This is a link from treasury of latin prayers website.
http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Confessio/Septem.html
Friday, February 27, 2009
Prayer for Lent
O meek Savior and Prince of Peace, implant in me the virtues of gentleness and patience. Let me curb the fury of anger and restrain all resentment and impatience so as to overcome evil with good, attain Your peace, and rejoice in Your love.
O model of humility, divest me of all pride and arrogance. Let me acknowledge my weekness and sinfulness, so that I may bear mockery and contempt for Your sake and esteem myself as lowly in Your sight.
O Teacher of abstinance, help me to serve You rather than my appetites. Keep me from gluttony- the inordinate love of food and drink- and let me hunger and thirst for Your justice.
O Lover of purity, remove all lust from my heart, so that I may serve You with a pure mind and chaste body.
O Father of the poor, help me to avoid all covetousness for earthly goods and give me a love for heavenly things. Inspire me to give to the needy, just as You gave Your life that I might inherit eternal treasures.
O Exemplar of love, keep me from all envy and ill-will. Let the grace of Your Love dwell in me that I may rejoice in the happiness of others and bewail their adversities.
O zealous Lover of souls, keep me from all sloth of mind or body. Inspire me with zeal for Your glory, so that I may do all things for You and in You. Amen.
O model of humility, divest me of all pride and arrogance. Let me acknowledge my weekness and sinfulness, so that I may bear mockery and contempt for Your sake and esteem myself as lowly in Your sight.
O Teacher of abstinance, help me to serve You rather than my appetites. Keep me from gluttony- the inordinate love of food and drink- and let me hunger and thirst for Your justice.
O Lover of purity, remove all lust from my heart, so that I may serve You with a pure mind and chaste body.
O Father of the poor, help me to avoid all covetousness for earthly goods and give me a love for heavenly things. Inspire me to give to the needy, just as You gave Your life that I might inherit eternal treasures.
O Exemplar of love, keep me from all envy and ill-will. Let the grace of Your Love dwell in me that I may rejoice in the happiness of others and bewail their adversities.
O zealous Lover of souls, keep me from all sloth of mind or body. Inspire me with zeal for Your glory, so that I may do all things for You and in You. Amen.
We Believe radio show promotes eccumenical evangelization
"We Believe" is a radio and television show, produced by Catholic Media Productions, in accordance with the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Its founder James F. Walsh Jr., a Roman Catholic deacon, and Dr. Richard Shriver, a protestant minister, join in a series of discussions which introduces the basic teachings of the Catholic faith. It is the sincere hope and prayer of these men that "We Believe" will build a "Bridge of Understanding" among all children of God. Christ is counting on all of us to carry out his work in this world.
The above is a direct quote from the website. Im not so sure anything good came out of Vatican II, but mass confusion (or at least confusion about Holy Mass) and amnesia (inside joke)!!! However from listening to their samples, it seems as though they have a decent dialogue, no one is climbing down the others throat, but they talk with a tone of civility. It would be nice if they would have a segment on the Tridentine mass, if they already haven't. My concern is that even though Vatican II did provide a means for ecumenical dialougue, it doesn't do away with Vatican I, or any of our other traditions and Dogma's. Maybe im being quick to judge, i don't know, this could help someone along the way. Feel free to check out their site by visiting: http://www.webelieveshow.org/index.html
The above is a direct quote from the website. Im not so sure anything good came out of Vatican II, but mass confusion (or at least confusion about Holy Mass) and amnesia (inside joke)!!! However from listening to their samples, it seems as though they have a decent dialogue, no one is climbing down the others throat, but they talk with a tone of civility. It would be nice if they would have a segment on the Tridentine mass, if they already haven't. My concern is that even though Vatican II did provide a means for ecumenical dialougue, it doesn't do away with Vatican I, or any of our other traditions and Dogma's. Maybe im being quick to judge, i don't know, this could help someone along the way. Feel free to check out their site by visiting: http://www.webelieveshow.org/index.html
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Dear Friends of Fathers for Good:
Submit Your Lenten ResolutionsWhether you are giving something up for Lent, or adding something extra, you can post your resolutions for the next 40 days and share ideas with like-minded Catholics. You can also post your favorite meatless recipe.Use this link to join our Lenten Network!
