Brothers, please reach into your pocket and pull out your rosary. For those of you who don’t have a rosary in your pocket, why not? When we entered our order, we made a promise to ourselves in the silence of our heart, to carry it with us always and pray…
“Read the Manual” delivered by Brother Mike LaMorte
There are few things that bring a smile to a man like getting a new power tool. We eagerly open the box, tear through the packaging, set all the accessories in a pile, and without even plugging it in we immediately start pushing all the buttons, twisting the knobs, and…
Hoagies For Heaven – We’re sold out!
Brother Knights, That’s right, we have SOLD OUT of subs this record-breaking year! Many thanks to Brian Elliot, Tom Messina, John Greve, Kregg Kish, Matt DeCenzo, Richard Wade, Michael Bogue, Dante Vilardi, Scott Finsel, Jeff Pillivant, Mac Levins, and anyone and everyone else who stopped by the table after Mass…
Hoagies For Heaven 2023, Week 2 results
Brother Knights, we are on our way to a record-breaking year for Hoagies For Heaven! We currently have orders for 534 subs with one more week of taking orders. By way of comparison, last year we *made* 535 subs, and our all time record is 605. We are planning for…
Hoagies For Heaven 2023 – Call for volunteers after Mass starting this weekend
Brother Knights, It’s that time of the year again for our annual Hoagies For Heaven vocations fundraiser. Order-taking starts THIS WEEKEND, and we need signups to help take orders after every Mass. It takes 10 maybe 15 minutes after Mass. This is an easy volunteer opportunity, and we need a…
Catechism in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz
This started January 1st, 2023: https://ascensionpress.com/pages/catechisminayear
The Spiritual Testament of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
The Holy See released the Spiritual Testament of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, dated 29 August, 2006. It is fairly short, and you can read it here: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-12/the-spiritual-testament-of-pope-emeritus-benedict-xvi.html
2022 Lectures
Brother Knights, Apologies for being delinquent in getting the lectures posted to the website and distributed in a timely manner. I finally got around to putting them all online, and have made this one post for your convenience. January – Raise Your Glass – delivered by Brother Brian Elliot March…
December lecture – Keep Christ in Christmas – delivered by brother Michael LaMorte
These days, it’s impossible to drive around the city and not see yard signs and bumper stickers with some sort of social message on it. Usually they’re some sort of emotion-driven platitude developed by sloganeers that are great for selling merchandise to the angry masses, but when you peel back…
November Lecture – Be Not Sorrowful – by St. Augustin
The holy apostle warns us “to be not sorrowful over those that sleep,” that is to say, the dead who were dear to us; “even as others who have no hope,”—the hope of the resurrection and of life eternal. For the custom of the holy Scriptures is to call the…