From the bulletin for The Sixth Sunday of Easter (2026 May 10) So, Where to Now for These New PES Deacons? It’s been a bit since we had deacons serving on Sundays at St. Mark’s. A closetful of dalmatics has lain fallow ever since May 29 of 2021, when Fr. Joe and I started wearing chasubles instead (five years already!). But all of a sudden, like the geese now flying back north, and the rabbits reappearing in the rectory yard, our parish has been redeaconized! Hallelujah! One

From the bulletin for The Fifth Sunday of Easter (2026 May 03) 5th Sunday of Easter In the month of April, a strangely conspicuous number of wild turkeys (plump, slow moving ones…) have been wandering about in St. Paul. I’ve seen them all over. I have heard them all over. I don’t know what to make of it. In other ages, they would surely discern in this some prophetic portent. In ours, we point at them and say, “Oh look, turkeys!” That is, until the fifth time we have seen the

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

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

From the bulletin for The Fourth Sunday of Easter (2026 April 26) 4/23: Parish School of Prayer: Praying with the Psalm (on the Day of the Lord) The psalm for this 4th Sunday of Easter, “Good Shepherd” Sunday, is perhaps the most well-known: Psalm 23. Its six short verses are fairly easy to commit to memory, and its pastoral imagery and expressions of confidence have made it a favorite among God’s people “for endless days.” But beneath the psalm’s simple surface, there is a r

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

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

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

From the bulletin for The Third Sunday of Easter (2026 April 19) April 19 - Third Sunday of Easter This Sunday, we hear a Gospel that very much proclaims a New Beginning to humanity, as the Risen Christ restores all things, beginning with the hearts of these two disciples. In a deep sense, He is undoing the Fall of Man. Consider the following parallels between the walk to Emmaus and Genesis 3: In Genesis 3, we have two individuals, a man and another (the woman). They have ju

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!

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,