St. Mark Catholic Church 643 St. Mark Place ~ Boynton Beach, FL 33435 561-734-9330 ~ Fax: 561-735-3463 www.stmarkboynton.com
Secretary: Mrs. Bobbi Pruitt Bookkeeper: Mrs. Patty Schultz Bereavement Ministry & Ministry to the Sick: Sr. Mary Joan Millecan, OSF, Pastoral Minister (561) 735-3530 Parish Catechetical Leader/ Youth Minister: Mrs. Margaret Garetano, PCL (561)734-9330 Music Ministry: Dr. Ronald F. Albano, Director of Music Marriage: Contact the Parish Office at least four months in advance. Friar Priests: Fr. Richard Florek, OFM Conv. Pastor Fr. Samuel Zebron, OFM Conv. Parochial Vicar Fr. Germain Kopaczynski, OFM Conv. - Parochial Vicar Deacon: Mark Lizardi, Permanent Deacon First Friday Holy Hour Every First Friday of the Month from 7:00PM - 8:00PM Exposition & Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament & Quiet Time for Prayer Faith Formation for Children & Teens: Please contact Ms. Margaret Garetano in the Parish Office Baptism : Contact Ms. Margaret Garetano in the Parish Office to register. Parents must be registered parishioners and attend our baptismal instruction. The sooner you call the better, even during your pregnancy. Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults: Anyone who is interested in becoming a Catholic or completing his/her Christian Initiation as a Catholic, should call Father Richard in the Parish Office. Perpetual Novena to St. Anthony Every Tuesday at the 8:00AM Mass Parish Holy Hour for LIFE Every 3rd Wednesday of the Month 11:00AM Noon in the Chapel. Anniversary Celebrations If you are celebrating a wedding anniversary in June and would like to renew your vows Sunday, June 29, at the 12:00PM Mass, please call the parish office to register your names, and we will prepare a certificate for you. Vocation Chalice Each week at Mass, a family will accept the responsibility of praying for vocations. The family is called up to the altar after communion to receive a Chalice, which has been set aside for this purpose. 2 Office Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM Closed Noon - 1:00PM (Lunch) Mass Schedule: Saturday Vigil: 4:00 PM & 5:45 PM Sunday: 8:00AM, 10:00AM & 12:00PM Spanish Mass: Sunday: 4:00PM Daily Mass 8:00 AM & 5:00PM Morning Prayer 7:40 AM Evening Prayer 5:30 PM Knights of Columbus St. Mark Council No. 12414 Grand Knight - Jerry Taylor 561-734-7940 Meetings Every First Thursday of the Month at 7:00PM in the St. Francis Center Confession Saturdays: 8:30 AM- 9:00AM & 3:00 PM - 3:45PM and by appointment The St. Mark Council of Catholic Women is on its summer break! Meetings will resume in the Fall and all women of the parish are invited to join. For more information, call Maureen Fulop at 965-8935 or Marie Capasso at 737-3272. The Legion of Mary meets on Wednesday mornings after the 8:00AM Mass in the Pope John Paul Room where we recite the Rosary and have a short meeting. The Legion offers an opportunity for both spiritual and active enrichment. We invite our auxiliary members to join us and always welcome new members. Women s Prayer Group The Women s Prayer Group calls the women of St. Mark parish who wish to deepen their relationship with the Lord and one another to prayerful discussions of scripture and Church teaching on a variety of themes. It seeks to support, befriend, and bond the women of the parish as they seek to integrate faith with their vocations as married, single and religious Catholic women of the twenty first century. The giving and receiving of spiritual support is the fruit of the women s gathering which takes place in the prayerful setting of our parish every third Friday evening of the month at 7:30PM in the St. Clare Room. Please contact Joanne Bock at 561-752-5602 if you wish further information. Bible Study: Held Tuesdays from 7PM to 8PM, in the St. Francis Center, is on a summer break. Thanks to all the participants, it was a great year of learning and growing closer to our Lord. We will meet again in the Fall of 2014. Look for future announcements in the bulletin.
