From the bulletin for The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (2025 November 02) Nov 2: All Souls The landscape of American English and its cultural expressions are littered with stark disjunctives. “Liberty or death!” (Patrick Henry). “California or bust!” (1849 gold rushers). “God or nothing!” (2015 book by Cardinal Sarah). “Ride or die!” (1950s motorcyclists and early-2000s gangsta rappers).  Yet we Christians live our lives in the shadow of an even starker either/o

8:30 - 10:00 AM | St. Mark's Cafeteria For all women of the parish! Join your fellow women of the parish for a light breakfast, reflection, and a panel discussion on how to prepare homes and hearts for this liturgical season.

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

Following 10:00 AM Mass & Procession | Carolyn Hall Hand-Carved Olive Wood Gifts from the Holy Land Did you know that 600 Christian families living in Bethlehem are completely dependent on carving olive wood figurines for their livelihood? The recent clashes in the Middle East have stopped the tourism industry in Bethlehem, causing most of those families serious harm in earning their living and forcing many of them to leave their homeland. Emptying the land of Christ from C

From the bulletin for The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025 October 26) Parish School of Prayer, Pt 21: On the Rosary Again (and Again) My little nieces and nephews are finally getting comfortable around their Uncle David. I know this because during some recent family gatherings, they were demanding that I read to them some of their favorite storybooks. It's fascinating that, though they know these books by heart, they delight to hear them read again and again. They rej

From the bulletin for The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025 October 19) Oct 19: 29th Sunday Next Sunday we arrive at the fourth and final action item of our annual stewardship exercises. After recommitting to prayer, to small groups, and to ministry involvement, we turn to consider our financial giving to the parish.  Money is certainly not the most important ingredient in our parish mission, but it is a necessary one. Take away the money and we soon lose our worship

Note Mass on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28) will be at 9 AM. There will be one Mass on Friday, Nov 29, at 10:00 AM. Also note that the adoration chapel will be closed starting with the 9 AM Mass on Thanksgiving and it will reopen following the 10 AM Mass on Monday, Dec 03.

From the bulletin for The Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025 October 12) Oct 12: 28th Sunday OT From healing to gratitude, and from gratitude to worship. That’s the pattern in both First Reading and Gospel today. Naaman the Syrian is healed by washing in the Jordan. In gratitude not just for his baby-fresh skin, but his new lease on life, he offers Elisha the prophet a gift worthy of a king: “ten silver talents, six thousand gold pieces, and ten festal garments” (2 K

Help the parish reach its Catholic Services Appeal $30,000 goal. Presently we're shy $16,000! Give and contribute to the works of mercy of our local church!

From the bulletin for The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025 October 05) Oct 5: The Lord’s Day: Deeper Dive In the interest of...

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

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

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM | School Cafeteria Join Pack/Troop 1 for a hearty, delicious pancake breakfast hosted by the Scouting units of St. Mark’s — a tradition dating back to 1910! As the oldest Catholic Scouting unit in America, they’re proud to continue building character, faith, and leadership. Come enjoy pancakes, fellowship, and fun while supporting our Scouts. They hope to see you there! Menu includes pancakes, sausage, fruit, milk, juice, coffee All you can eat (but pleas

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@

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)!

From the bulletin for The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2025 September 28) Parish School of Prayer, Pt 20: Time for Prayer How...

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

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 and using them! And better to invest a little time NOW in knowing your gifts! And then put them to use with gusto! To that end, our pastor et al want to STRONGLY encourage you to take a very user-friendly spiritual gifts inventory! Quick! Free! And results known only to you, your guardian angel, God, and maybe the facilitating website (to

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