ironmonk Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 [quote name='vianney' date='Jul 31 2003, 09:35 PM'] Ne thoughts or comments? [/quote] Great organization. Last year we did 58,000,000 hours of volunteer work. Great way to meet other Catholic brothers and help live your faith. God Bless, ironmonk Knight 3rd Degree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreepyCrawler Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 i heard that they didn't let african americans in way-back-when... so they started their own fraternity. or maybe i'm mistaken... does anyone know about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoketos Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 [quote name='CreepyCrawler' date='Apr 30 2004, 08:03 AM'] i heard that they didn't let african americans in way-back-when... so they started their own fraternity. or maybe i'm mistaken... does anyone know about this? [/quote] I believe that to be a rumor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironmonk Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 [quote name='CreepyCrawler' date='Apr 30 2004, 10:03 AM'] i heard that they didn't let african americans in way-back-when... so they started their own fraternity. or maybe i'm mistaken... does anyone know about this? [/quote] That's false. The Catholic Church has always been against racism. God Bless, ironmonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicke Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 [quote name='ironmonk' date='Apr 30 2004, 10:50 AM'] That's false. The Catholic Church has always been against racism. [/quote] Actually, there may have been some incidents of councils Alabama refusing to accept African Americans as members. This is how the Knights of Peter Claver was founded. I have heard that the reasons for refusing membership had to do with insurance laws in the state of Alabama, but I think this "excuse" might be dubious. Keep in mind that because a few councils may have acted with a racist attitude, they did not represent the attitude of the Order as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader_4 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 KOC rock my socks... from now on when ppl ask me what i want to do when i grow up if i dont enter the religious life i will say i want 2 b a K o C anyway wats with Spaghetti come on! where i live they make Pereogies!!! yum yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 spaghetti? what??? perogies? im so lost (perogies could kick spaghetti's butt any day) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader_4 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Mind you i dont go to my parish for the perogies i have to go to St. Basils Ukranian Catholic parish for the K o C that put them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicke Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 My council's not known for it's spaghetti either. That's another council in Memphis. We're known for our Bar-B-Q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 I wanna join! I wanna join!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 mmmmmm..... perogies...... The Polish in me is coming out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnsmittenkitten Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 My dad is a 3rd degree KOC and I am so incredibly proud of that! In our diocese the do a lot of fund raising for the MR community. I think my dad told me once that the KOC take a vow to protect and serve priests. When our parish priest died, all the faithful KOC were there to watch over him as he lay in state 24 hours a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thicke Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' date='May 1 2004, 11:11 AM'] mmmmmm..... perogies...... The Polish in me is coming out. [/quote] What about the Bar-B-Q folks????? Aren't there any other southerns around??? And I'm not talking about that carp they make in Texas. I mean, come on.....Who makes Bar-B-Q with beef.....Give me a break! <Thicke, growing tired from doing this all day, runs and hides yet again> Aw man, I'm out of breath.... <pant pant> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 I don't really like BBQ sauce that much.... especially not when the meat is all shredded and slathered with it.... *runs and hides* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.SIGGA Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 FYI: The KOC used to be segregated in the past, much like most of American Society ... that means no [i]Coloreds[/i]. My grandfather and all my great uncles are members of the Knights of Peter Claver because this was the organization for Colored People, and the KOPC also has a Ladies Auxilary - my grandfather still refuses to participate with the KOC because of their what he remembers in his childhood. A lot of things in the past were segregated by civil law, and the Church officially never supported segregation, but the bishops in the South did support the Civil "Separate But Equal" Jim Crow laws and did abide by them. Blacks were also designated to separate religious orders if they chose to be ordained in the United States because of this nation's past intolerances towards outward racial unity and harmony. All that is over now and the KOC is one of the Church's greatest organizations and I hope to join some day. Why do they get to wear hats in Mass.... this really bothers my mom lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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