KofC Councils #1290 Bardstown & #15979 Louisville joined together to move Father Bill Hammer into the Rectory and Parish Offices of his new assignment as Pastor of St Margaret Mary.
Mary Queen’s Fall Festival
Council #14372 in Lexington staffed the grill and the beer truck for Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary’s Fall Festival on October 9th and 10th. This is an annual event that raises money for the Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Education Life Center. Along with fully staffing the grill and beer truck, council members and their families were spread out amongst the other areas as well.
Breakfast at the Henry Hosea Soup kitchen
Every quarter Bishop Mulloy Knights of Columbus #1301 from Dayton, KY purchase, prepare, and serve breakfast at the Henry Hosea Soup Kitchen in Newport. Pictured above: Paul Kremer, Tommy Messmer, Jack Dauer, Pat Tuemler, Jim Hamberg.
After serving breakfast, the council held a 1st degree exemplification.
Above: Joe Wiedeman and Michael Fennel prepare the pancake batter.
1st degree at Bishop Ackerman
Bishop Ackerman council #5453 held a 1st degree on October 5th and brought in three new brother knights.
$2400.00 for Union County Volunteer Fire Department
Attached is a picture of myself and the Volunteer Fire Chief, Les Piper of the Uniontown Volunteer Fire Department. Our council is donating $2,400 to the UCVFD, this is the 40% of the net profit from our bingo that we earmarked for the fire department. Starting on Sept 1st we’ll be donating the 40% to the John Paul II school.Tom Musser GK 1367
Morehead ultrasound blessing and dedication
On September 4th Bishop John Stowe blessed the new ultrasound machine at Hope Pregnancy Center in Morehead Kentucky. This machine was purchased through Supreme’s Ultrasound Initiative program. From Supreme’s website: “The program encourages state and local Knights councils to assist qualified pregnancy resource centers in their areas by raising half the cost of an ultrasound machine. The K of C Supreme Council’s Culture of Life Fund then matches those dollars to contribute to the purchase of a machine, with the cost per machine starting at about $20,000. To date, Knights of Columbus councils have spent nearly $7.5 million, with just over $7.5 million provided by the Supreme Council. The total value of the ultrasound machines provided thus far is nearly $26 million.”
Bluegrass Council #762 in Lexington was the driving force in getting this project completed. They started this project and pushed it all they way through to the end. Funding came primarily from councils in the Lexington area through various fundraising events. In the past year, Kentucky has placed five ultrasound machines in pregnancy resource centers.
Click here to read an article published by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops praising the Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative.
