Year End Wrap Up
The Knights were busy in December, helping spread the Christmas Cheer…
- The Annual “Keep Christ in Christmas” campaign with signage, reminding everyone to keep Christ in Christmas. This year we also handed out “Keep Christ in Christmas” prayer cards at several of the Masses.
- Operation Santa Clause-Helped in collecting and distributing toys for children.
- Assisted in the decorating of St. Elizabeth Parish, which including setting up the manger for the outdoor Nativity.
- Set up luminaries for the Christmas Eve Mass.
- and finally, we helped take down everything we set up.
Council Christmas Party
Parish Blood Drive
Parish Tree Removal
Family Picnic
Springton Manor Harvest
A BIG SPUD THANK YOU to all the volunteers who came out for the harvest on Saturday as well as those who helped with the planting and hilling during the year. We had 25 to 30 volunteers on Saturday including Knights, wives and children. A great turn out on a beautiful day.
As always, A Great Big Thank you goes to Pat Kasper, Mary Damian and Pat McDonald for there help with the Parish Youth. We had a great group of children volunteers and I think they even had some fun getting dirty. Click here for pictures!
Annual Golf Outing
Parish Landscaping Project
Brothers, I can’t find a big enough thanks to all the Brothers who participated in the Church Mulch Project this past Saturday. We had 28 Brothers, 2 teen age sons (Jonathon Brennan & Anthony Arena) and 1 wife. (Mary Phelps) for a total of 31 Volunteers. In addition, we received responses from 7 other Brothers who wanted to participate but had other commitments. Fantastic!!!!
We weeded, edged and mulched 75 trees, 2 large shrub beds and 2 flower beds and used 20 yards of Mulch. All of this in 4 hours.
A special thanks must go to Brother Steve George for his labor and the use of his edging machine. Steve is a landscaper by profession and relatively new to our Council. Steve’s help saved us time and labor. Another special thanks must go to Brother Joe Arena for getting the mulch donated by Mulch Man. And, with that a big Thank You to The Mulch Man and the Wozniak family. Another special thanks must go to Brother Elliot Rosado for getting the pizza donated by Dominos. GOD bless St Elizabeth Parish and the Knights of Columbus. Click here for pictures!
Parish Clothing Drive
2008-2009 Election Of Officers
Officers for the upcoming Fraternal year were elected at the June Council Meeting. Congratulations to the “Officers Elect”!
- Grand Knight – SK Harry Tucci
- Deputy Grand Knight – SK Bill Shields
- Chancellor – SK Bill Schell
- Warden – SK Fred Clark
- Inside Guard – SK Curt Zingaro
- Inside Guard – SK Pat Donoghue
- Outside Guard – SK Jeff Ciardi
- Outside Guard – BK Matt Ward
- Advocate – BK Ray Williams
- Treasurer – SK John Fiore
- Recorder – BK Ed Smith, PGK
- 3rd Year Trustee – SK John Rogge, PGK
- 2nd Year Trustee – SK Jim Smith, PGK
- 1st Year Trustee – SK Chris Ruggiero, PGK
Springton Manor Hilling
A special thanks to all the Brothers who turned out and to those who couldn’t make it because of other commitments. The toughest job is not the field labor but getting the youth involved. Again this year we must give a BIG THANKS to Pat Kasper for her dedication to the Potato Project and to St Elizabeth Parish. I know she said quite a few Hail Marys on Friday night that we would have a good turn out on Saturday. As we all know, Prayer works. Click here for pictures!
BK, Deacon Jim McAvoy
Congratulations to BK Jim McAvoy who was ordained a Deacon on Sat May 31st. Sunday Jun 1st, was the first Mass when our Brother Jim McAvoy (along with BK Deacon Rick Freemont) assisted the Celebrant as a Deacon. Several Knights attended this Mass in support of Jim.
“Measure Up” Campaign for ARC
Thanks to SK Tom Kirk for organizing our efforts, and Our thanks to ACME stores in Eagle and Exton for their continued support in providing us a location for this worthy cause. As you can see from the photos, one little helper really helped bring in the donations this year! Click here for more pictures!
4th Degree Exemplification
The Exemplification was held over Memorial Day weekend. Congratulations to our council’s newest Sir Knights:
- SK RJ Dawson
- SK John Fiore
- SK Tom Kirk
- SK Matt Zingaro
St. Elizabeth Parish – Stepping Forward Together
The Second phase of the building campaign was celebrated on Sun, May 18th. Despite the heavy rain, the Parishoners who attended had a good time. The Knights were very busy that day helping with the various activities…most of it during the rain! SK Jim Smith was key in organizing our efforts, including:
- Planting trees on Friday and setting up the parking lot
- Collecting tables and chairs and setting up the event on Saturday
- Parking, food tables, event support and takedown on Sunday
- Returning tables and chairs and other equipment on Monday
Postal Workers Food Drive for the Lord’s Pantry
The Postal Workers Food Drive (Sat, May 10th) for the Lord’s Pantry was another great success. The Knights were very well represented for both the first and second shifts. So much food came in that sorting had to stop so the tents could be taken down at 5:00. At that point, all the remaining food was weighed and moved inside to be sorted later in the week.
Thanks to BK John Magee for organizing our participation.
Here’s how the event worked: The Postal workers picked up donations from their customers. As each truck finished their routes, they dropped off all collections at the Lord’s Pantry. All donations were then checked for current dates (non-expired), then sorted by category. As the sort bins filled up they were weighed, and then taken to the storage area. All told, the final statistics are pretty amazing: DOWNINGTOWN: 9,546 lbs + EXTON: 3,106 lbs = Over 6 Tons of food!
St. Elizabeth Parish, May Procession
St. Elizabeth Confirmation
Members of our 4th Degree Knights provided color guard escort for the Parish’s Confirmation class. Due to the size of the Confirmation group, there were two masses led by Cardinal Rigali. Following the entrance procession, the color guard move to their seats. Cardinal Rigali took time for photos and greetings with the color guard.
Spring Beef and Beer Social- Bartending
Springton Manor – Potato Project
SK Bill Schell is organizing the effort again this year to till and plant potatoes for the benefit of area food banks.
April 20th–We had a great turn out on Saturday: 8 Brother Knights and over 20 children and parents. It only took 1 1/2 hours to plant over 300lbs of potato sets. (We planted 200lbs last year) On April 19th, Brothers Jim Smith, Harry Tucci, Larry Welsch (CCCares) and Bill Schell did the prep work.
Communion Breakfast
Parish Mardi Gras Social
Held Sat, Feb 8 in the Parish Social Hall, it was a night of socializing, dancing, Cajun food and drink. This Parish event was well attended and everyone seemed to have good time. The Knights were glad to serve as bartenders for the evening, SK Harold Gibson organized our barstaff.
Immaculatta College Art Show
Also becoming an annual event for us, the set-up activities took place on Jan 25-28. Following the event, take down took place Feb 10th. SK Jim Smith made sure our assistance was directed where it was needed.
Pro-Life Bus Trip to Washington, DC.
The annual Parish bus trip to Washington, DC to participate in the March For Life. The rental of the bus was organized by SK Harry Tucci and BK Ray Williams.
Quarterly Adoration for Pro-Life
Held with the Parish Pro-life committee on Sun, Jan 20 in the St. Elizabeth Daily Chapel.
K of C Basketball Shootout
