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MARIAN SPIRITUALITY

PARISH REQUIEMS

RECONCILIATION

The Sacrament of Confession is offered on Saturdays at 4:30 pm. Other times may be arranged with the Parish Priest.

HEALING & ANOINTING

At the 8:00 am Mass on Wednesdays, the Laying on of Hands for Healing and Anointing is offered in the Mary Chapel.

Anglo-Catholicism

St. Mark's is an inclusive church of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawai'i in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. At St. Mark's Anglo-Catholicism is understood as follows:

  • We have a high view of the Sacraments and their ability to heal our broken world. We affirm Baptism as our true birth in Jesus Christ, and we venerate Christ in the Body and Blood of the Eucharist. We also practice Sacramental Confession as a means of reconciling the world to our Lord. For more information about the Sacraments of the Church, view Cure of Souls.
  • We have a high view of the Incarnation, or the Word-Made-Flesh among us in Jesus Christ. Even though humans fall prey to sin, we believe that every person bears the image of Christ, and that every person is to be honored for their inherent dignity and worth. Such belief calls us to reach out to those who are hurting in our world.
  • We affirm the traditional Creeds of the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. 
  • We cherish the Bible, especially the Gospels which point us to the most important Word, Jesus Christ. We believe that the Bible must be read prayerfully and critically. We read the Bible to help us understand God more fully, but we also understand that the Bible has been written by humanity, and therefore it is not without error.
  • We affirm the threefold ministry of bishops, priests, and deacons, and we give thanks for apostolic succession, connecting the ordained ministry to Jesus Christ and the first apostles. We also believe that God calls all people into ordained orders, including women and GLBT persons.
  • We give thanks for the innumerable company of saints. As death no longer has dominion over us due to the work of Jesus Christ, we believe that death no longer separates us from those who have gone before us and those who will come after us. For this reason, we ask the saints to pray for us as we journey on our Christian pilgrimage. This is why we also pray for the dead.
  • We worship God in the beauty of holiness. We use incense, oil, candles, water, color, banners, music, flowers, etc. as an expression of our piety. Such ceremonial is done to honor our Lord, and it is understood to be prayer made visible.
  • Finally, as Jesus Christ is the ultimate Sacrament of the world, our lives are to be Sacraments to Christ as well. We seek to live our lives faithfully to Christ's plan for us, being good stewards of everything he has entrusted to us already.

There is much information about Anglo-Catholicism on the internet as a simple search will show. We recommend the following links:

The Society of Catholic Priests
Affirming Catholicism

We also have a variety of Anglo-Catholic webpages listed on our Links Page.