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.
Florida Knights of Columbus Charities Raffle Fund Raiser - Continuous
Click on the image to open a flyer
At our council meeting, DD Robert Shaw presented us with an opportunity to raise funds for our council. Florida State KOFC Charites (with assistance from Florida State Council) is holding a raffle with the drawing to be held May 23rd at the Florida State Convention.
Each raffle book contains four tickets. Suggested donation is 3.00/ticket or 10.00 per book. There is also a solicitor ticket at the end of each book (Solicitor must be an individual so you cannot name the Council as a solicitor). This allows the solicitor of the tickets to be eligible for a couple of early bird drawings. The first one is in December of this year ($250) and the second one is in March of next year ($400).
The benefit to our council is that the council needs to only submit $6.00 per book and can retain the balance for our council projects.
I have over 100 books of tickets so I would like to get them into your hands as soon as possible. Please email me with how many books you would like, and we can work out how to get them to you. Since many of us will be together this Sunday, that would be a great way to get these books out there.
Please contact Don Holzemer if you have any questions.
Each raffle book contains four tickets. Suggested donation is 3.00/ticket or 10.00 per book. There is also a solicitor ticket at the end of each book (Solicitor must be an individual so you cannot name the Council as a solicitor). This allows the solicitor of the tickets to be eligible for a couple of early bird drawings. The first one is in December of this year ($250) and the second one is in March of next year ($400).
The benefit to our council is that the council needs to only submit $6.00 per book and can retain the balance for our council projects.
I have over 100 books of tickets so I would like to get them into your hands as soon as possible. Please email me with how many books you would like, and we can work out how to get them to you. Since many of us will be together this Sunday, that would be a great way to get these books out there.
Please contact Don Holzemer if you have any questions.
2025 Annual Survey of Fraternal Reports due extended by January 20
Brothers,
Please complete and submit your 2025 Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity - Individual Member Worksheet form by Tuesday, January 20. This is the report where you log all your fraternal hours and activities during the 2025 calendar year. Please give or send your completed Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity form to Deputy Grand Knight Joe Pocius at the January 13 Council meeting or by Tuesday, January 20 at the latest.
If your family members participated in an event with you, you can include their hours in with your hours on the report.
You can report your fraternal activity numbers for 2025 in one of two different formats:
1. You can use the Individual_survey1728a.pdf form. The link to open this PDF document is:
Individual_survey1728a.pdf
You can enter your hours in one of two different ways into this form:
a. Print the form and hand write in your hours and give it to Deputy Grand Knight Joe Pocius ;
or
b. Open the pdf document and type in your hours into the form. The hours will automatically total in the Totals box on the bottom of the form.
You can then print it or you can save it and attach it to an email and send it to Joe Pocius (click on his name to open an email) on or before Tuesday, January 20.
NOTE: Enter your hours on the left side of the form – within the Council Hours column. Sum the hours manually or if you are completing the form electronically, the hours will automatically sum at the bottom. There is no place to enter your name on the form. If you are completing it manually, please print your name on the bottom of the form. If you are completing it online, save the form and change the file name so that it contains your name, for example, individual_survey1728aTom Simpson.pdf. Send or provide your form to Joe Pocius (click on his name to open an email) on or before Tuesday, January 20.
2. You can open the 2025 annual survey of fraternal activities Excel document. Click on the document name to open the Excel document.
There are two worksheets in this document (when the document is open, see the bottom of your screen for the Individual Membership Worksheet and the Monthly Details Worksheet). This Excel document can be used to type in your hours by month in the Monthly Details Worksheet and the totals will automatically calculate and be inserted into the Individual Membership Worksheet in the proper reporting categories for the year (this worksheet is the same as the Supreme form Individual_survey1728a).
Enter your name and membership number into the fields on the Individual Membership Worksheet. Print or save and send this document in an email to Joe Pocius (click on his name to open an email) on or before Tuesday, January 20.
If you have any questions, please send an email to Joe Pocius or call 407-697-4618 .
Please complete and submit your 2025 Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity - Individual Member Worksheet form by Tuesday, January 20. This is the report where you log all your fraternal hours and activities during the 2025 calendar year. Please give or send your completed Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity form to Deputy Grand Knight Joe Pocius at the January 13 Council meeting or by Tuesday, January 20 at the latest.
If your family members participated in an event with you, you can include their hours in with your hours on the report.
You can report your fraternal activity numbers for 2025 in one of two different formats:
1. You can use the Individual_survey1728a.pdf form. The link to open this PDF document is:
Individual_survey1728a.pdf
You can enter your hours in one of two different ways into this form:
a. Print the form and hand write in your hours and give it to Deputy Grand Knight Joe Pocius ;
or
b. Open the pdf document and type in your hours into the form. The hours will automatically total in the Totals box on the bottom of the form.
You can then print it or you can save it and attach it to an email and send it to Joe Pocius (click on his name to open an email) on or before Tuesday, January 20.
