THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SUNDAY, November 29th  THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT. ………….7:30 a.m. - Intentions of Richard & Michelle Scanlan. Jeremiah 33: 14-16 9:00 a.m. - Anna Maria Murray, departed. 1 Thessalonians 3: 12—4: 2 11:00 a.m. - Intentions of the Driscoll Family. St. Luke 21: 25-28, 34-36 6:00 p.m. - People of the Parish. Mon., November 30th  FEAST OF ST. ANDREW, APOSTLE, 1st C. ……..7:00 a.m. - Departed members of the Scanlan Family. Romans 10: 9-18 9:20 a.m. - Intentions of Joseph Daniel Pecha. St. Matthew 4: 18-22 Tues., December 1st  Advent Weekday. ……………………………………………….7:00 a.m. - Cumberland Dugan, departed. Isaiah 11: 1-10 9:20 a.m. - Intentions of Maria Garza. St. Luke 10: 21-24 Wed., December 2nd  Advent Weekday. ……………………………………………….7:00 a.m. - Intentions of Friends of the St. Joseph Foundation. Isaiah 25: 6-10a 9:20 a.m. - Holy Souls in Purgatory. St. Matthew 15: 29-37 Thurs., December 3rd  St. Francis Xavier, Spanish Priest & Missionary, 1552. 7:00 a.m. - Louis Doehne, departed. Isaiah 26: 1-6 9:20 a.m. - Departed members of the Larned Family. St. Matthew 7: 21, 24-27 Fri., December 4th  St. John Damascene, Syrian Priest & Doctor of the Church, 749. 7:00 a.m. - Clark R. Morgan, departed. Isaiah 29: 17-24 9:20 a.m. - Intentions of Emily Dellert Johansen. St. Matthew 9: 27-31 Sat., December 5th  Advent Weekday. ……………………………………………….10:00 a.m. - Int. of John W. Mount. Is. 30: 19-21, 23-26 /St. Matt. 9: 35—10: 1, 5a, 6-8 SUNDAY, December 6th  THE SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT. ………..7:30 a.m. - Frank & Cecile Verkaik, departed. Baruch 5: 1-9 9:00 a.m. - People of the Parish. Philippians 1: 4-6, 8-11 11:00 a.m. - Intentions of Isabel Adame. St. Luke 3: 1-6 6:00 p.m. - Holy Souls in Purgatory. ______WE WELCOME EVERYONE who is visiting the parish to 9:00pm. Dinner tickets are $10 for adults/$5.00 for children (12 today, and invite you to register online and make the parish and under) and are available from Jason Winchester: your spiritual home. Register at [email protected]. Tickets are available at: www.AtonementOnline.com. www.kocprolifedinner.eventbrite.com. REVISED LITURGY IS HERE: The Divine Worship CHILD CARE is available today (Sunday) for the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses in the Pre-K room of the school building. Missal is now in use. All Pastoral Provision and Ordinariate Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: We need your help! We parishes and communities have begun using it. Let’s make must have people committed to and present at each hour while the this a smooth transition by following our books until it’s Blessed Sacrament is exposed. We now need someone for Fridays at memorized.

