Knights of Columbus Austin Chapter - A Report of the Spiritual Director (7/22/2024)

Reverend Fathers, Worthy Chapter President, and Brother Knights,

As we start the new fraternal year, I would like to congratulate and thank our officers for this coming year for their commitment to our Order and the Chapter. I will be brief and invite you all to read my reports from the Organizational Meeting and to KofC Council #10333 (links below).

• Reflecting on KofC State Council Organizational Meeting (July 5-7, 2024) https://dcnphuc2019.blogspot.com/2024/07/reflecting-on-kofc-state-council.html
• Report to KofC Council #10333 (7/11/2024) https://dcnphuc2019.blogspot.com/2024/07/report-to-kofc-council-10333-7112024.html

I wanted to share with you this phrase that our Worthy State Deputy Ron Alonzo said often after his speeches and presentations at the Organization. He would end with "Vivat Jesus," of course, but he also reminded our brother Knights that all we do we do for "the good of the Order and for the greater glory of God Almighty." I think when we keep this in the back of our minds, we will always remember our purpose as Knights and why we do what we do - "the good of the Order and for the greater glory of God Almighty." This will help us carry on with the pillars of our Order ever on our hearts and minds - CHARITY, UNITY, FRATERNITY, and PATRIOTISM.

With that in mind, I also want to emphasize the need for us brothers to come together and help our State Deputy, the State Officers, Diocesan and District Deputies, and Grand Knights achieve the goals that have been set before us: (1) to raise funds for State Charities (by selling State Charity pins and other efforts), (2) to grow our membership (by inviting men at our parish to join the Order by sharing our own experiences as Knights); and (3) to promote and start Cor at our Councils/parishes.

Cor, with its focus on prayer, faith formation, and fraternal, can be a tool for us to help us men discern where their vocation in life, perhaps God is calling them to the priesthood or men to the diaconate or to religious life. This is how the Knights and help foster vocations among our young people for the "greater glory of God Almighty" and Holy Mother Church. Therefore, let us do what we can to nurture prayer, faith formation, and fraternity at our parishes and Cor can be the vehicle to help us do that.

Finally, I want to invite men to attend our Cor meeting at Saint Albert the Great this Thursday, July 25th, at 7:00 P.M. We will meet in the Parish Hall, which is the metal building on our parish grounds.

Here is a link to my previous report from the Chapter meeting in June:

• Knights of Columbus Austin Chapter - A Report of the Spiritual Director (6/24/2024) https://dcnphuc2019.blogspot.com/2024/06/knights-of-columbus-austin-chapter.html 

Deacon Phúc’s challenges for all Knights for the month of August

• PERSONAL & FAMILY: National Eucharistic Congress just concluded with a call for a “new Pentecost” in the Catholic Church in the U.S. - how can you foster greater devotion for our Lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist? Do it together as a family!
• COUNCIL: Encourage members to help the State Council achieve its goals.