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Faith
Fourth Degree Knights from the San Gabriel Valley Chapter form an honor guard for the 2021 Guadalupe Procession, the oldest religious festival in the city of Los Angeles. Many of the chapter’s councils and assemblies also provide financial and logistical support for the event, which was first held 90 years ago by immigrants who had fled religious persecution in Mexico.
FORMATION BY ZOOM Councils in the Diocese of Talibon in Visayas organized a videoconference discussion as part of their Into the Breach formation program. Bishop Patrick Daniel Y. Parcon of Talibon spoke to the Knights about spiritual warfare. CHEVALIERS TO THE RESCUE With pandemic restrictions limiting parish fundraising opportunities, StJacques d’Embrun (Ontario) Council 6301 donated CA$10,000 to help defray the cost of repaving the parking lot of Saint-Jacques Church.
GARDEN IMPROVEMENT Members of St. John’s Council 9574 in Adel, Iowa, built a memorial garden on the grounds of St. John’s Catholic Church. In addition to constructing a rosary path and memorial to unborn children, the Knights made improvements to an existing Mary garden. A PRAYER FOR AMERICA Members of St. Stephen Council 15691, joined by family members and other parishioners, gathered outside St. Stephen’s Catholic Church in East Grand Rapids, Mich., to pray a rosary for the country. SERVICE FOR SISTERS Members of St. Dominic Council 3729 in New Orleans helped a local community of the Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick by pressure-washing their convent patio. Thanks to the Knights’ efforts, the community was able celebrate the 25th anniversary of a sister’s final vows outdoors.
Father Robert Banas (left) and Father Lamberto Legaspino, council chaplain of Pagkabuhay Council 7147 in Parañaque, Luzon South, celebrate the unveiling and dedication of Blessed Michael McGivney Plaza at Resurrection of Our Lord Parish. Members of Council 7147 constructed the plaza in honor of Father McGivney’s beatification.
ABOVE: Courtesy of Victor Aléman / Vida Nueva-Angelus News
BIG JOB FOR A BICENTENNIAL Members of Long Green Valley Council 8736 in Hydes, Md., were instrumental in renovating a former convent at St. John the Evangelist Church to serve as a ministry center. The Knights made repairs; painted inside and out; and built display areas for a history exhibit about the parish, which is celebrating its bicentennial in 2022.
PARISH BENEFACTORS Father Capodanno Council 6522 in Forked River, N.J., donated $100,000 to St. Pius X Church to support parish ministries and help with parish expenses during the pandemic. Council members presented the donation to their pastor and chaplain, Father Richard Basznianin, after a Sunday Mass celebrated in memory of deceased council members.
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