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    Proclaiming the Mysteries                                                                                      Celebration
                                                                                                              Honoring Our Lady of
         of the Kingdom                                                                                         Guadalupe Set for
                                                                                                             L.A. Coliseum in August
                             At the heart of the Gospel,
                    we encounter Jesus, his mission and his message                                              Event will feature prayer,
                                                                                                              music and speakers honoring Our
                                                              When Jesus began his public ministry,
                                                           preaching the Good News, people stopped                  Lady of Guadalupe
      Bishop                                               and listened. He did not seek to dazzle his
      William E. Lori                                                                                              he Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will
      Supreme Chaplain
                                                           listeners with knowledge or impress them with
                                                           subtle arguments. Rather, his identity and his    T     play host to a massive “Guadalupe
                                                                                                             Celebration” on Aug. 5, co-sponsored by the
                                                           message were one in the same. There is no gap
                                                           between who Jesus is and what he taught. St.      Order and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
                                                           Mark’s Gospel brings this point home clearly:     The event will feature prayer, music, and
           hose who saw and heard Blessed Mother                                                             speakers honoring of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
    T      Teresa of Kolkata speak were touched by
    her words. She didn’t use jargon or try to be
                                                           “The people were astonished at his teaching,
                                                           for he taught them as one having authority        the Patroness of the Americas.
                                                                                                                The celebration will bring together tens of
                                                           and not as the scribes” (1:22). The people’s
    original. Her message was simple, straight             astonishment knew no bounds when Jesus            thousands of Catholics from across the
    from the Gospel. When she spoke, we paid               proceeded to heal a man with an unclean           ethnically diverse five-million member
    attention. Many others preach and teach a              spirit who called out from the crowd. “What       archdiocese, as well as faithful from other areas
    similar message but without much effect. So            is this?” they asked. “A new teaching with        of southern California and beyond.
    what is the difference? The answer can be              authority! He commands even the unclean              “We are pleased to be able to cosponsor this
    summarized in two words: her life. Mother              spirits and they obey him” (Mk 1:27; see also     event with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles,”
    Teresa didn’t just teach the Gospel; she lived it      Mt 7:29).                                         said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. “We
    through her religious consecration, her prayer                                                           strongly believe that Our Lady of Guadalupe
    and her service to the poor. Her words and her         THE BEATITUDES:                                   has an important message to share with all of
    life fit together.                                      A PORTRAIT OF CHRIST                             us and has an important role to play in
                                                              The awe and comments regarding Jesus’          unifying the faithful of this hemisphere. The
                                                           authority amounted to a premonition about         Guadalupe Celebration will be an
                                                           his identity. People sensed, at least to some     opportunity for us to bring Our Lady’s
                                                           degree, that they were in the presence of the     message to a large audience joined together in
                                                           incarnate Word of God. Pope Benedict XVI          prayer and celebrating the great gift she has
                                                           explains, “Now the word is not simply             given this hemisphere.”
                                                           audible; not only does it have a voice, now the      In 2009 Anderson coauthored the New
                                                           word has a face, that of Jesus of Nazareth”       York Times’s bestseller Our Lady of Guadalupe:
                                                           (Verbum Domini, 12).                              Mother of the Civilization of Love, with
                                                              Jesus’ words resonated in people’s hearts      Monsignor Eduardo Chávez, who oversaw the
                                                           like none they had ever heard before, and signs   Cause for Canonization of St. Juan Diego.
                                                           and wonders often accompanied the truth and       Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles,
                                                           beauty of those words. Jesus possessed not        Supreme Knight Anderson and Monsignor
                                                           only intellectual and moral authority, but also   Chávez will be featured speakers at the event
                                                           authority over nature and even over sin. His      in August.
                                                           miracles were no sleight of hand, but a beam         “At certain times, the Church gathers
                                                           of light illuminating his announcement that       together for an event that provides the
                                                           the kingdom of God was truly at hand.             opportunity for the expression of faith in a
        A church window depicts Jesus giving his Sermon       Nowhere in the Gospels is the content of       very public way,” said Archbishop Gomez. “In
        on the Mount, which begins with the Beatitudes.    Jesus’ preaching more concentrated than the       this celebration we will renew our devotion to
                           (CNS photo from Crosiers)
                                                                                   SEE Mysteries, PAGE 2                           SEE Guadalupe, PAGE 2

                           Visit www.kofc.org/chaplains to sign up to receive future issues of this newsletter via e-mail.
