Important Links – Saint Mark the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church https://stmarksaylmer.ca Located in the heart of Aylmer, Quebec, at 160 Rue Principale, J9H 3M8, Saint Mark the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church is a welcoming and faith-filled community dedicated to living out the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Rooted in Christ, we strive to grow in love, deepen our faith, and joyfully serve one another and our wider community. Our parish is a vibrant spiritual home where individuals and families come together to celebrate the sacraments, participate in meaningful worship, and engage in faith-based activities. Through prayer, outreach, and fellowship, we seek to build a strong, compassionate, and inclusive community guided by Catholic teachings and traditions. At Saint Mark’s, we offer regular Masses, sacramental preparation, faith formation programs, and opportunities for service and evangelization. Whether you are new to the area, returning to the Church, or looking for a place to deepen your relationship with God, we warmly invite you to join us in worship and community life. Come and be a part of our parish family—where faith grows, love abounds, and joy is shared! Wed, 20 May 2026 15:50:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://stmarksaylmer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/fevicon-icon.jpg Important Links – Saint Mark the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church https://stmarksaylmer.ca 32 32 Your donations https://stmarksaylmer.ca/your-donations/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 14:44:15 +0000 https://stmarksaylmer.ca/?p=3443

Donating to St. Mark’s Catholic Church helps support its mission of faith, charity, and community service. Contributions aid in maintaining the church, funding outreach programs, assisting those in need, and organizing spiritual and educational activities. Your generosity ensures that St. Mark’s continues to be a place of worship, hope, and support for all who seek it. Every donation, big or small, makes a meaningful impact in strengthening the church’s ability to serve its congregation and the wider community.

You can donate  in a few ways:
1. At church during service or place your donation in one of our donations boxes.

2. At the diocese website where you can pick your amount to donate weekly, month or one-time.
https://arch.diocesegatineau.org/en/donate/donate/st-mark-the-evangelist-parish/2434

3. By sending an eTransfer to the church: stmarkinterac@bell.net   

All donations provided with a full name will receive a tax receipt envelop at year end for tax purposes. If you need further inforration  on donations please contact our church office at 819-684-6926.

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Livestream every Sunday of the 11am Mass 

 

 

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Information technology committee

 

 

MEMBERS

Edward Ferdinand – Chair
Kevin Barret
Fernand Proulx 
Kenna Turcotte 
Jean-Pierre Charon
Marline Butler
Rev. Fr. John Malazdrewich, OMI Pastor

TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE

Objective and Authority

The primary objective of this committee is to:

  • Provide recommendations and guidance to the leadership team comprised of the Parish Pastoral Council, Fabrique and the Pastor on optimal approaches for utilizing IT to support the mission and priorities of St. Mark the Evangelist Aylmer Catholic Church (referred to as the Parish).
  • Oversee the formulation and implementation of the IT strategy for the Parish.

Composition

The committee is comprised of ex officio members, by-default appointees, and appointed members. The initial committee is formed by invitation.

Voting Members

  • Chair or past member of the IT Committee
  • By-default Appointees (herein referred to as Leadership Team)
  • Pastor
  • Representative of the Parish Pastoral Council
  • Representative of the Fabrique
  • Ex officio: Outgoing Chair or outgoing member of the IT Committee

Appointments/roles:

  • Chair
  • Secretary
  • Webmaster for the Church website
  • Webmaster for YouTube 
  • Webmaster for Social Media (Facebook/Instagram) 
  • One or three additional members
  • IT Security/Backup/Anti-virus/Office PC 
  • Wireless network/camera/pc within the church 
  • Sounds systems 
  • All Email accounts 

Guests may be invited to specific meetings or portions thereof at the discretion of the chair or majority.

Appointment Process

Ex officio members hold their status by virtue of administrative appointment. Appointed members are chosen by the leadership team through an annual process initiated by the Parish’s Office.

Term
Ex officio members serve as long as they hold their administrative appointment. Appointed members have a three-year term and are eligible for renewal.

Chair
The Chair must be an IT Committee member with a background in Information Technology.

Secretary
The Secretary or designate is responsible for capturing meeting minutes, which are circulated to the members.

Meeting Schedule and Administration
Meetings generally occur quarterly and at the discretion of the Chair or Pastor. All members are expected to attend in person or via videoconference or in person.

Quorum and Decision-Making Process
Quorum requires 100% of the Leadership team, the Chair or designate, and 50% of voting members. Decisions are typically made by consensus, with voting required when consensus is not reached. A majority vote of 50% plus one of voting members present, is needed to pass decisions.

Lines of Accountability and Communication

This committee:

  1. Presents an annual report summarizing the year’s activities at the Annual General Meeting for informational purposes.
  2. May delegate responsibilities to subcommittees or ad hoc groups to make recommendations on specific aspects of the committee’s mandate.
  3. Representatives liaise with other committees and advisory councils, as needed.

