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105 Randall Road, Shoreham, New York
631- 744-2800
www.stmarkshoreham.org
Twenty-second Sunday of the Year
August 29, 2021
Parish Office Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m..
631.744-2800 (phone) ÷ 631.271.1415 (fax)
website: stmarkshoreham.org
Pastoral Staff
Father Frank Schneider - Pastor Ext.
104
Father Thomas Tuite - Associate Pastor Ext.
108
Father James Calledo -Associate Pastor Ext.
107
Deacon Gino Aceto (retired)
Dr. Jeffrey Pedersen
Parish Organizational Associate
Ext.
103
Mrs. Lynn Fein, Director, Faith Formation
631-821-0550 (direct phone line)
Ext.
109
Mrs. Jane Fagan,
Coordinator, Parish Outreach
Ext.
106
Mrs. Carrie Logan, Music Director [email protected]
Secretary, Front Desk Marianne Brandt Ext. 101 [email protected]
Secretary, Front Desk Sue Kozakiewicz Ext. 101 [email protected]
Buildings and Grounds Jim Lindsay ———————————
St. Mark’s Parish Outreach
It’s Time For Us To Think About School Supplies!!
As in years past, our Outreach Ministry requests donations of necessary school items
for our families in need in our community. The long lists the parents receive from school put
a real strain on their budgets. If you are able, your donation of any of these items would be
greatly appreciated.
Your contributions will be gratefully accepted any time now. Use the bin at the en-
trance of church! Thank you, and God bless you!
Please deposit any gift cards in the collection baskets after Mass,
or bring them to the Parish Office.
Marble (hard cover) notebooks
Spiral notebooks (one subject and multiple
subjects)
Loose-leaf Paper & Binders
Small spiral notebooks (for homework as-
signments)
Colored Folders
Construction Paper
Pens & Pencils
Crayons
Colored markers
Colored pencils
Highlighters
Safety Scissors
Glue Sticks
Pencil cases
School Back Packs
Gift certificates in any amount
are always appreciated.
Thank you –in advance– for your generosity!
Jane & Outreach Volunteers
Calling all teens!
The parishes of St. John the Baptist and
St. Mark are looking for teens who would
like to help out in both parishes. We
know you need service hours for many
things (Confirmation, National Honor
Society, Junior National Honor Society,
Scouts, college applications) and we
would love for you to be involved in parish life.
Every year we need help with big projects like the Thanksgiving and
Christmas drives working with Outreach; but we also can offer oth-
er opportunities. Young folks can be lectors, Eucharistic Ministers,
choir members, altar servers, and ushers. You can also serve as
helpers and instructors in religious formation.
We also could use help in smaller parish projects, such as helping
with facilities: matching keys with doors at St. Mark, pruning over-
grown shrubs, mulching, spring and fall clean-ups, painting, holiday
decorating, etc. We also hope to create programs for teens to
work with seniors and the needy. We would welcome individuals or
groups of friends wanting to work together. And we hope to offer
prayer and retreat opportunities, as well as social events.
If interested, please contact
Dr. Jeff Pedersen at [email protected].
We look forward to serving with you!
2021 Girl Scout Project Update: Torre Parrinello
Over the past 8 months, Torre Parrinello refurbished the gar-dens that we pass each week on our way from the parking lot to church as part of earning her Girl Scout Gold Award. She gives special thanks to Fa-ther Frank for his guidance and support along with Father Len (who she talked with at the be-ginning of the project).
The refurbishment included planting daffodil and crocus bulbs that bloomed this past spring (that she hopes the deer will not eat!); cleaning up the gardens and statues; and scrap-ing and repainting the pealing benches. In addition, approxi-mately 500 rocks were collect-ed, cleaned and painted, many with inspirational words.
Especially during the pandemic, she hopes this project will give us all a little outdoor space where we can pray, enjoy nature, be inspired and inspire others. If anyone would like to add inspiration-al rocks to the gardens, please feel free to be creative (and be sure to use acryl-ic paints with a clear polyurethane coat to help preserve them). Torre said she counts herself extremely blessed to be a part of such a wonderful Parish and faith-filled community.
Thank you to all those who have supported our Hymnal Drive
through memorializing hymnals. At this time, all of our 550
hymnals and 40 choir hymnals have been sponsored.
