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Happy Mother's Day!

Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone announces that the Diocese of Charleston is opening a home for unwed mothers called the St. Clare Home of Joyful Hope.  It will serve women who are pregnant and have no home or family to take care of them.  And it will offer women a real alternative to abortion by providing them education, security and community.  Please watch the video below to learn more!

Return to Mass!

The Bishop has relaxed or lifted some coronavirus precautions.  Full seating capacity is now allowed in the church, so we have removed the caution tape.  But social distancing is still strongly encouraged.

Wearing face masks is still recommended.  And we will continue to have masks and hand sanitizer available at the church entrances.

Missalettes and songbooks can now be handed out again.  But no Holy Water in the fonts yet.  And the Sign of Peace should still be done without touching others.

For Communion, the Eucharist will still be placed in the hand, and not on the tongue.  And the Eucharist will continue to be given only in the form of bread, and not wine.

Perhaps most importantly: The Diocese asks worshipers who are sick, vulnerable or at-risk not to attend Mass yet, but to continue watching it online or on TV.  The Bishop is granting dispensation to those who are uncomfortable attending weekend Mass and to those who are at high risk.

Sunday Masses continue to be livestreamed online from St. Mark Church on Facebook.  The 12:30 p.m. Mass is in English and the 2 p.m. Mass is in Spanish.  Go to http://www.facebook.com/StMarkNewberry. If you can't watch them live, the Masses are recorded and posted for viewing anytime later.

Whether you're attending public Mass or watching it online, please don't forget the offertory donation to your local or "home" church.  With attendance down due to the coronavirus pandemic, funding needed to keep churches operating has decreased considerably.  You can drop offertory donations by the church office, mail them, or contribute online at https://charlestondiocese.org/parish-donation-form
   
Our church bulletin is also being published online at https://bit.ly/HSbulletins and through our website (click on the "Bulletins" link at the top of this page).  Or, view it by tapping the “bulletins” button on the home screen of our new parish app. 

The myParish app can be downloaded to your smartphone and provides church messages, prayers, daily readings, a link to our website, online giving options, the Rosary, and much more. To download, text app to 88202 or go to https://myparishapp.com .

THURSDAY:         4:30 PM to 5:30 PM