September 19, 2016

Knights of Columbus state council holds installation of officers

Regional
Staff Report

(Iobserve photo/courtesy Massachusetts State Council Knights of Columbus)

FOXBORO, Mass. – The Massachusetts State Council Knights of Columbus recently held its Installation of State Officers at St. Mary Parish in Foxboro with a Mass celebrated by the Knights of Columbus state chaplain, Bishop Robert Hennessey, auxiliary bishop of Boston. 

Installed were State Deputy Paul O’Sullivan of Foxboro; State Secretary Robert Morrison of Milford; State Treasurer Paul Flanagan of Stoughton; State Advocate Michael Lesperance of Millville; Robert Morrison Jr. of Milford; and Immediate Past State Deputy Russell Steinbach of Dorchester.

Pictured, left to right, are Father Matt Westcott, state friar, administrator of St. Mary Parish in Foxboro; Ann Lesperance; Robert Morrison; Paul O’Sullivan; Ginny Morrison; Susan O’Sullivan; Bishop Hennessey; Father Stephen Madden, pastor of South Boston Churches, associate state chaplain; Donna Steinbach; Steinbach; Lesperance; Kathy Flanagan; Paul Flanagan; and Robert Morrison Jr.

In 2015, the Knights of Columbus set a new all-time record for the 17th consecutive year. The Knights’ charitable donations increased from 2014 by more than $1.5 million to a new total of $175,079,192. In addition, they achieved their highest level of charitable service in 2015, volunteering more than 73.5 million hours of service. The number of service hours contributed by Knights rose in 2015 by more than a million over the previous year’s total.

The Knights of Columbus charitable activities encompass an almost infinite variety of local, national and international projects. From international charitable partnerships with Special Olympics, the Global Wheelchair Mission and Habitat for Humanity to our own Food for Families and Coats for Kids projects and other local charities, the opportunities to work together with fellow knights and their families are virtually endless.

“We are answering Pope Francis’ call to go to the peripheries,” Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said. “We can reach halfway around the globe to help those in need and we can reach to our neighbor next door. And we do that every day. That makes us witnesses to the faith.”