COVID – 19 UPDATES

USCCB ON THE COVID-19 VACCINE: [button color=”success” link=”https://www.usccb.org/news/2020/us-bishop-chairmen-pro-life-and-doctrine-address-ethical-concerns-new-covid-19-vaccines” size=”large” target=”_self” block=”false”]Pro-life, ethical concerns about the vaccine[/button]

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https://dioceseofvenice.org/wp-content/uploads/Nov-20-2020-Bishop-Letter-to-Faithful.pdf

• We are offering MASS IN PERSON, masks are required, every other pew is marked off and please social distance in the pew from people not in your family.

• PLEASE STAY HOME – IF you are vulnerable due to age, compromised immune system, health conditions, anxious about being in the situation or just not feeling well. The dispensation from attending Sunday Mass is still in effect until June 28th. We will continue to live stream the Mass at 8 am 7 days a week.

• MASKS ARE REQUIRED. Please, bring your own and hand sanitizer are at all the entrances.

• MAINTAIN 6 FEET BETWEEN FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS in the pews as well as when in line for communion and exiting the church.

• COMMUNION WILL ONLY BE GIVEN IN THE HAND so please make a throne with your hands cupped to receive our Lord and maintain distance from the minister.

• There will be A BASKET AT EACH ENTRANCE to drop your offertory into upon arrival to the weekend Masses.

San Marco Conference of St. Vincent de Paul 28 May 2020

The San Marco Parish and our community have responded with great love and with unbounded and generous financial support in this financial crisis brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic..
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Especially throughout the Season of Lent we were reminded, over and over again, of the great love and mercy of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As Vincentians, we strive to spread that divine love and mercy to those in need. We pray always for the grace “to have ears to hear the “cries of the poor,” to have eyes to “seek and find the forgotten, the suffering or the deprived,” and to have hearts that “bring God’s love to the poor…”. (from St. Vincent de Paul Society USA)

We thank each one of you for joining us in this endeavor. Through your spiritual and financial support, we provide assistance to those in need in our community with rent and utility payments and for many other needs. We also serve the needy through our continuing Meals on Wheels program. We lend a helping hand to bring stability in this crisis situation.

What an incredible chain of mercy – from Jesus to you, from you to Saint Vincent de Paul, from SVDP to our brothers and sisters in need. What a wonderful God we serve.

If you need help with rent or utilities call St. Vincent DePaul office at 239-384-9759

Beware that phishing is on the rise during this very sensitive time and you shouldn’t login to strange links or buy gift cards to send via email or text.

Food Donations should be taken directly to:  Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, 1450 Winterberry Dr Annex building, Marco Island, FL 34145

If you need food – https://ourdailybreadfoodpantry.com/ for hours and mobile pantry

Clothing Donations are NOT ACCEPTED at the church.  They can be taken to the Recycle center on Marco, 990 Chalmer Dr, Marco Island, FL 34145  They have a bin to accept clothing. https://www.colliercountyfl.gov/your-government/divisions-s-z/solid-hazardous-waste-management/facilities/marco-island-recycling-drop-off-center

Monetary Donations to the church can be done online here (go to the Home page) or by check mailed to the church office, 851 San Marco Rd., Marco Island, FL 34145

If you need help with rent or utilities call St. Vincent DePaul office at 239-384-9759

Monetary Donations to St. Vincent DePaul  can be mailed to the church with the check made out to St. Vincent DePaul

The office is open 9am to noon and 1pm to 4 pm.  239-394-5181

We Live Stream Mass daily at 8 am  – just click here [button color=”success” link=”https://www.facebook.com/San-Marco-Catholic-Church-108178432557556/?ref=bookmarks” size=”large” target=”_self” block=”false”]Watch Mass[/button].  If you are watching after 9 am, click the link and then go to videos.

Our Diocese of Venice Website [button color=”warning” link=”https://dioceseofvenice.org/” size=”large” target=”_self” block=”false”]Our Bishop[/button]

[button color=”steel_blue” link=”https://digital.thefloridacatholic.org/Florida-Catholic-04032020-e-Edition/VE-1/” size=”large” target=”_self” block=”false”]Florida Catholic newspaper[/button]

IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF ANYTHING, EVEN JUST TO TALK TO A FELLOW PARISHIONER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL THE OFFICE. 239-394-5181