News & Announcements

2025 Padua Place Luncheon

On April 5, 2025, several Knights of Council 10240 and wives / significant others provided a lunch for 12 Priests and staff of Padua Place. Padua Place is a retirement home for Diocesan Priests. The Bishop Flanagan Chapter, through the support of area councils, has been providing these monthly luncheons to the residents of Padua Place. The purpose of the luncheon is a means of expressing our support to the retired priests and all the work they have done. Luncheons are appreciated by the priests because they get to engage in conversations that help them maintain healthy minds. Everyone who attended had a great time. Our plan is to continue to maintain this forum as part of our Council programs. SEE MORE PICS.

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Council 10240 held our annual Charity Golf Tournament at Dominion Country Club on March 31st. After a week of much needed rain that had drenched the course, players were greeted by lush, revitalized greens and a challenging yet fair course. Thanks to everyone who  was part of the planning committee, to those who volunteered to work the event, to those who put together teams to play and to this year’s golf committee chairman, BK Louis Marin, who provided outstanding leadership. And a special thanks goes out to the Knights’ wives and others who volunteered. We would not have been so successful without them.   SEE PICS.

 

March 2025 Exemplification

For the first time, Council 10240 formed an Exemplification team and held our first Exemplification of Charity, Unity and Fraternity with our new team. The new team is being led by  Chris Lee, Membership Director. Welcome new Knights: Gabriel Acosta, Malachi Del Toro, Adrian Del Toro, Ramon Perez, Robert Rodriguez, Doug Roth, and  Varghese “Joseph” Tharayil, Congratulations to the following 1st degree Knights who were conferred the 3rd degree: David Cameron, Deacon Ruben Caudillo, Michael Harrington and Andrew Luck. And congratulations to the following 1st degree Knights who transferred to our council or were reactivated and were conferred the 3rd degree: Al Frausto, Randy Gonzalez, and Roberto Rodriguez.

2025 Stations of the Cross

Knights from Council 10240 conducted the first Stations of the Cross this Lenten season. Thanks to all the Knights and Knight families who attended and or assisted. SEE PICS.

 

2025 Lumen Gentium Award

Council 10240’s SK Michael Rios has been selected from St. Luke to receive the 2025 Lumen Gentium award on February 3rd. Michael is our council’s Worthy Recorder, he is the Faithful Scribe for Assembly 3759 and he is also 1st Vice President of the St. Luke Guadalupanos. Michael is an Acolyte for the church and is involved in many parish activities; he was instrumental in coordinating the recent effort to restripe the parish and school parking lot. He is often called upon by the church office for special projects, and he is a regular volunteer at Habitat for Humanity. See the award letter from Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller. Congratulations Michael!

2025 Habitat for Humanity Knights Day

Thanks to all those who volunteered their time at this year’s Habitat build, and thanks especially to those Knights who worked on Knights Day, February 28th. We had great weather and accomplished a lot. SEE PICS. Construction is complete, and the 24 houses dedication took place on April 12th. SEE PICS OF THE DEDICATION.

2025 Senior Pancake Breakfast

Council 10240 sponsored a Pancake Breakfast and Seminar hosted by the St. Luke Senior Ministry led by Vivian Cantu. Approximately 65 attendees were treated to pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice. Following breakfast, Alyssa Ramirez Washburn, an attorney with a local law firm and daughter of BK Ed Ramirez, discussed Trusts, Wills and Probate. GK Felipe Jimenez and BK Gabriel Jimenez then discussed Gift and Estate Taxes and Income Tax Filing Requirements. Felipe and Gabriel are Certified Public Accountants at Jimenez & Jimenez Tax Services PLLC. See PICS.

2025 MEMBERSHIP DUES ARE DUE

Regular membership is $30, and Honorary membership is $10. 

PAY YOUR DUES VIA CASH OR CHECK

Dues can be paid in person via cash or check at our general meeting or can be dropped off in the church office c/o Louis Marin, Financial Secretary. Checks should be made payable to KOC 10240.

PAY YOUR DUES VIA ZELLE

To pay your dues via Zelle, create a contact on your computer or phone with the email account stlukeknight@gmail.com. Then follow your bank's instructions to pay via Zelle. There is no additional fee if paying via Zelle.

PAY YOUR DUES ONLINE

If paying your dues online, there is a small fee added to the dues and collected by PayPal for using this service.

If you have a PayPal account, click here for instructions on how to scan a QR code to pay your dues using a smart phone. This will reduce the fee charged by PayPal.

If you DO NOT have a PayPal account, or if you prefer not paying with a QR code, you can also pay using the Pay Now button below. To pay using the Pay Now button below, select your membership type from the dropdown box and click on the Pay Now button to be directed to the PayPal site.

2024 Christmas Dinner / Party

On December 11, 2024, Council 10240 held our annual Christmas dinner / party, complete with Santa and gifts for the kids. Knights and their families and friends were treated to a night of great food, fellowship and fun.  SEE PICS.

