The St. Isaac Jogues Knights of Columbus treated the veterans at the VA Hospital in Coatesville to a wonderful cookout on August 26, 2023.  Eleven Knights and their families helped serve up a delicious lunch of cheeseburgers, hot dogs, beans, salads and desserts to about 75 veterans to thank them for their courageous service to our country.  This has become one of our councils most beloved yearly traditions, and we are already looking forward to next year!

One of our most important council fund raisers of the year is Football Mania, and game cards are now available!  

What is Football Mania?

Football Mania is a sweepstakes game that requires no skill to play and no picking of teams or winners. You simply buy one or more game cards and you’ll automatically be entered into the sweepstakes. Game card holders can win cash in prizes based on the points scored by the football teams shown on the back of their game cards.

The price of one game card is $20 and qualifies you to participate in drawings for all 17 weeks of the NFL football season. That gives you a chance to win up to $400 each and every week. There are 18 winners each week and a chance at 2 grand prizes at the end of the season.

Score your game cards today!

To get your game cards, please contact Frank Yanni, who will be happy to deliver the cards to your home, mail them to you, or leave them in the Rectory office for you.

Frank Yanni

1324 Robynwood Lane

West Chester, PA 19380

Home phone: 484-999-8207

Cell phone: 484-437-3089

Email: Fryanni@mindspring.com

On Sunday, June 11, our council held an Exemplification ceremony, followed by a potluck meal in the parish hall.  Exemplification is a Knights of Columbus ceremony held to advance new and existing members through the lessons of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity.

During this ceremony we welcomed and inducted Wasfy Fahmy (Hani), Ted Gorski, Tom Pietrocini, and Robert Morris as Third-Degree members of our council.  Tom Pietrocini was also awarded Knight of the Year by our Grand Knight, Frank Schlupp.

We’re very grateful to Father Moerman for presiding over this special ceremony.  A special thanks also goes out to Frank Schlupp for his leadership as Presiding Officer and Russ Hendrickson as Investing Officer. Thanks also to Mike Harkness, Mike DiNatale, Joe Powers, Mark Osterman, and Rick deSante for their support.

The event was capped off with a 50/50 drawing with our own Knight, Brother Mike Steadman, winning half the $4,500 raised, and the other half going to the parish. 

It’s almost time for our next parish blood drive—and we hope you’ll consider donating. The drive will be held on Friday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Additional details below.

Sign up today!

On Sunday, April 23, the St. Isaacs Jogues 55 and Up Group held a very successful Designer Handbag Bingo event in the Parish Hall. More than 100 people attended—and our Knights of Columbus council contributed six well-stocked wine baskets as raffle prizes and several door prizes!  A number of knights also helped set up and participated in the Bingo games.

Once again, the Knights of St Isaac’s council was proud to support another St. Isaac Jogues parish ministry!  

Welcome to our newest council member, Bob Morris! He joined us in February 2023 and is a 3rd Degree Knight.

Bob has been a St. Isaac’s parishioner for over 20 years and is a big part of our parish community. He serves both as head lector and as a leader of the Adult Faith Formation Program.

A retired insurance executive, Bob currently lives in Berwyn.

Once again, welcome Bob! We’re thrilled to have you in our council!

This Lent our council has continued our tradition of simple Friday dinners of meatless soup and bread, served before Stations of the Cross.

This year we had eight soups and collected $235 to feed the poor through the Rice Bowl Program. Soups included vegetable, fish chowder, two kinds of minestrone, black bean, clam chowder, vegetable chili, and Chinese Surprise.

Thanks to all who helped make Soup & Stations a success!

Our council is raising funds to bring much needed shelter, food, medical supplies, clothing and religious goods to displaced communities in Poland and western Ukraine. Donate today

A local connection to a far away country

Ukraine may be thousands of miles from St Isaac Jogues’ parish, but one doesn’t have to look far to find someone with ties to the country. Frank Yanni, a long-time Knight and one of the founders of our council, is one such person. Frank’s grandson Andrew met, and later married, Olga, a Ukranian woman he met while working in Prague. The couple eventually came to the U.S. and stayed with Frank for over a year. They now live with their daughter Milana in Rochester, NY, a city with a thriving Ukrainian community.  

Knowing of Frank’s family ties to Ukraine, friends of Frank spontaneously started sending him charitable contributions. In the end, donations exceeded $5,000 and were wired overseas and paid the entire cost of a surgery for a Ukrainian baby. The surgery was a success and baby fully recovered after being transported post-op to a children’s hospital in Brussels.  

You too can make a difference

Whether or not you have a personal connection to someone from Ukraine, your financial support can go a long way in providing relief to those affected by the humanitarian crisis brought on by the war. If you’ve been thinking about donating to this cause, please consider using the link above to do so.   

December may be his busiest time of year, but that didn’t stop jolly old St. Nick him from visiting with dozens of children from our parish community. Santa made his appearance following the 10:30 a.m. CCD Mass on December 18.

In addition to having a chance to share their Christmas wishes with Santa, kids also received coloring books and candy canes.

Thank you, Santa for taking time to visit with the children of St Isaac’s. We’re also grateful to all of the elves who made the event possible, especially Amy Saylor and Rita Thompson, who did a terrific job setting up the coffee and snacks!

For the third consecutive year our December meeting was held at Nona Rosa Restaurant in Norristown. The meeting was intentionally kept short, so that the 16 Knights gathered had ample time to enjoy some delicious Italian food and conversation.

A high point of the evening was a surprise announcement by District Deputy Tim Schuster that our Grand Knight, Frank Schlupp, will be the recipient of the Father McGivney Award for his success growing and strengthening our council. Congratulations Frank, and thank you for all of your hard work and dedication!