Remember a time, not so long ago (in the grand scheme of things) when seeing someone wearing a mask in public was strange? If you were in a convenience store and saw someone come in with a mask, you’d think they were there to rob the place. It feels like…
Prayer requests from the December business meeting
Brother Tony Schera, who is in long term care recovering from surgery Liz Greve & the Greve family David Truesdale & family
November Prayer Requests from the Council Business Meeting
Liz Greve & the Greve family Regis McKenna Seth & Kelly Walker Tony Schera
If Only
“If only…” Two little words. Two syllables. A total of six letters. Despite their diminutive size, how much power do those two words bring to affect change in the course of human events, both great and small? “If only I could eat of the fruit of that tree…” “If only…
And Jesus weeps
Today is Columbus Day. Later on this month, in just a few short weeks, Fr. Michael J McGivney, founder of our Order, will be beatified. When he founded the Knights of Columbus, our mainly Protestant country was very hostile toward Catholics and Catholic beliefs. It was in this climate that…
Virtual Catholic Apologetics Conference – Oct 23-25
“The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: ‘All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which…
Prayer request for Tony Schera
Brother Knight Tony Schera is going back into the hospital for another minor surgery. Please keep him in your prayers over the next few weeks for a successful procedure and speedy recovery.
Get on the Boat
In 1570, Sultan Selim II, ruler of the Ottoman Empire, had a problem. Well, actually a couple problems. First, was that he was a drunk. Second, was that his favorite wine came from Cypress, just under 300 miles away from him, off the coast of Turkey. Third, was that Cypress…
Article: Please Stop What You Are Doing and Pray This Saturday
On the Catholic calendar, August 15 is the Feast of the Assumption. As one colleague recently put it, that’s the day Mom would make us go to Church during summer vacation on a weekday. Well, it’s not a holy day of obligation for Catholics this year, as it falls on a…
In A Flash
Some years ago, on a bright, clear August morning, four Jesuit missionaries had just finished having breakfast together, and were going through their daily routine at the Church of Our Lady’s Assumption. Father Superior Lassalle looked out the window of his room and thought. Father Cieslik went to his room…