24th(!) Annual SBMMFF Christmas Party - Saturday December 10

WHO:                       SBMMFF participants and spouses/significant others
WHAT:                      24th (!) Annual Christmas Party
WHERE:                   Special thanks to Steve and Betty for hosting the dinner this year at their home, 4912 Lockgreen Circle, Richmond 23226
WHEN:                     Saturday, 12/10  6:00 - 9:00 pm
WHY:                        Back by popular demand!!
WHAT YOU MUST DO:   Email lshadowen@aol.com if you are coming and what you can bring

From Steve: This year we thought we’d make it simpler for folks and not do pot luck but just ask folks to bring easy to handle food (like a cocktail party menu/“finger food”) — we’ll be providing ham biscuits, turkey biscuits and chicken nuggets so if folks could provide things like cheese puffs, sausage balls, fruit and cheese trays, small sandwiches, cookies, brownies, etc. that would be terrific. Thanks!

SEE YA THERE!!!!

24th(!) Annual SBMMFF Christmas Party - Saturday December 10

WHO:                       SBMMFF participants and spouses/significant others
WHAT:                      24th (!) Annual Christmas Party
WHERE:                   Special thanks to Steve and Betty for hosting the dinner this year at their home, 4912 Lockgreen Circle, Richmond 23226
WHEN:                     Saturday, 12/10  6:00 - 9:00 pm
WHY:                        Back by popular demand!!
WHAT YOU MUST DO:   Email lshadowen@aol.com if you are coming and what you can bring

From Steve: This year we thought we’d make it simpler for folks and not do pot luck but just ask folks to bring easy to handle food (like a cocktail party menu/“finger food”) — we’ll be providing ham biscuits, turkey biscuits and chicken nuggets so if folks could provide things like cheese puffs, sausage balls, fruit and cheese trays, small sandwiches, cookies, brownies, etc. that would be terrific. Thanks!

SEE YA THERE!!!!

24th(!) Annual SBMMFF Christmas Party - Saturday December 10

WHO:                       SBMMFF participants and spouses/significant others
WHAT:                      24th (!) Annual Christmas Party
WHERE:                   Special thanks to Steve and Betty for hosting the dinner this year at their home, 4912 Lockgreen Circle, Richmond 23226
WHEN:                     Saturday, 12/10  6:00 - 9:00 pm
WHY:                        Back by popular demand!!
WHAT YOU MUST DO:   Email lshadowen@aol.com if you are coming and what you can bring

From Steve: This year we thought we’d make it simpler for folks and not do pot luck but just ask folks to bring easy to handle food (like a cocktail party menu/“finger food”) — we’ll be providing ham biscuits, turkey biscuits and chicken nuggets so if folks could provide things like cheese puffs, sausage balls, fruit and cheese trays, small sandwiches, cookies, brownies, etc. that would be terrific. Thanks!

SEE YA THERE!!!!

Kozak's Korner - Recommended Media/Activities

24th(!) Annual SBMMFF Christmas Party - Saturday December 10

WHO:                       SBMMFF participants and spouses/significant others
WHAT:                      24th (!) Annual Christmas Party
WHERE:                   Special thanks to Steve and Betty for hosting the dinner this year at their home, 4912 Lockgreen Circle, Richmond 23226
WHEN:                     Saturday, 12/10  6:00 - 9:00 pm
WHY:                        Back by popular demand!!
WHAT YOU MUST DO:   Email lshadowen@aol.com if you are coming and what you can bring

From Steve: This year we thought we’d make it simpler for folks and not do pot luck but just ask folks to bring easy to handle food (like a cocktail party menu/“finger food”) — we’ll be providing ham biscuits, turkey biscuits and chicken nuggets so if folks could provide things like cheese puffs, sausage balls, fruit and cheese trays, small sandwiches, cookies, brownies, etc. that would be terrific. Thanks!

SEE YA THERE!!!!

