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

Join former IHM priests, religious and principals for this special celebration of 60 years of discipleship!

A food truck reception will follow on the church and school grounds.

Almighty, ever-faithful God, gratefully acknowledging your mercy and humbly

admitting our need, we pledge our trust in you.

Filled with desire, we respond to your call

to discipleship by shaping our lives

in imitation of Christ. We acknowledge that the call

requires us to be stewards of your many gifts.

May we receive those gifts gratefully,

cherish and tend them responsibly, share them in

love with others, and return them with increase to you.

May you who have begun this good work in us bring it to fulfillment

in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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 an-tes: msoren@ihmatlanta.org.

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Saturday, October 6 Weekday Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17; Luke 10:17-21

8:30 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Niceta Brown

For all the People of the Parish

Amador Ramirez †

Sunday, October 7 TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Genesis 2:18-24; Hebrew 2:9-11; Mark 10:2-16

9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Carlene Bollinger †

Fr. Duk-Bae John Yang

Evelio Lopez & Diana Cespedez †

Mary Hiem †

Monday, October 8 Weekday Galatians 1:6-12; Luke 10:25-37

8:30 a.m. Arthur Valley †

Tuesday, October 9 Weekday Galatians 1:13-24; Luke 10:38-42

8:30 a.m. Isabella Pinto †

Wednesday, October 10 Weekday Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14; Luke 11:1-4

8:30 a.m.

Walter & Mary Alice Foster †

Thursday, October 11 Weekday Galatians 3:1-5; Luke 11:15-26

8:30 a.m.

7:00 p.m.

All Souls of the Purgatory †

For all Cancer Patients

Friday, October 12 Weekday Galatians 3:7-14; Luke 11:15-26

8:30 a.m. Julienne Scoltic Valley †

Saturday, October 13 Weekday Galatians 3:22-29; Luke 11:27-28

8:30 a.m.

4:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

Paul Nang †

Frankie Maloof †

For all the People of the Parish

Sunday, October 14 TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Wisdom 7:7-11; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30

9:00 a.m.

11:30 a.m.

1:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Jim, Barbara, James III Bentley †

Katie McNally & Gil Bohorquez Sr. †

Caridad Espino †

Than Joseph Nguyen †

Please pray for our loved ones who have died, especially: John Franz, Dor is 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, Walter J. Powers, Jr., Mercedes Gamoneda, Jim Hackl, Jose Acevedo, Rose Mackel, Patricia Lentini, Betty Hays Allen, Antonio Valdes-Rodriguez and Jesus Rivera.

And please pray for those who are sick, especially: 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, Jack and Terry Barker, Josefina García, Brian Hutcheson, Justin Omar Gutierrez Gonzalez, Edward Swahn, Purita Guzman, Norma Hatheway, Leslie Tsui, Margaret Rogers, Millie Elliott and Clemente Lisi.

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OFFERTORY September 29 & 30 Offertory: $ 16,966.83 Electronic Offertory: $ 7,311.25 Total Offertory: $ 24,278.08

Parish Debt Reduction $ 3,479.00

SECOND COLLECTION This weekend’s second collection is for our Parish Debt Reduction Fund.

Next weekend’s second collection is for the parish St. Vincent de Paul So-ciety.

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.

the day we confirm our commitment to parish Stewardship of Time, Talent and Treasure. If you com-pleted your commitment materials and presented them today at mass, or if you have previously returned them by mail, we thank you!

were mailed to all registered parishioners from Monsignor Al. If you did not receive materials at home, please come by the church office or visit www.ihmatlanta.org and register in the parish today! Extra commitment materials are available in the church narthex.

of Time, Talent & Treasure strengthens our parish and helps us accomplish the work of the Kingdom of God. We will need a response from EVERY household if we are to accomplish the work the Lord has set before us here at IHM this year. God bless your good stewardship of our parish!

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).

*No Class this week. Bishop Barron’s “The Mass” will resume October 14.

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: NO FAITH FORMATION THIS WEEKEND In observance of the Fall Break, there will be no faith formation programs this Sunday, October 7. All programs will resume on October 14.

RECUERDA: NO HABRÁ CATEQUESIS ESTE FIN DE SEMANA Debido a la Semana de Receso del Otoño, no habrá programas de catequesis este domingo, 7 de octubre. Todos los programas se reanudaran el 14 de octubre.

BISHOP BARRON’S—THE MASS Join us next Sunday in the school library, 10:15-11:15 a.m., for Part 5 of this 6-part series. Whether you are a lifelong Mass-goer or a new-ly initiated Catholic, you will come away with a deepened appreciation for the “source and sum-mit” of our faith.

