Knights of Columbus Calvert Council #7870

10/28/2025

Boxes of Joy are due at Padua Hall by noon November 1st. Thank you!

10/17/2024

BINGO BINGO BASKET BINGO!

10/04/2024

That energizing question moves 1.8 million Knights throughout the world into action. It is the starting point for action programs that make a difference in the lives of the people in their parishes and communities every day. Knights develop and carry out these programs – specific to the abilities ...

09/05/2024

All night adoration is open to everyone!

ALL NIGHT ADORATION
September 13th at 7 pm - September 14th at 7 am
Sponsored by Knights of Columbus.

Two Knights will be in the church throughout the evening. Enter through the north side door.

Come and spend time with the Lord during the quietest time of the day.

09/02/2024

WOW! What a turnout we had for our kickoff 2024/2025 breakfast season! With over 240 patrons served, we once again had tremendous turnout by #7870 brother Knights and our St. Anthony's family in the kitchen and the Hall. Special shout out to all of our new breakfast volunteers who helped cook, serve and clean up. See you on October 6th for our next breakfast.

08/17/2024

Sat 8/17 from noon to 4pm Calvert Council Knights of Columbus will be at Roland's in Chesapeake Beach selling sweepstakes tickets.

08/12/2024

Pope Francis sends a message to the 142nd Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, and invites everyone to pray for peace and work to build a ...

08/01/2024

A Message from Father Stack: The Benefit of Being Persistent in Prayer

Dear Brothers and Sisters of St. Anthony’s,

Your daily prayers are similar to being faithful to going to Sunday Mass. As you continue to pray, and go to Mass, it becomes routine, so you continue because you know it’s the right thing to do, even though there is no, or little, excitement. So, if you persist in your prayers and Sunday Mass, every now and again something, which comes out of nowhere, hits you and strikes a chord in your heart. That happened to me the other day. Let me explain.

I have been praying the official prayer of the
Church, which is called the “Divine Office.” The Divine Office consists of five collections of prayers which I say at specific times during my day. The first collection of prayers I say is called the “Office of Readings.” This takes about 15-20 minutes each morning, and I say this at the beginning of my day. After daily Mass I come home and pray Morning Prayer and that takes about 10-15 minutes. Either before lunch, or right after lunch and before my afternoon appointments, I pray “Daytime Prayer” and that takes about 10 minutes. After dinner and before evening activities in the parish, I pray “Evening Prayer” and that takes 10-15 minutes. And finally, before I go to bed, which is around 10 pm, I pray “Night Prayer”, which takes 10 minutes. I pray this always, and rarely miss a time of prayer. When I was ordained, I promised to pray this “Divine Office” faithfully, and if I inadvertently miss a time of prayer I always include it in my confession. This is very important to me.

Now I will be honest with you. Sometimes I find myself “blowing through” these prayers and not really praying them the way they ought to be prayed, and for that I am heartily sorry. I always add that into my confession also, but every now and again I will be praying this prayer which I have been praying for almost 45 years, and something will strike me in a new way. This happened to me the other day. I was praying the Canticle of Zechariah, which is prayed in the morning and is contained in Luke’s Gospel, chapter 1:67-79. It is a beautiful canticle in which Zechariah is giving thanks to God for removing the sterility of him and his wife Elizabeth.

These are the few lines that struck me: “Through his holy prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us.” The mention of enemies and people who hate us really made me think of my life. I think its safe to say that I don’t hate anyone. Now, certain people might not be of my liking or persuasion, but to hate is another thing. Hate is an evil word and I pray that it is never associated with the people of St. Anthony’s. If you think that hatred has taken root in your heart, it’s a serious issue that you must deal with in the confessional. Resentments born of hatred can destroy your life and Jesus doesn’t want us to live that way.

Peace, In Christ Jesus, Fr. Stack

08/01/2024

“Last Sunday’s reading struck a chord …”

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07/28/2024

Congratulations to our Worthy Grand Knight Will as he will lead Calvert Council into 2024-2025 Fraternal Year. Special thanks to our Master of Ceremonies Dave Wilson Jr. and Worthy State Deputy Tony Salvemini.

07/28/2024

Calvert Council Knights in ACTION! VBS summer cookout.