Author Archives: Deacon Phúc Phan

Worthy Chapter President and Brother Knights, I bring you greetings from our State Chaplain, Bishop Mulvey, who I will see at the Mid-Year Meeting in Dallas next weekend. This past Sunday, we celebrated the great feast of Christ the King. As we end the liturgical year with Christ the King and start the new liturgicalContinue reading “Knights of Columbus Austin Chapter – A Report of the Spiritual Director (11/25/2024)”

Reverend Fathers, Worthy Chapter President, and Brother Knights, My report tonight was inspired by two articles that I read in the July/August 2024 edition of the “Columbia” magazine: https://issuu.com/columbia-magazine/docs/columbiajulyaug24en about the Cor initiative that Supreme implemented. I invite my brother Knights to read these articles and reflect on getting Cor started at your parish if you have not done so already.Continue reading “Knights of Columbus Austin Chapter – A Report of the Spiritual Director (8/26/2024)”

Reverend Fathers, Worthy Chapter President, and Brother Knights, As we start the new fraternal year, I would like to congratulate and thank our officers for this coming year for their commitment to our Order and the Chapter. I will be brief and invite you all to read my reports from the Organizational Meeting and toContinue reading “Knights of Columbus Austin Chapter – A Report of the Spiritual Director (7/22/2024)”

Brother Knights, I had the opportunity to attend the meeting of my home Council #10333 last night. Our Worthy Deputy Grand Knight invited me to speak and so shared these thoughts with them from my Organizational Meeting weekend. I wanted to share it with you all as well. Vivat Jesus! . . . Worthy DeputyContinue reading “Report to KofC Council #10333 (7/11/2024)”

I attended my first-ever Knights of Columbus Texas State Council Organizational Meeting this past weekend. It was held in a Marriott hotel in the Westchase area of Houston. It was a lot of fun to spend the weekend with our State Chaplain, Bishop Mulvey (Diocese of Corpus Christi), State Deputy Ron Alonzo and wife andContinue reading “Reflecting on KofC State Council Organizational Meeting (July 5-7, 2024)”

Worthy Chapter President and Brother Knights, I wanted to share with you all my recent experience at the Steubenville Lone Star (“SLS”) youth conference in Irving, TX over the weekend (June 21-23, 2024). It was my first time to a Steubenville event and I, along with 9 other adults, chaperoned and chauffeured 35 youths fromContinue reading “Knights of Columbus Austin Chapter – A Report of the Spiritual Director (6/24/2024)”

“Prayer is the breath of faith” (Pope Francis). The theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year is “Pilgrims of Hope.”  In the video at the link below, Bishop Vásquez invites all to set aside time for daily prayer: “It is only through Christ that we find solace through his redeeming work” (Bishop Vásquez). Let us uniteContinue reading “2024 Year of Prayer in Preparation for 2025 Jubilee Year”

Dear Brother Knights, Catholic gentlemen, brothers in Christ, In prayer, God put in my heart the desire for men to reclaim faithful fatherhood for Him, the Eternal Father in heaven. To that end, the Holy Spirit inspired me to share with you this “Reclaiming Faithful Fatherhood” Initiative leading up to and through June, which is the monthContinue reading ““Reclaiming Faithful Fatherhood” Initiative (inspired by Cor)”