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well welcome thank you all for coming um i really appreciate uh the response and i'm looking forward to this this great day where we get to reflect on discipleship and get a chance to really be together and to pray together so um thank you for coming and welcome i'm going to turn it over to our grand knight jason horner morning gentlemen my name is jason horner i'm the grand knight of the knights of columbus here at the council so welcome i want to thank joe cybeck he's our he's our faith director and he put this together so thank you very much joe for your time and your effort doing this guys i hope you um enjoy this this time together it's going to be a short period of time we have some great speakers this is a difficult time for all of us i know there's a lot of different challenges that we're all experiencing so excuses time to reflect and focus and let us welcome in the spirit so just a quick few logistics bathrooms all the way back in the hallway to the to the right all the way to the back you guys saw we had we had coffee and um and snacks so dirt we'll have several breaks during between the speakers we'll have the breaks so feel free to grab some drink then for the safety please wear face masks at all times in the building as much as possible except for eating coffee cake and practice social distancing there's hand sanitizer in the northex so i think we know these protocols but we're trying to comply and make sure that we stay safe so without further ado we'll go ahead and get started here with our first speaker so father chris father chris cohn is from a military family he was born in england and raised in virginia he's the youngest of four brothers he earned a bba in accounting and a minor in history from james madison so father chris has had a full career as a project manager and he took an early retirement from chesapeake hospitality before receiving a masters of divinity from pope st john paul the 23rd seminary in western massachusetts since ordination in 2018 he's been serving as a procreative vicar at saint thomas moore church in chapel hill in july he came here to our church we're very blessed to have him father chris became the administrator of saint mary magdalene catholic parish so i'd like to welcome father chris thank you very much thank you jason it is a joy joy joy joy to be here when the assignment came up with monsignor stive retiring it was assumed that a senior priest someone with more seniority that would want to come to this beautiful place with a charged up enlivened young family congregation for a place that where the spirit was at work would go to somebody who had the seniority to pull some strings so i didn't even think about being the opportunity to serve here but monsignor stive had a different plan and he and monsignor wall started behind the scenes campaigning unknowns to me with the diocese and the personnel people so then i started getting some calls about saint mary magdalene and i said well i can never go over there it's too nice of place they'll send me to the middle of nowhere that's what they do with the old people that become a new priest you get sent to somewhere where they don't even have a zip code but on seniors dive because of his long service here and his great service through the diocese they really listened to him see he wanted me here i'd known him for a long time but didn't know him in that way and didn't know that he wanted me here until late in the process and then when i got the assignment it was two months before it was made public so we were under under a little confidentiality and he and i began to meet once a week and he went through everything in the parish he did textbook what is supposed to happen for a transition that seldom does so we went through the finances the the staff the structure the history the debt the largest mortgage in the diocese isn't it pretty it's a beautiful place and each week we would meet and then when it was made public he and i con celebrated the mass once a week here so that people could see us together in friendship because we are and so this transition from me not having a chance in my mind to ever serve you and your families became a reality and it became a reality in a way of love and friendship and open and honesty and efficient business tactics just a dream and since he has now been retired he and i get together once a week still and review what's happening he gives me advice and is always available as he finishes up serving at st mildred's in swansboro the plan is for him to be more involved here his role as we've asked him to be is the spiritual grandfather of the parish because he is and he has so much knowledge he and i are different people very much so but we have a lot in common as well the way we do things and our vision for this parish this is a great place how many of y'all are already in the knights of columbus okay so if you didn't raise your hand i encourage you to join i'll be just straight up like that i joined the knights of columbus when i was 18 years old and it's been a major part of my life and faith journey the whole time to be joined with other men to try and be a catholic gentleman in this world is helpful and important for your own fulfillment your own knowledge about yourself your own walk with jesus christ so i encourage if you haven't joined to join we can use you your own unique gifts and talents to be part of our community when joe approached me about doing something for the nights i was ready especially today we're going to have the opportunity for reconciliation that sacrament that makes us new again so in between the talks and after the talks i'll be back in the confessional in the back corner so you can slip in any time and during the holy hour at the end of this morning i'll be back there so just come it's informal the cards are back there for the act of contrition you don't have to have anything memorized but avail yourself if your heart and the spirit moves you to be reconciled to be in full grace with our lord and to walk again out of here today new we have some great speakers one of the first things that i talked to father stive monsignor's dive about when they told me i was coming i said where's the deacons and my senior staff walked me out to the columbarium and said well we have two they're out here i said no that's not what i mean that's not what i mean monsignor he said well we don't have any since deacon john hubris passed and it's left a big void i said well we need a deacon there's only one priest here that's a big growing prayers and so we started praying and lo and behold we get an email and deacon rick stevens dropped in like manna from heaven rick and we were so delighted and