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		<title>Catholic Citizenship Essay 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OVERVIEW This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their faith. The goal of this program is to involve young Catholics in grades 8 to 12 (public, private, parochial or home schools during the current school year) in civic discourse and instill in them religious and life-affirming values. The essay should be 500-750 words on a specific topic, changing every other year. Entrants will be judged on grammar, style, and how clearly&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest Winners 2024</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the winners (8th grade Alexis deLongpre, 9th grade Isabell Gunther, 10th Jeffrey M Asejo Domingo, 11th Yesnia Salazar, 12th Grade Victoria R Mayorquin. Judges were Fr Lalo &#38; BK Jeff Ripa and Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest Chairmen BK Jack Schwarzel OVERVIEW This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their faith. The goal of this program is to involve young Catholics in grades 8 to 12 (public, private, parochial or&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2023-2024 Star Council Award!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Council 3162 has earned the 2023-2024 Star Council Award! Star Council Award 2023 – 2024 Fraternal Year The Star Council Award recognizes outstanding achievement in membership, insurance and programming. In order to achieve the Star Council Award, a council must earn the Father McGivney, Founders’, and Columbian Awards. Additionally, the council must submit both the&#160;Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity&#160;(#1728) and&#160;Service Program Personnel Report&#160;(#365). In the United States and Canada councils must also be fully compliant with applicable&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>75th Anniversary Gala Event UPDATED July 2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1948 Council 3162 Knights of Columbus de Francia have been serving the community of Oceanside and surrounding areas in the spirit of our founder Fr Michael J. McGivney, Charity, Unity, Patriotism in solidarity with the Mission San Luis Rey Parish.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ivey Ranch Visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2022 00:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today our council visited https://iveyranch.com on May 7th, 2022 and received a tour and information about the good work being done at Ivey Ranch. The Council presented a check for $1,308 as part of our ID Drive Special Needs Campaign which benefits children and adults with special needs. Thank you to all who volunteered their time and donated resources to this wonderful ministry. More information regarding our councils effort in this area can be found at https://kofc3162.org/intellectual-disability-drive/&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HONORARY MEMBER AND HONORARY LIFE MEMBER&#8217;S</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Honorary Membership is for members who have attained the actual age of 65 and who have been members of the Order for 25 consecutive years. Honorary Life Membership is for members who have attained the actual age of 70 and who have been members of the Order for 25 consecutive years and for those who have been members of the Order for 50 consecutive years, regardless of age]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Monday Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2021 16:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[70 years of Service &#8212; June 18, 2018&#8211; Congratulations to our Knights of Columbus 3162 for 70 years of service to the Mission and Parish. Fr. Vince recently presented the Knights with this beautiful San Damiano cross. On the reverse are the words Jesus said to St. Francis of Assisi&#8211; Go, repair my Church. Francis thought Jesus was asking him to repair the tumble down chapel where he was praying. But Jesus was asking Francis to transform&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Family of the Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Overview Each month, the council selects one Knight family that models Christian family values and visibly lives them every day. Once a year, each participating council also selects one of the previous twelve Family of the Month winners to represent the council/parish as the potential international Family of the Year. The Knights of Columbus Family of the Year is chosen by the Supreme Council and recognized each year at the annual Supreme Convention. Month Family 21- May&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Knight of the Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Knight of the Month Each month, the council Knight of the Month committee selects a Knight who exemplifies our four core principles of the Knights of Columbus: Unity, Charity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. This person has gone above and beyond to show exactly what it means to be a Knight. The Knight of the Month Program is extremely valuable for the recognition of outstanding Council members. The recognition of a brother Knight for exceptional contributions to the Council&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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