St. Mark Evangelist Church is one of the Archdiocese of NY parishes in the Central Harlem Deanery MISSION STATEMENT: We are more than Sunday Morning. We are worship, service, and fellowship. We are a community of Faith. All are Welcome MASS SCHEDULE: Saturday - 5: 00 PM Sunday - 10: 00AM 1: 00PM (French) Tue - Fri - 10:00AM Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Every Friday from 10AM - 1:00PM Confessions - Saturdays at 4:PM any other day by appointment Website: stmark138.com Email: [email protected]Facebook: St. Mark Church - Harlem Tel: 212 - 281 - 4931 Fax: 212 - 491 - 6803 October 25,2020 30 th Sunday in Ordinary Time 65 West 138th Street, New York, NY 10037
Sacramental of Confession - Saturdays at 4pm , any other day, call the
office at 212-281-4931 to make an
appointment.
You may also contact the office if you
need information concerning any others
sacraments and Mass Cards.
Let us remember our loved ones living
and deceased, through a mass intention. It
is a beautiful way to remember and honor
them.
You can have an intention said any day of
the week. If you would like to schedule a
mass intention, please visit or call the
office.
Please notify the office on the illness or
the death of a loved one. Father Jean -
Pierre and the St. Mark Family wants
to support you and your family during
October is the month of the Holy
Rosary:
Let us celebrate our mother with the
recitation of the Holy Rosary every day
after 10:am Mass.
Hail Mary Full of Grace the Lord is with
you……
“We are more than Sunday Morning”
Dear Parishioners & Friends of St. Mark,
We are thankful for your continue financial support of our
church. Our parish relies very much on your generosity
specially at this time that the pandemic of Covid 19 im-
pact our lives and community. Because of that our collec-
tion went down almost 30% off. Please kindly increase
your donation at our church in order to continue running
our parish. Therefore you may also make your contribu-
tions via electronic giving. Just go to stmark138.com.
Scroll down, until you see Giving Online, click and fol-
low the instructions. Thank you and God bless!
Save the Date !
Seniors Recognition: Sunday November 15,
2020 at 10:am Mass:
Let us congratulate our nominees
June Berry and Cynthia - Ndiaye
MEMORIAL MASS & ALL SOULS
All Souls Day is Monday, November 2nd, and
Mass that day will be celebrated for all Souls.
Those we have loved and who have gone home to
the Father will be very much in our minds, hearts
and prayers on that day and throughout the month
on November, a month dedicated to the Holy
Souls.
PASTORAL STAFF Parish staffed by the Congregation of the Holy
Spirit (Spiritans).
Fr. Jean-Pierre Kapumet Tambwe, CSSp:
Administrator
Parish Council
Dorothy McWhite - Chairperson
Finance Committee
Avis Thomas – Chairperson
Barbara Boggs - Vice - Chairperson
Molly Goodrich - Secretary
Outreach Ministry: Joella Nipper
Trustees :
Annette Charles & Laurence Hyacinthe
Sunday ’S Readings:
First Reading: Ex 22:20-26
Psalm: Ps 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 [2]/1
Second Reading: 1Thes 1:5c-10/
Gospel : Mt 22:34-40
Reflection for the 30th
Sunday in Ordinary Time- October 25, 2020 On this Sunday, the scriptures present a summary of the commandments. Jesus tells us that the greatest of the commandments is ‘You must love the Lord with all your heart, soul and strength’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. Love is at the heart of who we are and what we are called to do and be. Love always expresses itself in relationships. It is meant to be shared and given. We are all loved by God unconditionally. It is in our relationship with God that we find the model for love. We are created in the image and likeness of God. Our love for God is found in the way we love our neighbors. Therefore, we are all connected to each other through God’s love. Jesus often asks us, “Can we love God whom we cannot see and not love our brothers and sisters whom we do see? Sometimes, we see in our brothers and sisters a reflection of ourselves. In many cases we see our “growing edges” or our faults. We sometimes see our past experiences when we were not the best image of our true self. No matter what we see, we are callled to love our neighbors as our self. This is the challenge. We sometimes don’t love ourselves enough to love and to know that we are loveable.
If Christianity was simply a religion where we
are called only to love God it would make it easy for
some people. In Christianity, while we are called to be
in relationship with God, we are to be concerned about
our neighbors. I heard someone say that “Love is to
will the good of the other.” As we become more
concern about others, we often begin to be concern
about ourselves as well. A proverb says, “You can’t
pour from an empty cup. We must be aware of our
own self-care needs.” In this way our love for God, self
and others will grow more intense.
Question of the Week In what ways am I a model for other believers, as the
Thessalonians were? What can I do to model the greatest
commandments to others?
Dear Parishioners Brothers and Sisters,
Fr. Tom Tunney was put to rest last Thursday at
10.30am. We thanks all parishioners for your
prayers and support. RIP
Fr, Jean Pierre Tambwe, CSSp.
"To God be the glory and in Him we trust."
Mass Intention Book 2021
The Mass Intention Book for 2021 is
open .We are doing things a bit differently
this year since we cannot gather together.
There are Mass Intention request sheets in
the vestibule of the Churches and we ask
anyone who would like to arrange Masses
to fill the sheet out and drop it in the
Rectory or put it in the collection basket.
Please include a telephone number so we
may call you to confirm your requests
Thank you
Daylight Savings Time ends. Please remember to set your
clocks back 1 hour before you go to bed next Saturday,
