What’s happening at St. Mark this week MONDAY, March 16 6:30 p.m.—Rediscover the Saints—Parish Center TUESDAY, March 17 10:00 a.m.—Shawl Ministry 12:00 p.m.—St. Patrick’s Day Lunch 6:30 p.m.—Mass: (Fr. Dave) People of the Parish/Parish 7:00 p.m.—Parish Commissions Meeting WEDNESDAY, March 18 8:30 a.m.—Liturgy of the Hours 9:00 a.m.— St. Joseph Guild – Parish Center 10:00 a.m.—AA—Rooms 1 & 2 6:30 p.m.—Soup, Stations & Substance THURSDAY, March 19 7:00 p.m.—Choir FRIDAY, March 20 8:30 a.m. —Mass: (Fr. Dave) Living Birthday Harvey Yee/Ann Marie Yee 6:00 p.m.—Midnight—CCW Spring Crop SATURDAY, March 21—Catholic Relief Services Collection 7:00 a.m.—Men’s Lenten Fellowship 9:00 a.m.—9:00 p.m.—CCW Spring Crop 4:30-5:15 p.m.—Confessions 5:30 p.m.—Mass: (Fr. Dave) +William Schumacher/Ron and Sharon Roberts SUNDAY, March 22—Catholic Relief Services Collection 9:30 a.m.—Mass & CLW (Fr. Dave) +Joyce and Spence Alford/Kelly Alford 10:45 a.m.—Bell Choir 11:00 a.m.—REF Lenten Reconciliation 11:00 a.m.—12:15 pm—REF K-5 5:00—6:30 pm—Youth Group

PARISH PASTORAL MINISTERS:

Administrative Pastor, Rev. Joseph Krupp frjoe@hfgb.org Parochial Vicar, Rev. Peter Lawrence frpeter@hfgb.org Sacramental Minister Rev. David Howell dfrhowell@gmail.com

Pastoral Associate, Deacon Ronald Kenney rkenney@stmarkgoodrich.org

Director of Music Ministry, Michael Goetz mfjgoetz@gmail.com

PARISH SUPPORT STAFF: Administrative Assistant, Joanne Salvati jsalvati@stmarkgoodrich.org

Business Manager, Sue Griffith sgriffith@stmarkgoodrich.org

Stewardship Coordinator, Sharon Roberts sroberts@stmarkgoodrich.org

PARISH OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Thursday 8:30 a.m.. – 4:30 p.m. Friday 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Tuesday 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

NEW PARISHIONERS: Welcome! Individuals who actively participate with us are asked to register by contacting the Parish Office.

BAPTISM, MATRIMONY, ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Please contact the Parish Office.

St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Community Address: 7296 Gale Rd. – Grand Blanc, MI 48439 – Parish Office phone: (810) 636-2216

Website: http://www.stmarkgoodrich.org – Facebook: Goodrich Saint Mark

Our mission: St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Community is a growing community of faith which strives to help its members follow Christ’s commandment: “Love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 15:12)

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Rediscovering the Saints! 10 week discussion on the book. All are welcome! Join us on Mondays @ 6:30 pm through March 30th.

Mid-life Singles (mid-30s to 50s) - April 17-19 Are you looking for a renewed sense of purpose & belonging? Register today for a life-changing REFLECT weekend retreat at the St. Francis Retreat Center, in DeWitt, MI (10 miles north of Lansing), on April 17-19, 2020. Take a chance and get involved... you won't regret it! Cost is $185 for meals and a single room. Visit www.ReflectRetreat.com, or you can send e-mail to reflect.michigan@gmail.com, or call (586) 770-1772 for details.

Annual Easter Candy Sale—March 28-29 The Music Ministry will be selling Easter Candy after all Masses on March 28 and 29. Proceeds help fund the purchase of new music for our choir and church. Contact Deb Foerster at 810-694-5983 with any questions.

Special needs Mass at Holy Redeemer—March 22 On March 22 at 1:00 pm, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Burton will host a Mass for children and those with special needs. The Mass is a little shorter and the homily and music is tailored to those with special needs. The Mass allows everyone to be themselves and to serve, to read, to usher, play one of our many instruments, and to participate in whatever way that they feel comfortable.

