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Fr. Edward Looney's "Lessons of Mary at Champion" at Pine Bluff 1-Feb

Knights of Divine Mercy Evening of Prayer & Reflection

On February 1st (Vigil of the Presentation), Fr. Edward Looney will lead the Knights of Divine Mercy in a powerful evening of prayer and reflection at St. Mary of Pine Bluff, WI. The Knights of Divine Mercy calls upon all men, especially Knights of Columbus, to gather, monthly, to become "Strong Supernatural Warriors" through Eucharistic Adoration, Confession, Inspiring Talk, Fraternal Social.

Fr. Looney will unlock the mysteries of Our Lady of Good Help, Champion, WI - the only approved site of Marian apparitions in the United States - with his inspiring talk entitled, "Lessons of Mary at Champion."

Please sign-up HERE to give us an idea of numbers. We are asking for a $10 free will offering.

Prayer and Reflection with Fr. Edward Looney

6:00pm - Holy Hour of Adoration and Confession.

7:00pm - Fr. Looney's talk on "Lessons of Mary at Champion."

7:45pm - Benediction and Divine Mercy Chaplet.

8:00pm - Pizza &; Refreshments Social

Fr. Looney is one of our young priests who are the hope of the future of our Church. Ordained in 2015 for the Diocese of Green Bay, Fr. Looney quickly became known for his excellent writings and inspiring talks. Fr. Looney's writings have been featured in the pages of Catholic Digest and Missio Immaculatae, in addition to the web on Catholic Exchange, Aleteia, Church Pop, and Homiletic and Pastoral Review. Fr. Looney can be heard regularly on EWTN Radio's Morning Glory

Knights of Divine Mercy - 5 Jan

Vigil of the Epiphany, Saturday, January 5

4:00 PM - Mass (Fr. Heilman)
5:00 PM - Adoration & Confession (Fr. Heilman)
6:00 PM - Benediction (Fr. Heilman)
6:15 PM - Fr. John Zuhlsdorf: Ritual Exorcism & Blessing of water, salt, chalk, etc.
7:00 PM - Fr. Chris Gernetzke inspiring talk: "Where Do We Go From Here?" (After the passing of Bishop Morlino)
7:45 PM - Fraternal Social

Free Epiphany Holy Water & Salt, and Green Scapulars (touched to a Relic of the True Cross) for all who attend (please do not bring your own water and salt to be blessed).

PLEASE SIGN UP (HERE) - (we need numbers for gifts and food)

Sam Guzman, The Catholic Gentleman, to speak at Knights of Divine Mercy Feb 5

Don’t Miss Out! Register HERE.

6pm: Exposition, Adoration, Confesson

7pm: Divine Mercy Chaplet

715pm: Sam Guzman-“War in Heaven”

8pm: Benediction

815pm: Social with food and refreshments
KDM

Ladies of Divine Mercy host "Discernment of Spirits" event with Msgr. Bartylla at Pine Bluff Jan 15

Please join us for a beautiful, reflective evening adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament as Ladies of Divine Mercy...
Posted by Knights of Divine Mercy on Thursday, January 7, 2016

Kosloski: [Book Review] Church Militant Field Manual

Pope Benedict XVI, while having lunch with the College of Cardinals on May 22, 2012, reflected on the topic of the “battle against evil” and said “though the term ‘ecclesia militans’ [church militant] is ‘somewhat out of fashion,’ it is true, ‘it bears truth in itself.'” (Zenit, emphasis added)

He went on to say:

“We see how evil wishes to dominate the world and that it is necessary to enter into battle with evil,” he explained. “Evil is seen in many forms of violence,” the Pontiff reflected, but also “masked with goodness and precisely this way destroying the moral foundations of society.” (emphasis added)

Father Richard Heilman, a parish priest from the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, took these words of Pope Benedict as a call to action and sought to bring greater light to this invisible “battle against evil” and made it a focal point of his book Church Militant Field Manual: Special Forces Training for the Life in Christ. He saw society crumbling before his eyes and so wrote a book that is aimed not only at combating spiritual evil and rescuing the souls of family and friends, but more importantly, adapting practical spiritual practices for personal holiness.

continue at Philip Kosloski

Wisconsin groups featured in Catholic World Report: The Emerging Catholic Men’s Movement

Men of Christ Conference - Milwaukee

Flanked by candle-bearing acolytes, the priest held the monstrance aloft and processed through the aisles of the massive Milwaukee Theatre. More than 2,500 men were on their knees in adoration as the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Christ passed before them, bedecked in gold. The solemn Eucharistic procession was the culmination of the ninth annual Men of Christ conference: a day of prayer, speakers, reflection, and Mass. In the halls outside the theater, the line for confession was 200 deep much of the day, even with more than 75 priests hearing confessions. Men waited an hour or more to confess their sins and be forgiven. For some, it was their first confession in years, even decades.

