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Thank you to all who participated and voted for the 2023-24 year incoming officers. Below are our incoming officers and their positions.

Fr. Michael J. McGivney, our founder, and the early officers of our Order, understood the dual
meaning of “charity” as love of our neighbor and love of God, and the importance of putting that
love into charitable action. This lesson of charity is so important to each member, and to us as
Catholics, that the true meaning of charity is the focus of the Admission Degree.

In the Formation Degree, the strength of Unity in fostering a greater practice of charity is
revealed and demonstrated through a simple yet powerful example. Both the lesson of Charity
and the strength of Unity are given additional meaning in the Knighthood Degree. It is in the
Knighthood Degree that we are reminded that all are united through the fraternity of the
Eucharist as sons of God and in His love for us.

In the Patriotic Degree, the role of our respective nations in shaping the character of its citizens is
used to illustrate the importance of faith and charitable love in our development. “The true test
of civilization,” declared American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1870, “is not its census,
nor its cities, nor its crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out.” Likewise, a true test
for our fraternal Catholic Order is the faithfulness and charitable action that our members
incorporate into their daily lives.

Thus, following is “The Installation of Council Officers.” It stands as an annual reminder to
council officers of their duty to shape and build the character of their members in the love of
neighbor and the love of God by offering and conducting charitable programs, which strengthens
our parishes and builds up the Domestic Church. The life, health and strength of the council is
dependent upon the actions of Catholic fraternal leaders taking action and working together.

Dear Brother Knight, On Friday, June 16, Catholics around the world will celebrate God’s love for us on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is a day to honor Christ’s humble gift of his very self, offered out of deep and abiding love for all of humanity.

Friday June 16, 2023, however, is also the day the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team has chosen to celebrate a group of men who masquerade as Catholic nuns and mock the Virgin Mary, consecrated women, and Jesus Christ himself, through their shocking displays and vulgar behavior.

As noted by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the decision of the Dodgers is not just offensive and painful to Christians everywhere; it is blasphemy.”

In response, the USCCB has called on Catholics to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 16th as an act of reparation for the blasphemies against our Lord we see in our culture today.”

The Knights of Columbus urges its members to respond to our bishops’ call and stand for respect, decency, and our Catholic faith. Through prayer and by making reparation, we’ll draw ever closer to Christ’s Sacred Heart, which Pope Francis has said is the source of love and peace.”

Link to a printer-friendly version of the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Litany To The Sacred Heart of Jesus

In 1899 Pope Leo XIII approved this Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus for public use. This litany is actually a synthesis of several other litanies dating back to the 17th century. Father Croiset composed a litany in 1691 from which 17 invocations were used by Venerable Anne Madeleine Remuzat when she composed her litany in 1718 at Marseille. She joined an additional 10 invocations to those of Father Croiset, for a total of 27 invocations. Six more invocations written by Sister Madeleine Joly of Dijon in 1686 were added by the Sacred Congregation for Rites when it was approved for public use in 1899. This makes a total of 33 invocations, one for each year of life of our Lord Jesus Christ. A partial indulgence is attached to this litany.

Lord, have mercy	Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy	Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy	Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us	Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.	Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of Heaven,	have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world,	have mercy on us.
God, the Holy Spirit,	have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, king and center of all hearts,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom are all treasures of wisdom and knowledge,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, in whom the Father was well pleased,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, of whose fullness we have all received,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, obedient to death,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, source of all consolation,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, our peace and our reconciliation,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, victim for our sins	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, hope of those who die in Thee,	have mercy on us.
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,	have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world,	have mercy on us, O Lord.
V. Jesus, meek and humble of heart.	R. Make our hearts like to Thine.

Let us pray:
Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Thy most beloved Son and upon the praises and satisfaction which He offers Thee in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Thy mercy, in Thy great goodness, grant forgiveness in the name of the same Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who livest and reignest with Thee forever and ever. Amen.

For each Friday in Lent between Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, we are hosting Lenten Dinners at Msgr Hughes Hall, St Mary Magdalen Church (25 N. Las Posas Rd).

We’ll have fish and chips on these Fridays: 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, and 3/31

On Friday 3/17, since it is St Patrick’s Day we’ll have both a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner and fish tacos.

Knights we need your help

For the Lenten Fridays we’ll need cooks, food runners, food servers, ticket collectors, membership recruiter, etc.

Please sign-up to help at our Lenten Friday Fish Frys. Remember we are a Catholic Fraternal Family organization, and so bring your wives and children as well.

This is particularly the case if your kids need Service Hours.

(There will be a separate sign-up for St Paddy’s.)

When you volunteer, please wear your name badge and any KofC shirt/hat/apron that you may have. We have six Fridays to not only serve food, but to recruit new members! Always be mindful that those who are not Knights are getting their impression of the Order based on what they see us do and hear us say.

Dear Brother Knights,   This month we mark the 10-year anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as Supreme Pastor of the Universal Church. Since the beginning of his pontificate, the constant request of our Holy Father has been, “pray for me.” In fact, each time I have met with him, his request to the Knights of Columbus has been the same: “Please, pray for me.”   It is, of course, our duty and our honor to do just this.   From Sunday, March 12, to the (transferred) Solemnity of St. Joseph on Monday, March 20, 2023, I ask all Knights of Columbus to offer additional prayers for Pope Francis. And I encourage that you ask your families and fellow parishioners to do the same.   Pope Francis was installed on the Solemnity of St. Joseph in 2013, and he has referenced St. Joseph time and again in his messages to the Order, beginning with his message to our Supreme Convention nearly 10 years ago, which said, “As protector of the Holy Family, the humble carpenter of Nazareth is a model of the manly virtues of quiet strength, integrity and fidelity which the Knights of Columbus have sought to preserve, cultivate and pass on to new generations of Catholic men.”   I am therefore encouraging a Novena to St. Joseph for the Holy Father. To that end, please find resources below for your use and distribution.   As Pope Francis marks 10 years of service as the successor of St. Peter, let’s give him the very best gift we have to offer: our prayers.   Fraternally,   Patrick E. Kelly Supreme Knight

Join us for a Novena to St. Joseph for Pope Francis on the 10th anniversary of his pontificate. Visit kofc.org/stjoseph for more information and additional resources.