Donations for Council Knights - Continuous
Food donations are being collected to help our Council’s Knights who are in need. There are several Brother Knights and their families who require our continued assistance.
Tom Galaida will accept your donations at his place of business, Tom’s Auto Repair Inc. at 151 O’Brian Road in Fern Park. Tom’s phone number is 407-831-8484. Please donate canned goods, cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables, toiletries, paper products, cash or Publix gift cards and deliver them to Tom’s Auto Repair Inc.
Our Brother Knights and their families who are in need greatly appreciate your generosity.
Tom Galaida will accept your donations at his place of business, Tom’s Auto Repair Inc. at 151 O’Brian Road in Fern Park. Tom’s phone number is 407-831-8484. Please donate canned goods, cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables, toiletries, paper products, cash or Publix gift cards and deliver them to Tom’s Auto Repair Inc.
Our Brother Knights and their families who are in need greatly appreciate your generosity.
Lenten Fish Fry Dinners - March 31
Click on the image to open a PDF flyer
Our Council will cook 6 Fish Fry Dinners in the St Mary Magdalen Cafeteria and serve them from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Customers can eat in the Cafeteria, or on the picnic tables outside of the Cafeteria or they can take their dinners to-go. All dinners will be picked up inside the Cafeteria. They will be served in take-out containers and each dinner will contain the same menu items. Beverages will be offered: coffee, bottled water, Milo's Iced Tea and Lemonade are free with the purchase of a dinner. Soda, beer and wine are available with a donation. Due to inflation, our dinner prices have increased slightly but the prices are still a very good value for the quality compared to restaurant prices.
Adult dinners purchased at the dinner will be $12, but if customers prepay for their dinners (before 11 am on Fridays), the price will be $11, discounted by $1. Child dinners are the same as last year, $5. Children 5 and younger are still free with the purchase of an adult dinner. Delicious desserts will be available for donations by the Scouts to support their programs.
Customers can prepay for their dinners using this Prepay Link or a QR Code on our Home page or from inside the flyer (click on the image to open a PDF flyer). Or they can pay at each dinner using cash, check or credit card.
Last year's volunteers were invited to sign up early to lock in their positions. Before each week’s dinner a sign up link using the VolunteerSignup app will be sent out for any positions that are not filled . Family members and friends who are teenage or older are invited to help with these dinners. As they used to shout on Columbus' Pinta ship, All hands on deck!
Details for the dinners will be communicated via bulletin articles, overhead scroll messages, emails to Knights, Men’s Club and CCW, put on the Florida State calendar and via Fr. Charlie’s weekly email messages.
These dinners are community events. Our goal is to serve our parish community excellent quality Lenten Fish Fry Dinners at competitive prices while keeping things simple and safe! Please help support these dinners by volunteering, buying dinners and spreading the word to your friends, family members and fellow parishioners.
Finish your week by enjoying dinner with your family at the Knights’ Fish Fry Dinners and stay for Stations of the Cross at 7 pm.
Adult dinners purchased at the dinner will be $12, but if customers prepay for their dinners (before 11 am on Fridays), the price will be $11, discounted by $1. Child dinners are the same as last year, $5. Children 5 and younger are still free with the purchase of an adult dinner. Delicious desserts will be available for donations by the Scouts to support their programs.
Customers can prepay for their dinners using this Prepay Link or a QR Code on our Home page or from inside the flyer (click on the image to open a PDF flyer). Or they can pay at each dinner using cash, check or credit card.
Last year's volunteers were invited to sign up early to lock in their positions. Before each week’s dinner a sign up link using the VolunteerSignup app will be sent out for any positions that are not filled . Family members and friends who are teenage or older are invited to help with these dinners. As they used to shout on Columbus' Pinta ship, All hands on deck!
Details for the dinners will be communicated via bulletin articles, overhead scroll messages, emails to Knights, Men’s Club and CCW, put on the Florida State calendar and via Fr. Charlie’s weekly email messages.
These dinners are community events. Our goal is to serve our parish community excellent quality Lenten Fish Fry Dinners at competitive prices while keeping things simple and safe! Please help support these dinners by volunteering, buying dinners and spreading the word to your friends, family members and fellow parishioners.
Finish your week by enjoying dinner with your family at the Knights’ Fish Fry Dinners and stay for Stations of the Cross at 7 pm.
Pinta Log Content Deadline - March 31 |
This is the Pinta Log content deadline for the next edition. Please send your information for articles to Tom Przybyla by this date via email: przybytw@cfl.rr.com |
Officer Planning Meeting - Monday April 3
Our Council's next Officer’s Planning meeting will occur on Monday, April 3 instead of Tuesday, April 4 due to the Seder Meal. It will be held virtually using Microsoft Teams from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. An email with the meeting link will be distributed a few days before the meeting.
