Important – Save the Date Info
Please mark your calendars NOW for several Upcoming Events in 2025 that you will not want to miss:
Bishop’s Project Appreciation Dinner
April 24th
Seminary
Living Rosary
6:30 PM April 28th
Saints John and Paul Outdoor Rosary Garden
Pizza & Fellowship – Sts. J&P Pavilion
Click Here for more info
Pass the Gavel/Gold Tie Dinner
7:00 PM May 1st
Camelot, Wexford
(Old Council Home)
Click Here for more info
Priest’s Luncheon
11:00 AM May 8th
Vincentian Home, McCandless
Click Here for more info
Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball Game
6:40 PM July 18th
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Knight at the Races
6:15 PM November 22nd
Pine Community Center
Meeting Schedule
We hold Two meetings each month on the first and third Wednesday of the month. All meetings are both ‘in-person’ and Virtual. The platform for the virtual meeting is “Zoom” where a meeting ID and Passcode are required. The Zoom sign-in link changes with each meeting, so please send GK Ken Landau an Email at klandau24@gmail.com or call him at 412-417-4070 to be added to the invitation list.
Come join us for the Rosary at 7:00pm each meeting night followed by the Meeting at 7:30pm.
The “In-Person” Meeting Location (across Route-19 from Saint Alphonsus/Patron’s):
Wexford Professional Building II:
Suite 2308 (Third-Floor)
11676 Perry Highway
Wexford, PA 15090
Enter from Rear onto 2nd-floor, take stairs/elevator to 3rd-Floor for meeting. Look for Room: 2308.
Council Calendar
March 2nd, 2025 – May 3rd, 2025
SAlp = St. Alphonsus, SJN = St. John Neumann, SSJP = Saints John & Paul
Church Specific Activities
Gold Tie Club / Pass the Gavel Dinner
May 1st Camelot Event Center
May 1, 2025 has been set for the upcoming Gold Tie Club / Pass the Gavel Dinner. The dinner will be held at the Camelot Event Center, Wexford (our previous Council Home). All members, family and friends are welcome and encouraged to attend. The doors will open at 6:15 PM and a Buffet Dinner will begin at 7:00 PM followed by our M.C. Shaun Lally’s hosting of the formal Passing of the K of C GK Gavel to our new Grand Knight, Ken Landau. Dinner includes a Roast Beef carving station, Baked Chicken, Potato encrusted baked Cod, salads, and desserts. Cost is $35 per person, Cash Bar. Gold Tie Presentations will follow. Come and see your old friends and meet up with our newest members. Click HERE to see the flyer.
Call, e-mail or text NOW to reserve your seating.
george.franzjr@gmail.com & 724-772-0494
chris081476@gmail.com & 724-799-0249
Priests Luncheon at Vincentian Home
May 8th
The date has been set for our next luncheon for the retired Priests and other men at the Vincentian Home in McCandless. Please join us on Thursday, May 8th and help bring these wonderful gentlemen
from their rooms and back. Weather permitting, we will be serving them lunch on the outside patio. Volunteers meet in the front lobby at 11:00 am and we are generally finished by 1:00 pm.
Vivat Jesus!
Bill Romig – Community Director
(724) 799-5735
Pittsburgh Pirate Baseball Game – Fireworks Night
July 18th
Mark your calendars now so you can plan to be with us as the Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox, Friday July 18th at PNC Park. This is a Fireworks night both for the Pirates and for us fans. The game starts at 6:40pm. More information to follow in subsequent Olive Branch’s.
The Magee Project
The Magee Project has resumed, with people praying every day for the end of abortions at Magee Women’s Hospital. Magee performs 400-500 abortions a year, with about half of them being in the second trimester (4-6 months gestation) of a woman’s pregnancy. Magee performs more abortions than any hospital in Pennsylvania…
Vivat Jesus!
Chris Kelley – Life Director
(724-799-0249) & chris081476@gmail.com
40 Days For Life
The year-round 40 Days for Life campaign to end abortion continues here in Pittsburgh, with people peacefully praying in front of the downtown Planned Parenthood. Dedicated sidewalk advocates, with love in their hearts for the pregnant women and their unborn child, approach them as they are about to enter the clinic, encouraging them to change their mind. My shift is from 2:00pm-3:00pm every Wednesday. If you would like to pray with me, and need a ride, please let me know
Vivat Jesus!
