From the bulletin for The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026 February 15) Feb 15 - 6th Sunday Remember Lent? Well, it’s back. Your favorite time of year: when the natural world is thawing out and the world invites you to rejoice and frolic, but the Church makes you punish yourself by being sad and finding ways to suffer more than you already do. So you can appreciate Easter all the more! It may feel like that. But in truth, Lent is about learning how to rejoice and take deli

From the bulletin for The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026 February 08) Feb 8 - 5th Sunday OT There is a heartening billboard northbound on Highway 52 that encourages the “red and the blue”, the “left and the right” to talk, for a change. Billboards rarely cheer my heart. But this one did. Yet it also raises the doubt: where will such conversations occur? True spaces of public forum are rare in our society. In last week’s column I expressed the wish that St. Mark’s would

Lenten Stories | CRS Rice Bowl | DONATE The Bread of Life—which we receive through the Eucharist—fills us with God’s grace and love. The Eucharist feeds us. It nourishes us. It unites us with God and one another as members of the same body of Christ. And it is through our communion with the Bread of Life that we are called to share bread for life. Jesus tells us, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.

During the 6 PM Liturgy With Gratitude to God, the Superior General and members of Pro Ecclesia Sancta and his family are pleased to invite you to the Holy Mass and Profession of Perpetual Vows of Brother Evan LeRoy Steeves on Thursday, March 19th, 2026 at 6:00 PM at the Church of Saint Mark (2001 Dayton Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA). Archbishop Hebda presiding. After the ceremony you are invited to the reception to be held at Carolyn Hall.

Updated 2026 Feb 14 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 evening are Peter and Theresa Martin, authors o

Prayer Campaign: Feb. 18 - Mar. 29, 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, March 13 and Wednesday, March 25. Our priests will also lead an hour of prayer at 1 PM on March 30. The goal is to have at least 2 dedicated prayer volunteer

From the bulletin for The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026 February 01) Feb 1 - 4th Sunday OT You know the feeling: the slightly sickening sensation, with a touch of vertigo, when you begin to realize that another person with whom you had been friendly has very different political views from your own. Many are experiencing that sensation these days, “when the thoughts of many hearts are being revealed” (cf. Lk 2:35). Indeed, it’s happening even here at St. Mark’s, among

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

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

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! Tables and seating are available, too, if you just wish to enjoy the sounds and the spectacle. Volunteers get free admission!

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This Lent, our parish will be Living for the Day of the Lord by preparing for Sunday together. How will we do this? In our small groups, of course!; in this season, every Saint Mark’s small group will be reflecting on the coming Sunday readings with the help of reflections by Dr. Brant Pitre, Catholic scripture scholar at the Augustine Institute. Be convicted: Father David encouraged the parish to turn to small groups in his bulletin article from 2026 Feb 08. Don’t have a sm

5:00 - 9:00 PM | Cafeteria The next quarterly men’s night will be February 21st from 5pm-9pm. Same as last time, all men of the parish are invited for dinner (lasagna!) and community. Free will donations are appreciated but not required for the dinner. Men should rsvp using this link.

5:30 - 7:30 PM | Carolyn Hall This is for you, dear reader, as a member of the WHOLE PARISH FAMILY. "Really, for me?" Yes. In no uncertain terms. The evening will feature meal (pizza), formation, adoration, and small group discussion. Come together as a parish family to be fed, join in adoration and small group discussion, and hear the talk “The Good Shepherd: Fostering a deep contemplative relationship with God” Please RSVP so we have a good headcount for pizza!

"Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return." Ash Wednesday Liturgies will be 7 AM, 10 AM, and 6 PM! This holy day marks the beginning of Lent and is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for Catholics.

Let's get Loony!! It's always a good time at Allianz Field, and we want you to be there! Some basic info: Where: Allianz Field When: Sunday, March 22, 1:30pm game Cost: $22 Meet at the Saint Mark's rectory at 12:30pm and we will depart by 12:40pm to walk to the stadium together! All tickets are for the supporters section of the stadium - it's a roaring fun, standing-room-only zone! That section, though, can get crowded, so we want to make sure to get there early. Lunch isn't

Please note that there will be no 7:00 AM Masses during the Easter Octave. Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM

From the bulletin for The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (2026 January 25) Jan 25 - Third Sunday OT “Coherence is the martyrdom of our time.” For a Christian today to be faithful in word and deed to the principles of our Faith, a heroic degree of courage is needed. Such a Christian will find “no place to rest his head” in the world. Goldilocks eventually found a bed that fit her. But a coherent Christian in every age will find no ideology, political party, newspaper, pundit,

Following 11 AM Mass | Carolyn Hall We'd love to meet you! Unless you've already been to a New Parishioner Lunch, this is for all new parishioners (those who are new to St. Mark's as of September 2025), those who are considering becoming parishioners, and their families are invited to our New Parishioner Lunch on Sunday, February 8th, held in Carolyn Hall at 12 PM (immediately following the 11 AM Mass). The lunch is free to attend, but we do ask that you RSVP! These lunc

9:30 - 11:30 AM | 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 please c