Fort Howard Knights

Here is a neat story from Georgia:

My Secret Knight In Shining Armor

My husband and I hardly ever keep secrets. We unburden our hearts to each other on our date nights, which occur quite regularly each week.

We have rarely missed a date night during our 26 years of marriage. We relax by the fireplace during winter, and in the warmer months, we head out to the deck. There, we sip wine, have supper and talk. We cover a smorgasbord of topics: his art, my writing, family, near and far, and our faith journeys.

Last night, though, my husband came home with a secret. He was away for the evening, and when I asked him how it had gone, he said, “I can’t say.”

Oddly enough, this response didn’t bother me at all. Instead, it rather thrilled me.

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Well here we go again; are we loosing ground? Connecticut legislators are about to pass a Gay Marriage Bill despite the Knights efforts.

The bill prompted controversy and an expensive advertising campaign during the past week with full-page advertisements by the New Haven-based Knights of Columbus and others in newspapers ranging from The Hartford Courant and The Stamford Advocate to The Day of New London and the Waterbury Republican-American.

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The Marquette Province Wisconsin Eastern District Annual Meeting and Exemplification was held this past weekend at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton.

There were 87 new candidates receiving the honors of the Fourth Degree, including seven priests and one deacon.  Our local Marquette Assembly 1197 which  had six candidates go through – Additionally, the class honoary this year is from our Assembly, SK Don Bettine.  Congratulations to this years class.  

Patriotism is the principle of the Fourth Degree, it’s ceremonials and activities are orchestrated such as to exemplify our love of our country and our church.  The primary purpose of the Fourth Degree is to encourage active Catholic citizenship while fostering a spirt of patriotism in it’s members and our community at large.

Received the following email alert yesterday from Fathers For Good:

Read about Navy Commander responsible in no small amount for the resuce Capt. Phillips from pirates: 

A KNIGHT TO THE RESCUE:

The Commander of the Navy ship that rescued Capt. Richard Phillips from the pirates is a member of the Knights of Columbus for more than 20 years.

What’s the message hear? For all the good an organization does, why must other groups continue to oppose them?

Here is a snipit of  Tim Graham’s artrical “New ‘Faith-Based’ Obama Advisor Says Pope Is ‘Discredited,’ Knights of Columbus Are ‘An Army of Oppression’ ”

Here’s another story that underlines how ludicrous the media have been in insisting Barack Obama was a natural choice for traditional Catholic and evangelical Christian voters: CNSNews.com correspondent Fred Lucas reports Obama finished stocking the advisory committee of his faith-based initiative with a bang: one new selection was Harry Knox, director of the “religion and faith program” of the gay-left Human Rights Campaign. Just last month, Knox described Pope Benedict XVI and certain Catholic bishops as “discredited leaders” because of their opposition to same-sex marriage.