Dorothy Morrissey Donna Labadie Michael DeLuca Thomas Cordovano George Feldman Victoria Siculiano Michael Siculiano Dottie Tougas Anne Beers Fran & Maria Welch Leonard Bartek Allison Pochebit Marianne McNulty Rita Wright Louis Amato Anthony Cordovano Pat Stanzone Tom Cappello Al Corscadden David Murphy Dale Surnick Theresa O Connor Giovanna Franco Todd Edward Logan Williams Frank Trickel Mary O Sullivan Toni Drayson Donna Quenzer Loretta McKenzie Kimberly Ellis Starsha Yates Virginia O Connell Judi Lunn Joanne Kaestner & Family Don Murnane Joseph Buono Anthony Bordonaro Nerlande Delice Derek Parrella Jim Vecchione Carol Gallagher Anne Simmons Catherine LaPort Catherine Tortora Michael Tortora Rita Desnoyers Pete Schweihofer Gary Schweihofer Harvey L. Brown Names are on the prayer list for approximately one month. Please call the Parish Office to add or delete a name from the list. We Will Say a Special Prayer for these men and women serving our Country - Especially: Cpl. Toni Diesel; EMFR Michael D. Katte ENG/EE US Navy; Lt. Kenneth Doyle, USN; Sr. Airman Michael Marshall, USAF; Staff Sgt. Anthony Sadolfo; AW/SW James Paino; Capt. David Liberti, USAF; Gy Sgt. Charles F. Heck IV, USMC; Warrant Officer, Stanley Masnica; US Navy Seal Michael Fink; Lt. Thomas R. Weadon; Pvt. Chris Rodriguez; Capt. Christopher Seamans, USAF; Captain John D. O Connell USMC; YN2 James Paino (SW/AW); Cpt. Robert Carter US Army; Col. Dr. William Venanzi; Pvt. Joseph Neceda Jr.; Col. Andrew Torelli USAF; Patrick R. Neenan US Navy, Pvt. 1st Class US Army Christopher McCarty, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Douglas R. Sanders; Robbie Josef Army Ranger/Special Forces Lt. Godney Pulin, Christopher Lester US Army; Damian Vaudo Specialist in the US Army, Ryan Bishop, Sgt. Joe Salesky, US Army; Col. Carol Zieres, Medical Reserve Army, Master Sgt. William M. Cook, Army Special Forces, Pfc. James M. Serafina, USM, Capt. David Lucas, Capt. Sean Lucas, Lt. Michael P. Sullivan, Lt. Bradley Gilliatt, Cpt. Kristian Kjesbu, T/Sgt. Brian Bautz USAF, Benjamin Rader USMC, Matthew Scott USMC; and Sr. Airman Sgt. Mario Aochoa. The Altar Flowers For the Week of June 21st - June 27th Are Donated by St. Mark Council of Catholic Women The Altar Bread & Wine For the week of June 21st June 27th Is in Memory of Patty Moya Requested by the Ingram Family The Sanctuary Candle For the week of June 21st June 27th Is for all Living & Deceased Fathers Of St. Mark Parish If you would like to offer the altar flowers, bread & wine or the sanctuary candle for the week, please come to the Parish Office to make arrangements. 3 ASS CHEDULE Saturday June 21st: 8:00 AM All Living & Deceased Fathers of St. Mark Parish The Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ 4:00 PM +Mary Anne O Donnell by Dorothy Barbaccia 5:45 PM All Parishioners & Benefactors of St. Mark Parish Sunday June 22nd: 8:00 AM +Catherine Patty Moya by Sandy Swanson 10:00 AM +Eugene Graf by Renee & Charlie 12:00 PM All Living & Deceased Fathers of St. Mark Parish 4:00 PM Spanish Mass Monday June 23rd: 8:00 AM All Living & Deceased Fathers of St. Mark Parish 5:00 PM +Catherine Patty Moya by Elsie Ortiz Tuesday June 24th: 8:00 AM +Joey Bezilla by Bob & Fran Marshall 5:00 PM +Joe Catanese by John & Mary Kehoe Wednesday June 25th: 8:00 AM +Lorraine Grimaldi by Pat & Kathy Bennett 5:00 PM +Sister Juanita Zebron by Ana Kenefick Thursday June 26th: 8:00 AM +Pierce Keane by Mike McCafferty 5:00 PM +Rose Agresta Tambasco by daughter, Ileana Friday June 27th: 8:00 AM +Norma Marcos by Pat & Kathy Bennett 5:00 PM +James Bubeck by Barbara Quigley Saturday June 28th: 8:00 AM +Sally Ann Magersoppe by her mother, Emily Saints Peter & Paul, Apostles 4:00 PM +Richard Hoadley by Rich Miller 5:45 PM All Parishioners & Benefactors of St. Mark Parish Sunday June 29th: 8:00 AM +Sister Juanita Zebron 10:00 AM +Vivian Santoro by Ken & Donna Langer 12:00 PM +Catherine Patty Moya by Judy Schwartz 4:00 PM Spanish Mass There is only one collection this weekend. Thank you for your generosity. Recent Deaths Our condolences are extended to the families of those who recently passed away. May the Lord bless them and keep them. May he turn his face toward them and give them peace.