On a Saturday when the highly ranked Wisconsin Badgers were playing tournament basketball on television, a small city of Catholic men instead* gathered in downtown Milwaukee to get closer to Christ. From ages 8 to 90, they filled the sprawling, ornate theater for more than eight hours of Catholic enrichment. The chorus of deep, resonant voices seemed to lift the roof during the Lord’s Prayer. Extended applause greeted Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki when he announced his support for concealed carry — then pulled out a Rosary as his weapon of choice. It seemed every man in the audience had one.

What’s going on here? The leaders of this emergent movement say the goal of events like this is nothing less than complete restoration of the Catholic man. Think “band of brothers” over pockets of loners; would be-martyrs instead of has-been quitters. Virtue and service over vice, sin, and addiction. Every Catholic Caspar Milquetoast is being called to emulate Don John of Austria, who with the Holy League saved Christendom from the Ottoman Turks. Yesterday’s average Joe is being remolded as priest, prophet, and king—a bold and self-sacrificing leader in the model of Jesus and St. Joseph. The call has gone out: real Catholic men wanted. Rosary-praying, faith-defending spiritual warriors. Education and training will be provided.

“Men need support and friendship of other Catholic men,” said Steve Ray, Catholic author, apologist, and creator of the Footprints of God documentary series. “We’re in a war, and men are starting to realize it. Life is getting tougher. We can no longer consider ourselves part of the flow of American culture.” Ray, who has spoken at the Men of Christ conference, said the timing is right for men to reclaim their Catholic faith and be prepared to defend it.

continue at Catholic World Report

* My bad....

Recap of Madison Men's retreat

MADISON -- More than 60 men from the Diocese of Madison and surrounding areas recently gathered at the Bishop O’Connor Center (BOC) in Madison for “Fortes in Fide” (“Strong in Faith”) -- the annual diocesan Lenten Men’s Retreat.

The retreat is a joint effort between the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis and the Knights of Divine Mercy men’s apostolate.

The two-day retreat began with Mass and a pizza dinner for early arrivals.

Confession and Eucharistic Adoration

Fr. John Sasse, pastor of St. Clement Parish in Lancaster, gave an opening talk on the Sacrament of Reconciliation before that sacrament was made available to retreat attendees.

Father Sasse spoke on the importance of confessing venial, or less serious, sins, along with mortal sins.

“Venial sin blocks the action of grace in my soul,” he said. “If I’m confessing venial sins on a regular basis, I’m going to be much more open and responsive to actual graces that the Holy Spirit has given me along the way.”

continue at MadCatHerald

Alas, overtime prevented my attendance.

Bp. Morlino to speak at Knights of Divine Mercy Dec 5th

His Excellency Bishop Robert Morlino will be with us in December. His talks are always inspiring and a great follow up to our November talk. A Holy Hour will begin at 6:00 pm with confession available. The talk will begin at 7 pm and a pizza and beer social will follow after the talk. Please plan to attend and bring men to see what all the talk is about!

details at Knights of Divine Mercy

Sold! See you all there.

Men: haven't been to a Night of Knights? You don't know what you're missing! #evangelizationthroughbeauty #confession pic.twitter.com/TjjGvZ5gbE
— KnightsofDivineMercy (@KofDivineMercy) February 8, 2014

Knights of Divine Mercy this Friday open to all, talk on St. Joseph

WANT TO CHECK OUT A NIGHT OF KNIGHTS?!?!

THIS FRIDAY - Everyone (including ladies ) is invited to the Night of Knights! The AMAZING author and speaker, Devin Schadt, will be giving an incredible talk on ST. JOSEPH!!! DON'T MISS THIS!!!

St Mary's Pine Bluff Catholic Church

Register at: http://conta.cc/1lkPAEe

Knights of Divine Mercy featured in Regina Mag

Fr Richard Heilman and his Knights of Divine Mercy help young Catholic men ‘put on the armor of God’ for themselves and their families. In this exclusive interview, he tells Regina Magazine about how a strip club invading a small Midwestern town made it all happen.

What prompted you to begin the Knights of Divine Mercy?

In 2005, I was assigned as pastor of two parishes, one of which was St. Mary’s of Pine Bluff, a Catholic parish in a small, unincorporated town near Madison, Wisconsin. The little town of Pine Bluff has one church, two bars, and a handful of homes. Fields and idyllic countryside surround it. It’s the kind of town where people dream of raising their kids.