2024 Charity Dance

Council 10240 held our 2024 Charity Dance on Saturday, October 26, 2024. Thank you everyone who helped make our annual charity dance a success, especially all those that set up, attended and of course the clean-up crew. SEE PICSSave the date for next year: September 27, 2025.

2024 VOLLEYBALL / DODGEBALL & CLERICS

Council 10240 hosted the 2024 volleyball and dodgeball competition between seminarians and priests of the San Antonio Archdiocese. After the priests won the volleyball competition, and the seminarians won the dodgeball competition, a free-throw competition was held between five priests and five seminarians. Final score: priests - 0, seminarians - 1. This year's trophy was taken home by the seminarians! SEE PICS.

TRAVELING CHALICE

Started in May 2019 by St. Luke Council 10240, the Traveling Chalice program was created to encourage families to pray for vocations and to promote vocations within their own family. During each weekend mass, a member of parish volunteers to take a chalice home for a week and commits to saying the daily prayers that accompany the chalice. If you are interested or you know someone interested in taking the Traveling Chalice home for a week, see one of the ushers before any mass. Click here to see some of the recipients.

2024 Charity Golf Tournament

Council 10240 held their annual charity golf tournament on April 1, 2024, at The Dominion. Click here to see pictures of the event. Team pictures can be viewed here.

Welcome New Knights

Council 10240 welcomes five new Knights to our council. The men participated in the Exemplification of Charity, Unity and Fraternity at Prince of Peace Catholic Church on Wednesday, March 13th.

Pictured left to right are: Enrique Donnell III, Joseph Gonzalez, Eric Johnson, Edgardo "Eggie" Troche, and Domenic Palisoc.

Stations of the Cross

Council 10240 led the first Stations of the Cross during Lent on February 16th. Click here to see pictures.

2024 Senior Pancake Breakfast / Safety & Fraud Seminar

On February 15, 2024, Knights from Council 10240 held a Pancake Breakfast and Safety Awareness and Fraud seminar for the St. Luke Senior Ministry. Approximately 80 attendees were treated to fresh pancakes, bacon and sausage, prepared by the Knights. Speakers included Sgt. David Meyer, Bexar County Constable Office, Precinct 2 and SK Dominic Griego, St. Luke staff and Texas Lawman Security on safety awareness, and Jose Cruz, manager of fraud investigations for a local bank on senior scams and fraud. SEE PICS.

Mass For People With Special Needs

A mass for people with special needs was celebrated on February 4, 2024. Click here to see the pictures.

FOOD FOR FAMILIES - THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS 2023

For several Knights from Council 10240, Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023, got off to a great start! A group of our Knights and their family and friends took time out to help two of our deserving families that were selected from the St. Luke St. Vincent de Paul Society. With the wonderful assistance from Luby's on Huebner Rd. and Floyd Curl, two full feasts, including pie, were delivered to our parishioners. The delivery crew pictured below included (L-R, Michael Rios and Dolly Lara, Michael Poff (Boy Scout in Phillip Farmer's Troop), Phillip Farmer, Tony Paniagua, Rick Dominguez, Jose Marquez’ wife Cecy and their grandson, Christian, Jose Marquez, Larry Garcia and wife, Adriana. Also pictured is one of the fine staff members at Luby;s. A big thanks to everyone involved for helping make this a wonderful Thanksgiving for others.

Christmas Eve also saw two additional families provided with holiday feasts from Luby's. Advocate Ray Mendoza, his son, Robby, and his daughter-in-law, Pamela, delivered food to the families whose names were also provided by the St. Luke St. Vincent de Paul Society. Also pictured is Hunter from Luby's who packed the meals for delivery. Thanks once again to our outstanding partner, Luby's.

2023 Archbishop's Cup

On Friday, October 27th, St. Luke Catholic School hosted the 2023 Archbishop's Cup volleyball and basketball games, a friendly competition between the San Antonio Seminarians and the Houston Seminarians. In addition, the Salvation Army's Boys and Girls Club hosted the soccer games. The San Antonio Seminarians took the Archbishop’s Cup by winning the volleyball and soccer events while Houston won the basketball game. Contributing to the soccer victory was the coaching skills of our Worthy Chancellor David Beales! In addition to providing the soccer coach, Council 10240 contributed $200 worth of drinks and snacks for the volleyball game. READ MORE. SEE PICS.

Eucharistic Procession

Knights from Council 10240, as well as individuals from various ministries from St. Luke, participated in the Archbishop's Eucharistic Procession and Adoration on November 3rd, 2023. SEE PICS.

2023 SPIRITUAL REFLECTION

Approximately 50 men attended the 2023 Spiritual Reflection hosted by Knights of Columbus Council 10240 and held on Saturday, October 7 at the Mexican American Catholic College (MACC). The lineup of dynamic speakers included:

  • Sr. Constanza Fernandez, Daughter of the Holy Spirit, Missionaries of the Holy Spirit who gave the opening prayer.
  • Deacon Robert Garza, St. Luke Catholic Church, Topic: “I am the light of the world “
  • Fr. Paul Melgarejo, Parochial Vicar St. Matthews Catholic Church, Topic: “Christ be our Light”
  • Fr. Praveen Lakkisetti, Pastor Associate St. Pius Catholic Church, Topic: “This is my body which was given to you, do this in remembrance of Me.”

