Community
Every community has its unique needs. For the Knights of Columbus, whose first principle is charity, finding ways to help those in need in their communities is a mission its members embrace. Through their good works, whether it be bringing food to the hungry, warm coats to the cold, wheelchairs to those who can’t walk, or any of the many other programs conducted to help those in need, the Knights of Columbus practices a charity that evangelizes.
These are just some of the ways our council ministers to the local community.
- Volunteerism
- Military
- Special Olympics
- Polar Plunge
- Columbus Day Dinner
- Parades
- Blood Donations
- Habitat for Humanity
- Sleep in Heavenly Peace
Food for Farm Families
On Saturay, June 13, brothers Joe D'Alessandro, Mark Myllykoski, and members of the Latino Roundtable packed 150 boxes of food for the migrant blueberry workers. Also, included in the delivery are four pallets of bottled water. Awesome job done by all.
Delivery was on Sunday, June 14.
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Knights Movie Night
The Knights of Columbus "Movie Night" program presents a free screening of Rocky on Saturday, July 11 from 6:30 to 9:00pm in the Parish Hall.
For Saint Mark’s 50th anniversary, the Faith on Film series will present the 1976 crowd-pleaser, Rocky. This film surprised everyone by winning the best picture Oscar and continues to entertain multiple generations 50 years later. On its face, it is a story about an underdog chosen out of obscurity and triumphing in an unexpected way by transforming his life, not by winning, but by perseverance, “going the distance”.
Bishop Barron suggests that one method to evangelize our culture, is to exercise our analogical imagination and re-cognize the seeds of the word, present among the people and culture one seeks to serve. If we exercise our imagination and re-view the film through a lens of faith, we can find seeds of the word throughout the film. Accordingly, we are not going to find, at least, very often, the whole Catholic thing on beautiful display, but we are going to find bits and pieces of it practically everywhere, provided we have the eyes to see and ears to hear.
With this in mind, join us on Saturday, June 11th, at 6:30pm, to re consider why we enjoy the film Rocky and to re-cognize the seeds of the word that are within it. The Apostle Paul, in Acts 17:23 provides us with a precedent for this type of cultural interaction. On Mars Hill he says, “For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’ What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.” A film can provide us with a similar opportunity to re-cognize that “unknowingly” the seeds of the word found in popular culture have their full expression and power in God’s word. If we can fully reveal, re-cultivate and re-cognize (rethink) those seeds, both believers and non-believers might come to see that they have been attracted to the “Rocky” story because they have been unknowingly responding to the fragmented seeds of the word and in an analogous way worshiping Christ all along.
Watch the trailer HERE.
Please join us for a free screening on July 11 from 6:30 to 9:00pm in the Parish Hall. Admission is free though a suggested donation is requested.
Habitat for Humanity
Unity Build Day December 20, 2025
Attached are photos of the St. Mark parishioners who participated in the December 20 Unity Build. The Parish contributed 82.5 manhours of labor to support the future home of Carmen and Christian. Young Christian is shown in the center of the group photo. Thank you for all who participated, both on the job site and at Church, for the success of this project. Our brothers from All Saints will pick up the baton on January 17th when they raise the roof.