November 2024

MONTHLY PARISH MEETING: Join us November 20th at 5:30pm on campus in the Lola Tilly Building (Room 301) to discuss plans for the upcoming year. Changes are taking place and your input is important. CSA meets at 6:30pm for Mass, so the meeting will be kept under an hour. Parking is free after 5pm on campus. 

FREE BOOKS during the month of November St. Mark’s parish office will have a table at the entrance of church at our Sunday 5:30 PM mass where books on different topics of the Catholic Faith which were used in our CSA student discussions will be available. Add to your Catholic reading material at home and prepare a reading list for Advent or Lent. Help yourself – no limit on quantity taken! If you feel you should donate something, there will be a jar to place donations to go toward our November collection for the Archdiocese of the Military Service.

Check the “free” bookshelf during near the entrance facing Airport Road for other selections. Books left over after mass will be placed on the shelf for others to choose from during the week.

Please keep Fr. Sean Thomson in your prayers for a full recovery. He was in an accident while working in his parish in the Spokane Diocese and is currently in Intensive Care in the hospital. Fr. Sean was very active in our UAF student ministry while in Fairbanks. We are also asked to pray for the following priests living in Anchorage currently with serious medical issues: Fr. John Hinsvark (retired from Diocese of Fairbanks), Fr. Scott Medlock, Fr. Dick Tero, and Fr. Eric Weissman.

Check out our bulletin for ways to volunteer by helping Sacred Heart Cathedral’s Food Box Ministry on Friday; Immaculate Conception Soup Kitchen on weekends by preparing/serving or donating items needed for making lunches; and Catholic Schools of Fairbanks with their upcoming Garage Sale (see bulletin) and Fall HIPOW Auction to help raise money for the school year.

Due to Immaculate Conception Kitchen only serving on Saturday and Sunday, the Fairbanks Stone Soup Cafe has shown an increase in the soup kitchen that serves free meal Monday-Friday from 7:30 – 9:30 AM. Their budget is being stretched and they are looking for help. Contact https://breadlineak.org/project/stone-soup-cafe/ to see how you can help.

Summer clean up for our church property was delayed due to weather and illness.  We will work this month on clearing weed trees and bushes from around the fence and pick up trash. If you can lend a hand, please contact Mary Pat Boger at stmark@cbna.org .

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Here is a Word Copy and a PDF copy of the Parish Registration form that you can down load and fill out then return at the Sunday 5:30 pm Mass.