2855 Briarcliff Road NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329

Through worship, education, and service, we continue the work of Jesus.

phone: 404-636-1418 fax: 404-636-4394

We thank Father Joseph Morris

who presides at 2 masses this weekend

while Monsignor Al is away.

Mass Monday–Friday: 8:30 a.m. Saturdays: 8:30 a.m.; 4:00 p.m. Vigil Mass Sunday: 9:00 a.m.; 11:30 a.m.; 5:00 p.m.

Misas en Español Jueves a las 7:00 p.m. Sabados a las 6:00 p.m. Domingos a la 1:30 p.m.

Reconciliation Saturdays: 9:00 a.m. (except Holy Saturday) Anytime by appointment

Confesiones Jueves: 6:00 p.m. en español Cualquier día por cita

Eucharistic Adoration Thursdays: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Adoración al Santísimo Jueves de 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Hora Santa en español: 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is offered monthly following the Saturday 4:00 mass and the Sunday 1:30 Spanish mass, and is available at other times by ap-pointment with a priest.

Catholic patients in metro area hospitals receive the sacraments from the neighbor-ing Catholic parish; priests, deacons and Eucharistic ministers from IHM will visit whenever possible. Please call the parish office if you or a family member will be hos-pitalized or homebound.

Office Hours /Horas de Oficina Monday–Friday/ lunes a viernes 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Fax Number/No. de Fax 404-636-4394

IHM School/Escuela de IHM 404-636-4488

Website/Sitio Web http://www.ihmatlanta.org

Bulletin Notices: Please submit your re-quest by email 10 days in advance. Envíe su anuncio por correo electrónico 10 días antes: msoren@ihmatlanta.org.

Report abuse of children and vulnerable persons : 1-888-437-0764

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Saturday, November 10 Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Philippians 4:10-19; Luke 16:9-15

8:30 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

All Souls Novena

Jack Barker †

Padre Joseph Fahy †

Sunday, November 11 THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 17:10-16; Hebrews 9:24-28; Mark 12:38-44

9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Carlene Bollinger †

Barbara Skiba †

Juan O'Campo, Ronaldo Diaz & Efigenio Robles †

For all the People of the Parish

Monday, November 12 Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Titus 1:1-9; Luke 17:1-6

8:30 a.m. Walter & Mary Alice Foster †

Tuesday, November 13 Weekday Titus 2:1-8, 11-14; Luke 17:7-10

8:30 a.m. Carolin C. Smith †

Wednesday, November 14 Weekday Titus 3:1-7; Luke 17:11-19

8:30 a.m.

Patricia Castranova †

Thursday, November 15 Weekday Philemon 7-20; Luke 17:20-25

8:30 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

Mary Versane

Rev. Dennis Schroeder †

Friday, November 16 Weekday 2 John 4-9; Luke 17:26-37

8:30 a.m. Eun-Lucy Song and John Byung Seoh †

Saturday, November 17 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious 3 John 5-8; Luke 18:1-8

8:30 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Mary Dien †

Celo Shook †

Donald S. Azar †

Sunday, November 18 THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Daniel 12:1-3; Hebrews 10:11-14, 18; Mark 13:24-32

9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Jim, Barbara, James III Bentley †

Rite of Acceptance

Rite of Acceptance

For all the People of the Parish

Please pray for our loved ones who have died, especially: Rev. Wilson Scott Jr., Aquiles Tinzon, Mario Alberto Reyes Palma, Carlos Manzanarez Arcos, Evelyn Rowland, Jack Barker, Edward Wicksom, John Franz, Doris Dotson, Artemio Escoto, Cristian Lopez, Willard Ketchum, Kathleen Barr-Blaess, Micalea Lopez, Steven Landry, Jeannette Lopez, Monsignor Noel Burtenshaw, Kay Reese, Robert Munroe, Oscar Ayala Lopez, and Mercedes Gamoneda,

And please pray for those who are sick, especially: Brenda Uhler, Barbara Sheehan, Lili Cuellar, Mary Nappo, David Downie, Ellen Kroll, Beverly K. McNally, Maite Rolon, Dorothy Bivy, Joanne Novack, Julia Felipe, Keren Clay, Walter and Jane Nied, Gary Payne, Luca Modonesi, Brenda Markham, Terry Barker, Josefina García, Brian Hutcheson, Justin Omar Gutierrez Gonzalez, Edward Swahn, Purita Guzman and Norma Hatheway.

