GREENSBORO — The Knights of Columbus ministry “Coats for Kids” is a national program devoted to providing warm winter clothing to deserving children. To date nationally, the Knights have donated half a million coats in North America and Canada.
To that end, St. Pius X Council 11101 Knights of Columbus recently delivered 168 winter coats to a local charitable organization, BackPackBeginnings, whose mission is to feed, comfort and clothe children in need. It is a volunteer effort providing comfort without charge to needy children in Greensboro and outlying communities.
The money to purchase the coats came from Brother Knights and the generosity of St. Pius X parishioners.
BackPackBeginnings has interacted with the Greensboro parish through its community life director, Carolyn Painley, who coordinated this effort as well as at Cone and Irving Park Elementary, Elm Street Head Start and Hope Academy.
Pictured are (from left): Clothing Pantry Chair Leigh Jones, District Deputy Knight John Joyce, Grand Knight Jim Duffy, Youth Chairman Dan Allen and Administrative Assistant Wendy Brewer.
— John Russell
GREENSBORO — Korean Catholics in Greensboro recently celebrated Chuseok, the Korean version of Thanksgiving.
Literally translated as “autumn eve,” Chuseok is the Korean harvest festival that is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar on the full moon, which means it is usually held around the autumn equinox.
On Sept. 23, parishioners at St. Peter Yu Church brought traditional foods such as songpyeon (a stuffed rice cake) to be blessed before Mass. Besides celebrating the harvest and the turn of the season, Koreans traditionally visit their family’s graves and pray for the dead during Chuseok.
— Photos provided by St. Peter Yu Korean Church
