KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

St. Bernard - Council 11600
Omaha , Nebraska
Chartered June 7th, 1995  

St. Bernard Knights Blog: www.kofc11600.blogspot.com

The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic international brotherhood dedicated to serving the Church, the parish, the community, and the family. Any man, 18 or older, and in union with the Church, may become a member. They put on two to three dinners as fund raisers each year and also sponsor two or three blood drives each year for the American Red Cross. If you are interested in joining the Knights, please contact Bob Sullivan.  

We are a Catholic Family Fraternal Service Organization that provides for the spiritual and material well-being of our membership and in service to our church and community.  All members are Catholic men 18 years of age and older.

We meet the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Clairvaux Center. Meeting’s are restricted to members and invited guests.

For More Information contact:

Grant Hrabovsky at 571-9587

Church Activities

• Members are active as Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist.

• Corporate Communion is at the 8:00AM Mass on the frist Sunday of each month. This is an opportunity for the Knights to celebrate Mass together.

• Present rosaries to the RCIA candidates

• Keep Christ in Christmas campaign sells religious Christmas cards.

• Work with the annual Nativity Display in the gym.  This is an event that displays hundreds of nativities from parishioners and others.

•  Provide outdoor Christmas crib display in front of the church.

Pro Life Activities                  

• Life Chain Sunday for prayer and silent demonstration against abortion.

• St. Bernard School Pro Life Participation

1.      Pro Life Essay Contest - 7^th and 8^th Graders

2.      Pro Life Prayer Card Art Contest - K – 8^th Graders

Community Activities

• Sponsor the Red Cross Bloodmobile at St. Bernard’s several times a year.

• Council Tootsie Roll drive that benefits Madonna School ’s special needs children.

• Sponsor two scholarships for 4^th - 6^th graders to attend St. Bernard’s School.

• Basketball Free Throw contest for our youth each year

Council Dinners
Our council dinners provide income for our charitable giving.  These include:

1.      Spaghetti Dinner

2.      Chuckwagon Beef Stew Dinner

3.      Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner

4.      St. Bernard Choir Dinner Theatre

Parish Partnerships

• The Choir

• Catering for their dinner theater

• The Funeral Committee

• Remodeled Clairvaux Center kitchen

• St. Bernard School

• Gave to school and cafeteria repairs

• Cafeteria and kitchen Improvements

Charitable Giving
We give to these (and other) causes:

• Clairvaux Center improvements

• Council Scholarship Fund

• Council Seminarian Fund

• Madonna School

• Poor Clare Sisters

• St. Bernard School

• St. Vincent de Paul Society