WHY IS THE DEATH PENALTY “INADMISSIBLE”? Professor Steffen Lösel Presented by the Aquinas Center of Theology NEW DATE October 23, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. IHM Lower Level Pope Francis recently approved a re-wording of The Catechism of the Catholic Church to state that “The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.” What is the significance of this devel-opment in Catholic teaching? And why make it now? Dr. Lösel will offer his per-spective on the historical, theological, and political context of this revision before inviting group discussion and a Q&A session.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD There will be no Children’s Liturgy of the Word at 9:00 a.m. mass this Sunday, October 7.

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GRIEFSHARE Wednesday, October 10 GriefShare is a bereavement support group open to anyone in our community or parish, sponsored by Stepping Stones Ministry. This group meets on Wednesdays, 7:00-8:45pm., This week’s subject is “Grief and Relationships”. For more information, contact MargaretAnn Harris at IHMGrief-Share@gmail.com.

REPAIRING THE WORLD: FINDING UNITY IN DIVERSITY October 25 Join the Archdiocese of Atlanta and American Jewish Com-mittee Atlanta Regional Office for a community-wide dis-cussion, “Repairing the World: Finding Unity in Our Diver-sity” on Thursday, October 25 at Holy Spirit Church, 4465 Northside Drive NW, Atlanta 30327. Doors will open at 5:30 pm. A reception will begin at 6:00 followed by discussion at 7:00. The event is free, but registration is required. Vis-it ajc.org/atlanta/repairingtheworld2018.

SOCIAL JUSTICE BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION Monday, November 5 On November 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Classroom 8-1, the Social Justice Committee will have a discussion of Bryan Steven-son’s book Just Mercy and wrongful capital punishment. Purchase the book now and start reading. Pope Francis changed the Catechism of the Church this year, teaching that the death penalty can never be sanctioned because “it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person.”

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE VENDOR FAIR Wednesday , October 17 The Women’s Club invites you to their first Socially Re-sponsible Vendor Fair October 17, 7-9:00 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Bring your Christmas list and shop with a purpose this year. Click the link to learn about our vendors and their causes. Register and automatically be entered to win a door prize from our vendors! https://tinyurl.com/y8gy62oz.

TRUNK OR TREAT Friday , October 26 The IHM Men’s & Women’s Club invite you to IHM’s 6th annual Trunk or Treat & Oktoberfest. Preorder your dinner and reserve a parking space for your spooktacular car. https://tinyurl.com/yal5rx84.

FOUNDING PARISHIONERS! Saturday, October 27 During our 60th Anniversary Mass on Saturday, October 27, we would like to recognize any current parishioners who have been with IHM from the beginning. If you were in the parish during its first year—1958-1959—please contact Shelly White in the parish office at 404-636-1418 ext. 232 or swhite@ihmatlanta.org.

NOW HIRING Dona Maynard, our wonderful bookkeeper for many years, will retire in November. IHM is searching for a full time bookkeeper, responsible for processing financial require-ments of parish and school (e.g., payroll, payables, deposits and reconciliations), as well as maintaining safe environ-ment records for volunteers. Previous experience with the Archdiocesan payroll and accounting systems is a plus, but the candidate should possess a background in finance or ac-counting. Qualified candidates should send a resume to Rich Plachta, Director of Finance, at rplachta@ihmatlanta.org.

LITURGICAL MINISTRY TRAINING SESSIONS Altar Servers: Wednesday, October 10 and Monday, Oc-tober 15, 6:30-8:30pm. (At least one parent must attend for the first 15 minutes.)

Lectors: Tuesday, October 9 and Tuesday, October 16, 7:00-8:30pm.

Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion: Monday, October 8, 7:00-8:30pm, and Saturday, October 13, 10:00am-noon.

Ministers of Hospitality (Ushers): Monday, October 22 and Monday, October 29, 7:00pm-9:00pm.

All sessions will be held at the Church. For more infor-mation, contact Shelly White at swhite@ihmatlanta.org or 404-636-1418 ext. 232.

CLOTHING DRIVE Saturday-Sunday, October 13-14 Our parish St. Vincent de Paul Society will hold a clothing drive next weekend, October 13-14. The SVDP truck will be in the upper parking lot to receive your donations before and after each mass.

55 & OLDER “IHMERS” Thursday , October 25 Join the IHMers group on Thursday, October 25 at 11:30am in the Historic Church for a luncheon and a presentation by Monsignor Al on Pope Francis’ new Papal Exhortation, Gau-dete et Exsultate (Rejoice & Be Glad). Lunch by BoKay will be available for $10. RSVP by October 22 by emailing BJ Abraham at bjstory@hotmail.com.

