The Knights of Columbus Is a Catholic Men's organization
founded in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, in New Haven, Connecticut. Today,
more than a century later, the Knights of Columbus has become the largest lay
organization in the Catholic Church. Council 12686 is an actively growing
young council founded in the year 2000 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in
Metairie.
Please contact Peter Comeaux at 833-9843 (or any of the
officers) for information on joining the council. Please
click on links at left for specific information.
The Photo Galleries has pictures from many of
our activities over the years.
Member Services
(password
protected)
access contact: david.lynch@council12686.org
833-5327
Making the Garden
for the Monument to the Unborn
October, 2011
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here for more pictures
Installation
of Officers
July 9, 2011

Installation of Officers
At the general meeting, July, 2011 these officers were
installed:
Grand
Knight: Ken Krey
Deputy Grand Knight: Carl Helmers
Chancellor: John Chryssoverges
Financial Secretary: Jerald Madere
Treasurer: Bill Walker
Recorder:
Bob Borne
Advocate:
George Comeaux
Warden: Erwin Caswell
1st Year Trustee: Paul Bates
2nd Year Trustee: Peter Comeaux
3rd Year Trustee: Louis Bienvenu
Inside Guard: Sal D'Antoni
Outside Guard: Billy Hartfield
Blue Mass
to honor our First Responders
May 15, 2011


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for more pictures,
and a caption with the names on offices of these gentlemen.
Dedication of the
Monument to the Unborn
March 20, 2011

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here for more pictures
The Monument to
the Unborn has been Installed!
Many thanks are due to the Past Grand
Knights, Dennis and Mickey, who drove the project,
and to everyone who organized fundraisers and worked on them,
and especially to our donors who contributed money directly to the project.

Donations and Youth Awards
Over the 10 years of our existence, our council has made
many contributions to to charity, and cash awards to winners of our contests for
youths. Ron Altobello compiled a list of these, available here as a .pdf
document.
Click Here to see the .pdf
doc.
Our
'Founder', Msgr. Roger Swenson at the 2009 Installation Ceremony
May he rest in peace in the eternal company of the Lord.
from the archive...
Blue Mass 2008
as featured on the inside back cover of the
September 2008 Columbia
Magazine...

News - Updated 11/26/2011
:
Defeat Hunger
Defeat hunger by volunteering your SUV or pickup truck to deliver food to St. Vincent dePaul units nearby. Call Ken Krey at
831-3382
Fraternal Activities Survey
Remember, turn in your monthly tally and
then turning it in monthly tally to our Financial Secretary, Jerry Madere. Forms are
available from him and from this website (click here)
Chapel of the Holy Innocents
On Monday, August 7, 2006, Mickey
Lacombe, Grand Knight, presented Monsignor Roger A. Swenson, Pastor of St.
Catherine of
Siena
Church
with a check for $10,000 to help defray the cost of the new Chapel of the Holy
Innocents. This money was raised from pledged donations of individual members of
this council over a period of 5 years and was added to various fundraising
efforts in the same period.
The Chapel of the Holy Innocents was created from the
old baptistry under the bell tower
of
St. Catherine
’s church.
The chapel of the Holy Innocents is a special chapel
where continuous adoration is practiced 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by the
Catholic faithful.