Chris Kelley – Life Director
(724-799-0249) & chris081476@gmail.com
Please Support TRY
TRY’s mission is to provide therapeutic recreational programs to our youth and adults with different abilities. Please consider Donating to TRY by writing a check to “KofC” Council #3907”, with TRY on the Memo Line, and mail it to: Knights of Columbus; PO Box 131; Wexford, PA 15090-0131…. Thank You for your Generous Support of our Special Needs Youth and Adults,
Vivat Jesus!
SK William Romig,
PGK, Community Director
Email: <wercr@verizon.net>; (724-799-5735)
PARISH RETREAT SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE
September/April Saint-Paul of The-Cross Parish-Retreat Schedules are listed on their Website//Inquire:
<https://passionistsspiritualplaces.org/st-paul-of-the-cross> <https://passionistsspiritualplaces.org/st-paul-of-the-cross/contact-us/inquire>
About our Retreats: Men’s & Women’s Retreat are now showing as available: (You can always attend as an Independent on another Appropriate Weekend)
- Men’s: Saint Aidan (former St. Alexis) January 24-26, 2025
- Men’s: Saint Aidan (former St. Alphonsus) January 24-26, 2025
- Men’s: St. Luke the Evangelist (former Saints John & Paul) March 7-9, 2025
- Men’s: Regina Coeli (former Saint John Neumann) March 14-16, 2025
- Men’s: Regina Coeli (former Assumption) March 14-16, 2025
- Women’s Regina Coeli (former Saint SJN) October 18-20, 2024)
- Women’s Regina Coeli (former Assumption) October 18-20, 2024)
- Women’s Saint Aidan (former St. Alexis) January 10-12, 2025
- Women’s Saint Aidan (former St. Alphonsus) January 10-12, 2025
- [See Website (above) for Other Parishes.]
Please Sign-Up as Soon as Possible:
(New or Original Rooms Available)
(St. Paul’s 412-381-7676) 8am-4pm M-F
Knights of Columbus International Amateur
Golf Association (K.C.I.A.G.A) Tournament
The 56th K.C.I.A.G.A. tournament will be held in Burlington, Kentucky. The tournament will be held at Lassing Pointe Golf Course located at 2266 Double Eagle Dr, Union, KY 41091 on June 10 thru 12, 2025. Lassing Pointe has been rated #1 Public Course in KY in 2016/7 & 2019/23. More information on the course can be found here: http://www.boonecountygolf.com/ For more info please contact Dustin Reed (859) 866-2122
St. Alphonsus’ Golf League
The St Alphonsus’ Men’s Golf League is looking for golfers of all skill levels for the 2025 season.
League play is on Mondays from March 31st thru the end of August at Rittswood Golf Course in
Valencia. The league is open to new and returning golfers, ages 18 and over. New golfers can
contact Don Dietz at 412-855-6139. A Preseason meeting is in process of being scheduled with league members to be notified via e-mail once things are set, or go to the course Monday March 31st. Tee times start at 4:00PM, Weather permitting.
Donations to the Little Lamb Resale Shop
Our Council continues to support the Little Lamb Resale Shop, located several doors down Liberty Avenue from Planned Parenthood. They offer reasonably-priced maternity and infant clothing for sale, and have helped dozens of expectant mothers and new mothers since they opened in July.
They offer a warm place, a cup of coffee, and a bathroom for the 40 Days for Life prayers on the sidewalk.
Many of us have signed up for a reoccurring $10 donation.
If you would like to make-a-donation, please make out your Tax- Deductible Check to:
National Women’s Coalition for Life,
(write) “Little Lamb Project” on the Memo line, mail it to:
301 DeArment Parkway; Pittsburgh, PA 15241
KofC Catholic School/High School Student Grant Program
The Knights of Columbus Educational Foundation will be offering at least (50) $1,000 grants to members whose children attend Catholic Schools’ Grades 1 through 12, where a Third-Degree member’s child is enrolled. Last year, the Foundation was able to fund (100) grants to help our members Cover Tuition Costs. Applications will be received starting January 1st-31st, 2025. Applications can be downloaded from the KofC State website -< https://kofcpennsylvania.org/catholic-school-grant. If anyone has any questions, please call Shaun Lally at 412-726-7387.
Vivat Jesus! Shaun Lally 412-726-7387
PA State College Scholarships Program
TEN SCHOLARSHIPS, each totaling $3,000.00, payable in four installments of $750.00 per year, for Knights, Sons, and Daughters of Pennsylvania Knights of Columbus, and Columbian Squires: who are currently in good standing. Several other conditions must be met. Please review Lawrence Barkowski, Scholarship Chairman’s webpage at: https://kofcpennsylvania.org/scholarships Application Deadline: December 31st….