AWA5K—28TH ANNUAL AIDS WALK AND RUN October 21 IHM AIDS Ministry members will be in the narthex this weekend after all Masses to register walkers and accept do-nations on behalf of Team IHM at AIDS Walk Atlanta. You can also donate online at www.aidswalkatlanta.com by click-ing on “Donate to a Team” under the donate toolbar and typ-ing in Immaculate Heart of Mary! All funds raised by our team support programs at Living Room, Inc., which works to eliminate homelessness among the HIV/AIDS community.

CONFIRMATION 2019 The first confirmation class meets on Sunday October 14 in the School’s Cafeteria from 3:30pm to 4:45pm. For ques-tions please email Elaine Phillips at ephil-lips@ihmatlanta.org. 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.

EDGE SUMMER CAMP It is time for me to register for Edge Summer Camp for next summer already—can you believe it? 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 courses, lake fun (blob, paddle boarding, canoeing, zipline, etc), messy games, arts & crafts, etc. all combined with incredible experiences of your faith in mass, adoration and reconciliation. Where else can you get Jesus and a mud pit in one place?!

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! Please let me know which week is best for you by signing up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ba5ac29a5fe3-edge3. We hope you join us for this incredible week!

IHM SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Discover the academic advantages a traditional Catholic edu-cation offers. We would like to invite parishioners of IHM to see how IHM School is Sowing the Seeds of Success by joining us for our first Open House on Tuesday, November 6, 9:00-10:30am. RSVP to Meaghan Schroeder at admis-sions@ihmschool.org. Two additional Open Houses will be held on December 4, 12:30-2:00pm and on January 16, 6:30-8:00pm.

National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence · www.ihmschool.org

GRACE SCHOLARS Would you like to have a say n how your state tax dollars are spent? Would you like to help provide scholarships for deserving students while receiving a state tax credit?

GRACE Scholars makes that happen! Through Georgia’s Education Expense Credit, GRACE Scholars allows state tax payers to help make a Catholic education accessible to de-serving students with a demonstrated financial need. GRACE is the only program under the Georgia Education Expense Credit to offer funds to Archdiocesan schools. Both individu-al and corporate taxpayers are eligible for this tax credit. If you pay Georgia taxes, you can give and receive as part of this program!

Please pre-register for your 2019 tax credit by visiting grace-cholars.org. To ensure your participation, pre-registrations are requested by December 15, 2018. Contact Alex Azzarello at aazzarello@ihmschool.org or 404-636-4488 with ques-tions about how YOU can grace a deserving child with a Catholic education and receive a dollar-for-dollar state tax credit.

IHM SCHOOL FALL BOOK FAIR Sunday October 14 The IHM Fall Book Fair opens this year with Parish Day next Sunday, October 14, 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Please stop by before and after mass to see the amazing book selections for young children to adults. This year the theme is an Enchant-ed Forest—think fairies and unicorns, dragons and gnomes! The Book Fair regular hours will be Monday-Friday, Octo-ber 25-October 26, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. We appreciate your visits and support of IHM School.

29 & 30 de septiembre Ofertorio : $ 16,966.83 Ofertorio Electrónico: $ 7,311.25 Ofertorio Total $ 24,278.08 Reducción de Deuda $ 3,479.00

La Segunda Colecta de este fin de semana va al Fondo de Reducción de Deuda de Nuestra Parroquia.

La Segunda Colecta del próximo fin de semana irá a nuestra Sociedad de San Vi-cente de Paul.

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

Génesis 2:18-24 Hebreos 2:9-11 Marcos 10:2-16

en nuestra Renovación Anual de Corresponsabilidad! Hoy confirmamos nuestros compromisos de Tiempo, Ta-lento y Tesoro para la obra de la parroquia. Si usted completó su formulario de compromiso y lo devolvió durante la Misa de hoy, ¡muchísimas gracias! Espera-mos una respuesta de cada hogar. Hay extra formularios de compromiso en el nár-tex.

por la Iglesia está fundada en los principios espirituales del Antiguo Testamento y las enseñanzas de Jesús. El concepto tradicional del diezmo es una manera de dar gracias a Dios por todas nuestras bendiciones por volver a Dios una parte de nuestro Tiempo, Talento y Tesoro. Corresponsabilidad cambia la vida espiritual de per-sonas que la practica—y la parroquia en su conjunto.

por su buena corresponsabilidad por Inmaculado Corazón de María!

Únase a los muchos sacerdotes y religiosos que han servido a nuestra parroquia en esta celebración especial.

Tendremos una recepción con camiones de comida en los terrenos de la iglesia y la escuela.