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08/25/2021

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VOLUME 39 │ NUMBER 34 │ AUG. 25, 2021

During the Supreme Knight’s Awards Session, held Aug. 4 during the 139th Supreme Convention, the Steciak family of Rembieszyce, Poland, was honored as the Order’s 2021 International Family of the Year. Outstanding faith, family, community, life and Leave No Neighbor Behind programs were also recognized.



Polish Family Named K of C Family of the Year

For their pro-life witness and commitment to their parish community, the Steciak family was named the 2021 Knights of Columbus International Family of the Year. WATCH VIDEO | LEARN MORE


Program Award Winners

Learn more about some of the outstanding programs honored at the 139th Supreme Convention:

• Faith Program Award: Knights in Michigan assemble Catholic men in the early morning twice a week for a prayer breakfast building faith and fraternity.
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• Family Program Award: Filipino Knights united their parish during lockdown with a weekly virtual rosary and family prayer night.
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• Community Program Award: A council in Oklahoma led renovations at a Benedictine abbey and forged a lasting relationship with the monks.
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• Life Program Award: Illinois Knights helped adapt the March for Life Chicago into a car procession, rally and diaper drive during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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• Leave No Neighbor Behind Award: Knights in Calgary, Alberta, assisted their parish virtually and in person through 18 months of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Congratulations to all of the award winners!



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01/13/2021

43rd March for Life postponed; new date for the event to be announced later

The March for Life planned for this Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021, is being postponed to a date that will be announced later. The event is held each year in remembrance of the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in our nation.

“This decision has been made in the interest of safety for the thousands of individuals, including elderly and disabled, and families with children who travel from all parts of the state to attend our annual march. In light of political unrest across the U.S. and reports of potential volatility at our State Capitol – combined with the ongoing high number of COVID-19 cases locally – this decision comes with much thought and consideration of all who love and defend human life in our state,” said Rose Mimms, executive director of Arkansas Right to Life. “Our organization’s peaceful March for Life will still happen, though not this week. We apologize to all who had already made their plans to attend.”

Mimms encouraged supporters to visit the organization’s website (www.artl.org) to get the latest information about the rescheduling of the March for Life and other pro-life activities throughout the year.

“We appreciate your ongoing support of the lifesaving work of Arkansas Right to Life and share your disappointment that current circumstances have resulted in this decision.”

Arkansas now the most pro-life state in the country, but much work is still to be done Arkansas is now the most pro-life state in the country, announced Americans United for Life (AUL) President and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster on Wednesday, Dec. 16, during a Family Council press conference at the Sta...

06/15/2020

Monday, June 15, 2020
St. Germaine Cousin, Virgin

From her birth in 1579 until her death in 1601, the short life of this remarkable servant of God was filled with sickness and suffering. Her right hand was withered and paralyzed at birth, and she later suffered from scrofula. She lost her mother when she was still only a child, never knew affection from her father, was subjected to constant mistreatment by her stepmother, and was denied a real place of her own in the family home. She was relegated to tending sheep around the surrounding area of Toulouse, France, and practically forbidden to come into contact with her stepbrothers and stepsisters.

However, St Germaine’s inner life was the exact opposite. Her pure soul was in constant touch with her Maker, Who had led her to the heights of perfection. Her only book was the Rosary, which she rejoiced in reciting every day. Nor could anything deter her from taking part at daily Mass; it was even reported that she once had walked over flood waters to reach the church in time.

St. Germaine’s burning love for God spilled over into love for her neighbors. She often gathered the local children about her and taught them the rudiments of the Faith, and she fed the poor with crusts of dry bread that were doled out to her. Once her stepmother angrily accused the Saint of stealing bread and hiding it in her apron; but when the apron was opened it exposed a bunch of beautiful summer flowers.

About half a century after her death (at the age of twenty-two), Her body was found to be incorrupt, and when exposed for a year it became the object of veneration and the source of miracles. She was canonized in 1867 by Pope Pius IX.

Prayer: Lord God, You showered heavenly gifts on St. Germaine the Virgin. Help us to imitate her virtues during our earthly life and enjoy eternal happiness with her in heaven. Amen.

From: Illustrated Lives of the Saints; Catholic Book Publishing Corp.

06/14/2020

Sunday, June 14, 2020
St. Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople

The son of a rich and distinguished Sicilian, St. Methodius received an excellent education in his native Syracuse. He went on to Constantinople to obtain a position at court, but instead decided to enter the religious life. He constructed a monastery on the island of Chios and was then summoned to Constantinople by its patriarch St. Nicephorus.

When the second Iconoclastic persecution erupted, under Leo the Armenian, St. Methodius fearlessly defended the cult of sacred images. After the deposition and exile of St. Nicephorus, however, St. Methodius was commanded to bring Pope Paschal I an account of the state of things in the Near East. So he made his way to Rome and remained there until Leo’s death. In 821, he returned under the new Emperor Michael the Stammerer, but was flogged, deported, and confined on the island of Antigoni in the Propontus for seven years.

