Knights of Columbus , Council No. 12235
Holy Cross Catholic Church, Orlando, Florida
The Knights of Columbus, Council No. 12235, Holy Cross Catholic Church, Orlando, Florida welcomes you to our website. Here you will find information regarding our council, our Knights, and a bit of the history of the Knights of Columbus and membership benefits.
Please feel free to contact the Grand Knight or any members if you have any questions or if you would like to join and get involved. We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Our Council meets twice a month. On the first Monday of each month we have an Officers Meeting in the Holy Cross Ministry Building at 8:00 PM; and on the third Monday of each month we have a General Membership Meeting in the Holy Cross Ministry Building also at 8:30 PM.
All practicing Catholic men (over 18 years old) are invited to join our Council. Please contact the Grand Knight, Dr. Joseph A. Fernandez, phone # 305-297-2120 or via email at:jfernandez@kofc12235.org , or contact any Knights of Columbus member to get more information.
Any of the Brother Knights at Council 12235 listed herein can be contacted in a variety of ways: email, phone, personal contact or at church since they are visible in numerous ways during the weekend services. Most of the Brothers wear polo shirts (navy blue or red).with the Knights of Columbus emblem.
Grand Knight: SK Joseph A. Fernandez, D.B.A., email: jfernandez@kofc12235.org
Deputy Grand Knight: Jacob H. Donnay, email: jakedonnay@gmail.com
Chancellor: SK Michael F. Dyrland, email: mdyrand@aol.com
Financial Secretary: William Krichman, email: wkrichma@mail.usf.edu
Recorder: Aaron Batson, email: aaronbatson88@gmail.com
Warden: Joseph Previlma, email: jprevilma@aol.com
Treasurer: SK Serapio (Skip) Munoz, email: smunoz@kofc12235.org
Advocate: Michael Cremin, email: mibetc@earthlink.net
Inside Guard: Charlie Rodriguez, email: ctexasranger@aol.com
Outside Guard: Luis Ramos, email: casioman123@hotmail.com
One Year Trustee: SK Alfred L. Hollowell Sr., email: ahollowell1935@msn.com
Two Year Trustee: SK Arnaldo Picariello, email: picariello@bellsouth.net
Three Year Trustee: SK Benjamin Hernandez, email: bhernandez31@hotmail.com
Lecturer: Sinclair Cushmore, email: sinclaircushmore@yahoo.com
Chaplain: Father Juanito Figura, email: jfigura@hccchurch.org
Any of the Gentlemen listed above can be contacted in a variety of ways: email, phone, personal contact or at church since they are visible in numerous ways during the weekend services.
We welcome any inquiry you might make, and would be glad to contact you and arrange to come to one of our meetings, and become active in our organization.
The many activities we participate in at Holy Cross are:
Monthly Blood Drive
Annual Parking Lot “Garage Sale”
Annual Lenten Fish Fry
Monthly Corporate Communion
Tootsie Roll Fund Raiser (Supreme Council Activity that has National Recognition)
Project to “Keep Christ In Christmas”, by making religious Christmas Cards available to parishioners, as well as having magnets available that depict the real meaning of Christmas.
Christmas time Candy Cane fundraiser
Visiting of Nursing Homes and the Russell Home