somebody did some background check they googled them and they came up with the wrong age so they came back and said we have a deacon that's moved from atlanta and new jersey and he's here in apex and i think he's 84. and i didn't know what to say because i'm sitting there with monsignor stob who's 85. so i can't say nothing about old people right i said well answer the prayers we have a deacon but the reconnaissance investigation work was wrong so rick's much younger 62 61 that's right 61. and as you know as you've been here he's a wonderful wonderful minister to our parish your homilies are wonderful deacon rick and your service and what you've always stepped up to already in the parish has been a great help so we thank you so deacon rick will speak today and then art will speak today as a witness art has been moved by the spirit in life he's served in this parish in many ways and is always looking for ways to bring that holy spirit feeling to others that we don't just have a catholic identity that we have a catholic relationship we don't just know who christ is but we hang out with christ and art serves on on the parish council and does many things with us and is a great man so we thank you for giving a talk today as well i want to start my talk with something from morning prayer all ordained ministers five times a day do the prayers of the church the liturgy of ours and i want to start with this morning's intercessions so for our response to these i'll ask everyone present these are just t techniques to keep y'all awake everyone president to say perfect us in love lord let's try that one time perfect us and love lord this morning we recall your resurrection and we long for the benefits of your redemption perfect us in love lord grant that we bear witness to you today lord and offer an acceptable gift to the father through you perfect us in love lord enable us to see your image in all men and women and to serve you in them perfect us in love lord lord jesus you are the true vine and we are the branches allow us to remain in you to bear much fruit and to give glory to the father perfect us in love lord amen the first prayer of each day is the the office of readings where there's a readings usually from the old testament and it kind of starts today for those praying the prayers and it ties into the theme of the readings for the masses the readings for morning prayer midday prayer and even in prayer but before that prayer is done there's a prayer that is supposed to enliven all those in the church to start the day in this relationship with god and i want to share that one with you it has a rhythmic melodic sense to a rhyme and meter and it's psalm 95 and the translation they work it out for each language throughout the world so that it does have this building and psalm 95 is about man's relationship with god and the times that it was broken is what's highlighted that god was unpleased with culture and mankind when the people forgot about the gift of their life that they put themselves first above god so we start each day in people of faith pray in this psalm 95 that we might before anything we do remember that we are not god and that we have this beautiful gift to praise god the whole day through and starting our day that way changes everything if we look at what it's like to be a an upright person a person of virtue and morals in today's society we get away from living that good life when we get away from acknowledging god and praising god first and foremost all our commandments always come back to love god and then love our neighbors as ourself so if we start each day with this acknowledgement of god in this praise of god and then in the in the church there's this and you'll hear it there's this fear of what happens when we don't we feel that fear a lot of times when we watch the news or look at the culture where things are going or listen to the conversations of our young people that we sometimes sense this lack of god present in our workplaces in our neighborhoods in our lives so let's listen to this psalm 95 that the church starts its day throughout the world with everywhere come let us think to the lord and shout with joy to the rock who saves us let us approach him with praise and thanksgiving and sing joyful songs to the lord the lord is god the mighty god the great king over all the gods he holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the highest mountains as well he made the sea it belongs to him the dry land too for it was formed by his hands come them let us bow down and worship bend in the knee before the lord our father for he is our god and we are his people the flock he shepherds today listen to the voice of the lord do not grow stubborn as your fathers did in the wilderness when at maraby massa they challenged me and provoked me although they had seen all of my works forty years i endured that generation i said they are a people whose hearts go astray and they do not know my ways so i swore in my anger they shall not enter into my rest glory to the father and to the son and to the holy spirit amen that's the way each ordained person starts the day is both beautiful and harsh that we praise god who created us gave us the opportunity for everything in life and then acknowledge that separated from god we will not enter into rest that we will not find fulfillment or peace the harmony and love that we're looking for without acknowledging and praising god first whoo that's a great way to start the day by the way i do it before i even shower did i always do that in my life no no i was distracted like most people are we have a mental capacity that's scattered all over so this walk of life living up to this invitation from the church this acknowledgement of god each day has challenges and little victories and what we particularly as men of this parish and of this world as knights of columbus as followers of jesus christ have to be connected to this god who created us and to share him and to walk with him in our life and when we say that it's the little things that people will notice that people will admire and pick up this way to peace because we're looking for harmony and peace we want to be reconciled with god so your example of life doesn't have to be one of walking on your knees for 40 miles to a pilgrimage to quitting your jobs to only being religious in a comment or a monastery you're living out of faith this praising god can be simple and change over time and over the course of your life so that in the small ways that you do include jesus talk about jesus and share jesus and your practices of life with others you will lift yourself and the whole community we live in pat nardusi pat narducci is the head football coach for the university of pitt i got a