This Saturday, Oct. 19th, the council will have a team to clean up on 15th Place between Miller St. and Kipling. Activities will start at 8 am and are expected to take less than an hour. Brother Knight Norbert Boeckman will have all the supplies you might need. This program is one of the ways we serve our larger community outside the parish, and is part of our “Helping Hands” required program. If you have a few minutes to help with our chores before getting going on your own honey-do list, we’d be happy to see you!
Exemplification and Social October 22nd
Brother Knights, We have the opportunity to welcome several new members to our Council Tuesday night the 22nd of October. We will be holding an Exemplification at 6:00 pm followed by a social to welcome our new members in the Parish Hall. It would be very impressive if we could have a good showing of members to welcome our new Brother Knights into our Council.
The Council will provide a variety of drinks. If you can make it we ask that you bring a nice hors d’oeuvre or snack to share. The Social will begin at about 6:45, or when we are done with the Exemplification.
Council Picnic
Please join us for our annual Council 9597 picnic on July 13th at 6:00 (after the 5:00 Saturday mass) in the parish center. All council members and their families are welcome. Please bring a side dish if your last name ends in A-P and a dessert if your last name ends in Q-Z.
Hamburgers, hot dogs and brats as well as beer, wine and lemonade will be provided along with a celebration cake.
Help setting up and cleaning up is always welcome. Set-up starts at 4:00 and cleanup after the food is gone.
Come support the Council and have a great time…
Return of Cheers To Life!
Cheers for Life – Oh Yea…its back Baby! The Knights of Columbus Council 9597 is pleased to announce that a Cheers for Life fundraising extravaganza will be held on Sunday, June 9th from 1-5 p.m. at Blind Faith Brewing Company in Littleton (2852 Bowles Ave.) to raise funds for an Ultrasound Machine and Pro-Life efforts.
There will be beer pairings with food and the opportunity to bid on great and unique items to raise money for this important cause. Tickets will be limited to 100 at $50 each. They will go on sale during the weekend masses starting on May 19th or advance for Knights.
We are looking for theme appropriate donations as listed below. If you are interested in donating any gift to the cause, please contact Chris Mancinelli at 303-810-0617 or leave email at cmancinelli@msn.com.
Look for more information to follow
Beverage Coolers / Sports Tickets / Case of home brew / Beverage Dispenser / Rare Beer Package Backpack & Speaker / Beer-Themed Framed Picture / Gentleman’s Basket / Backpack & Headphone / Couples Basket / Backyard Cigar BBQ / Outdoor Handbag / Beer Signs / Christmas Stocking / Private Beer Pairing Party / Brewery Glass Rack / Beer Neon Light / Baby Blanket / Private Whiskey Tasting / Headphones and Goggles / Ladies Basket
Novena For Life – Feb. 25-March 5
All are invited to join our council in praying the attached prayer as a novena in preparation for the upcoming Lent. Members of the council will be leading the congregation in this prayer before the 8:15 daily mass, and the 9 am mass on Sunday March 3rd.
Invitation to Ultrasound Dedication
Brother Knights, please see the linked document with details on the dedication ceremony for the ultrasound machine we purchased with proceeds from last year’s “Cheers! To Life!” event. You may remember that this machine was dedicated to the memory of Drake Durkee, a young parishioner and student at our parish school taken from us far too soon. Ultrasound presentation invitation 5-17-2017
Updates on Tom Martinez
Just a quick note to let everyone know that they can get updates from Tom’s family by visiting https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/tommartinez
If you are looking for an opportunity to help out Lynn and their children with meals, you can sign up at https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/olz5md
The GoFundMe page has been set up soon to help the family financially. It is at https://gofundme.com/tom-martinez-family There are also links available at the CaringBridge site, and our council webpage.
Most importantly, pray for Tom and his family! St. Lucy is the patron saint for eyes and asking for the intercession of Fr. McGivney is always appropriate.
“Cheers To Life” Sales Help Needed After ll Masses
Brothers
We will be selling the tickets to this year’s Knights Ultrasound Fundraising Event, “Cheers to Life” again this weekend (Feb 20-21) after all masses. I know we have the pancake breakfast as well so a lot of activity however it is a great opportunity for us to be in front of the parish for the cause. As a reminder, the event is being held on April 23rd from 6:30 to 9pm in the OLF school gymnasium and the cost remains at $45 per ticket. As in the previous weekend, we will need assistance selling tickets after all the masses until we reach our goal of selling 250 tickets. It is our most ambitious event to date however we are encouraged by the tremendous results last year, and we are called by the Holy Spirit to continue our efforts in support of respecting the sanctity of life in all of its stages.
We will need brothers to man the sales table after all masses for the weekend of Feb 20-21. This year we will also be accepting credit cards using the “Square” on iPhones and iPads. Please contact Br. Ritchey if you will be able to assist after masses this weekend. Woody will be at all the masses in support of the sales. Thanks in advance all you do to make “Cheers to Life!” such a terrific event.
Keep Christ In Christmas Dinner Coming Soon
Our council’s annual KCIC dinner will be held after the 5 pm Mass on Saturday, December 5th. We would love to see every member of our council there!
Brother knights are encouraged to bring a side or salad to share. We already have volunteers bringing turkey, ham, and mashed potatoes with gravy.
I am assured that St. Nick will be making his annual appearance. PLEASE NOTE: Unlike in previous years, St. Nick will NOT be distributing gifts from families to the children! He will distribute traditional symbols of his ministry to every child present, and be available for photos.
Recepient of CPID funds to be featured on ABC television program
Here is a nice story about how one of the organizations that is supported by our council is being recognized for their efforts to help some of the neediest among us.
http://arvadapress.com/stories/America-to-get-taste-of-Arvada-restaurant-on-ABCs-The-Chew,202930
Jack’s Restuarant and Steamers Coffeehouse have been beneficiaries of our work on the Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities for 2 years now. Congratulations to them!
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