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Council 2046 adds sacred images to classrooms in two schools
A few weeks ago, Rita Hardesty, a parishioner of St. Mary of the Woods Catholic Church in Whitesville went into a classroom of St Mary of the Woods Elementary School to visit Mary Haycraft who is a teacher there. Mrs. Haycraft was in the process of switching rooms and all the pictures were down from the walls. Images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary were waiting to be hung up. These images had always been in Mrs. Hardesty’s home from childhood through the present day. Recently, during the pandemic, she did research on the two images and developed an even greater appreciation for the two images.
While Mrs. Hardesty was at the local Catholic bookstore purchasing the Immaculate Heart of Mary and Sacred Heart of Jesus images for a friend as a house warming gift she mentioned to the bookstore owner how nice it would be if these two images were in the classrooms of Trinity High School and St Mary of the Woods Elementary School.
The owner, Kelly, suggested that the Knights of Columbus Council #2046 might be able to help with that. Kelly contacted Grand Knight Jason Simon and told him about the idea. Jason took the idea to the council and it was well-received. The council purchased, framed, and hung the Images of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 25 classrooms and offices at Trinity High School and St Mary of the Woods Elementary School.
In the words of Rita Hardesty, “It is almost like a plan just happened. One event led to another, to researching, seeing the pictures. It wasn’t planned, it just happened. I think we all need to know that Mary leads us to God. The purpose of our Catholic schools is to teach the message of God. I can’t think of a better way to teach about God than through Mary.”
Prayer Vigil for Fr. Mario
As many of you know, our State Chaplain, Fr. Mario Tizziani had a stroke on 8/29 and is still in ICU. You can get updates on St. Cecilia’s Facebook Page here. Below is information from that page inviting everyone to a prayer vigil for Fr. Mario’s healing.
REMINDER- Please join us on TONIGHT at 7pm to lift our dear friend Fr. Mario Tizziani up in prayer. Bring your family and share it with your friends. This event will be live-streamed from our Parish Facebook page for those who are unable to attend. A prayer box will be located in the Narthex for anyone wishing to leave a card for Fr. Mario or his family. You may also send him get well wishes via St. Elizabeth’s website (https://www.stelizabeth.com/patients-visitors/create-a-care-card). Jesus, we trust in YOU!
2020 Organizational Meeting
On July 18, 2020, State Deputy Steve Zanone held the Organizational Meeting at Cardome Center in Georgetown. Due to the Coronavirus, things were done differently than from the organizational meetings of the past. We practiced social distancing, wore masks, we did not shake hands or eat buffet style food.
Steve also made arrangements for the meeting to be streamed live for those that could not attend in-person for health precautions. The materials that were presented at that meeting are available to view and download here.
During the meeting, Steve installed the District Deputies both in-person and virtually. We all look forward to the day we can go back to meetings as normal, but State Deputy Steve Zanone did a great job in adapting the meeting format to accommodate our current situation.
SD Zanone installing the DDs 
Fr. Mario blessing the district deputies during the installation 
DDs taking their oath of office 
Free online membership special
Until August 5, 2020, online membership in the Knights of Columbus is free for the 1st year. Use discount code MCGIVNEY2020 when signing up and the first year of membership dues will be $0.00. Sign up here. Or, if you are looking for more information, check this out.
If you have questions for our local leaders, please feel free to contact us here.