                                                   Previous issues are also archived at this site.
Mysteries, FROM PAGE 1                                             Guadalupe, FROM PAGE 1                        The Order’s devotion to Our Lady of
Sermon on the Mount, in which he gave the Beatitudes (see          Our Lady of Guadalupe and our              Guadalupe reached a milestone with the
Mt 5:1-12; Lk 6:20-23). Here, Jesus unlocks for us the             commitment to continue the process of      chartering of the first Mexican council
secret of true and lasting joy, which is a fruit of the Holy       evangelization that she began on this      as the “Guadalupe Council” in Mexico
Spirit. Happiness does not consist in being rich, powerful,        continent nearly 500 years ago.”           City in 1905. Since then, the Knights
sated with pleasure or an ability always to escape criticism.          Both the Archdiocese of Los Angeles    have done much to spread Our Lady’s
Rather, it has to do with being poor in spirit, in mourning,       and the Knights of Columbus have a         message, including co-sponsoring a U.S.
in being meek, in hungering and thirsting for holiness, in         history tied to Our Lady of Guadalupe.     tour of the Archdiocese’s tilma relic in
being merciful and clean of heart, and in being a                      Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to      2003. The Knights also held the first-
peacemaker.                                                        St. Juan Diego — a Native American         ever International Marian Congress in
   In his book Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict describes          living in Mexico — in 1531. She left her   2009 in Phoenix, Ariz., which
the Beatitudes as “a sort of veiled interior biography of Jesus,   image, miraculously imprinted on his       concluded with the 22,000-person
a kind of portrait of his figure. He who has no place to lay       cloak, or tilma. Today, the tilma is       Guadalupe Festival.
his head (cf. Mt. 8:20) is truly poor; he who can say, ‘Come       enshrined in Mexico City’s basilica, at       The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the
to me … for I am meek and lowly in heart’ (cf. Mt. 11:28-          the site of the Blessed Mother’s           largest Catholic archdiocese in the
29) is truly meek; he is the one who is pure of heart and          apparition on Tepeyac Hill. It is the      United States with more than five
unceasingly beholds God. He is the peacemaker, the one             most visited shrine in the Western         million Catholics. The diocese was
who suffers for God’s sake” (74). When Jesus proclaimed            Hemisphere.                                established in 1840, and was created an
the kingdom, he invited people to turn to him and to be                Los Angeles’ Cathedral of Our Lady     archbishopric in 1936. Archbishop José
molded into living images of the Father’s glory.                   of the Angels is home to the only relic    Gómez is the fifth Archbishop of Los
                                                                   of St. Juan Diego’s tilma in the United    Angeles. There are a total of 287 parishes
THE NEW EVANGELIZATION
                                                                   States. The archdiocese has also been      located in 120 cities throughout the
   In his first encyclical, Pope Benedict wrote that
                                                                   home to several large-scale Marian         Archdiocese.
becoming Christian is not “an ethical choice or a lofty idea,
                                                                   events, including 2007’s Rosary Bowl in       For more information on the
but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life
                                                                   Pasadena, which drew more than             Guadalupe        Celebration          visit
a new horizon and a definitive direction” (Deus Caritas
                                                                   40,000, and the annual Archdiocesan        guadalupecelebration.com.
Est, 1).
                                                                   Procession and Mass in honor of Our
   Once we truly encounter the person of Christ in faith,
                                                                   Lady of Guadalupe in East Los Angeles,
repentance and prayer — and once his word has penetrated
                                                                   which draws 25,000.
the depths of our hearts — we are changed. A new strength
helps to overcome temptation, and through the Holy Spirit
we receive a new joy, integrity and light in our daily lives
that attracts others to Christ and to the Church. We find
that we, too, have something of the “authority” that caused
the crowds to put their trust in Jesus.
