Brother Knights, we need your help! This year Fry’s and Safeway have decided to no longer allow the Knights to conduct the People With Intellectual Disabilities Drive (Tootsie Roll Drives) at their locations. To make up for this, we need as many Knights as possible to help solicit funds at every weekend Mass at OLMC the weekend of November 9-10th. Please join us for 10-15 minutes after the Mass you attend and help collect monies for a very worthy cause. Vivat Jesus!
OLMC Golf Tournament
The 12th Annual Mt Carmel Golf Tournament will be held Saturday September 14th at Superstition Springs Golf Club in Mesa, AZ.
The proceeds from this year’s tournament will benefit various Knights of Columbus Charities including The Full Circle Program, The Sisters of the Servants of the Plan of God, and the Aid to Women Center as well as other Mount Carmel Parish, School and Knights of Columbus sponsored Charities’ For more information, please visit our Tournament webpage.
Knights help needed!
We are sponsoring events for both Elizabeth House and iHelp in May. Knights are asked to bring an item from the attached lists to the May 2 General Council meeting to donate. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can still donate by contacting [email protected].
A list of items needed for both groups may be found here:
On May 25th, the OLMC Knights are responsible for cooking and serving the iHelp meal. Signups for meal items are at https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/30e0b4fa4ac2ca6f58-monthly48/27741554.
Dinner will be served from 4:30 to 6:00pm at the Church on Mill, 1300 S. Mill Ave., Tempe, 85281 (North of St. Luke’s Hospital on Mill).
Thank you all for your kindness and generosity.
Council Membership Drive
Our Council is holding its Semi-Annual Membership Drive on the weekend of March 23-24. Volunteers are needed after all Masses to speak to prospective new members and answer any questions they may have. A special Membership “Knight” is also being held Monday night at 7:30pm in McCready Hall. Volunteers are need to answer questions and speak to their experiences as Knights. Thank you for your support of this important Council activity!
Corporate Mass & Fifth Sunday Rosary
The Council is holding a Corporate Mass with a 5th Sunday Rosary Program to follow it, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish on Sunday March 31st at 9 AM. All Knights and their families are welcome to join us and sit together as a group at Mass, to show our unity and support for our council and our parish. Directly following the Mass, brothers from our council will lead all those attending in the 5th Sunday Rosary. If possible, though not required, please wear either your Knights shirts or name badges.
The Supreme Knight asked all of us to accelerate our efforts to work with our pastors to strengthen our parishes and seek to strengthen Christian family life. To help bring parishioners together in a spiritual activity and promote devotion to Mary, the Knights of Columbus Supreme council announced this new church activity, the 5th Sunday Rosary Program. Knights, their families and other parishioners are encouraged to pray the rosary as a corporate body every time a 5th Sunday occurs during a month. Here is a link to a publication that speaks to the Building the Domestic Church initiative and how you can incorporate this into your family life.
Please come join us for our Corporate Mass and 5th Sunday Rosary.
Lenten Recollection/Reconciliation Retreat
All Council Knights are encouraged to attend this Lenten spiritual retreat to be held at Resurrection Parish. Fr. Jerome will be leading this for us along with additional speakers. The theme for the retreat will be “Grow Where You Are Planted”. We will be asking attendees to all bring a Pot Luck Dish to share for either the Snack or Lunch. Families are welcome to include older children.
Retreat: Lenten Recollection / Reconciliation, Saturday March 30th, 2019 at Resurrection Catholic Church: 3201 South Evergreen, Tempe, Arizona 85282 in McCarthy Hall
Mass: Saturday morning, at 8:00 a.m. – prior to registration, in Church building, at Resurrection Church campus. Please RSVP to [email protected].
8:45 a.m. Registration at McCarthy Hall
9:00 a.m. First Talk
10:00 a.m. Snacks
10:15 a.m. Second Talk
11:00 a.m. Short Reflection / Group Sharing
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Short Talk on Recollection / Reconciliation
1:30 p.m. Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and Confession
2:30 p.m. Reposition and End of Recollection (up to 3:00 p.m.)