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Knights of Columbus John Paul I Council 6020 Huntington Beach, CA Charity, Unity, Fraternity |
ExaExamples of the Council’s Events throughout the Year:
· Pancake Breakfasts to Raise Money for Seminarians and other Charities
· Clergy Night (Diocesan Honorarium)
· Youth Basketball Free Throw Competition
· Casino / Mardi Gras Night
· St. Bonaventure Donut Distribution
· Council Corporate Mass & Breakfast
· Advent Retreat – 1 day for men
· Day of Sharing (Games for Developmentally Handicapped)
· Lenten (meatless) Dinners
· 1st, 2nd and 3rd Degree Ceremonies
· General Monthly Meeting
· Seminarian (Award and Honorarium) Dinner
· MR Drive (raises money for the Developmentally Handicapped)
· Charitable Activities in the Community
As you can see we provide services and help across a very broad spectrum -- the needy, the poor, the youth, the ill, the mentally retarded, the handicapped, etc.
Besides being a service organization, we are also a warm, friendly fraternal group, banded together to provide for the spiritual and material welfare of our membership.
Do something good for yourself, your family and your community. Join these men they call Knights!
Whenever you see one of the Knights wearing his badge, introduce yourself, ask questions, and feel free to find out more about our Pope John Paul I Council.
Father McGivney
Guild
Through the Knights of Columbus, Father McGivney gave Catholic laymen a new opportunity – the chance to grow in holiness while contributing to their parishes, communities and security of their families. Today, more and more Church leaders are recognizing his spiritual genius in animating the laity.
The Knights of Columbus has grown to more than 12,000 local units in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan. Over the past decade, Knights have raised and donated nearly $1 billion to charity and given nearly 400 million hours in humanitarian service.
Knights donated $1 million to Special Olympics to send athletes from the United States, Canada and Mexico to the 2003 international Summer Games in Ireland. They provided 2,000 wheelchairs to land mine victims and people with disabilities in Afghanistan. The nature of most service by Knights is determined locally. Knights in Illinois, for example, have devised a sophisticated system for providing interest-free financing for group homes for people with developmental disabilities; councils in the Philippines regularly conduct free medical and dental clinics for the poor.
Wherever they exist, Knights continue the tradition of support for bishops and parish priests exemplified by Father McGivney. Each year tens of thousands of Catholics attend the Marian Hour of Prayer programs, rosary prayer services, and pro-life Masses Knights sponsor.
Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society offering low-cost life insurance to immigrant families facing destitution if a breadwinner died. Today the Knights of Columbus has more than $50 billion of life insurance in force. Its insurance program has received the highest possible ratings from both the A. M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor's.