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On February 7, 2002   I was invested into ... The Order  of St Isidore of Seville   Donald J. Plefka, KStI		St Isidore of Seville
On November 30, 2005 I was promoted to ... KCStI with Knights Award
On September 27, 2007 I was promoted to ... Knight Grand Officer KGOStI And appointed At-Large Priory Commander  Awarded the Order of Merit III On January 1, 2010 the title of Venerable Knight was conferred.
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The aims of the order are:

Celebrate the beginning of Christ's Third Millennium.

Honor St Isidore of Seville as the Patron Saint of the Internet.

Promote the ideals of Christian Chivalry through the medium of the Internet.

The Order makes no claims of antiquity nor does it have endless lists of protocols. Simply, it aims to instill in its members a Chivalric Code so as to be conscious of their duties as Christians and as Knights or Dames of the Order and so use the Internet in an appropriate manner. To that end the Order aims to provide them with the mental and spiritual armor to help claim the Internet for Christ.

The Motto of the order is:

Bono Vince Malum
Overcome Evil with Good

As these aims of the order fit so well into my ideals and the purpose of my web site, and after investigating the structure of the order, I immediately applied to them for admission. The prime requirement for admission is the belief in the Nicene Creed. My knighthood was granted. Their website includes the Knight's Chapel which features the prayers of the hours. It is interesting to note that St. Julie's pastor, Fr. Steve Lanza would like to institute at our parish the practice of Morning Prayer, which is part of the Prayer of the Hours.  

Prayer before using the Internet:

Almighty and eternal God,

who has created us in Thy image

and bade us to seek after all that is good, true and beautiful,

especially in the divine person

of Thy only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,

grant we beseech Thee that,

through the example of Saint Isidore, bishop and doctor,

during our journeys through the internet

we will direct our hands and eyes

only to that which is pleasing to Thee

and treat with charity and patience

all those souls whom we encounter.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Code of Chivalry 
Modern, based on the "Old Code" 

Click on sir Knight ... he will lead your quest.

The Knights Award

Knight Grand Officer
Order of St. Isidore of Seville

Order of Merit
Order of St. Isidore of Seville

Priory Comander
Order of St. Isidore of Seville

Venerable Knight
01 January 2010

"Venerable: calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments".  I am indeed honored and humbled by this recognition and take it as a sign that I am doing what God would want me to do and that is to use whatever talents and abilities He has given me to be a worker in building His Kingdom. I enlisted in the Order of St Isidore of Seville because it espoused a noble cause, not for titles or honors but these are humbly accepted as a mark of recognition that I am doing what I should be doing. There is no doubt that at 78 I qualify to the "Age" requirement. I have always tried my best to be of good "character", honest, truthful and maintaining high moral standards. If one is to be "a light to the world" as directed by Jesus, and this I believe to be our reason for being here, good character is a basic requirement.  My "attainments" or accomplishments are not grand in scale nor are they spectacular in any way, but mainly consist in what I put on these pages. These pages are, by the way, shared with the members of the Order. If they are recognized as special in any way it is only that it takes a little bravery to put ones self in opposition to the common or normal way of things and espouse the noble cause ... truth, love, respect and charity. But it is something that anyone can do and I claim no extraordinary talent for it. It may be that "age" is a great help here in that I am near, or maybe at, the point when no mortal foe can hurt me.

And so it is with humble gratitude that I accept this honor and with pride that I join the other ten ladies and gentlemen having been  so honored. May we succeed in being role models for others both within the order and to those outside. We do what we do not for our personal aggrandizement but to be a light and example to those who see what we do and hope to have them follow by leading others in God's way. 

Chev. Donald J Plefka,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         KGOStI, OMStl At-Large Priory Commander