*The Knights of Columbus are an affiliate of St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish*

The Knights of Columbus is an organization for Catholic men 18 years of age and older.  We meet on the first Saturday of the month beginning with the Rosary at 9:30 am and the
Officer's meeting is the third Tuesday is the beginning at 7:00 pm.

The Knights of Columbus do good works of charity including helping to support 2 Diocesan Seminarians, Winter Coat collection for the local homeless shelter and Interfaith Housing Shelter, SCCAP Monetary Collections, Easter Egg Hunt, Breakfasts for Breakfasts for Mother's Day, Father's Day & Veterans Day with proceeds going to Vocations, ARC, Veterans and much more.

If you are interested in joining or would like more information about the Knights of Columbus, please contact Bernie Cabana @ 717-677-9344







Catholic Man of the Month
Father Alphonse L'Heureux (1894-1947)

DYING BY dysentery and infected wounds under Chinese Communist captivity, Trappist Father Alphonse L'Heureux whispered his final confession. "I shall die tomorrow -- Mary's day (Saturday), " he said.  "In heaven, I shall pray for  all of you. Be brave." 
          The youngest of four siblings, Albert L'Heureux was born in Coaticook, Quebec.  He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1929 and sent as a missionary to Zhejiang Province, China.  In 1939, he obtained permission to join to Cistercians of the Strict Observance (Trappists) at Our Lady of Consolation Monastery in Yangjiaping, Hebei Province.  Embracing a life of prayer, silence, and manual labor, he took the name Alphonse.  He always visited the chapel to pray after working in the fields, and he went to confession almost daily.
          The community endured hardship during and after World War II.  From 1942 to 1946, Father Alphonse and other monks were imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp, where food was scarce and conditions harsh.  Soon after their release, Chinese Communist forces began targeting Catholics with false accusations, looting, and beatings.
          In August 1947, soldiers forced the Trappists on a 100-mile death march through the mountains.  Bound with steel wire that cut into their hands, Father Alphonse developed severe infections and dysentery.  On Friday, Sep. 12, the feast of the Holy Name of Mary,  he received the sacraments one last time.  The next day, a soldier who saw his body remarked that he resembled the figure of Christ in the monastery chapel.
          Between 1947 and 1948, 33 Trappists from Our Lady of Consolation were martyred.  Their cause for canonization is entrusted yo the Catholic bishops of China. +