OCTOBER 17, 2021
Please join your fellow Parishioners for our annual, fun-filled Parish Picnic on Sunday, October 17, 2021, after the 11:30 am mass. Tables and chairs will be set up on the lawn under open tents.

There will be games and activities!

Delicious hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, drinks and ice cream for dessert will be provided for your enjoyment. If you are in a “cooking mood”, you are welcome to bring a pasta or salad to share. Donations to support the event are always appreciated and will be accepted in the back of the church after Mass or at the Picnic.

Ladies Guild Update on Mini Fall FAIRE 2021

Our mini Fall Faire was a huge success due to the support of Fr. Angel, Fr Lee and Deacon Rich.  Thank you to everyone who participated and supported our mini fundraiser which benefits our Outreach. 
Congratulations to the lucky raffle item winners!

 – Fr Angel dinner for 6 –  Luisa Villarico
 – One hour Legal Consultation – Luisa Villarico
 – 60 Lottery tickets- Linda Moore
 – Afternoon Tea for 6 –  Imelda Wang
 – Restock the Bar-  Lisa and Sandy Margolis
 – 2 Tickets to a 2022 S. F. Giants game –  Leny Arceno
 – Chocolate Delight – Carol Reiser Schiavone
 – Iron Gate $100 gift certificate-  Imelda Wang
 – Home Baked Goods for 6 months –Margaret Price
 – Two dozen frozen Lumpia and dipping sauce donated by Redwood Shores Lions Club-  Sadee Lam.
 – Fr. Lee Cantonese dinner – Patrick Zecha
 – Piazza Fine Foods $100 gift certificate – Wilma V
 – Restaurant gift certificates, $25 Black Angus and $25 Cheesecake 
 – Factory plus 750ml bottle of Chivas Regal Scotch – Celna
 – Wine plus FOUR lucky winners- Tessie Madrinan, Bill Mallet, Diane Massetti and Jack Murray
– $100 Pinstripes Bistro, Hillsdale Mall – Chris Okubo
 – 50/50 Raffle – Grace and Marty Crowley

World Mission Sunday – Oct 24

NEXT WEEKEND we will celebrate World Mission Sunday. Pope Francis invites the entire Church to support mission dioceses in Africa, Asia, the Pacific Islands, and parts of Latin America and Europe, where priests, religious and lay leaders serve the world’s most vulnerable communities.

We  will have a Second Collection on Oct. 23/24 to support World Mission Sunday. Please keep the Pope’s missions in your prayers and be generous in next week’s collection for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

THIS WEEKEND AT SUNDAY MASSES – OCTOBER 16 AND 17

DAILY ADORATION at the Chapel from 9am to 5pm Resuming Soon!  

Sign-up sheet for Adorers available at all Sunday masses.
We need adorers especially mid-day.  

What is Adoration? 

The Blessed Sacrament is the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.  When the Blessed Sacrament is exposed or displayed in the Tabernacle, we must remember that Jesus is tangibly present and we are called to respond with adoration.
Adoration requires listening and being completely present to Jesus Christ.  

SAINT JOSEPH’S CORNER – REFLECTION

“He [St Joseph] is the head of the Holy Family, father of the trinity on earth which resembles so closely the Holy Trinity on high.”— St Peter Julian Eymard

The Year of St Joseph Prayer

To you, O blessed Joseph (Ad te, beate Ioseph)

To you, O blessed Joseph, do we come in our afflictions, and having implored the help of your most holy Spouse, we confidently invoke your patronage also.

Through that charity which bound you to the Immaculate Virgin Mother of God and through the paternal love with which you embraced the Child Jesus, we humbly beg you graciously to regard the inheritance which Jesus Christ has purchased by his Blood, and with your power and strength to aid us in our necessities.

O most watchful guardian of the Holy Family, defend the chosen children of Jesus Christ; O most loving father, ward off from us every contagion of error and corrupting influence; O our most mighty protector, be kind to us and from heaven assist us in our struggle with the power of darkness.

As once you rescued the Child Jesus from deadly peril, so now protect God’s Holy Church from the snares of the enemy and from all adversity; shield, too, each one of us by your constant protection, so that, supported by your example and your aid, we may be able to live piously, to die in holiness, and to obtain eternal happiness in heaven. Amen

The Children of St Joseph
Calling all parishioners who would like to share their (or learn the) skill of working with their hands or minds in service of the St Mark Parish!
The Children of St Joseph needs you! Click on file for more information: The Children of St. Joseph

Vocation Cross Program
At the Sunday 9:45 am mass, parishioners will take turns in bringing the Vocation Cross home.  Those who take the Cross will pray each day, the Vocation Prayer and the Rosary. Sign up sheets are available at the Sunday Masses. If you wish to participate, but unable to attend the 945am mass, please indicate in the sign up sheet and we will make arrangements. We are all called to pray for vocations, especially for the priestly and religious life.