St Mary's Knights of Columbus - January 2025


 

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. 

Heroic Men App

The Knights of Columbus has launched a free app called Heroic Men: 

HEROIC MEN strengthens men to become missionary disciples, to bring more men to Jesus Christ. Get the best Catholic media for men on our brotherhood-building platform - let's leave no man behind.

Follow the following link or download the app to your phone or device.

Heroic Men - Home

Tax Deductible Donations

St. Mary’s Knights of Columbus can now accept tax deductible donations, including electronic check, paper check, credit card, equities, and real estate. Donated assets will go into an account managed by the Knights of Columbus Charitable Fund (KCCF) ( Change Lives Through Generosity ) which will invest the money in a manner consistent with Catholic teaching.  Our council can then make recommendations to KCCF for distributions from the funds to local recipients as approved by KCCF.  All funds going into the account will be distributed to causes approved by St Mary’s Knights of Columbus.  This process ensure that tax deductible contributions meet all federal tax guidelines. 

If you would like to make an electronic donation, please follow the link below.

K of C Council 4264 Donations

Please note that electronic checks require a 0.75% processing fee. Credit card donations require a 2.75% processing fee.

If you would like to make a donation via paper check (no processing fee), or make non-cash donation, such as a security or real estate, please contact the John Flaherty at Knights@stmarysjc.org for current forms or additional information.

What Did the Knights Support in 2024?

Church Events

2,564

Clergy Support

2,268

Coats for Kids

283

Food Pantry

4,000

Military Chaplains

200

Mom's Ministry

521

Mother's day flowers

550

Refugee Relief

350

Religious Ed

964

Semanarian Support

1,000

St Mary's School

2,000

St Vincent DePaul Society

1,112

Wheelchair Mission

400

Widows Watch

614

Annual Christmas/New Year’s Party – our annual Christmas party will be Friday Jan 10 6PM at the American Legion Hall.  All Knights and spouses are invited. 

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)

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

Upcoming Events

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

          Next Meeting: Feb 6

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

Next Social : Jan 16 Announcement forthcoming

Monthly Knights Gourmet Breakfast – featuring omelets, scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy, eggs benedict, and pancakes. Please join us and share a great meal for a great price while we support an important local cause.

Spread the word: "It's not just pancakes anymore".  

    Next Breakfast Jan 19 - January Breakfast Beneficiary: St Mary’s School

FYI: Catholic Schools Week January 26 – Feb 1 (please help us support our school)

Other Help Needed

Visit Stan Grocki – he is currently confined to his house due to medical issues.  Please contact John Flaherty at Knights@stmarysjc.org to set a time.

Volunteer to be an usher, reader, eucharistic minister, or sacristan.  Contact John Flaherty at Knights@stmarysjc.org and he will provide the current contact for these roles.      

Volunteer for a weekly time slot at the Adoration Chapel. 

Join the rosary starting at 9:25 AM.  Knights participation will provide strong voices, and hopefully inspire others to join.  Group rosaries for other masses should start 35 minutes before mass, and finish 15 minutes before start of mass.  Where two or more are gather, God is there.    

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

Pro-Life News

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.  Email Knights@stmarysjc.org for current Zoom link and password.

Looking for suggestions on guest speaker

To join 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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