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Our Ministries
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St. Mark Catholic
School
Our parish school strives to offer
quality education and enable our students to develop
intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally and
spiritually as whole, responsible persons.
Currently our preschool program starts with "Tweens"
ages 2/3 and ends with Pre-K 4, both full and half day.
Our elementary school is complete as of the 2001/2002
school year, Kindergarten through 8th grade.
In addition to our core curriculum, which includes
Religion, we offer programs in Art, Science Lab, Music,
and various sports teams. We participate in an Art Fair,
Science Fair, Miami Herald Spelling Bee, Math Contest,
and Elocution Contest. Current enrollment is 700
with a faculty and staff of 51.
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Men of St. Mark
An organization of men within the
parish that meet at 7:30 PM on the first Thursday of
every month. Meetings include both spiritual and social
activities, some with specific themes and gourmet
feasts. Other activities include blood drives, bowling,
support of a Catholic home for children, Christmas tree
sale, Communion breakfast, Valentine party, All Hallow’s
Eve family fun night, family picnic, golf classic,
annual retreat, softball, bowling and basketball games.
All men of the parish are invited to
join.
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Outreach
Provides assistance to families in
our parish and surrounding community through parishioner
contributions. Food, financial assistance for rent,
medicine, utilities and basic necessities, distribution
of donated clothing and furniture included.
Referrals to other agencies for housing, domestic
abuse/violence, drug/alcohol addiction. Distribute
Christmas gifts to families, prepare Thanksgiving
baskets, and help provide other Catholic charities with
assistance.
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St. Mark Women’s Club
St. Mark Women’s
Club is a ministry filled with Fellowship, Friendship
and Spirituality. Our Club is open to all the women of
St. Mark. We welcome all who wish to join, active or
not. We meet every third Thursday at 7:30pm in the
Parish Center. Our fundraisers are: an annual Luncheon
in September, a Holiday Gift Mart-Bake Sale and Photo
with SANTA in December and Flowers in May for Mothers
Day. These fundraisers benefit our Parish family, Share
the Vision, Outreach, a Scholarship to a St. Mark
Student and various charities that seek our support.
Our members enjoy a Thanksgiving Feast, a Christmas
Party, and several other events throughout the year.
Our meetings are followed by a social so that everyone
may also enjoy the evening and have fellowship. All
women of St. Mark are welcome.
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Youth Group
All students, grades 8-12 are
encouraged to attend. Various activities involve both
spiritual and social aspects of development. We
are celebrating the adventure of life while we grow in
our ability to live and share the Good News.
Meets Mondays at 7:00 PM in room 215 in the school.
Grades 8-12.
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Respect Life
Promotion and support of the unborn
child through various activities such as the Walk for
Life, Life Chain, Saturday Prayer Vigils, and letter
writing campaigns. Supports the Diocesan Respect
Life Ministry with appeals for newborn supplies,
furniture and food, extensive counseling for women
considering abortion as well as support and counseling
for women who have had an abortion via "Project Rachel."
The entire worshipping community who
are interested in learning more and becoming involved,
or are in need of support are encouraged to call.
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Adult Spiritual
Development
Continuing education through bible
studies, prayer groups, missions, workshops, days of
reflection and guest speakers, Something is always brewing! Join us!
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Eucharistic Ministers
Through Baptism we are called to
serve the Lord and bring Jesus to one another. This is
brought about in a special way through the sacred Body
and Blood to those assembled during Sunday and weekday
liturgies. If you are a mature Christian who takes
their faith seriously and lives a genuine Christian
life, this ministry may be for you. We always need new,
interested volunteers willing to receive training
necessary to be an EM.
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Religious Education
Our mission is to open our arms to
you by welcoming you into our family and sharing with
you our beautiful faith. We provide an atmosphere
where the searching can learn and grow personally and
spiritually, in a gradual process. Some who have
participated in previous years have been unbaptized,
some baptized in another faith, some baptized Catholic
but have not received the other initiation sacraments.
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Music
The St. Mark Choirs, English or
Spanish, are open to all of St. Mark.
Weekly Rehearsals for English Masses:
Wednesdays at 7:00 PM
Weekly rehearsals for Spanish Masses:
Mondays after Novena at 7:30PM
The St. Mark School Choir joins the
adult choir for many of the 9:30 AM Masses. Children
belonging to the parish in general may join the adult
choir for the 5:00 PM Saturday Mass, or the 6:30 PM
Spanish Mass. A wind ensemble joins us for
Christmas, Easter and Confirmation, made up of students
from local middle and high schools. We bring the
annual "Night of Music" from Broadway to the Movies each
year, a musical production that all are invited to
attend. In addition to Masses, we come together
for holy days, First Communion Saturdays, Confirmations,
and other special celebrations.
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Lectors
The Ministry of Lectoring allows lay
men and women to proclaim the Word of God to the faith
community. Anyone may apply who has received the
Sacrament of Confirmation. Training from the Archdiocese
and within the parish is required. An ability to
prepare for and read aloud clearly is necessary.
Meetings are held on a "need-to-know" basis.
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Catholic Scripture
Study
Catholic Scripture Study
or CSS is a place where Catholics can grow in their
understanding and love of Sacred Scripture with fellow
parishioners. It is written by faithful Catholic authors
and includes DVD lectures by a learned Catholic priest.
The fee covers the study materials, DVD lectures,
ongoing personal support and online resources. Check it
out:
www.CSSProgram.net.
The Mass will become more meaningful
as you apply the Scriptures to your daily life. Are you
being called today? CSS is offered at St. Mark
from September to May on Wednesday nights 7:30-9:00 PM,
Thursday mornings 8:45-10:15 AM, Thursday afternoons
3:30-5:00 PM. Call for registration and more details.
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Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament
Mondays from 8:30 AM through Tuesday
7:00 AM. As quoted by Pope John Paul II:
"I would like to repeat my invitation
to you to make adoration of the Blessed Sacrament a
habitual practice in all Christian communities. It is an
expression of the whole Christian community’s love and
worship of its Lord. Priestly, religious, and missionary
vocations will stem from this meeting with Christ in the
tabernacle, and will bring the light of the Gospel to
the ends of the earth; in this crucible of the "Love of
Loves," will be forged the apostolic spirit of lay
Christians, witnesses to Christ amid temporal realities;
in the intimacy of the tabernacle, the values that must
reign in homes will receive new strength to make the
family a meeting place with God, a center that radiates
faith, a school of Christian life. In the Bread which
came down from heaven, the family will be able to find
the support that will keep it united in the face of
today’s threats and will preserve it as a bastion of
life, steadfast against the culture of death."
All are invited.
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Mailing Committee
Our ministry consists of many
volunteers who give four to five hours, four to five
days a year. Mothers with young children, grandparents,
and often great-grandparents join us.
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Altar Servers
All boys and girls from grade 3
through young men and women in high school are eligible
to serve on the altar at Mass. All that is required is
determination, reverence, and responsibility.
Please call for information and the next meeting.
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