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Posted: 5/27/2017 11:50:23 PM EDT
After many, many years of sitting on my rear end, I decided it's time to become more involved in my local parish.
It feels good to be part of something bigger than me, forge new friendships, and to help the community. |
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Posted: 5/28/2017 6:42:57 AM EDT
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Good for you! CONGRATS!
I hear ya. Been sitting on my bum for quite a few years and need to get involved in my Parish as well. Ya got me MOTIVATED, Sir! 
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Posted: 5/28/2017 7:07:40 AM EDT
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Congratulations.
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Posted: 5/28/2017 9:32:34 AM EDT
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Kudos to you Sir!
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Posted: 5/28/2017 10:17:58 AM EDT
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Kudo's Sir, does "Does not play well with others" no longer apply then
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Posted: 5/28/2017 11:12:27 AM EDT
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Congrats!
I'm a 4th degree knight. Find out when they are doing the 4th degree in your area and go and do it. Then you can buy yourself a sword! 
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Posted: 5/29/2017 11:41:54 AM EDT
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Way to go. Mr. AF is also a 3rd.
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Posted: 5/30/2017 10:12:26 AM EDT
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They found out I own a tux and have been all over me to move up.
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Posted: 6/4/2017 10:33:14 AM EDT
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Congrats. Just entered first degree myself
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Posted: 6/4/2017 11:51:16 AM EDT
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They found out I own a tux and have been all over me to move up. |
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Posted: 6/8/2017 5:47:24 PM EDT
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Congrats!
I am 4th degree or 1st degree. I can't remember which is the lowest But, I haven't even attended one meeting. My vocation right now is to my family. I will one day be more focused on it. Great job! Maybe we will run into each other. Being in tge same diocese and all.
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Posted: 6/8/2017 5:50:42 PM EDT
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What does owning a tux have to do with the quality of a candidate? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They found out I own a tux and have been all over me to move up. 
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Posted: 7/11/2017 2:45:37 PM EDT
[#12]
welcome to the freemasons :)
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Posted: 7/11/2017 3:05:17 PM EDT
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welcome to the freemasons :) |
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Posted: 7/11/2017 3:36:04 PM EDT
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welcome to the freemasons :) Membership in the Freemasons for Catholics is strictly forbidden. It used to result in automatic excommunication. |
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Posted: 7/11/2017 3:43:22 PM EDT
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Is KOC basically the Masonic Lodge for Roman Catholics?
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Posted: 7/11/2017 4:52:26 PM EDT
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Is KOC basically the Masonic Lodge for Roman Catholics? |
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Posted: 7/12/2017 8:34:50 AM EDT
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It was established to counter Catholic Mason membership and to assist widows and orphans. Not a freemason fraternity. |
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Posted: 7/12/2017 9:24:39 AM EDT
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yes i have studied a good bit of the history of both organizations. Both are excellent orgs. i just had give him a ribbing.
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Posted: 7/12/2017 11:16:36 AM EDT
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yes i have studied a good bit of the history of both organizations. Both are excellent orgs. i just had give him a ribbing. 
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Posted: 7/18/2017 8:33:47 PM EDT
[#20]
3rd Degree Bingo Caller here!!
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Posted: 7/18/2017 8:34:59 PM EDT
[#21]
Congrats!
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Posted: 8/2/2017 1:17:55 PM EDT
[#22]
So, based on today I guess Eric Shinseki is a knight?
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Posted: 8/2/2017 1:26:14 PM EDT
[#23]
Congrats!
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Posted: 8/2/2017 5:08:54 PM EDT
[#24]
Just got an email from the Grand Knight. Sounds like he wants to pawn a committee off on me already. That's what you get for being helpful.
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Posted: 8/5/2017 8:15:03 PM EDT
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Thoughts on the new Fourth Degree uniforms?
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Posted: 8/6/2017 6:14:09 PM EDT
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Thoughts on the new Fourth Degree uniforms? |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 2:17:23 PM EDT
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Thoughts on the new Fourth Degree uniforms? Seems really silly to me. That looks more like a US Army dress uniform of some kind. Personally, I thought the chapeau with feathers was a little overdone too, but at least it sort of reminded you of a "naval" outfit in honor of the seafarer Columbus. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 2:19:22 PM EDT
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Off-topic follow-up question: The KoC's namesake Columbus wasn't the nicest guy in the world. Reading the Wikipedia entry makes him look pretty bad. Maybe not any worse than most of his contemporaries, but not a good role model I would say. Now at the time of the founding of the KoC, that much was probably known about Columbus and it was a way to make the Knights reflect the spirit of patriotism so I can see how it happened.
Thoughts? |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 2:41:48 PM EDT
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Now, I am not KofC, but I understand that the order was founded as a counter to Free Masonry. Is that accurate?
Also, in my study of Catholic history, I have found that the Wiki pages are a good place to start, but don't paint the whole picture from the Catholic perspective. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 2:44:35 PM EDT
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welcome to the freemasons :)
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Posted: 8/9/2017 3:02:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/9/2017 3:13:04 PM EDT
[#32]
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Congrats! I'm a 4th degree knight. Find out when they are doing the 4th degree in your area and go and do it. Then you can buy yourself a sword! ...have you seen the new uniform? 
ETA: I see it was already covered. Congrats, Z. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 3:22:51 PM EDT
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Congratulations from a 3rd Degree Knight.
