Upcoming Events. A Strong Family Story. Fruitful Branches

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1 May 6, 2012 Join Us for Mass: Mon-Fri 10 am Tues. & Thurs. 5:15pm Sat 8 am & 5 pm Sunday 9:00 & 11 am website: parishcenter@saintmark-mn.org Dayton Ave - Saint Paul, MN A Strong Family United in Christ Fr. Humberto Palomino, P.E.S. Pastor of the Church of St. Mark Our Lord makes a distinction between the branches that bear fruit and the branches that don t bear fruit. We can say that what doesn t bear fruit is under the dominance of death. It doesn t matter how beautiful the blossom if that beauty will not last and bring us peace and closeness to Our Risen Lord and God. Our Lord Jesus Christ also makes a very clear distinction between the branches which bear much fruit because through them circulates his blood of life and the branches that do not bear fruit because they lack life in Christ. It is a very sad verdict: There are people that lack this interior principal to animate their lives. They are governed from the exterior. Their unorganized impulses are manipulated by others. The amazing good news of Waster is based on the truth that Jesus comes to save us from a life without life. He is now our life. Let s go a little deeper into this, to bear fruit according to today s reading: Let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. St. Catherine of Siena said once that words without works and concrete actions are like the leaves of the trees; they will not satisfy the farmer. The farmer wants to see fruits, works, actions. Lord, thank you for granting me the opportunity to be with you. There are things in life, Lord, that attract me, but you attract me more. I hope in you, and I love you. Maybe I don t really understand what it means to love, and maybe I don t love the way I should, but I do love you. Lord, help me to grow in my interior life, so I can remain united to you Lord, it is easy to trust what I can see, feel and touch. It is wiser, infinitely wiser to trust you, even if you are hidden from me for now. Upcoming Events Fruitful Branches First Eucharist 11am Mass May 6 Monday Evening Rosary 6:45pm in front of Mary in Church May 7 Justice and Peace Potluck 7pm in the Community Room May 7 Stewardship Meeting 7pm at the Parish Center May 10 May Crowning 10:45am May 11 CCW Meeting in Carolyn Hall May 11 Mother s Day May 13 Band Concert 7pm in Carolyn Hall May 15 Grand Olde St. Mark s Day Festival May 18 & 19 8th Grade Graduation May 30 Save the Date - St. Mark s Golf Tournament July 15 A Strong Family Story Our parish Justice and Peace committee continues to show that we are strongly committed to the call to be people of justice. That work continues and we are happy to announce the imminent arrival of a baby girl to one of our Karen families! We are hoping to help them with baby supplies and also with a possible move. They are in a duplex on Central and Victoria just north of 94. The maintenance is rather poor, and more importantly, they would like to move closer to other Karen families. Please keep them in your prayers. Their English is improving greatly. Two of the women and one of the Fathers have found jobs. It is a real challenge to assimilate, but they are lovely people who want nothing more than to live in peace and raise their beautiful children to be part of this community. If you have any ideas of where to look for apartments and/or would like to help our committee with a move if and when they find a new place, please let us know. Respond by calling or ing the Parish Center, attention St. Mark's Peace and Justice committee. Thank you very much for your continued prayers. We will keep you posted about the arrival of the little one, and possibly post some photos on the St. Mark's web page as our strong family united in Christ continues to grow. Please join us May 7th, at 7pm in the community room for potluck dinner. We ll be making plans for project home this summer.