A note from Father Richard: THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST: Over the past two Sundays, we have celebrated the solemnities of Pentecost and the Most Holy Trinity. Today we celebrate a third solemnity: the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. These three Sundays serve as a bridge between the end of the Easter season and the long stretch of ordinary time that runs throughout the summer and fall to the close of the church year. The readings for today offer some insights into the mystery of how the body and blood of Christ offer salvation to the world. When we receive the Eucharist, we are able to unite our entire being body and soul to Christ. Unlike other prophets, Jesus made very bold claims about reaching spiritual fulfillment, and one of them involved receiving him in the Eucharist: I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever. We thus have a choice to make. Will we eat this living bread? Will we really allow Jesus to become part of us? If we answer yes, then we partake of true Communion we enter into a profound union with the Lord. May God grant us the faith to recognize the true presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. THE MASS: It has gone by many names over the centuries: the Breaking of the Bread, the Eucharist, the Divine Liturgy, the Unbloodied Sacrifice, the Mystical Supper of the Lamb, and many more. Any title falls short of capturing what is the source and summit of Christian faith. And yet, every title contributes to deepening our entry into this greatest Mystery of our faith. The Mass: this simplest title most likely derives from the sending forth in Latin: Ite MISSA est ( Go forth, the Mass is ended ; or, more literally, Go, She (the Church) has been sent ). The Mass is our greatest prayer because it is the prayer of Christ in his Paschal Mystery, in his supreme response to the Father, which includes his own going forth to the right hand of God. The ritual that clothes the Mass both invites and disposes the baptized to join in Christ s response of offering, sacrifice, blessing and praise. From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops THE EUCHARISTIC LITURGY: from The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. The Eucharist is the sign and cause of our communion with God and our unity as the People of God. In the Eucharist, we unite ourselves with the heavenly liturgy and with one another. Together transformed, we are then sent forth to fulfill God s will in our daily lives (Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], nos. 1325-26, 1332). In this way, the Eucharistic Liturgy is social in nature. It is the celebration through which God draws us into communion with himself and with others, forming and transforming us to live as the Body of Christ in the world. GATHERING: The gathering for worship and the Introductory Rites emphasize our coming together as a community. From our individual lives and situations, we gather as one family. At the entrance song, we raise our voices in a united chorus. The ordained minister leads us in the Sign of the Cross, which recalls the Trinity s divine communion of persons and to which we respond with one communal voice. As we make the Sign of the Cross, we turn to God, opening ourselves to his transforming presence. PENITENTIAL ACT : During the Penitential Act, we acknowledge the sin that affects our relationship with God, ourselves, others, and the world around us. We seek Christ s healing love and forgiveness in order that we might be transformed both as individuals and as a community, into a people of love. During the Confiteor, we ask the members of our heavenly community, blessed Mary ever-virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and our brothers and sisters around us to pray for us, and we for them. LITURGY OF THE WORD: At this time, we hear a proclamation of God s wonderful works in the history of salvation (Pope Paul VI, Sacrosanctum Concilium [Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy], no. 35). Through the Scriptures, we also receive teaching, correction, and training in righteousness (2 Tm 3:16). We are guided and instructed in faith and in how to live in right relationship with God, others, ourselves, and creation. UNIVERSAL PRAYER OR PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL: As Pope St. John Paul II wrote, The Prayer of the Faithful responds not only to the needs of the particular Christian community but also to those of all humanity, and the Church makes her own the joys and hopes, the sorrows and anxieties of people today, especially of the poor and all those who suffer (Dies Domini [On Keeping the Lord s Day Holy], no. 38). RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION FOR ADULTS: We shall be starting our RCIA program in September. If you know of anyone who would like to become Catholic, who needs the sacraments of Holy Eucharist or Confirmation, please call the Parish Office. PEOPLE ON CHURCH PROPERTY ASKING FOR MONEY: From time to time there are people in the church parking lot asking for money. They have good stories, sometimes some very sad stories. Some of the stories may be true and some may not. We would ask that you do not give them any money. Tell them to see one of the Friars we do have funds that can be used for this purpose. The outreach collection that we have a few times a year is for this purpose. Again, please do not give them any money. Some of these people are known to us, some go from parish to parish. Thank you. DSA: This is a report on on 2014 Diocesan Services Appeal: Goal - $132,500.00 Paid - $92,963.00; Pledged - $22,000.00; Total - $114,963.00; Balance - $17,537.00. 4
Complete a registration form at: www.ourladyofflorida.org and fax or mail it to the Spiritual Center. Questions? Call 561-626-1300 We are now accepting registration for next Fall s Faith Formation Classes. Please contact Ms. Margaret Garetano in the Parish Office. Classes are already filling up so please don t wait! 561-734-9330 Wedding Banns are being announced for: Ryan Jay Edelson & Jamie Leigh Jackson To be married at St. Mark Church on July 5th, 2014 There are currently 8 St. Anthony Remembrance Candles available. Please call the Parish Office for information. STYLE FOR LIFE Six-Day Summer Fashion Workshop for Teens Sponsored by Catholic Charities Birthline/Lifeline August 4 9 at the new Boynton Beach Birthline/Lifeline Event Room Daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Lunch Provided Limited to 20 teens. Cost: $150.00 Non-refundable registration fee of $50.00 required. The Style For Life Fashion Workshop offers a unique summer program designed to promote self-confidence and dignity, along with helping teenage girls of all shapes and sizes discover and refine their own style. Daily schedule includes classes for etiquette, body language, and personal strategic planning. The workshop ends with the girls taking part in a fashion show. Tickets will be sold for Fashion Show Attendance. We are seeking donations of gently used clothing suitable for teen-age girls to use in our 3 workshops this summer. They can be dropped off at the church before June 16th. Or if your teenagers are ready to clean out their closets and solicit donations from friends, they can be given community service hours for their time and for bringing their donations to BL/LL. We are also seeking teens who would like to attend this summer day camp. Please contact Angie Watt with any questions and for reserving a spot for your teenage daughter: 561-350-4930. 5
Youth Ministry St. Mark Raffle $1,000 $1,000 Winning Numbers June 11, 2014 7-2-9 No Winner Night of Joy ~ September 6th, 2014 We are in the early stages of planning a trip to Disney s Annual Night of Joy! A fun night filled with rides and concerts and even... A multi church Flash Mob! If you are interested please contact Miss Margaret 561-734-9330 Prices and details will follow soon It s NOT TOO LATE!!!!!! The 2014-2015 Raffle HAS Begun!! Get your tickets now so you can have as many chances to win $1,000 as possible! Only 1,000 tickets will be sold. Remember, your tickets last the entire year AND can win more than once! The winning number will be the same as the last Florida Lottery CASH 3 drawing every Wednesday night. YOU HAVE A NEW CHANCE EVERY WEDNESDAY From NOW through March 25, 2015 ALL Proceeds benefit St. Mark Parish 50/50 Raffle 1:00pm - 4:00pm in the Parish Center $15.00 adults $7.50 children Tickets must be purchased in advance in the Parish Office or in the Narthex on the weekends of July 5&6 or July 12&13 Menu: Choose two from: Grilled Chicken, Hot Dog, or Hamburger Side dishes included Cole Slaw, Potato Salad, Baked Beans Soda, Beer & Wine for Purchase Music Prayer for Protection from Storms God our Father, Creator of the Universe and Lord over all creation, we humbly stand before you as your children in thanksgiving for your loving care and protection. We ask that you keep us safe from all hurricanes which may threaten us. Protect us from all fear and anxiety of storms and give us an ardent trust and hope in Your love and mercy. You alone have the power to command the sea, the wind and the rain. You alone bring peace, calm, and safety. Father, we thank you in advance, for you are our only Refuge. We ask this through Christ Your Son, Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Mary, Queen of the Apostles, and Patroness of our Diocese, pray for us. 6