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DO WE WALK THE WALK??? Mary Pattberg Thinks So !!!

Bobb Mahrer, Membership Director

“I hope someone told you lately that you are wonderful. Mark was at our Relay for Life fund- raiser at our hospital. He looks so good and it is due to the dedication and support of the Knights. I am so impressed how you guys walk the walk. God Bless You, Mary”

That is a direct quote in an email I recently received from a lady in the Tyler Diocese. It made me feel great to be a Knight and great to know that someone was noticing the GREAT works of Father Michael J. McGivney through the Knights of Columbus.

Mark is a member who was thought to be terminal from cancer. I know Mark, and I must admit that I thought his chances of making it were not very good. But, nevertheless, his brother Knights came to his rescue to ensure his financial, physical, and mental well being. They didn’t ask for help from anyone else. Not from their surrounding councils. Not from their diocese. Not from the state council. And not from State Charities. Instead, they banded together, much like a very tight family, and did what needed doing. They went to Mark’s house that was in desperate need of some repairs, and with materials they purchased out of their own pockets, went to work to repair his home. They went with him to meet with every state agency and organization imaginable to get him some financial assistance and relief. They went with him to meet with hospital officials to make sure that there would not be any interruption in his needed treatments. They took him to his treatments, stayed with him during his treatments, and then returned him home again. They took him in to their own homes to take care of him when he was too weak to take care of himself. They took turns making his car payment and payments on other essential financial obligations. They pooled their money and donated it to whatever needed doing. And they did one more very important thing. They did a lot of praying for Mark.

Today, Mark is alive and well. Some will say that his recovery is a miracle. I, for one, believe it. I know that above all the charitable works completed by these men, and the unity demonstrated by these men, and the fraternal brotherhood practiced and enjoyed by these men, these men never forgot one very important thing … their faith. These men are called Knights.

Please create another great experience and story for those Catholic men in your respective parishes who are not yet Knights. Please ask, “Are you a Knight?”


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