Four Knights of Columbus Council 11369 members along with other parishioners from St Michael Parish updated the ceiling lights inside the church in the early part of November.

The council agreed to rent the equipment to reach the ceiling, while a generous parishioner who wished to remain anonymous donated the LED bulbs.

It took several days, but Father Tery Hazel wasa thrilled that the church is bright with light once again.

Some of the bulbs along the ceiling had been burned out for years, and one of the fixtures had recently fallen off the ceiling and was hanging by the electrical wires, necessitating an emergency repair.

All the fixtures were checked to be sure they’re safe.

The ceiling lighting is critical for the church during 4:30 Saturday Mass during the months of November, December and opart of January, when it’s dark after dismissal.

Council 11369 recently wrote two checks for $545 each to St Michael Parish and the Society of St Paul.

Each check represent approximately 15% of the net proceeds of Charity Raffle sales for 2017.

Above, Fr. Matthew Roehrig at St Paul’s accepts a check from GK Miros Maszczak and DGK Vic Buente.

Fr. Roehrig is a charter member of council 11369, just recently transferred back to Ellsworth.

Here are the final results from the 2017 ticket campaign:

11369 CASH BONANZA STATE RAFFLE RESULTS FOR 2017 (rev 1/18)
Goal: 700 tickets (10 per member)
Sold: 821 tickets!! (11.7 per member)
Gross Dollar Sales: $4105.00 ($5 per ticket)
Council share initially: $1970.40 (2.40 per ticket)
Rebate Check: $1608.50
Total Charitable Monies for Council: approx. $3578.90
Total per ticket for council: $4.36 of each $5 ticket. (87.18% return)
Remember, even a portion of the STATE money goes to charity. Matching Funds, Christmas gifts for local seminarians, etc.
Participation: 36 members! We reached another goal of having at least 35 salesmen. We’re up from 21 from last year.