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The Tuesday after Thanksgiving is Giving Tuesday, and for the last several years, IHM parishioners and friends of the parish have made a tremendous difference that day through iGiveCathoic! In 2018, our donations purchased solar panels for the new rectory; in 2019 our gifts replaced all 300 light bulbs in the church with energy-efficient LEDs. Both projects are now saving IHM thousands of dollars in utility expenses.

We will resume the Sunday 5:00 p.m. mass on the First Sunday of Advent, November 29. But for this to happen, we need you! If you are currently celebrating mass in person, please consider serving as a lector, mass guide, sacristan or audio/visual technician for any of our masses.

Please consider sponsoring a child in need for Christmas this year, through the St. Vincent de Paul Annual Giving Tree Program.

Celebrate Divine Playtime's birthday with a special rate!

Monsignor Al, Father Carlos and the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary invite you to our annual Mass of Remembrance for the faithful departed of the last year. Monday, November 2 .

A new year of faith formation begins this Sunday, with a hybrid approach of in-person classes, virtual sessions, and at-home activities. Please pray for the catechists, parents, and students who will be participating in this new model of family-based catechesis.

Just Bakery of Atlanta is a nonprofit that provides paid job training, professional certification, and living wage work in partnership with our neighbors who resettled as refugees. They bake with local and sustainable ingredients whenever possible and work to create a more diverse, connected, and compassionate community for all. Just Bakery offers safe connections with the IHM school community through regular order pick-ups on Tuesdays.

There have been requests for us to resume an additional Sunday mass each week this fall. Before we can even consider doing that, we will need additional volunteer Mass Guides, to ensure that the experience is orderly and safe for all.

Be alert for fraudulent texts claiming to come from Father Al asking for money, and do not respond to them.

Blood products are currently being distributed to hospitals faster than donations are coming in.

A Drive-Thru Food Drive will be spearheaded by our youth group THIS WEEKEND.

Do not let social distancing to prevent us from celebrating the Church’s birthday.

Solemn Vespers for Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer will take place this Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m.

Georgia’s Catholic bishops have extended the suspension of public masses through May. Read their letter to all the faithful here.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly all aspects of daily life in our communities. In normal times, IHM parishioners are quite generous, allowing Vincentians to directly support the poor with rent, utilities, clothing and food. 

April 10 marks the annual observance of National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the U.S., and we share some facts about HIV/AIDS among our youth.

On Wednesday this week, the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Pope Francis asked that all the Christian Faithful join him in reciting the Our Father, “as humanity trembles at the threat” of the global pandemic “in these days of trial.”