call from him two and a half years ago i had been a priest six months they needed a fill in to say the mass for the football team for the university of pitt as you know and heard i was serving at st thomas moore more those are tar heels if you don't know your geography unc tar heels acc team pitt is an acc team and so now they want me coming from chapel hill to say the mass before the game that they're going to play unc oh there's a loyalty problem i was like i'm still new i have a pastor i'm working for all the people that support the parish and put money in the basket are probably not going to be real overjoyed about their priests staying the mass for fit right before the game because we're catholics right we're a little superstitious why do they want math right before the game they want every advantage they can get right they're just like us i got the call so i go to the sheraton premier hotel in durham and they want the mass in the morning this is a noon time game they want mass at 7 30 and then i was invited to have breakfast with them afterwards i go to them and ask to set up they tell me i'll need to bring everything because the sheraton is not a catholic organization and will not have all the things we need for mass in the ballroom they put me in contact with a chris lasalla who is catholic and the catholic coordinator for the team which i felt that was interesting so i called him up and i was like well i'm packing everything this is on friday to bring to have the mass in the ballroom but how many players come the university of pitt is not a catholic school it's just a regular school how many people come and chris says because i need to know how many hosts to bring this mr chris says well i would plan on like 60 father i said really you have that many catholics he said well with with the team and the trainers the assistant coaches we have almost 300 people at the hotel from pitt the communications office the videographers i said oh my goodness he said there'll be two services they'll split the ballroom there'll be another protestant minister having a service on one side of the ballroom and you the catholic priest will be on the other and they'll be the temporary partition wall that will roll out between you but father your side will be full and their side will just have a few people and i said well really we're in north carolina most people are not catholic he said your side will be full because coach will be on your side and everybody who's not starting in the game will want to see coach they'll want to remind coach that they're there and ready to play that they'll spend a little time and get some face-to-face with coach hi coach remember me the assistant coaches always want to grab coach before in the morning everybody they will follow coach and coach goes to daily mass pat lardusi how many of us in our practice of our own career and work make time and carve out to go to daily mass and if we did if we consider that invitation how would it affect the people we work with would that be given a witness so this head football coach goes to daily mass arranges for mass for the team and because of his position people follow i go to the mass by the way and what am i impressed with i'm impressed with all these young players they're at the mass and i could tell by their reactions and participation in the mass that they go often if you're catholic and go a lot you know how like when you go to a funeral or wedding then people don't know when to stand and say you could tell they haven't been in the house in a long time so we can tell so here's these football players i enter with my little kit my vestments two big guys come to me and one says father i'm gonna be the lecter did you bring the readings or i have them on my phone i saw i brought the readings and i have the lectionary he said well good i'll look over it he was already waiting for me i handed him the lectionary and it never looked so small before this guy was big i said he's got it in his hand like this oh my goodness he goes off to practice we set up the mass on a table just a regular meeting table set up the chairs coach comes in and the people start coming we fill in i go to the back this chris the coordinator has a little bell he rings the bell everybody stands up and it's most of the team and there was at least 60. and when they stood up and when i went to college i used to hang out with the college players at james madison i went in the 80s the football players were big wide big shoulder big wrong now acc football players current day they're wide and tall our players weren't that tall just the basketball players when i was in college were tall but now the football player they're tall and white they are getting very efficient at breeding football players i don't know what enhancements they're doing but these guys so when they stood up they shaded the whole front of the altar i said they just blocked out the light by standing they're so tall and wide they were also all very quiet serene did the sign of the cross like precision drilling people responded to every invitation of prayer knew what to do when they came for communion with their hands bowed so reverent now what struck me about that is the same thing that we have the power to do in our communities and with those people that we work and live with our whole circle of friends these players who spend so much time that their priority of life is to go to college to play football extremely well but still they had this time to practice their faith and to know it the highlight there is we're not asking everyone to quit everything that they have to do with their family that you have to live at st mary magdalene 40 hours a week that you have to come to every prayer service in mass offered no we understand as life people of life that you have a purpose you have some priorities we have a cycle of life of age where sometimes we do have to prioritize and be focused on our careers and the ways we support our families there are times in life where being with your children and families are the most important things and you cannot volunteer for every committee that a granite horner wants you on we understand that but can you still make time to reverently acknowledge this god who he is include him in your life and know that we are being judged like psalm 95 starts us out each day i was so impressed to be and edified to be with these young people of faith knowing that their overall priority of life was not the practice of catholicism or even going to mass that was not their overall activity of the day but while they were there they were present open acknowledge god and let the spirit come and it was beautiful after mass i stood at the back door coach came first i was told how it