   Central to the pontificates of Blessed John Paul II and
Pope Benedict XVI is the new evangelization. This doesn’t
mean inventing a new Gospel to suit the spirit of the times,
but rather the fresh proclamation of the Gospel today so
that we may open our hearts to Christ and work to build a
world that reflects his love more clearly. More than
anything else, the new evangelization depends upon
witnesses — those who, like Mother Teresa, haven
encountered Christ and have loved him in others such that
they can bear personal witness to the Gospel by their lives.
When we live the Gospel that we teach, people are more
likely to pay attention.
   As we meditate on the third luminous mystery, we turn
to Mary, who, more than any other human person,
embodied the truth and the love of the Gospel. She is the
“Star of the New Evangelization,” and through her prayers,
we can open our hearts more fully to Christ and find the
courage to be those witnesses the world needs.




M E M B E R S H I P I N T H E K N I G HT S O F C O LUM B U S is open to men 18 years of age or older who are practical (that is, practicing)
Catholics in union with the Holy See. This means that an applicant or member accepts the teaching authority of the Catholic Church on matters of
       faith and morals, aspires to live in accord with the precepts of the Catholic Church, and is in good standing in the Catholic Church.
F ROM     THE    D IRECTOR ’ S D ESK
                                                                                                       Posada Celebrated
                                                                                                       on New Haven Green
     ‘10 Keys to Success                                                                                  The New Haven Green was the site of a
                                                                                                       Posada celebration, a popular Hispanic
                                                                                                       Christmas tradition, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, when
                                                                                                       hundreds of area residents took part in the event

       as a Chaplain’                                                                                  sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. A
                                                                                                       Posada is a traditional, family-oriented
                                                                                                       Christmas celebration popular in Latin American
                                                   Knights just another charitable organization,       culture. Combining Bible readings and dramatic
                   Father John P.                  involved in social activities? I believe that the   reenactment, the Posada (Spanish term for
                                                                                                       “inn”) recounts the story of the first
                                                   Knights are not just another charitable group.
                   Grace, O.S.A.                   The very fact that the Order has been               Christmas. In New Haven, participants made
                   Director of Chaplain            continually expanding since it was founded by       their way in procession with the characters of
                   Programs & Development                                                              Mary and Joseph as they traveled — across the
                                                   Father Michael J. McGivney in 1882, speaks
                                                   for itself. The reason why may be described in      Green — on their journey to “Bethlehem.”
                                                   these words taken from the Chaplain’s               Supreme Advocate John Marrella acted as the
       uring the last few years, a number of                                                           narrator for the English portions of the program.
D      pamphlets have been printed by the
Knights of Columbus Supreme Council
                                                   Handbook: “as the program of the Order has
                                                   been expanded to meet the particular needs,
                                                   its history is filled with examples of
                                                                                                       Al Cala, director of Hispanic Growth, acted as
                                                                                                       narrator for the Spanish portions of the
                                                                                                       celebration.
headquarters staff under the general heading       outstanding contributions to Church, state
of “10 Keys to Success” or “10 Steps to            and community. Whenever and wherever
Success.” These are offered as a                                 there is a need for the strength
help for state deputies or grand                                 available in an organized body of
knights and others to focus on                                   loyal Catholic laymen, the
some of the more important                                       Knights of Columbus — by the
aspects of the specific office in                                very nature of the organization —
question.                                                        is able to respond quickly and
   Last year, the “10 Keys to                                    efficiently.”
Success as a Chaplain” (#4940)                                      Are there misgivings? Are there
was also offered to every Knights                                misunderstandings? Have there
of Columbus state and council                                    been disappointments? Have
chaplain. This pamphlet has also                                 there been problems in some
been translated into French,                                     parishes? Yes, to all of these
Spanish and Polish. We’ve                                        because we are, after all, a human
mentioned this in previous issues                                organization. But, surely the
of the Chaplain’s Report, and we                                 chaplain can play a unique role in
have also spoken about it at                                     this out-of-the-ordinary lay
chaplains meetings. Like any                                     fraternal organization. A phrase I    CIS Booklet:
other material that emanates                                     have been using is: “If you get the
from the Supreme Office,                                         chaplain, you get the council.”
