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The Coats for Kids program as presented by our Supreme Council is to help kids stay warm in the winter. A warm coat means a child can more realistically attend school, go to after-school programs, play, and do all the things that kids do to be kids. In a very real sense, a warm winter coat means mobility. Our mission is to make this seemingly small part of life a little bit easier.

Your council started out 5 years ago with Central Catholic School with just 2 boxes of coats (24) and we have gradually increased that to 7 boxes (84). Your council has also added hats and gloves in recent years. We will be continuing this project again this November 2022.

We are asking for donations so that we can increase the number of boxes we provide to this event. If you would like to donate, please send the funds to PGK Scott Crossen, please note that the donation is for this event.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact PGK Scott Crossen 317-691-5369.

We are conducting another food drive supporting
the Officer David Moore Food Pantry & Hunger Inc.
On Saturday October 22, 2022

From 11-2pm

At

St. Roch Catholic Church

3600 S. Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis

If you are unable to stop by & wish to help with a donation.
Please send it to Msgr. Downey Knights of Columbus P.O. Box 17547, Indianapolis, IN 46217-0547.
We will be accepting donation at Good Shepherd as well.  Some of the suggested items that are needed:

  • Cereal
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly
  • Soup
  • Canned Pasta
  • Canned Fruit
  • Hamburger and Tuna Helper
  • ETC.

Wishing Well Fund, Inc.

The Buffet is Back!

12:00pm-5:00p (doors open at 12:00pm)

Primo’s located at 2615 National Ave.

Only 260 tickets will be sold
$100 per ticket (4 people)
$5,000 Grand Prize
Total prize Poll $12,500

For tickets contact Dick White at 317-919-3911

License # 002999

Must be 21 years or older to be admitted

The Installation of Officers will be held on
Sunday, July 24th, 2021
immediately following the 11:45 Mass at
St. Mark Catholic Church

 

We are conducting another food drive supporting
the Officer David Moore Food Pantry & Hunger Inc.
On Saturday March 26th, 2022

From 11-2pm

At

St. Marks Catholic Church

535 E Edgewood Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46227

If you are unable to stop by & wish to help with a donation.
Please send it to Msgr. Downey Knights of Columbus P.O. Box 17547, Indianapolis, IN 46217-0547.
We will be accepting donation at Good Shepherd as well.  Some of the suggested items that are needed:

  • Cereal
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly
  • Soup
  • Canned Pasta
  • Canned Fruit
  • Hamburger and Tuna Helper
  • ETC.

 

Our first breakfast of 2022 will be on Sunday January 9, 2022. This Sunday is not only a breakfast Sunday but it is an opportunity for our council to help out again. The council will be collecting gently used Women’s and Men’s Coats that morning to take down to Wheeler’s Mission. There will be a drop off spot set up to collect them.

Matthew 25:34-40: Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, my Father has blessed you! Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you took me into your home. I needed clothes, and you gave me something to wear. I was sick, and you took care of me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ Then the people who have God’s approval will reply to him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you or see you thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you as a stranger and take you into our homes or see you in need of clothes and give you something to wear? When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ The king will answer them, ‘I can guarantee this truth: Whatever you did for one of my brothers or sisters, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did for me.’

Let’s Pack the Cars

The officers, members of Monsignor Downey Council and next of kin will celebrate our Brother Knights who have passed into eternal peace this year at our Memorial Mass at Good Shepherd Catholic Church.

Due to COVID, no food will be provided after the mass

MSGR. JAMES M. DOWNEY COUNCIL 3660
DECEASED BROTHERS REPORT

Joseph McDermott 10/26/2020
Norman Britton 11/12/2020
Michael Frazee 11/17/2020
Robert McCarthy 11/19/2020
Charles Jackson 11/29/2020
Michael Smith 12/4/2020
Joseph Barnes 12/10/2020
Omer O’Connor 12/22/2020
William Penish 12/29/2020
Thomas Bracik 1/4/2021
Frank Scheib 1/9/2021
Benjamin Deluca 1/9/2021
Robert Colin 3/15/2021
Jerry Eacret 3/18/2021
Robert Reimer 4/27/2021
Larry Zapp 5/27/2021
Kerry Moriarty 6/29/2021
Jerry French 7/1/2021
David Brackman 7/26/2021
David Cleary 8/18/2021
Clayton Carroll 8/21/2021
Raymond Biltz, Jr 8/29/2021
Daniel Daly 10/3/2021
Larry Lamping, Jr 10/10/2021
Harold Walterman 10/11/2021

The Coats for Kids program as presented by our Supreme Council is to help kids stay warm in the winter. A warm coat means a child can more realistically attend school, go to after-school programs, play, and do all the things that kids do to be kids. In a very real sense, a warm winter coat means mobility. Our mission is to make this seemingly small part of life a little bit easier.

Your council started out 5 years ago with Central Catholic School with just 2 boxes of coats (24) and we have gradually increased that to 7 boxes (84). Your council has also added hats and gloves in recent years. We will be continuing this project again this November 2021.

We are asking for donations so that we can increase the number of boxes we provide to this event. If you would like to donate, please send the funds to PGK Robert Lynch 3215 St. Jude Dr, Indianapolis 46227, please note that the donation is for this event.

Just a side note Your council has been contacted by 2 other schools asking to participate in this event. We have sent those requests to the State Council for their review.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact PGK Scott Crossen 317-691-5369.

 

My brother Knights and Families your council is at it again.

We will be hosting a Food Drive at
Good Shepherd Parish / Central Catholic School on
November 6, 2021
between the hours of 11-2.

This drive will benefit the Officer David Moore Food Pantry and Hunger Inc.

We will be set up in the main parking lot behind the school.
Please enter from Carson Avenue and exit on Cameron.

If you are unable to stop by and wish to help with a donation.

Please send it to

Msgr. Downey Knights of Columbus P.O. Box 17547, Indianapolis Indiana 46217-0547.

We will be accepting donation at Good Shepherd as well.

Some of the suggested items that are needed:

  • Cereal
  • Peanut Butter and Jelly
  • Soup
  • Canned Pasta
  • Canned Fruit
  • Hamburger
  • Tuna Helper
  • ETC.