K N I G H T S I N AC T I O N
IN SERVICE TO ONE, IN SERVICE TO ALL
• Langley, British Columbia
Cancun, Mexico •
• Dandaan, Haiti
Thailand •
• Bar-Kowino, Kenya
PIG ROAST
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Council 11080 in West Brookfield, Mass., held a pig roast to support the ministry of council member Kerry Brenner and his work with Mission Haiti. Brenner has been traveling to Haiti to assist with the building of a school, orphanage, chapel and clinic in the village of Dandaan. The pig roast helped
raise awareness of the struggles that still exist in Haiti today and netted $1,500.
parking lot, respectively. Knights volunteered 1,500 hours to refurbish these parts of the parish grounds.
PLAYGROUND, PARKING LOT FIXED
A FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Mary, Queen of the Apostles Council 9877 in Parañaque, Luzon, spread 25 truckloads of new sand and gravel at their parish playground and
St. Louis de Montfort Council 14553 in Oak Lawn, Ill., used the Find a Council feature on the Order’s website to locate a K of C council in Cancun, Mexico, when council member Hank Montoya and his family were vacationing there. During the trip, Montoya met with members of San Patricio Council 14992 on behalf of his council to exchange ideas and resources, and to present a donation of approximately 1,260 Mexican Pesos. Council 14992 then passed these funds on to a local orphanage. REPAIRS AT CHURCH
A man and boy from the Sarnelli House orphanage in northeast Thailand stand with a cow that was donated to the facility by Father McGivney Council 6392 in Marlboro, N.J. Knight Roland Eckstein had visited the orphanage on two occasions, and the facility’s director, Father Michael Shea, requested that the council help the orphanage become more self-sustaining. To that end, Knights have stocked the facility’s fishponds and have provided pigs, ducks, chickens and cows to the orphanage, which houses approximately 160 children. 30 ♦ C O L U M B I A ♦
APRIL 2013
• Parañaque, Luzon
North Surrey Council 4767 in Langley, British Columbia, completed a number of repairs at Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church. Knights updated the front doors, stairs and entranceway to the church, and did some painting as well.
Laborers in the village of BarKowino, Kenya, test dig for a village well that was funded in part by Msgr. F. X. Prefontaine Council 11085 in Seattle. Knights have supported orphans in BarKowino for many years and knew that the village’s water supply was unreliable and sometimes contaminated. As a result, St. John the Evangelist Church launched a campaign to drill a permanent well with a solar-powered pump and a 6,000-liter storage tank. Knights sponsored one benefit that raised $1,700 and provided support and manpower at several other events.