CHAPLAIN’S report OC TOB ER 2013 f VOLUME 5 f NUMBER 10 f KOFC.ORG/CHAPLAINS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS In service to One. In service to all. LEARNING THE FAITH, LIVING THE FAITH f 1 COLUMBUS PLAZA, NEW HAVEN, CT 06510-3326, USA Visit www.kofc.org/chaplains to sign up to receive future issues of this newsletter via email. Previous issues are also archived at this site. Meet the New Chaplains Program Director As the new head of the chaplains program, Father Jonathan Kalisch, O.P., said he will be building on the groundbreaking work of Father John Grace, O.S.A., who has retired from h is position as the first full-time director. With the title of Director of Chaplains and Spiritual Development, Father Kalisch began his work September 23rd at the Supreme Council headquarters in New Haven, where he will live at the Dominican Priory at St. Mary’s Church, on the grounds where Father Michael McGivney founded the Order in 1882. Father Kalisch, 41 years old, grew up in New Jersey and joined the Knights of Columbus in 1991 as a freshman at Georgetown University. He served as the college council’s church director and deputy grand knight, and for two years he also held the position of grand knight. Working clos ely with the counc il’ s two chaplains, he saw for th e first time the full life of a priest, and the seed of a vocation was planted. After graduation, he worked for an international accounting firm for one year in Warsaw, Poland, before going on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, SEE NEW DIRECT OR, PAGE 4 SEE PILGRIMAGE, PAGE 2 O n Sunday, Sept. 8, nearly 4,500 Knights and their families and friends traveled to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Filling the Great Upper Church of the nation’ s preeminent Marian shrine, they gathered for the Y ear of Faith Pilgrimage as music from the 56-bells of the Knights T ower Carillon called them to prayer. The pilgrims joined Supreme Knight Carl Anderson and Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, together with other Kof C leaders and guests, at “America ’ s Catholic Church” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Knights Tower Carillon and to reconsecrate the Order to the Blessed Virgin Mary. An honor guard of approximately 500 Fourth Degree Knights led the opening procession for the Solemn Mass, which was celebrated byArchbish op Lori and concelebr ated by Archbish op Gérald Cyprien Lacroix of Quebec, primate of Canada, among others. Immediatelyfollowing Mass, a prayer program commenced that included exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, a Marian meditation led by Archbishop Lacroix, the recitation of the rosar y , remarks by the supreme knight, and an act of reconsecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary led by the supreme chaplain and supreme knight. Sept. 8 traditionally marks the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nine months after the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Archbishop Lori began his homily by noting the relevance of J esus’ words in the Gospel reading, which seemed “tailor-made for this occasion”: “Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit Knights Fill Mary’s House for Y ear of Faith Pilgrimage Celebration Marks 50t h Anniversary of Knights T ower Caril lon
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Visit www.kofc.org/chaplains to sign up to receive future issues of this newsletter via email.
Previous issues are also archived at this site.
Meet the New Chaplains
Program DirectorA s the new head of the chaplainsprogram, Father Jonathan Kalisch,
O.P., said he will be building on thegroundbreaking work of Father JohnGrace, O.S.A., who has retired from hisposition as the first full-time director. With the title of Director of Chaplainsand Spiritual Development, FatherKalisch began his work September23rd at the Supreme Councilheadquarters in New Haven, where he
will live at the Dominican Priory at St.Mary’s Church, on the grounds whereFather Michael McGivney founded the Order in 1882.
Father Kalisch, 41 years old, grew up in New Jersey and joined theKnights of Columbus in 1991 as a freshman at Georgetown University.He served as the college council’s church director and deputy grandknight, and for two years he also held the position of grand knight. Working closely with the council’s two chaplains, he saw for the firsttime the full life of a priest, and the seed of a vocation was planted. Aftergraduation, he worked for an international accounting firm for one yearin Warsaw, Poland, before going on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land,
SEE NEW DIRECTOR, PAGE 4 SEE PILGRIMAGE, PAGE
On Sunday, Sept. 8, nearly 4,500 Knights and their families anfriends traveled to the Basilica of the National Shrine of t
Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Filling the Great Upp
Church of the nation’s preeminent Marian shrine, they gathered for t Year of Faith Pilgrimage as music from the 56-bells of the Knights TowCarillon called them to prayer.
The pilgrims joined Supreme Knight Carl Anderson and SupremChaplain Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore, together with otherof C leaders and guests, at “America’s Catholic Church” to celebrate t50th anniversary of the Knights Tower Carillon and to reconsecrate tOrder to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
An honor guard of approximately 500 Fourth Degree Knights lthe opening procession for the Solemn Mass, which was celebrated Archbishop Lori and concelebrated by Archbishop Gérald CypriLacroix of Quebec, primate of Canada, among others. Immediatefollowing Mass, a prayer program commenced that included expositi
of the Blessed Sacrament, a Marian meditation led by ArchbishoLacroix, the recitation of the rosary, remarks by the supreme knight, anan act of reconsecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary led by the supremchaplain and supreme knight.
Sept. 8 traditionally marks the feast of the Nativity of the BlessVirgin Mary, nine months after the Solemnity of the ImmaculaConception.
Archbishop Lori began his homily by noting the relevance of Jes words in the Gospel reading, which seemed “tailor-made for thoccasion”: “Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first
Knights Fill Mary’s House forYear of Faith PilgrimageCelebration Marks 50th Anniversary of Knights Tower Carillon
down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion?”(Lk 14:28).
