Knights of Columbus Council 12035

12/22/2023

Members of Council 12035 on the morning of December 9th put up a new Nativity scene that the council purchased for the Church of St. Michael & St. Peter. The church's pastor, Fr. Mike Galuppi, was also present as the scene was placed on the front lawn of the parish rectory, where it can be seen by drivers as they travel along the Seneca Turnpike.

12/12/2023

A few pictures from our Christmas party this past weekend.

12/12/2023

Today let us join our Brother Knights in honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe by offering a rosary.

Early on the morning of December 12, 1531, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Juan Diego in Guadalupe, Mexico. Juan Diego, a Chicimec Indian peasant born in the days of the Aztec empire, had been baptized by the Franciscan missionaries and lived a devout, humble life. Juan Diego sought holiness in part by attending daily Mass. No one would have expected Our Lady to appear here at this time.

The appearance of the Virgin Mary to a humble Indian soon changed the face of the continent. Our Lady appeared as a mestiza, or mixed-race woman, who was pregnant with the Son of God. Mexico’s first bishop, Friar Juan de Zumárraga, and the native people comprehended the Gospel message contained in the symbol-rich image that was miraculously imprinted on Juan Diego’s tilma, or cloak. And inspired by the message of divine love, some 9 million Native Americans were baptized from the time of the apparitions until the deaths of Bishop Zumárraga and Juan Diego in 1548.

Msgr. Eduardo Chávez, postulator for the cause of canonization of St. Juan Diego, exhorted the Knights saying, “My brother Knights, nearly 500 years later, you are now called, like St. Juan Diego, to be heralds of the new evangelization, carrying Our Lady’s beautiful image and message of love far and wide.”

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pray for us. To read our daily Advent and Christmas reflections, please visit: https://www.kofc.org/en/who-we-are/our-faith/advent-reflections23.html

10/25/2023

10/15/2023

Congratulations to Past Grand Knight Mitch Carmody on earning the Fr. McGivney Award with Council 12035 this past fraternal year!

07/27/2023

Wonderful story.

It’s one of the most iconic images of Pope Pius XII: surrounded by a crowd of shell-shocked Romans after a World War II bombing raid. U.S. bombers targeted Rome July 19 and Aug. 13, 1943, killing thousands. It was an era when the pope seldom left the Vatican, but on both days Pius XII rushed into the city to console his flock. On July 19, the pope visited the Basilica of St. Lawrence (San Lorenzo) and on Aug. 13, the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran (pictured). John Allen tells the story of these meetings in a recent article in Crux: https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2023/07/80-years-ago-a-pope-defied-american-bombs-to-become-defender-of-the-city

Count Enrico Galeazzi, a Vatican engineer and the Order’s representative in Rome since 1922, was present at both the Holy Father’s visits and played a critical role July 19. The papal car broke down, and Count Galeazzi drove the pope back to the Vatican in his own Fiat. Galeazzi knew the route well: Next to the basilica is a Knights of Columbus recreation center, one of several he had helped to establish in the 1920s at the request of Pope Benedict XV, who sought the Order’s assistance to serve Roman youth.

In 1987, the year after Galeazzi’s death, Columbia described the count as an “intimate friend and confidant of Pope Pius XII” and explained his role as lay governor of Vatican City during the war:

“As the papal representative, the count was instrumental in convincing the German High Command to increase the rations allotted to the starving population. He was also called upon at least three times to be the pope’s personal emissary at meetings with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House. … He served several supreme pontiffs as a true son of the Church; he served the Knights of Columbus as advisor to seven supreme knights; and truly he also served, to the best of his ability, the victims of war and oppression.”

Though it was damaged in the bombings, the San Lorenzo playground continues to operate to this day.

02/20/2023

Congratulations to Grand Knight Mtch Carmody on being presented with the Star Council Award for Council 12035 by District Deputy Ron Carrigan!

01/28/2023

Happy Birthday to a Brother Knight, and here's hoping he's still got plenty more to come!

On Feb. 6, Louis Graziano, charter member and past grand knight of Father Larry Endrizzi Council 6918 in Thomson, Georgia, will celebrate his 100th birthday. Graziano, a World War II veteran and the last known living witness to the German surrender, received the French Legion of Honor on Sept. 17, 2021.

In recognition of his service and in honor of his milestone birthday, Graziano’s family requests that cards and greetings be sent by mail:

Louis Graziano
238 W. Hill St.
Thomson, GA 30824

Happy birthday to an American hero and a faithful Knight!

(Learn more about Graziano's story here: https://youtu.be/8wfbVD6ypRk)

12/22/2022

Happy anniversary of Fr. McGivney's ordination! We continue to pray for him and all the faithful departed, and ask him and them to pray for us.

Dec. 22 marks the 145th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, pictured here during his days at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. Father McGivney was ordained in 1877 by Archbishop James Gibbons in Baltimore’s historic Cathedral of the Assumption, the nation’s first cathedral. Learn more about Blessed Michael McGivney and his cause for canonization: https://fathermcgivney.org/en/index.html
(Photo courtesy of the Archives of the Associated Sulpicians of the U.S., Associated Archives at St. Mary’s Seminary & University)

10/28/2022

Joe & Jane are friends of mine (Council 2627 was where I joined!) and I remember when they were getting the PRC of Rolla going. I think I even sat in on one of those meetings at their house at some point ;) Great to see their hard work recognized!

10/21/2022

Sts. Kateri Tekakwitha and Mother Marianne Cope, pray for us!

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the canonization of the “Lily of the Mohawks,” St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American woman to be canonized by the Catholic Church. This award-winning photo by Tamino Petelinšek, published in the October 2019 issue of Columbia, features Angela Riley of the Luguna of Pueblo, N.M., holding a relic of St. Kateri during a votive Mass dedicated to the saint at the 137th Supreme Convention in Minneapolis. St. Kateri Tekakwitha, pray for us!