7:00 - 8:00 PM | Church *note there are parish holy hours every Thursday unless noted otherwise Live for the day of the Lord in 2025-2026! Like how a silver setting magnifies the brilliance of golden apples, so too can a "silver setting" for adoration make us more receptive vessels to grace! Every second Thursday (or at least the schedule below), come to Emmaus: candlelit adoration, praise and worship, and Confession! Sep 11 Oct 09 Nov 13 Dec 11 Jan 08 Feb 12 Mar 12 Apr 0

Weather's getting nicer... come inside! Adoration at the parish sees a drop-off in the fairer weather (surely the Brainerd lakes area must get a bump). Offer God a great gift, if you have the liberty, to amp up your adoration hours for the summer! www.stmark.weadorehim.com

7:00 - 9:00 PM | Carolyn Hall For current 8-12th graders! A meager $5 gets a youth in!

5:30 - 7:30 PM | Carolyn Hall Join us for an evening of community, fun, faith and thanking the Lord for all the ways He has blessed the spiritual journey of the children, youth and families in our parish. This event will be Wednesday, May 20, 5:30-7pm in Carolyn Hall. Please RSVP to let us know you are coming for food planning purposes! *Free-will donation on site

Saturday, June 6 | 11 AM - 1 PM | Carolyn Hall The Annual Women's Spring Luncheon will take place on Saturday June 6th, 11-1 in Carolyn Hall. We will present our year in review and make our big reveal announcement of how much money we raised and the projects and charities chosen to be funded this year. Mark your calendars and come celebrate. Please RSVP for the catered lunch by May 29

O Holy Spirit, Lord and Giver of life, come enkindle our hearts! Eternal Love of the Father and the Son, come enkindle our hearts! Gift of God and Power of the Most High, come enkindle our hearts! Spirit of Truth who leads us into all Truth, come enkindle our hearts! Fire of Love and Cloud of Glory, come enkindle our hearts! Living Water flowing from the side of Christ, come enkindle our hearts! Consoler and Advocate of the poor, come enkindle our hearts! Helper and Teacher o

Registration is open for our authentically Catholic K-5 VBS summer program created and developed by the religious sisters of Pro Ecclesia Sancta: "Holiness: The True Adventure." When: Monday, Aug. 10 through Friday, Aug. 14, 9AM-12PM* * A family celebration Friday includes lunch and goes until 1:30PM Ages: 5-year-olds to rising fifth graders (10-11 year olds) Where: Church of St. Mark, Saint Paul Register here.

Don’t miss what many have called the best rummage sale in town. The 2026 Spring Sale will run April 23-26. SALE SCHEDULE: Thursday, April 23: 5 - 7 PM ($5 admission) Friday, April 24: 9 AM - 4 PM Saturday, April 25: 9 AM - 4 PM Sunday, April 26: 9 AM - 11 (clean-up to follow) Carolyn Hall 1983 Dayton Ave., St. Paul, (Corner of Dayton and Moore) Please follow applicable parking restrictions around the campus! Parking in the seminarian spaces in the south row of our parking

Mass at 4:00 PM, Feast to follow | Cafeteria A special 4pm Mass in honor of our patron saint, and at which a *very* special blessing to our parish will be unveiled for the first time. Afterwards, we will adjourn to the Cafeteria for the Hog Roast, where this year you will be able to pursue an exhibition of over twenty original works of arts with St. Mark, St. Mark’s, or the Sacred Heart as their subject, produced by community members. Donations accepted; volunteers welcome:

Please join the parish family in praying a novena to our great patron, Saint Mark, for abundant blessings upon our parish and in thanksgiving for prayers answered and favors received. Novena booklets are available at the Church and the prayers are also featured on this page. Saint Mark, pray for us! DAY ONE: As Jesus passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I

Following the 8:00 AM Mass Spring warrants Spring Cleaning, all the more in that in a week we'll be hosting the Archbishop and hundreds of guests for the Diaconate Ordinations of Brs. Evan and José. Coffee and donuts will be provided!

Following the 9 AM Mass | Rectory Garden (or main church, pending the weather) The whole parish is invited to attend! Plan is to process from the Church to the rectory garden. Breakfast to follow in Carolyn Hall. Feel welcome to bring your own flowers, too! Please sign up to help with the event!

10:00 AM | Church of Saint Mark Reception to follow!

8:00 AM - Noon | Afton Join us at a parishioner’s house, do some manual labor, and earn money for the poor in Peru! Lunch provided! RSVP at stmark.xyz/manual

Tuesdays | 7:00 - 8:30 PM | Carolyn Hall Bring your bibles (Ignatius Study Bible (RSV) recommended) and your good will! The Psalms: Prayer Journal of God’s People, Prophecy of the Interior Life of Christ The Book of Psalms is the Old Testament book most quoted by Our Lord, and the one book of the Bible from which there is a reading at (almost) every Mass of the Church year. Join us for this six-session live Bible study with Fr. David on the Church’s sacred songbook, wh

At the Feast of St. Mark Feast | Cafeteria If you're artistically inclined (amateurs welcome), to greater enrich the community, then your works are desired for Saint Marks in Art! Any makers welcome!, provided that the art made is 2D, wall-mountable, and at most 24" × 24" and the subject depicted is either our patron saint, the parish, the winged lion, or the Sacred Heart This'll be an exhibition, not a competition, though Father David may throw out a blue ribbon here or th

9 AM - 12 PM | Carolyn Hall Hope for Your Hearts. Strength for Your Marriage Don't forget to mark your calendars for our Easter Retreat for Couples coming up on Saturday morning, April 11th. Fr Patrick will be with us LIVE to offer a half-day retreat on "A Cure for Discouragement." The appearances of Jesus after his Resurrection, as recorded in the New Testament, are, to be honest, kind of confusing. The people he appears to don't recognize him right away, even though the

Help them give money away! Did you know that every year the St. Mark’s Council of Catholic Women raise $30-40,000 through their Fall and Spring Rummage Sales along with the Christmas sales to bless charitable organizations and fund vital parish restoration or special projects? Thank you to the many CCW members, parishioners, and greater community who work at and support these sales. Every March they invite you to submit your suggestions for charities and parish projects to

Fridays in Lent 2025 | 5:30 PM | Carolyn Hall Soup Suppers begin at 5:30 PM in Carolyn Hall! "Claiming Country for Kingdom - Your Part in the National Consecration" our Speaker Series, begins at 6:00 PM. ​ Our dates and speakers ​ Feb. 20 “The Catholic History of the USA” Fr. David Hottinger, P.E.S. Audio recording available here Slide content available here Feb. 27 “What is National Consecration?” Audio recording available here Fr. Patrick Evans, P.E.S. ​ Mar. 6 “Sta

5:00 - 7:00 PM | Cafeteria Have you not heard?! The 2026 Lenten Fish Fry, held on Friday, March 27 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM in the School Cafeteria. Meals are available in adult and child sizes. sizes. The adult meal offers freshly battered and fried fish, mac & cheese, coleslaw, cookie, and drink. The child meal has fish, choice of mac & cheese or coleslaw, cookie, and drink. Meals are priced at: $12 for adult, $9 for child, $40 for family of 4, and $60 for family of 6. Kids 4