Council #6848
St Martin de Porres Council 6848
Tucson, AZ US
Our council welcomes our newest Knight Joe Tartaglia . Past GK Jim Sinkiawic Presented him with his Knights of Columbus lapel pin. Joe received his Knighthood at the CUF Ceremony at OMOS on April 18th. Welcome to the council Joe and congratulations.
The council held SoupNight on April 4th and there was a good turnout by the parish. Check ou the photos in the Photo Gallery
The council held our latest Pancake Breakfast for the 7:30 and 9:30 Masses on 4-5-2025. The turnout for the 9:30 Mass was greatl and you can check out the pictures in our Photo Gallery. The proceeds from the breakfast will go toward Parish improvements. Our last breakfast of the season will be on May 4th.
The Knights Council will hold the Parish Youth Free Throw Tournament on February 22nd in the Parish Gym. This tournament is very well attended by our Parish youth and children of other parishes in the area.
Knights of Columbus has completed our annual drive for Coats For Kids. The drive collected many new and slightly used coats with the help of our parishioners and local businesses. The proceeds from our October Pancake Breakfast also went to this project. The coats were distributed to 7 local grammar, middle and high schools and the schools were very grateful. Many thanks to worthy recorder Brad Hahn for organizing this worthy project. Please see our web sites' Photo Gallery for additional photos.
Worthy Grand Knight Jim Sinkiawic was chosen unanimously as 2023-2024 Knight of the Year He has worked tirelessly to grow our council by improving council participation, getting new members to join and participating in new programs to benefit our parish and community.. Congratulations Jim, well deserved.
The council presented a new Chasible to the Parish during the 8:00 Mass on Thanksgiving day. Attending the presentation to Father Richard were Grand Knight Jim Sinkiawic, Deputy Grand Knight Doug Hanna, Past Grand Knight Andy Jordan, Recorder Brad Hahn, Compliance Officer Rene Enriquez and Stu Sepulvida.
Past Grand Knight Andy Jordan has been selected as the parish volunteer of the year. Congratulations Andy.
Our council is very happy to announce that the council has won the Star Council Award for 2024 The award was presented to our Grand Knight Jim Sinkiawic. Attending the presentation were 2nd yr trustee Raul Valdez Sr., Raul Valdez Jr, Don Colli Outside Guard, financial secretary David Herrera, Mel Mohs and Compliance Officer Rene Enriquez.
The council has restarted our pancake breakfast with the first one on October 6th. We will have the breakfasts on the 1st Sunday of each month through May 0f 2025. The proceeds for October went to the Coats for Kids project, Novembers' proceeds went to St Vincent de Paul a d Decembers' went to refugee assistance. januarys' breakfast proceeds was designated for religious education. Our next pancake breakfast will be February 2nd.
The Council accepted a project of providing new vestments for the parish and Fr Richard. The vestments have finally arrived and have been given to Fr. Richard which brought a big smile from him.
Deputy Grand Knight Doug Hanna read the 2nd reading from Collisians 3:12-15 at the Red Mass for Legal and law enforcement at St Augustine Cathedral on October 1st.
The council holds a COR meeting the 3rd Thursday of each month in the council chamber. The COR meeting is for all men 18 years old and above. all knights are encouraged to attend
The Knights Council has chosen to provide support to Seminarian Ivan Monge of Yuma Arizona. He is a member of St Francis of Assisi and is in his Propaedeutic year of studies at Nazareth House Seminary House of Formation in Phoenix. He will receive a $500.00 scholarship.
You can read more about Ivans' journey to the ministry of the Catholic Church by clicking on the link below.
https://news.diocesetucson.org/news/god-if-you-want-me-to-be-a-priest
