Knights of Columbus #1111

Brothers, a good take on Christopher Columbus for us to ponder. This Documentary is long enough to show with family and is a great history lesson!

Be not afraid, stand up for Columbus, and our Church teachings

A message from Bishop Rice.

Brothers, Grateful for our successful workday, the good weather, and those 12 that were able to make the call [disciples, who at the end of the day were the dirty dozen!] Much was done to beautify our spot on the river, with some more yet to complete. SO, if you are available for another day for service please call for direction on what needs to be done yet, before cold weather gets here. Many thanks to those that were able to make it Saturday!!

Brothers, a great "reflection" out of our "One Bread One body" booklets for today! Saturday, September 5, 2020, 1 Corinthians 4:6-15 Psalm 145:17-21... Luke 6:1-5 View Readings WHY SOME ARE COURAGEOUS AND OTHERS NOT We have become the world’s refuse, the scum of all; that is the present state of affairs. 1 Corinthians 4:13 When Jesus was presented in the Temple, Simeon prophesied that Jesus would be a sign of contradiction (Lk 2:34, our transl). This was shockingly exhibited by the fact that Jesus was crucified. Jesus’ followers are also signs of contradiction. We will be persecuted (see Mt 5:11), and some will be martyred. In this way, the world tries to manipulate us into compromising the truth of the Gospel. Therefore, we must be willing to suffer any degree of rejection, insult, or pain (see 1 Cor 4:10ff) so that we will never lose our freedom to proclaim the Gospel courageously without compromise. To endure pain and persecution for love of Jesus is possible only by God’s grace. This grace of courage is usually preceded by many other graces given especially in our formative years: total commitment to Jesus, a thorough, prayerful formation in God’s Word, a vibrant, established sacramental life, Christian brotherhood and sisterhood lived in Christian community, with penance and sacrifices, submission to the authority of the Church, and a rightly formed conscience. Many Christians seem to be more fearful in more recent times. They are easily manipulated into compromise by the mere thought of possibly being a little unpopular. Some Christians even doubt objective truth and morality. We must repent, accept the foundational graces of courage, and then speak courageously the unadulterated truth in love (see Eph 4:15). Prayer: Father, may I love people enough to risk being rejected by them when I tell them the truth. Promise: The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. Ps 145:18 Praise: Love for the unborn overcame Mary’s fear of persecution for being a pro-life witness.

Ribs and pork butts are on the grill. They will be ready for pickup at 11 am. We have at least three pork butts still available. Come by and see us.

100 hands work day to help beautify our witness on the riverfront. Saturday Sept. 12th. 8:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The hope is we get 7 or more members to be on each team, and can work a full day. But will play it by ear, for some might want to work a half day, some might come later in the day, etc..Bring the entire family to help and/or a prospective Catholic man for membership into the Knights. Brothers, there are always maintenance needs inside and out of our building. If you a...re not available on Sept. 12., just remember work can be down anytime of the year. Just contact me of area's that need attention. You can get a few other members to join you on a maintenance detail. Here is a tentative schedule of teams/work to be done: Team Carpenter bee's: Jim Plassman/ Dole Palmer: Remove old window coverings [cedar shakes] on the North and South ends of the building. Remove old cedar shingles , recover using a siding with a horizontal engineered Fibre panel. Screw down and chalk around. Also remove and replace cedar shake window coverings around Kitchen and one above kitchen roof. Team Pretty Painter's: Tom Howard: Start with painting the picnic tables. Ends of the picnic shelter. Yellow lines on steps to basement. North parking lot light poles [aluminum] . Paint around kitchen windows, hand rails to basement, storage door under river view room. IF time allows the framing of the front sign needs a coat, and any other thing needing painted. Team Roof Warriors: Mark Loos/Dale Gerecke: Patch/chalk Ratskeller roof, front porch entrance roof, Riverview roof around flashing and furnace pipe. Flashing is really needed along original wall on both Ratskeller roof and front porch roof. We will also chalk around all the exterior doors and windows around the building. Fix loose Ratskeller sign. Insiders: Work on clean up and removal of falling down panels, on stairway to old apartment. Tear down old panels around picture window in old apartment. Clean up stairways. on South end, ways up to old 3.2 bar. Team Need You: Bob Hency/Don Griffaw: Will coordinate lunch, and check with all teams to see what they "need you" to get i.e. more supplies, another ladder, coordinate with other teams, etc Brothers, this will be a day of fellowship and gratifying work being done. Hope you can participate! Knights from other councils welcome to help as well!! Thanks! Mark Loos 573-579-6672

[KofC] They were one of the first American fraternal societies not to prohibit black membership in their constitution. During World War I, with the slogan Everybody Welcome, Everything Free atop their doors, they managed the only racially integrated facilities available to American troops, three decades before the U.S. military integrated its ranks. And they were described by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s as the organization most interested in the Klan’s destruction. I write of the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic fraternal society named after a long-dead European whom many woke activists now call, erroneously and often maliciously, a racist murderer.

Are you concerned with the revolutionary times in which we are living? A well-balanced perspective is critically important as it governs our interpretation of what is happening in our lives. For weeks now we have witnessed, and continue to witness, the unwarranted anger and frustration levied against Christopher Columbus as well as other long time acclaimed historical figures. This unwarranted anger has escalated to subsequent vandalization and toppling of statues nationwide.... Making matters even worse, many of us are left frustrated having to listen to an onslaught of revisionist history being taught with a rather limited rebuttal. The Catholic Church is an irreplaceable force for good in the world and cannot remain conspicuously absent from public discourse on this matter. We simply cannot afford sit idly by while competing worldviews continue to shape narratives that lead to shifts in public opinion and ultimately public policy diametrically opposed to our beliefs and valuesunless we are prepared to pay the price. Where do we draw the line? Let’s begin with perspective. It has been said that who controls the context, controls the argument. Setting a productive and ‘mature’ context to move forward, His Eminence, Raymond Cardinal Burke sat down for an exclusive interview with Catholic Action for Faith and Family to delve into the current crises facing America, the importance of restoring and observing the Fourth Commandment and the value of our American Heritage. And of course, don’t miss Cardinal Burke as he sets the record straight on Christopher Columbus and how he was acting in service to the mission of Christ! I invite you to take a few minutes to listen to his counsel. You will be left with a better understanding of how we must get back on track to honoring and be thankful to those who have gone before us. Watch and listen to Cardinal Burke’s opening position statement regarding Christopher Columbus on Facebook here. If you do not have FaceBook, watch and listen on YouTube here. To watch the whole 30-minute insightful interview with Cardinal Burke, click here. Thomas McKenna Founder and President

Brothers, we are still in need of some donated tools for our on property shop. If you have doubles of hand tools and can donate them, please just leave them at the hall for us to add to the shop room. Some needs are, but not limited to: Combination wrenches, sockets sets, bench vise, bench grinder, shop vac, chisel/punch set, pry bars, screw driver sets,vise grips, plier sets, cordless drill, drill bits,pipe wrenches, C-clamps, fasteners, jig saw, level, square, etc. If you need us to pick it up or have more questions please call Mark at 573-335-6227. Many Thanks for helping us grow! [P.S. this is NOT a pic of our tool board, only a wish it was!]