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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.
Thank you to our esteemed judges, Fr. John Paul, Fr. Darren, and Br. Ambrose Marie, whose distinguished palates facilitated judging some mighty fine-tasting chili. And to everyone who made chili to feed the masses. The food was delicious and plentiful.
Thank you to Worthy Brother Jim Pappalardo for his vision and leadership. Thank you also to the Sharpshair family, Worthy Brothers Craig Babcock, Jim Hook, and John Leventis, for helping set up the Parish Center, and Worthy Brother Mike Ries for helping procure the refreshments.
Thanks to everyone for helping to clean up when the event was over.
And finally, thank you to Worthy Brother George, our resident photographer, for capturing the day’s excitement. You can go to the link to see the pictures:
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 to the strength of our Council, Brother Knights ranged from one of our senior Knights, Brother John Holden, to our youngest member, Brother Joseph Brecount, to two of our newest members, Brothers Bill Laverty and Jim Swift.
The food was delicious and plentiful, and Patti and her team did a marvelous job providing excellent service.
Our revered auctioneer, Brother Jonathan Pearson, did his usual conjuring at the White Elephant Auction, pitting brother against brother, against priests, against family members.
Worthy Brother Fred Bowling recognized the current inflation rate and finally raised his usual minuscule bid from $1.00 to $1.25.
After Jonathan, the auction’s three most popular ‘individuals’ were ‘Mr. Stein’, ‘Mr. Craig’, and former ‘President Trump.’
Finally, thank you to each of you for the gift of your presence. You made this evening one that will be long remembered.
Thank you to Brother George Kimura, who captured many of the party’s highlights. See the pictures below.
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:
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 for
St. Gertrude to receive credit.