Upon the death of the Emperor in 842, his widow Theodora became Regent for her infant son Michael III, and she appointed St. Methodius Patriarch of Constantinople. The holy man – rendered a scarecrow of his former self by his sufferings and privations – immediately convoked a Council, which reaffirmed the lawfulness of venerating sacred images. To stress this fact, an annual Feast of Orthodoxy was instituted, and it continues to be observed on the First Sunday of Lent in all Byzantine Churches.

This heroic Patriarch, who went to his heavenly reward on June 14, 847, was a prolific writer but we possess only fragments of his many poetical, theological, and controversial works, and a complete Life of St. Theophanes.

Prayer: God, Light and Shepherd of souls, You established St. Methodius as Bishop in Your Church to feed Your flock by his word and from it by his example. Help us through his intercession to keep the Faith he taught by his word and follow the way he showed by his example. Amen.

From: Illustrated Lives of the Saints; Catholic Book Publishing Corp.

06/13/2020

Saturday, June 13, 2020
St. Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church

St. Anthony, called “St. Anthony of Padua” on account of his long residence in that city, was a native of Lisbon in Portugal, where he was born in 1195, received the name of Ferdinand at his Baptism. His parents placed him at an early age in the community of the Canons of the Cathedral of Lisbon, by whom he was educated. At fifteen he entered the Order of Regular Canons of St. Augustine near Lisbon. After two years he was sent to the convent of the Holy Cross of the same Order at Coimbra.

He had lived in this house eight ye3ars, intent on his studies, when the relics of five Franciscan Martyrs were brought from Morocco to Portugal. This event inspired him to follow in the footsteps of these heroes of the Faith. His brethren offered extreme opposition, but he finally obtained the consent of the prior and joined the Franciscan Order, taking the name “Anthony.”

Later, Anthony obtained leave to go to Africa to preach to the Moors, but a severe illness obliged him to return to Spain. However, the vessel was driven to Sicily by contrary winds, and the desire to see St. Francis took him to Assisi, where a general chapter of the Order was in progress, at first he was entirely ignored in the Order, and he purposely kept himself in obscurity; but Providence soon revealed to the Franciscans that a treasure thy had acquired, and St. Anthony was made professor of Theology, which subject him later taught successively at Bologna, Toulouse, Montpellier, and Padua.

Anthony gave up teaching to devote himself to preaching, for he was an accomplished orator, being at the same time filled with zeal of souls. In this work he traveled through France, Spain, and Italy. He was invested with several important dignities isn his Order and labored hard to preserve monastic discipline, boldly opposing the famous General Elias, who sought to introduce relaxations. He died June 13, 1231, and was canonized the following year by Pope Gregory IX.

Though he was denied the grace of a Martyr’s death, St. Anthony was a Martyr of the Word, a Martyr of the road, a Martyr of the crowds. So numerous were those who flocked to hear him that no church could house them and the Saint was often forced to preach in the open air.

Even during his lifetime, the Saint was regarded as a legendary hero and striking miracles were related about him: his sermon to the fish at Rimini, the mule that knelt before the Blessed Sacrament, to Psalter that was stolen and returned (on Account of which he has become the Patron of those who have lost something), and the story of how his host saw him holding the Child Jesus in his arms when he looked through his window.

Prayer: Almighty, ever-living God, You gave Your people the extraordinary preacher St. Anthony and made him an intercessor in difficulties. By his aid grant that we may live a truly Christian life and experience Your help in all adversities. Amen.

From: Illustrated Lives of the Saints; Catholic Book Publishing Corp.

06/12/2020

Friday, June 12, 2020
Blessed Guy (Vignotelli) of Cortona, Priest

Nothing is known about the birth and early life of BI. Guy. We first met him as a devout young Christian of Cortona, supplementing an inheritance by the work of his hands, and making available to the poor whatever he did not need of his own use. In 1211, he provided hospitality for St. Francis of Assisi on the latter’s first visit to Cortona with one of his companions.

At the end of their common meal BI. Guy asked to become a member of the followers of the Seraphic Saint. He was told that to do so he must abandon all things. Rising from the table, he immediately arranged for the sale of his possessions; then together with his guests he distributed the proceeds as alms. The next day he was invested with the Franciscan habit and a little convent was erected at Cortona although the new disciple received permission to occupy a small cell on a bridge over a stream.

Since BI. Guy was evidently an educated man, he was ordained to the priesthood and gave ample evidence to his people of his great holiness, powerful eloquence, and extraordinary gifts. Among the miracles he performed were the raising of a girl who had drowned and the multiplication of a meal in time of famine. So when St. Francis spoke glowingly of him on a subsequent visit to Cortona, he was only telling the people of that about which they were well aware. BI. Guy died at the age of sixty, about 1245, after receiving a vision of St. Francis coming once again to Cortona – this time to lead him to paradise!

