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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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2025 Flat Top Griddle Sweepstakes.
St. John's Council 1622 is kicking off a Flat Top Griddle Sweepstakes at our upcoming Friday Lenten Fish Dinners. Our Sweepstakes chairman is Br. Bobby McQuin.
Ticket Sales after Masses Dates: May 24/25, May 31/June 1, and June 7/8.
Ticket sales will continue until the drawing on June 8, 2025.
Please arrange with Br. Bobby McQuin to sell these raffle tickets to others. It takes a team to get this done.

easter April 20, 2025, Happy Easter.

SHARE_logo Saturday, April 26, 2025, 6:45am: Our monthly SHARE Food Co-op. Now located at the Warehouse for the Frederick Community Action Agency, 14 E. All Saints Street, Frederick, MD.
2025 Saturday distribution dates are: 2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/26, 8/23, 9/20, 10/25, 11/22, and 12/20.
2025 Orders are due to Brian Duncan on these Mondays: 2/10, 3/10, 4/14, 5/12, 6/16, 7/14, 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, and 12/8.

Coffee_and_Donut_Social Sunday, April 27, Coffee and Donut Social after Masses at St. John the Evangelist Church. Coordinator: Br. Woody Johnston.
LAST COFFEE SOCIAL UNTIL FALL 2025.
Future dates, 2025: (fall - TBD).

April 28, 2025, 113th ANNIVERSARY of the formation of our Council in 1912.
On April 28, 1912, St. John's Council No. 1622 became a reality. The First Degree was conferred by the Degree Team of Hagerstown Council (now Pangborn Council No. 1365); the Second was conferred by Baltimore Council's Degree Team; the Third by Marquette Council also of Baltimore) under the direction of State Deputy Mueller and District Deputy W. B. Morrison of Hagerstown. For this event, special trains were chartered, bringing Knights of Columbus and their families from Baltimore, MD, York and Harrisburg, PA. The official record shows that about 1200 people journeyed to Frederick to mark the chartering of this new Council.
The chartering members were: B. Frank Allnutt, Richard J. Allnutt, M, Allnutt, E.A. Baughman, Massey F. Burkhart, Rev A. J. Conlon, Micheal J. Crogen, Richard A. Cromwell, George C. Crum, Robert J. Day, Harry L. Davis, George C. Doll, Charles H. Doll, Harry G. Dorsey, Jacob Duhow, C. William Ebberts, Joseph F. Eisenhauer, Jr., Joseph E. Elkins, Jr., Jules J. Elk, M.E.A. Groshon, Edward W. Grove, Joseph L. Houff, Edward F. Harby, Edward Harsey, Jr., Carl A. Harris, Brooke Jamison, Ernest F. Kennedy, F.E. Kessler, Louis A. Lebherz, Peter B. Larkin, Arthur J, McKenny, Joseph O'Toole, Frank A. Payne, Paul J. Payne, Fabian Posey, Thomas J. Rohrback, Hugh G. Roddy, George S. Rodock, M. Russell, N. Wilson Schley, Charles N. Staley, F. K. Staley, Robert M. Staley, W. Maredith Smith, A. Wilson Schley, C. J. Slattery, Clement F. Smith, Edward J. Smith, J.C. Sanders, George F. Topper, Joseph G. Thomas, John McE. Wilson, Joseph Wisner, James S. Wilke, Charles F. Wachter, Arthur F. Young and W. Howard Young.

SJCemetery_cleanup Saturday, May 3, 2025, 9am-Noon, Annual Spring Cleanup Day at St. John's Cemetery - Volunteers Needed.
Bring your gloves and garden tools, shovel, rake, etc. Lunch will be provided.
The cemetery entrance on the north side is on E. 4th Street, a one-way (westbound) street, between East Street and Chapel Alley. Enter E. 4th Street (west bound) from East Street, then park along E. 4th Street. There will be no parking available within the cemetery walls.
Alternate parking is available on the southside of the cemetery along E. 3rd St. (which is one way eastbound) between Chapel Alley and East St. An entrance is available through one of two gates located along the southside brick cemetery wall.

Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 7:30p: Bishop McNamara 4th Degree Assembly monthly meeting, St. John's Regional School.

Mary-gold May 10 & 11, 2025 MOTHER'S DAY MARY GOLD PROGRAM - As we have done for many years, we will be giving live Marigolds to the mothers in our parish after Masses that weekend, in the name of our Holy Mother Mary, and thanking them for choosing life for their children.

This worthy pro-life effort will consist of two separate actions.
First, on Saturday morning, May 10, we will meet in the cafeteria at 7:30 am to transfer 480 marigolds from twenty-five flats into individual flower cups. This effort should take less than two hours, depending on the amount of volunteers who show up. The more who come, the more rewarding and easier it is. Please bring a pair of scissors or shears to cut open the thin plastic flats.
Second, we need volunteers to hand out marigolds and greet and thank our parish mothers after the Saturday (May 11) 5 pm and 7 pm Masses and Sunday (May 12) 9am and 11am Masses. Volunteers need to step outside IMMEDIATELY after communion to be ready to greet our parish mothers.
For both events, please contact Br. Sean McFarland beforehand if you can, to help us anticipate who will be there. This event takes a strong member response to be successful.
GK Sean McFarland, Mary-gold Chairman

Mens_Feast_at_St._John's Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Men's Feast at St. John the Evangelist Church. Dinner at 6 pm in the parish hall. Religious Formation Session at 7 pm. Social hour at 8 pm.