7pm, Saturdays at (noon) and Sundays, 1am & 3am. Please th prayerfully consider committing to one of these hours each week to Special event: Saturday December 5 –“When the be with Our Lord in Adoration. Contact Tricia Delaney at Wolves Came: Mexican Drugs on Your Doorstep.” This [email protected] or 695-6105 to sign-up or for more fundraiser ($25.00) will include dinner, soft drinks, dessert and information. movie (English version) based on the life of one of our own missionary priests, Father Francis T. “Ted” Pfeifer, OM. Doors CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTION open at 5:00pm with vendors, entertainment and the film at the ADULT INQUIRY CLASS –Classes are on-going. Contact Alan St. Anthony Hall. Bishop Emeritus Michael Pfeifer and Fr. Ted Becker at 210-273-9426. Classes are held Sundays at 10:30am in Pfeifer will be available to answer your questions. Spanish and the Common Room. English books ($20.00) and DVDs ($15.00) will be on sale. All proceeds support the Oblate priestly vocations and the medical or ADULT BIBLE STUDY – Join us most Wednesdays at 6:45pm educational needs of Fr. Ted’s parishioners in Oaxaca, Mexico. in the St. John Paul II Library. We use the RSV Bible as we study For more information and RSVP (by Oct 31), call Gracie (210-373- the Gospel according to St. Mark. All are recorded and posted to 2050) or Robert (210-837-7406). the front page of the church website. WANTED: We are looking for a school cleaner in the FIRST HOLY COMMUNION and CONFIRMATION will be evening, 5pm-9pm, M-F. The pay is $9.00 per hour, and Thursday, February 4 th , 2016. Students in 2nd grade, or older, are eligible to register for both First Communion and Confirmation. applicants need to have their own transportation and be Enrolled students in The Atonement Academy will receive reliable. Email Erik at instruction during the course of the year. All other students [email protected]. should be prepared by their parents. A catechetical exam will be administered in late December for registered parishioners who The Parish of Our Lady of the Atonement is known for her desire their children to receive. The New St. Joseph Baltimore musical events, featuring some very talented singers and Catechism textbooks No. 0 and No. 1 are available online. The musicians! exam will be based on these resources. Please register now by Join us for four ADVENT MUSIC EVENTS: First, a going to our website at www.AtonementOnline.com. We will special concert featuring the students of The Atonement need a copy of the child’s Baptismal Certificate. Please call Academy in 3rd – 5th Grade on Friday, Dec. 4th at 7:00pm. Kathleen at 210-695-2944 or Second, the Middle and Upper School will sing in concert [email protected] for further assistance. on Friday, Dec. 11th at 7:00 p.m. ● Third, on Sunday, Dec. 6th, STEWARDSHIP: Parishioners are asked to consider their MUSICA SACRA of SAN ANTONIO returns for Choral financial commitment to the parish in 2016. Please fill out a pledge Evensong at 4pm ● Lastly, A Festival of Nine Lessons card, found in the Narthex, and return it. If you desire offering envelopes for 2016, please indicate that on the pledge form. The and Carols: Undoubtedly our most popular event, this parish is entirely self-supporting and we all depend on the beautiful service traces the mystery of the Incarnation as told generosity of every member to do their part! through scripture and sacred song. The Service Music will be The Knights of Columbus Council (No. 4140) of Our Lady presented by the Parish Festival Choir, St. Thomas More of the Atonement parish is sponsoring a dinner/fundraiser on Youth Choir, St. Nicholas Children’s Choir, and the St. th December 12th, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, to benefit the Augustine Boychoir. The service will occur on December 13 Catholic crisis pregnancy centers in San Antonio - Allied Women’s at 4 p.m. Make plans to attend all! Center and A Woman’s Haven. Funds raised will assist Allied SVDP 2016 Calendars have arrived – The 2016 Feasts and Women’s Center in providing for the material needs of many moms Saints calendars are on the table in the narthex. Any donations to and babies who are supported all year, and for the purchase of a new offset the printing will be very much appreciated. ● SVDP now has mobile ultrasound machine for A Woman’s Haven Pregnancy a new money box on the wall near the statue of St. Vincent. You Center. The “Family friendly” dinner/fundraiser event will be held at may use this box now. the Crown Ridge Banquet Hall, 6909 Camp Bullis Rd., from 6:30pm Following the 11am Mass, please join us at the font for the THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE – Wed.-Bible Study, 6:45pm ● Fri.- Baptism of Francisco Santillan, son of Alfredo and Adoration begins at 7:15am ● Sat.-Confessions follow the 10am Mass. Gabriela, and welcome him into the Church.