The Msgr. Paul Degnan
Council is part of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Parish located in Oroville,
California on 1330 Bird Street. Brother Don Wasche is our Grand Knight for
the 2006-2007 Columbian year. You can contact the Knights by calling ,
James Cupido, at 530-533-5599, or E-mail him by selecting Historian Jim
Cupido.
The Council meets on
the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the St. Thomas Community
Center (access from Montgomery Street).
St. Thomas the Apostle
Parish opened as a mission church of Marysville in 1857, one year after the city
of Oroville became incorporated. The wooden church located at the corner of Pine
and High Streets burned down in 1875 and was replaced with a small brick church
at its present location at 1330 Bird Street. A larger brick church building was
constructed in 1929 and serves us to this day in spite of an earthquake in 1975
which severely damaged the bell tower and steeple.
The Oroville Council
#2603 was founded on May 2, 1926 through the efforts of then District Deputy and
member of the Chico Council #1137, John T. Donahue, who later became the State
Deputy ('32-'33). The original 41 charter members were led by Grand Knight J.P.
Logue.
The council originally derived its named after the city of its
origin "Oroville" which means city of gold in Spanish, but changed its name in
the year 2000, to the "Monsignor Paul Degnan Council #2603" in memory of Rev.
Fr. Paul Degnan who was our pastor from 1963-'76 and seldom missed a council
meeting.
Recently, St Thomas the Apostle Parish has been extended
with the addition of a mission church from the parish community of St. Anthony's
located 30 miles to the southeast in Challenge, California. We hope to add some
background of St. Anthony's to these pages in the near future.
The
Msgr. Paul Degnan Council 2603 works closely with the St. Thomas the Apostle
Parish in Oroville,St. Anthony Parish in Challenge,and the Oroville community.
It provides manpower and funds through various projects to support our priests,
our parish, our school, and our community. We are Catholic gentlemen and we are
proud to proclaim it.
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