IHMATLANTA.ORG

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL HANDYMAN If you need a handyman to help with small jobs around the house, you can hire a Safe Environment-approved volunteer from the IHM St. Vincent de Paul Confer-ence to help you with your work. Simply make a donation SVDP of $25.00 for every hour the volunteer spends on your job. This is a win, win, win situation: we help you, you help SVDP, and SVDP helps many in need. If you need assistance with small jobs around the house, call 770-986-4996 and ask for Dirk.

OFFERTORY November 3 & 4 Offertory: $ 21,585.76 Electronic Offertory: $ 15,351.75 Total Offertory: $ 36,937.51

Archd. Seminarians $ 2,930.00

SECOND COLLECTION This weekend’s second collection is for our St. Vincent de Paul Society.

Next weekend’s second collection is for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

Pastor Monsignor Albert W. Jowdy ajowdy@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 235

Parochial Vicar Father Carlos G. Ortega Valera cortega@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 228

Director of Discipleship Deacon Bob Hauert bhauert@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 251

Deacon Erik Wilkinson ewilkinson@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 230

Receptionist/Administrative Assistant Gaby Ramirez mperales@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 221

Secretary Silvia Maldonado smaldonado@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 240

Communications Coordinator Marcela Soren msoren@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 226

Business Manager & Finance Director Richard Plachta rplachta@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 245

Bookkeeper Dona Maynard dmaynard@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 243

Director of Faith Formation Drew Denton, Ph.D. ddenton@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 223

Faith Formation Coordinator Alicia Guerrero aguerrero@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 227

Youth Minister Elaine Phillips ephillips@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 222

Young Adult Ministry Coordinator Kathy Guerrero kguerrero@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 241

Faith Formation Program Assistant Veronica Thimann vthimann@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 236

Director of Liturgy and Music Jeff Bush jeffbush@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 247

Liturgy & Music Program Assistant Shelly White swhite@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 232

Director of Operations Dennis O’Leary doleary@ihmatlanta.org 404-636-4488 Ext. 335

Fee-based Professional Counseling is available in the Maloney Center at IHM for individuals, couples and families. Contact Marianela Matheus, M.Ed. at 678-310-8122.

HAVE YOU REMEMBERED IHM IN YOUR WILL? After the needs of your loved ones have been addressed, a charitable bequest to your parish will allow you to continue in perpetuity the Christian stewardship you practice in life. The Catholic Foundation of North Georgia can assist you in remembering IHM in your Last Will and Testament. Those who make a bequest or a planned gift to the parish become members of the parish Legacy Society and the Archdiocesan Deo Gratias Society. For more information, contact Juliette Greco of the Catholic Foundation of North Georgia at jgreco@cfnga.org or 404-497-9440.

GIVE BY TEXT! You can now make a contribution to IHM with a quick text message! Simply send a text to 404-948-4757. In the message just indicate the amount you would like to contribute. (Make sure to include the dollar sign before the amount. Example: $25.) Within a few minutes, you’ll be sent a text with a link to register. Click on the link and enter your cardholder name and credit or debit card information. Once your registration is complete, you will receive a text verification and a receipt via email. For future giving, simply send a text with the amount you wish to give, and it will process automatically!

When IHM Vincentians work with The Poor, they sometimes see much more than the immediate need, although that’s usually the spark that leads to the phone call for help. A recent case in Decatur makes the point.

A mother and 5 children 4 to 15 years of age were living in their car for weeks! They were forced to vacate their home rental because DeKalb County forced them to move out saying the home was not safe to live in. We don’t begin to know how living in a car behind a WalMart is safer, but we are trained to look past this illogi-cal situation and help them get out of that car and into a safe situation as fast as possible. It did not help that the landlord did not promptly refund the deposit to the dilapidated home, causing the mother to keep her family in the car for weeks.

Our IHM Vincentians met her at the WalMart and in as quiet a spot as they could find, spoke to her about her needs, took all the necessary information, and said some prayers too. They recommended we extend ourselves above and beyond to get them the deposit needed to move in. They also provided them with some gro-cery store gift cards to help them with food and necessities. Thankfully, due to the support of our IHM parishioners, this family is now soon to be off the street and into a safe home.

If a parishioner needs help, they can call 678-892-6163. If you would like more information about volunteering with St. Vincent de Paul, reach out to Robin Patton at robinmpatton@gmail.com.

Each Thursday, Dr. Louanne Bachner

leads an informative and prayerful discussion of the lectionary readings for the following Sunday. The study

meets in the Lower Level at two different times: 9:30 a.m. or 7:00 p.m.

