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!

From the bulletin for The Sunday of Divine Mercy (2026 April 12) April 5 - Easter Sunday The parish pastoral year can neatly be divided into quarters. The fall term starts early September and culminates with Christmas. The winter quarter runs from January through Lent and terminates gloriously in the Pascal Triduum. The spring session begins with Easter and runs until the Sacred Heart solemnity mid-June. Then commences the summer “recess.” Although the Life never really come

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

From the bulletin for The Resurrection of the Lord (2026 April 05) April 5 - Easter Sunday During the Chrism Mass at the Cathedral this past Thursday, we sang an old favorite: Psalm 89. It’s a personal favorite because it was also sung at my priestly ordination (and mentions David). It’s always moving when two thousand voices are singing in unison: “The goodness of the Lord! The goodness of the Lord! Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord!” In context, we are contempla

From the bulletin for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion (2026 March 29) 3/29 - Parish School of Prayer, Pt 23: Passion Tide The liturgy always seeks to lead us into the mystery of Christ’s work of our redemption, in such a way that this work is accomplished in our lives, through our participation in it. In Him! In truth, these “mysteries” have always been at work in God’s plan of salvation. Though they are fulfilled in the life, passion, death, and resurrection of Our Lord,

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

Holy Hour on Thursday | First Friday Holy Communion The devotion to the Sacred Heart is the fruit of the Gospel, the premiere devotion, and a tender devotion to the Love of God, for us, manifested in the human heart of our Savior Jesus Christ. How are we to respond to that love?! In what does Devotion to the Sacred Heart consist?! Well, in part... Jesus requested, via St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (he commanded her to share it throughout the whole world!), that Catholics recei

From the bulletin for The Fifth Sunday of Lent (2026 March 22) March 22 - 5th Sunday Last week we looked at donuts. Particularly, the marvelous manner by which investing in those “frosted energy wheels” has so helped to incorporate and build up the living stones of our parish. With the capital campaign underway, I should also say a word about the more enduring investments which also cry out for our attention, that we might better receive and gather that growing body of Christ

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

From the bulletin for The Fourth Sunday of Lent (2026 March 15) March 15 - 4th Lent Last week I shared some encouraging figures regarding some special almsgiving efforts that members of the parish have undertaken. Just as “deep calls on deep” when it comes to more causes for encouragement around the parish. In the summer of 2019, there was a “town hall meeting” at the home of a parish family in the wake of the school closure that spring. Concerned parishioners felt moved to

From the bulletin for The Third Sunday of Lent (2026 March 08) March 8 - 3rd Lent “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Thus spoke Winston Churchill, who lived through a crisis or two. In this case (only?), the Holy Spirit outdoes even the politicians. As the parable of the prodigal son shows, God, in His love, will often permit His children to fall into crises and pig-sties of all sorts in hopes that we will come to our senses, return to Him, and/or rise to the challenge wi

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

From the bulletin for The Second Sunday of Lent (2026 March 01) Lord’s Day: A Deeper Dive Sacred Scripture is meant to be read more like a poem than the news. Its content needs to be unpacked to be appreciated, otherwise its richness will be lost on us. Take the First Reading this Sunday: God commands Abram and obeys. Pretty straightforward, right? But when you dig in, questions arise. In the previous chapter of Genesis, we learn that Abram’s father Terah had already made de

From the bulletin for The First Sunday of Lent (2026 February 22) Feb 22 - 1st Sunday Lent In the Pledge of Allegiance, we recognize this land as “one nation, under God, indivisible, with justice for all.” We are forced, of course, to acknowledge that is more aspiration than reality: we live in a time when the oneness and indivisibility of the USA are under a severe test. And the degree to which the nation is or ever has been under truly the dominion of the God of Heaven, and

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