Council and Assembly Installations - 2016

Council and Assembly Officers were dutifully installed in 28 July and 4 August respectively.  Lets get out there and support them so that we can have a great Knights of Columbus year of fraternal growth and community service.  Special thanks to all who helped with food and refreshments; especially, Caesar Moona and the Columbiettes.   Follow this link for  additional photos.  God Bless, Vivat Jesus

International Statue of Our Lady of Fatima 3 May 2016

Thanks to everyone who participated in this very special event to make it such a success: Sir Knights Jim Bright, Robert Songco, Mike McMahon, John Stump, Roy Spurlock, Reulito (Gonz) Gonzalez, Robert Cooler, Steve Mendoza, Jim Range, Mike Giese, and Brother Knights Jim Pennell, Dan Ahern, Jim Arand, and Fred Leyda.  From Claire Ketcham (Parish Organizer): How wonderful the Knights were!!  Watching from the choir - nothing could have been better.  My thanks goes out to all of your members who participated!!  I think the high point of the evening came when the Knights rendered honor to our Blessed Mother during the procession at the end of the visitation.  God Bless - Terry Buquet, Faithful Navigator Assembly 1447

New Fourth Degree Members

Please welcome Sir Knights John Stump and Mike McMahon to our Assembly.  They were two of a Class of 69 that were exemplified Saturday, 9 April, at St. Joseph's in Columbia.  Much thanks to Sir Knights Reulito Gonzalez (Gonz) for his duties as honor guard and photographer and to Sir Knight Jim Range for doing all the paper work.  Vivat Jesus

Busy Week for the Council

Indeed it was a busy week at the Council Hall.  In addition to Mr. Michael Fleischbein's presentation on Thursday (see previous post), we had our annual Council oyster roast on Sunday, 28 February. We had about 20 in attendance Thursday night and almost 50 on Sunday for the oyster roast. A huge thank you to Brother Gonz for hosting both events. Special thanks also to Grand Knight Steve Mendoza, Brother Knights Fred Leyda, Robert Songco, Robert Cooler, Mike Giese and Gonz' friend Edgar Dalan who helped with the heavy lifting to make the oyster roast a huge success. Also a special thanks to all of the Sister Columbiettes for their support, bringing extra dishes and desserts and especially to Sisters Dolores Brown and Kathy Gallagher who took care of the finances. We made a profit of $377.73 which will be used for the annual Easter Egg Hunt in March. For more pictures of these events, follow this link.

 

 

Guest Speaker

During our last social meeting on 25 February, Mr. Michael Fleischbein gave an inspirational talk on his parents and the holocaust.  I've placed a video file of it here in case you missed it.  Enjoy, God Bless, Vivat Jesus.

 

 

 

Pro-Life News

From Sir Knight Reulito Gonzalez (Gonz), Pro-Life Director: The Annual Pro-Life March/Rally in Columbia, SC was held on January 9, 2016.  Our Bishop was represented by Rev. Fr. Jeff Kirby who led the opening prayers.  The march was led by Brother Knights of Columbus from throughout the State and was very well attended by all ages young and old.  The key speakers were Alan and Lisa Robertson from the popular Duck Dynasty show.  Lisa confessed that she had an abortion when she was 16 years old and that she regrets it every day of her life.  This was a prelude for the big March in Washington DC, which is taking place today despite the blizzard conditions.  "For marchers, the date — January 22 — is important because it marks the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision that deemed abortion a fundamental right under the Constitution."  For more photos of the SC March please select this link and for a video prepared by KofC Supreme on the Marches here and around the world select this link.  God Bless, Vivat-Jesus.