would run they told me also to the mass was to be 24 minutes yeah because it wasn't all about the masses they're going to have mass and then we're going for breakfast and then the buses are coming and we got to get to the field and this all planned out there's people with clipboards it's precision i preached about by the way stand in your ground how the meek will shall inherit the earth they liked it standing your ground is a good thing to preach about when you have all this lining around right they lost the game that day i thought they'll never call me back they'll find another priest they're looking for somebody who gives them something and they win i stood at the back of the room and as they came out thank you father thank you for being here father we were so glad to have you father all polite upright people that i felt better about their future after acc football about after college about after when they meet the person that they're supposed to be with and start families and i felt so privileged that i got up early in the morning on a saturday and did this mass and i was running back to the parish to do baptisms because of these young people who took the time out to be with god and we're inviting you wherever you are in the ark of your life to always do the same and to do it publicly to stand up in a ballroom with your friends and co-workers and be public about acknowledging god and entering into the presents the breakfast after the mass i walk into the other big conference room and there are big tables a buffet is laid out father come join us i have to put my vestments up okay we'll come and we're right across the hall come for breakfast and i was like well what did they eat for breakfast these big football fairs before the game so i walk in after putting my vestments up and they're already eating and i'm wearing now this and they come and say oh father get yourself a plate and i look at what's on their plate i was hungry it's 8 o'clock in the morning what they had on their plate was a great big foul of pasta just the pasta noodles they were shells you any italians here yes yes shells with no tomato sauce just a big plate of pasta shells the steam coming off of them i said it looks nice and they said there's the plates and now it's like eight o'clock pasta shelves and i look over the table the guys are sitting down sit with us they sit down with their play the steaming pasta shells and in the middle of the table are little round plates with sticks of butter and those big guys are honking off half sticks of butter boom and putting it in them top of their pasta and it's melting join us for breakfast and i'm like where's hardee's suddenly coach comes over father they're not allowed to eat over here but come over here we've got bacon and eggs we've got cinnamon toast the players have to carve up i said well where's the tomato sauce i like chef nope that's too acid they'll get heartburn so i got a whole lesson on what you eat before you go to play football i enjoyed my time with them the very next time they had a game in acc was playing wake forest in winston-salem and they called me again would you come over and say the mass it's going to be evening game you'll have to come in the afternoon i have switched the saturday vigil mass schedule with another priest so i could go they came back to north carolina to play duke and i switch my schedule again you are now looking at the university of pitt chaplain for north carolina anytime pitt comes to the state of north carolina they call father chris i think we'll see six six times they've won twice they i'd have done a great job they keep calling they went to the bowl game in charlotte called me and i couldn't get out i had a wedding so i had to let the jesuits do it because of a coach one person who had a devotion to receiving the sacraments to acknowledging god to allowing the holy spirit to work in his life we could have 60 people in a ballroom before every football game expressing their faith being whole praying for health and well-being and not just for winning a game being family to one another all of us have that same responsibility to be people in public in our own life that walk with christ to be people whatever ark in time in our life to make room for that that our whole priority we know shifts that while we have children of certain ages we have to be focused on that and we can't give every moment to every charity but that we still acknowledge god that we still allow god to be present and walk with us and that as soon as we're able and our situation changes that we still publicly bring people to christ how we live our life is always being watched by others and these little things become big things and each one of us leads people and we lead them where psalm 95 says without god without god we will not find peace without god our community will not find peace without god our country will not find peace without god mankind our human race will not be at peace and if we're not at peace we're in discord and we're fighting and we're causing pain that's what sin does without our connection to god we are left to be our own self selfish selfish people and we will cause pain and hurt and we will have a community that reflects that we're called to save ourself and the only way we save ourselves is acceptance of god and how we treat one another is tied in to being tied to god so we can't do it alone that's why the nights are so important that we have the example of one another that we become a team that we can fill half a ballroom a meeting room a zoom screen to be with one another to witness it's important let me close with a prayer not give you too long in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit amen lord we praise you with our lips and with our lives and hearts our very existence is a gift from you to you we offer all that we have and are we ask you to always send your spirit to be with us to make us people of faith and light that we acknowledge god before all and that whatever our station in life we give public witness to jesus christ we ask this to your son who lives and reigns with you in the holy spirit one god forever and ever amen so we'll take a break now and then just any time during the day i'll hang out at the back and you can come for confession okay at one o'clock today um at drink circle they're gonna have the vigil usually it's 8 am they're doing it 1 o'clock today so if anybody's interested in going down a drink circle to pray in front of the abortion clinic knights of columbus are doing a fish fry our first fish fry is on the 19th of february so lots of planning lots of volunteers needed so just put a little plug in for that so let's do a 10-15 minute break guys we back here at 10 30. thank you very much