The Tucson Knights of Columbus were instrumental in getting the Christopher Columbus Park renamed on October 13, 1990. That was the 500th anniversary of the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the new world.
You can read an announcement letter about it here. AnnouncemnentMemos
A copy of the program of events can be seen here. ProgramBook
Arizona Choose Life License Plates
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Catholic Christmas Cards are once again available via the Arizona State Council. There are five designs available in boxes of 12 cards plus envelopes, plus bookmarks, rosaries and other items/
Online order form tutorial: KCIC Online Order Form
Online order form: https://form.jotform.com/241067298393162
Their products are on the website. You will order the products online and receive an email confirmation. You will then forward the email with the order to me and I will forward it to the card company. Your check will be made out to AZ K of C State Council and mailed to my home address. The products will be mailed directly to the address you provide on the online form.
For the traditional KCIC card company, Christ is Christmas, they have the Ethnic cards and magnets, yard signs, posters, etc. (very few English cards available). The council order form and products brochure are attached. Those orders will be done as in the past where you manually fill out the council order form and send it with a check (made out the same as above) to my home address and I will place the order. You can scan and email the order form ahead of sending the check so I can get the order placed as soon as possible.
KCIC AZ 2024 Christ is Christmas Brochure: KCIC AZ 2024 Christ Is Christmas Brochure
KCIC AZ 2024 Christ is Christmas Council Order Form: KCIC AZ 2024 Christ is Christmas Council Order Form
Vivat Jesus!
Dennis J. Schauer
District Deputy #10
Keep Christ in Christmas Chairman
Knights of Columbus Arizona State Council
480-363-8791 (cell)
email: djschauer@cox.net
website: https://kofc-az.org
The PowerPoint presentations on Programs (Ben Jimenez) and Membership (Dan Kudulis) are posted here. Please download as needed.
Programs – 2024 Org Programs Chapter District Meeting
Membership – 2024 Tucson Chapter Meeting for Membership 8.12.24
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Plan now to attend the 2024 Priest Appreciation Dinner for the Diocese of Tucson.This annual event raises funds for vocations and honors our Priests for all they do for us.
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Brothers in Christ, you are invited to join men from across the Diocese of Tucson in the 10th annual Catholic Men’s Conference in Tucson on Saturday, November 4, 20223.
This year’s conference will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish and will feature keynote presentations from Tim Staples and Michael Gormley. The Men’s Conference will include Mass with Bishop Weisenburger, Rosary, panel discussion, lunch, and Reconciliation.
Tim Staples is a Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, but he was not always Catholic. Tim was raised a Southern Baptist. Although he fell away from the faith of his childhood, Tim came back to faith in Christ during his late teen years through the witness of Christian televangelists. Soon after, Tim joined the Marine Corps.
During his four-year tour, he became involved in ministry with various Assemblies of God communities. Immediately after his tour of duty, Tim enrolled in Jimmy Swaggart Bible College and became a youth minister in an Assembly of God community. During his final year in the Marines, however, Tim met a Marine who really knew his faith and challenged Tim to study Catholicism from Catholic and historical sources. That encounter sparked a two-year search for the truth. Tim was determined to prove Catholicism wrong, but he ended up studying his way to the last place he thought he would ever end up: the Catholic Church!
He converted to Catholicism in 1988 and spent the following six years in formation for the priesthood, earning a degree in philosophy from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Overbrook, Pennsylvania. He then studied theology on a graduate level at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, for two years. Realizing that his calling was not to the priesthood, Tim left the seminary in 1994 and has been working in Catholic apologetics and evangelization ever since.
Michael has been leading evangelization and ministry efforts for the past 17 years, both as a full-time parish staff member and as a speaker and consultant for parishes, dioceses, and Catholic campus ministries. He has his Undergraduate Degrees in both Philosophy and Theology, and a Masters in Theology and Christian Ministry, from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He currently serves as the Mission Evangelist for Paradisus Dei, a ministry dedicated to helping men, couples, and families discover the superabundance of God. Michael is also the founder and creative director of LayEvangelist.com, the co-host to two successful Catholic podcasts: Catching Foxes and Every Knee Shall Bow. He is married to his college sweetheart, Shannon, and they have 4 amazing children and get about 3 hours of sleep a night, which is alright by him.
When: Saturday January 21, 2023, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: St. Augustine Cathedral See map
Join the 50th annual March for Life in Tucson on Saturday, January 21, 2023.
This peaceful demonstration draws attention to the reality of abortion: that over 63 million children have been killed in the United States since Roe v. Wade in 1973. While Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, prayers and peaceful demonstration are still needed to encourage positive change at the State level.
