The St. Clare Knights gathered more Hurricane Laura Donations on Saturday Sep 19, 2020. The Knights coordinated donations from both the Knights and the Parish. One extremely full pickup truck was then driven to the Shrine of the True Cross Knights in Dickenson who were driving to the Lake Charles area later that evening. In total the Knights gathered 2 completely full pickup trucks, 1 SUV, and made a cash donation of $300 to the Hurricane Relief.
The St. Clare Knights gathered Hurricane Laura Donations on Friday Sep 11, 2020, and met up with Brittmoore Rescue in Kemah, TX. After loading the donated supplies Brittmoore Rescue drove to Lake Charles later that afternoon. The St. Clare Knights also made a cash donation of $300 to Brittmoore Rescue to provide additional items to the Hurricane Victims.
The Texas Knights of Columbus Field Agents are sponsoring a FREE webinar by David McKnight on “The Power of Zero”, Wednesday September 16 at 7:00 pm. Please use the this ZOOM Link to register.
If tax rates go up, how much of your hard-earned money will you really get to keep? In ‘The Power of Zero,” McKnight provides a concise, step by step roadmap on how to get to the 0% tax bracket by the time you retire, effectively eliminating tax rate risk from your retirement picture. David has been featured in Forbes, USA Today, The New York Times, Fox Business, Bloomberg Radio, MarketWatch, CBS Radio, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq.com, Reuters, Investor’s Business Daily and numerous other national publications.
This is a statewide webinar and will be limited to the first 1000 that register. The cost of attendance has been covered by the Texas Knights of Columbus Agencies, so just show up (virtually) and enjoy the presentation.
The St. Clare Knights of Columbus presented the 2020 Scholarship Awards to the recipients on Thursday, July 9 during an online ceremony due to social distancing. The St Clare Knights began awarding scholarships to deserving high school graduates in 2009; since then, the Knights have funded scholarships totaling more than $48,000.
This year the St. Clare Knights awarded 5 scholarships totaling $6,500 including the $3,000 Elizabeth Witten Scholarship. James Witten was a 4th degree Knight, and the funding of this scholarship is one of the many ways his family honors his and his wife’s memory.
Scholarship awards are sent directly to the admitting school in August to be used for any expense posted by the school for the student. Congratulations to all of our Scholarship Winners! This year the Scholarship winners are:
A St. Clare Blood Drive was held on Friday, July 10. The Blood Drive was organized when the spouse of a Brother Knight, was hospitalized and could not receive needed blood due to COVID-19 rationing. A very special Thank You to the 25 Brother Knights and the entire Parish that volunteered to give blood. Thank you for putting your Faith in Action to help others.
Seminarian Benjamin King takes his first vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience on June 27 in the Miles Christi Chapel in Lujan, Argentina. Ben is the grandson of Pat and Mary Alyce Hall. After the homily Ben was assisted into his “Habit”, as the cassock is called. Although his family was unable to attend the ceremony due to the COVID-19 quarantine, they were able to view the broadcast on-line.
The St. Clare Knights of Columbus have supported Ben on his journey through the (RSVP) Seminarian Support Program the last few years. His next step is a few years study of Theology in Rome after which he looks forward to ordination. His duties will be working with young Catholics in the U.S. where Miles Christi has locations in Michigan and California. Congratulations to the entire family.
The St. Clare Knight of Columbus held their Officer Installation ceremony on June 25th for the 2020-2021 fraternal year. For the first time ever, the ceremony was held Online due to the pandemic. Please congratulate all of the new Officers and Directors for the 2020-2021 fraternal year.
The St. Clare Knights of Columbus received the 2020 Quick Start Award for their quick start in meeting the Diocesan Charitable Goal. District Deputy Jerry Moch presents the award to Grand Knight, Dave Fronick.
The Council recently received its first Bingo Prize Fee distribution check.
Texas recently passed bill HB 914 which was designed to help more of the prize fees go directly to Texas bingo charities rather than counties and municipalities. For a charity to receive the prize fee, each county or municipality had to vote not to impose the prize fee, or not vote at all, in which case the charities would receive the fees. Harris County declined to vote allowing those fees to be returned to County charities. Unfortunately, the City of Houston voted to impose the fee and thus kept their portion of the fees.
A sincere thanks to the Harris County Commissioners for recognizing the benefits of local charities such as the Knights of Columbus and the service they provide to our community. Thank you.
Congratulations to the 2020 Knights of Columbus Regional Free Throw Winners! After winning at the Council and District Levels, Logan Sariga (13) and Matt McCormick (11) went on to win at Regionals for the 13 and 11 year old boys competition. Both are planning to attend the State Competition in San Antonio on March 7, 2020. Good Luck Logan and Matt!