NOTE: Enter your hours on the left side of the form – within the Council Hours column. Sum the hours manually or if you are completing the form electronically, the hours will automatically sum at the bottom. There is no place to enter your name on the form. If you are completing it manually, please print your name on the bottom of the form. If you are completing it online, save the form and change the file name so that it contains your name, for example, individual_survey1728aTom Simpson.pdf. Send or provide your form to Joe Pocius (click on his name to open an email) on or before Tuesday, January 20.
2. You can open the 2025 annual survey of fraternal activities Excel document. Click on the document name to open the Excel document.
There are two worksheets in this document (when the document is open, see the bottom of your screen for the Individual Membership Worksheet and the Monthly Details Worksheet). This Excel document can be used to type in your hours by month in the Monthly Details Worksheet and the totals will automatically calculate and be inserted into the Individual Membership Worksheet in the proper reporting categories for the year (this worksheet is the same as the Supreme form Individual_survey1728a).
Enter your name and membership number into the fields on the Individual Membership Worksheet. Print or save and send this document in an email to Joe Pocius (click on his name to open an email) on or before Tuesday, January 20.
If you have any questions, please send an email to Joe Pocius or call 407-697-4618 .
Catholic Citizenship Essay Awards Mass - Wednesday January 14
We encourage you to attend the SMM School Citizenship Essays Awards Mass on Wednesday, January 14 at 10:00 am. We hope Brother Knights can join Ed in presenting the awards. Come and show your support for this Knights of Columbus citizenship essay contest program which encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their Catholic faith through creative writing.
For more Information please contact Ed Gallagher
For more Information please contact Ed Gallagher
Monthly Rosary for LIFE - Saturday Saturday 17
On Saturday, January 17, we will be holding our monthly rosary for LIFE, in front of All Women’s Abortion Clinic, 431 Maitland Ave, Altamonte Springs. It will commence after the 8AM mass. We calculate that we should begin about 8:45 AM.
Please join us Saturday. These rosaries will repeat monthly on the third Saturday (mark your calendars accordingly) at 8:45.
For more Information please contact: James Taglia
Please join us Saturday. These rosaries will repeat monthly on the third Saturday (mark your calendars accordingly) at 8:45.
For more Information please contact: James Taglia
Council Free Throw /Hockey Challenge - Saturday January 17 & 31
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The for our Council’s Annual Basketball Free Throw Competition is Saturday, January 17 in the SMM Gymnasium with registration starting at 1:30 pm and the competition starting at 2:00 pm. Our Youth Chairman, Ed Gallagher will be coordinating the competition and needs help from 6 brother Knights. This is a fun event; your help is needed to help count and track the number of baskets made by each of the participants. Help our Council support the youth of our SMM parish!
The for our Council’s Hockey Shoot-Out Challenge is Saturday, January 31 in the SMM Gymnasium immediately following our Council’s Free Throw competition in the SMM Gymnasium. Registration should start around 3:00 pm with the challenge starting at 3:30 pm. Our Hockey Chairman, Joe Pocius will be coordinating the competition and needs help from 6 brother Knights. This event provides an athletic outlet for young people through shooting accuracy on goal competition designed for players to demonstrate their skills. Please invite the youth of our parish to attend this Hockey Challenge event. For more Information please contact Ed Gallagher & Joe Pocius |
Council 5618- In Person 3rd Degree Exemplification Ceremony- Tuesday January 20
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Bishop Thomas J Grady Council 5618 has scheduled an in-person Exemplification of Charity, Unity and Fraternity on Tuesday, January 20 in the St Mary Magdalen Cafeteria– 6:30 pm report, 7 pm start. Candidates, their Proposers and any other Knights who will participate in the exemplification should wear a coat and tie. The half-hour ceremony is open to families and guests. In addition, 1st and 2nd degree Knights may attend to become 3rd Degree Knights! All Knights are invited to come to this exemplification ceremony to welcome the new Knights to our Council. If possible, please wear a coat and tie or your Knight’s shirt if you have one; no shorts.
Please let Grand Knight George Meyer [email protected] 407-221-7076 know of names of candidates, and provide kits (rosary, lapel pin, etc. – Item 531-G from kofc.org Officers Online->Supplies Online) for your candidates |
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Sign Up for SMM Winter Fest Frosty Grill Booth - Friday January 23 to Saturday January 24
We are requesting volunteers to man the Frosty Grill Booth at next year’s Winter Fest on Friday Jan 23 and Saturday Jan 24.
The description for the booth is: Knights of Columbus and Men's Club will be serving up Burgers, Cheeseburgers, Hot Dogs and Smoked Pork!
Location: Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and BBQ Booth
Justin Hernandez is a parishioner who reached out to Melissa Findley and asked to smoke pork for the festival because that is his passion. Justin will be obtaining the pork, and he will use his smoker to smoke the pork in advance of Friday.
For each shift, we need 2 volunteers to grill hamburgers and hot dogs, 2 volunteers to take orders, and 1 volunteer to bun the burgers, dogs, and BBQ pork. If all 5 positions are filled for a shift, come anyway; we can always use the help and camaraderie.