 Responsibilities

This committee:

  1. Determines the Parish’s system-wide IT strategy, outcomes, and capabilities. Endorses the translation of required capabilities into IT enablement tasks.
  2. Develops and recommends principles and policies guiding IT governance for the Parish, including IT relationships between regional bodies.
  3. Approves changes to domain registration and web hosting.
  4. Monitors progress on technology projects, services, and investments, advising on ensuring successful IT initiatives.
  5. Makes recommendations to keep Parish and IT strategies aligned or manage any deviations consciously.
  6. Provides recommendations to the leadership team and other committees regarding the prioritization of major initiatives.
  7. Approves major changes involving the revamping of the website or any key aspects of the Parish’s IT infrastructure.
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Please fill the below form to complete the parish Registration ON-LINE:

OR

Please CLICK HERE to download and print a PDF to fill and hand over to the Parish office.

 

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Other Parishes

Paroisse St. Paul
Saint Stephen’s Parish, Chelsea
Parishes of Our Lady of Victory & St-MalachyOur Lady of Annunciation Parish

Archdioceses / Mouvements / communities

Archdiocese de Gatineau
Archdiocese of Ottawa
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops The Holy See

Education

Saint Paul University Dominican University College 

To submit or request additional Christian links, please send an e-mail to the Parish Office or call 819 684-6926.
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St mark’s parish is guided by a strong code of Ethics and Code of Conduct we follow the lead from the Archdiocese. The Code of ethics and conduct refers to five (5) values:
1. Human dignity
2. Autonomy and self-determination
3. Personal safety
4. Confidentiality
5. Loyalty and integrity

Information on this can be found by following the link.

Submit A Complaint – Archidiocèse De Gatineau

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catholic Women’s Guild

The Catholic Women’s Guild (CWG) is a place of belonging and outreach so that it may bring Christ into the world. Membership is opened to all women 16 years of age and older. The CWG has been in existence at St. Mark’s for 30 years and 20 years previously as CWL. During this time, the ladies of the Guild have acted as hostesses for many of various events held at the church. The CWG is also involved in community outreach.

Advantages of becoming a member:

  • make new friendships in the Parish
  • assist with community service projects
  • help plan and be part of many fun family parish events.

Meetings:

We meet in the Church Hall on:

  • the first Saturday of March, May, September, November at 10:30 a.m.
  • on the first Tuesday of the month of February, April, June, at 1:00 p.m.

No meeting in July, August, December and January.

The membership fee is $15.00 per year.

For more information on joining the CWG, contact the Parish Office 819 684-6926

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The Fabrique

The Fabrique is an ecclesiastical corporation whose object is to acquire, possess, hold, and administer property for the practice of the Roman Catholic religion in the parish for which it is constituted (c.F-1: Act respecting Fabriques, Section 13). The Fabrique operates in accordance with the Act and diocesan policies and guidelines.  The wardens are elected by parishioners; while the chairperson is appointed by the Bishop.

To accomplish its role, it is incumbent upon a Fabrique to:

  • Know and understand the pastoral orientation and needs of the parish;
  • Elaborate financial and administrative plans and controls that will assist the realization of parish pastoral priorities as well as the essential administrative and maintenance requirements;
  • Collaborate and co-operate with the PPC and the Pastor (or Mandated Pastoral Team);
  • Work in communion with the Archbishop of Gatineau-Hull.

Fabrique Members 

Monique Washnuk – Chair 

 Pierre Laflamme – Vice Chair 

Karl Deamod 

Maureen Brennan

Jean Pierre Caron 

Richard Ngombo 

Josef Doerig

Theo Twahirwa  (Bookkeeper)

Clint McCrank (Bookkeeper) 

Fr John Malazdrewich – Pastor  

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The Parish Pastoral Council
A consultative body to and in co-responsibility with the Pastor, whose objective is to provide leadership, direction, education, resources and encouragement in the parish’s accomplishment of their mission as expressed under the four poles of church life: liturgy, faith formation, fellowship and transformation of society in accordance with the vision of the church of Gatineau-Hull.

