Dad Talk - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)

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

 
Like Abraham, the Apostles in today's Gospel reading heard God's call and immediately left everything behind to do what God asked. We'll discuss what that means for us—and why we hear about Zebulun and Naphtali in both the first reading and the Gospel—in today's Dad Talk. Please share with a friend, and God bless!
 
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Au Lac Council 10724 hosts Council Free Throw!

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

The Au Lac Council Knights of Columbus held their annual Free Throw Championship on January 24th! Here are the names of the winners:

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
 

From our State Faith Director - "Outside the Church There is No Salvation"

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.

Star Council Award - Vanderbilt Council 16092

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

 
District Deputy Roger Markham awarded the Star Council Award to Grand Knight Don Claeys at the end of Mass on Sunday, January 11. Parish Pastor and former Diocesan Chaplain Fr. Matthew Wigton was on hand for the ceremony, which was also attended by the Color Corps of Gaylord Assembly 1718 led by Commander Michael Rola. 
 
 
 
 
Roger L. Markham, District Deputy
Michigan District 201
Knights of Columbus

January Dearborn O'Kelley Council #3860 Knight of the Month.

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!