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The Christmas Crib is placed at and over the War Memorial Site at the city’s Memorial Park, immediately behind St. Therese Church.  In 1998 it was suggested that the City decorate the tall spruce tree next to the Crib.  The tree stands 95 feet and has been lit every Christmas since. The City, through the help of the local businesses and taxpayer dollars, purchased new life-size figures for the Crib.  Bishop Mulloy Knights of Columbus #1301 was one of the original sponsors.  Their sign continues to be displayed each year.  Annually, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the City dedicates the Christmas Crib and asks one of the Priests or one of our Deacons from St. Therese to bless the Crib.  Both will remain up and hopefully, the Crib and tree will remain on until after the Epiphany. All attending sing Christmas Carols and counts down from 10 to 1 and the switch is thrown to light the Christmas Crib and the Tree.  This year, in a downpour, we had 47 individuals with many children in attendance.  Typically, Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive on one of our fire trucks for the kids.  Afterward, all walk across the street to the VFW for hot cocoa and a visit with Santa.  

Bishop Mulloy K of C 1301 recently served their quarterly breakfast at Henry Hosea House.  The knights purchase, cook and serve the breakfast. The guests had a delicious breakfast of pancakes, sausage and / or goetta, peaches, and orange juice. 

Bishop Ackerman Council 5453 and Bishop Flaget Assembly 307 hosted a memorial mass for deceased Brothers on Sunday, November 24, 2019, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Burlington. Following Mass, members attended a breakfast at Pee Wee’s Place in Crescent Springs.

Bishop Mulloy Council 1301 recently bought, cooked, and served supper at Northern Kentucky University Newman Center. The evening started off with an apologetics session by Fr. John Bullock, LC.

Next, the Knights joined the students at Mass. We were impressed by how reverend the students were at Mass.

After Mass, we recited a few prayers, and then gathered upstairs for a meeting. Upcoming events were discussed and they allowed Bob Hassman, our Grand Knight, to tell a little bit about the knights and give a membership pitch. We started the seed and already have one student who asked for an application.

Next came the food. We had plenty and they ate plenty.

The students were most gracious to us for giving them a meal and even happier when we told them they could keep the leftovers.

Father John stuck around to hear confessions and a few of us gathered for a final picture.

Submitted by Deacon Bill Theis

The battle flag on the right has a sign where it was last flown. The base was under seize from Vietcong. Special forces were called in to save the men. After all the men were evacuated under fire, the last copter was leaving and pilot noticed the flag was flying at the base. They went back in under fire and cut the flag down so Vietcong could not capture the flag. Our Brother Sir Knight Norman Geist cut the flag down and stored it. The next time The flag flew free was on our float on November 11th, 2019. When the judges learned of the flag history Norman and his wife Kelly stood in front of the people of Cadiz and Norman told his story. Needless to say, we won the Judges Award.