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		<title>Squires/Roses of Council #3162 Receive d’Elite Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the 2024-2025 Columbian Year, the Mission San Luis Rey Parish Squires/Roses received the Corps d&#8217;Elite Award from the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus. These young people distributed over 13 tons of food, hosted the Silver Rose of Guadalupe, engaged 2,000 people in prayer, and helped the Diocese of San Diego Walk4Life. Congratulations to them and their counselors.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Catholic Citizenship Essay 2025</title>
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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>Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[*Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest* Join the Knights of Columbus in encouraging all Catholic students grades 8th thru 12th, to sign up for the Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest. This years topic is &#8220;Virtue&#8221;, with all essays due no later than Sun, Nov 19th. First place winners in each grade will receive awards and will move on to District competition. Please visit the KofC table after mass to register and for more details. Vivat Jesus!]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Free Throw Championship, Jan 7, 2023 Sat 9am-12pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2022 17:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There was a nice turnout, and It was a pleasure to see the kids have fun and the knights as well and show off their basketball skills. Youth members came out from the parish and the local community and neighborhoods. Date: Saturday January 7, 2023 FREE THROW CHAMPIONSHIP Boys and Girls Ages 9-14 (Eligibility is determined by age as of January 1, 2023) Since 1972, local Knights of Columbus councils have sponsored the&#160;Free Throw Championship&#160;all across the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Keep Chris in Christmas! Pictures for the 2021 Keep Christ in Christmas-Christmas Cards Sales by the Knights of Columbus/Squires/Squire Roses. Christmas Cards Sale 2021, Our Council will be having the Christmas Cards Sale Event this year after the following masses: Saturday November 6, 13, 27 (4pm mass at the Serra Center) Sunday November 7, 14,&#160; 28 (7am mass at the Mission; 8am, 10am, 12pm &#38; 5pm masses at the Serra Center) The proceeds will help support two&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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