State Faith Director
December 2024
Home Council: Our Lady of Fatima Council 3228, Indianapolis
Home Assembly: Bishop Chatard Assembly 245, Indianapolis
Faith in Action Faith - Programs HERE - Resources HERE
As we celebrate Advent, I’d like to share this quote: “Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope … It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.” (Pope Benedict XVI [Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger]; Seek That Which is Above, 1986)
Vivat Jesus Spiritual Planner for 2025:
I’d like to encourage Brother Knights to consider purchasing the Vivat Jesus Spiritual Planner for 2025. It is now available from Supreme for individuals to order from the KofC’s https://shopcatholicinfo.com/collections/devotionals website at $7.99 each. A box of 20 from Supplies Online / Officers Online is $100 ($5 each).
CATHOLIC INFORMATION SERVICE (CIS)
In 1948, the Knights started CIS in response to blatant anti-Catholic bias in other religious media in order to educate non-Catholics about the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church. CIS Resource and Couse Information can be found here https://www.kofc.org/un/en/who-we-are/our-faith/cis/index.html. Included on this webpage is information on the Supreme Chaplain’s Monthly Challenge.
As stated on the website:
Each month, Archbishop William Lori – Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus – selects a brief passage from the Gospel reading of one of the Sunday Masses of the month.
Archbishop Lori shares a brief reflection on the passage and issues a challenge for men to live for the month.
The next month, men undertaking the challenge as a group gather and share their experiences living the challenge.
The Supreme Chaplain’s Monthly Challenge is ideally suited for Cor, but can also be done in other group settings or individually.
By taking up the Supreme Chaplain’s Monthly Challenge, men take direct, concrete action to grow in their faith and help their brothers do so as well.
Keep Christ In Christmas:
Per the Family area of the Faith in Action section of the KofC.org website: “The Knights of Columbus offers multiple activities that promote Christmas and the season of Advent in their proper context: Journey to the Inn, Spread the Light of Christ, Crèche or Advent Wreath Blessing, and the Christmas Poster Contest. These programs are centered on the example of the Holy Family and the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.” Additional details can be found here: https://www.kofc.org/en/what-we-do/faith-in-action-programs/family/keep-christ-in-christmas.html.
Reporting of Faith in Action Programs:
As a reminder, councils are asked to report their Faith in Action programs using the Supreme Council’s online form 10784 to report their council’s activity to Supreme, to forward a PDF copy of that report that they received back form Supreme via email onto to State Program Director, David Negrete, the appropriate state category director, and their district deputy. These reports are then used to update the Council Activity Tracker and to inform the State Council of how you are putting Faith into Action. As a reminder, it’s requested that activities be reported within a couple of weeks after the activity whenever possible.
Please reach out to me with any questions.
Jeff Emminger
Indiana State Council - Knights of Columbus
Faith Director
Faith@IndianaKofC.org
Vivat Jesus