December Meeting Saturday December 3

Our December Saturday meeting will be Saturday, December 3, at 7:00 am, in the parish hall (basement)

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

NOTE: WE ARE MEETING IN THE PARISH HALL (BASEMENT) DUE TO SANTA’S BREAKFAST THAT MORNING

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 330-358 and postcript

We will also discuss topics for next year. Bring your ideas!

Thanks to Martin A and David W for volunteering to facilitate our December meeting.

Thanks to Tom R for facilitating our November meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

December Meeting Saturday December 3

Our December Saturday meeting will be Saturday, December 3, at 7:00 am, in the parish hall (basement)

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

NOTE: WE ARE MEETING IN THE PARISH HALL (BASEMENT) DUE TO SANTA’S BREAKFAST THAT MORNING

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 330-358 and postcript

We will also discuss topics for next year. Bring your ideas!

Thanks to Martin A and David W for volunteering to facilitate our December meeting.

Thanks to Tom R for facilitating our November meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

24th(!) Annual SBMMFF Christmas Party - Saturday December 10

WHO:                       SBMMFF participants and spouses/significant others
WHAT:                      24th (!) Annual Christmas Party
WHERE:                   Special thanks to Steve and Betty for hosting the dinner this year at their home, 4912 Lockgreen Circle, Richmond 23226
WHEN:                     Saturday, 12/10  6:00 - 9:00 pm
WHY:                        Back by popular demand!!
WHAT YOU MUST DO:   Email lshadowen@aol.com if you are coming and what you can bring

From Steve: This year we thought we’d make it simpler for folks and not do pot luck but just ask folks to bring easy to handle food (like a cocktail party menu/“finger food”) — we’ll be providing ham biscuits, turkey biscuits and chicken nuggets so if folks could provide things like cheese puffs, sausage balls, fruit and cheese trays, small sandwiches, cookies, brownies, etc. that would be terrific. Thanks!

SEE YA THERE!!!!

December Meeting Saturday December 3

Our December Saturday meeting will be Saturday, December 3, at 7:00 am, in the parish hall (basement)

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

NOTE: WE ARE MEETING IN THE PARISH HALL (BASEMENT) DUE TO SANTA’S BREAKFAST THAT MORNING

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 330-358 and postcript

We will also discuss topics for next year. Bring your ideas!

Thanks to Martin A for volunteering to facilitate our December meeting.

Thanks to Tom R for facilitating our November meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

December Meeting Saturday December 3

Our December Saturday meeting will be Saturday, December 3, at 7:00 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 330-358 and postcript

We will also discuss topics for next year. Bring your ideas!

Thanks to Martin A for volunteering to facilitate our December meeting.

Thanks to Tom R for facilitating our November meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

THANKS FOR Oktoberfest 2022!

Thanks to everyone who made it to Oktoberfest 2022!

A great time was had by all!

Special thanks to

Host Doug Lynch

Chief Festmeister John McCulla

Chief Registrar Ron Campbell

And everyone else who helped make it happen!

December Meeting Saturday December 3

Our December Saturday meeting will be Saturday, December 3, at 7:00 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 330-358 and postcript

We will also discuss topics for next year. Bring your ideas!

Thanks to Martin A for volunteering to facilitate our December meeting.

Thanks to Tom R for facilitating our November meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

November Meeting Saturday November 5

Our November Saturday meeting will be Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

Note that this Saturday’s 8:00am Mass will be a Mass of Remembrance for deceased brother knights, in case anyone would like to attend after the meeting.

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 310 - 330

Email from Tom:

Here are my notes for Saturday's session:

Gents,

Before I jump into a discussion outline, I wanted to include a link to a recent interview with Dr. Peter Kreeft on a Catholic podcast, Pints with Aquinas-

Morality, The Lord of the Rings, and Awkward Jokes w/ Dr Peter Kreeft

You can listen via Apple Podcasts or even watch on YouTube (link here). I have thoroughly enjoyed Pints with Aquinas and would recommend checking out other discussions or interviews (they tend to be very long, one to three hours).

