St. Mary's Knights of Columbus Blog (Council #4264) - Oct 6 2024 Update

 




Our Mission

Serve St. Mary’s parish and our community, help care for fellow Knights and their families, and work together to help men grow in faith and make us better men, fathers, sons, brothers, and friends.


 

Notes from Oct 3 Business Meeting

Call for nominations for the Werner Spodat Father of the Year Award - presented during our annual Christmas / New Year’s Party.  Please be ready to submit your nomination at the next business meeting.

Annual Christmas/New Year’s Party – last year we had our Christmas party in January.  We discussed our plans for this upcoming Christmas season and there were no strong opinions either way.  Please look at your calendars, discuss with your wife, and let’s determine a date at the next meeting.

Men’s Faith Formation – we’re looking to form a small group of men that will create a program (or several programs) to inspire all men of our parish to pursue their Catholic faith.  The Knights of Columbus offers a framework called COR (which is latin for heart).  Please see link below:

Cor Training Videos (kofc.org)

Another framework is a program called “That Man is You”.

That Man Is You - Paradisus Dei

Please send John an email at Knights@stmarysjc.org if you are interested in getting a program off the ground.

Upcoming Events

October 12 – Fall Parish Cleanup – come to 8:30 Mass and then join parish community members cleaning up the grounds.  Stay to help the Knights serve food to all those participating.

October 25 (Friday) – Trunk or Treat – decorate your car trunk with a spooky theme, bring some candy and distribute to parading kids, and win fabulous prizes for the most clever and original decorations and costumes.  You are also welcome to come and help control traffic and help setup and cleanup.

Monthly Business meetings -1st Thurs of every month, 7PM, St. Anne’s Hall (behind school)

    Next Meeting: Nov 7

Monthly Social: 3rd Thursday of the month.  Location varies.  Wives are invited. 

Next Social : Oct 17 Announcement forthcoming

Monthly Knights Gourmet Breakfast – featuring omelets, Eggs “Pope” Benedict, scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, and pancakes. Spread the word: "It's not just pancakes anymore".  

    Next Breakfast Oct 20 - Beneficiary of our work: Catholic Charities

St. Mary’s School Auction – November 9 – Please consider helping St. Mary’s School by purchasing a ticket and attending this event.  If you’re not interested in attending but would like to help run the event, there are several opportunities where the Knights typically help. 

Other Help Needed

Bake some cookies and deliver to gathering area kitchen by Oct 13.  Please see Kairos Prison Ministry cookie drive information below under Pro-Life news.

Visit Stan Grocki – he is currently confined to his house due to medical issues.  Please

Volunteer for a weekly time slot at the Adoration Chapel

Join the rosary before the 10AM Mass or other masses.  If a group is not already established at your preferred mass, then start one.

Consider volunteering to bring someone who currently can not drive to church or to a Knight’s meeting.

Pro-Life News

40 Days for Life – St. Mary’s Knights will meet at the Bristol VA abortion clinic Thursday Oct 10 at 11AM for prayer.   Please stay on the public sidewalks.  Do not park in the clinic parking lot. 

Cookies for Prison Ministry – Needed by Oct. 13 - support our Prison Ministry at the Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City by baking and delivering cookies to St. Mary’s church gathering area kitchen.  Hard to believe, but this ministry helps to change lives. 

Guidelines:  No Fruit, no nuts and no candy, except for chocolate chips.  No sugar, sprinkles or frosting on top.  Round Cookies only.  No bars or irregular shapes. 

Types of Cookies permitted: Sugar, Molasses, Peanut butter, Chocolate chip (preferred) or Oatmeal (no raisins). 

How to deliver your cookies:  Please put 12 cookies in a bag, in a “roll” (like Ritz crackers) in a gallon size plastic bag (taping the end of the bag works well) – this makes sure they don’t get to the prison as just crumbs.   Do not write on the bags.

Take a few minutes and listen a new song considered to be the Pro-Life anthem sung by Rachel Holt.

Rachel Holt - I Was Gonna Be (Official Lyric Video) (youtube.com)

Please also consider other media found at the following website:  Choice42

Opportunities to Grow Your Faith

Bible Study Tuesdays via Zoom.

Looking for suggestions on guest speaker

 

If you would like to learn more about the Knights of Columbus, please visit:

Join Us | Knights of Columbus (kofc.org)

Or reach out to us at Knights@StMarysjc.org

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