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Posted: 8/9/2017 3:46:01 PM EDT
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It was established to counter Catholic Mason membership and to assist widows and orphans. Not a freemason fraternity. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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welcome to the freemasons :) |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 3:48:55 PM EDT
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Off-topic follow-up question: The KoC's namesake Columbus wasn't the nicest guy in the world. Reading the Wikipedia entry makes him look pretty bad. Maybe not any worse than most of his contemporaries, but not a good role model I would say. Now at the time of the founding of the KoC, that much was probably known about Columbus and it was a way to make the Knights reflect the spirit of patriotism so I can see how it happened. Thoughts? I doubt there was much more thought applied. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 4:12:29 PM EDT
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I've always found that interesting. Seems it would have made more sense to expend an existing lay order and tie it to local Parishes. But, politics makes it easier to start from scratch, I guess, and those Knights didn't have a presence in the US until the late 1920s. Politics probably also explains why the US has three separate associations. There was more to it than that. At the time, social fraternities and men's groups were extremely popular, and Father McGivney wanted a more wholesome group for young men with strong ties to the church. That, and of course his deep desire to find a way to help orphans and widows. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 4:24:37 PM EDT
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There was more to it than that. At the time, social fraternities and men's groups were extremely popular, and Father McGivney wanted a more wholesome group for young men with strong ties to the church. That, and of course his deep desire to find a way to help orphans and widows. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've always found that interesting. Seems it would have made more sense to expend an existing lay order and tie it to local Parishes. But, politics makes it easier to start from scratch, I guess, and those Knights didn't have a presence in the US until the late 1920s. Politics probably also explains why the US has three separate associations. But, they were doing their own thing, and a new org was born. Now, they essentially compete, with the Malta folks seemingly less parish-focused and more order-focused. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 8:42:40 PM EDT
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Just got an email from the Grand Knight. Sounds like he wants to pawn a committee off on me already. That's what you get for being helpful. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 8:44:25 PM EDT
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Sounds like an ideal role for expanding and revamping the ol' Knights Hospitaller and getting them a strong foothold in the US of A. But, they were doing their own thing, and a new org was born. Now, they essentially compete, with the Malta folks seemingly less parish-focused and more order-focused. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 10:53:43 PM EDT
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It seems that Hospitaller orders are far more active in Europe than the US. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sounds like an ideal role for expanding and revamping the ol' Knights Hospitaller and getting them a strong foothold in the US of A. But, they were doing their own thing, and a new org was born. Now, they essentially compete, with the Malta folks seemingly less parish-focused and more order-focused. The first Hospitalers didn't make it the the U.S. until the 1920s, IIRC. They're apparently active in the DC area. But I've never interacted with them. The Holy See's military advisor to the OSCE in Vienna was a Knight of Malta - and retired Italian General. I got the impression from him that he associate with them for much the same reason American associate with the Knights of Columbus. |
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Posted: 8/13/2017 11:02:03 PM EDT
[#41]
Congrats Brother Knight!
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Posted: 8/14/2017 12:02:04 AM EDT
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Perhaps a Autist Wrangler position has opened up and they know your background as a GD Mod.
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Posted: 8/14/2017 7:53:11 AM EDT
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The Holy See's military advisor to the OSCE in Vienna was a Knight of Malta - and retired Italian General. I got the impression from him that he associate with them for much the same reason American associate with the Knights of Columbus. |
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Posted: 8/14/2017 8:06:40 AM EDT
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But. I guess I'm overly sentimental to history and think it would be "cool" for people in Parish communities to have the opportunity to be knighted into a thousand year old organization with international reach. |
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Posted: 8/14/2017 8:11:10 AM EDT
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There was more to it than that. At the time, social fraternities and men's groups were extremely popular, and Father McGivney wanted a more wholesome group for young men with strong ties to the church. That, and of course his deep desire to find a way to help orphans and widows. Zhukov, have you seen the new uniforms? AF |
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Posted: 8/14/2017 9:50:04 AM EDT
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See my signature mate. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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But. I guess I'm overly sentimental to history and think it would be "cool" for people in Parish communities to have the opportunity to be knighted into a thousand year old organization with international reach. We could probably do a thread about the various groups out there, most of us aren't exposed to them but through acquaintences or personal interaction. |
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Posted: 8/14/2017 10:34:38 AM EDT
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I think a more community-focused Hospitaler movement would have been an ideal "American" spin on an ever-changing institution and help tie things to history. But. I guess I'm overly sentimental to history and think it would be "cool" for people in Parish communities to have the opportunity to be knighted into a thousand year old organization with international reach. But, yes, agreed to the idea that an older extinct order would be better than a shake and bake one. However, I wouldn't be surprised that nobility that belonged to extinct orders wouldn't like the fact that such an order was getting recycled to appeal to commoners. |
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Posted: 8/14/2017 11:35:08 AM EDT
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See my signature mate. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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But. I guess I'm overly sentimental to history and think it would be "cool" for people in Parish communities to have the opportunity to be knighted into a thousand year old organization with international reach. My wife's uncle was in it, but I didn't even know until he died. |
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Posted: 8/14/2017 11:42:46 AM EDT
[#49]
Congrats.
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Posted: 8/14/2017 12:07:30 PM EDT
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That's pretty awesome. My wife's uncle was in it, but I didn't even know until he died. |
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