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
What the Order Stands for Today
By their deeds shall you know them. The Knights of Columbus is very much a grassroots organization. The international body does not dictate the charitable programs and activities of local councils. Rather, local councils develop the programs they believe will best serve the needs of their communities.
Those needs are met under the umbrella of the “Surge…With Service” program. It has five core areas: Church, community, council, family and youth. Within this framework, state and local councils decide how best to direct their efforts.
Funds raised by the state and local councils remain with them for distribution in the ways the members feel best.
This philosophy makes possible local efforts such as donating state-of-the-art computers to a Texas seminary; pledging $100,000 to a New Brunswick church to improve access for disabled people; raising $50,000 to equip police cars with cardiac defibrillators, or sponsoring a free medical clinic in the Philippines.
Vocations support is also a major Knights of Columbus effort at all levels of the Order. State and local councils directly support seminaries and vocations promotion efforts. Additionally many councils participate in the RSVP (Refund Vocations Support Program) by “adopting” a seminarian or postulant and providing him with moral and financial support. For each $500 in direct aid given to the candidate for the priesthood or religious life, the Supreme Council refunds $100 to the council. Through this program alone more than $2 million is given to seminarians and postulants each year.
Through the Father Michael J. McGiveny Vocations Scholarship Fund and the Bishop Thomas V. Daily Vocations Scholarship Fund, with an aggregate corpus of $65. million, nearly 400 scholarships have been given to seminarians in theology studies. Of these, almost 200 have been ordained since these programs began.
Strengthening family life is another major aim of the Order. Knights conduct a wide variety of activities and efforts to enhance and strengthen family life in accordance with the social teaching of the Church. This includes everything from the family on the local council level to funding the North American Campus of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute of America in Washington, D.C. The institute is a part of the Lateran University in Rome and it offers graduate level degrees to those who will be involved with family ministry in the Church.
The Order is also known as one of the world’s strongest proponents of the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death. Even before the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion on demand in the United States, the Knights of Columbus has been in the vanguard of the pro-life movement. In addition to its own pro-life initiatives, the Order offers both assistance and financial support on an on-going basis to the pro-life programs of the bishops’ conferences in the countries where the Knights of Columbus exists.
In the latest of many efforts to restore a sense of the sanctity of human life in the world, Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson has established March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, as the Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn. On this day state and local councils across the globe are encouraged to organize special Masses and services. They pray that the Culture of Death that now darkens our world will become a Culture of Life celebrating the dignity and value of every human being from the moment of conception until natural death.
As their forebears did more than a century ago, today’s Knights and their families stand shoulder to shoulder in support of one another. Through their charity and the examples of their lives, they stand in service to all as witnesses to the Good News of the Gospel.
Although the Order is a “can-do” organization, its scopes and the role it plays on the world stage surprise people. They are amazed to learn that in the year 2000 Knights the world over combined to give more than 57 million hours of volunteer service and more than $116 million to a wide range of Church, community and charitable activities and programs. This was a record in both categories dating from the time statistics were first kept in 1977.
Most recently, through its $1.3 million Heroes Fund, the Knights of Columbus granted $3,000 to the families of each of the fire fighters, law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. The aid was given immediately – the first check was hand-delivered just days after the tragedy – and regardless of faith or membership in the Order.
In the wake of the tragedy too the Order established an annual “Blue Mass” in honor of law enforcement, fire and emergency service personnel – those “Everyday Heroes” who risk their lives in service to our communities.
