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District Free Throw Contest hosted by our CouncilSunday, February 5, 2023
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On Sunday, February 5, Council 4970 hosted the District 9 Free Throw Contest at St. Ignatius Gym. Students from Presentation, St. Roberts, St. Ignatius, Our Lady of the Assumption, and St. John the Evangelist who scored high in the earlier school contests compteted.
Kudos to Brother Loren Wallin for coordinating the well-run council and district competitions. Many thanks to all the Brother Knights who assisted.
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Ladies' Night Out at the El Tapatio RestaurantJanuary 31, 2023
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Twenty-one Knights and Lady Knights gathered at the El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant in Citrus Heights on January 31, to enjoy lots of visiting, good food, good service and musical entertainment at our table. It was a fun evening at one of our council's favorite host restaurants.
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Breakfast is served! . . . at St. Ignatius Parish
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Parishioners of St. Ignatius Church feasted Sunday morning, January 22, on a full pancake breakfast cooked by our able crew of Brothers.
Pictured at the left are Brothers JC Greco, Michael langer, Joe Romanazzi, Len Zerilli, Peter Kilkenny, Frank Consulo and Fr. Tom, who pronounced the food "Outstanding!".
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Brother Jim Hagarty -- R.I.P.
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Brother James Hagarty died on January 6, 2023 at the age of 99. He was a longtime faithful parishioner at St. John the Evangelist and an active member of Council 4970. Most recently he served as the council's liason to the parish.
A Funeral Mass was celebrated for Brother Jim Hagarty on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at St. John the Evangelist (SJE) Church in Carmichael. Council Brother and Pastor Father Bernardin Mugabo celebrated the Mass. A dozen Knights and Lady Knights from Council 4970 joined the Hagarty Family and friends at his funeral service. Brother Jim was buried at Calvary Cemetery following the funeral service.A Council requested Mass for the repose of Jim’s soul will be celebrated at SJE on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at 8:30 A.M.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.
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Drive proceeds presented to Camp ReCreation
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Our annual ID (Intellectual Disability) Drive has been completed, and at the January 12 Business Meeting, the proceeds were presented to the Director of Camp ReCreation Carrie Judd. Making the presentation were PGK Peter Mendenhall of Council 15693 at Presentation Parish and PGK Joe Romanazzi, the Council Chairman of the drive. The total receipts from our council this year surpassed all previous collections -- over $20,000! Included also in the presentation were checks from the councils at Presentation Parish and at St. Mel Parish.
Pictured is PGK Peter Mendenhall, Carrie Judd, and PGK Joe Romanazzi.
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Free Throw Contest held at our parish schools
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Our annual Free Throw Contest among our parish schools got off to a great start at Our Lady of the Assumption School on January 10. Next up was a session among the students at St. Ignatius School on January 13 and at St. John the Evangelist on January 19. Several Knights assisted Chairman PGK Loren Wallin at both competitions.
Pictured at left at OLA are Brothers Loren Wallin, Joe Romanazzi, Peter Kilkenny, Ken Macdonald, Jerry Butler, Michael Langer, Bill Davis and Len Zerilli
Pictured at near right is Brother Peter Kilkenny watching a student's try for a basket at St. Ignatius.
Pictured at far right is Len Zerelli,Frank Consulo, Bill Davis, Rick Sandoval.
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Knights cooked a great breakfastSunday with santa at Our lady of the Assumption Parish -- December 11, 2022
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Our faithful kitchen crew of Knights once again cooked up a tasty breakfast for the parish's annual Sunday with Santa celebration. Santa only had time to visit the crew; he couldn't stay to help.
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Knights Serve Breakfast at St. John the Evangelist Parish
Our brothers served up a full breakfast of pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit, juices and more to the parisioners of St. John the Evangelist parish on November 20 after the morning Masses.
From the pictures, you now know how many Knights it takes to make scrambled eggs. . . and how temptingly delicious our pancakes look!
Pictured: Brothers Mike Langer, Ken Macdonald, Len Zerilli, Mike Corcoran, and (with the pancakes) Jerry Butler.
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Parish Membership Drives
We will soon embark on membership drives in our parishes. We will be using the resources and procedures supplied by the Supreme Council in what is called the Delta Church Drive. You can read more about this here in a copy of the slides used during a recent training session. All brothers are encouraged to read through the pages.
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Into the Breach
The adjoining Into the Breach link contains a playlist of 12 videos in a series focused on Catholic masculinity, produced by the Knights of Columbus.
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