ENDEAVORS

Council 7109 conducts the following activities in the Church and community with a sense of purpose, effort, and actions that the Knights are involved in to fulfill our mission:

  • Donate $2,500 minimum per year to Espiritu Santo Catholic Church
  • Donate $500 per year to the St Vincent de Paul Society, additionally we participate in the Thanksgiving and Easter food distribution to the families of our community that are less fortunate
  • Support 3 Seminarians with donations of $700 each per year
  • Support the Kimberly Home for unwed mothers with various donations throughout the year. This includes but not limited to a volunteer workday each month for maintenance on the property, donations up to $500, and donation of Bibles
  • Sponsor the Altar Server Recognition Program for outstanding youth
  • Award 3 x $500 Scholarships to help the less fortunate students to help them with cost to attend Espiritu Santo Catholic School in the form of the Father Joseph Urbain Scholarship (Father Paul Clougherty & Father Michael Morris)
  • Donate $1,000 each year to the Mission School of Uganda (Father Frank Lubowa)
  • Conduct an Annual Tootsie Roll Drive and distribute the entire proceeds to UPARC, Paul B Stephens Exceptional School and Morning Star School (Donation amount varies between $3800 to $5,000)
  • Hosts annual Christmas Lighting and Caroling ceremony – “Light up for Christ”
  • Hold an annual Day of Recollection that is open to Parish and Community
  • Pick up trash quarterly on 1 mile of Enterprise Road in the Adopt-A-Mile Highway Program
  • Donated and maintain the “Keep Christ in Christmas” signs displayed at Church
  • Sell Religious Christmas Cards to encourage Keeping “Christ in Christmas”
  • Donate $1000 yearly for Veterans Assistance, which include but not limited to Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in the form of Gift Cards, socks, jackets, wheelchairs, etc
  • Donate $500 yearly to Assembly 2474 to help sponsor the Charity Golf Tournament to benefit the Gary Sinise Foundation.
  • Monitor Project 100 – Encourage members to serve the church in activities such as Ministers of Hospitality, Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, Sacristans, Parish committees, etc. (80+ members)
  • Host a Family Breakfast (with Santa) & two Dinner Dances yearly
  • Host (11) Coffee, Donuts & more Treats each year
  • Donated Bibles to 3rd Grade students of our Religious Education Program
  • Sponsor “Our Lady Shrine” upkeep annually