Examples of what the Knights do – day in and day out – abound. For example, the Order funds the satellite uplinks necessary to broadcast papal messages and ceremonies, especially at Christmas and Easter, throughout the world. The Knights paid the cost of the restoration of façade of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Order financed the restoration of the Maderno Atrium which leads to the Holy Door that is opened by the pope at the beginning of a Holy Year – the most recent being Jubilee 2000 held to usher in the third Christian millennium.
The Holy Father also receivers each year a contribution from the Order for his personal charities. The contribution comes from the interest earned on the $20 million Vicarius Christi (Vicar of Christ) fund. Each year the interest earned from this fund is presented to the pope. Since it was established in 1982 nearly $30 million has been provided to His Holiness.
The World Youth Days celebrated by the Holy Father every two years since 1987 have benefited from major funding and participation by the Order. At the World Youth Day in Toronto in 2002 the Reconciliation site in Duc in Altum Park was sponsored by a $1 million gift from the Knights of Columbus. Though the Order does not restrict itself or its councils to any particular charity or cause, a favorite K of C activity over the years has been service to people with mental retardation. Special Olympics at the local, state, and international levels has been a major recipient of funding, service and support from the Knights. Our Order’s outreach to a variety of religious and other causes is chronicled in our monthly magazine, Columbia that goes to each of our members. Our deeds do not go unnoticed by the Holy Father. Pope Paul VI said. “Tell your sons, your nephews, your grandsons; tell the people that the pope loves the Knights of Columbus.” He added: “The glory of the Knights of Columbus is not based on humanitarian works alone. Even more admirable have been your insistence upon the supremacy of God and your fidelity to the Vicar of Christ. In truth you can call yourselves ‘brothers’ because you call God your Father and have declared yourselves ready to do his will and serve his cause…the Knights of Columbus an immense force of good.”
Pope John Paul II once said: “Many times in the past, and again today, you have given expression to your solidarity with the mission of the pope. I see in your support further proof – if further proof were ever necessary – of your awareness that the Knights of Columbus highly value their vocation to be part of the evangelization effort of the Church.”
Those needs are met under the umbrella of the “Surge…With Service” program. It has five core areas: Church, community, council, family and youth. Within this framework, state and local councils decide how best to direct their efforts.
Funds raised by the state and local councils remain with them for distribution in the ways the members feel best.
This philosophy makes possible local efforts such as donating state-of-the-art computers to a Texas seminary; pledging $100,000 to a New Brunswick church to improve access for disabled people; raising $50,000 to equip police cars with cardiac defibrillators, or sponsoring a free medical clinic in the Philippines.
Vocations support is also a major Knights of Columbus effort at all levels of the Order. State and local councils directly support seminaries and vocations promotion efforts. Additionally many councils participate in the RSVP (Refund Vocations Support Program) by “adopting” a seminarian or postulant and providing him with moral and financial support. For each $500 in direct aid given to the candidate for the priesthood or religious life, the Supreme Council refunds $100 to the council. Through this program alone more than $2 million is given to seminarians and postulants each year.
Through the Father Michael J. McGiveny Vocations Scholarship Fund and the Bishop Thomas V. Daily Vocations Scholarship Fund, with an aggregate corpus of $65. million, nearly 400 scholarships have been given to seminarians in theology studies. Of these, almost 200 have been ordained since these programs began.
Strengthening family life is another major aim of the Order. Knights conduct a wide variety of activities and efforts to enhance and strengthen family life in accordance with the social teaching of the Church. This includes everything from the family on the local council level to funding the North American Campus of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute of America in Washington, D.C. The institute is a part of the Lateran University in Rome and it offers graduate level degrees to those who will be involved with family ministry in the Church.
The Order is also known as one of the world’s strongest proponents of the sanctity of human life from conception until natural death. Even before the Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion on demand in the United States, the Knights of Columbus has been in the vanguard of the pro-life movement. In addition to its own pro-life initiatives, the Order offers both assistance and financial support on an on-going basis to the pro-life programs of the bishops’ conferences in the countries where the Knights of Columbus exists.
