Saint Mark was a cousin of Barnabas who accompanied Paul and Barnabas on missionary journeys and helped Paul preach in Salamis. He is believed to be the young man who fled naked from the garden of Gethsemane during Jesus' arrest. Mark wrote the Gospel of Mark, the earliest canonical gospel. He established the Church in Alexandria and became its first bishop. Later traditions hold that he was martyred in Alexandria. His relics were stolen and brought to Venice, where the Basilica of Saint Mark was constructed to house them.

1. SAINT MARK, THE EVANGELIST

2. Saint Mark was born in Palestine under
Emperor Augustus. He was a cousin of
Barnabas (letter to the Colossians 4,10)
a Jew of the Levitical line.

3. The fact that he is the only evangelist who mentions the escape of a young man who followed
from afar the events of the capture of Christ in the garden of olive trees makes us suppose
that he himself was this young man.: - «But a young man followed him, dressed only in a
sheet, and they arrested him . But he, leaving the sheet, ran away naked” (Mk14,1.51.52)

4. It is not known if he met Jesus directly, but if he lived in
Jerusalem at the time, he must have at least heard of Him.
We know for sure that a few years after the Master's death,
the apostles and disciples gathered at his mother's house.

5. In the Acts of the Apostles we have a first precise
reference to him in the episode in which Peter's
"miraculous" release from prison is described:

6. "After reflecting, he went to the house of Mary, mother of John, also called Mark,
where there was a good number of people gathered in prayer" (12:12) - According
to this passage, his mother's name was Mary and at that time she lived in Jerusalem.

7. From Acts we
know that he
went with Paul
and his cousin
Barnabas to
Antioch.
(Acts 12, 25);
He is called Paul's
helper when
he preached in
Salamis (Cyprus)
(Acts 13:5).

8. Later, the same book tells us that he left Paul, perhaps frightened by the tremendous stress of the
apostle's journeys or by the growing hostility he encountered. “Having set sail from Paphos, Paul
and his companions arrived at Perge di Pamphylia. John Mark separated from them” (13:13)

9. After his leaving,
Pablo, went to
consolidate the
churches of Syria
and Cilicia, chosing
Silas as his
companion whereas
Mark left with his
cousin Barnabas
for Cyprus
(Acts 15,37.41)
This happened in
the year 52.

10. Mark was with the apostle Paul in Rome in the years 62-64, we have news of it from a
letter from Paul: - «Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, and Mark, cousin of Barnabas (from
whom you have received orders, greet you; if comes to you, receive him), and Jesus,
called the Just, who are of the circumcision; among these are my only collaborators
for the kingdom of God, for they have been a consolation to me” (4,10ss)

11. A few years later we find him in the company of Peter, who mentions him in his first
letter. This shows the great activity that he carried out in the fifties not only in Cyprus.
Perhaps he returned to the East before the persecution unleashed by Nero in 64,

12. He was a disciple of Saint Peter and interpreter of the same in his Gospel, the second canonical
Gospel (the first to be written). Saint Mark wrote in Greek with simple and strong words.
By his terminology it is understood that his audience was Christian. His Gospel contains
history and theology. The date he wrote it is debated, perhaps in the 60-70s AD.

13. Years later Saint Paul and
Saint Mark rejoined on a
missionary journey.
Paul in 66 wanted him
back, as stated in his
letter to Timothy:
«Hurry to come to me as
soon as possible...
Only Luke is with me.
Takes Mark and bring him
with you, because he is
useful to me for the
ministry ”(4,9-11)

14. Together with Peter he went to Rome. Saint Peter for his
part referred to Saint Mark as "my son" (1P 5,13). -
Sometimes the New Testament calls him John Mark (Acts 12,12).

15. he also accompanied Paul to Rome.

16. From the first of
Peter's letters
we learn that
Mark was with
Paul in Rome
«The community
chosen like you,
which lives in
Babylon (Rome),
greets you; and
also Mark, my son”

17. To this day, the Roman Basilica of Saint Mark testifies to the presence of Mark
in Rome, since, according to tradition, it was built on the site of the house
where the evangelist lived during his stay in the capital of the Empire.

