Matthew 24:44 - So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. On the first Sunday of Advent the Church begins a new Church year. Once again we begin to come in contact with the central mysteries of our faith. Actually, we are invited to respond in faith to God, who lives. We are drawn into His Being. This is not done in a merely nostalgic way or in a way that merely recalls events of long past. No, the Church believes that in its sacred liturgy what happened then happens now. ....

Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo is presenting a beautiful holiday choral program on Sunday, December 15th, at 4:00 p.m. at the Congregational Church in San Mateo (225 Tilton Avenue). Featured will be the Gloria from Bach’s B Minor Mass, the Ave Maria by Mendelssohn (8-part choral work), the Huron Carol, and lots of familiar carols. IHM’s own Terri Cook sings with this group. ...

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is scheduled for December 22 at Fair Oaks Community Center on 2600 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City. Please bring your gifts of toys, clothes, toiletries, blankets, etc. to the IHM Church vestibule on the weekend of December 14 and 15. For further information, call Rick Dachauer at 650-279-2967.

John 18:37 Jesus answered: Thou sayest that I am a King. For this was I born, and for this came I into the world, that I should give testimony to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, heareth My voice.

December 15th after all the morning Masses in the Discovery Room. JOIN US AND REJOICE!

In many ways the liturgical year corresponds with the seasons. As we come to the end of the growing season and the advent of winter in many parts of the world, it should not surprise us that the Church points our spiritual thoughts and sentiments toward what we call the Four Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell – the four last stages of the soul in life and the afterlife. Did you ever notice how the seasons remind us of God’s eternal plan?

There will be a short introduction on the importance of music in the liturgy and learning to sing the music of the Latin Mass led by our new Music Coordinator Georgianna Askoff. For more details on dates, click on News Title or flyers in the vestibule.

Beginning Sunday, November 17th, Georgianna joins us as our new music coordinator who will also be directing at the 11:30 A.M. Mass .....

As we celebrate Veterans Day, let us give thanks for all the men and women, who have faithfully served our country since its beginning. ...My paternal grandfather served in World War I in France. I will always remember the one Christmas, probably 1967, when he recalled the Christmas of 1917, which he spent in the trenches. Those who have read about trench warfare know what a frightening, filthy, de-humanizing situation the men found themselves in. Yet they fought on to make the world “safe for democracy.”

The event you have been waiting for all year - Nov 22-24 .....

located on the Community Event Calendar Page...

This Sunday, November 10th, Dr. Deaconoff will conclude his service at IHM as music director. We are grateful for all that he has done with the music these past few years. Dr. Deaconoff directed the music and choir at the 11:30 am Masses and on the various feast days. Our music program will continue uninterrupted with the Liturgical Singers and Folk Group still in place.

The official Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us many things about Faith. Moderns must keep in mind that it is God who has revealed Himself to us that we might be saved. The Father sent His Son, Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. .... In addition, the Faith requires our own personal response. We respond to a living God. The Catholic Faith isn’t like a currant scone, where we pick out the currants and leave the rest.