Outline

Practical Theology, themes of sections 310-330 + a conversion story from 25 years ago (Dr. Mann- friend of my family and a father, grandfather, doctor, WWII veteran)

  • 310-311: helping the dead + funerals

  • 312-314: praying to saints (All Saints and Souls this week- very appropriate)

  • 315-316: the second coming of Jesus, a new universe

  • 317-329: the resurrection for us and heaven (body/age/gender; activities; concreteness/charity/impassibility; sin)

  • 330: Two judgments (what and why)

I found the following sections to be of particular interest (*please find 1-2 sections that piqued your curiosity as it's always good to find the influence of the Spirit in various passages):

310- How We Can Help the Dead

  • If our prayers and works could not help the dead, then this would point toward death being stronger than love

  • Love (charity) is more than a feeling, but actually an "ontological (nature of being) union between souls"

  • God has provided faculties that transcend present time- memory and hope

  • Reminder that Purgatory is created by God out of love for our rehabilitation (not vengeance upon us!)

Initial thoughts- praying for the dead is good! The section also made me think of ancient Egyptian culture, specifically in regard to preparing tombs with food, clothing, etc. (not necessary but an interesting means to prepare a dead person for the "way" or journey of the soul).

317/318- Resurrection of the Body/Personal Identity of the Resurrection Body

  • Just as Christ has a material body in heaven (Ascension was not the undoing of the Incarnation), we will ultimately be a person comprised of both body (material) and soul (spirit)

  • Quote- "...a thing is more conformed to God when it has all that the condition of its (God-designed and God-created) nature requires."

  • Our present body is more ghostlike than that which we will have in heaven!

  • Common philosophical/theological errors- body as lesser or unimportant to the human person, reincarnation, soul pre-existence

  • Argument against abortion- we are not "two souls," one being animal/sensitive and the other being rational/spiritual... being one immortal, rational, spiritual soul from the moment of conception is more than just life as the zygote is an individual human being

Initial thoughts- I am reminded of trying to argue with a Jesuit priest about God's creation as arbitrary (in the confessional no less!). The "treat your body as a temple" saying fits well into this section, especially with St. Paul's note on the seriousness of sins against the body.

325- Wounds in the Resurrection Body

  • Jesus showed His Wounds to Thomas, yet His Body is resurrected... what does this mean for us?

  • Quote- "A certain beauty will shine through them, a beauty though in the body, yet not of the body but of virtue."

  • Compare a manipulated complexion of a movie star versus a wrinkled saint like Mother Theresa

Initial thoughts- how would each of us, our fam/friends, our culture find peace in this? There are those people (all of us in our own way, certainly) that actively destroy their bodies or reject what has been given to them or to others (masochism or sadism). Do we find confusion or beauty in this section?

330- The Need for Two Judgments

  • There are two last judgments- individual and particular

  • We need to be judged individually (this makes sense) but the social sin of the fallen world is what will be judged in the "Particular Judgment" (a la Book of Revelation?)

  • We only get a glimpse under the curtain of God's providential wisdom (possibly why we get hung up on justice and the problem of evil)

Initial thoughts- I enjoyed the Lord of the Rings reference from Kreeft (if you listen to the podcast you'll see he's quite the fan of Tolkein). This section really leads us into the last "hurrah" for our December meeting (more heaven, hell, and judgment).

General Questions

  • Where did you find inspiration, joy, or spiritual curiosity when reading 310-330?

  • What did you find confusing (anything that might warrant additional discussion, research, and prayer)?

  • Which passages might be linked directly or indirectly to other sections we have already read?

Godspeed,

Tom

You can purchase the book at:

The Catholic Company - https://www.catholiccompany.com/practical-theology-350-ways-your-mind-can-help-you-become-a-saint-i79986/

or at Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Theology-Spiritual-Direction-Aquinas/dp/1586179683/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FJGW0G4LYK2X&dchild=1&keywords=practical+theology+peter+kreeft&qid=1610326011&sprefix=practical+theology+peter+%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1

Thanks to Tom R for volunteering to facilitate our November meeting.