To accomplish its role, it is incumbent upon the Parish Pastoral Council to:

Deepen and assist the parish in deepening its vision of Church by: considering the need for evangelization; recognizing the four characteristics of church life as a means of ensuring that parish actions are balanced and concrete;
Understand and make known the Christian community, taking in consideration the diversity that exists and the different needs; ensure the distribution of the information;
Evaluate the pastoral activities and communicate the results to the parish;
Propose pastoral orientations to the parish and encourage their implementation on short, middle or longer term basis;
Ensure that volunteers are recognized and validated;
Collaborate and cooperate with the Fabrique and Pastor (or Mandated Pastoral Team);
Work in communion with the Archbishop of Gatineau-Hull

PPC Members:

  • David Cardinal – Chair 
  • Elyze Ganuelas 
  • Edward Ferdinand 
  • Nancy Unwin 
  • Logan Martin 
  • Shannon Lepine 
  • Fabrice Ngabo 
  • Ana Obregon
  • Fabrique representative
  • Fr. John Malazdrewich, OMI Pastor

Constitution  – https://stmarksaylmer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PPC-Constitution-2004-St.-Marks-Parish-1.pdf

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St. Mark The Evangelist

 Council # 15678

 

Who are the Knights?

Knights are Catholic men, 18 years of age and older, who are committed to making their community a better place, while supporting their Church.

Knights share camaraderie with men who hold values similar to yours. Knights are involved with your community; they support your local Catholic Church and its causes, while deepening their faith; and they believe in protecting and enhancing their family life.

The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic lay organization with nearly 2 million members in over 16,000 councils located throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Poland, and several other countries.

Our Council History

On April 16th 2013, St. Mark the Evangelist Council # 15678 was founded in Aylmer Quebec.

Presently there are 64 registered members including several of the founding group. We have an elected executive of 11 members. Meetings are held each month to discuss, plan and organize events and activities. Decisions are based upon votes taken at meetings. The majority of members are parishioners of St. Mark’s Parish.

Parish Involvement

Members of the Knights are committed to sustainment and growth of our Parish and participate in ministries and committees. Some members are extraordinary Ministers of Communion, Lectors, Ushers, Counters, serve on Finance, Wardens and Pastoral committees.

Parish Activities

We are also involved in the community of the Parish.

We help during the Lenten Station of the Cross, Liturgy of the Word, Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Cenotaph, leading the Rosary every Wednesday during the month of May, handing out Carnation to all Mothers on Mother’s Day and volunteer at the Church property fall and spring clean up and helping with Guingolée.

Charitable Donation

Money raised from events and fundraising are donated to both Catholic and non Catholic charities and organizations and allocated based on total funds raised during the year.

We purchased and installed the Defibrillator at St. Marks Church.

Made donations to:

  • La Maison des Collines in Masham,
  • Lac Mégantic Disaster,
  • St Vincent de Paul Aylmer,
  • Coats for Kids program,
  • St. Mark’s Church Maintenance , Kitchen Reno
  • Aylmer Foodbank

Benefit of being a Knight

 Being a Knight is about helping others and enjoying the company of brother Knights and their families. The most important benefit is the sense of accomplishment and personal satisfaction one receives when one makes a positive difference in the lives of others, whether it is in the parish, in the community, to an individual or to families.

The Knights of Columbus rank in the top 5% of life insurance companies in North America with almost $100 billion of insurance in force and nearly $20 billion in asset. No insurer in North America is rated more highly.

This strength enables first class insurance coverage for its members and families, should a member participate. It also gives the organization the ability to financially support numerous large projects consistent with the order’s aim.

Other benefits include a free accidental death policy for members/spouses, access to various scholarships or bursaries for dependants, beneficial rates for TFSA, RRSP, RIF, savings accounts and disability insurance programs.

Why become a Knight?

In today’s world, many Catholic men are looking to fulfill their desire to spend meaningful time with their family, to serve their community and their Church, and to grow in their faith. Joining the Knights of Columbus provides these men and their families with volunteer opportunities and activities that accomplish these goals. If you are such a man who is dedicated to making a difference, then membership in the Knights of Columbus is for you.

Additionally, the Knights of Columbus also offers a portfolio of top-quality life insurance, long-term care, and annuity products exclusively for members and their families.

History of the Knights of Columbus: Father Michel J McGivney

Michel J McGivney was born in 1852 in Waterbury Conn. His parents had arrived in the great 19th century wave of Irish immigrants.

At age 16, Michel traveled to St. Hyacinth, QC and registered in the French run College and prepared himself to apply for seminary admission. Later he enrolled in Our Lady of Angels Seminary in Niagara University. After two academic years he moved to the Jesuit run St. Mary’s College in Montreal and then continued in Baltimore. He was ordained on Dec. 22, 1877.

As a parish Priest, Father McGivney always cared for the poor and in 1882 with some Parishiners he formed the Order, Known today as Knights of Columbus. “The New World to Discover”

As a result of his impact on society, Father McGivney is being considered by the Vatican as a Saint , and now addressed as Blessed Father Michael McGivney.

 For Membership, please contact:

 Josef Doerig: 819-561-0127

André Sirois : 819-685-1478

Links

www.chevaliersdecolomb.com

www.kofc.org

www.facebook.com/kc15678

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