Kepha
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Kepha is a growing brotherhood of Catholic
fathers and sons in seven states. Faithful to the Holy Father
, they promote the Culture of Life through monthly retreats and shared daily prayer
s and provoke each other to Heaven
according to their motto, "Dynamic Orthodoxy, Infectious Joy." It is a high-octane Catholicism
rejecting spiritual laziness and moral compromise. They are under the patronage of their "BIG 3": Saint John Bosco
, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)
, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
.
Kepha's anchors are the 5 commitments:
Kepha has chapters in Texas and Louisiana. Chapters in Oklahoma and Corpus Christi are starting up.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
fathers and sons in seven states. Faithful to the Holy Father
Pope
The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, a position that makes him the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church . In the Catholic Church, the Pope is regarded as the successor of Saint Peter, the Apostle...
, they promote the Culture of Life through monthly retreats and shared daily prayer
Prayer
Prayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
s and provoke each other to Heaven
Heaven
Heaven, the Heavens or Seven Heavens, is a common religious cosmological or metaphysical term for the physical or transcendent place from which heavenly beings originate, are enthroned or inhabit...
according to their motto, "Dynamic Orthodoxy, Infectious Joy." It is a high-octane Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
rejecting spiritual laziness and moral compromise. They are under the patronage of their "BIG 3": Saint John Bosco
John Bosco
John Bosco , was an Italian Catholic priest, educator and writer of the 19th century, who put into practice the convictions of his religion, dedicating his life to the betterment and education of street children, juvenile delinquents, and other disadvantaged youth and employing teaching methods...
, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa)
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...
, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Pier Giorgio Frassati
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, T.O.S.D., was an Italian Catholic activist, who was a member of the Third Order of St. Dominic. He has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church....
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Kepha's anchors are the 5 commitments:
- Apologetics
- * Charity
- Mortification
- Prayer.
Kepha has chapters in Texas and Louisiana. Chapters in Oklahoma and Corpus Christi are starting up.