Saint Mark Parish Dorchester, MA Archdiocese of Boston, Massachusetts USA

In a Sistine Chapel homily, given to the cardinals who had elected him pope the evening before, the new Bishop of Rome, reflecting on the dialogue between Jesus and Peter at Caesarea Philippi (Matt 16:13-25), challenged those who had just laid a great cross on his shoulders to deepen their own commitment to Christ...
The Holy Journey of Lent Lent is our yearly spiritual retreat, a holy journey, inviting us to renew our relationship with Christ and his Church. As we will hear in the Gospel this Sunday (Matthew 17:1-9), Jesus took Peter, James and John off to a high mountain by themselves to experience his magnificent presence. So too, Jesus...
The Archdiocese of Boston is partnering with CatholicsComeHome.org to invite those who have become distant from the life of the Church to renew the practice of their Catholic faith. Launched in the Fall of 2010 the Catholics Come Home® initiative offers a new opportunity to reach out with the message of the Good News of Jesus...
“We want this Year to arouse in every believer the aspiration to profess the faith in fullness and with renewed conviction, with confidence and hope.” - Pope Benedict XVI, Apostolic Letter, Porta Fidei (The Door of Faith). With his Apostolic Letter, Porta Fidei (The Door of Faith) Pope Benedict declared the Year of...
It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to our parish. Saint Mark’s is a vibrant community of faith filled, gospel people enriched daily by the many blessings of our loving God. Eight years ago we celebrated our 100th Anniversary as a worshiping community in the city of Dorchester. God continues to bless us with an...

Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Welcome to Saint Mark Parish

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to our parish. Saint Mark's is a vibrant community of faith filled, gospel people enriched daily by the many blessings of our loving God. Eight years ago we celebrated our 100th Anniversary as a worshipping community in the Dorchester neighborhood, City of Boston, Massachusetts.

The Liturgy “In the liturgy of the New Covenant...

Saint Mark Weekly Bulletins (in PDF...

Greeting message from father Dan Finn. It is with...

First Communion for St. Mark Parish children was...

The St. Mark Wainwright Summer Program will soon...

Our very own Mary Jamieson recieved an award for...

More About Our Parish

Saint Mark Parish is located within a mile of Ashmont Train Station and Adam Street section of Dorchester, Massachusetts. Dorchester is a working-class neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, Boston is the capital city. Saint Mark is a Roman Catholic Church, and we are handicapped accessible.

It was in December 1905 that Archbishop John J. Williams asked the Rev. John A. Daly to take up duties as the first pastor of a parish on Dorchester Avenue just north of Ashmont that had been until that time a chapel of St. Gregory’s Parish in Lower Mills. Rev. Daly took to his duties with dispatch and energy, remaining the pastor for 39 years until his death in 1944.

Among the prominent members of the new parish was soon-to-be Boston Mayor John F. “Honey-Fitz” Fitzgerald, who had settled his family on Welles Avenue. His daughter Rose taught Sunday School in the parish before marrying Joseph P. Kennedy to begin her own family, one that would come to include a President of the United States, three United States Senators, and one United States Attorney General.