Shortly after my arrival, one of the bar owners decided to rent out his cozy establishment to a strip club owner. Neighbors were appalled, and
the little town was stunned. But there was not, it seemed, much that anyone could do.

That’s terrible! How did you get involved?

Discerning God’s will, I organized a mile-long Stations of the Cross through the town. I invited everyone to pray along this “miracle mile,” in an effort to reclaim this surrendered ground and to consecrate the soil back to Our Lord.

The inaugural prayer walk was on Palm Sunday 2005. Over two hundred people spilled into the little town of Pine Bluff to participate in the miracle mile. We prepared for the prayer walk by placing two-foot-high crosses in the lawns stretching all the way down the main road and back, the length of the miracle mile. Participants carried their prayer sheets and a white ribbon (a symbol of purity and anti-pornography).

The twelfth station found them at the entrance to the beautiful parish cemetery on a bluff with a life-size crucifix of our Lord and a one-hundred-year-old stone kneeler in front. The participants tied their white ribbons to this kneeler as a prayer form, much like lighting a vigil candle.

What happened after that day?

After that first prayer walk, a container holding prayer sheets and ribbons was placed at the first station on the walk. All were invited to come, pick up a prayer sheet and white ribbon, and pray at anytime of the day or night, as they wished. Over the next six months, prayer warriors walked the path, prayed the Stations, and sang hymns nearly round the clock. It was estimated that 600-700 ribbons were tied onto the cemetery kneeler over that period of time.

continue at Regina Mag

Wherein the Reform of the Reform has not been abandoned

Post by Knights of Divine Mercy.

Madison Men's Lenten Retreat; featurning Bp. Morlino, Father Z, Fr. Eric Nielsen

Fortes in Fide
Annual Diocesan
Men's Lenten Retreat
March 7-8, 2014
Bishop O'Connor Pastoral Center, Madison Wisconsin
Featuring Bishop Robert Morlino
Internationally Renowned Blogger Fr. John Zuhlsdorf ("Fr. Z"), Fr. Eric Nielsen of St. Paul's University Catholic Center and more ...
“Be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith” (1 Peter 5: 8-9).

Join other men from the Diocese of Madison and elsewhere in this special Lenten retreat. We will be gathering once again to renew and deepen our understanding of Jesus Christ and His teaching through the sacramental voice of His Church, be renewed and strengthened through prayer and the grace of His sacraments, and as a result of this intensified communion of love and friendship with His Divine Majesty, advance his Kingship in our souls and our lay mission, firm in our faith.

Retreat Masters Include:

Bishop Robert C. Morlino is the fourth Bishop of Madison. A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1974 for the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus. His education includes a Master Degree in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame, the Master of Divinity Degree from the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., and a doctorate in Moral Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome, with specialization in fundamental moral theology and bioethics. Before and after his incardination as a priest of the Diocese of Kalamazoo in 1981, Bishop Morlino taught philosophy and theology in numerous university settings, including the University of Notre Dame, and St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. On July 6, 1999 he was named Bishop of Helena, Montana and on May 23, 2003, the Bishop of Madison. From 2005 to 2011 Bishop Morlino served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), and he continues to offer his strong support for their work to this day.

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (“Fr. Z”): Probably best known for his popular and award winning blog “What Does The Prayer Really Say?,” Fr. Zuhlsdorf is a longtime columnist in multiple publications, and a former collaborator with the Holy See’s Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei.” A convert from Lutheranism in his early 20’s, Fr. Z, studied theology at the Pontifical Lateran University, and Patristic Theology at the “Augustinianum”--both in Rome--and was ordained in St. Peter’s Basilica by Bl. John Paul II in 1991. He has also appeared on television, including EWTN & the Fox News Channel.

Fr. Eric Nielsen is the Director of St. Paul University Catholic Center at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has been the Pastor of St. Paul’s since 2006 and a priest of the Diocese of Madison since 1995. The oldest of seven children, Fr. Nielsen grew up in Oshkosh, graduated in 1984 from the UW in Civil Engineering, and entered Mundelein Seminary in 1990. As a young man he enjoyed a lot of outdoor activity and travel but now spends most of his time at St. Paul’s encouraging students to focus on study and prayer as a path to know, love and serve Jesus Christ.

Cost:
$40 - Commuter (includes all the retreat activities and lunch on Saturday)
$65 - Includes shared overnight accommodations (with breakfast, lunch and snacks)
$90 - Single Room Accomodations.
Please do NOT let financial considerations prevent you from attending. Just let us know what you can or cannot afford.
Registration Deadline Friday, February 21st at 5:00 p.m.

