By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Jan 25, 2026 7:33 PM

District Deputy Dick Gilles presents the Star Council Award and the Fishers of Men Banner to Grand Knight Steve Sopocy of St Cyril and Methodius Council #13449 of Bannister

By: Ed Strach - Sun, Jan 25, 2026 7:25 PM

By: John Bursch - Sun, Jan 25, 2026 7:22 PM

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Jan 25, 2026 7:17 PM

10-Boys: Nolan Yaros

10-Girls: Lilly Jensen

11-Boys: Russell Peterson

12-Boys: Joseph Sebastian

13-Boys: Atticus Yaros

13-Girls: Adelyn Hagood

14-Girls: Josie Peterson

A special thank you to GK Mark Kehoe and brother Knights Jeff Wooten and Bob Lada for helping with the contest.

The winners advance to the District Championship which will be held on January 31st at 3:30 PM also at the I.C. School gymnasium.

 

Brian Webster - Deputy Grand Knight & Program Director

 

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Jan 25, 2026 7:12 PM

On January 13, Council 3292 held an exemplification welcoming 5 new members!

By: Ed Strach - Sun, Jan 18, 2026 9:33 AM

By: Robert Bagley - Sun, Jan 18, 2026 9:25 AM

“𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙄𝙨 𝙉𝙤 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣”

(𝙀𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙀𝙘𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙉𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙨)

This is an unchanging Catholic doctrine, often misunderstood.

It does not mean:

All non-Catholics are automatically damned

God is bound by sacraments

It does mean:

All salvation comes from Christ

Christ’s saving grace flows through His Church

The Church is the ordinary instrument of salvation

𝙑𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙄𝙄 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙢

Vatican II clarified—not denied—this doctrine.

It taught that:

Those who are invincibly ignorant of the Gospel

Who did not knowingly reject Christ

Who sincerely seek God and strive to do His will MAY be saved — by Christ — not by their false religion.

Their salvation, if it occurs, is still:

Through Christ

Through grace

Through the Church invisibly

This is not “all religions are equal.”

This is God’s mercy despite human ignorance.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩

In the Old Testament:

There was one Ark

Outside the Ark = death

Inside the Ark = salvation

In the New Testament:

The Ark is the Catholic Church

Christ is the door

Baptism is the entrance

But notice this crucial truth:

Being Inside Does Not Guarantee Salvation

People could jump out of the Ark

People inside could still rebel

Likewise, Catholics can fall into mortal sin.

Apostasy and grave sin lead to loss of salvation.

The Church is the instrument, not a magic guarantee.

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙢 𝙄𝙨 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨

Indifferentism:

Kills evangelization

Destroys martyrdom

Makes doctrine irrelevant

Leads ultimately to atheism

If religion does not matter, then truth does not matter.

If truth does not matter, then God does not matter.

 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁

Catholicism does not say:

“We are saved because we are Catholics.”

It says:

“We are saved by Christ, through His Church, by obedience to God’s will.”

All religions are not the same.

All gods are not the same.

All paths do not lead to heaven.

There is one Savior, one truth, one Church.

“𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵.” (𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 7:14)

That is not intolerance.

That is the Gospel.

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Jan 18, 2026 9:17 AM

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Jan 18, 2026 9:10 AM

Giorgio Bertucci is O'Kelley Council #3860 January Knight of the Month. Giorgio is very active, and does not shy away when it comes to volunteering in any capacity. He is a 3 year Trustee for O'Kelley, a Trustee with the Msgr Schulte Assembly, and is very active with the Assembly's Color Corps. Congratulations Brother Knight!

By: Matt Hoxsie - Sun, Jan 18, 2026 8:57 AM

MEDIA ADVISORY: National Prayer Vigil for Life on January 22

WASHINGTON – Catholics across the country are encouraged to observe a nationwide prayer vigil from Thursday, January 22 to Friday, January 23, 2026, to pray for an end to abortion and a greater respect for all human life.

The National Prayer Vigil for Life is hosted each January by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, and The Catholic University of America’s Office of Campus Ministry. The vigil has always taken place on the eve of the March for Life, which marks the date of the historic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

The Opening Mass will take place in the Great Upper Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. at 5:00 PM on Thursday, January 22. The principal celebrant and homilist for the Opening Mass will be Bishop Daniel E. Thomas, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities. 

Following the Opening Mass, a 7:00 PM National Holy Hour for Life will take place in the Crypt Church (lower level) of the Basilica, which will include Recitation of the Rosary and Benediction. Bishop James T. Ruggieri of the Diocese of Portland, will be the presider for the holy hour. The vigil concludes at 8:00 AM on Friday, January 23 with the Closing Mass celebrated by Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley, OFM, Cap., archbishop emeritus of Boston. The full event schedule and additional details may be found on the Basilica’s event page at https://www.nationalshrine.org/event/2026-national-prayer-vigil-for-life/.

The live television broadcasts on January 22 for the 5:00 PM Opening Mass and the January 23 Closing Mass at 8:00 AM will be provided by the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
and will be available via live-stream on the Basilica’s website at www.nationalshrine.org/mass.  For more information about on-site attendance at the Basilica for the National Prayer Vigil for Life, please visit the information page on the Basilica’s website.

Overnight seminarian-led holy hours will also be taking place from January 22-23 from 9:00 PM – 8:00 AM. For more information about the overnight holy hours and the accompanying livestream, please visit the USCCB’s website.

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Media Contact:

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202-541-3200  

View this release on the USCCB website.