The St. Clare Knights held the 2023 Council Soccer Challenge on September 16, 2023. The Competition is for players ages 9 to 14 to demonstrate their soccer skills with a penalty kick. Each player is allowed 15 shots at the goal. The goal is divided into a series of scoring zones. The upper corners are 20-point zones, the lower corners are 10-point zones and the central region is a 5-point zone. Winners at the Council level advance to District on Oct 28, and Archdiocese Level on Nov 11.
2023-24 Council #9708 Scholarship Winners
We are proud to announce the winners of the 2023-2024 Knights of Columbus Council #9708 Scholarships! Through the generosity of James and Elizabeth Witten family, K of C Council #9708 Brothers Tony Ogden and his son Carl Ogden, and K of C Council #9708, we were able to award 6 one-year scholarships.
This year’s scholarships awards total $10,500!
Congratulations to all of our Scholarship Winners. May God bless you and guide you – and all our graduating St. Clare seniors – in your academic endeavors!
Scholarship Winners & Supporters of the Knights Scholarship Program
The St. Clare Knights of Columbus donated $5,000 to the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School Tuition Assistance Program. Grand Knight Luis Zepeda presented the check to Father Vincent and Principal Martin Flaherty on Sunday, September 18 after mass.
The Knights and St. Clare Parish had a great turnout at the Houston Food Bank on Saturday, August 20. Our group of 18 volunteers packaged 13,000 pounds of citrus with several other organizations during the morning shift. Thanks to our Knights, their families, and St. Clare Parishioners for coming together to help those in need.
Congratulations to the St. Clare Knights of Columbus who were recently named the Winner of the 2022 International Life Award! The award was based on the Council’s work in expanding the Loving Choice Pregnancy Center by 50% in Spring, TX and Parish wide baby shower drives.
The award was presented to the Council at the 140th Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention (Aug 1-4, 2022) at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. Countries attending included the US (all states), Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Guam, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and Ukraine. The Knights thank the entire Parish for their continued support!
Congratulations to Bill Hoff – Grand Knight of the Year! Bill was honored as the “Grand Knight of the Year” at the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese Training Conference on Saturday, July 30, 2022.
During Bill’s 2 year term as Grand Knight, the Council won the International Life Award, achieved Star Council twice, and the Texas Lone Star Award with Distinction twice. The Council also received state awards for the Faith in Action Programs including 1st for Family, 1st and 2nd for Life, and 1st for Faith. Congratulations Bill.
We are proud to announce the winners of the 2022-2023 Knights of Columbus Council #9708 Scholarship! Through the generosity of K of C Council 9708 Brothers Tony Ogden and his son Carl Ogden, we have added 3 new scholarships to those that were available to this year’s applicants. Seven scholarships were awarded altogether, totaling $12,500 (nearly double last year’s total!). This year’s scholarships were funded by the James and Elizabeth Witten family, the Ogden family, and our Council. Congratulations to all of our Scholarship Winners. May God bless you and guide you – and all of our graduating St. Clare seniors – in your academic endeavors!
The St. Clare Knights of Columbus donated a digital print of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Casa Juan Diego on July 18,2022. The Council received the print with their donation to the American Wheelchair Association, an organization the Knights have supported for many years.
These archival prints are donated by a Knight of Columbus who owns the largest gift shop at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City specifically to raise funds for wheelchairs. They have been blessed at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
This beautiful framed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a digital scan of the tilma of St. Juan Diego, first revealed to the world on December 12, 1531. Cardinal Norberto Rivera of Mexico City authorized the tilma to be removed from the display vault at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and digitally scanned. These scans are then sent to another Knight in California who donates and frames all of the prints. Pictured below on the left Louise Zwick and two volunteers; in the center Gordon Ducote, St. Clare Knights of Columbus.
On Saturday, June 18, 2022, the Knights presented Fr. Vincent with a check for $4,500 to provide a new AV laser projector for St. Clare of Assisi Church facilities.
After a very successful 2022 St. Clare Golf Tournament, representatives from the Knights and the School present Fr. Vincent with a check for $12,000 for the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School.
