PGK Michael Bleacher and Worthy Membership Director John Rezsonya receive the Tropy of Champion from Worthy District Deputy John Hashtak from the Florida State Council. The award was given to the Council for achieving First Place in Membership for the fiscal year 2022-2023. Worthy District Deputy also won a Star…
Respect Life Coordinator Report
Worthy Brothers, Here’s my witness report for the month of December. I appreciate any brother and Columbiette sister who faithfully stands and prays for the unborn lives here or at any of the other 3 abortion clinics in Jacksonville (at least 3 brother Knights from other councils pray with me at Planned Parenthood as well). I try to…
Divine Mercy House Support
On behalf of the Divine Mercy House, Managing Director, Amy Woodward, received a check for $10,000 from the Knights of Columbus Council #10850 represented by Worthy District Deputy John Hashtak and Worthy Grand Knight Steve Roadruck. It should be noted that the Divine Mercy House is undergoing needed repairs from…
Mandarin Food Bank Christmas Giveaway
Eleven members of Council #10850 came to help out in this year’s Christmas Giveaway. Mandarin Food Bank gave out 379 boxes of food to families with the Knights helping out in the setting-up of tables and chairs, distribution of food, manning the traffic, sorting out food bags, emptying…
Christmas Party
CHRISTMAS PARTY sponsored by the COLUMBIETTES Merry Christmas to all!
Keeping Christ in Christmas Poster Contest
This is a yearly program of the Knights of Columbus to promote the true spirit of Christmas in homes, schools, parishes, and communities. In our Council, we ask the students of St. Joseph Elementary School to participate and then we post all the entries at Cody Enrichment Center for the…
Breakfast with Santa
Breakfast with Santa is a free event offered to the parishioners of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Mandarin Community. It was funded from the proceeds of the Knight’s Turkey Bingo held in November. This year, we had 85 families (about 340 people) who came and had pictures taken with Santa…
Blood Drive
Worthy Warden Marcelo Roth coordinated the Blood Drive for this fraternal year, and we had our first Red Bus parked at St. Joseph’s Main Church last December 3rd from 8 am until 2 pm to accept blood donations from our members, parishioners, and the Mandarin Area community. Although it was…
Manger Setup
Worthy Faithful Navigator, Leo Heaton, led the knights in setting-up the manger for the St. Joseph’s Live Nativity Drive-thru event last December 22nd from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The “manger” was set up in front of the Cody Enrichment Center. This is in line with Fr. David Ruchinki’s new…