In the latest of many efforts to restore a sense of the sanctity of human life in the world, Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson has established March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation, as the Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn. On this day state and local councils across the globe are encouraged to organize special Masses and services. They pray that the Culture of Death that now darkens our world will become a Culture of Life celebrating the dignity and value of every human being from the moment of conception until natural death.
As their forebears did more than a century ago, today’s Knights and their families stand shoulder to shoulder in support of one another. Through their charity and the examples of their lives, they stand in service to all as witnesses to the Good News of the Gospel.
Although the Order is a “can-do” organization, its scopes and the role it plays on the world stage surprise people. They are amazed to learn that in the year 2000 Knights the world over combined to give more than 57 million hours of volunteer service and more than $116 million to a wide range of Church, community and charitable activities and programs. This was a record in both categories dating from the time statistics were first kept in 1977.
Most recently, through its $1.3 million Heroes Fund, the Knights of Columbus granted $3,000 to the families of each of the fire fighters, law enforcement officers and emergency services personnel who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. The aid was given immediately – the first check was hand-delivered just days after the tragedy – and regardless of faith or membership in the Order.
In the wake of the tragedy too the Order established an annual “Blue Mass” in honor of law enforcement, fire and emergency service personnel – those “Everyday Heroes” who risk their lives in service to our communities.
Examples of what the Knights do – day in and day out – abound. For example, the Order funds the satellite uplinks necessary to broadcast papal messages and ceremonies, especially at Christmas and Easter, throughout the world. The Knights paid the cost of the restoration of façade of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Order financed the restoration of the Maderno Atrium which leads to the Holy Door that is opened by the pope at the beginning of a Holy Year – the most recent being Jubilee 2000 held to usher in the third Christian millennium.
The Holy Father also receivers each year a contribution from the Order for his personal charities. The contribution comes from the interest earned on the $20 million Vicarius Christi (Vicar of Christ) fund. Each year the interest earned from this fund is presented to the pope. Since it was established in 1982 nearly $30 million has been provided to His Holiness.
The World Youth Days celebrated by the Holy Father every two years since 1987 have benefited from major funding and participation by the Order. At the World Youth Day in Toronto in 2002 the Reconciliation site in Duc in Altum Park was sponsored by a $1 million gift from the Knights of Columbus. Though the Order does not restrict itself or its councils to any particular charity or cause, a favorite K of C activity over the years has been service to people with mental retardation. Special Olympics at the local, state, and international levels has been a major recipient of funding, service and support from the Knights. Our Order’s outreach to a variety of religious and other causes is chronicled in our monthly magazine, Columbia that goes to each of our members. Our deeds do not go unnoticed by the Holy Father. Pope Paul VI said. “Tell your sons, your nephews, your grandsons; tell the people that the pope loves the Knights of Columbus.” He added: “The glory of the Knights of Columbus is not based on humanitarian works alone. Even more admirable have been your insistence upon the supremacy of God and your fidelity to the Vicar of Christ. In truth you can call yourselves ‘brothers’ because you call God your Father and have declared yourselves ready to do his will and serve his cause…the Knights of Columbus an immense force of good.”
Pope John Paul II once said: “Many times in the past, and again today, you have given expression to your solidarity with the mission of the pope. I see in your support further proof – if further proof were ever necessary – of your awareness that the Knights of Columbus highly value their vocation to be part of the evangelization effort of the Church.”
