{"id":856,"date":"2016-03-14T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T19:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/?page_id=856"},"modified":"2025-02-05T20:49:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T20:49:05","slug":"mens-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/?page_id=856","title":{"rendered":"Knights of Columbus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>MISSION<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> STATEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">St. Matthew Knights of Columbus (formerly the Men&#8217;s Club ) is a ministry of St. Matthew Parish, open to all adult male members of the Parish, that provides an atmosphere for fostering Christian fellowship and a sense of community among the men of the Parish aimed at strengthening family life in our Parish. \u00a0We serve as a support group and provide a structure to assist with various Parish religious celebrations, social events and Parish service projects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Knights of Columbus meet at 7:30 PM on the second Monday of each month in the Parish Center.\u00a0 All men of the Parish are cordially invited to attend and participate in this important ministry.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sr.-Dorothy-and-Mens-Club-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2617\" src=\"http:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sr.-Dorothy-and-Mens-Club-1-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"Sr. Dorothy and Men's Club (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sr.-Dorothy-and-Mens-Club-1-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sr.-Dorothy-and-Mens-Club-1-1024x655.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">On Sunday, March 13, 2022\u00a0during the 12:00pm mass, in honor of National Religious Sisters Week, a video by Pope Francis honoring all the Religious Sisters in the world was shown. Then Father Clem recognized and thanked Sister Dorothy for all of the love and support she gives to our St. Matthew Parish family. After which, as a small token of their gratitude, the St. Matthew Men\u2019s Club presented her with a beautiful bouquet of roses and a thank you card.<\/h4>\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"yiv3769920800gmail-cxmmr5t8 yiv3769920800gmail-oygrvhab yiv3769920800gmail-hcukyx3x yiv3769920800gmail-c1et5uql yiv3769920800gmail-o9v6fnle yiv3769920800gmail-ii04i59q\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif;\">The St. Matthew Parish family is blessed to have in our lives such an amazing Religious Sister that lives for the Lord. Sister Dorothy bears the fruits of the Holy Spirit. We give glory to God for the love, joy and peace she shares with each of us. May we all be blessed with the fruits of the Holy Spirit and show a visible sign of them in our own lives.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MISSION STATEMENT St. Matthew Knights of Columbus (formerly the Men&#8217;s Club ) is a ministry of St. Matthew Parish, open to all adult male members of the Parish, that provides an atmosphere for fostering Christian fellowship and a sense of community among the men of the Parish aimed at strengthening family life in our Parish. <a href=\"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/?page_id=856\">[Continue Reading&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4043,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856\/revisions\/4043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/st-matthew-church.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}