                                                                                                       Freedom to Flourish
practical use needs to be made of it.                                                                      The booklet,
                                                   That is why we maintain in this first element
                                                                                                       Freedom           to
   We can offer some suggestions here, but the     of the “10 Keys” that the chaplain should
                                                                                                       Flourish, explores
main impact will only become evident with          “nourish the special role that the Knights of
                                                                                                       the        Catholic
personal familiarity with the items discussed in   Columbus plays in the Church”; that he
                                                                                                       teaching on the
the brochure and in adapting these ideas to suit   should “recognize that Knights take great pride     intrinsic dignity of
local needs and circumstances.                     in being ‘the strong arm of the Church’”; that      each        human
   Here is the first area covered in the “Keys”    he should “encourage their charitable works”;       being and the
brochure.                                          that he should “encourage active                    threat to true
   • Nourish the special role that the Knights     involvement….”                                      freedom posed
     of Columbus plays in the Church as a lay         No hard and fast rules can be laid down as       by advocates of
     fraternal organization.                       to how this is to be implemented, except that       physician-
   • Recognize that Knights take great pride       it must all begin from our first principle,         a s s i s t e d
     in being “the strong right arm of the         Charity — love of God and love of our               suicide and euthanasia. The booklet, part of the
     Church”.                                      neighbor. Everything else flows from this, and      Veritas Series, draws on history, Scripture and
   • Encourage their charitable work and the       without it, we are just any other                   Tradition, including the insights of the Second
     way in which it helps Knights and their       philanthropic group that does outstanding           Vatican Council. A free copy may be
     families to live the Gospel.                  social works.                                       downloaded in PDF format from the CIS Web
   • Encourage active involvement in the              As chaplains, maybe this first of the Ten Keys   site, www.kofc.org/cis. For more information,
     spiritual and social life of the parish.      could be discussed seriously with the council       write: CIS, PO Box 1971, New Haven, CT
   Many organizations are involved in social       members, both from the Chaplain’s viewpoint         06521-1971 or cis@kofc.org.
and charitable works, some of them without         and from the lay members’ standpoint. Do the
affiliation to any religious body. So, are the
                                                                                 SEE Keys,PAGE 4
CHAPLAIN’S
                                                        report
                                                     1 Columbus Plaza, New Haven, CT 06510-3326




                                         Day of Prayer for the Unborn Child
        ith the Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child soon
W       approaching on March 25, Knights have the opportunity to stand
up and speak out against the evil of abortion.
                                                                                           The Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child was instituted as
                                                                                        an addition to the Order’s commitment to build a culture that respects
                                                                                        and protects every human life, from conception to natural death. For more
   All members of our Order are encouraged to hold a special prayer                     information on the Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child see
service in council homes, meeting places or local parishes.                                        the “community” section of kofc.org/service.
When celebrating the Day of the Unborn Child, councils are                                            In addition, to further assist your pro-life activities, the
encouraged to conduct a pro-life Mass or rosary service.                                           Supreme Council offers the following materials (all of which
Remember to invite all members of the community, including                                         are free of charge when ordered in reasonable quantities; there
public officials and health care workers. Strength in numbers                                      is only a shipping charge):
gives others the courage to speak up and also lets the                                                • The four-page, full-color “Winning Words of Life” flyer
community know there is a group willing to help women in                                                 (#2275) offers responses to common abortion
crisis pregnancies. To plan a service, councils should:                                                  arguments.
   • Consult with your chaplain or the pastor of the local                                            • The brochure “A People of Life — And for Life” (#4795)
      parish to establish a time and the kind of service (i.e.                                           poster (#4804) with a similar design are available.
      rosary, Mass, etc);                                                                  • “Pray the Rosary to End Abortion” poster (#2073) and prayer card
   • Ask the pastor to make a pulpit or bulletin announcement regarding                      (#2072).
      the program at all Masses the weekend prior to the event;                            • “Gospel of Life” poster (#4238) and prayer card (#4237E, F, or S) in
   • Send a notice to the local diocesan newspaper and secular media;                        English, French or Spanish.
   • Distribute Prayer for Life cards (#4665), available in reasonable
      quantities from the Supply Department.

