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Happening ... in the Local Church
 Tickets
in the raffle of the 1965 “Milano Maroon” Corvette Stingray will
continue to be sold until Aug. 15. Proceeds will benefit the newly
established Knights of Columbus Seminarian Endowment Fund. Above is the
Corvette during a stop in Anderson. (Photo provided) |
By Caroline B. Mooney
The
Catholic Moment
A unique fund-raiser benefitting the financial needs of diocesan seminarians is off to a speedy start.
Twenty-seven Knights of Columbus councils in the diocese have gotten enthusiastic support from many pastors in the raffle of a 1965 “Milano Maroon” Corvette Stingray, appraised at $39,000. Tickets cost $10 each.
Raffle proceeds will be placed in a newly established “Knights of Columbus Seminarian Endowment Fund” to serve the financial needs of diocesan seminarians.
“Several parishes without K of C councils have asked to participate and are selling tickets through their parish office, Holy Name Society or Serra Club,” said David Pauley, raffle marketing and promotion chair. “Several seminarians also have assisted in the promotion and sales events at their home parishes. Catholic Radio FM 89.1 has been running an advertisement up to five times each day and has information on its Web site.”
Since the fund-raiser began May 1, many councils have sold nearly half of their raffle tickets. Tickets are still available from Knights of Columbus members and can be requested online at www.priestforever.org.
Each year, the vocations director will receive a check from the endowment to pay for extra expenses, including extra books, conferences, emergency travel, car repairs or even clothing for a seminarian who might be destitute. The Local Church has 30 seminarians studying for the priesthood.
The fund-raiser was organized by Knights of Columbus Council 11044, which serves St. Maria Goretti Church, Westfield, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Carmel.
Envelopes for donations will be available wherever tickets are sold.
The winning ticket will be drawn at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel’s parish picnic on Aug. 28. The Knights hope to sell at least 10,000 tickets. If any are left, they will be sold that day.
The Corvette will be hauled on a trailer for display at several locations this summer. The schedule follows:
June 26: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Lafayette; and 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., St. Lawrence Church, Lafayette;
June 27: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Church of the Blessed Sacrament’s Irish Festival, West Lafayette;
July 3: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Haynes-Apperson Festival, downtown Kokomo;
July 4: noon to 4 p.m., St. Joseph Church, Lebanon;
July 10: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.; and July 11: 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., St. Maria Goretti Church, Westfield;
July 17: 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Knights of Columbus golf outing, Tippecanoe Country Club, Monticello;
July 18: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Our Lady of Grace Church, Noblesville;
July 25: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Cecilia Church, DeMotte;
July 29, 30 and 31: 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., SetonFest, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Carmel;
August 1: 8 a.m. to noon, St. John Vianney Church, Fishers;
August 7: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. car show, Grissom Air Force Base, Peru;
August 8: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., St. Louis de Montfort Church, Fishers;
August 14: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and August 15: 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Alphonsus Church, Zionsville;
August 21: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Elwood Glass Festival, Callaway Park, Elwood; and
August 22: 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., St. Mary Church, Frankfort.