The 2025 Annual Report is here! If you are a registered parishioner, your copy of the 2025 Annual Parish Report was not sent via mail. Physical copies were made available via the Oct 18-19 Sunday Bulletins and may be obtained through the parish office. Although perusing anything less than a physical copy is not recommended, we do have a digital copy available below! Not a parishioner? Got married? Moved? Please keep us up to date with such key information! Email parishcenter@

Updated 2025 Oct 10 Church of St. Mark (Carolyn Hall, corner of Moore and Dayton) | 4:00 - 6:00 PM | RSVP here Join us for an evening of prayer, fellowship, and discussion on marriage and family life according to Saint John Paul II’s Rule for Married Couples. Bring a potluck dish to share! We are a family of families; all stages of life are welcome. Childcare is provided during the talk and adult discussion! Presenting this month ARE NONE OTHER THAN SHELLEE AND LARRY LEI

Prayer Campaign: Sep. 24 - Nov 2, 7 AM - 6 PM | Planned Parenthood | 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM St Mark’s, along with Nativity of Our Lord, is adopting two days of prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood (671 Vandalia St) as part of the national 40 Days for Life campaign. St. Mark's/Nativity will be covering Friday October 17 and Tuesday 28. The goal is to have at least 2 dedicated prayer volunteers per hour at Planned Parenthood on these days, peacefully praying for all

3:00 PM | Church There will be a concert at the church, featuring Kathy Handford—Director of Music and organist at the Church of St. Mark—as well as the Uptown Brass (players in the Minnesota Orchestra)! When? November 2nd at 3:00 PM! How much? Free (donations appreciated)!

3:00 - 4:30 PM | St. Mark's Gym Come dressed as your favorite saint and join us in celebrating! There'll be games, costume procession, crafts and more! Sponsored by Family Faith Formation and the Moms Group RSVP here

9 AM - 12 PM | Carolyn Hall ”The Marriage Enrichment Retreats are a great way to keep Christ at the center of our marriage while we connect with other parish couples of all ages.” -Pat & Karen Shrake, married 36 years All engaged and married couples are invited to a special morning of renewal on Saturday, November 1 (All Saints Day), from 9:00 AM to noon in Carolyn Hall. Our theme will be ”For the Greater Glory of God.” Marriage is not a one-time ”yes” but a lifelong journe

Head out at 10:45 AM From Carolyn Hall | Local Cemetery Obtain indulgences for the departed in the first eight days of November. What's more, praying for the holy souls is a work of mercy! Even better, what if we did it as a group?! Following the 9 AM Mass, the faithful are invited to Coffee and Donuts whereafter there will be a dismissal at 10:45 to go to a local cemetery and there pray for the peaceful repose of the holy souls!

And also this weekend after 9:00 & 11:00 AM Masses Experience compounding spiritual joys and growth! But how? Why, by knowing your gifts...

Tuesdays | 7:00 - 8:30 PM | Carolyn Hall Bring your bibles (Ignatius Study Bible (RSV) recommended) and your good will! This Fall...

Church of St. Mark | 10:00 AM With praise and gratitude to almighty God, the General Superior, the members of Pro Ecclesia Sancta, and the family of our sister, request the honor of your presence at the Mass of Temporal Vows of: Sister Teresa Alexandria Kostick, P.E.S. which will be presided by the Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

8 AM - 12:30 PM JOIN ST. MARK’S AND MERCYWORKS FOR MERCY MORNING SCHEDULE 8AM - Mass 8:45AM - Breakfast send-off Various times - Serving at sites Practice the works of mercy with other members of the St. Mark’s family! We’ll be visiting Episcopal Homes and Lynnhurst residents, serving at various shelters, packing snack and hygiene bags on-site at St. Mark’s, and more! Sign up for a work of mercy here! We’re also asking for donations for the Snack and Hygiene bags we'll be pa

12:30 - 3:00 PM | Mendota Heights Remove invasive buckthorn [with extreme prejudice] and convert that labor into providing Christmas presents for poor children in the Peruvian Andes Mountains! RSVP

from the Pastor for this year (emphasis is the editor's) "Living for the Day of the Lord" is an invitation to a conversion of life, through which God becomes truly the center of everything and the priority to which everything is ordered. Like Israel during the Exodus, we hope to undergo this conversion as a family and in stages in the course of the coming year. Recognizing the primacy of grace and God's will that we live for Him as members of a Body, in September we will fo

(As of 2025 Oct 08): Get your directory If you had your photo taken, or submitted photos, for the 2024 Parish Directory, then you can pick up yours at the parish center during office hours! Directory App But even if you didn't do the above, know this: with this print directory the parish community also has access to a directory app that can be edited and added to! More on updating or being added to the directory may be found below: This, along with the print directory, can b

What do we do with a post-school campus? A committee was explored to explore answering that critical question! Their preliminary report...

5:30 - 7:30 PM | Carolyn Hall It's Anno Domini 2025! And around here, and in the greater archdiocese, it's a year dedicated to Living...

Updated (Sep 12): Come join other St. Mark’s women in a series of joyful and live-giving workout nights! As St. Paul says, “Do not run...

St. Mark’s Extremely Flexible Monthly Service Opportunity - Loaves and Fishes! St. Mark’s draws on a large pool of volunteers to field a rotating team of 10 to 20 people who prepare and/or serve dinner at two Catholic Charities locations each month. Folks can volunteer every month or once a year. Even if you never take a shift, as a St. Mark’s parishioner, you are still contributing because the food provided on these days is funded in part by St. Mark’s “Sunday Giving”. Ever

School Playground/Quad | 11:00 AM Rusty can't be baptized (one of the many reasons for him not being able to go up on the couch), but...

7:00 - 10:00 PM | School Gym Admission is $10 general, $8 for students. Lessons start at 7 PM and the dance runs from 7:30 - 10:00 PM! Volunteer here! And volunteer you get in free!