California March for Life California State Capitol Sacramento – March 16, 2026
California March for Life California State Capitol Sacramento March 16th
Upcoming California Faith Event
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Igniting a Faith that Serves
March 25, 2026
Plaza of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
Sacramento, CA
Join California’s Bishops and Catholics from throughout the state for a day of prayer, worship, and advocacy.
On the Feast Day of the Annunciation, Catholics from across California will gather at the State Capitol to ignite a faith that serves—a faith rooted in prayer, alive in community, and expressed through action for the common good.
Catholics at the Capitol is a day to unite clergy and laity, families and individuals, in worship and public witness. As Mary said yes to God’s call at the Annunciation, we come together to renew our own yes: to serve our neighbors, to uplift human dignity, and to bring faith into the public square with humility and hope.
Thank you all for the prayers. Last week I was admitted to the hospital for ILD/RSV. I have been in isolation since Friday 2/27. It is getting better soon I’ll heading home the next few days. Apologies for the events I committed to earlier but missed. Congratulations to Council 18835 St. Francis of Assisi San Jose on your Charter Installation.
With membership we are at 70% (2978) of our COH Objective of 4215. Just 1237 to reach by Convention: 120 a week.
Let’s invite our OCIA Candidates to come join us! Give them a Congratulations card, a prayer card and an invitation to join the greatest fraternal organization!
We as Catholics are all called to evangelize. The California Council of Bishops have inviited us to come to Sacramento on March 25th – Feast of the Annunciation. Igniting a Faith that Serves, Plaza of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento, CA https://cacatholic.org/capitol/ — Come join us! – Let our voices be heard!
Our featured programs for MARCH – Spiritual Reflection FEATURED PROGRAM With this program we create annual opportunities for prayer and reflection as a fraternity. Under the guidance of the council chaplain, councils can attend a retreat or day of reflection and open it up for all parish men, perhaps start a Cor Program for the parish.
I reiterate my encouragement for you all to step up and be active in your Council’s and Parishes. Lent is HERE!! If you are looking for something new for your Parish, check out Cor. The Into the Breach: The Dignity of Work video series was released on Monday, Feb. 2. — Across five episodes, the series explores the relationship between work and holiness, and the value we bring to work as Catholic men. The series can be viewed by individuals or in group settings — particularly Cor. Resources will are available, including a study guide for small group discussion, a St. Joseph the Worker prayer card and promotional posters. All episodes and resources can be found at kofc.org/intothebreach.
Most Councils/Districts/Chapters have completed their local Free Throw Competitions. We are looking forward to seeing all the winners on March 21st in Los Banos, CA at the the Los Banos High School Gym. Registrations 9:00 am.
Let’s step up and serve our Fish Fry’s for Lent, Help our Pregnancy Centers through ASAP and many of our Seminarians through RSVP! Don’t forget St Joseph’s Table (Food Pantries) in honor of the Feast of St. Joseph (3/21). Also given the current demand with the community food banks, I am challenging you to step up and increase our donations to a local Food Pantry. So many families are going with out. We need to be like St. Joseph and step in and care for those that God is asking us to do.
We have completed 6+ Campesino Distributions in Nov – Feb we are looking to do more! We have one scheduled for Bakersfield Area – March 28th, Imperial County – April 11 (Tent), Watsonville April 18th, If you don’t see your Chapter? Contact your chapter president, or give me a call. All Councils/Individuals can help. Either volunteer to help give out or make donation of a Gift Box of Hope. What is a Box of Hope? 20 lbs of beans, 20 lbs of rice, 20 lbs of sugar, 20 lbs of Maseca flour and 1 gallon of cooking oil.
You have the power to bring hope to life through action! Donating one Box of Hope, to one family, is one act of compassion. Right now, farmworker families—those who harvest the food we eat—are facing a heartbreaking crisis. Empty pantries. Empty stomachs. Forgotten faces. With just a little over $100, you can provide a Box of Hope filled with essential food staples to one family.
Remember Early is Easy! Vivat Jesus,
Our Lady of Miracles pray for us!
Ken Rose State Deputy 2025-2026
STATE CHAPLAIN MESSAGE FOR MARCH 2026
“May your mercy, Lord, be upon us; as we put our hope in you.” (Ps. 33:22)
Worthy Brothers Knights and Fellow Chaplains,
The responsorial psalm of the 2nd Sunday of Lent invites us to “place our hope” in the Lord. The first reading of this Sunday recounts the story of Abram, whom the Lord invites to leave all he has known behind and follow Him into a new future. Abram has to find the strength to trust in God’s promises; to let go of the control of his life and to place himself completely in God’s hands.
This kind of trust is not easy for human beings. We like to be in control, independent, the captains of our own ship. The idea of surrendering ourselves into another’s powers can scare the heck out of us! UNLESS, we are convinced that the person into whose hands we are placing our lives is trustworthy. A child who knows her parents love her, will trust them to keep her safe. A spouse, who is convinced of her beloved’s love and faithfulness, is willing to put her own life on the line for him. The secret to being able to trust in God, always and everywhere, is to be convinced of God’s limitless love for me.
Lent is a time for us to renew our trust in God. The practices of Lent can lead us to remembering that the love of Jesus is a source of strength in our lives; that God is active in our lives and aware of our struggles and needs. And that we can take the risk, like Abram (later Abraham), to put all our hopes and dreams, all our trust in God.
March offers us some wonderful examples to imitate. On March 17th we celebrate St. Patrick of Ireland. Having been kidnapped and stolen away from his family at a young age, he nevertheless chooses to return to Ireland to preach the Gospel of the Lord he has come to trust as guiding him in every instance of his life.
March 19th offers us the Solemnity of St. Joseph. Though unsure of what the future held, he placed his trust in the promise of God that he had an essential role to play in the life of Mary and her child.
And of course, on the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25th) we marvel at the willingness of a young lady to say “yes” to her God, when he invites her to trust in His plan to bring the Savior of all humankind into the world through her.
Lent is a time for us sinful and imperfect creatures, to renew that trust and hope in our God that will allow Him to fulfill His plans in and through us!
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