Keys, FROM PAGE 3                                                                           These are just a few thoughts to get us started on our journey through
chaplains actually recognize and promote what is of great pride to the                   the “10 Keys to Success as a Chaplain.” An honest discussion should prove
Order? Do the council members comply with this tenet, and are they, in                   to be interesting and helpful, and may the good Lord grant us this grace.
fact, the strong right arm of the local Church in which their council is
                                                                                            God bless and keep you all.
situated?
   Are their charitable works consciously activated by the Gospel, and do                Rev. John P. Grace, O.S.A.
these activities give evidence of a better living out of Gospel values? Are the          Director of Chaplain Programs and Development
families involved? Does the chaplain encourage such endeavors and help                   john.grace@kofc.org
the members deepen their spirituality through the Knights of Columbus’                   (203) 752-4263
charitable works?
   Apart from their own Council charitable activities, are the members                   Copies of 10 Keys to Success as a Chaplain (#4940) can be ordered from the
actively involved in the spiritual and social life of the parish? Does the               Supreme Council Supply Department by using a Requisition Form (#1)
Chaplain really encourage this?


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Chaplain's Report

  • 1. ­ f e b r u a rY 2 0 1 2 f v o l u m e 4 f n u m b e r 2 f w w w. k o f C . o r g / C h a P l a i n s CHAPLAIN’S KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS In Service to One. In Service to All. report learning the faith, living the faith f 1 Columbus Plaza, new haven, Ct 06510-3326, usa Proclaiming the Mysteries Celebration Honoring Our Lady of of the Kingdom Guadalupe Set for L.A. Coliseum in August At the heart of the Gospel, we encounter Jesus, his mission and his message Event will feature prayer, music and speakers honoring Our When Jesus began his public ministry, preaching the Good News, people stopped Lady of Guadalupe Bishop and listened. He did not seek to dazzle his William E. Lori he Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum will Supreme Chaplain listeners with knowledge or impress them with subtle arguments. Rather, his identity and his T play host to a massive “Guadalupe Celebration” on Aug. 5, co-sponsored by the message were one in the same. There is no gap between who Jesus is and what he taught. St. Order and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Mark’s Gospel brings this point home clearly: The event will feature prayer, music, and hose who saw and heard Blessed Mother speakers honoring of Our Lady of Guadalupe, T Teresa of Kolkata speak were touched by her words. She didn’t use jargon or try to be “The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority the Patroness of the Americas. The celebration will bring together tens of and not as the scribes” (1:22). The people’s original. Her message was simple, straight astonishment knew no bounds when Jesus thousands of Catholics from across the from the Gospel. When she spoke, we paid proceeded to heal a man with an unclean ethnically diverse five-million member attention. Many others preach and teach a spirit who called out from the crowd. “What archdiocese, as well as faithful from other areas similar message but without much effect. So is this?” they asked. “A new teaching with of southern California and beyond. what is the difference? The answer can be authority! He commands even the unclean “We are pleased to be able to cosponsor this summarized in two words: her life. Mother spirits and they obey him” (Mk 1:27; see also event with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles,” Teresa didn’t just teach the Gospel; she lived it Mt 7:29). said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. “We through her religious consecration, her prayer strongly believe that Our Lady of Guadalupe and her service to the poor. Her words and her THE BEATITUDES: has an important message to share with all of life fit together. A PORTRAIT OF CHRIST us and has an important role to play in The awe and comments regarding Jesus’ unifying the faithful of this hemisphere. The authority amounted to a premonition about Guadalupe Celebration will be an his identity. People sensed, at least to some opportunity for us to bring Our Lady’s degree, that they were in the presence of the message to a large audience joined together in incarnate Word of God. Pope Benedict XVI prayer and celebrating the great gift she has explains, “Now the word is not simply given this hemisphere.” audible; not only does it have a voice, now the In 2009 Anderson coauthored the New word has a face, that of Jesus of Nazareth” York Times’s bestseller Our Lady of Guadalupe: (Verbum Domini, 12). Mother of the Civilization of Love, with Jesus’ words resonated in people’s hearts Monsignor Eduardo Chávez, who oversaw the like none they had ever heard before, and signs Cause for Canonization of St. Juan Diego. and wonders often accompanied the truth and Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, beauty of those words. Jesus possessed not Supreme Knight Anderson and Monsignor only intellectual and moral authority, but also Chávez will be featured speakers at the event authority over nature and even over sin. His in August. miracles were no sleight of hand, but a beam “At certain times, the Church gathers of light illuminating his announcement that together for an event that provides the the kingdom of God was truly at hand. opportunity for the expression of faith in a A church window depicts Jesus giving his Sermon Nowhere in the Gospels is the content of very public way,” said Archbishop Gomez. “In on the Mount, which begins with the Beatitudes. Jesus’ preaching more concentrated than the this celebration we will renew our devotion to (CNS photo from Crosiers) SEE Mysteries, PAGE 2 SEE Guadalupe, PAGE 2 Visit www.kofc.org/chaplains to sign up to receive future issues of this newsletter via e-mail. Previous issues are also archived at this site.