The 329-foot Knights Tower, funded by a $1 million grant from theOrder and completed in 1959, together with its 56-bell carillon that wasdedicated on Sept. 8, 1963, has a symbolic purpose, the supremechaplain said. “I would submit that the Knights Tower should beseen as a tower of faith that rises in our midst as sign and symbolof the Church’s faith.”
Citing Pope Francis’ first encyclical, Lumen Fidei (The
Light of Faith), Archbishop Lori proceeded to cite several waysthat the Knights Tower is “an apt symbol for the faith that weprofess.” For instance, it is built on a solid foundation, justas Christians are called to firmly establish their faith on thetruth (cf. LF , 23). While “faith knows because it is tied tolove” (26), the tower also represents the Knights’ worksof charity as they “bear witness to the truth of God’slove.” Moreover, just as faith involves hearing andseeing (cf. 29), the Knights Tower “directs our gaze andlifts our spirits upward,” and “the bells open our earsto the Word of God.” Finally, the “structural unity andintegrity” of the tower evokes the unity and“communion of the Church” as well as the“interconnected elements” of the faith (cf. 38, 46).
After Mass, Archbishop Lacroix led thecongregation in prayer and meditation before theBlessed Sacrament. The recitation of the GloriousMysteries of the Rosary followed, with the decadesbeing led by state deputies from throughout the East Coast who traveledto the Basilica with delegations from their state councils.
Supreme Knight Anderson echoed the supreme chaplain’s sentimentsin his remarks: “Just as the carillon of the Knights Tower sends beautifulmusic into our nation’s capital and reminds all who hear it of this placeof God, our lives as Catholics and as Knights of Columbus must also reachout to enrich others and remind them of Our Lord’s presence among us.”
The Supreme Knight went on to speak about the significance of Mary’s title as the Immaculate Conception, which he said is reflected notonly in the patronage of the National Shrine but also in the home parishof Venerable Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus.
“Our Lord sees and loves and saves Mary before she had free will,before she could speak, before she could breathe, before her parents wereeven aware of her existence,” Anderson said. “And thus Mary, theImmaculate Conception, is the paragon of human dignity. Because, inreaching out to Mary with extraordinary grace while still in the womb,God reminds us that our dignity comes to each of us as a gift from theCreator.”
The supreme knight further noted that a two-year OrderwideMarian Prayer Program dedicated to the Immaculate Conception was
inaugurated Aug. 7 at the Supreme Convention in San Antonio. Theprogram features a painting of Our Lady that hangs above the main altarin the Basilica-Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Québec, the primatial churchof Canada. A large reproduction was on display at the foot of the basilica’ssanctuary during the pilgrimage.
Before the final benediction, Archbishop Lori prayed an act of reconsecration of the Knights of Columbus to Mary. In part, the prayerread: “O Mother of the human family, Mother of America, and Motherof the Knights of Columbus, we confidently entrust ourselves and our
families to you. … Obtain for us strong faith and the grace of eternsalvation. Pray that we might be dedicated entirely to your Son. We prthat by your motherly care our Order and our hearts, newly consecrateand belonging totally to God, may be a special portion for Him, who
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”The carillon’s largest bell (or bourdon), which is known as t
Mary Bell, sounded after Supreme Knight Anderson led tcongregation in praying the Sub Tuum Præsidium, a prayerMary from the first centuries. Weighing 7,200 pounds, t
Mary Bell features fleurs-de-lis, the emblem of the Order, athe inscription: “MARY IS MY NAME / MARY IS MSOUND / BELOVED MOTHER / QUEEN OHEAVEN AND EARTH / QUEEN OF THIS DEA
LAND / FOR KNIGHTS TO GOD AND COUNTRBOUND / AND ALL WHO HEAR MY VOICE SING THE PRAISES OF GOD.”
Finally, Archbishop Lacroix invited all thopresent to consider making another pilgrimage in 20to his home diocese of Quebec. The year will mathe 350th anniversary of the historic parish of NotDame de Québec, the mother parish of Canada athe United States.
Also among the special guests and dignitarpresent for the Mass and prayer program wCardinal William Baum, a former archbishop Washington. It was Cardinal Baum’s predecessCardinal Patrick O’Boyle, who presided at t
inauguration of the Knights Tower Carillon in 1963. On that occasioCardinal O’Boyle declared, “To the members of the Knights Columbus, in the name of all the bishops of the United States, I say ware deeply grateful for this wonderful gift. Long after we are gone, thtower and these bells will be paying honor to God and to his Mother.”
Indeed, although the Year of Faith Pilgrimage was a special occasiof prayer and celebration, the bells of the Knights Tower Carillon sou
numerous times each day, welcoming pilgrims from near and far Mary’s House.
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PILGRIMAGE, FROM PAGE 1
Archbishop William Lori, the deacons of the Mass, and the concelebrating bishops and priests listen to Msgr. Walter Rossi’s greeting as Mass began.
Mary is the name of the largest bell in the carillon, or bourdon, and sounds the note
B-flat. Supreme Knight Luke Hart, under
whose leadership both the carillon and tower were donated to the Shrine, requested that the largest bell be dedicated to the Blessed Mother,thereby expressing the love and devotion of the