eColumba April 2019

Knights of St Columba APRIL 2019

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Mission Statement — As Brothers of the Knights of St. Columba we are resolved through our own efforts,
prayer and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to increase the membership of our Order so that we can more
effectively work for Christ’s Kingdom.

ACTION THROUGH PRAYER TM

This year it was decided that there would be no National Action
Project. So instead we are carrying out a spiritual exercise in
conjunction with S.P.U.C.
We have had discussions with them and came up with the idea of
saying the Rosary once a month in front of the Blessed
Sacrament.

“Rosary for the Unborn”

We also agreed that there would be a
special intention for each month, with
Rosary Prayer cards provided.
There have been 500,000 prayer cards
printed and distributed between the
Knights of St Columba and S.P.U.C.
I believe this is the biggest campaign
that S.P.U.C. have been involved in for
45 years.
The campaign was launched in
December 2018 by the Supreme Knight
and the Director of S.P.U.C. John
Smeaton on the Feast of Our Lady of
Guadalupe.
At the beginning of Lent the Supreme
Knight sent out this message.

“With Lent being upon us, I ask all
Knights, not to just give up
something for Lent but to also take
on something which is very
important in these current times. I
implore you all to pray a decade of
the Rosary for the Unborn each day during Lent and to
especially pray the intentions for March and April. Together
we can raise awareness of the need for us all to uphold the
sanctity of human life from conception to a natural death. We
are joining together with SPUC our Pro-Life partners in this
campaign in promoting the Holy Rosary for this cause.”
Brothers all around the country have been taking part in this
wonderful initiative

Bro Harry Welsh (Supreme Director for Action & Social)

Monthly Intentions

April - For those grieving the loss of a child during pregnancy.
May - For women and families struggling with infertility.
June - For Fathers of children lost to abortion.

Booking form on page 2 for both events.

CENTENARY EVENTS Our Lady of Walsingham Dowry Tour

PILGRIMAGES In the forthcoming months
the National Statue of Our
8th - 10th June 2019 Lady of Walsingham will be
IONA visiting Cathedrals all over
the Country. The tour began
3 Days / 2 Nights it’s journey on 21st June
Accommodation in Dunoon. from The Metropolitan
Cathedral, Liverpool and will
For further details finish on 21st March 2020 at
email: [email protected] Westminster Cathedral,
London for the Rededication
MASSES of England as the Dowry of
Mary. The Knights of St
Saturday, 29th June 2019 Columba are very humbled to be taking part in this great occasion. The
12.00 noon dates below for 2019 are still to come, so please do come along. Further
information can be found at http://www.dowrytour.org.uk
KSC BIRMINGHAM
PROVINCE 18's  Plymouth – 16th to 18th May
St. Mary and St. Boniface
CENTENARY MASS  Birmingham – 20th to 22nd June
Basilica & Cathedral St Chad’s Cathedral
Church of St Chad's,  Bishopric of the Forces – 18th to 20th July
Aldershot Cathedral
St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham.  Nottingham – 10th to 12th October
Celebrants:- Saint Barnabas Catholic Cathedral
 Hexham and Newcastle – 24th to 26th October
Right Reverend Philip Pargeter, Cathedral Church of St Mary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Emeritus Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham  Leeds – 7th to 9th November
St Anne’s Catholic Cathedral
and  Arundel & Brighton – 28th to 30th November
Monsignor Canon Timothy Menezes, Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St. Philip Howard

Vicar General of the International Alliance of Knights’ Fraternal Cross
Archdiocese of Birmingham. Makes its way around Great Britain

Saturday, 6th July 2019 at 2.00pm
KSC WESTMINSTER PROVINCES

11, 29 & 30
CENTENERY MASS
at Westminster Cathedral.
Celebrant & Concelebrant
Cardinal Vincent Nichols and
Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP

SOCIAL WEEKENDS The Knights of St Columba started once again, to celebrate it’s Cen-
tenary Celebrations, to send the Fraternal Cross around Councils and
10th - 12th May 2019 Provinces of Great Britain. The Cross symbolises all the Fraternal
GOLF TOURNAMENT Knights Organisations from around the World and is very special to
behold. It started it’s journey at Supreme Council, held in Glasgow on
3 Days / 2 Nights 21st October 2018 and will complete it’s journey on October 5th at the
Accommodation at Garstang 98th Supreme Council when the Order will celebrate it’s 100th year as
Country Hotel & Golf Centre. a Lay Organisation. Please keep an eye on local newsletters and
bulletins for when it will be close to you so that you can go and see it.
For further details go to
www.ksc.org.uk/events This is a great way
to see the work of
From October 2018 through to October the Knights of St
2019 is the Knights of St Columba’s Cen- Columba and what
we have been doing
tenary Year faithfully for the last
100 years and will
1919 to 2019 - A Century of Service continue to do so,
God willing for the
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ensure you are aware of
the events taking place in

your community.

Email : [email protected] or via the
website at

https://www.ksc.org.uk