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This service begins the Easter Triduum on Holy Thursday with a celebration of the Last Supper of our Lord. Taize & Adoration is a time for prayer and reflection in the presence of the Eucharist.

Thomas L. Hibner, 80, died Saturday, April 13, 2019 at Brookdale Oro Valley in Tucson, Arizona.

Becky Casillas, 72, of Oro Valley, Arizona passed away on April 9th, 2019.

Tenebrae dates at least as far back as the 17th century. Through the service, one candle at a time is extinguished on a 15 candle hearse until only one, Christ, is left. Tenebrae occurs in near darkness and includes readings, psalms, music, and reflections lead by Fr. Serge. Confessions to follow.

Fr. Serge, an educator at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, visits St. Mark annually to preach on deepening your intimacy with and knowledge of, God, you, and His Church. He will lead tonight's, 4/16/19, Parish Mission (no Mass) in the Chapel at 7:00pm and also Wednesday morning, 4/17/19, at 8:00am. Confessions to follow.

O God, who wills not the death of a sinner, but rather that he be converted and live, grant we beseech You ... an increase of laborers for your Church, fellow laborers with Christ ... Amen

Karen Hutson 59, of Marana, Arizona passed away on March 29th, 2019.

"... he breathed on them and said to them “Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.” Jn. 20:20-23.

The St. Mark Lenten Penance Service is on Thursday, April 4 at 5:30 pm. Lots of priests will be there. Follow this link for news on other penance services in our area!

The Benedictine Monastery on County Club is being used by the United States Government to house migrants. The effort is manned almost completely by volunteers. Help is needed.

"... for Christ plays in ten thousand places,  Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his, To the Father through the features of men's faces." As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.

"Your presence, O LORD, I seek. Hide not your face from me; do not in anger repel your servant. You are my helper: cast me not off." Ps. 27

Catholics are concerned, and rightly so, about the formation that modern seminarians receive. It has changed in the twenty short years since I left Sacred Heart School of Theology. One of the seminaries our diocese uses is Mount St. Angel in Oregon. Read how modern seminarians are formed. Fr. John

Gerald Riley, 91, passed away peacefully on March 11, 2019.

Our Lady of the Rosary #13272

Catechumens and Candidates participated in the Rite of Election at St. Augustine Cathedral

Bishop Weisenburger reflects on the First Sunday of Lent

"Because he clings to me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name." Ps. 91

Watch or listen to Bishop Edward Weisenburger as he presents “Lenten Minutes” a 7- part series that offers very short lessons and inspirations for Lent.

Otto Farbaky, 83, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 6, 2019.