Important – Save the Date Info
Please mark your calendars NOW for several Upcoming Events in 2025 that you will not want to miss:
Priests’ Luncheon
11:00 AM January 9th
Vincentian Home
St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
6:00 PM March 15th
Camelot, Welford
(Old Council Home)
Pass the Gavel/Gold Tie Dinner
7:00 PM May 1st
Camelot, Wexford
(Old Council Home)
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
December 29th, 2024 – March 1st, 2025
SAlp = St. Alphonsus, SJN = St. John Neumann, SSJP = Saints John & Paul
Priests’ Luncheon at Vincentian Home
January 9th
Our Luncheon that was scheduled on December 12th at the Vincentian Home in McCandless for the retired Priests and other men had to be rescheduled. Please join us on Thursday January 9th and help bring these wonderful gentlemen from their rooms and back. Volunteers meet in the front lobby at 11:00 am and we are generally finished by 1:00 pm.
Bill Romig,
Community Director
Mark your calendars NOW for our Seventeenth Annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner & Dance on Saturday, March 15th 2025 at the Camelot Event Center, Wexford, PA (our old Council Home). The evening will begin at 6:00pm, followed by an Irish-themed Buffet Dinner at 7:00pm. Dinner includes several entree options, vegetables, salads, desserts, coffee, etc. Cash Bar.. Also, we will again have the Irish Dancers plus a DJ for Irish music and dancing.
Line up your family & friends to enjoy an outstanding evening. Please contact Chris Kelley at 724-799-0249 before March 7th, or send a check to our PO Box 131, Wexford, PA 15090 with St. Patrick’s Dinner in the memo line.
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). Please mark your calendars now so you can keep that evening available. The doors will open at 6:00 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. Gold Tie Presentations will follow. Come to see your old friends and meet up with our newest members. More information will follow.
The next Planning Meeting of the dinner committee is scheduled for February 17th, 7:00 pm. Please attend if you can. If you would like to attend virtually, please contact George Franz:
george.franzjr@gmail.com/724-772-0494
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
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)
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
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….