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The
Our Lady of Peace Council is located at Cure' of Ars Roman
Catholic Church in Leawood, Kansas at 9401 Mission Road. The
church is located north of the intersection of Mission Road and
95th Street. The Grand Knight for 2012-2013 is Alan Peel. You can
contact the Knights by phone at (913) 649-1337, or by email at
council9856@earthlink.net.
The
monthly membership and business meeting is held in the Father
Burak room in the church on the third Monday evening of each
month. The meetings begin at 7:30 p.m.
The
Our Lady of Peace Council was founded April 25, 1988 through the
efforts of the parishioners. It was named after Pope Paul VI
declared the Blessed Virgin Mary under the Our Lady of Peace title
patron of El Salvador in an Apostolic Letter of October 10, 1966.
In the parish church of St. Michael, in the City of San Salvador,
there is an ancient statue of the Virgin Mary holding an olive
branch which, according to some accounts, was brought there from a
shipwreck. In September 1787, the inhabitants of the city
attributed to the statue their safety when threatened by a
volcanic eruption, and the Virgin has also been looked upon as a
model of peace among warring factions in that country's times of
troubles. The Cure' of Ars Our Lady of Peace Council carries on
with the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ in
working closely with the Cure' of Ars Parish in Leawood, Kansas
providing funds for various projects and with members being active
participants in their parish community development.
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