Our Council serves many of the parishs in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. We support the Pro-Life cause in all its stages,
from conception to natural death. Our largest effort is through Project
Rosebud which joins with Birthright of Pittsburgh and the East
Suburban Infant Jesus Respect Life Committee (RLC) to provide
material and emotional support to financially abandoned, abortionminded
mothe
rs-to-be. This support begins one month before the
expected delivery date, and ends when the child is one year old. In
addition to home visits by Knights, their spouses and RLC members, we
raise money to purchase needed furniture, clothes, and baby supplies. From 2008 through the present, we have assisted fourteen moms. We support Religious Vocations by providing a monthly stipend to
local seminarians to assist them with expenses. We collect thousands of dollars each year for the K of C Bishop’s
Project, which is used to help children or adults with mental, physical,
or developmental problems in the St. Anthony School Program and at
the McGuire Memorial Home. You’ll see us at shopping centers passing
out Tootsie Rolls for donations, at Masses collecting ”pennies”, and
selling Christmas seals to raise funds for this charity. At Christmas time each year we purchase and deliver baskets of food to
needy families in our parish and adjoining ones. We provide free educational and religious booklets on the Faith that you
see in the vestibule of the church. We provide stimulus funds to help local parishes for costly projects. Recently we provided funds for half the cost of new the St. Bernadette
sound system. We have also assisted other local parishes with funds to
assist with needed repairs or facility improvements.