The primary purpose of this meeting is to take care of details that don’t interest members, entertain new ideas, programs and initiatives, and agree upon agenda details for the next Council meeting.
All Knights are invited to participate with this meeting. All council officers, directors and chairpersons are expected to participate with these meetings to fulfill the responsibilities of their position. Financial reports will be presented and all new business requests must be presented at this meeting, discussed and if needed, voted on at the monthly Council meeting.
Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting at this link: Meeting Minutes (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com).
The primary purpose of this meeting is to take care of details that don’t interest members, entertain new ideas, programs and initiatives, and agree upon agenda details for the next Council meeting.
All Knights are invited to participate with this meeting. All council officers, directors and chairpersons are expected to participate with these meetings to fulfill the responsibilities of their position. Financial reports will be presented and all new business requests must be presented at this meeting, discussed and if needed, voted on at the monthly Council meeting.
Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting at this link: Meeting Minutes (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com).
Serve Saturday at the Sharing center - April 8
Our Council will participate with Serve Saturday at the Sharing center every 2nd Saturday of the month, serving from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Noon. Our next event is scheduled for April 8. Bring your family, especially teenagers who may need service hours.
Each month, our Council's volunteer group can have 6 – 21 people who will volunteer their time each Saturday. Volunteers will assist in the Distribution Center or the retail store. They will sort donations received and/or stock shelves with donations.
If you can attend on this date, please sign up using a new VolunteerSignup sheet. Please click on the following link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the Sign-up link:
volunteer signup
It only takes a few seconds to sign-up. This provides me with the number and names of people who will be attending this month’s event. When it gets closer to the event date, I will send volunteers an email with a link for each volunteer to register with the Sharing Center.
(Click on the image if you would like to access the Sharing center's website)
The Sharing center is located at:
600 North Highway 17-92, Suite 130
Longwood, FL 32750
(Click on the link to open a Google map)
Each month, our Council's volunteer group can have 6 – 21 people who will volunteer their time each Saturday. Volunteers will assist in the Distribution Center or the retail store. They will sort donations received and/or stock shelves with donations.
If you can attend on this date, please sign up using a new VolunteerSignup sheet. Please click on the following link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the Sign-up link:
volunteer signup
It only takes a few seconds to sign-up. This provides me with the number and names of people who will be attending this month’s event. When it gets closer to the event date, I will send volunteers an email with a link for each volunteer to register with the Sharing Center.
(Click on the image if you would like to access the Sharing center's website)
The Sharing center is located at:
600 North Highway 17-92, Suite 130
Longwood, FL 32750
(Click on the link to open a Google map)
Next Council Meeting - April 11
Our Council’s next Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 11 starting at 6:30 pm in the SMM Cafeteria. A Rosary will be recited starting at 6:00 pm by the picnic tables outside of the Cafeteria. Dinner will be provided by John Dsa after the meeting. An email will be sent several days before the meeting announcing these details.
Normally, our business meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com) at this link: Meeting Minutes.
Join us for our next Council meeting. We will be discussing our upcoming activities. As our beloved Father Ed Thompson used to say, “An active Knight is a happy Knight…and a holy Knight!”
Normally, our business meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com) at this link: Meeting Minutes.
Join us for our next Council meeting. We will be discussing our upcoming activities. As our beloved Father Ed Thompson used to say, “An active Knight is a happy Knight…and a holy Knight!”
Coalition for the Homeless Dinner - April 26
Our Council serves dinner at the Coalition for the Homeless in downtown Orlando on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The next dinner is Wednesday, April 26. Arrival time is 4:30 pm. John Dsa chairs these dinners. If you would like to volunteer for this dinner, please contact John at johnpauldsa@gmail.com or 407-733-7063.
All volunteers must register in the Volunteer Portal prior to volunteering. Click on this link: www.coalitionvolunteer.org, hit “Register” in the top right corner and complete the requested information. All kitchen volunteers are required to wear a Face Mask, Hat or Hairnet, Closed-toe shoes, Gloves, Apron and Jeans or Long Pants.
The Coalition for the Homeless is located at 639 W. Central Blvd in Orlando (located between Terry Ave and Parramore Ave). For a map of their location, click on map.
All volunteers must register in the Volunteer Portal prior to volunteering. Click on this link: www.coalitionvolunteer.org, hit “Register” in the top right corner and complete the requested information. All kitchen volunteers are required to wear a Face Mask, Hat or Hairnet, Closed-toe shoes, Gloves, Apron and Jeans or Long Pants.
The Coalition for the Homeless is located at 639 W. Central Blvd in Orlando (located between Terry Ave and Parramore Ave). For a map of their location, click on map.