September 17 is ‘Constitution Day’ to celebrate this most important day in our Constitutional Republic, Assembly 2753, in Hopkinsville, KY invited the 8th graders at Sts. Peter & Paul School to a presentation about the Constitution of the United States. KY State Senator James Comer was unable to attend in person, so he sent a recorded message to the students. KY State Representative Walker Thomas spoke about the power and importance of the constitution and along with members of the 4th degree Assembly handed out American flags, books explaining and detailing the Constitution and the American flag. The students seemed to enjoy the education and the officials and 4th-degree knights and begun an observance that will now be an annual event. God Bless the USA!
“Sew for 22” ceremony
Assembly 2753, in Hopkinsville Ky., participated in support of the annual “Sew for 22” ceremony held at “Beyond Stitches” and conducted by the Clarksville TN Quilts of Valor. The “Sew for 22” event is designed to raise suicide awareness throughout our Veteran ranks. September is Suicide Awareness month. The group sews for 22 consecutive hours and then awards Quilts of Valor to help the healing process to our warriors. The Sir Knights provided chairs and tables and helped Mission BBQ with the catered lunch. We also provided the guest speaker Ret. Lt. Col SK John Hall. The weather cooperated so the day went off without a hitch. God Bless our veterans and our troops!
4th Degree Exemplification
At the 4th degree exemplification held in Louisville on August 28th, over 30 men joined the ranks of the 4th Degree of the Order of the Knights of Columbus. We were honored to have Archbishop Kurtz as the Keynote speaker at the banquet. He also celebrated the 4:00 pm Mass at St. Michael Catholic Church where the new Sir Knights and their Ladies were in attendance. Congratulations to our newest Sir Knights. Any Knights of Columbus members that would like to join the 4th degree should contact their grand knight or District Master, Bill Schmidt PSD (billschmidtpsd@comcast.net).
Hispanic Recruiting Event
Dwight Frank and Tony Carmona, Bilingual Field Agent, representing the Schachle Agency, joined the members of the Hispanic and Latino faithful who gathered Sept. 4 at St. Rita Church, Louisville, KY for the Archdiocesan VIII Encuentro. It started with the celebration of Mass with by Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz. Following the Mass, the Schachle Agency presented a $500 donation on behalf of the Knights of Columbus to the Office of Hispanic Ministry. Thanks to Jose for helping set this all up.
Archdiocese of Louisville newspaper The Record wrote an article about this event that can be read here.
Council cooking for the Church Picnic
On Saturday August 28, St Joseph council from Mt Washington KY fried over 1600 pieces of chicken for the St Aloysious church picnic in Sheperdsville, KY. St Joseph council had approximately 24 volunteers ready to sort, bread, and fry the chicken. This event was one of the biggest annual fundraisers for St Aloysious. After 2020 and most of 2021, the chick fry was a refreshing taste of normalcy.
PGK Alvan Mann and PGK Glenn Greenwell getting ready to fry 
Mike Bridwell, Bob Easton and PGK Mike rippy cleaning up 
Recording secretary Matt O’Connor doing dishes 
PGK Alvan Mann and GK Eric Guy at the fryers 
GK Eric Guy dumping chicken 
GK Eric Guy and Worthy Chaplain Father Terry Langford 