“Only those who do not fight are never wounded; those who charge the enemy with the greatest spirit are the ones who receive the most blows.” - St. John Chrysostom

A joint venture of the diocesan Office of Evangelization and Catechesis and the Knights of Divine Mercy.

http://www.madisondiocese.org/Ministry/EvangelizationandCatechesis/Retreats/LentenMensRetreat.aspx

This is getting very close to my wife's due date, but obviously this would be painful to miss.

A few Advent events worth consideration in Wisconsin Rapids

Rorate Mass
A “Rorate Mass” will be on December 10th at 5:15 PM at SS Peter and Paul Church. The Rorate Mass is a Votive Mass in honor of the Blessed Mother for the season of Advent. Our Lady shows herself in a special way as our leader through Advent to Christmas. The celebration is entirely by candle light.

Mary of Nazareth Movie
On DECEMBER 14TH, we will be showing the beautiful movie, MARY of NAZARETH, an epic new motion picture on the life of Mary, mother of Christ, from her childhood through the Resurrection of Jesus. The full length feature film will be shown at 1:30 PM at the Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre located in the Rapids Mall/Centralia Center. Tickets can be purchased at SS Peter a nd Paul, Marian Center for Peace in Wis. Rap- ids or By the Cross Religious Store in Stevens Point. Questions? Contact the Marian Center for Peace at: 715- 424-6279 or Phil Kosloski at 715-423-1351.

Knights of Divine Mercy
NIGHT OF KNIGHTS on Friday, December 20th at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The Knights of Divine Mercy apostolate seeks to awaken in men the eager desire for a knight’s true calling: The quest for holiness and a restoration of the sacred. Our next speaker is Raymond de Souza, Director of Evangelization for the Diocese of Winona, MN. His talk will be at 7:00 PM. A social will follow the talk. The SSPP Chapter of KDM has a Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/KDMSSPP

http://content.seekandfind.com/bulletins/01/0205/20131201B.pdf

This is one of the top parishes in the state.

You report: Fr. Michael Gaitley even in Madison

I was told it was standing room only, an excellent event.

Post by Squires of Divine Mercy.

Fr. Michael Gaitley to speak at Bishop O'Connor Center in Madison November 1st

Registration here

CatholicGentleman: Combat Rosary Giveaway!

“The holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Use it with confidence and you’ll be amazed at the results.”
–St. Josemaria Escriva

The Church has named October the month of the Holy Rosary, and countless saints, popes, and holy men and women have encouraged the use of this powerful prayer. To celebrate the power of the rosary, I’m giving away three AWESOME Church Militant Combat Rosaries!

What is a Combat Rosary? The Church Militant Combat Rosary is based upon the original pull chain rosary that was commissioned and procured by, believe it or not, the U.S. government and issued by the military, upon request, to soldiers serving in World War I. Some of these rosaries were also seen in WWII. Veterans recognize them as “Service Rosaries.”

Made of strong metal pull chain, this rosary is meant to endure. Special locking jump rings add to this rosary’s toughness. This rosary’s endurance is meant to highlight the hopeful words of Psalm 136: “His love endures forever.” This Combat Rosary’s use of the Pardon Crucifix, Miraculous Medal and St. Benedict Medal makes it a powerful spiritual assault weapon against evil forces attempting to separate us from the love of God and His will for our lives.

In other words, these rosaries are quite possibly the manliest sacramentals every produced.

continue at The Catholic Gentleman

Father Wisconsin

I like this guy.

A few other pics from KDM a couple Fridays ago. I also recorded it, if anyone would find it helpful in starting their own chapter let me know. Unfortunately it ran out of battery before benediction which is my favorite part when the choir makes me want to stand up on the pew and cheer.

Knights of Divine Mercy open chapter in Wisconsin Rapids

Knights of Divine Mercy (New Chapter in Wis. Rapids)

All are invited to the first NIGHT OF KNIGHTS on Friday, September 20th at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The Knights of Divine Mercy apostolate seeks to awaken in men the eager desire for a knight’s true calling: The quest for holiness and a restoration of the sacred. Our first speaker is Father Rick Heilman. His talk will be at 7:00 PM. Mass will be at 5:30 with Confessions and a Holy Hour from 6:00—7:00. A social will follow the talk. Contact sspeter_paul@hotmail.com or 715-423-1351 for more information.

2nd Annual Adult Faith Formation Retreat at SS Peter and Paul Church on October 5th, 2013. "The Merciful Heart of Jesus" Keynote: Father James Kubicki For more information or to register visit www.sspeterandpaulcatholic.com or contact 715-423-1351.

HT Phil

There is a great group of guys here, I met a group of them last year at the Madison Men's Retreat. If you are in the area, I highly recommend attending.

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