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Beauty and Spiritualityof the Traditional Latin Mass by David Joyce
(The Holy Mass as referred to in this essay is the traditional Latin Mass of the ancient Roman rite, as celebrated until 1965 in the Latin Church)
http://www.latin-mass-society.org/beaut.htm
(The Holy Mass as referred to in this essay is the traditional Latin Mass of the ancient Roman rite, as celebrated until 1965 in the Latin Church)
http://www.latin-mass-society.org/beaut.htm
Knights of Columbus Spread Catholic Values “People are a country’s main resource,” said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, prior to his meeting with local members of the lay Catholic group Knights of Columbus in Yucatan, which was held at the Club Campestre restaurant, where they met and shared experiences regarding the organization’s work
Read More At: http://www.kofc.org/un/eb/en/news/releases/detail/548321.html
council freethrow competition
The freethrow Competition took place this year at the Dunn Police Athletic Activities League (PAL) which is where my office of Dunn PD's Gang Investigation Unit is located. This year was our biggest turn out ever! The PAL is a great resource that keeps kids off the streets and out of trouble. To learn more about Dunn PAL visit: www.dunnpal.org
Winners
Winners
Age 11- Umafiyon Boyer
Age 12- Jamerius Surles
Age 13-Elijah Hall
Age 14-Robert Lewis
Pray for Phillip G. Johnson
Please pray for our friend, and future seminarian Phillip. That through the Intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes, by the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that Phillip will be healed and seek out his vocation to the priesthood. AMEN. The Knights of Columbus are behind you 100%!!!
visit http://philipgerardjohnson.blogspot.com/ to follow his progress.
visit http://philipgerardjohnson.blogspot.com/ to follow his progress.
fight freedom of choice act
visit fightfoca.com and sign the petition. This is serious. We as Christians will not tolerate the culture of death the is being proposed. Tell Washington NO. Stand up for Church teaching. May God guide the new administration.
Fr. Micheal Mcgivney our Founder
On Oct. 2, 1881, a small group of men met in the basement of St. Mary’s Church on Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut. Called together by their 29-year-old parish priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, these men formed a fraternal society that would one day become the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization. They sought strength in solidarity, and security through unity of purpose and devotion to a holy cause: they vowed to be defenders of their country, their families and their faith. These men were bound together by the ideal of Christopher Columbus, the discoverer of the Americas, the one whose hand brought Christianity to the New World.
The priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, saw clearly that both Catholics and the Church faced serious problems in the last half of the nineteenth century such as anti-Catholicism and ethnic prejudice; under-employment; lack of social standing and early loss of the breadwinner. To resolve those problems Father McGivney conceived the idea of an organization of Catholic men who would band together:
• To aid one another in times of sickness or death, by means of a simple insurance plan, so that their wives and children would not face abject poverty. • To strengthen themselves and each other in the Faith. • To strengthen families and family life. • To be a strong pillar of support for their priest and bishops. • To be of service to Church and community by coming to the aid of those most in need in society.
They called themselves Knights of Columbus – Knights to emphasize chivalry’s ideals of charity and support of Church and state, and Columbus as a reminder that Catholics had been the backbone and bulwark of America’s growth and greatness from the very beginning.
The State of Connecticut officially chartered the Order on March 29, 1882. It’s founder, Father McGivney, and those first Knights dreamed of the day when there would be a council in every parish in Connecticut. Little could they know that their small group would grow into a global organization or more than 1.6 million members in nearly 12,000 local councils in 13 countries: the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Cuba, Virgin Islands, Guam and Saipan.
In the years since 1882 the Knights of Columbus has become one of the largest and strongest life insurance companies in North America with more than $43 billion of insurance in force. More than $4 billion in new insurance is sold annually and last year the Order paid $124 million in death benefits to the families of deceased members and $275 million in dividends to insurance members. The Order’s insurance program has expanded substantially to serve more effectively the Knights’ growing membership. Year after year, the Knights of Columbus has earned the highest possible quality ratings for financial soundness from A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s. The Order provides the highest quality insurance, annuity and long-term care products to its members, along with many other fraternal benefits.
The history of the Order shows how the foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the world's foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society.
Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney
God, Our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify your servant Father Michael J. McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (make your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen. (also pray: Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be).
Please report all favors received: The Father McGivney Guild, One Columbus Plaza, New Haven, Ct 06510-3326
visit: http://www.kofc.org/ or http://www.fathermcgivney.org/mcg/index.do to learn more!!
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