PROPOSALS FOR EXPANDED PROGRAM OF ACTION

Knights of Columbus - Regina Coeli Council

Saints Peter & Paul Church

Saint Michael Mission Church

Saint Joseph Mission Church

Social/Fund-Raising

  • Convert the fishing outing into an annual fishing tournament out of Tilghman Island with significant prizes, promotion, and press (as feasible)

  • Convert the golf outing into an annual golf tournament (same as above)

  • Reinstate the Bull and Oyster Roast

  • Start a formal Annual Gala dinner, with sponsorship, and a silent auction, and a guest speaker(s) with awards ("Man of the Year," "Woman of the Year") at the Grand Hyatt in Cambridge

The Sanctity of Life

  • Implement greater involvement in the national and state March For Life events (more participants/more buses… greater outreach to Saints Peter & Paul students – including 7th and 8th graders – and to parishioners)

  • Provide greater support to Pro-Life organizations 

  • Sponsor a Pro-Life speaker/panel at a Saints Peter & Paul Parish event in the appropriately named Family Life Center

Outreach to the Latino Congregation

  • Provide Knights of Columbus financial support to the Our Lady of Guadalupe Festival

  • Support devotion of further parish resources to programs for the Latino congregation, and parish financial support for the Our Lady of Guadalupe Festival

  • Recruit Latino Knights (and better determine what role the Knights can play in support of our Latino brothers and sisters)

  • Sponsor a Pro-Life seminar in Spanish for the Latino congregation

  • Consider sponsoring a scholarship(s) to Saints Peter & Paul Elementary School and/or Saints Peter & Paul High School for students from needy Latino families

Support for Saints Peter & Paul High School

  • Conduct an annual oratorical contest tied to the Constitution at Saints Peter & Paul High School with three scholarship awards ($2,500, $1,000, $500) and with Knights serving as judges and local press coverage

  • (through the Fourth Degree, Father Mosley Assembly)

  • Sponsor a Saints Peter & Paul High School Pro-Life Poster (or Essay) Contest with prizes (Spring semester)

  • Sponsor a Saints Peter & Paul High School Substance-Abuse-Prevention Poster (or Essay) Contest with prizes (Fall semester)

  • Conduct a panel discussion for Saints Peter & Paul High School students on Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion (through the Fourth Degree, Father Mosley Assembly)

  • Provide guest lectures for Saints Peter & Paul High School classes and/or assemblies on agreed-upon topics such as career choices, lessons of life, and the value of being a person of Faith

  • Expand the “Hoop Shoot” free-throw-shooting contest from just the elementary school to include (separately, of course) the high school with award certificates and modest prizes or trophies for winners in different categories