Prayer: Lord God, You alone are holy and no one is good without You. Through the intercession of BI. Guy help us to live in such a way that we may not be deprived of a share in Your glory. Amen.

From: Illustrated Lives of the Saints; Catholic Book Publishing Corp.

06/11/2020

Thursday, June 11, 2020
St. Barnabas, Apostle

Though not one of the Twelve, St. Barnabas is considered an Apostle by the Church. He was a Jew of the tribe of Levi, but born in Cyprus, where the family settled. His success in preaching prompted the Apostles to change his name of Joseph to that of Barnabas – which means “son of exhortation” or “consolation”. He also was noted for his generosity in the early Christian community of Jerusalem (Acts 4;36 – 37).

It was St. Barnabas who befriended the recently converted and former persecutor of the Church, Saul of Tarsus, and set him on the path to becoming the great Apostle Paul by introducing him to the Apostles (Acts 9:27). When St. Barnabas went to Antioch to consolidate the infant Church there, he asked St. Paul to share his labors. After laboring a year at Antioch, the two Apostles brought the offerings of the community to the famine- stricken poor of the Judean community (Acts 11:27-30).

Together with St. Paul, Barnabas preached the Faith in Cyprus and Central Asia (Acts 13-14) and attended the First Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15:1-29). But on their return to Antioch they parted company when St. Barnabas wanted his nephew John Mark to accompany them on their second missionary journey while St. Paul did not
(Acts 15:30-40); accordingly, St. Barnabas went back to Cyprus with John Mark
(Acts 15:30-40). The subsequent events of the life of St. Barnabas are not known for certain, except that he was known to the Corinthians (1 Cor 9:6). A tradition relates that he died at Salamis in Cyprus, after being stoned.

Prayer: God, You commanded that St. Barnabas, who was full of Faith and the Holy Spirit, should be set apart to labor for the conversion of the Gentiles. May Christ’s Gospel, which he preached with great arbor, continue to be preached faithfully by word and deed. Amen

From: Illustrated Lives of the Saints; Catholic Book Publishing Corp.

06/10/2020

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
St. Landericus (Landry), Bishop of Paris

St. Landericus (or Landry) was a sincere and dedicated servant of God who like his Lord Jesus Christ had great love for the poor and the lowly. As Bishop of Paris, from about 646 to 656, he labored zealously to improve their lot. And when the proceeds from the sale of all his possessions did not suffice to relieve their hunger during a famine, he went so far as to sell some of the church vessels and furniture.

St. Landericus became increasingly aware that the sick poor of his diocese were not really cared for by the custom then in vogue of housing them in little hostels dependent on the casual alms of charitable persons. This led him to erect the city’s first real hospital, dedicated to St. Christopher, which in time became the famous Hotel-Dieu.

Always on the alert to provide spiritual help for his people, this saintly Bishop welcomed the Benedictines into his diocese and encouraged them to set up the Abbey of St. Denis. In 653, in company with twenty-three other Bishops, he signed the foundation charter granted by King Clovis to the Abbey. He died about 656, after having commissioned the monk Marculfus to compile a collection of Ecclesiastical Formulas.

Prayer: God, You made St. Landericus an outstanding exemplar of Divine love and the Faith that conquers the world, and added him to the roll of saintly pastors. Grant by his intercession that we may persevere in Faith and love, and become sharers of his glory. Amen

From: Illustrated Lives of the Saints; Catholic Book Publishing Corp.

06/09/2020

Tuesday, June 9, 2020
St. Ephrem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church

Born about 306 at Nisibis, a city in Roman Mesopotamia (Modern Syria), St. Ephrem was banished from his home by his pagan father for his Christian sympathies. He found refuge with St. James, Bishop of Nisibis, under whose guidance he received a thorough education. Baptized at eighteen years of age, he assumed a post as a teacher in the flourishing school of Nisibis. After the death of St. James, he fled to Edessa, where, after entering the monastic life he was ordained deacon.

Ephrem wrote many works in defense of the Catholic church, on the various Mysteries of Our Lord Jesus Christ and in honor of the Virgin Mary. Poet, exegete, and orator extraordinary, St. Ephrem was called “The Prophet of the Syrians” and “The Lyre of the Holy Spirit.”

St. Ephrem bestowed on the hymnic genre that fullness which has been associated with it in the Eastern Church ever since and also left us a classic commentary on the four Gospels called the Diatessaron. He died in 378, and was numbered among the Doctors of the Church in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.

Prayer: Lord, graciously infuse the Holy Spirit into our hearts. By His inspiration, St. Ephrem the Deacon rejoiced in singing of Your Mysteries and through His power he was enabled to serve You alone. Amen

From: Illustrated Lives of the Saints; Catholic Book Publishing Corp.