2 Page 2 May 6, 2012 Parishioner Spotlight The parish of St. Mark s celebrates with GREAT JOY as welcoming to the Eucharistic table these young members of our community: Gregory Alan Alvarez Marisol Elizabeth Basurto Poferl Maxwell Dean Batcher Gabriel Taylor Bradley Cecelia Elizabeth Brennan Logan Edward Caparoon Eden Naomi Dodge Caleb Matthew DuPaul Bridget Valentine Erickson Ella Marie Escobar-Haskins Gino John Gabriel Gatti Cierrah Ann Geisen Phoebe Jean Hand Penelope Loy Hansen Lillian Mae Howard James Gene Jaeger Thomas Byron Johnston Shannon Elizabeth Kampa Maya Estrella Kieffer-Garcia Aaron Christopher Kieser Augustine Edward Langford Maria Nicole Lewis Mia Rose Malaske Margaret Ann McGinley John Patrick McIntyre James Thomas Misterek Maia Catherine Mischke Charles Patrick Navin Liam Nichols Neary Lucas Ivan Patwell William Thomas Shanahan Gianna Theresa Shrake David Francis Shyne IV Stella Diana C.J. Squire Lily Suzanne Thommes Raymond George Tibesar John Calvin Voigt Natalie Marie Weimholt Parish Q & A: Q: How do I purchase ride tickets ahead of the festival? A: Discounted ride tickets ($20 for 24 tickets) and unlimited ride bands good on Saturday are available at the Parish Center. Today s Readings: #846 Acts 9:26-31; 1 Jn 3:18-24; Jn 15:1-8 Psalm #22: I will praise you Lord, in the assembly of your people Next Sunday: Acts 10:25-26,34-35,44-48; Ps 98;1 Jn 4:7-10; Jn 15:9-17 Mass Intentions for the Week Mon 10:00am Robin Gigiuere Tues 10:00am + Elizabeth Byard 5:15pm + Delores Sapeda Wed 10:00am + Deceased members of Elaine Parsons family Thurs 5:15pm Cindy Luloff Fri 10:00am + John, Catherine, Terry & Richie Colestock Sat 8:00am + Herman, Catherine & Ellen Proferl Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Spend time with the Lord in quiet and prayer. To assure the Blessed Sacrament is never left unattended the goal is to have two people scheduled as Adorers for each hour. We still have hours that are in need of an Adorer or two. For more information and to sign up, please call Anne Duffy at Did you know we have a Children's Holy Hour each Friday from 2-3pm? Parents with young children can spend time with Jesus without the worry of distracting other adorers. Mass activity bags are available, as well as books (you can bring coloring materials as well). You can stay 5 minutes or the entire hour. Its also a great time for parents and their children to stop in after school. Each moment you spend before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament brings blessings upon you. "So now, children, listen to me; instruction and wisdom do not reject! Happy is the man who obeys me, and happy those who keep my ways. Happy the man watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts; For he who finds me finds life, and wins favor from the Lord." Proverbs 8:32-35 Adorers are still needed for the following hours: Wednesday: 11am- noon Wednesday: 2pm - 3pm Friday: 8pm - 9pm Saturday: 12am - 1am If you re not signed up, please join us any time during adoration hours. Come pray with us!

3 Page 3 Parish Ministries Neighborhood March for Life: On the feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday, June 10, St. Mark s is hosting a March For Life at 12:30pm. We will peacefully process the 1.2 miles to the Planned Parenthood site on Vandalia Avenue and pray for awareness and a change in hearts toward a culture of life. Plan join us! For more information, contact Barb at CCW Rummage Sale: A big THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the spring rummage sale, donating goods, buying treasures, and especially to all who organized the items, staffed the sale, and cleaned up afterward. We made $11,900 which will all go to great causes. Justice and Peace Committee: We ll be meeting Monday May 7 at 6:30 in the Community Room. All are welcome to attend! We will have a potluck and start planning for Project Home a program through which St. Mark s helps shelter homeless people during the month of August. If you have any questions, please contact Ginny Steinhagen at or stein093@umn.edu. Prayer Shawl Knitting: We will be meeting on May 16 from 1-3 p.m. in the Parish Center. If you know of someone who is ill or suffered a loss and would receive comfort from a Prayer Shawl or Prayer Scarf, please call the Parish Center. Prepare for Fun & Pray for Sun! The Grand Olde St. Mark's Day Festival is coming May 18 & 19. Get Involved! We need you to Donate: Crafts, homemade items and trinkets are needed for the Country Store. Also, bubbles, art supplies, liters of pop, balls, stickers, small toys, sidewalk chalk, sports drinks, bubble bath, salsa, gift cards to Target or Cub, and snacks for the snack walk! Volunteer: The Festival Volunteer Master Schedule will go home with students later this week and will be a bulletin insert next Sunday the 13th. This is your reminder of the shift you are scheduled to work. Feeling left out? Call Karen Richie or richiesp@comcast. net. We still need volunteers. Sell Raffle Tickets: You received them, now go out and sell! The prizes are worth it! Contribute: Bake a pie and bring it to the Blue Ribbon Pie Booth anytime after 5pm on May 18 or after noon on May 19th. Plan your bake-off entry. Invite your friends to the event. Join in the Fun: Hone your talent, the stage awaits! Looking for singers, dancers, musicians, poets, comedians for St Mark's Got Talent! Look for registration forms for the Saturday afternoon talent show in the school office and in the back of church. Forms will be available by May 1. From the youngest kids to the oldest parishioners, soloists or big groups, your fans await! Find a date for the Saturday night street dance: Any Day Now will rock Dayton Avenue with classic rock from the 60's, 70's and 80's that "makes you want to dance" from Check out the band on facebook! Legacy Garden Shopping Days: Last Days to Shop! Add some Spring color to your garden as well as ours! If you shop at Linders Garden Center or Flower Marts from Friday May 4th - Monday May 7th, Linders will donate 15% of your purchase price back to St. Mark's Legacy Garden. You must bring a St. Mark's/Linders invitation coupon with you at the time of purchase, May 4-7 only. IT'S THAT EASY! Coupons are still available in the Parish Center or at the church doors. Additional coupons are available by ing janecagle@msn.com or online at Please them to all your gardening friends, too. Buy Once, Give Twice! If you've already supported a St. Mark's 7th Grader by purchasing a Linder's Gift Card, you will re-support St. Mark's if you redeem it May 4-7th! Legacy Garden Needs help with Cornerstones : We re looking for people to help prep the welcome area on May 18 & 19 before patio pavers are installed on June 2 & 3. We ll be leveling the class 5 base and using a plate compactor to tamp it down. Stop in before or after the festival to help or to just check out our progress! Community News May Family Rosary Procession: As a public witness to our catholic faith during this month of May dedicated to our Blessed Mother, come with family and friends to the annual May Family Rosary Procession in Saint Paul on Sunday May 6th. Assemble at the Capitol at 1:30; the Procession to the Cathedral begins at 2:00pm. Join Archbishop John Nienstedt, priests and faithful from around the Archdiocese at the May Rosary Procession. Assemble at the State Capitol - parking is free in all State lots. Inside the Cathedral we will offer prayers for marriage and the family and close with adoration and Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Details at Thanks Mom, for Life! On Mother s Day weekend, May 12th and 13th, Volunteers from the St. Marks Respect Life Committee and others will be offering gorgeous, long stemmed roses after Saturday evening and Sunday Masses for $5 each. The proceeds will go directly to St Paul Birthright, located at 299 N Snelling Avenue. Birthright helps women who are facing a crisis pregnancy. What a great way to thank Mom (or brighten anyone s day) and help moms in need at the same time! Thank you for helping Moms choose life!! Memorial Day Masses at the Catholic Cemeteries: Monday, May 28th at 10am. Masses will be held rain or shine at the following locations: Calvary Cemetery, Resurrection Cemetery, St. Mary's Cemetery, and Gethsemane Cemetery. Mass will also be held at St. Anthony's Cemetery, with a rain location at Church of St. Clement. For more information, please contact Sharon Albertson at School News State Cakes Day: For the past 15 years the Saint Mark s fourth graders have concluded their year-long study of the United States with a very interesting and delicious project. Along with completing individual state reports, each fourth grader and their family bakes a cake in the shape of a particular state. The cakes are decorated with features unique to each state and carefully brought to school on State Cakes Day. Our wonderful parent volunteers then assemble all of the cakes into one huge United States cake to be enjoyed by the staff and students throughout the day. I liked that we could put all of our creativity into the cakes. You get to learn a lot about a state you didn t know about. We even got to be in the newspaper! -- Emmett Bell, Saint Mark s Fifth Grader I thought it was fun. We got to create a state out of a cake and decorate with what learned in your report. It takes time, but it s worth it! -- Roderick MacDonald, Saint Mark s Fifth Grader

