Dexter Knights of Columbus 2959

11/17/2025

On October 25th, the six councils in Thunder Bay (District 14) held their semi-annual Food Drive in support of the , a local soup kitchen.

Together, the councils mobilized 68 Knights collecting donations at five grocery stores. The community’s generosity shone once again as the Knights gathered 20 truckloads of food and $5,600 in monetary donations.

The Dew Drop Inn expressed heartfelt gratitude, noting that this food drive will go a long way in helping feed those in need throughout the winter months.

Kudos to everyone for an amazing team effort! 👏

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

11/17/2025

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11/17/2025

11/17/2025

Today the Church celebrates the ninth World Day of the Poor, a day set aside for Catholics to reflect more deeply on the call to love the poor as brothers and sisters in Christ. In his column in the November issue of Columbia, Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s recent apostolic exhortation on love for the poor, Dilexi Te (I Have Loved You), comparing the pope’s message to the vision of Blessed Michael McGivney. “The poor are not statistics or problems to be solved,” the supreme chaplain writes. “They are persons created in God’s image and endowed with dignity. They have names, faces, a personal history and destiny. Ever the parish priest, Father McGivney knew and loved the poor by name.”

Read more: https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/columbia/2025/november/lori-11012025.html

Featured: A Knight visits a woman on the grounds of Santo Niño de Baseco Parish in Manila, Philippines, where local Knights operate a soup kitchen and food distribution program and provide free ultrasound scanning for women. (Photo by Tamino Petelinšek)

11/17/2025

“By your perseverance you will secure your lives.” (Luke 21:5-19)

Jesus warns His followers that trials will come: confusion, conflict, and even persecution. Yet His message is one of peace, not fear. The Lord promises that He Himself will give us wisdom and strength to endure, and that no hardship can destroy the hope found in Him.

🙏 Lord, steady our hearts when we face uncertainty. Give us courage to persevere and trust that You are always with us.

10/29/2025

10/29/2025

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often challenged, is to embrace the hope that is “not knowing.”

“As pilgrims of hope, we must view our troubled times in the light of the resurrection,” the pope said in an audience with jubilee pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 25.

Leo brought attention to Nicholas of Cusa — a Catholic cardinal and theologian from Germany, who lived in the 15th century — as a model for how to live one’s faith “during a turbulent era that involved serious spiritual divisions.”

The pope described Nicholas of Cusa as “a great thinker and servant of unity” who “can teach us that hoping is also ‘not knowing.’”

“As St. Paul writes, ‘How can one hope for what one already sees?’” Leo said. “Nicholas of Cusa could not see the unity of the Church, shaken by opposing currents and divided between East and West. He could not see peace in the world and among religions, at a time when Christianity felt threatened from outside.”

But instead of living in fear like many of his contemporaries, Nicholas chose to associate with those who had hope, the pontiff explained.

Nicholas, Leo said, “understood that there are opposites to be held together, that God is a mystery in which what is in tension finds unity. Nicholas knew that he did not know, and so he understood reality better and better. What a great gift for the Church! What a call to renewal of the heart! Here are his teachings: make space, hold opposites together, hope for what is not yet seen.”

Pope Leo said the Church is experiencing the same thing today: questions challenging the Church’s teaching, from young people, from the poor, from women, from those without a voice or who are different from the majority.

“We are in a blessed time: so many questions!” he said. “The Church becomes an expert in humanity if it walks with humanity and has the echo of its questions in its heart.”

“To hope is not to know,” Leo underlined. “We do not already have the answers to all the questions. But we have Jesus. We follow Jesus. And so we hope for what we do not yet see.”

Full story: https://ow.ly/zLZa50Xi9cu

10/29/2025

The second Luminous Mystery: The Wedding at Cana

Mary intercedes at Cana, and Jesus works His first miracle. She still says, “Do whatever He tells you.” Knights, too, are men who trust Mary’s words and do what Christ commands.

Pray, entrusting your needs to her. A daily Rosary strengthens your confidence in your prayers when placed in Mary’s hands.

(The fresco of The wedding at Cana in church kostel Svateho Cyrila Metodeje probably by Gustav Miksch and Antonin Krisan 19th cent.)

10/29/2025

Since the First Crusade liberated Jerusalem and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 1099, the site of Christ’s Resurrection has been under the care of Christian knights. Their legacy continues today in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, which traveled to Rome for the Jubilee of Hope and met with Pope Leo XIV.

Watch more: https://ow.ly/VUBU50XhTBi

10/29/2025

The fourth Glorious Mystery: The Assumption of Mary

Mary is assumed body and soul into heaven, sharing in her Son’s glory. She is our mother and our sign of hope. As Knights, we can entrust our lives to her intercession, knowing she leads us to Christ.

Pray, seeking Mary’s guidance on your journey. A daily Rosary draws you under her mantle, safe on the road to heaven.

(ceiling with fresco of Assumption of Mary by Giuseppe Passeri 18th c.)