St. Mark's Parish Christ Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

The staff of Saint Mark’s CCD Program would like to invite all new and returning CCD students and their parents to Meet and Greet/Registration Day on September 13th after the 9:30 A.M. and 11:30 A.M. Masses in Saint Mark’s Church Hall. Please join us as we celebrate the end of the summer and prepare for the upcoming year in religious education.

Archbishop Williams High School will host a High School Fair for 8th graders and parents on Sunday, September 20th from 11:00-1:00 at the school gymnasium, 80 Independence Avenue, Braintree. There will be a gathering of many different schools- both Catholic and private. For more information call 781-843-3636.

Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy is currently accepting applications for 2009-2010 School Year. 617-265-0019 or visit www.popeip2catholicacademy.org. Financial aid is available making the school affordable to all; please contact Mrs. Molloy at the business office at 617-265-0019 x7153.

Fr. Emmanuel has returned to Saint Mark Parish for a brief summer sabbatical. It was during a recent conversation that Fr. Emmanuel expressed his sincere thanks to the back Saint Mark Parishioners for their generous contribution of water (rain) barrels. In Fr. Emmanuel’s home village in Uganda, the houses have no running water.

Thank you to everyone who made the Wainwright Park Family Fun Day a great success . Please join us for the remaining community cookout on August 29. For all of this date, we will need assistance with turnout calls, transporting tables and chairs to and from the park, set-up/clean-up, grilling, leading games and activities, and

Sunday: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wednesday: St. John Eudes
Thursday: St. Bernard
Friday: St. Pius X
Saturday: The Queenship of the Blessed
Virgin Mary; Ramadan (Islamic month of fasting) begins this week

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:00 – 7:00 pm All presenting donors may enter to win Red Sox tickets as “Blood Donor of the Game” And also receive a coupon towards a carton of Friendly’s Ice Cream For more information cal 1-800-GIVELIFE

The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy warmly invite you to celebrate the Eucharist I honor of Divine Mercy every Third Friday of the month at St. Ann’s Parish. Third Friday this month falls on August 21st. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament begins at 9 pm, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is sung at 6:30 pm and Holy Mass is celebrated at 7 pm. For more information call the Sisters at 617-288-1202.

A Mass of Thanksgiving at 5 pm at Saint Elizabeth Church, Milton Followed by Dinner at Lombardo’s Hors d’oeuvres at 6:30 ~Dinner at 7:00 pm Music of Noel Henry’s Irish Show band Tickets $50.00 Call for information 617-786-7903

First Reading — Forsake foolishness that you may live; advance in the way of understanding (Proverbs 9:1-6).

Psalm — Taste and see the goodness of the Lord (Psalm 34).

Second Reading — Live as wise persons trying to understand what is the will of the Lord, filled with the Spirit and giving thanks always (Ephesians 5:15-20).