The Knights of Divine Mercy is a United States Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 men's group which emphasizes men's spiritual strength and growth in virtue.

Mission

The group's mission involves building up the spiritual strength of men, training them in the skills of successful moral living, and helping men to discover how they are to cooperate with God's grace. It aims to help men to seek and perfect the virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance, faith, hope and love.

History

The first meeting was held on September 29, 2006, at St. Mary of Pine Bluff Parish church in the town of Cross Plains

Cross Plains (town), Wisconsin

Cross Plains is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,419 at the 2000 census. The Village of Cross Plains is located partially within the town...

, about fourteen miles from Madison, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison

Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison

The Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, is the Roman Catholic Diocese for the southwest corner of Wisconsin. It comprises Columbia, Dane, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, LaFayette, Marquette, Rock and Sauk counties. The area of the diocese is approximately...

. Its founder was Fr. Rick Heilman, pastor of St. Mary's Parish. The group's motto is Deo Submissus, in Deo Potens (The one who has submitted to God, is powerful in God). The group's monthly meetings begin with an opportunity for Confession

Confession

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 and Eucharistic Adoration

Eucharistic adoration

Eucharistic adoration is a practice in the Roman Catholic Church, and in a few Anglican and Lutheran churches, in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed to and adored by the faithful....

, followed by the recitation of the Divine Mercy chaplet

Chaplet of Divine Mercy

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is a Roman Catholic devotion based on the visions of Jesus reported by Saint Mary Faustina Kowalska , known as "the Apostle of Mercy." She was a Polish sister of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy and canonized as a Catholic saint in 2000.Faustina...

. In the first knighting ceremony, conducted April 15, 2007, Fr. Heilman inducted (knighted) 85 men.

Publications

• Spiritual Combat, audio CD, Fr. Eric Sternberg, December 14, 2007
• The Bedrock of a Man's Prayer Life, audio CD, Fr. Eric H. Nielsen, January 11, 2008
• The Source and Summit of Our Faith, audio CD, Fr. Tait C. Schroeder, S.T.L., February 1, 2008
• We Are Knights of Jesus Christ, audio CD, The Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, March 7, 2008
• The Real Knighthood of the Saints, audio CD, Fr Miguel Galvez, May 2, 2008
• What You Do Comes From Who You Are, audio CD, Deacon Thomas M. Kinnick, September 5, 2008

External links

• St. Mary of Pine Bluff Parish, Cross Plains, Wisconsin