18. It is located right in front of the Campidoglio,
in the center of ancient Rome, and not like Paul's
house, in the Jewish ghetto on the banks of the Tiber.

19. According to Eusebius,
Peter and Mark arrived
at Rome for the first
time "at the beginning
of the reign of Claudius“
(Hist. Eccl., II, 14.6) in 41 A.D.
The fact that Peter,
in his letter, calls our
evangelist “my son”,
suggests that he may
have received baptism
from the Prince of the
Apostles himself.

20. A tradition tells that
Mark, before going to
Egypt, was sent by
Peter to the Upper
Adriatic metropolis of
Aquileia, the capital of
the X Regio Venetia et
Histria, to take charge
of the evangelization
of the northeast area.

21. Mark was responsible for the
election of the first bishop of
the mother Church of Aquileia
(Ermagora, always associated
with his deacon Fortunato) from
which the title of the Patriarchate
of Grado, would derive later on,
and then be absorbed by Venice,

22. After the death in Rome of the
Prince of the Apostles, there is
no longer certain information
about Mark. Tradition holds
that he was an evangelizer
in Egypt and founder of the
church of Alexandria, and
became its first bishop.

23. Saint Mark preaches in Alexandria

24. The martyrdom
of Saint Mark

25. His remains were stolen with a ruse by two Venetian
merchants in the year 828 and transportedt o Venice, after
having hidden them in a basket of vegetables and pork

26. Mark's
body
brought to
Venice
painted
by Jacopo
Tintoretto

27. In Venice a few
years later a
Basilica was
constructed
which still
houses his
relics today.

28. A fragment of
these relics is also
preserved in the
church of Saint
Mark in the Town
of Cortona, in
Tuscany, which
shares the
municipal coat
of arms of the
winged lion and
patronage with
Venice.

29. In the Basilica of Aquileia (whose
crypt is frescoed with the cycle
of the Preaching of Saint Mark)
and in the patriarchal seat of
Cividale del Friuli, the "Gospel
of Saint Mark" was preserved,
attributed by tradition to the
same hand of the evangelist

30. The text is called "Evangelarium Forojuliense"
and is now divided into three parts:
1 - one preserved in the National
Archaeological Museum of Cividale;
2-the second in the Chapter Archive of the
Prague Cathedral (a gift from the Patriarch
of Aquileia Nicholas of Luxembourg to his
half-brother Charles IV, Holy Roman
Emperor in the 14th century);
3 - in the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice
(a treasured prize of war after the
conquest of Friuli by Venice in 1420).
National Archaeological
Museum of Cividale

31. The symbol of Saint Mark is the winged lion.

32. He is patron saint of lawyers, notaries, stained glass
artists, captives, of Egypt, Venice, and helps
against impenitence and insect bites

33. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 13-3-2022
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
All Souls Day
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Conscience
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Freedom
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Human Community
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Life in Christ
Love and Marriage 12,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Martyrs of North America and Canada
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Passions
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Hungary, Slovaquia
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Passions
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis of Assisi
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint James, apostle
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint Joseph
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Mother Theresa of Calcutta
Saint Jean Baptiste MarieaVianney, Curé of Ars
Saint John N. Neumann, bishop of Philadelphia
Saint John of the Cross
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saints Zachary and Elizabeth, parents of John Baptis
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocation to Beatitude
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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34. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 13-3-2022
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Conciencia
Cristo Vive
Dia de todos los difuntos
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
La Comunidad Humana
La Vida en Cristo
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Libertad
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Martires de Nor America y Canada
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Pasiones
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Papa Francisco en Hugaría e Eslovaquia
Queridas Amazoznia 1,2,3,4
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Santa Agata, virgen y martir
San Alberto Magno
San Antonio de Padua
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San Francisco de Sales
Santa Maria Goretti
San Ignacio de Loyola
San José, obrero, marido, padre
San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de’Ars
San Juan de la Cruz
San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Philadelphia
San Martin de Tours
San Maximiliano Kolbe
Santa Teresa de Calcuta
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
San Patricio e Irlanda
Santiago Apóstol
Santos Zacarias e Isabel, padres de Juan Bautista
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vida en Cristo
Virgen de Guadalupe
Virtud
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
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Vocación a evangelizar
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