  • 2. Mysteries, FROM PAGE 1 Guadalupe, FROM PAGE 1 The Order’s devotion to Our Lady of Sermon on the Mount, in which he gave the Beatitudes (see Our Lady of Guadalupe and our Guadalupe reached a milestone with the Mt 5:1-12; Lk 6:20-23). Here, Jesus unlocks for us the commitment to continue the process of chartering of the first Mexican council secret of true and lasting joy, which is a fruit of the Holy evangelization that she began on this as the “Guadalupe Council” in Mexico Spirit. Happiness does not consist in being rich, powerful, continent nearly 500 years ago.” City in 1905. Since then, the Knights sated with pleasure or an ability always to escape criticism. Both the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have done much to spread Our Lady’s Rather, it has to do with being poor in spirit, in mourning, and the Knights of Columbus have a message, including co-sponsoring a U.S. in being meek, in hungering and thirsting for holiness, in history tied to Our Lady of Guadalupe. tour of the Archdiocese’s tilma relic in being merciful and clean of heart, and in being a Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to 2003. The Knights also held the first- peacemaker. St. Juan Diego — a Native American ever International Marian Congress in In his book Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict describes living in Mexico — in 1531. She left her 2009 in Phoenix, Ariz., which the Beatitudes as “a sort of veiled interior biography of Jesus, image, miraculously imprinted on his concluded with the 22,000-person a kind of portrait of his figure. He who has no place to lay cloak, or tilma. Today, the tilma is Guadalupe Festival. his head (cf. Mt. 8:20) is truly poor; he who can say, ‘Come enshrined in Mexico City’s basilica, at The Archdiocese of Los Angeles is the to me … for I am meek and lowly in heart’ (cf. Mt. 11:28- the site of the Blessed Mother’s largest Catholic archdiocese in the 29) is truly meek; he is the one who is pure of heart and apparition on Tepeyac Hill. It is the United States with more than five unceasingly beholds God. He is the peacemaker, the one most visited shrine in the Western million Catholics. The diocese was who suffers for God’s sake” (74). When Jesus proclaimed Hemisphere. established in 1840, and was created an the kingdom, he invited people to turn to him and to be Los Angeles’ Cathedral of Our Lady archbishopric in 1936. Archbishop José molded into living images of the Father’s glory. of the Angels is home to the only relic Gómez is the fifth Archbishop of Los of St. Juan Diego’s tilma in the United Angeles. There are a total of 287 parishes THE NEW EVANGELIZATION States. The archdiocese has also been located in 120 cities throughout the In his first encyclical, Pope Benedict wrote that home to several large-scale Marian Archdiocese. becoming Christian is not “an ethical choice or a lofty idea, events, including 2007’s Rosary Bowl in For more information on the but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life Pasadena, which drew more than Guadalupe Celebration visit a new horizon and a definitive direction” (Deus Caritas 40,000, and the annual Archdiocesan guadalupecelebration.com. Est, 1). Procession and Mass in honor of Our Once we truly encounter the person of Christ in faith, Lady of Guadalupe in East Los Angeles, repentance and prayer — and once his word has penetrated which draws 25,000. the depths of our hearts — we are changed. A new strength helps to overcome temptation, and through the Holy Spirit we receive a new joy, integrity and light in our daily lives that attracts others to Christ and to the Church. We find that we, too, have something of the “authority” that caused the crowds to put their trust in Jesus. Central to the pontificates of Blessed John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI is the new evangelization. This doesn’t mean inventing a new Gospel to suit the spirit of the times, but rather the fresh proclamation of the Gospel today so that we may open our hearts to Christ and work to build a world that reflects his love more clearly. More than anything else, the new evangelization depends upon witnesses — those who, like Mother Teresa, haven encountered Christ and have loved him in others such that they can bear personal witness to the Gospel by their lives. When we live the Gospel that we teach, people are more likely to pay attention. As we meditate on the third luminous mystery, we turn to Mary, who, more than any other human person, embodied the truth and the love of the Gospel. She is the “Star of the New Evangelization,” and through her prayers, we can open our hearts more fully to Christ and find the courage to be those witnesses the world needs. M E M B E R S H I P I N T H E K N I G HT S O F C O LUM B U S is open to men 18 years of age or older who are practical (that is, practicing) Catholics in union with the Holy See. This means that an applicant or member accepts the teaching authority of the Catholic Church on matters of faith and morals, aspires to live in accord with the precepts of the Catholic Church, and is in good standing in the Catholic Church.
