The Right to Life Group will pray the Rosary 12/22/2019 at 11:30 AM in the Church. Click the title or picture for more information.

This year, Roger Grenier and the St. Mark Celebration Choir will present "Breath of Heaven" a Christmas Musical Performance. The concert will be Friday, December 6, at 5:00 PM in the church. A "love donation" will be received.

Click on the title or the picture to learn about the Advent Mission which centers on Looking for Hope...

Thursday, November 21, come and tour the St. Mark Church! Our team is excited to show you the lovely Catholic iconic elements within St. Mark's. Click the title or picture for more information.

Our Advent Penance Service program includes: Opening Hymns & Prayers, Examination of Conscience, Individual Confessions with 14 Priests from the Northern Deanery.

Join us in the Chapel on Monday, December 16, at 6:30 PM for a Charismatic Mass. Fr. Dominik will be the celebrant and prayer teams will be available after Mass for anyone who is interested.

The next church tour will take place on Thursday December 19th at 1.30 pm in the narthex. Come and tour St. Mark's! Our team is excited to show you the lovely Catholic iconic elements within St. Mark's. Learn about our beautiful windows, the Crucifixes, our unique Tabernacle, paintings, icons, statutes and Our Lady of Lourdes Prayer Garden and Grotto.

This course is presented on 10 consecutive Mondays, in the St Mark Social Hall. Dates: 1/13/20 thru 3/20/20 Time: 9:00 am - 11:00 am Fee: $35 includes retreat book and companion workbook -or- $25 for companion workbook only (for those who have the book already) Register before 1/2/20 by email: reception@stmarkrcc.com presented by the Marian Servants of the Word Incarnate®

Click on image to read about this FREE event organized our sponsor Your Key to Senior Living Options. Discover resources and support services available for seniors in The Villages and surrounding areas. No matter what your needs are, stop in from 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm and learn from local experts, talk with providers and discover a wealth of information aimed at helping you live your best life!

The Adult Religious Education Ministry is very pleased to present our 2019-2020 Season. Click the title or picture for more information and to download a registration form.

St Mark the Evangelist currently has 480 volunteers who provide support to over 50 ministries group with pastoral care, spiritual growth, religious education, music, social support activities & services, sacramental life, liturgy and worship services. If you'd like to learn more about how you can share your time and talent with our parish family, please contact: Catherine Nocera, catherine.nocera@stmarkrcc.com / phone 352-347-9317

Click this link to see the cruise photos. It includes things and places we saw and photos of Fr. Dominik.

Enjoy a free subscription to FORMED so you can have the best Catholic media at your fingertips. With FORMED you can learn and enjoy your faith at home and on the go, from any device. New and easier way to register to create an account. Enter the following into your web browser or on the FORMED APP: www.stmarkrcc.formed.org then send the directions to register and create an account.

You have the opportunity right now to be a part of our new Prayer Garden which was blessed and dedicated on February 10th by Bishop John Noonan. (Check out pictures in the Photo/Albums section.) Memorialized Paver Bricks are available in two sizes. You may donate a brick for yourself or someone else, to commemorate special occasions, or to honor or remember special loved ones. 4" x 8" brick(s) are $75 each; 8" x 8" brick(s) are $115 each. Order forms are available on the large bulletin board in the Narthex, right below the display of our new garden. Samples of the bricks are also on display in the Narthex by the forms. You can also download the order form by clicking the link above.

Beginning in 2019, St. Mark's Lending Library is open each Monday thru Thursday from 8:00 AM till 3:00 PM in addition to the last Sunday of each month during "Donut Sunday." The Library is now operating on an "Honor System" where you can check out and return books and other media yourself. There will not be a "Library helper" on premises. Stop by our new super comfortable location on the side of the Social Hall and check out all the many resources available to read, watch, or listen to. Entrance to the Library is thru the Social Hall only. To view our catalog, simply click the photo of the library on the left. You will be redirected to our Library Resources.

Shop our Lighthouse Rack located in the Narthex. We offer a great selection of inspirational CDs and books that come in handy as gifts or for your own personal use. Right next to the Lighthouse rack you will find a beautiful selection of "Care Notes." These are free booklets covering almost every occasion where someone needs some comfort and support.

We are again offering the opportunity for you to have Masses said by Father Rafal Glinkowski at our Pauline Fathers Monastery in Kittanning, PA. Fathers will be offering Masses for our St. Mark intentions. These Masses will be announced in the bulletin on the first weekend of the month following the month in which the masses were offered. If you would like to have a Mass offered in Kittanning, please stop by the Parish Office during regular office hours to complete your request.

Please welcome this new program at St. Mark's to benefit the children of St. Paul's Catholic School in Leesburg. Just cut out the "Box Tops" symbol found on 100's of products you use every day. Drop the "Box Tops" into the specially marked wooden box located in the Narthex. That's all there is to it! Your efforts will go a long way in helping to provide these children with a new school bus.

Save yourself time and effort by setting up automatic payments with your financial institution. They will mail a check for your contribution directly to St. Mark. Process is as follows: You need to be enrolled for on-line banking with your financial institution, which is free of charge. Arrange authorization with your financial institution to make weekly or monthly payments to St. Mark. You will need to provide your bank your 4-digit Parishioner ID Number (which is the number printed on your envelopes); if you are unsure of your ID number, please contact the parish office. In the memo section of the bank check, please have it identified where the money is going (i.e. Weekly Offertory, St. Vincent de Paul, special collection, etc.) Please note this can only be done from a savings or checking account, NOT your credit card. Please be sure to let our office know if you no longer require the bi-monthly sets of offertory envelopes.

PLEASE RECYCLE!! You can recycle your old newspapers, magazines and office paper (including shredded) just by dropping them off in one of the big green and red bins which are located right along the drive at the northeast end of the property. NO CARDBOARD OR PLASTIC BAGS PLEASE! All profits from the recycled papers will benefits projects here at St. Mark.