However, we have a sizeable deficit in the cost of the project
(almost $2000). If you wish to support the Hymnal Drive through
a donation, this will be greatly appreciated and a help to our par-
ish as we struggle to meet our parish expenses.
We welcome into our parish and our parish
community of St. Mark the following children,
who were baptized this month,
Violet Eileen Bruckbauer
Hailee Reign Gutierrez
Christopher John Seckel
Liam Mark Smith
Outreach Requests
Next weekend is Food Donation Weekend. Our pantry is in need of all non-perishable items.
Thank you for your continued generosity!
Many thanks to our St. Mark’s family for all the school supplies you have provided.
They are greatly appreciated.
As summer draws to a close
over the next weeks of
August, the parish family
looks at the future and
developing a Pastoral Plan for
the parish.
The Pastoral Council has met twice during the summer
and will reconvene in September. The Council’s main
responsibility is to assist the pastor in listening to the
needs of the parish and Pastoral Planning.
Feel free to speak with the members of the Council
and share your hopes for the future of our parish!
Lorraine Baker
Cathleen Bauer
Annmarie Bunce
Michael Dunne
Mary Harding, trustee
Tom Harding, trustee
Don Kisiel
Jeanne Knudsen, chair
Saturday, August 28, 2021
4:00 PM Joseph Friscia
Sunday, August 29, 2021
9:15 AM Fr. Ted Howard
11:45 AM Thomas Lankau, Josephine
Mancini
Monday, August 30, 2021
9:30 AM Lou Cutolo
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
9:30 AM Arthur Bunce
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
9:30 AM Alice Maggio
Thursday, September 2, 2021
9:30 AM Thomas Frank
Friday, September 3, 2021
9:30 AM Neil Walsh
Saturday, September 4, 2021
4:00 PM Marian Dunne
Sunday, September 5, 2021
9:15 AM Frank Mitaritonna
11:45 AM Evelyn & Theodore Flakowicz,
Evelyn Cox
Mass Presiders
THIS WEEKEND
Saturday, August 28, 4:00 p.m.
Msgr. Bennett
Sunday, August 29, 9:15 Fr. Tom
Sunday, August 29, 11:45: Fr. Tom
NEXT WEEKEND
Saturday, Sept. 4, 4:00 p.m. Fr. James
Sunday, Sept. 5, 9:15 Fr. Frank
Sunday, Sept. 5, 11:45: Fr. Tom
Mass Intentions
Sat., Sep. 4th., 4:00 p.m. Marie Rhinehardt, Peggy Giuffre Sun., Sep. 5th., 9:15 a.m. Cathy Bauer, Ellen Masterson
Sun., Sep. 5th., 11:45 a.m. John Coster, Lisa Geraghty
Thank you for supporting our parish!
SUNDAY COLLECTION:
August 22, 2021
1st Collection: $3,807.00
Mail Ins: $742.00
Spring/Summer: $663.00
Electronic Giving: $674.75
Electronic Giving
Our electronic giving program offers convenience for you in a safe and secure way. This
online system enables you to make automatic payment methods that can be used to make
regular church offerings and other contributions without the need to write checks, carry
cash or prepare envelopes. Online giving allows you to log-in at any time to set up an auto-
matic donation plan, change your donation plan, make a one-time donation or view your
online donation history. You can go to our website at: stmarksrcc-shoreham.org
and click on the donate button on the home page. This will bring you to the secure website
where you will be able to set up your donation information. Thank you for your support of
St. Mark's!
Parish Totals - As of 8/16/21
Parish Goal: $52,100.00
Pledges: $48,123.00
Over (Under): ($3,977.00)
Donors: 192
Payments: $40,183.00
Avg/Gifts: $250.64
Percentage of Goal: 92.37%
Registration for 2021-2022 Now Underway!
Registration Forms Available on the Website (under “Faith Formation”!)
Our Faith Formation registration for the 2021-22 Catechetical year is underway. All current families, and any new families who have contacted the Faith Formation Office, have been sent the registration forms. A mailing just went out to families whose children were baptized in our parish six years ago, and would now be ready to begin the two years of preparation to receive the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist. We welcome anyone new to our parish and any families whose children will be entering first grade in September. Please contact the Faith Formation Office to obtain the necessary information at [email protected] or 631 821-0550. Faith Formation registration fees and sacrament offerings for First Eucharist and Confirmation can be paid on our secure website: stmarkshoreham.org We are always happy to hear from everyone and assist them in any way that we can.
