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. All about the patron of our Parish
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!