Welcome from the OLP Knights of Columbus

Welcome to the website for the Knights of Columbus Council #11730.
All are welcomed to be a part of a fraternity that fills your heart and your mind with the joy of giving to others. Come and experience the feeling that comes with making a difference. Knights are Catholic men (18+ years) desiring to make our community and parish a better place while enhancing your faith. Come and see what we are all about.
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Monthly Awards – Doug Jackson and the Spano Family – CONGRATULATIONS!

This Worthy Sir Knight originally joined the Knights of Columbus in February 1997. He has been a knight for 26 years. His demeanor is exemplary of a knight that lives his life in service. He is a regular fixture at our burrito events, and he has become a most valuable player when it comes to our breakfast burrito Sundays. In fact, he has single-handedly been responsible for pre-selling breakfast burritos throughout the years, being personally responsible for more than 1000 burritos sold during this past year! He is a living example of what it means to give graciously and selflessly to the causes we support for the parish, the community, and the Knights of Columbus. It is my honor to present our brother, Douglas Jackson, recognition as our Knight of the Month for February 2023!

This family is a regular fixture in parish life activities. He can be seen leading the rosary before mass on the weekends and is a Eucharistic Minister of Holy Communion. His wife is a sacristan and a member of the parish council. They both can found attending and/or leading many of our parish gatherings and activities. The family is an excellent example of living their Catholic faith and being leaders within the parish community. For these reasons I am pleased to present our Family of the Month honor for the month of February 2023 to Daryl and Laura Spano.

Council Welcomes New Knights

On Wednesday, 6 Feb, our council held an exemplification to welcome John Stewart and James Kirby. Worthy Grand Knight Joseph Graff presents rosaries to the newest knights. Warden Charles Walker is also pictured assisting with the ceremony.

Exemplification for Knights Stewart and Kirby

Knight of the Month for January – Bryan Kantak!

This Worthy Brother Knight originally joined the Knights of Columbus in June 1998. He rejoined the Knights again in 2007 and has been a knight for 16 years. His demeanor is exemplary of a knight that lives his life in service. He is a regular fixture at our burrito events, and he has become a most valuable player when it comes to our breakfast burrito Sundays. He has become a leader in our burrito assembly lines and often runs the event in the absence of our fearless burrito leader. He is a living example of what it means to give graciously and selflessly to the causes we support for the parish, the community, and the Knights of Columbus.
It is my honor to present our brother, Bryan M. Kantak, recognition as our Knight of the Month for January 2023!

December Knight and Family of the Month! Ted Hanchett and the Sullivans

This Worthy Brother Knight joined the Knights of Columbus in February 1980. He has been a knight for 44 years. His demeanor is exemplary of a knight that lives his life in service. He is a regular fixture at meetings and in most of our charitable activities, but he is also highly involved in parish activities as well. Most recently he and his wife were instrumental in coordinating the collection and distribution of gifts from our annual parish giving tree. He is a living example of what it means to give graciously and selflessly to the causes we support for the parish, the community, and for the Knights of Columbus as a whole.
It is my honor to present our brother, Sir Knight, Theodore Hanchett, recognition as our Knight of the Month for December 2022!

This family has a long history with our parish. This Knight joined the order in 1975 and then re-entered the order in 1988 giving him 34 years of service to the Knights, the parish, and the community. The family has been involved in many parish ministries including our councils’ charitable events, leadership activities, aid to Ukraine, just to name a few. You will recognize that one of their sons is also a regular fixture at our events and willingly jumps in to help in any way he can even though is not yet a Knight. His wife is this Knight’s support and is also often seen behind the scenes willing to help. One of the family projects provides our main fund raising for the council and the family is instrumental in making this happen. it is our honor to recognize Greg, Christine and Mark Sullivan as our Family of the month for December 2022!

October Award Winners – James Appleyard and the O’Lear Family

Worthy Brother Knight James Appleyard joined our council in March of this year. He has been involved in nearly every event we have conducted since the beginning. His demeanor is exemplary of a knight that lives his life in service. He is a regular fixture on breakfast burrito days, fish fries, roadside cleanups, and soup dinners. The knight is a living example of what it means to give graciously and selflessly to the causes we support for the parish, the community, and for the Knights of Columbus as a whole.
It is my honor to present our brother Knight, James Appleyard recognition as our Knight of the Month for October 2022!
The O’Lear family has a long history with our parish. They have been involved in many parish ministries including Called, Vacation Bible School, National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC), and welcome weekends, just to name a few. Their children are involved as Altar Servers, and middle school youth, and have even helped the knights on a few of our own projects. The children are also regular participants in our annual “Keep Christ in Christmas” poster contest. He is employed as a Defense Contractor and still manages to lead the family as an example of Catholic Family Life. it is our honor to recognize Reid and Becky O’Lear and their children Aibeans, Eilees, and Brina as our Family of the month!