Speaking on the vitality and renewal of parish life Carl Anderson stated:
“we are providentially positioned to take up the challenge of a leadership role in the renewal of parish life: to be the strong right arm of our parish priests…we must reach out into more parishes with an active presence.” In the letter below
Bishop Kevin is asking every Knight of Columbus in his diocese to do just that by way of growing Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in every parish. There is really no other organization or ministry at the parish level with the manpower to take on this heroic spiritual task.
Click here to read the Bishop Vann Letter to All Knights of Columbus
In the letter Bishop Vann asks that you "open your hearts and minds to our Brother Knights, Steve Lovison and Ron Srajer who are carrying the message throughout the Diocese into each local parish and Catholic center with your support and assistance." Steve Lovison SK and the team he put together has been tasked by Bishop Vann to grow Eucharistic Adoration in our Diocese. Steve is the founder of Adoration Servants, a Catholic 501(c)(3) Non-Profit that supports Eucharistic Adoration throughout the country. Below are two Knights Resolutions related to Eucharistic Adoration.
This first resolution provides a plethora of reasons and justifications for the Knights to take on the mission of growing Eucharistic Adoration:
This second resolution is from a Council 11208 in Ohio. Steve Lovison SK helped write this resolution in 2013 which was accepted at the State level and presented at the Supreme Conference in San Antonio that same year. The Supreme Board shelved the Resolution and it was communicated to Steve Lovison by Supreme that the Resolution put too much emphasis on Supreme and not enough at the local levels.
Click here to read the Ohio Eucharistic Adoration Resolution
Under obedience to Bishop Vann Steve Lovison SK would like to talk with all the Districts in the Diocese, all the Fourth Degree Assemblies in the Diocese, all the Local Councils in the Diocese, and every individual Knight if possible. The world needs more Eucharistic Adoration. When the Knights of Columbus officially champion growing Eucharistic Adoration all heaven will rejoice.
Steve Lovison SK may be reached at:
714-943-1038
Thoughts from Russell Morissey, Past Grand Knight of Council 6020
The Knights of Columbus on as often been described as a
service organization—and so it is. But Knights have historically acted together
with the Church’s preists and bishops.The Bishop of Orange and the pastors of our Council 6020’s two parishes
have asked us to become “more spiritual.”In many ways we are already spiritual in that our practice has been to
start with a good Catholic man and transform him into a better Catholic man.
By virtue of our Baptism and Confirmation we are called to
spread the faith in some way. In the early church our reigion grew rapidly
because non-believers were attracted to it.Attraction is still a powerful force in any type of good work.Many of the members of our Council server the
Church in various capacities as extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist,
lectors, ministers of hospitality.
Some Knights are currently doing Eucharistic Adoration. The
short term goal is to increase the number of Knights involved in this key
ministry.There is no better way to
increase our faith and to influence our fellow Knights and parishioners than in
this ministry.It is key to resisting
the further secularization of our culture including the barbarous practice of abortion.Mass attendance is down to 20%. Very few
Catholic families have children who also practice their religion on a regular
basis.This must change and will change
if we are more spiritual.