29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- St. Mark MyParish Focus Group
- Rosary Goal Surpassed!
- Fr. Rudy Celebrates Mass
- Halloween Photo Shares
- Christmas Feedback Poll
- Fratelli Tutti
- Restless Heart book
- Children Seeking Asylum March
- Report released on allegations against Catholic Composer Haas
Religious Education began this past week and our RCIA and Adult Confirmation Candidates begin classes this week, please keep them all in your prayers!
Love sharing your opinion?
Well, here's a perfect opportunity for you (or your spouse) to SOUND OFF! We are looking for parishioners in the following ranges to act as our "Focus Group" for the updates/accessibility of our MyParish App. You will need to have or be open to downloading the MyParish app, and answer questions in an email poll to participate.
My Parish App Focus Group
We want feedback from our parishioners who currently use and/or are new to using the MyParish App
Focus Group Member
Last Week's Offertory
Regular:
$16,719.50
Building Fund: $3,596.00
Last Year's
Regular Offertory:
$17,604.25
We surpassed our goal of 1,000 prayed rosaries by our parish! We are going to challenge our parishioners to completed ANOTHER rosary to bring our total goal to 2,000. You may continue to submit the number of rosaries prayed by clicking the image above.
Father Rudy will be celebrating his first Mass after returning from Ghana
on Wednesday, October 21st at 8:00 AM. Let's all give him a social-distanced Air High Five or Thumbs Up to show him our excitement that he has returned safely!
Things are different this year and due to the current climate and our staffing limitations we have decided to opt-out of our Trunk or Treat for Halloween. We hope that we can all still participate and share the holiday fun by sharing photos of your Pumpkin Carving Photos and costumes for Halloween to share in a Virtual Halloween Parade.
We will ask our parishioners to vote on their favorite pumpkin carving on Tuesday, October 27th.
email: media@stmarkov.com with your pictures!
Deadline to submit your photos is Monday, October 26th at 12:00 PM
Parish Feedback Needed for Christmas Plans
Staff has put together a Christmas Committee to begin planning what it will look like this year while adhering to Phase II Protocols, which still limits capacity at each Mass to 250 attendees for our Church. We would like to know if there is interest in a Parking Lot Christmas Eve Vigil Mass for those who are still not comfortable attending Mass in-person.
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Yes, we would love to attend the Parking Lot Mass
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My family will be attending Mass inside the Church
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What's coming up next week?
- Questions of Faith, Ep. 2, Thursday at 6PM
- Knights of Columbus Essay Contest Begins
- Star Council Award on October 31st
Here are a few stories from The Diocese of Tucson's news website, The New Outlook
“Fratelli tutti”: short summary of Pope Francis's Social Encyclical
Fraternity and social friendship are the ways the Pontiff indicates to build a better, more just and peaceful world, with the contribution of all: people and institutions. With an emphatic confirmation of a ‘no’ to war and to globalized indifference.
‘Restless Heart’: In new book, Catholic woman shares struggle to understand her sexuality
“I pray that people can see that God is good, that he loves us, and that he is for us and not against us. And every one of his ways, that have been preserved in Scripture, that have been preserved by the Catholic Church, are for our good and for the glory of God.”
Children Seeking Asylum March to the Border
On October 21st at 11 a.m. pacific time, Catholic Extension will partner with the Kino Border Initiative, a ministry funded by our donors, to host and livestream the Children Seeking Asylum March.
New report details abuse, assault allegations against Catholic composer Haas
A report detailing sexual abuse and assault allegations against Catholic musician and composer David Haas was been released. Haas is a well-known composer of contemporary hymns, including "You Are Mine," "We Are Called" and "Blessed Are They."
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THOSE IN NEED
Be a part of the biggest food drive of the year for ICS Food Banks! The need this year will be greater than ever. ICS has come up with creative ways you can get involved and help our community. Help collect crucial supplies for the holiday food bag distribution.