Knights of Columbus
Mothers Day Family Dance

On Saturday May 12, 2012 The Knights of Columbus will be honoring moms and family by sponsoring the annual Mothers Day Dance.  It will be held in the Fr. Paddy Kennedy Parish Center here at St Timothy.  We are hoping for a great turnout, and are asking all to attend.  It will be a family event, bring everyone along.  Tickets will be available immediately, they will be $15 per each adult or $40 for the entire family.  We will be serving a roast beef dinner, prepared by Dave Ellis and crew.  We will also have a few items geared more for the children.  There will also be adult beverages available. There will be entertainment for listening and dancing, supplied by “The Sounds of Paradiso”.  For tickets please call Pat at 813-968-6008 or 813-629-6948.

Also you can call the church office to reserve tickets.

Knights show support at the "Leap for Life" Benefit

Posted by:  Carl Attkins, March 3, 2012

Wednesday night, February 29th, the Knights of Columbus were well represented at the "Leap for Life" fundraising benefit in honor of LifeChoices Women's Care Center located in Lutz, Florida.   The sold out event, which hosted nearly 300 supporters, was a great testament to the commitment for Life from Parishioners of St. Timothy, St. Marks and Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Churches.   Special recognition was give to the Knights of Columbus for their contributions and volunteer support in helping LifeChoices move to its new location at 1527 Dale Mabry Hwy., Suite 101, Lutz FL 33548. 

LifeChoices Women's Care is a nonprofit early pregnancy medical clinic helping women in unplanned pregnancies to choose life for their babies.  Serving nearly 700 clients in 2011 they provide, free of charge, services that include confidential counseling, limited obstetrical ultrasounds, prenatal vitamins, nursing assessments, options counseling, abortion education and help women and men who seek healing from the past decision of an abortion for their babies through their HEART program (Healing the Effects of Abortion Related Trauma) post abortion support.  Visit them online at  http://lifechoiceswomenscare.org/.

Dr. Gilbert Ortiz Council Cares for the Community

Posted by: Eric Matos, January 2, 2012

On a very cold 22 degree frigid weather morning on December 28th in the downtown streets of Tampa, Brother Eric Matos from the Dr. Gilbert Ortiz Council 13525 of Saint Timothy Catholic Church in Lutz led a large group of his brother knights to the Santa Maria Catholic Mission located at 14004 North 15th Street in Tampa. The mission is an outreach mission from Saint Mary's Catholic Church in North Tampa. The council members wanted to help the church by assisting and feeding the homeless and poor of the local neighborhood. In this section of Tampa, there many people of many backgrounds who come to the church seeking help. The members started their operation at 7 a.m. and finished around 2 p.m. Each month, the church tries to assist about 200 to about 300 people from the area.

The meal consisted of hot, fresh spaghetti, clam chowder, salad, bread, cake and other various items including coffee. The knights worked inside the open aired church that only supports a fairly new roof according to Father Ramon Hernandez, Ret., Pastor of the mission, who says the roof just turned 5 years old. Father Hernandez said that about 350 people attend mass each Sunday at the church that is in the middle of a corner plot in a residential neighborhood. He also related that ever since the church first held its first mass on the grounds, that the local Knights of Columbus has always been there to assist in whatever needed to be done. Dr. Gilbert Ortiz Council 13525, Christ the King Council 12165, St. Mary of the Grove Council 11135, Tampa Council 667, Sacred Heart Council 12110, St Lawrence Council 11830 and Incarnation Council 8612 have all helped with projects.

Today, the Knights cooked and served to about 300 people of all ages as they huddled together to keep warm. They were organized by a couple of the church leaders, one, Odeenna, a lady who assists Father Hernandez, had just lost her husband about a month ago to Cancer, was busy with several people with several individual needs. Several men of the mission was inquiring about the knights and District Deputy Jose Raimundi was at hand explaining all that the Knight of Columbus was all about. Another member of the church, a very tall and outspoken community leader directed the people according to their needs and wants. The hot food was a well favored hit of the cold neighborhood who received it with open hands and warm friendly smiles.

Council 13525 Honors Altar Servers

Posted by: Joe Gengo, July 19, 2010

The Knights of Columbus Council 13525 from St.Timothy Parish, Lutz FL, participated again this year in recognizing its outstanding ALTAR SERVERS!!!

This year was very special, because we had two exceptional and very devoted Servers, Vanessa Yore and Anthony Zelinski, who were awarded The Annual Knight's OUTSTANDING SERVER AWARDS PLAQUE AND IN ADDITION WERE AWARDED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS for their very exceptional spiritual services to our Parish Community.

What made this so much fun this year, was partly due to the Q-ZAR Lazer fun and gun competition, along with some of the best Pizzas ever tasted (according to our Altar Servers).

Grand Knight, Joe Gengo, made the Award Presentations and Walt Poff, the KC Vocations Chairman, assisted by presenting the Money Envelopes.

It was a great day and represents what the Knights are all about.

OUR THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR ALTAR SERVERS !!!!