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Grand Knight Sean McFarland
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St. John's Council Facebook page is available at https://www.facebook.com/KC1622
VIRTUS Child Safety Training Required for all church volunteers. (Click here)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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.
April 20, 2025, Happy Easter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Virtual Officer's Zoom Meeting, 2nd Wednesday, 7:30pm - via internet.
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.
May 20, 2025, 3rd Tuesday, Council Member's In-person and Virtual Zoom Membership Meeting, 7:30pm - Room 10 and via internet.
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.
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.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Virtual Officer's Zoom Meeting, 2nd Wednesday, 7:30pm - via internet.
June 17, 2025, 3rd Tuesday, Council Member's In-person and Virtual Zoom Membership Meeting, 7:30pm - Room 10 and via internet.
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.
(Calendar to be continued).
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