Thanks to Steve G for facilitating our October meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

Kozak's Korner - Recommended Media

Saint Series Movies—Fathom Events

https://www.fathomevents.com/series/the-saint-series

Both movies at a number of theaters in the area - see link above

Mother Teresa: No Greater Love Encore Nov 2 and 3

Back by Popular Demand! Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, sparking a renewed interest in this spiritual giant of the 20th century. Filmed on 5 continents and featuring unprecedented access to institutional archives and the apostolates of the Missionaries of Charity, this film reveals not just who Mother Teresa was, but how her singular vision to serve Christ in the poor continues to be realized through the Missionaries of Charity today.

Prophet Nov 15 and 17

PROPHET is a new feature film about Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński - the Primate of Poland, who, after three years of imprisonment at the hands of the communist regime, is later restored as the head of the Church in Poland. The film brings to a wider view the unknown threads from the heroic life of Cardinal Wyszyński on the canvas of historical events important for Poland and the world.

New biopic on Blessed Stefan Wyszyński promises to be a real blockbuster

https://aleteia.org/2022/10/21/new-biopic-on-blessed-stefan-wyszynski-promises-to-be-a-real-blockbuster/

Novena to the Mother of God for The Nation

https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/novena-to-the-mother-of-god-for-the-nation?utm_campaign=mid_term_election_novena&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=230159543&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-979bfjP6pWnZpA_MLx0JbPSXp_8oUJUrOrqSzMYSr5YNVxlQjLre578vZ4YYBlaNnsFz_-hiI5K86r65OykajlyXVTBw&utm_content=novena_to_the_mother_of_god_sign_up_1_en&utm_source=housefile

‘Tis the Season

https://www.thecatholicthing.org/

PRC of Metro Richmond 40th Anniversary Gala—November 18

https://secure.fundeasy.com/ministrysync/event/home.php?e=23536

And, if anyone wants to sign-up, John Mc is hosting a table ( there is a drop down menu before you hit the submit button) Mike K

November Meeting Saturday November 5

Our November Saturday meeting will be Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

Note: We will be in the meeting room off the commons

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

Note that this Saturday’s 8:00am Mass will be a Mass of Remembrance for deceased brother knights, in case anyone would like to attend after the meeting.

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 310 - 330

You can purchase the book at:

The Catholic Company - https://www.catholiccompany.com/practical-theology-350-ways-your-mind-can-help-you-become-a-saint-i79986/

or at Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Theology-Spiritual-Direction-Aquinas/dp/1586179683/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FJGW0G4LYK2X&dchild=1&keywords=practical+theology+peter+kreeft&qid=1610326011&sprefix=practical+theology+peter+%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1

Thanks to Tom R for volunteering to facilitate our November meeting.

Thanks to Steve G for facilitating our October meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!

November Meeting Saturday November 5

Our November Saturday meeting will be Saturday, November 5, at 7:00 am, in the meeting room off the commons.

Note: We will be in the meeting room off the commons

The meeting will start at 7:00 AM and finish by 7:55 AM so guys can attend Mass at 8:00 AM

The following will be our points for discussion from Practical Theology by Peter Kreeft.

Chapters 310 - 330

You can purchase the book at:

The Catholic Company - https://www.catholiccompany.com/practical-theology-350-ways-your-mind-can-help-you-become-a-saint-i79986/

or at Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Theology-Spiritual-Direction-Aquinas/dp/1586179683/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3FJGW0G4LYK2X&dchild=1&keywords=practical+theology+peter+kreeft&qid=1610326011&sprefix=practical+theology+peter+%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1

Thanks to Tom R for volunteering to facilitate our November meeting.

Thanks to Steve G for facilitating our October meeting!

Email lshadowen@aol.com to volunteer to facilitate a meeting!