Fourth Degree Knights Color Guard

 

Activities of the Knights of Columbus

he Knights of Columbus are involved with many activities that benefit the Church and the Community.   One of the activities is the annual Drive for the Mentally Disadvantaged.

    Each year the Knights collect donations to support the work of organizations that aid the members of Amador County’s mentally disadvantaged community.  Our loc

local group is the ARC.  And this year about $2000.00 was collected and donated to them for their wonderful works.  Over the past 10 years, the Council has collected and donated almost $25,000.00 for the Arc.

   As active members of their respective parishes, the Knights of Amador County have participated in many activities that benefit the three Catholic Communities.  These include membership on Pastoral Council, ushers, readers, communion ministries, and many more.

    The Council also helps to sponsor the “Returning Catholics” ministry and runs a Bible Study group.  Both of these programs have been very successful over the last few years.

    One of the main activities of the Council is our Youth Prison Ministries.  There are two California State Youth Facilities within Amador County: the Preston facility in Ione and the California Department of Forestry facility in Pine Grove.  While Preston has a continuing program of meetings and a monthly Prayer Night, the Pine Grove site has communion service on a semi-regular basis.  Along those same lines, the prison ministry now includes Mule Creek State Prison in Ione.

    These ministries have been a source of pride for the Amador County Council as it continues to find more ways to make a difference in Amador County and the Amador County Catholic Community.

        The Amador County Council’s Scholarship Program has had a successful second year.  There was an increase in the number of applicants, and the Scholarship Selection Committee had a difficult time in making its choice as all the applicants showed a very high level of commitment and academic achievement.  The $1,000.00 Scholarship award was won by a student at Argonaut High School, Nathaniel Adam of Jackson, CA.

            Along with other organizations in the Amador Catholic Community, the Amador County Council helped to sponsor a dinner to assist a child with a rare disease receive medical care in New York.  The dinner, held in January of this year, netted over $16,000.00 with additional contributions coming in totaling over $20,000.00.  This money will help the family in the expenses related to travel and staying in New York.  More information is found on the Katie Rose page.

           Two youth programs are also part of the Council’s activities: the annual basketball free throw contest in January, and the K of C Poster Contest, which is new this year.

          In September of 2009, the Amador County Council hosted the Northern California Chapter Meeting at Our Lady of the Pines Mission Church in Pioneer, CA.  It is estimated that some 120 delegates, dignitaries, wives, and guests were in attendance.

          An interactive calendar is available on this site; just click on Calendar.