HUNTERSVILLE — St. Mark Church offered its first Lenten Friday Latin Mass March 3.
Close to 150 faithful attended the Extraordinary Form Mass, which was offered by Father Cory Catron, parochial vicar. It was his first public Latin Mass at the parish.
The Huntersville parish will continue to offer a Latin Mass each Friday during Lent at 12:30 p.m., preceded by Stations of the Cross at 12:10 p.m.
— Mike FitzGerald, correspondent; Photo provided by Amy Burger
HUNTERSVILLE — Father Michael Gaitley, MIC, director of Evangelization for the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and director of Formation for the Marian Missionaries of Divine Mercy; and Father Chris Alar, MIC, director of the Association of Marian Helpers, will be coming to St. Mark Church March 13-15 to lead a joint Lenten mission.
This is the first time that they are speaking together at an event.
All are welcome to attend the parish mission, which will begin each day with 9 a.m. Mass and extended homily by Father Alar.
At the evening mission, which starts at 7 p.m., there will be talks by both Father Alar and Father Gaitley and will end around 8:45 p.m.
Childcare will be offered during the evening program (registration required).
Overflow parking will be at Grand Oaks Elementary School, with buses to take people to and from St. Mark Church starting at 5:45 p.m.
All three nights will also be live-streamed at http://www.stmarknc.org/livestream.
The event is free and open to everyone, but registration is requested to ensure adequate seating. For details and registration info, go to http://www.stmarknc.org/parishmission.
— Catholic News Herald