We're also asking for booth co-captains volunteers. We currently have 3: Alan Blackmon, Oscar Arechavala, and me. We are seeking 3 more because the more co-captains we have, the fewer hours each captain needs to be present. A co-captain will coordinate activities in the booth, such as making sure we have the supplies and volunteers that are needed for each shift, handling issues and filling in if we don’t have enough volunteers (due to our booth’s reputation for being a fun booth for the past 2 years, we are a popular booth so we usually have more volunteers than the 5 slots per shift). If you want to be a co-captain, please call or reply to email from Tom Przybyla; if you do, do not sign up on Signupgenius so there is room for 5 volunteers to sign up to work the booth.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/festhamburger
If you have any questions, please let Tom Przybyla. Thanks for signing up!
The description for the booth is: Knights of Columbus and Men's Club will be serving up Burgers, Cheeseburgers, Hot Dogs and Smoked Pork!
Location: Hamburgers, Hot Dogs and BBQ Booth
Justin Hernandez is a parishioner who reached out to Melissa Findley and asked to smoke pork for the festival because that is his passion. Justin will be obtaining the pork, and he will use his smoker to smoke the pork in advance of Friday.
For each shift, we need 2 volunteers to grill hamburgers and hot dogs, 2 volunteers to take orders, and 1 volunteer to bun the burgers, dogs, and BBQ pork. If all 5 positions are filled for a shift, come anyway; we can always use the help and camaraderie.
We're also asking for booth co-captains volunteers. We currently have 3: Alan Blackmon, Oscar Arechavala, and me. We are seeking 3 more because the more co-captains we have, the fewer hours each captain needs to be present. A co-captain will coordinate activities in the booth, such as making sure we have the supplies and volunteers that are needed for each shift, handling issues and filling in if we don’t have enough volunteers (due to our booth’s reputation for being a fun booth for the past 2 years, we are a popular booth so we usually have more volunteers than the 5 slots per shift). If you want to be a co-captain, please call or reply to email from Tom Przybyla; if you do, do not sign up on Signupgenius so there is room for 5 volunteers to sign up to work the booth.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/festhamburger
If you have any questions, please let Tom Przybyla. Thanks for signing up!
Next 4th Degree Exemplification in January 2026- Saturday January 31
Click here to view information
This is an invitation for any 3rd degree brother who wishes to join the fourth degree.For research about what the 4th Degree is all about please click here. For the forms please click here.
For more Information please contact the following:
Pete Ramondetta, FN
James Taglia, FC
Msgr. Ed Thompson Assembly 1667
Sanford, Florida
Pinta Log Content Deadline - January 30
This is the Pinta Log content deadline for the next edition (February). Please send your information for articles to Nick Leon by this date.
Virtual Officer Planning Meeting - Tuesday February 3
Our Council's next Officer’s Planning meeting will occur on Tuesday, February 3. Meetings are normally held on the first Tuesday of the month. It will be a virtual meeting 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 from this link: Meeting Minutes (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, contact Nick Leon).
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 from this link: Meeting Minutes (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, contact Nick Leon).
Clean the World Event - Wednesday February 4
Our Council participates with a volunteer event at Clean the World every 1st Wednesday of the month, from 1 pm – 3:30 pm. The next event will occur on Wednesday, February 4.
You will be sorting out the soap bars and plastic bottle amenities that Clean the World collects from the hospitality industry and recycles. You may also pack the recycled soap into boxes that are then distributed via global NGOs, such as The WASH Foundation.
Bring your family, especially teenagers who need service hours. Clean the World is located near the Orlando International Airport at: 2544 E Landstreet Rd Ste 600, Orlando, FL 32824 (click to open a map).
You will be sorting out the soap bars and plastic bottle amenities that Clean the World collects from the hospitality industry and recycles. You may also pack the recycled soap into boxes that are then distributed via global NGOs, such as The WASH Foundation.
Bring your family, especially teenagers who need service hours. Clean the World is located near the Orlando International Airport at: 2544 E Landstreet Rd Ste 600, Orlando, FL 32824 (click to open a map).
Serve Saturday at the Sharing Center - Saturday February 14
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 will be February 14. If you can attend, please sign up using the link that is included in an email that is sent by Tom Przybyla in advance of each event. Bring your family, especially teenagers who 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, sorting donations received and/or stocking shelves in the store with donations.
(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, sorting donations received and/or stocking shelves in the store with donations.
(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)
Monthly Council Meeting - Tuesday February 9
Our next Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 9 at 6:30 pm in the cafeteria. A Rosary will be recited starting at 6:00 pm. Our Lecturer, Lou Elrose, will be providing a delicious meal after the meeting. An email reminder will be sent several days before the meeting.
Please plan to attend this meeting to meet and socialize with your brother Knights and to learn about our activities so you can get involved with serving our parish.
Our Council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting from this link: Meeting Minutes. (If you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, contact Nick Leon.)
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!”
Please plan to attend this meeting to meet and socialize with your brother Knights and to learn about our activities so you can get involved with serving our parish.
Our Council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting from this link: Meeting Minutes. (If you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, contact Nick Leon.)
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!”