  • 3. F ROM THE D IRECTOR ’ S D ESK Posada Celebrated on New Haven Green ‘10 Keys to Success The New Haven Green was the site of a Posada celebration, a popular Hispanic Christmas tradition, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, when hundreds of area residents took part in the event as a Chaplain’ sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. A Posada is a traditional, family-oriented Christmas celebration popular in Latin American Knights just another charitable organization, culture. Combining Bible readings and dramatic Father John P. involved in social activities? I believe that the reenactment, the Posada (Spanish term for “inn”) recounts the story of the first Knights are not just another charitable group. Grace, O.S.A. The very fact that the Order has been Christmas. In New Haven, participants made Director of Chaplain continually expanding since it was founded by their way in procession with the characters of Programs & Development Mary and Joseph as they traveled — across the Father Michael J. McGivney in 1882, speaks for itself. The reason why may be described in Green — on their journey to “Bethlehem.” these words taken from the Chaplain’s Supreme Advocate John Marrella acted as the uring the last few years, a number of narrator for the English portions of the program. D pamphlets have been printed by the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council Handbook: “as the program of the Order has been expanded to meet the particular needs, its history is filled with examples of Al Cala, director of Hispanic Growth, acted as narrator for the Spanish portions of the celebration. headquarters staff under the general heading outstanding contributions to Church, state of “10 Keys to Success” or “10 Steps to and community. Whenever and wherever Success.” These are offered as a there is a need for the strength help for state deputies or grand available in an organized body of knights and others to focus on loyal Catholic laymen, the some of the more important Knights of Columbus — by the aspects of the specific office in very nature of the organization — question. is able to respond quickly and Last year, the “10 Keys to efficiently.” Success as a Chaplain” (#4940) Are there misgivings? Are there was also offered to every Knights misunderstandings? Have there of Columbus state and council been disappointments? Have chaplain. This pamphlet has also there been problems in some been translated into French, parishes? Yes, to all of these Spanish and Polish. We’ve because we are, after all, a human mentioned this in previous issues organization. But, surely the of the Chaplain’s Report, and we chaplain can play a unique role in have also spoken about it at this out-of-the-ordinary lay chaplains meetings. Like any fraternal organization. A phrase I CIS Booklet: other material that emanates have been using is: “If you get the from the Supreme Office, chaplain, you get the council.” Freedom to Flourish practical use needs to be made of it. The booklet, That is why we maintain in this first element Freedom to We can offer some suggestions here, but the of the “10 Keys” that the chaplain should Flourish, explores main impact will only become evident with “nourish the special role that the Knights of the Catholic personal familiarity with the items discussed in Columbus plays in the Church”; that he teaching on the the brochure and in adapting these ideas to suit should “recognize that Knights take great pride intrinsic dignity of local needs and circumstances. in being ‘the strong arm of the Church’”; that each human Here is the first area covered in the “Keys” he should “encourage their charitable works”; being and the brochure. that he should “encourage active threat to true • Nourish the special role that the Knights involvement….” freedom posed of Columbus plays in the Church as a lay No hard and fast rules can be laid down as by advocates of fraternal organization. to how this is to be implemented, except that physician- • Recognize that Knights take great pride it must all begin from our first principle, a s s i s t e d in being “the strong right arm of the Charity — love of God and love of our suicide and euthanasia. The booklet, part of the Church”. neighbor. Everything else flows from this, and Veritas Series, draws on history, Scripture and • Encourage their charitable work and the