The day concluded with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the MACC Chapel. SEE PICS.

Healthcare Professionals Mass

Click here to see pictures from the Healthcare Professionals mass held at St. Luke on Wednesday, October 18th. 

2023 EXEMPLIFICATION

With the help of Knights from St. Rose of Lima Council 11599, St. Luke Council 10240 hosted an Exemplification of Charity, Unity and Fraternity on September 29th at St. Luke Catholic Church. New Knights to Council 10240 included Chris Duffin, Juan Garcia, Gabriel Jimenez, Martin Jimenez, Adam Luevano, Jose Marquez, Jordan Montez, Luis Morales, Fernando Ramirez, Mike Reimherr and Larry Garcia, who transferred to Council 10240 from El Paso. San Juan de Los Lagos also welcomed two new Knights at the ceremony. SEE PICS.

SILVER ROSE PRAYER SERVICE - SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Promoting a Culture of Life, Council 10240 held a Silver Rose Prayer Service for St. Luke Catholic Church on Friday, September 1st at 6:30pm.

“Through the Silver Rose Program, we honor not only Our Lady of Guadalupe and express the unity of the Knights of Columbus, but we also reaffirm our dedication to the sanctity of human life. It is to the Blessed Mother that we turn in prayer as we work to end the Culture of Death that grips our society. As we think in terms of ‘One Life, One Rose,’ it is most appropriate that we turn to Our Lady of Guadalupe who made known her will through Juan Diego and the miracle of the roses.” – Past Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson

Special thanks to SK Joe Torres and Felix Yruegas for organizing the service. SEE PICS.

New! 5-Star Faith In Action PIN

Council 10240 developed a new “5-Star” pin to recognize those Knights who have participated in five or more Faith In Action events during the fraternal year. Click here to see the names of the first 41 who received it for the 2022-2023 fraternal year.

New Council 10240 Officers for 2023-2024

Congratulations to the following Knights who were elected or appointed as officers for Council 10240 for the 2023-2024 fraternal year:

Felipe Jimenez

- Grand Knight

Rene Olivares

- Deputy Grand Knight

David Beales

- Chancellor

Michael Rios

- Recorder

Paul Schulz

- Treasurer

Louis Marin

- Financial Secretary

Ray Mendoza

- Advocate

Anthony Hansen

- Lecturer

David Cameron

- Warden

Eric Rojas

- Inside Guard

Chris Lee

- Outside Guard

Robert Martinez

- 1st Year Trustee

Dcn Robert Garza

- 2nd Year Trustee

Oscar Valdez

- 3rd Year Trustee

 

2023 BALLOON ROSARY

Council 10240 assisted the St. Luke Guadalupanos with praying the "state" rosary in honor of our first responders and all those who have served. After releasing the rosary outdoors, everyone returned to the school cafeteria for hotdogs and fellowship. Click here to see more pics.

DODGEBALL & CLERICS

On May 17, 2023, St. Luke Council 10240 hosted the San Antonio Archdiocese's annual Shepherd's Cup with a dodgeball competition that involved Bishop Gary Janak and 31 seminarians and priests. The event, originally named Kickball & Clerics, was moved to the school gym due to weather conditions and raised nearly $1,000 to be applied towards a new fitness center for seminarians at the Assumption Seminary. Click here to see the pics.

GLOBAL WHEELCHAIR MISSION

Click here to enlarge the poster. 

During the month of December, Council 10240 handed out two of our new wheelchairs purchased as part of the Global Wheelchair Mission. Thanks to BK Rafael Perez for leading this Faith in Action effort and for assembling and delivering the two wheelchairs.

Our first wheelchair recipient was a female parishioner of St. Luke. She requires an oxygen tank and tires easily just walking from room to room. Sadly, 40 years ago she was accidentally exposed to harmful pesticides that damaged her lungs. She and her husband were very happy to receive the new wheelchair.

Our second recipient was a male parishioner of St. Luke and a retired Vietnam Veteran whose wife saw our wheelchair and poster at the December taco sale. He was a translator during the war, and the couple met at St. Luke. He has back and leg issues and has not been able to get a wheelchair through Medicare or the VA. The couple was very grateful for the Knights of Columbus.

TRACK YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS ONLINE

Click here for a short instruction sheet on how to enter your volunteer hours, homebound and hospital visits and blood donations on our website.

TACO SUNDAY

Join us on the 3rd Sunday of every month for fellowship as we prepare breakfast tacos. Volunteers should meet in the school cafeteria at 7 am to prepare the tacos, which are sold after the 8 am and 10 am masses. Bring your coffee and apron!

Men of St. Joseph

Click here for your invitation to join your brother Knights in St. Luke’s Men of St. Joseph ministry as we reflect on the readings for the upcoming Sunday.