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Announcements

Announcements. My cell phone # 706-968-1020 TEXT ME PLEASE, only call if you have to Biscuit Breakfast – Sept. 27th Make a Difference Day - Oct. 24th Catholic Charities 5k - Saturday, October 3 in Atlanta Remember we have a facebook group called - “St. Mark's Youth Group”. St. Mark.

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  1. Announcements • My cell phone # 706-968-1020 • TEXT ME PLEASE, only call if you have to • Biscuit Breakfast – Sept. 27th • Make a Difference Day - Oct. 24th • Catholic Charities 5k - Saturday, October 3 in Atlanta • Remember we have a facebook group called - “St. Mark's Youth Group”

  2. St. Mark All about the patron of our Parish

  3. Who is St. Mark? • He wrote the Gospel of Mark • Also known as John Mark. • NOT one of the 12 apostles. • The patron saint of notaries.

  4. Who did he know? • He was a missionary of the Early Church with Paul and Barnabas. • Barnabas’s cousin. • A friend of St. Peter, our first pope.

  5. The naked guy

  6. St. Mark’s Symbol • Winged Lion • T-Shirts?

  7. Winged Lion and Venice • Mark is the patron of the city

  8. Saints fighting • When Paul and Barnabas left on the first missionary journey, Mark went with them. (Acts 13:4-5) • But Mark left early. (Acts 13:13) • Mark must have gotten Paul mad at him, because Paul refused to bring him on the next trip. (Acts 15:36-40)

  9. Bros again • But don’t worry, there is a happy ending to this story. • They must have patched things up, because Paul asked Mark to visit him in prison. (2 Timothy 4:11) • Mark may have been present when Paul was martyred.

  10. What can we learn from St. Mark? • DISCUSS!

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