Next Monthly Meeting Tuesday, April 8th at 6:30 PM
Military Leadership Award presented by Assembly 2322
On Saturday, March 22nd Faithful Navigator Mark Bascle attended the
College and Career Readiness Center
Army JROTC Ball and Awards Banquet
On behalf of Fr Vandebilt Assembly and the District of LA 4th Degree KC’s Faithful Navigator Bascle presented the Patriotic Military Leadership award to C/PFC Caitlyn Spencer.
Congratulations Caitlyn and God Bless!!
The Knights of Columbus Military Leadership Award.
Civic Award presented to Assembly 2322
Past District Master presents Assembly 2322 Faithful Navigator Mark Bascle with the Knights of Columbus Civic Award for Patriotic Programs for its activities in 2024.
Fourth Degree Honor Guard for 175th Anniversary of Holy Savior Catholic Church in Lockport, LA
Members of the Father Vandebilt Assembly 2322 Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus Honor Guard participated in the 175th Anniversary Celebration of Holy Savior Church. Shown with the Honor Guard is Very Rev. Simon Peter Engurait, Administrator of the Diocese of Houma/Thibodaux and Father James Rome, Administrator of Holy Savior Catholic Church.
Faces of Father Vandebilt Assembly 2322: Blessing of the Memorial to the Unborn Child - January 19, 2025
Fourth Degree Honor Guard for Midnight Mass at St. Bernadette Catholic Church
Members of the Father Vandebilt Assembly 2322 Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus Honor Guard participated in Midnight Mass on Christmas morning. Pictured with the Honor Guard is Rev. Andre Melancon, Pastor of St. Bernadette Soubirous Catholic Church in Houma.
Assembly 2322 Star Assembly Award
The Father Vandebilt 4th Degree Assembly 2322 was recognized as a FY 23-24 STAR Assembly. Shown accepting the award is St. Bernadette Pastor Father Andre Melancon and Assembly 2322 Faithful Navigator Mark Bascle. Presenting the award was District Master George Martin and former District Master Kell Luke.
Fourth Degree Honor Guard for Silver Rose Mass at St. Bernadette Catholic Church
Members of the Houma Thibodaux Diocese Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus Honor Guard escorted the Silver Rose and participated in the Rosary and Mass. Pictured with the Honor Guard is Rev. Andre Melancon, Pastor of St. Bernadette Soubirous Catholic Church in Houma.
Father Vandebilt Assembly 2322 send Honor Guard Members to St. Gregory Barbarigo Church
Members of the Father Vandebilt Assembly #2322 dressed out for the Bereavement Mass at St. Gregory Barbarigo in Houma on November 3, 2024. Pictured with the Honot Guard is Rev. Alexis Lazarra Pastor of St. Gregory.
Father Vandebilt Assembly 2322 send Honor Guard Members to St. Hilary of Portiers
Members of the Father Vandebilt Assembly #2322 assisted the Rev. Kermit Trahan Assembly #1878 with the Communion Mass at St. Hilary or Portiers in Matthews on October 20, 2024. Shown here with the 4th Degree Knights is Father Rusty Bruce.
Knights of Columbus Father Vandebilt Assembly 2322 Named Bienville Province Assembly of the Year
We are proud to announce our 4th Degree Assembly based right here at St. Bernadette has been awarded the Beinville Province Assembly of the Year. The Beinville Province consists of the states of Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Right: Former District Master Kell Luke presents Assembly 2322 Faithful Navigator Mark Bascle with the Bienville Province Assembly of the Year Awa
Filipino Celebration Mass
The Diocese Filipino Celebration Mass was held on Sunday, September 29th. The celebration was in honor of two Filipino Saints, Lorenzo Ruiz and Pedro Calungsod. There was also Filipino food and music, along with dancing, afterwards.
Also, Former District Master Kelly Luke presented Father Simon Peter with the Knights of Columbus ERE donation to be used for training of lay Catechists for the Dioce
Patriotic Honor Guard at the Morgan City Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Mass 9/1/2024
SIx Sir Knights become newest members of the knights of Columbus Father Vandebilt Assembly 2322
Congratulations to the newest St. Bernadette Father Vandebilt Assembly Fourth Degree Sir Knights. Pictured with Father Andre Melancon, left to right are: Mike Delaune, Mike Maiocchi, Buddy Pinell, Linwood Liner Jr., Steve Becnel, and Joe Szush. These Sir Knights became members of the Father Vandebilt 4th Degree Assembly 2322 during the August 17, 2024, Exemplification Ceremony at St. Bernadette.
Patriotic Fourth Degree Exemplification hosted by Father Vandebilt Assembly August 17, 2024
The Fête-Dieu du Mississippi
Fourth Degree Honor Guard
The Forth Degree Knights of the Houma/Thibodaux Diocese including members of Assembly 2322 participated in the 29th Annual Native American Mass for the Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha at the Our Lady of Good Voyage KC Home for Holy Family Catholic Church in Dulac on Friday, July 12, 2024.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. At age 19, Kateri Tekakwitha converted to Catholicism, taking a vow of chastity and pledging to marry only Jesus Christ.
According to legend, Kateri was very devout and would put thorns on her sleeping mat. She often prayed for the conversion of her fellow Mohawks. According to the Jesuit missionaries that served the community where Kateri lived, she often fasted and when she would eat, she would taint her food to diminish its flavor. On at least one occasion, she burned herself. Such self-mortification was common among the Mohawk.
Kateri was very devout and was known for her steadfast devotion. She was also very sickly. Her practices of self-mortification and denial may not have helped her health. Sadly, just five years after her conversion to Catholicism, she became ill and passed away at age 24, on April 17, 1680.
St. Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 21, 2012. She is the patroness of ecology and the environment, people in exile and Native Americans.
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