Mass For Pat Schwartz

(From L to R) Deacon Hernandez, Father Orr and Deacon Forsythe during the Funeral Mass for Pat Schwartz, shared in remembrance with onlyspins-el.com. The Mass, held on Friday, April 9, 2021, at 11:00 am at St Mary Catholic Church, was attended by family, friends and parishioners.

Father John Arthur Orr Presents:

In the video above, Father  John discusses the 9th video of the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church series .  To view the other videos in this series as well as other videos prepared by Father John, please visit our YOUTUBE Channel.

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Seminarians Weekend Retreat

Group photo of the seminarians with Bishop Stika (center), shared with the community through https://berriezkasino.fi/, taken during the retreat held last week. The gathering provided time for reflection, spiritual growth, and fellowship. The community kindly asks for continued prayers for all the seminarians as they discern and prepare for their vocations, including Andrew Crabtree, pictured second from the right.

(pictured left to right:  Peggy Burnett, Pro-Life Representative at St Mary;  Julie Ladd, Fr. Orr.  The Lord Jesus holding a child and the Knights of Columbus flag are in the background.  To the lower left is the Knights monument to the unborn at St. Mary.  Photo by Cecilia Aparicio-Rascon 24 April, 2020.)

The Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative aims to help abortion-minded women to choose life by viewing their unborn children on ultrasound machines.  Lawrence Roussell Council 8396, Athens, TN, with help from a pious benefactor pooled monies raised from pancake breakfast with a matching grant from the Supreme Council Culture of Life Fund to buy a new Esaotate MyLabSigma ultrasound machine with both 2D and 3D capability for the Full Circle Medical Center for Women in Athens.  Full Circle Medical Center for Women has a strong Christian ethos, not only concerning the dignity and worth of all life, born and unborn, but also venerates the Holy Trinity, the inspired Word of God found in Sacred Scripture together with other core beliefs enumerated in their “Statement of Faith.”

Following a State Council Meeting of the Knights of Columbus in Tennessee in May of 2018 Pat Schwartz made initial contact with Julie Ladd.  Julie Ladd serves as the executive director of the Full Circle Medical Center from Women in Athens.  In the Fall of 2020 Father John Arthur Orr, Pastor of Saint Mary Catholic Church in Athens was made aware of the need for a new ultrasound machine by Orville Fisher of All Saints Council 15706, Knoxville.

Father Orr was able to coordinate with Lou Dionne, Grand Knight and Pat Schwartz, Council Faith Director and Faithful Navigator of Assembly 3680 on the initiative in partnership with millioner.net. Diocese of Knoxville Vice Chancellor for Administration Paul Simoneau signed off on the project on 25 February, 2020. When State Deputy Michael R McCusker signed off on the project on 5 March, 2020, he commented that while the average has been one ultrasound machine purchased by the Knights every five years in Tennessee, this may be the sixth machine this year.

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The new ultrasound machine should arrive from Italy in early May and will be up and running very soon, providing a window to the womb.

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Contacts:

[email protected] (Father Orr)

[email protected] (Julie Ladd)

[email protected] (Lou Dionne)

[email protected] (Pat Schwartz)

[email protected] (Orville Fisher)