We begin in prayer at 9am Mass at St. Augustine Cathedral with Bishop Edward Weisenburger. Then we will march from the Cathedral to Holy Hope Cemetery for the Rose Ceremony. This is about 4.5 miles. Wear comfortable clothes and walking shoes.
All are welcome! Knights should wear K of C apparel – dress appropriately for the weather. Councils and assemblies are encouraged to bring carry banners. Bring water. If you need to eat after Mass, bring something
There is a city-wide Fourth Degree Honor Guard call out.
Car pooling is recommended as parking at the cathedral will be crowded.
More details may be found on the Diocese of Tucson web site.
Download the flyer here FMSC OVCN Virtual Mission Trip letter
Did you know that due in part to COVID-19, the need for food support to prevent child starvation has now doubled? Relief organizations have been stretched trying to meet this growing need while with less resources because of the pandemic. Life as we know it in the United States has really changed over the last year because of the pandemic, but we cannot forget about those suffering around the world each day whom we do not see on the news.
Each year, Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene (OVCN) has pulled together the people of Tucson and the region to host a MobilePack event for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), an organization at the forefront of addressing this need. While FMSC cannot assemble lots of volunteers this year due to COVID-19, they are now able to machine pack these meals at a cost of about a quarter per meal, and more than ever before they need our help!
Join us on Saturday, March 6, for an historic online event to come together and help feed starving children! We will take a virtual mission trip to Haiti (no passport needed!) and see firsthand not only the challenges that millions of families face today, but also the huge, life-changing impact that Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is having, in great part due to Tucson’s
support. The event will be live at 7:00 PM MST on OVCN’s website at ovcn.church/fmsc. Visit today for more information on this event, and how you can participate.
Grand Knights and Faithful Navigators! Please meet with your members and consider making a donation for the challenge match. No amount is too small or too large.
Here is a promotional video you could show at your meeting:
You can donate by credit card at ovcn.church/fmsc.
You can mail a check payable to OVCN with Feed My Starving Children on the memo line to
Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene
500 W Calle Concordia
Oro Vally, AZ 85704
Kindly email Bill Breen to let him know you made a donation
Last year we in Tucson packed over 1 million meals for starving children; why can’t we do it again on March 6? If we all work together again and help do our part, we can! Mark your calendar for this important event and participate from the safety of your home.
Questions?
PGK Bill Breen is chairing this event for the Tucson Chapter
520-329-7744
Email: sk.wbreen@gmail.com
The Ultrasound Initiative sponsored by the Knights of Columbus supreme Council has provided over 1000 ultrasound machines to pregnancy centers around the world. Council 8077 is proud to lead this initiative at our parish. However, a task this size will be much more successful with the help of the entire parish. Father Edward Lucero and the ministries at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton have agreed to help with this initiative.
The Knights of Columbus works together as an organization to purchase ultrasound machines for qualifying pregnancy centers. After the state and or local counsel raises 50% of the cost, the Knights of Columbus supreme Council will provide the other 50% to complete funding for purchase of an ultrasound machine.
Saving lives by helping each abortion minded woman to choose life by viewing their unborn children on ultrasound machines at pro-life pregnancy centers is a successful way to save our children. This initiative is funded by the Knights of Columbus state and local councils with matching grants from supreme Council’ culture of life fund.
Working with ministries of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Parish, Council 8077 is raising $17,000 to purchase an ultrasound machine to be placed at a pro-life pregnancy center where it is most needed.
On Saturday, May 11, 2019, the day before Mother’s Day, we will celebrate all mothers at a fundraising event. The dinner will be at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic church. Tickets are $30 per person; a table of eight can be purchased for $300 which will include a full-page ad in the event program. Live music will be provided for your entertainment. There will also be a raffle and auction items to include dinner with Bishop Weisenberger. Bishop Weisenburger has graciously excepted our invitation to attend and speak at the dinner.
Contributors may receive advertising in the Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative program, a copy of which will be distributed to all in attendance at the dinner.
The levels of donations to the ultrasound initiative are as follows:
Checks should be written to “K of C 8077 “
The preferred method of sending ads is a “press quality” PDF . Other acceptable methods:
Ads must be submitted electronically to JC 22925@gmail.com
Hard-copies with the expectation of having them scanned are not acceptable.
For questions concerning ads contact Joe Curran at 520-331-4883
For additional information and/or to purchase tickets please contact one of the following:
Jeff Schneider 520-419-4130 bronte1@mindspring.com Dave Chohon 1-520539-5528 1945dwc@gmail.com Bobby Nielsen 520-349-0728 bnielsen200@gmail.com
Deadline For Program Ads April 26, 2019 by 5:00 PM
You can download this information packet here: Ultrasound Packet
In January of 2009, the Arizona License Plate Commission approved the application for a Choose Life license plate after a six-year legal battle that went all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court.