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‘The Family That Prays Together Stays Together’
This is the famous quote of
Father Patrick Phyton, “the
Rosary priest.” As he suggests,
praying as a family is an underlining
quality of faithful families.
Participating in prayer together as a
family strengthens the bonds of trust,
honesty and love within all members.
It opens your family up to the gifts
and graces of the Lord, and separates
your family from today’s fast-paced
world.
The time spent praying together
as a family is a great way to stay connected
and in each other’s lives. As
children get older and their lives
become more focused on outside
activities, and as parents become
engrossed with hectic schedules, taking
the time to pray as a family keeps
it grounded in the two most important
aspects in life — faith and family.
Prayer in the household can easily
lead your family to other worthwhile
activities that you can share
with one another. Here are a few
ideas:
Go to Mass together, even if your
family has older children. Gather
everyone (including if possible
grandparents and other extended
family members) together once a
week at Mass.
Pray the Rosary in your home.
Use the Knights of Columbus
“How to Pray the Rosary” prayer
card (#1877 — $3 per 100).
Go to Church together to receive
the sacrament of reconciliation.
The flyer “A Guide to
Confession” (#2075 — $3 per 100)
includes relevant teachings on
the reception of this sacrament.
Make time once a week to read
the Bible and then discuss chosen
passages.
Teach CCD classes as a family,
with the parents teaching and the
older children helping.
Parish Round Table Program
Knowing all the good that the
Knights bring to us, our families
and our communities, it is
our responsibility to offer every eligible
Catholic man an opportunity of
membership in our Order.
One of the Order’s goals
is to have a council in every
parish. With that as a goal,
councils at times find themselves
operating in more
than one parish.
The Knights of
Columbus Parish Round
Table program was implemented
to deal with this situation.
This program is for
councils that cover more
than one parish, providing the opportunity
for Knights of that council to
support their separate parishes as
they deem fit.
Establishing a Parish Round
Table is easy and beneficial. All
members of the parish who are
#2632
#4429, #9530, #9529
Knights, regardless of council affiliation,
are eligible to join the Round
Table. The pastor selects a parish
Knight to be the Round Table coordinator
and the grand knight makes the
appointment. The coordinator
is the Round Table’s only officer.
To implement a Round
Table, the grand knight and
financial secretary first divide
the council membership roster
by parish. The grand
knight and a Knight of the
parish should meet with the
pastor about the program.
They should stress that the
Round Table will present no
conflict with any other parish organization
because the pastor will assign
its projects.
The Round Table coordinator
should meet regularly (about once a
month) with the pastor to discuss
what the Round Table can do to help
Give each family member a
“Eucharistic Devotion” prayer
card (#4194E,S).
Use the Prayer for beatification of
the Servant of God, Pope John
Paul IJ (#9528, English, French,
Spanish, Polish), Prayer for His
Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
(#9530, English, French, Spanish,
Polish), Prayer to the Knights of
Columbus Mexican Martyrs — 6
Saints (#4229, English &
Spanish), Prayer to the Knights of
Columbus Mexican Martyrs — 2
Blessed (#4535, English &
Spanish) in your family’s prayers
and devotions.
Participate in open discussions
with your family on faith-based
issues that are occurring in your
community and in the world.
Participate in parish youth
groups, volunteer activities and
other programs as a family.
Make sure that your family members
begin and end each day with
prayer. Enable them to rejuvenate
their spiritual lives with the support
of the closest people around them,
their family.
the parish. The coordinator reports
Round Table activities to his council.
He also must complete the Annual
Report of the Knights of Columbus
Round Table (#2630) by June 30 of
each year and file it with the
Supreme Council. Copies of this
report are included on the Order’s
Web site at www.kofc.org and in the
Council Report Form Book (#1436).
The In Service to Our Parishes
(#4519) and the Knights of Columbus
Round Table (#2632) pamphlets contain
details and guidelines for establishing
Round Tables. You may find
this pamphlet by logging on to the
Order’s Web site. This pamphlet is
also included in the “Surge ... with
Service” kit mailed to financial secretaries
each fraternal year and available
from the Supreme Council
Supply Department at no charge if
ordered in reasonable quantities.