Are you thinking about becoming Catholic? Please join us in the Lower

Level on Wednesday nights at 7:00pm to learn more about the Rite

of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA).

Sunday Mornings, 10:15-11:15 am IHM School Library “Pope St. Paul VI”

Director Drew Denton, Ph.D. ddenton@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 223

Coordinator Alicia Guerrero aguerrero@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 227

Youth Minister Elaine Phillips ephillips@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 222

Young Adult Coordinator Kathy Guerrero kguerrero@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 241 Faith Formation Program Assistant Veronica Thimann vthimann@ihmatlanta.org Ext. 236

REMINDER: THANKSGIVING BREAK In observance of the Thanksgiving Break, there will be no faith formation pro-grams on November 18 or November 25. All programs will resume on Sunday, December 2.

RECUERDA: VACACIONES DE ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS Debido al Día de Acción de Gracias, no habrá programas de catequesis el 18 de noviembre ni el 25 de noviembre. Todos los programas se reanudaran el 2 de diciembre.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD There will be no Children’s Liturgy of the Word at 9:00 Mass for the next two Sundays, November 18 and 25.

Q What is the Rite of Acceptance?

A The Rite of Acceptance is the first time the inquirers, in the midst of the assembly, voice their intention to accept the Gospel, follow the way of Christ , and seek initiation in the Church. The Church receives them as people desiring membership and their senses (forehead, ears, eyes, lips, heart, shoulders, hands, and feet) are “signed” with the Sign of the Cross, indicating that Christ claims them and all their faculties as his own. After the homily, catechumens may be presented with a Bible of cross. They are then kindly dismissed to reflect on the Word, for those already baptized the Rite of Welcoming celebrates their desire to be re-ceived into full communion with the Catholic Church or for one who is baptized Catholic, their desire to complete their initiation with the Sacraments of Confir-mation and Eucharist. Great care must be taken to distinguish the baptized be-cause they are already part of the Body of Christ, though not fully initiated. For more information about the process of Christian Initiation at IHM, contact Drew Denton in the parish office.

RITE OF ACCEPTANCE Sunday, November 18 The Rite of Acceptance and Welcoming will be celebrated at IHM next Sunday, November 18, during the 11:30am and 1:30pm Masses. This year’s catechumens and candidates have come to us by many different paths—we thank God for lead-ing them this far by faith. Please pray for them and help us offer them a warm wel-come next week.

ADVENT OPEN HOUSE Sunday, December 2 Come celebrate the new liturgical year in the historic church, following the 9:00am and 5:00pm Masses on the First Sunday of Advent. Come hear the beautiful Advent music, learn Advent customs from around the world and make Advent wreaths and other crafts for the home. All are welcome!

FORTUNATE & FAITHFUL FAMILIES ANNUAL RETREAT November 18 Fortunate and Faithful Families, a support group in the Archdiocese of Atlanta for families with LGTB members, will host their annual retreat Sunday, November 18, from 12:00-7:00pm at the Chancery. 2401 Lake Park Drive SE, Smyrna 30080. Cost is $25 (per person) or $40 (two from one family). Registration is required by November 12. To register and for more information, please call 770-924-3920.

60 YEARS OF DISCIPLESHIP ONE YEAR OF CELEBRATION! 60TH

ANNIVERSARY

CONCERT

SERIES

An Atlanta native, Herbert received academic degrees from Duke Uni-versity and from the Peabody Con-servatory of Music and studied at the Hochshule für Musik in Vienna. He has been Organist at Peachtree Christian Church in Atlanta since 1996. Herbert maintains an active concert schedule, and his recordings on the Sonare label include works by Bach, Elgar, Franck, Guilmant, Mendelssohn, Messiaen, Tour-nemire and Widor, as well as his own improvisations.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL GIVING TREE Month of November Hundreds of gift tags for needy fami-lies are now hanging from the SVdP Giving Tree in the church narthex. Please consider purchasing a gift for a child and return it wrapped to the Giv-ing Tree no later than Sunday, Decem-ber 2.

ST. PIUS HOLIDAY MARKET PLACE November 17 The 25th Annual Marketplace features 175 artists and craft vendors. Enjoy lunch at our café, and shop our selection of delicious baked goods & casseroles. Over 20 raffle priz-es awarded each hour. Admission is $3 and includes one raffle ticket. Parking is Free. All proceeds benefit the St. Pi-us need-based scholarship program. Go to facebook.com/StPiusXHolidayMarketplace.

