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
