The Knights of Columbus Make Themselves Useful
February 17, 2012 by at 9:30 am
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JOB
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The Knights of Columbus make a pretty kick-ass pancake breakfast in my neck of the woods. The Knights of Malta, on the other hand…..what have they ever done?
Of course we make ourselves useful, man. It’s not ‘Poets of Columbus’.
That’s an excellent idea, though, Angelico. A branch for the slackers who like the *idea* of the Knights but not all that hard work.
These pancakes ain’t gonna flip themselves.
Best leave pancake-flipping to the Knights: It takes decisiveness. The Poets may waffle.
Hey-O!
Whoa, whoa, as a member of the Knights of Columbus, I can say that we do way more than just pancake feeds………We do fish fries during lent also.
Bingo!
Do the Knights of Columbus do Bingo as well? I thought it was the Church ladies.
One of the Councils out here does bingo. But perhaps they are acting under delegated authority of the church ladies.
As a church lady, I can testify that the Knights at our Parish do Bingo, and sell lotto tickets, and provide kegs for the Raffle.
…and the ladies work concession and pray the Rosary.
Each Knight receives a Rosary, but the ones our Council issued us — evidently licensed, with the K of C logo on their centers — proved too weak to withstand the rigors of ardent meditation. I hope your Knights are better equipped; I trust your church ladies are.
My father likes to speak of his fond fantasies: you know, things that shouldn’t be impossible, but remain powerfully unlikely, and so exist mostly as pleasant daydreams, mostly unhoped-for. The rise of the Knights of Columbus is one of mine.
Don’t let this get around, but the Freemasons better look out when our Supreme Knight issues Order Sixty-Six.
Wasn’t Sinatra a Knight of Malta?
Now there’s a JFK conspiracy angle I’d never heard!
I’m a 1st Degree Knight and think that every Catholic man should join and pay dues (unlike O’Brien) even if they don’t go to meetings.
My father was a Shriner.
Your dates must have loved it when you borrowed his car.
Ain’t gonna do it without the fez on.