Letters from our Chaplain
Dear Brother Knights, This past August 13th we had the incredible opportunity to attend the first Mass to be celebrated on our beloved founder’s new feast day. All three daily Masses for our parish (including our Mass at the Pink Sisters) used these new Mass settings. As a priest saying these opening and closing prayers […]
Dear Brother Knights, As we celebrate Independence Day this month, let us continue our prayers for our blessed country. Please take a few minutes and listen to this incredible account of why the Star-Spangled Banner was composed. This is definitely something every American should hear. Star Spangled Banner As You’ve Never Heard It I would […]
Dear Brother Knights, This summer, Bishop Conley and the bishops of the United States invite us to observe Religious Freedom Week from June 22 to 29, which is from the memorial of the martyrs Saints John Fisher and Thomas More to the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. All four of these saints were killed […]
Dear Brother Knights, The month of May has come and with it many school activities from concerts, plays, awards nights and graduations. Remember last year at this time there was very little activity. School had moved to homes and Masses were not open to the public. It is good to see things gradually getting back […]
Dear Brother Knights, I hope you have been having a spiritually fruitful Lent thus far. At this point, we are beyond the midway point of the season. It’s a good time for all of us to evaluate how we have been with our practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. If you’ve been doing very well, […]
Dear Brother Knights, In a couple of short weeks we are going to be beginning Lent again. Our parish is going to begin a book study on St. Joseph as we continue to celebrate this year dedicated to St. Joseph on February 16th. I have heard incredible things about the book we will be reading, […]
Brother Knights, 2020: A Year of Grace This time last year, we embarked upon a new decade filled with great anticipation and promise for the year ahead. Abruptly, our plans were halted as COVID-19 spread around the world. Undoubtedly, the impact has been far-reaching on the global stage; however, it has also given us the […]
Dear Brother Knights, It was strangely fitting that the October 31 canonization of Father Michael McGivney, a parish priest of the then Diocese of Hartford and founder of the Knights of Columbus, was marked by COVID-19 restrictions, because he died during the coronavirus pandemic in 1890, which took one million lives. This past November as […]
Dear Knights, Once you’ve received this letter Fr. McGivney will have been beatified! A historic and celebratory moment for the Knights as we celebrate the Church’s newest blessed. This is also a historic moment for the American Catholic Church and truly for the Church universal as the Knights and their good works span the globe! […]
Dear Brother Knights, As if 2020 didn’t have enough twists and turns, the unexpected continues to unfold in our country throughout this roller coaster of a year. Last weekend was the annual Life Chain and many knights and their families participated. We really had a large number from our parish participate. At the Life Chain, […]