4 Page 4 May 6, 2012 Parish Staff: Father Humberto Palomino, P.E.S. Pastor [frhumberto@saintmark-mn.org] Father Carlos Farfan, P.E.S. Associate Pastor Judy Miske Pastoral Care Coordinator Patricia Hartshorn Liturgy Coordinator Keely Wojda Director of Religious Ed. Cindy Holupchinski Director of Music Sharon Suess Parish Administrator Molly Whinnery School Principal Parish Center Fax No Brigid Kostka, Secretary LuAnn Hanrahan, Secretary Parish Center Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:00a.m.-4:00p.m. Tuesday & Thursday 8:00a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday CLOSED Sunday 8:45a.m.-12:30p.m. Parish Pastoral Council: Craig Anderson Faith Carlson Don Kieffer Steve Magnuson John Mayhew Glenn Norstrem Manny Palomo Faith Pawl Robert Tibesar St. Mark s School Barb Sonntag, Secretary/Notary Public Cherry Lundgren, Secretary Child Care Center Cassie Schwingle, Director School Advisory Committee: Marybeth Casement, Chairperson The Altar Signs of Our Faith The altar occupies the holiest spot in the church. The church has itself been set apart from the world of human work, and the altar is elevated above the rest of the church in a spot as remote and separate as the sanctuary of the soul. The solid base it is set on is like the human will that knows that God has instituted us for his worship and is determined to perform that worship faithfully. The table of the altar that rests upon this base stands open and accessible for the presentation of sacrifice. It is not in a dark recess where the actions may be dimly glimpsed, but uncurtained, unscreened, a level surface in plain sight, placed, as the heart's altar should be placed, open in the sight of God without proviso or reservation. The visible altar at the heart of the church is but the external representation of the altar at the center of the human breast, which is God's temple, of which the church with its walls and arches is but the expression and figure. -- By Romano Guardini, one of the most important figures in Catholic intellectual life in 20th-century and precursor of the Second Vatican Council

5 Page 5 Schedule of Celebrations Saturday Evening Mass: Upper Church, 5:00 p.m. (Sign Language Interpretation at this mass) Sunday Masses: Upper Church 9:00 am. Upper Church 11:00 am. Weekday Masses* Monday through Friday Adoration Chapel 10:00 am. Tuesday and Thursday Adoration Chapel 5:15pm. Saturday Adoration Chapel 8:00 am. *(Adoration Chapel is located at N.E. Corner of church) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: 10:45 am Mon to 8:00am Sat Adoration Chapel Friday Confessions: Saturday Confessions: For Baptisms: Baptism Enrichment: 7:00-8:00 pm. 3:30-4:30 pm. Call the Parish Center to arrange. Please call Sharon at the Parish Center. For Weddings: The bride or groom, or their parents must be a registered Parishioner of St. Mark s. Wedding arrangements must be made at least 6 months in advance with Fr. Palomino. Rosary: 6:45 p.m. Monday, May through October (except Holidays) and daily after 10:00 a.m. Mass (except School and Funeral Masses) Prayer Chain: For prayer requests, call the Parish Center at Bulletin Content Welcomed Please submit bulletin content to parishcenter@saintmark-mn.org by 10am Monday (or earlier) for the following Sunday bulletin. We re looking for Strong Family Stories, Parishioner Spotlights, Q & A s, as well as events. You may also drop off your article at the Parish Center. Financial Stewardship Last Sunday Fiscal YTD Actual Stewardship $ 7, $ 535, Budgeted Stewardship $ 11, $ 533, Net: ($ - 4,255.07) $ 2, You may have noticed the improvements to our chapel. All of these improvements have been possible from donations specific to the chapel. Just this week a donation was made to air condition that space. Thanks be to God! In today s Gospel, Jesus says that God is glorified when a disciple, grafted in Christ, produces abundantly and bears much fruit. The disciple must then be a good steward of that abundance.