Seder Meal—Thursday, March 26 Join us for a Seder Meal on Mar. 26th from 6:30 pm— 8:00 pm. Sign up in the Gathering Space or the Parish Office.

AFTERWORD….Fr. Dave Howell Over the next five Wednesday evenings, I will offer a 30 minute explanation on the Liturgy. This Wednesday’s presentation will be an overview of the Mass. ABOUT THE SCRIPTURES The Liturgy of the Word leads us to under-stand the Scriptures and to live them. The Bible is not a book, it is a collection of books written over 1,000 years in many different styles or genres. The Bible is divided into the Old Testament (the Hebrew Scriptures) and the New Testament (the Christian Scriptures). For the Catholic & Orthodox Churches there are 46 books in the OT and 27 books in the NT (the Jewish and Protestant Bibles have fewer books in the Old Testament.) When you look at the table of contents of your Catholic Bible, you see that the Old Testament is divided further into four sections. The first is the Pentateuch (from a Greek word meaning 5 books). Second are the historical books, then the books of Wisdom and finally the prophetic books. In the Jewish Bible there are only three subdivisions: the Torah (the first five books), the Prophets (the historical books plus the prophets) and the Writings (Wisdom books). The New Testament is subdivided into (1) the Gospels, (2) The Acts of the Apostles (the history of the early Church), (3) the Letters of the Apostles, and (4) the Book of Revelation. The word Scriptures means writings, but in fact most of the Bible was actually began as material that was passed from one generation to the next orally. Usually it was times of crisis that were the cause for writing down these oral traditions to preserve them. The Torah or Pentateuch was the first section to be written. In 598 BC, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem and many Jewish people were carried off into exile. During the Jewish exile, the Torah was put into a written form and houses of study or synagogues were organized to promote the study of the Law of God. Gradually, these houses of study became houses of prayer. The exiles came together on the Sabbath to read the Torah and to pray. As time passed, the Torah was broken up into lessons to be read each Sabbath so that all of the Torah was read during the course of a year. The Church followed this practice and a Lectionary, a "book of lessons" for Sundays and weekdays. In 1969, a new lectionary for Sundays created three cycles. In year A, the Gospel of Matthew predominates. In year B, the Gospel of Mark predominates. In year C, the Gospel of Luke predominates. The purpose of the 3 year cycle is to have the community hear all the important passages of the Bible. Fr. Dave Howell

LET US PRAY:

For Peace; for Women/Men in the Military Service: SSG J Gillett; Maj. S Halleaux; Maj. C Kaighen; SSG T Kenney-Wasliewski; S/Sgt. D Kendall; Cpl Greg Misiak, ATAN Daniel P. Wood

For Our Sick: Those who are homebound, or in the hos-pital or another healthcare facility.

For Our Deceased: William Seymour and Alison Sugar-Richvalsky

For Prayer Ministry requests: Contact Joan Turner at joanturner38@sbcglobal.net or 248-410-2286.

PARISH STEWARDSHIP of TREASURE March 7 and March 8, 2020

Weekly Collection…………………………………………..$5,047.00 Online Giving……….…………………………………………$3,135.00 Children and Youth…………………………………………$ 5.24

Thank you to those who regularly and generously give of your treasure, time and talent.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) The CDC says that COVID-19 spreads from person to per-son through, respiratory droplets when an infected per-son coughs or sneezes. While it may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching something that has the virus on it and then touching their own face, this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads. St. Mark will not suspend our Liturgical Practices, but we ask that you use your discretion. If you feel sick, have a cough or fever please refrain from contact with others, as well as, refrain from reception of Holy Communion from the cup. At the greeting or the sign of peace a ver-bal greeting or hand gesture is acceptable. Folding your hands during the Lord’s Prayer is suggested. We have put Hand Sanitizer at the entrances to our facilities. Please be conscious of this and let’s continue to pray as all communities begin to deal with this virus.

