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Michael J. Karaty Award
John Steinbauer PGK Miami Council, receives the Michael J. Karaty Award March 15th, 2022. Thank-you John for your outstanding leadership as our Grand Knight, and Currently a Council Trustee.
Michael J. Karaty Award
PGK Cesar Armstrong presents the Michael J. Karaty Award to PGK John Steinbauer along with Marc Spinola GK, and Tom Paulus DGK
St. Hugh Respect Life Check Presentation
Grand Knight Marc Spinola, presents a $5,000., check to Elena Maribona of St. Hugh Respect Life Ministry.
End of Life Panel Discussion
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HELPING HANDS MIAMI 2019! An opportunity to FEED HIS SHEEP
Click HERE for the Interactive Flyer to Sign-up or Donate!
Help us Help Them!! Helping Hands is an event in which of people of all ages help to assemble meal packages to be shipped to feed the profoundly poor of Burkina Faso in Africa. Helping Hands Miami 2019 jointly sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Relief Services, and Belen Jesuit Preparatory School.
We need YOUR DONATION to purchase the food and supplements for the meals. Please follow the links on the attached FLYER to make your donation.
OLDEST COUNCIL IN SOUTH FLORIDA REMEMBERS ITS FIRST GRAND KNIGHT AND FOUNDER FROM 1914
Approaching its 105th anniversary, Miami Council 1726, the very first Council in South Florida, hosted a historic February 2019 Lasagna Night Social, to remember its First Grand Knight from 1914, the early Miami pioneer and hotel entrepreneur Gustave “Gus” A. Muller a/k/a Gus A. Mills. In attendance were four generations of the Mills family, including Carol Mills Pittman George, Gus’s great grand daughter and Teresa George Becerra, family member and historian. Council Chaplain, Rev. Fr. Alfred Cioffi, S.T.D, Ph.d, spoke about the early days of Miami. Gesu Church Pastor, Rev. Fr. Eduardo “Eddie” J. Alvarez, S.J. spoke about the first Catholic Priests and early pioneers in Miami, like Gus, who helped built many institutions including Gesu, the oldest Catholic Church in South Florida. After dinner, Teresa George Becerra gave a power point presentaion showing how Gus immigrated to the United States from Germany and how he, Henry Flagler and others helped build Miami. Gus helped found the Elks Club, Council 1726, Gesu Catholic Church, several hotels, and the Fr. Andrew Brown 4th Degree Assembly. Current Council GK John Steinbauer, current Fr. Brown Assembly FN Ralph Egues, Jr. and current DD Paul Walkington presented roses and a 100-year anniversary book to Carol Mills Pittman George, 88, in earnest thanks for her family’s contributions. Afterward, Carol engaged in a lively Q&A session. Teresa George Becerra, was also presented roses for conducting extensive historical research and for her lively presentation. On behalf of the Mills family, Teresa presented a glass plaque to event Co-Chairman, PGK Cesar A. Armstrong for his work in helping to coordinate the event. The guests were pleased with the food and commaraderie and left with a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Gus A. Mills, the founder and First Grand Knight of Council 1726 and his amazing family.
Helping Hands Miami ... A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
Over two hundred students, parents and alumni participated in a meal packing event on March 30 at Belen Jesuit at the Roberto C. Goizueta Athletic Center. Thirty-eight thousand meals for the poorest of the poor in Burkina Faso West Africa were packed. The event was sponsored by the Belen Alumni Association, Knights of Columbus and benefits Catholic Relief Services.
“This is our 5th year hosting this event and over 150,000 meals have been packed since we started,” said Crescencio J. Ruiz '76, Magis Chair and Coordinator for Belen. “The continued commitment of our Belen Alumni, both in time and treasure, has been the most important factor in reaching the milestone meal count in such a short period of time. Overall, it has been a wonderful partnership with the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Relief Services Professional Advisors Board, who year after year support this great event both with their time and resources.”
Students from Belen, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, St. Brendan High School and several parochial schools participated in this event.
"We are delighted that so many people representing various Catholic schools and organizations come together for this event," said Ana Gloria Rivas-Vázquez, development director for Catholic Relief Services. "Especially during this Lenten season, it is important for us to remember how blessed we are and to do our part to help our most vulnerable sisters and brothers in other parts of the world. That is what our faith calls us to do."
“The Magis means to strive to do more in sharing the Gospel values, learning and serving,” said Belen Jesuit Principal Jose E. Roca ‘84. “This is one of the core values we teach at Belen and this event exemplifies that. It’s wonderful to see students come together and work side by side with alumni, teachers, parents and students from other schools all for the greater glory of God.”
Catholic Relief Services | Helping Hands is a Catholic volunteer and formation event that allows participants to serve their brothers and sisters overseas in a tangible way. Together, volunteers package meals to send to people who suffer from chronic hunger as a result of cyclical drought and flooding in the African nation of Burkina Faso. In addition, CRS Helping Hands funds longer term, income-generating projects that allow our brothers and sisters to build a future free from hunger.
MARCH 24, 2018 - HELPING HANDS EVENT at CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL
CLICK Here for HELPING HANDS EVENT Flyer
Join the Knights of Columbus Miami Council, our families and friends as we assemble and package food to be shipped to the profoundly poor of Burkina Faso in Africa. Our goal this year is to assemble 70,000 meals.
Miami Knights Co-Sponsors of Helping Hands Miami 2018 Event, Florida Catholic Newspaper
CLICK HERE for the Full Article and Photos in the Florida Catholic
The 5th annual Catholic Relief Services Helping Hands event, held on March 24,2018 was another successful event for the Knights of Columbus Miami Chapter. In conjunction with the Belen Alumni Association, Columbus High School, Catholic Relief Services Miami board of directors, Knights of Columbus Coral Gables Chapter.
St Kieran Family Fair and Picnic October 15, 2017
St Kieran Feast Day Celebration 2017
Knights of Columbus Miami Council 1726 supported St Kieran's parish and promoted the council parish feast day celebration.