Council_Officer's_Zoom_meeting Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Virtual Officer's Zoom Meeting, 2nd Wednesday, 7:30pm - via internet.

littlesisters Saturday, May 17, 10a-Noon, Monthly Collection for Little Sisters of the Poor.
St. John's Council #1622, Frederick, MD, is serving as the HUB LOCATION for councils in Western Maryland every third Saturday for the monthly KofC Maryland State Program to provide material support to the Little Sisters of the Poor's St. Martin's Home in Baltimore, MD.
LOCATION: Front of the St. Margaret Bauer Evangelization Center at St. John the Evangelist Church, 114 E. 2nd Street, Frederick, MD.
CONTACT POINT: Br. John Fischer.
2025 dates are: 1/18, 2/15, 3/15, 4/19, 5/17, 6/21, 7/19, 8/16, 9/20, 10/18, 11/15, and 12/20.

Council_Member's_In-person_and_Zoom_meeting May 20, 2025, 3rd Tuesday, Council Member's In-person and Virtual Zoom Membership Meeting, 7:30pm - Room 10 and via internet.

SHARE_logo Saturday, May 24, 2025, 6:45am: Our monthly SHARE Food Co-op. Now located at the Warehouse for the Frederick Community Action Agency, 14 E. All Saints Street, Frederick, MD.
2025 Saturday distribution dates are: 2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/26, 8/23, 9/20, 10/25, 11/22, and 12/20.
2025 Orders are due to Brian Duncan on these Mondays: 2/10, 3/10, 4/14, 5/12, 6/16, 7/14, 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, and 12/8.

May 24/25 - FLAT TOP GRIDDLE SWEEPSTAKES TICKET SALES AFTER MASSES AT ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Ticket Sale Dates: May 24/25, May 31/June 1, and June 7/8.
Please arrange with Br. Bobby McQuin to sell raffle tickets to others. It takes a team to get this done.
Sweepstakes ticket drawing will be on June 8.
Coordinator: Br. Bobby McQuin.

May 31/JUNE 1 - FLAT TOP GRIDDLE SWEEPSTAKES TICKET SALES AFTER MASSES AT ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Ticket Sale Dates: May 24/25, May 31/June 1, and June 7/8.
Please arrange with Br. Bobby McQuin to sell raffle tickets to others. It takes a team to get this done.
Sweepstakes ticket drawing will be on June 8.
Coordinator: Br. Bobby McQuin.

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 6:30 pm: Summer Fsmily Cookout in back parking lot of St. John's. Cook out 2025 dates are the first Tuesday of each month, June through September: June 3, July 1, August 5, and September 3.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 7:30p: Bishop McNamara 4th Degree Assembly monthly meeting, St. John's Regional School.

June 7/8 - FLAT TOP GRIDDLE SWEEPSTAKES TICKET SALES AFTER MASSES AT ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
Ticket Sale Dates: May 24/25, May 31/June 1, and June 7/8.
Please arrange with Br. Bobby McQuin to sell raffle tickets to others. It takes a team to get this done.
Sweepstakes ticket drawing will be on June 8.
Coordinator: Br. Bobby McQuin.

Mens_Feast_at_St._John's Tuesday, June TBD ??, 2025, Men's Feast at St. John the Evangelist Church. Dinner at 6 pm in the parish hall. Religious Formation Session at 7 pm. Social hour at 8 pm.

Council_Officer's_Zoom_meeting Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Virtual Officer's Zoom Meeting, 2nd Wednesday, 7:30pm - via internet.

Council_Member's_In-person_and_Zoom_meeting June 17, 2025, 3rd Tuesday, Council Member's In-person and Virtual Zoom Membership Meeting, 7:30pm - Room 10 and via internet.

littlesisters Saturday, June 21, 10a-Noon, Monthly Collection for Little Sisters of the Poor.
St. John's Council #1622, Frederick, MD, is serving as the HUB LOCATION for councils in Western Maryland every third Saturday for the monthly KofC Maryland State Program to provide material support to the Little Sisters of the Poor's St. Martin's Home in Baltimore, MD.
LOCATION: Front of the St. Margaret Bauer Evangelization Center at St. John the Evangelist Church, 114 E. 2nd Street, Frederick, MD.
CONTACT POINT: Br. John Fischer.
2025 dates are: 1/18, 2/15, 3/15, 4/19, 5/17, 6/21, 7/19, 8/16, 9/20, 10/18, 11/15, and 12/20.

SHARE_logo Saturday, June 28, 2025, 6:45am: Our monthly SHARE Food Co-op. Now located at the Warehouse for the Frederick Community Action Agency, 14 E. All Saints Street, Frederick, MD.
2025 Saturday distribution dates are: 2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/26, 8/23, 9/20, 10/25, 11/22, and 12/20.
2025 Orders are due to Brian Duncan on these Mondays: 2/10, 3/10, 4/14, 5/12, 6/16, 7/14, 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, and 12/8.

(Calendar to be continued).