Welcome to the Father C.C. Boyle Council Web Site
The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded by the Venerable Father Michael J McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882, it was named in honor of the mariner Christopher Columbus. Originally serving as a mutual benefit society to low-income immigrant Catholics, it developed into a fraternal benefit society dedicated to providing charitable services, promoting Catholic education and actively defending Catholicism in various nations.
There are more than 1.85 million members in nearly 15,000 councils, with nearly 200 councils on college campuses. Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men aged 18 or older. Membership consists of four different degrees, each exemplifying a different principle of the Order.
Our Council of over 300 members, meets in O'Connell Hall at Saint George Parish, located at 6707 W 175th street in Tinley Park, Illinois. Our meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 8:00 p.m. The Grand Knight for Father C.C. Boyle Council 4698, for year 2020-2021 is Jim Newtoff. He can be contacted at jjnewt@comcast.net.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our web site. A library of information regarding our council and the Knights of Columbus in general is available by using the above links. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Vivat Jesus
The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization. Founded by the Venerable Father Michael J McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882, it was named in honor of the mariner Christopher Columbus. Originally serving as a mutual benefit society to low-income immigrant Catholics, it developed into a fraternal benefit society dedicated to providing charitable services, promoting Catholic education and actively defending Catholicism in various nations.
There are more than 1.85 million members in nearly 15,000 councils, with nearly 200 councils on college campuses. Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men aged 18 or older. Membership consists of four different degrees, each exemplifying a different principle of the Order.
Our Council of over 300 members, meets in O'Connell Hall at Saint George Parish, located at 6707 W 175th street in Tinley Park, Illinois. Our meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 8:00 p.m. The Grand Knight for Father C.C. Boyle Council 4698, for year 2020-2021 is Jim Newtoff. He can be contacted at jjnewt@comcast.net.
We hope you enjoy your visit to our web site. A library of information regarding our council and the Knights of Columbus in general is available by using the above links. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
Vivat Jesus
Upcoming meeting dates
5/6 Regular Business meeting – 7:30 PM – St Stephens PLC
5/13 Officers meeting – 7:30 PM – St Stephens PLC
5/20 Regular Business meeting – 7:30 PM – St Stephens PLC
5/6 Regular Business meeting – 7:30 PM – St Stephens PLC
5/13 Officers meeting – 7:30 PM – St Stephens PLC
5/20 Regular Business meeting – 7:30 PM – St Stephens PLC
“40 Cans for Lent” is over!
We collected 2,642 pounds of food from our Council donations.
Thanks to all who donated food, helped with weighing and packing food and delivery on Good Friday to St Damian Food Pantry. And a big thanks to Dan Kavanaugh who organized and ran the event for us.
Also coinciding with our council food drive, St Elizabeth Seton also does a food drive during Lent with the help from our Brother Knights.
Thanks to John Brett who organized the drive for us and our Brother Knights who helped collect 1,703 pounds of food at 3 different weekend masses at Seton. Combined with our St Damian food donation, we collected a total of 4,345 pounds during our Lent food drives!
We also had Brother Knights volunteer for the St Damian Food Pantry Distribution on March 27th. Thanks to Brother Knight Lance Bertolli for leading this event for us.
We collected 2,642 pounds of food from our Council donations.
Thanks to all who donated food, helped with weighing and packing food and delivery on Good Friday to St Damian Food Pantry. And a big thanks to Dan Kavanaugh who organized and ran the event for us.
Also coinciding with our council food drive, St Elizabeth Seton also does a food drive during Lent with the help from our Brother Knights.
Thanks to John Brett who organized the drive for us and our Brother Knights who helped collect 1,703 pounds of food at 3 different weekend masses at Seton. Combined with our St Damian food donation, we collected a total of 4,345 pounds during our Lent food drives!
We also had Brother Knights volunteer for the St Damian Food Pantry Distribution on March 27th. Thanks to Brother Knight Lance Bertolli for leading this event for us.
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Our 225 Raffle is On!
Grand Prize is 10,000.00 CASH Along with 9 other cash prizes: 2nd Prize....................$500.00 3rd Prize.....................$400.00 4th Prize.................................$300.00 5th Prize................................$200.00 6th thru 10th Prizes................$125.00 Each |
ONLY 225 TICKETS TO BE SOLD!
When: Saturday April 17th, 2021 Time - TBD Where: Either St. George or St. Stephens Church Donation: $100.00 More information will be posted shortly. |
Today is the day! The Drawing will be taking place at 1:00 PM, April 17th, 2021.
Winning results will be posted after the all winning tickets are pulled.
GOOD LUCK!
And the winners are...
Winning results will be posted after the all winning tickets are pulled.
GOOD LUCK!
And the winners are...
* Due to the unprecedented events concerning the COVID-19 virus, we regrettably have to cancel the dinner party portion of the event. Therefore we have reduced the price per ticket to $100.00. The raffle will still be held, however it will be either via live video, or recorded video. It is our goal to post the drawing event on our web site. All winners will be notified. We thank you for your understanding.
Blood Drive Results
Thank you very much for joining us at the St. George Blood Drive on Thursday April 8th! Because of your participation, a total of 47 units of blood were collected, which can help save as many as 141 lives. Thank you Tim Sajewski for organizing the blood drive. And thanks to all the Brother Knights who donated blood and to those Brother Knights who donated their time to help out. Our next blood drive will be on June 23rd at St. Elizabeth Seton in Orland Park. |
"Keep Christ In Christmas" Awards
On March 17th, Brother Knight Kevin Heynen presented certificates and prizes to the winners of the Knights of Columbus "Keep Christ in Christmas" poster contest. They will advance to the Supreme level for consideration.
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