"This is Not Your Grandparent's St. Vincent de Paul Society:
105 Years of Service to Georgia - What has Changed?"

Council 10362 of the Knights of Columbus of Transfiguration is here to help you recover from the post holiday blues by offering its members educational programs designed to educate, enlighten, and engage.

Please join past Grand Knight John Berry, Executive Director & CEO of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, for an informative discussion on everything you ever wanted to know about St. Vincent de Paul but were afraid to ask. Leave this session with a new understanding of how the many programs and services of SVdP help people through times of need and help them achieve self-sufficiency. John will also show us the Society's new video starring SVdP Atlanta benefactors and spokespersons Vince and Barbara Dooley.

The next monthly business meeting will take place on Tuesday, January 13, 2008, at Transfiguration Church starting at 7:30 PM, and the presentation will begin at 8:30 PM. All Knights are encouraged to attend!

Prayer of the Faithful

We unite ourselves with the Magi who come before the Lord bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and with humble trust we pray:

"That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelization in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to announcing the Good News and moving towards the full unity of all Christians in order to offer a more credible testimony of the Gospel." (Holy Father's Missionary Intention)

For all world leaders: that Christ will enlighten their hearts and their minds so that all nations will walk by the light of Christ.

That the observance of National Migration Week will move many to turn their concern to the needs and suffering of the migrants of the world.

For all families: that this New Year will be a time of profound peace and of the flowering of deep and abiding love.

For those who face the hardships of life without the benefit of faith, that the Christ present in the person of others will bring them compassion and help.

For the grace this week to surrender all selfish ways and to follow the Way who is Christ.

Loving Father, may every nation on earth adore you. Hear our petitions and, united with the Blessed Virgin Mary, draw us close to you Son, who is our Lord, now and for ever. Amen.

Knights of Columbus Prayer

Our lady, Queen of the Knights, bless all the activities of our order. Keep us true to our pledge to extend the Kingship of thy Divine Son on earth. Through thine intercession, win for us the grace ever to exemplify, in our public and private lives, the virtues which should characterize those specially dedicated to the service of the heavenly court. Make us always aware that as your Knights we are constantly observed, our faith judged, and our order appreciated. Accept, O Mary, this renewed pledge of fealty and devotion of thy servants, the Knights of Columbus. - Amen