Welcome to St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church.

St. Mark Parish lives, teaches, proclaims and celebrates the Good News of Jesus Christ.

I hope you will find this website contains useful information about our parish, sacramental life, ministries, and various forms.  There are many opportunities to get involved in our parish life and grow in your faith. 

If you need any assistance please feel free to contact the Parish Center at 317-787-8246.

- Fr. Bill Marks, Pastor

At the end of November the priests of the three parishes St. Pius, St. Barnabas, and St. Mark who are involved in the Burmese
Ministry met to create a proposal for the residence and ministry of Fr. Eustace Thawng Cem Thang, the international priest when he arrives from Myanmar in December or January.

The challenge was regarding the impact on mid-year budgets for each parish. We were told there would not be an increase in financial support for the Burmese Ministry from the archdiocese, and we need to plan for no financial assistance for the Burmese Ministry by the archdiocese in the future. The archdiocese has graciously given $10,000 annually but is not planning on any financial support toward the Burmese Ministry in future years.

The agreement supported by all three parishes and approved by the archdiocese was that St. Barnabas will pay the salary, food, and housing expenses for Fr. Eustace from the time of his arrival until July 1 2019. Fr. Eustace will live at the rectory of St. Barnabas and his full time position will be at St. Barnabas. We are blessed that Fr. David BuNyar will continue as the Associate Pastor of St. Pius and St. Mark.

Blessed Advent,
Fr. Bill

Safe and Sacred is the child protection program for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. The training program is completely conducted online and includes processing of a background check and Code of Conduct. The purpose of the “Safe and Sacred” program is to provide easier access to child protection training for clergy, employees, and volunteers. It allows us to broaden the focus of the training to increase awareness of all forms of child abuse. Safe and Sacred includes an assessment that must be taken and passed to ensure that training content is learned and can be applied. Who is Required to Sign Up for this Program? Safe and Sacred Training is a requirement for all volunteers regardless of their ministry area. If you are 18 years of age or older and you volunteer in any ministries here at St. Mark, you must comply with all the requirements prior to volunteering. Click here to access the Safe and Sacred site. Please contact the Parish Center at 787-8246 if you have any questions.

IMPORTANT ENROLLMENT DATES FOR 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR

Monday, January 7, 2019

Letters of Intent for the 2019-2020 school year will be sent home with the oldest child of current St. Mark Catholic School Families for the purpose of securing spots for the 2019-2020 school year.

Friday, January 18, 2019

This Letter of Intent and $100 family registration fee is due back to the school office by Friday, January 18, 2019 by 3:30pm

Monday, January 21, 2019

St. Mark Parishioner Families that do not currently (2018-2019 school year) have children at St. Mark Catholic School, may begin registering students for the 2019-2020 school year to be considered for any available spots.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Open House- Open Enrollment for any families seeking enrollment for any available classroom spots.

Monday, May 6, 2019

All parents using FACTS Tuition Management to pay their tuition monthly must be enrolled online with their information current.

Friday, May 31, 2019

All parents paying their entire tuition upfront and receiving a discount must have full tuition payment to the school office.

Friday, May 31, 2019

All upfront partial tuition payments are due to the school office. (no discount given)

St. Mark is again sponsoring the Advent Giving Tree. The money collected from this project funds the HOOP Outreach Ministry (Helping Our Own People) and helps some of our own parishioners and other parish neighbors who may find that they need help with some unexpected emergency or with providing Christmas for their family.

HOOP is the ministry that prepares food for the homeless in downtown Indianapolis. Three times each month, 15 St. Mark volunteers prepare soup, sandwiches, chips, a sweet treat, coffee, lemonade or hot cocoa which other volunteers load into their cars and distribute to the homeless. Each year, our volunteers prepare 2,250 meals for the homeless!

The money needed to purchase the supplies for this outreach comes from your Advent Giving Tree HOOP donations. Parishioners have been extremely generous in their response to both of these outreach ministries in the past and we are hoping for that same outcome this Advent season. This is your opportunity to help someone whom you may never meet or know personally. It is your chance to be Christ to them. Remember, we can never be more generous than God.

The tree will be in the Narthex from November 24th until December 16th. Your donations can be placed in the collection basket until the end of December.

Thanks in advance for your contributions to this project.

A percentage of your total Kroger bill will be donated to St. Mark Catholic School and we ask that all families enroll in this rewards program to help earn money for our school! Register online at krogercommunityrewards.com. You will need your Kroger Plus card number. Make sure to designate SAINT MARK CATHOLIC SCHOOL as your charitable choice.

Buy Crew E-washes through the Knights of Columbus Crew Carwash Fundraiser and what you spend is the amount that will go to buy a new ultrasound!

The Crew fundraiser program allows us to keep 50% of the wash sale proceeds, but the Knights of Columbus will match what we raise, so what you spend will be the amount that goes to purchase an ultrasound machine! E-washes are good at any Crew Carwash and do not have an expiration date.
 
E-washes are easy to buy! Go to:www.crewcarwash.com/store/e-wash-gifts Use the “BUY NOW” and choose a quantity from four types of wash and then “ADD TO CART”. 

You can continue shopping to add more wash types but before checking out, ENTER 50231 IN THE PROMO CODE and Apply Code.

This is the code for the Ultrasound Fundraiser. Then click “SEND AS GIFT.” For our parish to be recognized as the contributor, type “St. Mark 3660 or 16466 or your council number” in the GIFT MESSAGE field. For help or information contact Jim Recasner: voice/text at 317 515-7269 or jimrecasner@gmail.com