Knight's of Columbus, Risen Savior Council #8741

05/10/2026

Today we celebrate and honor all mothers - especially the incredible Catholic mothers who faithfully live out their vocation each and every day.

Thank you for the countless sacrifices that often go unseen, for the prayers whispered for your children, for the example of faith you set in your homes, and for the love and guidance you provide through every season of life. Your witness helps shape families, strengthen our communities, and build up the Church.

Whether you are raising young children, guiding grown children, serving as a spiritual mother to others, or carrying the memory of children in your heart, today we thank God for you.

May the Blessed Virgin Mary continue to guide and intercede for all mothers, giving them strength, peace, wisdom, and joy in their beautiful vocation.

Happy Mother’s Day to all our mothers. May God abundantly bless you today and always. ❤️

03/09/2026

On this International Women’s Day, we reflect on the incredible women of Scripture whose faith, courage, and obedience helped shape salvation history.

From Rahab’s faith, Ruth’s loyalty, and Esther’s courage, to Deborah’s leadership, Hannah’s prayers, and Mary’s “yes” to God, these women came from every background, queens, widows, servants, and outsiders.

Yet each responded to God with trust, and through them lives were changed, nations were saved, and God’s plan unfolded.

Their witness reminds us that faith, courage, and obedience can change the course of history.

Today we give thanks for the women who continue to live that same faith.

Happy International Women’s Day. ✝️

12/31/2025

This is one of the many reasons we were so grateful to gift a life-size replica of the Shroud of Turin to our church.

As science continues to study the Shroud with modern tools, it only deepens the sense of mystery and reverence surrounding it. The Shroud stands at the crossroads of faith, history, and science, inviting reflection not only on how the image was formed, but who it points to.

Our hope is that this replica becomes a place of prayer, contemplation, and renewed faith—drawing hearts closer to Christ and to the profound reality of His Passion and Resurrection.

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Using high-resolution photographs and modern image-analysis techniques, a chemical engineer has reexamined the Shroud of Turin and concluded that its faint body image is best explained by a short, intense burst of radiation, rather than paint, scorching, or natural decay. The research, published in June 2025 in the International Journal of Archaeology, analyzed both visible-light and ultraviolet images and found that the image’s pixel intensity naturally encodes real three-dimensional depth information. This is the same effect first observed in 1976 when a NASA-developed image analyzer produced a lifelike relief of the body from the shroud’s data.

When the image data is mathematically processed, it forms a coherent height-relief map of a human body that exists only at the outermost surface of the linen fibers, penetrating just micrometers into the cloth. According to the paper, radiation is the only known mechanism capable of producing both the shroud’s grayscale image and its intrinsic 3D information without saturating the fabric. The study does not claim proof of a miracle and does not directly challenge the medieval carbon-dating results. Instead, it argues that whatever formed the image behaved like an energetic radiation event, and that direct testing of the cloth is now the only way to determine its exact nature.

If the image wasn’t painted, burned, or caused by slow decay, what kind of event could realistically leave a radiation-like imprint on linen 2,000 years ago?

12/28/2025

12/25/2025

“A Savior has been born for you: He is Christ the Lord.” (Luke 2:11)

Today, heaven touches earth. In the stillness of Bethlehem, God enters our world as a child, inviting us into hope, mercy, and a love that knows no end.

On this Christmas Day, we give thanks for the gift of Christ and for all the ways His light shines in our families, parishes, councils, and communities.

From the Knights of Columbus to you and your loved ones: May the peace and joy of the newborn King fill your heart and home this Christmas.

11/30/2025

11/22/2025

🙏 A Special Thank You to Father Charles! 🦃🎉

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to Father Charles, who always brings the festive spirit to our events. His joy, support, and leadership truly make our parish feel like family.

Thank you, Father, for celebrating Turkey Bingo with us and for everything you do for our community. We are blessed to have you!

11/22/2025

🎉 Congratulations to Our First Turkey Bingo Winner! 🦃💳

We kicked off the night with our very first winner—walking away with a Thanksgiving turkey and a $20 Visa gift card! 🦃💰

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first Turkey Bingo in two years. The energy, laughter, and community spirit made the night unforgettable.

🙌 Your support helps us continue serving our parish and community.

11/22/2025

🦃 TURKEY BINGO SUCCESS! 🦃
Last night we celebrated our annual Turkey Bingo—our first in two years due to the construction in the Marian Center—and it was absolutely worth the wait!

Thank you to everyone who came out, donated, volunteered, and supported our council. Your generosity makes all the work we do possible, from supporting the Special Olympics, to partnering with Project Defending Life, to assisting the Canossian Sisters and so much more as well as serving our parish community.

We are truly blessed to have such a strong and giving parish family. 🙏
Thank you for helping us continue our mission of charity, unity, and fraternity.

Happy Thanksgiving and God bless! 🦃✨

10/30/2025

"When a person dies, they do not go straight to heaven, unless they are Saints on Earth. You are doing a great evil to your love ones, if you don't pray for them. Do not say, my relative is in heaven now! No they are not. If they are Catholic and died with confession they went to Purgatory. It is your obligation to make sure that person receives the last Sacraments, and your obligation if you truly love them, to pray so they may get out of the fires of Purgatory soon.

A Holy Mass once a year, its cruel! Once a Month is not any better. Think of your time, how will you like people to pray for you? Remember one second in Purgatory feels like years. Pray and say many Masses for your love ones. No One goes to heaven not pure. I come to tell you that they suffer in Purgatory, that they weep, and that they demand with urgent cries the help of your prayers and your good works.

I seem to hear them crying from the depths of those fires which devour them: "Tell our loved ones, tell our children, tell all our relatives how great the evils are which they are making us suffer. We throw ourselves at their feet to implore the help of their prayers. Ah! Tell them that since we have been separated from them, we have been here burning in the flames!" "

- Saint John Marie Baptiste Vianney

May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen!