Summer speeding by

If you have children, summer may not be over soon enough. But the calendar doesn't lie: the days are speeding past.

My grandmother used to say summer's downward slide started after Independence Day. But she lived outside Syracuse, NY, where fall starts early and spring arrives late.

Important dates to mark on your calendar:

Sept. 6: first Men's Club breakfast after the summer break.
Sept. 20th: meeting

October 4: parish fall festival. Last year, club members did a great job preparing the food. We will do it again.
Oct. 11: meeting
Oct. 18: Men's Day Celebration

Nov. 8th: breakfast
Nov. 14: Wine Tasting

Nothing in December. But plans change often.

Special anniversary

In November, the esteemed organization the Knights of Peter Claver marks 100 years since its founding in Mobile, Alabama. Starting with an original 40 members, the fraternal organization has grown to be the largest historically African-American lay organization numbering now some 18,000.

This video tells you a little more about the man behind the name.



There are knights among the club members. Their service is to be commended.