Communion Breakfast
Annually the Council hosts a breakfast immediately following the celebration of a Mass & Reconciliation which we refer to as the “Communion Breakfast”. A gathering of communicants following the celebration of the Eucharist at Mass fosters this bond in a special way. Still carrying the precious Body of Christ within, we are uniquely open to the grace and charity of our Savior. In Lumen Gentium, the Vatican II Fathers write, “Really partaking of the body of the Lord in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread, we are taken up into communion with Him and with one another” (LG 7). To socialize at this moment with our brothers and sisters in Christ strengthens and extends this communion.
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The communion breakfast, then, is a celebration of the effects of the Holy Communion that we share at Mass. It bears witness to our unity with Christ and with one another, the source of which is the Eucharist. We go forth from Mass to serve the Lord in the people we meet in every aspect of our lives. Similarly, we go out from the communion breakfast with an extra sense of belonging. It is an individual awareness that our joyful, dedicated community of believers is with us as we work to build up the kingdom of God on earth. United in prayer, we struggle and succeed, falter and flourish in the separate situations of our common journey.
2026 Communion Breakfast - March 29th
9AM - Mass @ St. Agnes Church
10:30AM (after Mass) - Catered Breakfast & Speaker @
Knights of Columbus Council #109 Hall
2026 Speaker: Artie Boyle, Author of Six Months to Live
In 1999, Arthur “Artie” Boyle, father of past Parochial Vicar at CPARL, Father Chris, was diagnosed with metastatic pulmonary renal cell carcinoma. He was giving the grim diagnosis of 6 months to live. In 2000, urged on by his friends Kevin Gill and Rob Griffin, traveled to Medjugorje, Bosnia, a site of Marian apparitions, in search of a miraculous healing. Please join us in listening to him share his experience of healing, God’s mercy and the love of the Blessed Virgin Mary. More info on Artie: Six Months to Live Book
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2025 Speaker: J. David Franks, Ph.D.
Brother Knight, Dr. J. David Franks has served as Chairman of Massachusetts Citizens for Life for over a decade. He is Co-Director of the Trinity Institute for Leadership and Social Justice and a member of the faculty at Boston Trinity Academy, a diverse Christian prep school in Hyde Park. He is also senior research fellow at the Abigail Adams Institute in Cambridge, convening its flagship program, The Great Conversation. He received his Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston College and was professor of sacred theology for almost a decade at St. John’s Seminary.
2024 Speaker: Rev. George Mangiaracina, O.C.D.
Father George has been a Discalced Carmelite friar since 1988 with the Discalced Carmelites of the Washington Province. He was ordained into the priesthood in 1993. He has earned several undergraduate and graduate degrees including his doctorate degree in Sacred Liturgy from Sant' Anselmo College in Rome, Italy in 2008. He has written several articles on the Sacred Liturgy and has been an adjunct professor at Boston College, where he taught Exploring Catholicism. He was born in Brooklyn, NY. Currently, he is a conventual member of the Monastery of the Espousal of Mary & Joseph in Brighton, MA.
2023 Speaker: Professor Dwight Duncan
Professor (and brother Knight) Dwight Duncan is a constitutional scholar and has written on legal, moral, and religious issues. A full bio can be found on the UMASS website: Dwight Duncan | UMass Law (umassd.edu)
