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Supreme
Knight
launches
Rosary for
the Unborn
with SPUC

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COLUMBA Magazine WINTER Edition 2018-19

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SPUC and KSC launch joint Rosary for the Unborn

The Board of Directors campaign
2018 — 2019
20 December 2018

Supreme Knight The KSC's prioritisation of
the right to life is a boost for
Bro. Bertie M. Grogan SPUC

Ecclesiastical Adviser Last Wednesday saw the
launch of a new joint initiative
Most Rev. Malcolm McMahon OP between the Society for the
Protection of Unborn Children
Archbishop of Liverpool and the Knights of St Columba
(KSC).
Immediate Past Supreme Knight
SPUC is an educational and
Bro. Charlie McCluskey KSG campaigning body, not a reli-
gious group. However, as
Supreme Director for many SPUC supporters are
Action & Social people of faith we unashamed-
and ly encourage their initiatives.
For that reason, SPUC was
Deputy Supreme Knight delighted when the KSC asked
the Society to join with them to
Bro. Harry Welsh promote a spiritual campaign to Bertie Grogan, Supreme Knight of the
mark their centenary year. Knights of St Columba, and SPUC
Supreme Director for
Spirituality & Welfare Pro-life intentions for the CEO John Smeaton.
year (Front cover photo—Supreme Knight
Bro. Sean Mulligan Rosary for the Unborn was with Deputy CEO of SPUC John Deighan)

Supreme Director for launched on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Patroness of the Unborn), in
Youth the presence of Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, the papal nuncio.

Bro. Michael Akinrele Each month throughout 2019 members of SPUC and the KSC will be praying
the rosary in front of the Blessed Sacrament in parishes throughout Britain.
Supreme Director for There is a special pro-life intention for every month.
Membership & Development
Churches around Scotland, England and Wales are already responding to this
Bro. Brian Henry call to pray for the unborn. Throughout the year there will be reminders of the
initiative. 28th December 2018 - the Feast of the Holy Innocents - is proposed
Supreme Director for as an ideal day for people to start the campaign in their church.
Communications & Media
A boost for SPUC
Bro. Sean Smith
SPUC Deputy CEO John Deighan said: "We are very encouraged with this
Director partnership initiative with the Knights. They are a wonderful organisation and
their prioritisation of the right to life during their centenary year is a boost for
Bro. John Campolini SPUC's work. Abortion is the greatest destroyer of life the world has ever
known, and the more organisations that make it a top priority, the sooner will
Director come the day when we restore laws that respect every human life."

Bro. Jim Pugh

Director

Bro. Stephen Ferris

More information can be found at https://www.spuc.org.uk/get-invoved/
events/2019/january/rosary-for-the-unborn

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Looking forward

In this Winter edition of Columba we look forward to the arrival of Spring
and new growth in the flowers, plants and trees.

The Order is celebrating its Cen- will say more on this as we progress
tenary; 100 Years of Serving God by through the year.
serving others. The incorporators of One recent visit took me to another
our great Order had seen the terrible “off the mainland” Council – Douglas
effects of illness, and above all, pov- Isle of Man. What a treat I had in
erty following the Great War. Look- store. I arrived in the early morning
ing back over the past 100 years we to be greeted by their Grand Knight
must applaud their far seeing ideas and Past Grand Knight and also the
for the erection of the Knights of St current Provincial Grand Knight Of
Columba and ask what we, their Province 2 Liverpool (to which IOM
successors, have achieved. Council is attached), Bro Ray Peal-
Service to the Hierarchy and the ing. We attended Mass in St Mary’s
Church is enshrined in our principles Church in Douglas, then to lunch
of Charity Unity and Fraternity. and later to their Council meeting.

Councils erected originally in Scot- What a tre- At my home parish Mass recently,
land were followed soon afterwards mendous the Gospel spoke of Our Lord pulling
by Councils South of the Border, amount of work away from the shore with his Apos-
Liverpool being the focus of that this Council is tles, speaking to them as fishermen
spread into England. From there the doing. Again, then as “Fishers of Men”. This has
Order spread Southwards across this is a council always been a very powerful Gospel
the whole of England, moving into that we hear to me. We should all, as Knights, be
Wales, thence to the Channel Is- little of, but you actively asking more men to join our
lands and Douglas, Isle of Man. This should sub- great OrdWere.sIt uPragrke, Jyeorusetyo cast your
phenomenal growth was achieved in scribe to its nets wider.
a short number of years. newsletter I look forward to meeting more
Why? You ask. To answer this ques- “Knick Knacks” Brothers and families as I visit your
tion you have to have lived through and there you Councils in Spring and later in Sum-
this period of time. will see all its mer. Until then, then may I remind
The founding of a Young men’s great work for you all to “Tell Our Story Share Our
group - The Squires. Some of those the Order. Dream”?
young men are still alive today and
still members, many of whom have Charity, Unity and Fraternity
more than 70 plus years of service
to our Order. The Order of the Knights of St Co-
It is to them we must look to hear of lumba is founded on the virtues of
the history of the Order. Meeting Charity, Unity and Fraternity, and
some of these Brothers, who live in one of those three virtues – Fraterni-
many parts of the country, is like a ty - is the most sacred.
history lesson. Unfortunately my
time is limited to listen but what a I have seen it, particularly in the new Fraternal regards,
privilege to be in their company, young men in universities, saying
even for a short time. I have asked that was why they joined. In Coun- Bertie M Grogan
them to please send their history in cils across the country we greet
the Order to me. each other in a fraternal manner. No Supreme Knight
matter where I visit it is always great
Rosary for Life to be greeted by fraternal Brothers. PS: A concise History of the
But like all families there are times Order can be ordered from Head
Our Rosary for Life continues across when fraternity seems to be lacking. Office, along with Rosary for Life
the country. Our partnership with I find this very sad. We need to re- Prayer Cards.
SPUC has made it possible to get member all these virtues and prac-
Rosary Prayer cards into every par- tice them daily. BREAKING NEWS!!!
ish in Scotland England and Wales. My visits to attend Dinners, Masses
This continues to shows our commit- and Pilgrimages will continue On 13th February 2019 our Holy Father
ment to SPUC and all Pro Life or- throughout the months of February, Pope Francis announced that, after a
ganisations. This will continue March and April. Visiting Brothers to meeting with Cardinal Angelo Beccui, he
throughout the year until November. celebrate the Order’s Centenary had signed off on a 2nd miracle allowing
It is a huge undertaking on both our across the country. the way for Blessed John Henry Newman
Action and Spirituality departments. I to become a Saint.

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