Are you new to the parish of St. Mark?
Do you have a child (or grandchild) going into First Grade? We invite any families whose children will be entering first grade in September to
register their children for our Faith Formation classes. Children prepare to receive
the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist over two years by participating in
our Levels 1 and 2.
To register your child please go to our website: stmarkshoreham.org where you will
find the registration forms, and also where you can complete your registration by
paying the fee under online giving.
Please contact the Faith Formation Office at [email protected] or 631 821-0550
with any questions. We invite all parishioners to spread the word to any families you
know whose children will begin first grade in September.
Feel free to spread the word to your neighbors!
Kathryn Pacifico, Pasquale Cervini,
Santa Inguanta, Joseph Inguanta,
Eugene Kiechlin, Ralph Lopez, Frances Kenah, Joseph Olivo, Carmela Guadagni, Albert Gonzalez, Gianna Stephan, John Campbell, Robert Sheets, Luke Medolla, Catherine Ochs, Edward Hemp, Orville Bullis, Maureen Ellis, John Dahl,
Dorothy Schmitt, Chuck Buondelmonte, Olivia Perrone, Lana Nemecek, Steve Marshall, Pellegrino Cottone, Wenkwei Guo, Eileen Wieland, Frederick T.
Wallace, Marie Puorro, Frank Lumia, Terry Mistretta, Michael Runnalls,
Alyssa Sikand, Ronald Blom, June Taylor, Theresa Whelan, Daniel Laieta, Audrey, Judith, Philip Lagrasta, Kenneth Czumak, Edward Banschback.
Please help us keep the Prayer
List current. We will be updating
this list every month.
Please call the Parish Office
(ext. 101) if you would like a
name to be continued on the
prayer list, and if you would like
to add a name.
Please pray for our recently
faithful departed.
Michael J. Regensburg
May he rest in peace.
Rosary: before the daily 9:30 Mass
Miraculous Medal Novena:
Monday after daily 9:30 Mass
First Saturday Fatima Devotions: after 9:30 Mass
Eucharistic Adoration: suspended during the pandemic
ST. MARK’S KIOSK MINISTRY
As we move on our journey of life, it’s important that we all take some time to see where we’ve been, where we are now, and where we are headed. No matter our ages, we are all called by our Lord to “know Him more clearly, follow Him more nearly, and to love and to serve Him more dearly” every day of our lives. Our pur-pose in life is to grow – to grow more closely to our Lord. The kiosk is like a tool box. It offers us ways to grow in knowledge of our faith, to clear away our fears and doubts. It feeds our minds and hearts with good. Do you want or need to find some guidance in your faith? Do you want to be fed? Two cds we would like to recommend this week are CAN YOU TRUST GOD? by Dr. Tim Gray, a scripture scholar, who takes us on a journey to address the temptations we may encounter sometimes to mistrust the love that God the Father has for us. Have you ever asked God “why” when things don’t go the way we think they should?
Thank you to all our
parish volunteers who
have re-registered and
updated their
information on the
virtus.org website!
We invite all new members of our parish community to register at the Parish Office.
Celebration of the Eucharist
Weekday (Monday to Friday and First Saturday) at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday at 4:00 p.m., Sunday at 9:15 a.m.
(Live Streamed at “StMarkShoreham” on YouTube) and 11:45 a.m.
Becoming a Catholic or Adult Confirmation
Are you interested in becoming Catholic? Were you never Confirmed and now
find that you would like to complete your Sacraments of Initiation? Are you
interested in finding out more about the Catholic faith? If you answered “Yes”
to any of these questions, then Faith Formation is for you! Call the Parish Cen-
ter for more information.
Baptism
Baptisms are celebrated on the third Saturday of the month at 1:00 p.m.
Parents are encouraged to register for the baptism before the birth of your
child so that it is easier to attend the required Baptism Preparation Class.
Please call the Parish Office and we will be happy to set up an appointment.
Many parents also use this opportunity to register in the Parish as a new pa-
rishioner.
Marriage
We are happy to arrange for your wedding. First, we have the marriage inter-
view and then we can set the date for the wedding. More information is avail-
able on the website. Please call the Parish Office for an appointment and we
will be happy to help you!
Reconciliation
The Sacrament of Penance is celebrated on Saturday, 3:00—3:45 p.m. You may
also call the Parish Office to make an appointment with one of the parish priests.
