Worthy Brother Knights Craig Babcock, Jim Hook, and PGK Tom Hahn from Abp. Elder Council paused their work on the house for the Serenelli Project long enough to take a quick picture. The Serenelli Project’s mission is to provide strong Catholic community to individuals returning from incarceration or who simply have a criminal history. You can read more about them here: https://www.serenelliproject.org/.
The 5th Annual – Elder Council Chili Cookoff was an absolute success. Fifty (50) brothers, family members, priests, and novices attended. Twelve (12) competitors took the challenge, went for the Gold, and competed for the coveted title of ‘Elder Council Chili Champion’! The ‘Elder Council Chili Champion’ for 2024 is Worthy Brother Joe Sharpshair. 2nd Place – Brother Philip Mary 3rd Place – Dominic Pappalardo The winners for the Youth Division: 1st Place – Claire
Worthy Brothers, family members, and friends, What a spectacular Christmas party. We had 69 attendees, including 32 family members and four friends. This was the largest party since I began attending these festivities in 2016. We were honored to have our Pastor and Worthy Chaplain of the Council, Fr. John Paul Walker, O. P., our Faithful Friar of the Precious Blood Assembly, Fr. Joachim Kenney, O.P. and our Prior, Fr. John Langlois, O.P. In tribute
Our Winter Pancake Breakfast was a huge success! Thank you to all the volunteers. Thanks to your efforts we were able to raise over $1,000 for our Aid and Support After Pregnancy (ASAP) program. Courtesy of Worthy Brother George Kimura, the following link has photos of the event: https://photos.app.goo.gl/txMUx3ZVeDd5qgM79
Abp. Elder Council held a Blood Drive on December 27, 2023, at St. Gertrude. There were 24 volunteers, and we collect 23 units of blood. This represents 69 potential lives that were saved. Thank you to all the Brother Knights who participated. The next scheduled date on the Hoxworth Blood Center calendar is Friday, June 7, 2024. If you donate blood at any Hoxworth Blood Center before the date, use the code SEQ forSt. Gertrude