HUNTERSVILLE — Students at St. Mark School celebrated All Saints Day last week with Mass offered by Father John Putnam, pastor, at St. Mark Church.
Each year all of the second-graders begin their sacramental year with a special project to learn about the saints.
They research their saint, complete a research project, come dressed for Mass as their saint and then make a presentation in their classrooms.
Father Putnam told the students, “When we get up in the morning and we make our morning offering or the first prayer that we say, we need to ask the Lord to help us and strengthen us.
We don’t become saints by sitting on the sidelines. We don’t become saints by just letting things happen.
We become saints by actively trying to follow Jesus in everything we say, and we allow the Lord’s teaching to be that which guides every aspect of our lives.
We’re called to be saints every single day... whether we’re at home, whether we’re with friends, whether we’re on the football field... wherev-er we happen to be. Now we don’t have to be perfect. We all make mistakes. Thankfully, we have the example of the saints to show us the way.”
— Photos provided by Amy Burger
