025

June 8, 2025 is Pentecost Sunday. Pentecost not only commemorates the beginning of the Church; it is also a celebration of creation and life. The Holy Spirit is the Giver of life – not only physical life, but spiritual life as well. Those who are baptized are reborn into new life by water and the Spirit. The souls of sinners who are spiritually dead in sin are given new life through the sacrament of Reconciliation. At the Epiclesis and Words…

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Trinity Sunday
June 15, 2025

June 15, 2025 is Trinity Sunday. There are many ways in which people have come to know God: the God whom we have come to know as the origin of all that is, we call God the Father; the God whom we have come to know as the Word made flesh, we call God the Son; the God whom we have come to know as the divine presence in the world, we call God the Holy Spirit. The Father, the…

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Sunday School
Begins August 17, 2025

We have implemented a new curriculum to better adapt to the needs of our parish family. Our goal is not only to teach the faith, but also to encourage our children and their parents to practice the faith. Parents are welcome to sit-in our classes. Our Sunday School is supplemented by our online classes for children, teens and adults. Special classes are available for children who are preparing for First Holy Communion and for teens who are preparing for Confirmation.…

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Saints of the Month

What are saints and why pray to saints?   Saints are persons who have died and have gone to heaven. They lived a life of heroic virtue because of their love for Jesus Christ. The saints are the good and faithful servants of the Lord (cf. Matthew 25:21), they are the blessed ones who have inherited the kingdom (cf. Matthew 25:34). Christians need to be reminded of the saints because although saints are human persons like us, they inspire us to…

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