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Remember the Apostles!

Let the little children come to me, and do not forbid them, for such is the Kingdom of He

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Follow Me!Follow Me!Follow Me!Follow Me!Have you ever wondered how the

Christian Church started? Christ rosefrom the dead. Then what?

Well, then Jesuss followers worked and worked to tell people about Jesus Christ.They wanted everybody to know what Jesushad done for us. They wanted everybody elseto know how God wants us to follow Him.

It wasnt easy to do this! Lots of times people were angry at Jesuss followers. Today we cele- brate the nameday of two of Jesuss best helpers.They did everything they could to keep theChurch going. Their names are Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

In a letter, Saint Paul tells what he put up with. He was whippedlashes. He was hit with rods. People threw stones at him. He wa wrecked three times. He was cold, hungry, thirsty. Lots of times, was in big danger.

But Saint Paul kept at it! He knew what God wanted from him. H

that his job was to spread the good news about Jesus Christ. Todremember all that these two great men did to start the Christian C

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Whats in an icon?

M A Z E I N SA N F R A N C I SC O

M A Z E I N SA N F R A N C I SC O

M A Z E I N SA N F R A N C I SC O

M A Z E I N SA N F R A N C I SC O

Here are SaintsPeter and Paul,holding a churchbecause theyhelped start theChristian Church.

What are the other

saints holding?

Help SaintJohn find hisway through

San Franciscoto his churchon GearyBoulevard!

SAINT JOHN OF SAN FRANC THE WONDER-WORKER

Do you have any idea how many Saint Johns we have? Hundreds and hundreds!Last week, we remembered the birthday ofSaint John the Baptist. Then we have Saint Johnthe Russian. Saint John the Theologian. Saint

John the Hairy. Saint John the Dwarf. Andmany, many more!

But on Wednesday, we will celebrate a specialSaint John who lived and died in our own coun-try. Even though he was an important bishop,

Saint John really loved children. When he was abishop in China, Saint John started an orphanage for the childeverywhere, he looked out for the children. He helped them wand clothing, but he also helped teach them about the love of too!

Now, Saint John is still with us because he prays for us from hMany, many miracles have happened because of his prayers.

visit San Francisco, ask your parents to take you to his churchple there will give you some holy oil. This holy oil has been kheal people who are very sick. Your family can keep it in youyou especially need Saint Johns prayers.

We celebrate the nameday of St. John on Wednesday, July 2nd.

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