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Jason, asked for some help.  So I’m hoping I’m doing this right.

No one likes paying their premiums.  Who wants to spend money when their is a mortgage to pay, food to put on the table, children’s education to pay for, car payments; the list goes on and on.  But what is the lesson of the empty tomb!  Jesus became the new covenant with God.  Jesus Christ became the Paschal Lamb.  It is HIS blood on the wood of the cross that paid the premium.  He, Christ paid the premium for our salvation.

But what is His death without Easter?  If we don’t have the empty tomb what do we have, a man who paid a price but with nothing else. There is nothing.   It is the miracle of Easter, where we receive the joy.  It is the miracle of Easter where we fully receive His love.  It is after his death that we receive the fullness of His gift.

Brothers, I would say this…. life insurance is a gift that we give to our loved ones.  It is after our death that they receive an incredible gift.

The Tomb is empty!  He is Risen!!

 

 

Holy Week Live with Pope Francis

We pulled together links to all the live streams with Pope Francis throughout the upcoming Holy Week. These streams are live from the Vatican and powered by Radio Vatican. All of these can also be found on youtube.com/vatican. You can full screen these videos by clicking the little square icon in the bottom right corner of each video as they start to play.

 

Palm Sunday Celebration

Chrism Mass

Pope Francis celebrates the “In Coena Domini” Mass on Holy Thursday.

On Good Friday, Pope Francis presides over the Celebration of the Passion of our Lord.

The Holy Father presides over the Way of the Cross of Good Friday

On Good Friday, Pope Francis presides over the Celebration of the Passion of our Lord.

The Holy Father presides over the Easter Vigil

The Holy Father presides over the Holy Mass of Easter Day

Knights host their annual Free Throw Championship.

MEDINA , MN – The Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus Council 13096 hosted the District-Wide Free Throw Competition for kids ages 9 – 14 at Holy Name of Jesus on January 30th, 2016.  12 kids participated, and each competed in their own age group.  Each contestant got the chance to shoot 25 free throws, and those who made the most free throws in their bracket went on to regionals.  Many free throws were made and a good time was had by all!  Thank you to everyone who helped to make this event possible.

 

Our Condolence to the Vorderbruggen Family

Medina, MN – January 16, 2016 – The Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus Council 13096 sends their sincere condolences to Brother Knight Joe Vorderbruggen, Dan Vorderbruggen and all of the Vorderbruggen Family in the loss of Adrianna Vorderbruggen who passed serving our country and who’s memorial mass was celebrated at our home parish of Holy Name of Jesus earlier this morning. Our prayers are with your family!

Below is a video clip talking about Adrianna and the other 5 service members killed in the attacks.

Good Samaritan Council to Host Basketball Free Throw Championship

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Medina – MN The Good Samaritan Council 13096 will once again their annual Free Throw Championship on January 16, 2016 at 2pm which is an updated time from the previously announced. All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 are invited to participate in the local level of competition for the 2016 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. The local competition will be held January 16st, at 2:00PM in the Gym at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church which is located on County 24 one mile west of State Highway 101.

The Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship is sponsored annually, with winners progressing through local, district, and state competitions. International champions are announced by the K of C international headquarters based on scores from the state-level competitions. All boys and girls 9 to 14 years old are eligible to participate and will compete in their respective age divisions. Last year more than 120,000 sharpshooters participated in over 3,600 local competitions.

All contestants on the local level are recognized for their participation in the event.  Age eligibility is determined by the age of the contestant on January 1st, 2016. Parental/guardian consent is required. Download your entry forms or contact Earl Forrence for additional information. If you wish to volunteer at the event please sign up now!

About the Knights of Columbus

The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic family fraternal service organization with over 1.8 million members in 15,000 local councils. Last year, Knights donated over 70 million volunteer hours and $167.5 million to charitable and benevolent causes, sponsoring projects to benefit their church, councils, communities, culture of life, families and youth.

About Good Samaritan Council 13096

The HNOJ KC’s are a Catholic men’s service organization that supports our parish priests and church community with time, talent and treasure by hosting fundraising events, Wednesday fine dining and Sunday breakfast buffets for the benefit of worthy Catholic parish causes. Our members and their families volunteer hundreds of hours of service, annually, to a wide variety of HNOJ activities. For more details visit, www.hnojkc.com

Pope Francis Releases a Pop Rock Album

Rome Italy – November 27th, 2015 – The Holy See announced today the international release of Pope Francis new album “Wake Up!”. A 11-track pop-rock-infused album. This album is a compilation of  “…Pope Francis delivering hymns and excerpts from his speeches in Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese, paired with different types of music,” Rolling Stone reported.

The album is also available for order on iTunes for $10.99 and you can purchase a cd for your car, stereo, or wherever else you wish to listen to our Pontifex. We have included below the iTunes page should you wish to preview the music.

Christmas Party

jpeg2015christmasAll Brother Knights and their significant others are invited to join us for the annual council Christmas Party. Over the next few days you should be receiving a postcard in the mail from us here at the council (Looks similar to the one pictured to the left) that will also lead you to this page. We plan to update this page with any last minute event information updates etc. However, we would like to ask that you please RSVP using the below link and specify your attendance and participation if you wish to in the Christmas Gift Exchange.

Should for some reason the $20 charge be a burden on you and thus hinder your attendance to the party we encourage you to ask that the cost be waived.

For more information on this event please contact Bill Swing or Dave Stumpf.

The event schedule is planned as follows:

18:30 arrival and appetizers

19:15 Dinner

20:00 Gift Exchange

Breakfast Buffet raises $1,300.00 for church kitchen fund

MEDINA MN – Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus Council #13096 hosted a Breakfast Buffet on November 15th 2015 at Holy Name Church. The proceeds from this Buffet were designated to go Holy Name to help offset kitchen expenses. I am happy to report that the Council was able to donate $1,300.00 for this cause. Thanks to all who helped to make event a success.

The next Breakfast Buffet will be held on Sunday March 6th with the proceeds to go to the Food Shelves in Maple Plain & at IOCP. Plan to join for this great Breakfast and help out these worthy causes.

Good Samaritan Knights announce appointment of PR Chair

Medina MN- November 11, 2015 –

The Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Dave Stumpf appointed durging the regular business meeting Brother Jason A. Touw as the new Public Relations Committee Chair. This position is appointed by the Grand Knight and is a new role for the council.

As part of this role Touw will aid and oversee in all areas of marketing for the council. These include

  • Creation of content
  • Photography at events
  • Assistance with our new bi-weekly email newsletter
  • Updates to website
  • Press Releases
  • Flyer creation / distribution of flyers

Brother Touw is a parishoner of Holy Name of Jesus and transferred to our council back in September 2015 as a 4th degree Knight. Since joining our council Brother Touw has been very active with attendance at numerous events, meetings, and helped redesign our council website which can be viewed at www.hnojkc.com. Prior to joining our council Touw was a member of the Marian Council 3827 Knights of Columbus in Bloomington, MN since 2009. Brother Touw helped develop the marketing program for the Bloomington Council bringing them to receive the State Marketing award in 2014. Prior to being a member in Bloomington Touw had been a Knight in Boca Raton, FL. at Our Lady of Lourdes council #11241 and joined the order of the Knights of Columbus in 2007 as a 3rd Degree at a ceremony at Our Lady of Mercy Council in Pompano Beach, FL. He joined the ranks of the 4th degree at a ceremony in Orlando, FL 6 months later in the spring of 2008.

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