A small page to highlight our events and efforts (if the web editor remembers to take pictures).
P.S. Galleries are in reverse chronological order
This past February 9th, the Msgr. Paul Degnan Council held it’s annual Sweethearts Dinner where we honor our significant others with a dinner, spouses paid for by the council. At the same event, we present our Family of the Year and Knight of the Year awards. This years recipients are:
20 Years Service Pin – David McIntyre
25 Years Service Pin and Honorary Life Member – Louis Jiminez (not pictured)
Honorary Life Member – Jim Bruggeman
Family of the Year – Tom and Bobbi O’Connell (not pictured)
Knight of the Year – Rodger Edmundson
Pictured below are the recipients who were at the Dinner.
On Sunday, January 21st, our council helped celebrate the blessing of the new chalice and paten at the 10:30 AM Mass. In part for our donation toward the purchase of the liturgical vessels, our Grand Knight, Steve Hutton, flanked by Greg Bates and Rick Beale, presented the articles to Fr. Ramos for blessing and use during the liturgy. Thank you all who sold and bought raffle tickets to raise monies for this new addition to our liturgical celebrations.
Although not hosted by the Knights, we certainly were active participants in this years (2023) Feast Day celebration. From a bi-lingual Mass celebration we gathered for food, games, friendly competition, and a fireworks display donated by the Council. All in all, a good time was had by all of our parish community.
On a side note, the chalice raffle raised over $4,500 net thanks to the efforts of GK Steve Hutton. The winners were: Rick Beale $500, Rain Junior $300, and Chris McCurley $200. Congratulations gentlemen and all who contributed toward a new parish chalice.
“My Lord and my God” – St. Thomas Apostle
With saddened hearts, we pay our respects to our brother William Henry R. Ohls-Morris with whom we celebrated the Resurrection Mass on May 19th, 2023 at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. William, aka. Big Bill, was our Grand Knight and Knight of the Year for the Columbian Year of 2008-2009 as well as Bill & Shirlee earning the Family of the Year for 2004/05.
We will miss “Big Bill” and we are proud to have called him our brother.
The “Maintenance Guys” were at it again this year with another offering toward the St. Thomas School auction. Normally meeting after Mass or “chores” , Greg Bates, Jim Coffelt, Bruce Marshall, and Andy Anderson convened in Jim’s shop/garage to convert some salvaged redwood boards from the Feather Falls town site (abandoned) into a porch glider and matching table. The old weathered boards, complete with stains and occasional nail and bullet holes yielded fine grained pieces with a rich reddish brown color and absolutely no knots. The project garnered $1,600 toward the school funding to update the restrooms which date back to the original construction in the mid 1950’s. Well done guy’s.
2022/23 Council Officers
(l-r) District Warden, DD Robt. Miller, Trustee Jeff Bible, DGK Henry Sanchez, Warden Sal Camera, FS Greg Bates, Lector [pro tem] Poncho Zarate, Chan. David Christian, Advocate Ron Ullman, and GK Steve Hutton.
This years patron saint celebration (St. Thomas the Apostle) was again hosted by Council 2603 with a Bi-Lingual Mass, BBQ, Bingo game, a volleyball match (KC vs. Youth Group), and a fireworks show to wrap up the event. In addition to the feast day celebration, we also offered our thanksgiving to Fr. Godwin Xavier for his years of service as he retires from parish ministry. See the slideshow gallery below for pictures from the celebration.
Each year, our council donates $500 to the St. Thomas School Auction. However, some of our retired (or semi-retired) members make an additional contribution by building an item to be placed in the auction. In the past, they have made an octagonal picnic table, a cedar and tin patio bar, patio furniture made from used wine barrels, etc. This year, with black walnut boards milled and donated by our chaplain, Fr. Roy Doner, they opted to build a floating top hall table. Below are some pics of the crew and their table:
P.S., the hall table went for $600, however the purchaser agreed to double the price if a matching coffee table was added. Done deal, they’re on it.
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On the evening of Feb. 12th, Council 2603 celebrated it’s 32nd annual Sweethearts Dinner where the council pays for the wives/other’s meal and we give thanks to them for supporting our efforts in the Knights of Columbus. We also present the Family of the Year and Knight of the Year awards while being entertained by the less than adequate efforts of the emcee (short straw). Below are some pics from this years event:
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As much as we tried to avoid the Covid pandemic, we did not escape it’s toll on our council. On Sept. 28th, our brother Dan Thresher succumbed to complications derived from the virus. Just a few pics from Dan’s funeral service and interment and a word of thanks to our brother Knight Deacon Tom O’Connell for officiating.
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We would like to introduce you to Joshua Freeman, who received his 1st-3rd Exemplification on Sunday June 6th in Marysville. Joshua is a recent convert to our faith and joined the Knights via the on-line registration at KofC.org. Pictured with Joshua is Brandie Brown, Josh’s fiancee. Also attending the Exemplification were Andy Anderson (sponsor) and Greg Bates.
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Things are finally loosening up with the Covid restrictions and Council 2603 is getting into the swing of things in an attempt at normalcy. St Thomas the Apostle Church organized a Springfest celebration on Saturday, May 8th and the Knights of Columbus was asked to participate by doing what some would say we do best – hosting a beer and wine booth. With magnanimous donations from Feather Falls Brewing Co., Farmers Brewing Co., and residual wine from the school auction we performed well considering the winds which forced early removal of the shade structures. A good time was had by all who attended and it was good to be working with the community again.
February 14th, 2021 – Today, Council 2603 made a presentation after the 10:30 Mass for the Family of the Year and Knight of the Year. There were two Family’s of the Year and they are: David & Elena Christian and Greg & Linda Bates. David and Elena were not in attendance so there are no pictures of them.
Knight of the Year was Br. Henry Sanchez (and of course his wife Malissa)