DIVINE PLAYTIME Divine Playtime offers care for children ages 6 Months-5 Years in a safe environment by loving caregivers. We offer parents peace of mind while they attend to their volunteer-ing, ministry work, and other tasks on or off campus that are easier completed without children. Children under 2 years of age may only attend up to twice a week (24 months and old-er may attend up to 5 days/week). Parents can sign up a month in ad-vance. For more information visit the parish web-site.

GRIEFSHARE GriefShare is a bereavement support group open to anyone in our community or parish, sponsored by the Stepping Stones Ministry. The group meets on Wednesdays 7:00-8:45pm. This week’s subjects are “Colicating Factor” and “Stuck”. Contact Mar-garetAnn Harris at IHMGriefShare@gmail.com or 404-483-3559 or visit the parish website for more information.

THE WAY FOR WOMEN: A HEALING RETREAT FOR FEMALE SURVIVORS OF ABUSE December 7-9 The way for Women is a 3-day retreat for adult female sur-vivors of abuse offered by the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s Victim Assistance Program. The retreat will take place December 7-9 at Carmel Retreat Center in Hoschton, GA. Registration deadline is December 3. Please contact Sue Stubbs at 404-920-7554 or sstubbs@archatl.com for more information.

SUPPORT MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES Support IHM’s Mustard Seed Ministry by purchasing quali-ty, live Christmas greenery. All funds will support the Feb-ruary 2019 mission trip to Jamaica. Order online at the IHM MSC Greenery store. Go to https://squareup.com/store/ihm-msc-greenery to place orders on line. All greenery will be available for pick-up between November 26 and December 3. For more details contact Marty Bova-Banks at 404-403-3952.

TO LOVE HIM IS TO SERVE HIM! We need YOU to become a Liturgical Minister at the Sunday 5:00 p.m. Life Teen Mass! Your baptism commis-sions you to serve the Lord at the Liturgy: Put your baptis-mal priesthood to work! NEEDED: Altar Servers, Ministers of Hospitality, Life Teen Band member (musicians and vo-calists), Sound Techs, Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (if you 16 and Confirmed). Email Elaine at ephillips@ihmatlanta.org if you are interested.

CDLS RACE HELP Saturday, December 1 We’ll help with sign in, manning a water stop, and cheering people on for this 5K race in Medlock Park. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ba5ac29a5fe3-onelove

SVDP GIVING TREE GIFT SORTING Thursday, December 6 From 6:30-8:30pm in the Parish Hall. Help sort the gifts so they get to the right place. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ba5ac29a5fe3-giving SVDP GIVING TREE GIFT DISTRIBUTION Saturday, December 8

From 8am-12noon in the Parish Hall. Help load the cars that will be delivering the Giving Tree gifts to the families. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ba5ac29a5fe3-giving1

EDGE / LIFETEEN Looking for a great way to serve the young church? WE NEED CORE MEMBERS FOR BOTH EDGE & LIFETEEN! No experience necessary, just a love for teens and a willingness to meet them where they are. We will train you! Contact Elaine Phillips (ephillips@ihmatlanta.org) for more information.

CATHOLIC HEART WORK CAMP Want to learn more about Catholic Heart Work Camp and the mission trip we took this summer? There is a $100 de-posit to reserve your spot. We are going to Greensboro, NC on July 21-26, 2019. Go to the Youth Ministry Page on the parish website for more information.

EDGE SUMMER CAMP Edge Summer Camp is open to all rising 6th graders through graduated 8th graders (next summer). So if you are currently in 5th-8th grade, you can come to Edge summer camp next summer! This camp is awesome—there’s great food, fun camp things like obstacle courses, high and low ropes cours-es, lake fun (blob, paddle boarding, canoeing, zipline, etc), messy games, arts & crafts, etc. all combined with incredi-ble experiences of your faith in mass, adoration and recon-ciliation. Where else can you get Jesus and a mud pit in one place?! We are going to Dahlonega on June 17-22, 2019. If you want to see more about summer camp, look here: https://lifeteen.com/camps/summer-camp/. The cost of camp is $535 for the week—that includes all meals, lodging and fun! And you get a t-shirt to boot! Contact Elaine Phillips if interested ephillips@ihmatlanta.org.