Ron’s thoughts….. I know I spend a lot of time trying to tell others to “BE JESUS TO OTHERS.” I have always believed this is our mission and purpose as Christians to be his hands and feet right here, right now. People say to me, “How can I BE JESUS at school, in the workplace, to my family, or even in my community?” The answer is pretty simple and we find that answer each time we open the Gospels and listen to the stories of Jesus’ meetings with others. He would listen. He would show kindness and compas-sion. He would not condemn, control or bully. He gave people hope. He treated others with respect and digni-ty. He loved as one would love their own child or broth-er or sister. Like the Woman at the well, who didn’t deserve his time as most would say, Jesus gave her his time, his compassion and forgiveness. He gave her what she thirsted for, new life and she drank it. She was filled with joy and she shared it and those around her saw that peace and yes they wanted it too. There is a famous Latin expression, Nemo dat quo non habat. It means, “No one gives what he does not have.” We cannot bring God to others if we do not have Him ourselves. We cannot BE JESUS TO OTHERS if we don’t have him ourselves. Our challenge is to con-tinue finding ways to drink of the LIVING WATER that he offers each of us and watch how YOUR LIFE is filled with joy and peace. Our Lenten journey continues…. Walk the talk. Be Peace! D-Ron Religious Education Formation (REF) 3/22—REF (K-5 11am-12:30pm, 6-12 5-6:30pm) 3/29—REF (K-5 11am-12:30pm, 6-12 5-6:30pm) No REF 4/5 Palm Sunday and 4/12 Easter Sunday St. Mark Youth Group Youth Group M-15 Rummage Sale drop off 3-

5pm, March 22nd. All proceeds will go to sup-port our Summer Mission Trip 2020.

Youth Summer Mission Trip 2020! Plan ahead….July 19-25 2020. More information to fol-low. For all High School Aged Youth (at least 9th grade in Fall of 2020)

Weekly Readings: March 16—22 Monday: 2 Kgs 5:1-15b; Ps 42:2, 3; 43:3, 4; Lk 4:24-30 Tuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43; Ps 25:4-51b, 6, 7bc, 8-9; Mt 18:21-35 Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Mt 5:17-19 Thursday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Lk 2:41-51a Friday: Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-1ab, 14, 17;Mk 12:28-34 Saturday: Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-21ab; Lk 18:9-14 Sunday:1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-6; Eph 5:8-14; Jn 9:1-41[1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38]

DSA Thank you to all who have made a gift or pledge com-mitment to our Diocesan Services Appeal. Our gifts to DSA enable our diocese to provide services crucial to our parish. The programs and services funded by DSA offer direct assistance to individuals and families, to parishes, schools, and Catholic Charities agencies. “Every good work” of the Church occurs through dozens of ongoing ministries made possible by our contributions to DSA. If you have not yet made a gift or a pledge, I invite you to do so today. Gift envelopes are available in church or the parish office. Or you may submit your gift online at www.dioceseoflansing.org/dsa. Your DSA gift will support the vital services and ministries that help bring the love of Christ to all we encounter.

Day of Penance Monday, March 23rd 6:00 am—8:00 pm—Confessions/Parish Center

Easter Egg Hunt—April 5th The Men’s Club of St. Mark’s is spon-soring an Easter Egg Hunt on April 5th immediately following the 9:30 am Mass. There will be refreshments and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Please

sign up in the Gathering Space.

Catholic Relief Services Collection—March 21 & 22 Next week, our parish will take up the Catholic Relief Services Collection. Funds from this collection provide food to the hungry, support displaced refugees, and bring Christ’s love and mercy to all people here and abroad. Next week, please give generously to the collec-tion, and help Jesus in disguise. Learn more about the collection at www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.

Easter Flower Memorial Sale The St. Mark Youth Group will be sponsoring Easter Flower Memorials to help support Diocesan Youth Lead-ership Camp and their Summer Mission Trip. All memo-rials will go to help decorate our church for the Easter Season. Honor a loved one and help with sending our youth to become Missionary Disciples.