Last
month, I wrote about the opinions of writers in some of our national
magazines who would like to change our Constitution and do not
believe that our nation is a nation under God. They reflect
and encourage an element who would like to
take God out of our country.
Since that writing, contrary to my
belief, I learned that readership of magazines has actually been on
the increase. Fueling that increase are young adults between
the ages of 18 and 34. Those are the voters in whose hands the
future of our country lies. Let us hope and pray that they
will not be misled by what they read.
That's
why it's important that every young catholic man 18 years of age
joins the Knights of Columbus and takes his Fourth Degree where
patriotism is at the forefront. And that is why it is
important that we, as Fourth Degree Knights, recruit these young
Catholics whether they be our children, grandchildren or our next
door neighbors. Freedom is not free and everyone needs to be
reminded of the blood that has been shed for what we have in this
country. Every year that goes by, our educators are teaching
less and less about our American heritage.
The
Knights of Columbus provides an excellant souce for filling that
vacuum. Columbia magazine reaches 1.8 million readers, the majority
of which are in the United States. Although it's not in the
print edition, this month there is a story about our Declaration
signing on the online posting of Knights in Action at
www.kofc.org/Knights in action.
That
endeavor accomplished what we set out to do. Congressmen Tom
Rooney and Ted Deutch along with Senator Nelson all received copies
of the signed declarations urging them and their fellow legislators
to do their part in saving the unborn by passing legislation
declaring that life begins at conception.
Thanks to
all at the Holy Name of Jesus, Mary Immaculate, Our Lady Queen
of the Apostles, St. Therese de Lisieux and St.Rita parishes who
worked to make this the success that it was.
Faithful Navigator
Martin L. Fleming
Assembly 2709
