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 BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FOURTEEN VOLUMES   

OF ENCOURAGING WORDS

Volume XIV will be available in mid September.


SPIRITUAL READING ALWAYS MAKES A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT! 

(Volumes I-XIII and all of Father Knott's books are available now.)

Available Now - A Vietnamese Translation of my book:
THE SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP OF A PARISH PRIEST




Available in English, Spanish and Vietnamese
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WORLD YOU DAY TRIP - SVG - PART IV

YOUTH FROM THE DIOCESE OF KINGSTOWN 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

PART FOUR
FROM THE CITY OF KRAKOW, POLAND

A SEA OF YOUTH FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD



A CLOSE-UP OF POPE FRANCIS




FROM WADOWICE, BIRTHPLACE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II




THE HOME OF POPE JOHN PAUL II GROWING UP



SOME SPORTS ARTIFACTS FROM POPE JOHN PAUL II, INCLUDING THE GUN FROM HIS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT




THE PILGRIMS THAT  WE SPONSORED



THE ADULT LEADERS - MRS. TOMIKO BROWN AND FATHER REX RAMOS




WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR SPONSORED YOUTH



Jascina Joe
St. John Parish
St. Vincent Island
sponsored by Father Ron



Kristte Shortte
Holy Family Parish
Union Island
sponsored by Meghan



Breanna Marksman
St. John Parish
St. Vincent Island
sponsored by Rea



Raphique Sargeant
Corpus Christi Parish
St. Vincent Island
sponsored by Fr. Ron and Jim



Javan DaSilva
St. John Parish
St. Vincent Island
sponsored by Thomas



Ewansee Arindell
St. Michael Parish
Bequia Island
sponsored by Tom



Father Rex Ramos
St. Joseph Parish, Holy Family Parish, Immaculate Conception Parish
Union, Canouan and Mareau Islands
sponsored by Cecilia, Jeff , Jim and Pat

WORLD YOUTH DAY TRIP - SVG - PART THREE

YOUTH FROM THE DIOCESE OF KINGSTOWN 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

PART THREE
FROM THE CITY OF KRAKOW, POLAND

Thank God for "selfie sticks!"



From the Shrine of Divine Mercy



Father Rex celebrating Mass for the SVG youth.







Tomb of Saint Faustina promoter of Divine Mercy devotion. 

CONGRATULATIONS MY FRIEND!

ARCHABBOT KURT STASIAK, OSB (on the right)

10th Abbot of St. Meinrad Archabbey

Blessed July 26, 2016 by Archbishop Joseph Tobin (on the left)

Archbishop of Indianapolis

WORLD YOUTH DAY TRIP - SVG - PART TWO

YOUTH FROM THE DIOCESE OF KINGSTOWN 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

PART TWO
FROM THE CITY OF KRAKOW, POLAND

I am so proud of the young people from my adopted country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines who made it to Krakow! It makes me feel so good to be a part of helping them have an experience of a life time! I wish a couple of hundred more could have made it! God bless them and keep them safe! 

The delegates from St. Vincent and the Grenadines have made it to Krakow. Now they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis. 

Father Rex may be serving in the islands of SVG, but he managed to hook up with some of the youth from his beloved Philippines, as well as some other countries. One of the flags (blue and yellow - top left) looks like Sweden. I have invited him to find Archbishop Kurtz in the crowd somewhere. If anyone can find him, Father Rex can! I would not be surprised! 

 

For Me Vacations Are Hard to Take

MY FIRST REAL VACATION IN SEVERAL YEARS

A Cruise from Vancouver (Canada) to Alaska and Back

Because I travel a lot in my work leading priest convocations, I haven't had a real vacation in several years. I can't even remember how long it has been - maybe eight years. The last vacation I had planned, three years ago, I had to cancel because of a blood clot. 

Since I will be in Vancouver, Canada, for two back-to-back priest retreats next spring, I have decided to take one of those seven-day cruises to Alaska. After all, the Archdiocese of Vancouver will be paying my airfare up to Canada and back to Kentucky, so why not? I'll be over half-way to Canada!

It is hard for me to take vacations. It is always a problem of "who would I go with" and "who would want to go with me." The best vacation in my life was a cruise through the Greeks islands in 1995 for my 25th anniversary. The second best vacation in my life was several years ago when I spent a whole month on a empty beach in the panhandle of Florida in February by myself. It was really an extended retreat. 

Florida

My idea of a great vacation - my own beach!

Somewhere in Spain.



Taize, France

Maine

Greece

The island country of St Marteen

San Francisco

Maine

Seattle

Mexico

Puerto Rico

A sketch made in The Bahamas

I have no idea!

Florida

WORLD YOUTH DAY TRIP - SVG - PART ONE

         

 YOUTH FROM THE DIOCESE OF KINGSTOWN 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

PART ONE
FROM THE AIRPORT

   This is an amazing turnout for the the Diocese of Kingstown in the small country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Here they are at the Kingstown airport headed out to Krakow, Poland for World Youth Day. I know many of these youth and their leaders. 

I am so proud that our organization, R J MISSION PROJECTS, sponsored seven of them - one priest and six youth. 

FROM WROCLAW, POLAND

They have already met up with a delegation from Mexico.
Top right, they are proudly displaying the SVG flag.



It's nice they have been to church already.



In the top left is Mrs. Tomiko Brown and Fr. Rex, leaders of the group.



Showing the world the national costumes from their beloved St. Vincent and the Grenadines.



Could there be more people in that stadium than all of their country? And they aren't even in Krakow yet!

In the bottom photo, it looks like they are outrunning that Trappist monk behind them on the left!
What's he doing out of his monastery? Maybe he sees a recruiting opportunity!

HEADED OUT TO KRAKOW FOR THE BIG EVENT...
...AND TO SEE POPE FRANCIS






The ones R J MISSION PROJECTS sponsored have backpacks with our logo.