Grand Knight Bill Isler presents Brother Mike Sumner with the council’s Knight of the Year award for 2018-2019. Brother Mike joined the council in February 2018 and has been involved in almost all council activities this year. Congratulations!
222 Thanksgiving meals
Thanks to the outpouring of love and generosity from the parishioners of IHM Parish, Council 5453 collected 222 Thanksgiving meals for families of Arnett Elementary School in Erlanger/Elsmere, KY. More than 1,332 people had a Thanksgiving dinner that would not have been otherwise possible.
Clockwise Top Left: Brother Keith Cahill hands out shopping lists and boxes; Brother Reese Davies unloads a dinner box; Grand Knight Bill Isler helps with distribution at Arnett; GK Bill Isler with Program Chair Brother Scott Shelton and his wife Lauren. Thanks to Brother Scott and Lauren for another successful year!
4th Degree Super Exemplification
There will be a 4th Degree Exemplification on February 2, 2019, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Louisville. More information can be found in the attachments below.
Original Bishop Mulloy Council Hall
The attached is a picture of the original Bishop Mulloy Hall located in Newport. It is now called the Southgate House. We sold it in 1976. I was the last Grand Knight there. All the second and third degrees were held there along with Clergy Night and Nuns Appreciation Day.
The second picture shows the council officers 1957
The third is a picture of the many dances we had at the old hall.
Deacon Bill Theis
18 new 3rd Degree Knights
Congratulations to our 18 newest 3rd-degree brother knights. On Saturday, December 8, 2019, Mt. Mercy Council hosted a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree. Five of these men went through all three degrees today. Way to go!
New 4D ultrasound machine for the Rose Garden Mission
When the Rose Garden’s ultrasound machine broke, it was a big setback for their efforts to encourage mothers and fathers to keep their babies and not abort them. When the State Knights of Columbus Culture of Life Chairman Eric Ritchie heard of this he went right to work on purchasing a new machine. He raised $47,948 of which half came from Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus. Mary Queen of Heaven Knights of Columbus in Erlanger took the lead in the fundraising. Bishop Mulloy Council, Bishop Ackerman Council, St. Timothy Council, and Bishop Flaget Assembly also contributed funds, as did the Diocese of Covington Pro-Life Office, and dozens of individuals, including the Bishop.
The new machine is a 2018 4D model which can record the entire session on DVD or send the baby’s picture directly to the mother’s phone. The old machine was from the 1980’s.
This is the 5th Ultrasound machine the local Knights have purchased for a pregnancy center in NKY, and the fourth project that Eric has personally run. Everyone has brand new machines now! Even though Eric has done four of these, he is always amazed each time at how quickly it comes together.
Left to Right:
- Don Heffernan – Treasurer of Mary Queen of Heaven Council 14993, Erlanger
- Rick Pratt – Grand Knight of Mary Queen of Heaven Council 14993, Erlanger
- Eric Ritchie – State Culture of Life Chairman, Kentucky Knights of Columbus. Member of IHM Parish and MQH Council 14993.
- Sheila Carroll Director of Rose Garden Clinic
- Mother Seraphina
- Deacon Bill Theis – Member of Bishop Mulloy Council
- John Doubrava – Member of MQH Council 14993, IHM Parish, and Ultrasound Committee Treasurer.
Submitted by: Deacon Bill Theis
