Hello SKs and Fellow Brothers,
We celebrate two great saints today, Saints Peter and Paul. Saint Peter is often considered the Apostle to the Jews and Saint Paul to the Gentiles (based, most probably, on his extensive travels among the Gentiles). Together they witnessed to the budding of Christianity, and both laid down their lives for the faith.
Peter, who was also known as Simon Peter of Cephas, is considered the first Pope. Despite his papacy, Peter had humble beginnings and became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was ordained by Jesus in the “Rock of My Church” written in Matthew 16:17-18, which says, “Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man!
The Apostle to the Gentiles, St Paul was the greatest missionary in history. A Pharisee converted to Christ, his concern for expounding the faith to those, who heard him, would make him the first Christian theologian. His martyrdom is remembered on June 29, together with that of St. Peter.
For more on St Peter and Paul:
www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5358
www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html
Thank you to SK Ricardo who has taken charge of running our new Facebook page for Council 953! Post of new and past images have been going up over the last few months for all to see!
As we are rebuilding followers can you please log into Facebook and “like” our new page and share with family/friends at:
www.facebook.com/KofC-Council-953-114423367932281/
You can also search FB by using “KofC Council 953”.
Vivat Jesus!
SK Marco Ferrero, GK Knights of Columbus Sacramento Council 953
We celebrate two great saints today, Saints Peter and Paul. Saint Peter is often considered the Apostle to the Jews and Saint Paul to the Gentiles (based, most probably, on his extensive travels among the Gentiles). Together they witnessed to the budding of Christianity, and both laid down their lives for the faith.
Peter, who was also known as Simon Peter of Cephas, is considered the first Pope. Despite his papacy, Peter had humble beginnings and became one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was ordained by Jesus in the “Rock of My Church” written in Matthew 16:17-18, which says, “Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a blessed man!
The Apostle to the Gentiles, St Paul was the greatest missionary in history. A Pharisee converted to Christ, his concern for expounding the faith to those, who heard him, would make him the first Christian theologian. His martyrdom is remembered on June 29, together with that of St. Peter.
For more on St Peter and Paul:
www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=5358
www.vaticannews.va/en/saints.html
Thank you to SK Ricardo who has taken charge of running our new Facebook page for Council 953! Post of new and past images have been going up over the last few months for all to see!
As we are rebuilding followers can you please log into Facebook and “like” our new page and share with family/friends at:
www.facebook.com/KofC-Council-953-114423367932281/
You can also search FB by using “KofC Council 953”.
Vivat Jesus!
SK Marco Ferrero, GK Knights of Columbus Sacramento Council 953