Category: Programs
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Upcoming Special Olympic Events in Our Chapter In 1962 Eunice Kennedy Shriver started a summer day camp for children & adults with Intellectual Disabilities. From that camp concept came Special Olympics which was founded in 1968. Eunice asked her husband & brothers to get involved and to help. Those men were Knights of Columbus, and…
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Worthy brothers, the Catholic Church in the United States is in crisis. Matthew Kelly, in his book 33 Days to Eucharistic Glory gives us these statistics: “In 1973 there were 58,000 priests in the United States, the average age was thirty-five and only 10% were over the age of sixty-five. Today there are 37,000 priests in…
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The Knights of Columbus Ceremony advances new and existing members through the lessons of Charity, Unity and Fraternity required of a Third-Degree member. The ceremony is normally done in person. However, Supreme offers these ceremonies online. By clicking the link “Exemplification On-Demand” and “View Now”, you will be able to register for the ceremony.. As…
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American Wheelchair Mission The NorCal Chapter of the Knights sponsored and staffed at table to spread the word about the American Wheelchair Mission. Knights, Will Friesen, Matt Friesen and Ramiro Lopez handed out flyers and answered questions. We had a surprising number of Knights stop by to offer their support for our mission. Many just…
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2026 Chapter Contest 02/28/26 Location: “Twenty-Fve” boys and “Fifteen” girls from the Sacramento Diocese region, ages 9 to 14, were named local 2026 District champions of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship and have earned the right to compete at the 2026 Northern Chapter level. “Six” of the sixteen Districts in the Sacramento Chapter…
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The goal of the American Wheelchair Mission is to provide a free Wheelchair to anyone in the world who needs one but can not afford one, and has no way of obtaining one. There are over 130 million people worldwide that are in this situation. We need your help. I have always been able to…
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As your councils plan their Faith in Action programs for the new Columbian Year please be sure to include the Annual Campaign for People With Intellectual Disabilities. The official dates for the drive this year are October 17, 18 and 19, 2025 (although councils are free to schedule and hold a fundraiser benefiting organizations serving people with intellectual disabilities at any time…
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We have a challenge to deliver 400 “Hope” boxes on November 8th in Colusa California. In other words, it is estimated that we could have up to 400 families show up hoping for a “Hope” box. A “Hope” box contains; 20 lbs of beans, 20 lbs of rice, 20 lbs of sugar, 20 lbs of…