August 11, 2019 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Diocese of Gallup was recently highlighted in an article by the Catholic News Agency in which the announcement was made about the St. Kateri Rosary Walk Shrine.  The Groundbreaking will take place this Sunday Aug 11, at 1 pm at the Sacred Heart Retreat Center South of Gallup.

Article written by Matt Hadro-Minneapolis, Minn., Aug 6, 2019 / 04:58 pm (CNA <https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/>)

The Knights of Columbus will lead new initiatives to support Native Americans and First Nations people in the U.S. and Canada, and to assist refugees on the U.S.-Mexico border, the organization’s leader announced Tuesday. “In the United States, as well as in Canada, there are communities that too often are ignored. That is why we are focused on launching a new initiative focused on Native Americans in the United States and First Nations people in Canada,” Supreme Knight Carl Anderson announced in his address to the 137th Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, held in Minneapolis Aug. 6.

The Knights of Columbus is a worldwide charitable organization with more than 1.9 million members.  Fr. Michael McGivney founded the organization in 1882 for men to have opportunities for solidarity and service to the Church and to their communities, and for widows of members to have material support.  The “four pillars” of the Knights are charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism, and a theme of the 2019 Supreme Convention that Anderson stressed is “Knights of unity.”

 As part of the initiative to support Native American communities, Anderson said that the Knights, along with the Diocese of Gallup and the Southwest Indian Foundation, will break ground Aug. 11 on a St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine in Gallup, N.M.

  “It is our hope that in the years to come, this St. Kateri Shrine will become a national, spiritual home for Native Americans and, equally importantly, for all Catholics in North America,” Anderson said.  The Knights will “in the months ahead, find new ways to work with the Black and Indian Mission Office,” Anderson said, and will encourage local councils to reach out to Catholics living on Native American tribal lands and reservations.  Pope Francis also “expressed his great enthusiastic support for our efforts” at a meeting in November, Anderson said, where the Supreme Knight presented the Holy Father with a chalice made by Navajo craftsmen.