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Attached is the Wheelchair Mission Donations by Diocese and Council that have been received as of January 31, 2023. Diocesan Deputies, please forward this email and attachments to your District Deputies so that they are aware of the donations of their Councils and know how to make a donation.
My Brother Knights,
Thank you so very much for all your help and support in making our Diocesan Mid-Year Meeting a success! Your presentations were spot on and the delivery was outstanding! We had 106 members attending in person and an additional 40 tuned in via Zoom! Thanks Ben for making that happen!
Here are the slides of the Dallas Diocesan meeting that took place on Saturday, January 21, 2023. This PDF file is 370 MB.
On December 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2022, the 59th Knights of Columbus Bob Stras Dallas Classic High School Basketball Tournament was concurrently held at Bishop Lynch High School and at Jesuit Dallas.
Catholic Charities in Laredo was in desperate need of clothing for immigrant families. Bishop Greg Kelly asked Dallas St. Vincent de Paul if they could help. The Dallas St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store agreed to supply clothes and asked if the Knights in Dallas could deliver them.
Thank you to all that attended our Diocesan Organizational Meeting this past Saturday. We had 117 bother Knights attend, breakdown is listed below! Please thank your GK’s, FS and DGK’s that were in attendance. It is always our hope that the information shared will help each council continue to strive and expand on the great works they are all doing.
Once again, the Lord moves in mysterious ways. I attended the Council 7850 Membership Meeting last night (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Plano) and before the meeting Brother Dave Rosengrants asked me if I was the one who sent out the notice about that guy from North Carolina who was seeking aid and companionship from the Knights in the Dallas Diocese.
Thank you all so much for coming out on Saturday! We really appreciate all you are doing to make the 2023 Convention a Great Weekend!
This is the Report of Officers chosen for the term. Please submit a copy to the DDC so we can keep our website records up to date. Thank you.
Brother Knights, Attached is the final report of the Wheelchair Mission Donations by Diocese and Council for fraternal year 2021-2022.
Thank you and God bless you to the 40 Dallas Diocese Councils and 3 Assemblies listed below that donated $378,680 to the American Wheelchair Mission to provide 2,524 wheelchairs in fraternal year 2021-2022.
As we enter the final week on the Fraternal Year, I wish to thank each of you for all the hard and smart work each of you performed in the past year.
Worthy Officers, DDs, GKs, FNs, and Brothers (and Rev. Bishops Burns and Kelly and Fathers Paul, Zach, James, Fernando, Alan, and Loyd):
Worthy Grand Knights of the Dallas Diocese,
There are only 13 days left in the fraternal year to participate in the Wheelchair Program by donating at least $150 for one wheelchair.
Although temperatures reached into the triple digits, members of Council 830 in Denison turned out and supported the building of a Habitat for Humanity home on June 18.
I apologize for the delay in sending out the minutes for our inaugural 2023 State Convention Meeting held on Saturday 5-14. We thank those of you that were able to attend and look forward to seeing all of you at our next meeting on July 9.
The Silver Rose is coming to our Diocese! We are honored to host the Rose from June 20 thru July 9 in the Diocese of Dallas. I have been asked to coordinate the visit while it is in our Diocese.
The Goal of our “Hands in our Community – Home and Abroad” program is to provide comfort and sustenance for homeless and destitute by providing supplies and food for those in our ‘backyard’ be it in Texas or Viet Nam.
Prayer Request – Michael Prince Brothers Knights We were notified that the son of our brother SK Ervin Prince and Lady Pamela Prince, Michael Prince passed away on Saturday 5/7/22 […]
The Dallas Diocese Delegation attended the Texas State Convention in Corpus Christi at the Omni Hotel and the American Bank Convention Center on April 29-May 1st, 2022.
Worthy Grand Knights of the Dallas Diocese, with only two months left in the fraternal year, the goal is 100% participation of the Dallas Diocese Councils by donating at least $150 for one wheelchair.
Brother Knights, The cutoff date for this report is earlier than usual because of needing to report the numbers at the Texas State Convention. Attached is the report of the Wheelchair Mission Donations by Diocese and Council received as of April 27th.
Here are some pictures of members of Council 13133 and Circle 5199 assisting in yard work for one of our recently deceased member’s widow. Twelve (12) members showed up on Saturday morning April 23 ready to get the job done to mow, edge, trim trees, weed flower beds, and put out mulch. They truly exemplified Blessed Father J. McGivney’s mission of taking care of our deceased brother’s families.
