The Veterans Breakfast sponsored by the Reverend Joseph Donnelly Council of the Knights of Columbus Sunday was such a success it has already been determined to be an annual event honoring Veterans Day.
That was the announcement made by Grand Knight of the Council Mike Napolitan following Sunday’s breakfast at Our Lady of Perpetual Help auditorium.
In a letter to members of the Council who volunteered to make the event a success, Napolitano wrote
“Congratulations on a successful inaugural Veterans Appreciation Breakfast. The local Veterans in attendance were grateful for and pleased by this initial effort and are bringing back positive reviews to their Posts for greater attendance next year.
Special thanks to the numerous Brother and Sir Knights in our Council (and Assembly) for making this much needed recognition become reality.
Many thanks to all of our Faithful Officers for their excellent kitchen support and shift on the fly Tribute Ceremony Program participation and adjustments – well done Brothers Additional thanks to both the Vincent T. Lombardi Columbiettes for their patriotic decorations and to Sir Knight Deacon Marty for coming to the rescue in blessing our Veterans on very short notice.
Comments from our regular Parishioners and Patrons were all quite positive particularly in terms of the food, service and program content in grateful recognition of our local veterans as was evidenced by their more than $300 in voluntary donations.
The Reverend Joseph J. Donnelly Council is truly honored to be the initial Host Council for the Bishop McFaul Assembly program and we will independently continue this annual event for our Local Veterans going forward. (The Bishop McFaul Assembly are the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus and an Assembly to which many of the Knights from the Our Lady of Perpetual Help-St. Agnes parish belong.
