FAITH PROGRAMS
REFUND SUPPORT VOCATIONS PROGRAM (RSVP): $50 per month and a personal note from different Brothers to three seminarians, two from St. Luke’s parish. In recent years, three of our RSVP supported seminarians were ordained to the priesthood: Father Noe Ramirez (2019), Father Steve Di Massimo (2021), and Father Eric Reyes (2022).
HOLY HOURS: Parish Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is on Fridays, starting after the 8:30 AM mass and closing with Benediction at 4:00 PM. Several Brothers and/or their spouses sign up for silent time before the Blessed Sacrament. 24-hour adoration chapels are also located at Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Catherine’s parishes where Knights and/or their spouses do regular adoration hours.
ROSARY: The Holy Rosary is prayed before each of our weekend masses. A Knight, his family member or another parishioner often lead the devotion. About 15 Brothers and/or spouses say the rosary — joined by a sizable number of parishioners.
SACRAMENTAL GIFTS: Sacred memorial gifts are presented to parishioners for RCIA completion, and upon reception Baptism, Holy Communion, and Holy Orders. We plan to include Marriage and other Sacraments in the future.
SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: A Men’s Day of Recollection (retreat) is planned at St. Luke’s during late spring 2023. We hold a Council Mass at St. Luke’s for the intention of our deceased Brothers, inviting widows and families as well as all Knights and parishioners. Several Brothers wrote and shared spiritual reflections on eight of the seventeen stained glass windows in St. Luke’s Church (see upcoming Council Newsletters).
INTO THE BREACH: This new focus emphasizes innovative ways to support fatherhood and families, protect the unborn, live a life of prayer and holiness, serve neighbors in need as well as the vulnerable and poor. Standing “in the breach” is what Knights seek to do, and we will continue to innovate the ways and means to accomplish this – some already undertaken or routinely implemented in other Council Faith in Action Programs.