without it, we are just any other Tradition, including the insights of the Second way in which it helps Knights and their philanthropic group that does outstanding Vatican Council. A free copy may be families to live the Gospel. social works. downloaded in PDF format from the CIS Web • Encourage active involvement in the As chaplains, maybe this first of the Ten Keys site, www.kofc.org/cis. For more information, spiritual and social life of the parish. could be discussed seriously with the council write: CIS, PO Box 1971, New Haven, CT Many organizations are involved in social members, both from the Chaplain’s viewpoint 06521-1971 or cis@kofc.org. and charitable works, some of them without and from the lay members’ standpoint. Do the affiliation to any religious body. So, are the SEE Keys,PAGE 4
  • 4. CHAPLAIN’S report 1 Columbus Plaza, New Haven, CT 06510-3326 Day of Prayer for the Unborn Child ith the Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child soon W approaching on March 25, Knights have the opportunity to stand up and speak out against the evil of abortion. The Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child was instituted as an addition to the Order’s commitment to build a culture that respects and protects every human life, from conception to natural death. For more All members of our Order are encouraged to hold a special prayer information on the Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child see service in council homes, meeting places or local parishes. the “community” section of kofc.org/service. When celebrating the Day of the Unborn Child, councils are In addition, to further assist your pro-life activities, the encouraged to conduct a pro-life Mass or rosary service. Supreme Council offers the following materials (all of which Remember to invite all members of the community, including are free of charge when ordered in reasonable quantities; there public officials and health care workers. Strength in numbers is only a shipping charge): gives others the courage to speak up and also lets the • The four-page, full-color “Winning Words of Life” flyer community know there is a group willing to help women in (#2275) offers responses to common abortion crisis pregnancies. To plan a service, councils should: arguments. • Consult with your chaplain or the pastor of the local • The brochure “A People of Life — And for Life” (#4795) parish to establish a time and the kind of service (i.e. poster (#4804) with a similar design are available. rosary, Mass, etc); • “Pray the Rosary to End Abortion” poster (#2073) and prayer card • Ask the pastor to make a pulpit or bulletin announcement regarding (#2072). the program at all Masses the weekend prior to the event; • “Gospel of Life” poster (#4238) and prayer card (#4237E, F, or S) in • Send a notice to the local diocesan newspaper and secular media; English, French or Spanish. • Distribute Prayer for Life cards (#4665), available in reasonable quantities from the Supply Department. Keys, FROM PAGE 3 These are just a few thoughts to get us started on our journey through chaplains actually recognize and promote what is of great pride to the the “10 Keys to Success as a Chaplain.” An honest discussion should prove Order? Do the council members comply with this tenet, and are they, in to be interesting and helpful, and may the good Lord grant us this grace. fact, the strong right arm of the local Church in which their council is God bless and keep you all. situated? Are their charitable works consciously activated by the Gospel, and do Rev. John P. Grace, O.S.A. these activities give evidence of a better living out of Gospel values? Are the Director of Chaplain Programs and Development families involved? Does the chaplain encourage such endeavors and help john.grace@kofc.org the members deepen their spirituality through the Knights of Columbus’ (203) 752-4263 charitable works? Apart from their own Council charitable activities, are the members Copies of 10 Keys to Success as a Chaplain (#4940) can be ordered from the actively involved in the spiritual and social life of the parish? Does the Supreme Council Supply Department by using a Requisition Form (#1) Chaplain really encourage this? P UBLISHED 12 TIMES A YEAR BY THE K NIGHTS OF C OLUMBUS S UPREME C OUNCIL 1 C OLUMBUS P LAZA , N EW H AVEN , CT 06510-3326 f 203-752-4264 f KNIGHTLINE @ KOFC . ORG