*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 Charles Kram Jr. (1929-2000)

PARALYZED BY polio at age 22, seminarian Charles Kram Jr. never gave up hope of becoming a priest.  Finally ordained 23 years later, he once wrote, "I see my trails... bringing me closer and closer to my Dear Savior, cross and all." 
Karm and his two older siblings were raised on a family farm in Shiner, Texas, where they also attended Catholic school.  An active boy with a lively sense of humor, he graduated in 1946, at age 16.  He entered seminary in San Antonio that fall, and four years later, he joined Msgr. Netardus Council 3081 in Shriner. 
In May 1952, Karam was ordained a subdeacon, but within weeks he was hospitalized with acute back pain.  Diagnosed with polio, he was soon paralyzed from the neck down and placed in an iron lung.  After regaining the ability to breathe on his own, he returned home.
Over the next 20 years, Karam spent much of his time in prayer.  He also operated an amateur radio and an electric typewriter (purchased by his council), using a rubber tipped stick held in his mouth.  He ministered over the airwaves and by letter to people in more than 160 countries who sought his prayers and counsel.
After receiving a special dispensation, he was ordained a priest on December 5, 1975.  A banner in the sanctuary read "Gladly will I glory in my infirmities" (2 Cor 12:9).
Father Charles Kram Jr. was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 1999 and died Aug. 13, 2000.  The Diocese of Victoria, Texas, opened his cause for canonization in 2016.