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GRACE SCHOLARS GRACE Scholars allows state taxpayers to help make a Catholic education accessible to deserving students with demonstrated financial need. GRACE is the only program to offer funds to Archdiocesan schools. Both individual and corporate taxpayers are eligible for this dollar-for-dollar state tax credit. If you pay Georgia taxes, you can participate! Please pre-register for your 2019 tax credit and select IHM School as your designee by visiting gracecholars.org. To ensure your participation, pre-registrations are requested by December 15, 2018. Contact Alex Azzarello at 404-636-4488 with questions.

3 & 4 de noviembre Ofertorio : $ 21,585.76 Ofertorio Electrónico: $ 15,351.75 Ofertorio Total $ 36,937.51 Seminarios de la Arquidiócesis $ 2,930.00

La Segunda Colecta de este fin de semana va al fondo de San Vicente de Paul de nuestra Parroquia.

La Segunda Colecta del próximo fin de semana irá al fondo de la Campaña Católica para el Desarrollo Humano

Los padres DEBEN registrarse antes en la oficina parroquial; en ese momento

recibirán la fecha de la plática correspondiente y del bautismo. Al

registrarse deben entregar copia del Acta de Nacimiento de la persona que va a ser

bautizada.

Llamar al Padre Carlos Ortega y hacer cita para hablar de los requisitos, por lo menos

6 meses antes de la fecha deseada.

Jueves de 6:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. en español, y en inglés los sábados a las 9:00

a.m. o durante la semana haciendo cita con el Sacerdote.

Si no eres católico (a) o si eres mayor de 18 años y no has recibido los sacramentos de

Bautismo, Primera Comunión y Confirmación, te invitamos a aprender más

acerca de nuestra fe. Comuníquese con Alicia Guerrero en la oficina parroquial.

La Licenciada Marianela Matheus es una Terapeuta Certificada en Salud Mental en el Estado de Georgia y en Terapia de Juego a

Nivel Nacional y proveerá sus Servicios para Adultos, parejas y Niños en la Iglesia. Si

desea hacer una cita puede contactarla al 678-310-8122.

Llamar a la parroquia por lo menos 6 meses antes de la fecha deseada

1 Reyes 17:10-16 Hebreos 9:24-28 Marcos 12:38-44

EVANGELIZACIÓN DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE Si usted esta interesado en participar como voluntario para las evangelizaciones de la Virgen de Guadalupe, o para las cele-braciones, por favor contacte a Estela Flores al 404-808-6036.

Noviembre 17- Taller de formación de evangelizaciones a 6:00pm.

Noviembre 29- Misa a 7:00pm. Envío de imágenes y bendi-ción de Evangelizadores.

Diciembre 2-10- Comienza la Novena de Evangelización en los apartamentos. Diciembre 11 y 12- La Gran Celebración y Misa

Cuando los vicentinos de IHM trabajan con los pobres, a veces ven mucho más que la necesidad inmediata, sin embargo esa es la chispa que los mueve a realizar una llamada telefónica para solicitar ayuda. Un caso reciente en la ciudad de Deca-tur es una muestra de esta situación.

¡Una madre con 5 niños de 4 a 15 años de edad se encontraban viviendo en su au-tomóvil por semanas! Esta familia se vio en la necesidad de desalojar el alquiler de su casa porque el condado de DeKalb los obligó a mudarse diciendo que no era un sitio seguro y apto para vivir. No logramos comprender cómo vivir en un automó-vil detrás de un Wal-Mart es más seguro, pero estamos capacitados para ver más allá de esta situación ilógica y poder salir de ella y llegar a una situación segura lo más rápido posible. No ayudó que el propietario no devolviera el depósito de la casa en ruinas, lo que provocó que la madre se mantuviera en esta situación con sus hijos durante semanas.

Nuestros vicentinos de IHM se reunieron con ella en el Wal-Mart y en el lugar más tranquilo que pudieron encontrar, hablaron con ella sobre sus necesidades princi-pales, tomaron toda la información necesaria e hicieron oración juntos. Nuestros vicentinos hicieron la recomendación que nos extendiéramos más allá del procedi-miento regular para obtener el depósito necesario para mudarse a un sitio segu-ro. También les proporcionaron algunas tarjetas de regalo de supermercado para ayudarles con la comida y las necesidades básicas. Afortunadamente, gracias al apoyo de nuestros feligreses de IHM, esta familia pronto estará fuera de la calle y conseguira un hogar seguro.

Si un feligrés necesita ayuda, puede llamar al 678-892-6163.

Si desea obtener más información sobre el voluntariado con St. Vincent de Paul, comuníquese con Robin Patton en robinmpatton@gmail.com