(Past) Grand Knight Michael Lacombe presented the check
for $10,000 to Monsignor Swenson
Background: Our council considers the Chapel of the Holy
innocents our statement against abortion. Backing our convictions with a
visible presence, this council voted at the general meeting, 1-7-02, to
contribute$10,000 over a period of 5 years to renovate the old Baptistry
into a chapel separate from the main church. This chapel would serve as the
place for daily Mass and perpetual adoration, also. Knights in this
council were suggested to give $40.00 per year for 5 years that makes $200.00
per knight.
Chapel Fund Honor Roll
Council 5yr. Pledge: $10,000
Individual members 5yr. Pledges: $6776.55
Totals and donors by year
| 2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
| $1,568.50 |
$1483.87 |
$1456.00 |
$1428.18 |
$850.00 |
|
| Ronald
Altobello |
Mark Landry |
Mark Landry |
Mickey LaCombe |
Mickey LaCombe |
| Daniel
Civello |
Joe Maples |
Mickey LaCombe |
Dan Civello |
Dan Civello |
| George
Comeaux |
Bruce Perone |
Dan Civello |
J. Daigre |
J. Daigre |
| Dennis
Couvillon |
Nano Turchi |
J. Daigre |
Charlie Favret |
Charlie Favret |
| Sal
D'Antoni |
Michael Lacombe |
Charlie Favret |
Michael Brasset |
Preston
Ritchie |
| James
Daigre |
Ronald Altobello |
Michael
Brasset |
Sal Dantoni |
Steve
Albares |
| Leo
Falgout |
Preston Ritchie |
David
Lynch |
Mark Landry |
Robert
Borne |
| James
Gedicke |
Dan Civello |
Bill
Walker |
Ric Rodriguez |
Ronald
Altobello |
| Billy
Hartfield |
George Comeaux |
Ronald
Altobello |
Ronald
Altobello |
Mike
Brasset |
| James
Hritz |
J. Daigre |
Peter
Comeaux |
Bob
Borne |
Steve
Bujol |
| Kenneth
Krey |
Charlie Favret |
James
Daigre |
Ken
Krey |
Dennis
Couvillon |
| Mike
Lacombe |
David Lynch |
Stephen
Bujol |
David
Lynch |
Jim
Gedicke |
| Mark
Lewis |
Bill Walker |
Earl
Wilson |
Preston
Ritchie |
Billy
Hartfield |
| Don
Richard |
Dennis Couvillon |
Steven
Albares |
Bill
Walker |
Jerry
Madere |
| Rick
Rodriguez |
Steve Albares |
Preston
Ritchie |
Jerry
Madere |
Charles
Robards |
| Nano
Turchi |
Michael Brasset |
Emile
Casadaban |
Dennis
Couvillon |
J.
Calcote |
| Anthony
Maurin |
Billy Hartfield |
Ken
Krey |
Francis
Dally |
Frank
Daly |
| Robert
Borne |
Robert Borne |
Dennis
Couvillon |
Steve
Albares |
Bob
Farmer |
| Peter
Comeaux |
Anthony Maurin |
Bob
Farmer |
Charles
Robards |
David
Lynch |
| David
Lynch |
Ricardo Rodriguez |
Leo
Falgout |
Peter
Comeaux |
Tony
Maurin |
| Charles
G. Favret |
Joseph Chryssoverges |
Tony
Maurin |
Stephen
Bujol |
|
| Gary
Hagan |
Carl Hellmers |
Carl
Hellmers |
Anthony
Maurin |
|
| Mark
C. Landry |
Paul Bates |
Jim
Gedicke |
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| Earl
M. Wilson, III |
Ken Krey |
George
Comeaux |
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| Bill
Walker |
Jim Gedicke |
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| Emile
Casadaban |
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| Tom
Lockhart |
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| Robert
M. Farmer |
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| Joe
Maples |
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| Carl
Hellmers |
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| Mike
Brasset |
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| Steven
M. Albares |
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| Tom
Bohnensteihl |
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| Paul
Bates |
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| Jerald
R. Madere |
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| Kenneth
Fleming |
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| Kurt
C. Garcia |
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| Chas
Robards |
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| Bruce
Perone |
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| Joseph
Chryssoverges |
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Ideas
Needed!
If you think of any activities we can do -
fundraising or otherwise, please contact Grand Knight Paul Bates.
Photo Gallery
photos from many of our council activities.
Links to other web sites
K of C Supreme Council Site Louisiana
State Council Site Our
Founder, Father McGivney, website click
here to see links of hundreds of other councils St.
Catherine of Siena Parish Website St. Catherine of Siena Men's Club website St.
Catherine of Siena School CYLA
form for 2010-2011 school year
website built and maintained by:
David Lynch
833-5327
David's K of C email: david.lynch@council12686.org
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