Building the Domestic Church

We are being asked to continue this work in our own families, parishes and Councils.

The first step is in our own homes. The family is the foundation of the Church. To help us strengthen our families, the Knights of Columbus has a new program "BUILDING THE DOMESTIC CHURCH The Family Fully Alive". This program is available from the www.kofc.org website for free. This is a program we can do in our homes with our families.

The second step is a new initiative "Our Mission to Build the Domestic Church and Strengthen Parish Life". We are being asked to focus on our parishes. Building our parish programs and parish ministries. We need to look at every aspect of our Councils and make sure we are supporting our Church. If something is pulling people away from the Church we need to eliminate or bring it back to support the Church. Some of these programs include Scouting and the Squires programs. We need to bring these into the church. Allowing the Church to sponsor these programs don't mean that we will not be involved. This means that the focus will be the church and we will continue to support these programs along with our parishes. Building stronger children in the church is of the utmost importance.

We are asked to look at our Council halls. If your Council has a hall, do we work for the hall or does your hall work for your Council. Is it dividing your Council or uniting your Council. How does it support your Parish? If it's not helping maybe it's time to devote our Councils time and money to some other programs.

I urge you to educate yourself on these new programs and to invite others to join us on Our Mission. Remember every eligible Catholic man should be a member of the Knights of Columbus.

Craig Modrzynski