Regular and Upcoming Events
The 2nd Sunday of Advent (12/08/19) Scriptures
Divine Mercy Chaplet- with Adoration to follow each Wednesday evening, 7:00 PM, @ Saint Mark Church.
Hospitality Sunday– First Sunday of the month from September through May, in the school hall, following Sunday morning masses.
Annual Christmas Giving Tree- If you would like to help make this Christmas a little brighter for local families, pick an angel from our trees inside our churches, on or after November 2nd, purchase a gift card or gift and return it to the church or parish office by December 15th. Your gifts will benefit residents of Silver Lake Nursing Home and Catholic Social Services of Levittown now and throughout the year. Kindly return all gifts with angel attached. If choosing gift for Silver Lake, please wrap. All other gifts should be returned un-wrapped. If you would like to adopt a family this Christmas, contact Catholic Social Services of Levittown @215.945.2550 for details. Stop in and buy the gift cards from us and your family and our parish benefits too. Our gift card office is open Monday, Thursday and Friday 9:30 AM -3:00 PM; Tuesday and Wednesday 9:30 AM-6:00 PM for your shopping convenience.
Thank you and May God Bless you for your generosity!
Holy Hour – Sunday, December 1st- 7:00PM at St. Ann Worship Site (English). Friday, December 6th- 7:00PM at St. Mark Church (Spanish). Our intentions for both sessions during Advent is “Come Lord Jesus”
Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast Day Celebration- Dec 8th, beginning with mass at 9:00AM and reception to follow in the school hall. If you would like to help out, you can purchase a $10.00 raffle ticket (prizes: 50″ Samsung TV, a Samsung tablet or knife set) after 9:00AM mass to help cover the costs or you can bring a food or beverage donation to the reception.
Her feast day is Dec 12th; join us for mass at 6:00AM at St. Mark Church. Church will open @ 5:00AM for Rosary in Spanish.
Christmas and New Year’s Mass Schedule-
Christmas Eve: 4:00 PM, 6:00PM & 12:00 Midnight @ St. Mark and 4:00PM & 8:00PM @ St. Ann Worship site.
Christmas Day: 8:00AM @ St. Ann Worship site and 10:00AM @ St. Mark church.
New Year’s Eve: 4:00PM Bilingual mass @ St. Mark.
New Year’s Day: 10:00AM mass @ St. Mark.
Confessions: Saturday, Dec 21st 3:30-4:30PM and Monday, Dec 23rd 4:00-5:00PM @ St. Mark Church.
Annual Saint Mark Parish Three Kings Day Celebration- Join us Sunday, January 5, 2020 from 2:00-5:00PM, in the school hall. Come celebrate this day with your Saint Mark family. If you would like to join us click on this link to download form: Three Kings Celebration 2020 Participation/Volunteer Form or pick one up from the back of the church or the parish office and return it to Juanita in the Parish office by December 29th. (If you plan to attend, have your child bring an empty shoebox for the arts and craft project.) Thank you!
Notes to Parishioners:
For all parish related requests, including Mass Cards, Sacramental and Eligibility Certificates, Weddings, or to register with the parish, please call the parish office @ (215) 788-2319.
Annual Parish Census-October 2019
Our annual census cards have been mailed out. We ask all parish families to take a few minutes to fill out the entire card, and not check off the “no change since last census” box, then return it in the enclosed envelope to our parish office, so that we can update your family file in our system. If you have any questions, please call us @ 215.788.2319. Thank you for your cooperation!
Weekly Envelopes– If you are new to our parish, have moved, have been out of town for an extended amount of time and are not receiving your weekly envelopes, please email us at office@saintmarkchurch.net or call our office so we can register you or update your information. Thank you!
Volunteering at our Parish – Archdiocesan policy requires that all parish staff and volunteers obtain clearances. If you haven’t done so already, we ask that you stop by or contact our Safe Environment Office @ (215) 788-7266 or juanitaparishoffice@gmail.com ASAP, to request your volunteer packet. If you have picked up your packet, we need you to take a few minutes to fill out the forms and return them, or go to our webpage to request your clearances online and submit the results. The Safe Environment Office is open until 3:00 PM –Safe Environment Webpage
