The Season for Advent Giving is Here!

Ladies Guild and St. Vincent de Paul will again coordinate Advent Giving which is open to the parish. It will take place on the first two weekends of Advent on November 29/30 through December 7/8. 

We are requesting $25 Target gift cards; which will be divided between SVdP clients of St. Mark as well as those served by Catholic Worker House, Redwood City. Pick up a return envelope on the table to the left of the altar. Place gift cards in the envelope and return to the same table by the weekend of December 8.

If it is more convenient for you to write a check; please make payable to St. Mark Ladies Guild and a gift card will be purchased on your behalf. Your check in a labeled envelope may be dropped in the collection.

Ladies Guild Christmas Party

Ladies Guild Members ... the 2025 Holiday Season is definitely in the air and time for the Ladies Guild to celebrate. Please join us for our annual Christmas Party on Wednesday, December 3 in the Flannagan Parish Center at 6:30 pm. In lieu of our December meeting we will gather to enjoy some great friendship and plain old holiday fun!

As a huge thank you to our members, who always give so much; dinner, dessert and drinks will be provided.  Not a member? Never too late to become a member and join us at our Christmas party.  We are asking for a $10 donation for any guests. We do need an RSVP for food purposes by November 30.

In the event that you are unsure if you have renewed your membership, our Treasurer, Joanne will be available to help you. So please join us for some holiday cheer, a nice way to start the season.

If you need or know someone who needs a ride to the party, please contact Judy: 650-207-1210 or fkarl99@aol.com for arrangements

Members were involved in every aspect of the day from organizing to setup, serving and cleanup. We were happy to offer this wonderful day to all the hard working priests in the Archdiocese.FallFAIRE Raffle Winners

Ladies Guild thanks the many parishioners who supported our recent FallFAIRE last October 26. The results were amazing and will permit us to fund our various Outreach partners. Raffle winners are below.

2025 ST. MARK LADIES’ GUILD “BASKETS AND MORE” RAFFLE
1. RESTOCK THE BAR: Adriana and Don Del Carlo
2. LOTTERY TICKETS: Elsa
3. TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME: Guy Jacobo
4. HUGE BASKET of WHITE WINES: Cion
5. SPA Basket: Brigit
6. MANGIA BENE: Loreta Kho
7. SAN FRANCISCO 49ers: Madison May
8. HAND CRAFTED SUCCULENT CENTERPIECE: Jenny
9. More RED WINE: Martha and Steve Rubio
10. RED WINES: Tina Dojene
11. Shopping fun at TRADER JOES: Kristen Misner
12. GIRLY TIME: Hazel Zecha
13. GIFT WRAP PLUS: Renzi Abedania
14. 6 bottles of red: Joanne Villarico
15. 6 bottles of red: Benet Family
16. 4 bottles of red: Lydia Faidiga
17. BRUNCH TREATS: Caridad Kemp
18. FR. ANGEL DINNER FOR 6: Yolanda Sandoval
19. FERNANDO’S MEXICAN RESTAURANT: Ryan Emmet
20. IRON GATE: Mark Stevenson
21. MISTRALS
22. AMICI: Robert Ames
23. TOWNE: Renzi Abedania
24. DOPPIO ZERO: Barbara Kuehn
25. GRILL HOUSE: C. Costa

Other Updates:

In August, Guild Members donated over $2000 in school supplies for Catholic Worker House. These were immediately distributed to the children in need they serve. This outreach has been a Guild staple since 2017.

Also in August, Guild members participated in a Day of Enrichment for Archdiocesan Priests held at St. Mark.

Ladies of the Parish! The official start of Summer is about 4 weeks away! Summer also marks a change in the Ladies Guild meeting schedule. During the summer months our members come together to relax, share community and friendship. At these drop-in sessions, there is no formal meeting agenda, rather a chance to stay connected. 

We meet the first Wednesday of the month from 11:30 to 1:00pm in the Parish Center. Bring your lunch and enjoy sharing your thoughts or ideas with fellow members. Our first summer drop-in is Wednesday, June 4th. We hope to see you then!

All Ladies of the Parish! Our next Ladies Guild meeting, to be held May 7th, 6:30 pm at the Parish Center, is the last meeting of our 2024-2025 season.

In keeping with tradition there are 3 parts to this meeting: we begin with drinks and appetizers at this year’s luau themed meeting as greetings and camaraderie begins. Next is a special Devotion to the Blessed Mother, during which we remember all our Mothers, living and deceased ending by Crowning Our Blessed Mother. As this is an election year we will then have the installation of the officers.

Following these activities we will continue the meeting with friendship and food!. This is a pot-luck affair so we ask that everyone bring either a heavy appetizer, salad or dessert. In addition, please also bring a flower for the Blessed Mother. Extra flowers will be available if you are unable to do so.

As always, if you need or know someone who needs a ride to the meeting, please contact Judy: 650-207-1210 or fkarl99@aol.com for arrangements.

Ladies Guild recently celebrated Norma Teldeschi’s 100 birthday during their April 2 meeting. It was a happy occasion with balloons, cake, greetings and gifts. Norma and her family were early residents of Belmont’s Sterling Downs neighbhorhood and part of God’s garage. She was very active in Ladies Guild; as shown in the photo clipping from the San Mateo Times newspaper publicizing a dessert fashion show fundraiser in 1965 for the new church multi purpose building.

She continues to live in the family home with her daughter. Her days are filled with family, friends from Belmont, Senior Center and attending Ladies’ Guild meetings. Birthday blessings, Norma!!!

April 2, 2025

All Ladies of the Parish, please join us for our April meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 2nd, at 6:30 PM in the Parish Center. Our official biennial election of officers will take place at this meeting. In addition, we will have reading of a spiritual reflection to help us in keeping with the Lenten Season. We look forward to seeing all of you at the meeting.

If you need or know someone who needs a ride to the meeting, please contact Judy: 650-207-1210 or fkarl99@aol.com for arrangements.

March 15-30, 2025

Ladies Guild Lenten Outreach of SOCKS & T-SHIRTS FOR THE UNHOUSED and IN NEED, is underway and continues through next weekend. We are asking for new warm men's socks. Men's athletic socks are preferred as well as men's T-shirts, size L or XL.These essential items are used in homeless shelters or encampments in San Mateo County. Donated items will be distributed to Life Move’s Navigation Center, Samaritan House’s Safe Harbor and Catholic Worker House in Redwood City.

With the cold temperatures and damp conditions, the need is great and vital to so many in our area. If you are able to help, please bring your items to mass and leave in the bins in the Church workroom. to the right side of the altar.

March 5, 2025

Ladies of the Parish! This year, our March meeting falls on Ash Wednesday which changes our routine quite a bit. We will still meet on Wednesday, March 5th at 6:30 pm in the Parish Center but the agenda will be quite short allowing those members who want to attend the 7:00 pm Mass to do so. We will discuss our Lenten Season activities, Friday Soup and Stations, the sock and tee shirt drive and our Excel Breakfast hostess dates. We will be collecting socks and tee shirts on the weekends of March 15 through March 29, which supports our outreach programs.

Also, as this is an election year for our Ladies Guild Officers we will take nominations to prepare for our April elections.

January 11-19. 2025

A huge thank you to our parishioners! 

Due to your generosity and support for our Gently Used
sweats and coat drive, we were able to deliver 40 bags of clothing to Catholic Worker House. The pictures are only part of what was collected. Over 370 individual items were included. The hard working people at CWH who serve the homeless communities and those in need in our area were incredibly grateful and sent gratitude and God’s Blessings to all.