Council 2569, 89th Anniversary Picnic
Sunday July 10, 1:00pm
Members, Families, and Friends
Directions: Take Squirrel
Rd. north of E. Square Lake Road across the bridge over I.75. Turn left
onto Squirrel Valley Drive. Turn right onto Spring Grove. It’s the
house on the right.
Bring lawn chairs, maybe a small table for yourself.
The K of C will provide all food and beverages (beer, wine, pop, &
water). We ask that you bring lawn chairs and any lawn games that you
wish to play. The phone number is (248)-852-0686 if you have any
questions. Hope all can attend.
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1889 Spring Grove, Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Chaplain's Corner
Rev. Lawrence Ventline
ENHANCING FAMILY -
THE FIRST SCHOOL, THE DOMESTIC CHURCH IN THE HOME
By Lawrence M. Ventline, D.Min.
Is family more like a circus juggler these days trying to coordinate
school; sports and more amid high-tech days of blackberries, TV, IPods,
and mobile phones?
Perhaps?
Yet, the family home is a symbol of each member's life. There the
foundation Resides. Recall: A temple of the Holy
Spirit. Remember?
How do we enhance family today?
Below are five suggestions for connecting the faith and family,
including Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions.
What one hears and what a disciple lives is essential. The late
Pope John Paul II made that clear in his exhortation (a warning),
entitled, On The Family, where he urges family to be a community of
persons who participate in the development of society.
faithfulness in it through prayer and contemplation, not as an isolated
individual act, but rather as John Paul II challenges family to be a
community of persons.
Family can be better. We all can be. It does indeed take a
village to grow a household in the Lord, in our Wonder Counselor in our
winter wonderland whereas certainly as the sun will rise, Spring also
will follow for hope springs eternal - the evergreen virtue for you,
for me, for family at home, and families of the global world. Grow it
well in God. One family at a time. Begin now. Go on.
(On special assignment for the Catholic Ardiocese of Detroit,
MI., Lawrence M. Ventline, a pastor, author, and psychotherapist for 35
years, he holds a doctor of ministry from St. Mary's Seminary and
University in Baltimore, MD. Reach him at www.interfaithwork.com
or 586 777 9116).
“STRENGTHENING FAMILY IS
AIM OF CATHOLIC-MUSLIM CONVERSATION IN ROYAL OAK AT HOME OF COUNCIL
#2569”
By Lawrence Ventline
Special to The Oakland Press
A Catholic-Muslim conversation on strengthening family stirred in Royal
Oak Monday.
"I'm grateful to family and especially a grandparent who asked me if I
really wanted to marry, doing my due diligence and necessary
preparation for matrimony," O'Connor told the listening crowd.
"Families no longer know their neighbors and care for each other, let
alone those at home," complained Ferndale resident Betty LaFramboise,
whose own parents emigrated from Canada
Forty-one percent of first marriages end with the staggering divorce
rates that are "undermining the U.S. Family Foundation and first school
of the home," said Remeika, who is deputy director of the
Knights, an organizer of the session with Ron O'Connor of Clawson who
serves as Grand Knight.
The spiritual leader of the bustling American Islamic Community Center
in Madison Heights, Imam Najah al Hussaini agreed, warning of "people
who treat their homes like a hotel," describing a situation when a
family lacks communication and teens choose to isolate themselves in
their rooms. In further discussion, he declared another risk that has
affected all communities when stating "divorce shakes and destroys the
family."
Bright yellow poster print boards were full of ways of strengthening
family listing what those in attendance suggested:
Regular family meetings; prayer; cultivating family
traditions; prayer spaces in the home; dining together often;
creating a family garden; home schooling; families pulling together;
sacrifice amid the web and flow of suffering; serving God; religion is
a first priority; helps kids become friends of silence by unplugging
electronics for a weekend each month; grow a garden and the family
foundation; get help to parent well; start training children from the
earliest age; listen to clergy; and, play together.
"The fact that people are getting together and talking about these
things from a perspective of faith is so fruitful and important,"
Hornbacker, who is also a Knight, responded at the evening's end
when the crowd circled up, including the O'Connor family who led a Hail
Mary, and Glory Be prayer before dad delivered a solo connection with
God:
"O God we thank you for family. You know us and love us,
and, you want us to love each other."
(Reach Lawrence Ventline, D.Min., a Catholic pastor and
licensed counselor for 35 years at www.interfaithwork.com
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Grand Knight's Message
Worthy Brother Knights,
Vivat Jesu.
First, I would like to thank all the members that voted for your
council officers for the year 2012. I’m looking forward to working with
all the new officers next year. Thank you again for your vote as Grand
Knight! Hope to see you at the Council Picnic on July 10, 2011 at
1:00pm at Gary’s house.
I’m looking into the installation of officers at the meeting night.
At our June meeting, we changed the meeting nights to the 3rd Tuesday instead of 4th Tuesday of the month, beginning in August. Thus the membership meeting in August will be on 8/16/11.
See you at the meeting – 4th Tuesday July, 3rd Tuesday August, etc.
Thank you again. God bless you all.
Vivat Jesu,
Ronald O’Connor
Grand Knight
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