Bishop’s Lenten Appeal – Thank you St. Mark!!!
We have exceeded our parish BLA goal! Thank you for your generosity! Dear St. Mark Parishioners,We are grateful to all the families in our parish who have already made a gift to the 2026 Bishop’s Lenten Appeal. We have exceeded our parish goal for 2026! Your generosity is a witness to the spirit of stewardship […]
Parish to Launch Strategic Plan April 11/12
Come Find Out How You Can Get Involved after Masses the weekend of April 11/12: Wine and Cheese night at on Sat., April 11th, 2026 Join us for a fun Saturday Social with Wine & Cheese on Saturday, April 11 at 6:30 pm following the 5:30 pm Mass. Come for Fellowship & Fun! If you […]
THANK YOU LAURA!
After six and a half wonderful years serving our parish as Director of Music and Liturgy, Laura Cooman, is relocating to be closer to family in her hometown of St Louis. While I am certain we are all happy for her, it is definitely mixed emotions for all of us to see her leave. Laura […]
Parish Strategic Planning Update
Thank you again to all who participated in the parish survey. We had a tremendous response rate with over 700 individual submissions! Based on our average Sunday Mass attendance, this is more than twice the number of responses the Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI) would normally expect. I am so grateful for your input. Your interest demonstrates […]
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge Announces Diocesan Mental Health Resource Initiative
As I shared in my recent pastoral letter, “The Divine Physician and a Christian Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing,” our Lord entered our world as our divine healer, addressing the wounds inflicted by sin and the consequences of our fallen condition. We all know of our profound need for God’s divine intervention to make us whole and […]
Statement by Bishop Burbidge and Bishop Knestout on General Assembly Passage of Extreme Abortion Amendment
For the second straight year, the General Assembly has passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would add an extreme and deadly “fundamental right” to abortion to Virginia’s constitution. The legislature prioritized the passage of this radical amendment in a way that is truly shocking to the conscience – moving it all the way through both […]
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge’s Statement on Human Dignity and the Threat of a Virginia Constitutional Amendment to the Human Right to Life
As the Church in America marks “A Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children” on Thursday, January 22, it is fitting to consider the importance of our commitment to the protection of every human life from conception to natural death. Sacred Scripture reminds us that every human life is known, loved, and […]
Scam text messages/emails
Stay vigilant – again we’ve heard reports of fake e-mail/text messages from people pretending to be Father Peter, Father Ignatius or other Parishioners, requesting assistance in the form of money and/or gift cards (Ebay, Steam Wallet, Google Play, Money Pack, Amazon, iTunes or others). Please know that these requests should be DELETED. Father Peter or […]
U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore
The bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. It marked the first time in twelve years the USCCB invoked this particularly urgent way of speaking as a body of bishops. BALTIMORE – As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) gathered for their […]
Thank you VBS 2025!
In July 2025, St. Mark Vacation Bible School (VBS) volunteers and participants collected money to contribute to Coats for Kids, a national fundraising effort sponsored by Knights of Columbus that purchases winter coats to donate to children in need. Since 2009, they have donated and distributed over 1 million coats in all 50 U.S. states […]