Congratulation to the entire Council for all the work done in completing 500 Knight Hands projects. It is a rewarding and humbling experience to be part of a group of […]
Knight Hands Remodeling a Kitchen David Dybala, Hector Rubio, Jorge Ruiz and yours truly, arrived at the home of Louise Utley on the morning of Wednesday October 23rd with the […]
Property Improvement Program In the Spring of 2017, your Knights of Columbus, through Knight Hands, first participated in P.I.P. The picture below is from the very first P.I.P. project completed […]
Remember when? On Thursday evening, November 1, 2012 someone stole the Knights’ grill from church property. Fr. Joe actually saw the grill leaving and thought to himself, “The Knights must […]
Knights Hands at Work Alex Carlson led the charge on Saturday morning September 7th, 2024 during the tree trimming and tree cutting at the home of Catherine Lawler in Cedar […]
PIP Days 2024 Project Another City of Duncanville PIP Days project was completed for a local resident on Saturday April 27, 2024 by the Knights of Council 8157. The project […]
Saturday April 27, was an unusually busy day for the Knights of Council 8157. The first event Knights participated in was Special Olympics. From a backyard summer camp for people […]
Knight Hands on the job Knight Hands are never short of responding to those who ask for help. When Jessica Huckabe asked the Knights for help with repairing their water […]
On Saturday November 18, 2023 Knight Hands were completing projects at two different locations. David Dybala, Director of Knight Hands, was busy at the home of Roy Cormier as he […]
As is often the case, Knight Hands has repeat clients – I suggest Knight Hands does complete and neat jobs. And so it was at 8am on Saturday Nov. 11, […]
Each spring and fall residents of Duncanville are encouraged to submit applications to the City of Duncanville for consideration of the Property Improvement Program. The accepted applicants receive assistance to […]
On March 21st and 22nd, 2022, a number of Knight Hands gathered to build the pedestal for the newly arrived statue of St Joseph in the courtyard. Shortly thereafter the […]
As the thirteenth anniversary of Knight Hands approaches, the pride and joy of our council is still going strong. Their latest project was participating in PIP (Property Improvement Program). PIP […]
Me neither. So it was an interesting request by Kristine Kurrasch – Holy Spirit’s Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry when she asked Knight Hands to build 5 of […]
The finished product looks like a castle but in fact it is a playground set for youngsters. Knight Hands got involved when Rachel Cromwell-Reetz (Holy Spirit Youth Ministry Coordinator) contacted […]
Around 8am on December 10, 2022, several chain saws fired up as work began on trimming the trees in and around the courtyard at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. This job […]
When Holy Spirit administrators – especially Tammie Marceleno, Outreach Coordinator for Holy Spirit asked Knight Hands to “spruce up” the food pantry room, David Dybala, Director of Knight Hands said […]
Armed with 2 extendable pole chain saws and 5 standard chain saws, seven Knight Hands tackled the job of cleaning up the back and front yard of Wanda Hixon who […]
On the morning of July 14, 2022, four Knight Hands gathered at the home John Davis in Duncanville to construct a handicap ramp. Mr. Davis just received his powered wheelchair […]
On Tuesday morning June 14, 2022 (a very hot day indeed), five brave Knights began the work of tearing down dilapidated fencing and a rotted gate and building a new […]
Ramping Up During the past 12 years Knight Hands has built 8 handicap ramps in the surrounding communities. Some were very intricate – remember Precious Bell and Hector Rubio? Each […]
There was a flurry of activity on the Tuesday morning May 3, 2022 as 18 Knights and three parish members plus Fr. Eugene arrived about 9:30 am to plant holly […]
What is in the heart of these dedicated, kind, generous men who are willing to give up a day or two of their lives to help a lady they have […]
RECTORY REMODEL When the plumbing pipes froze in the rectory at Holy Spirit Church during a very cold winter storm early this year, the floor of the ground level unit was […]
Fr. Eugene wasn’t very impressed with the condition of the doors in the church classroom area – particularly the restroom doors and asked David Dybala if the Knights of Columbus […]
While much time and effort by Knight Hands lately has been expended on moving tables, chairs, pianos/organ, bookcases, pews and many other items to prepare the church for renovation, many […]
Knight Hands were once again called upon by the church; this time to return the pews from the Narthex to the sanctuary at the Church. You may recall that on […]
There was a flurry of activity on the morning of June 5th, 2021 as twenty-five Knights of Columbus arrived to remove the pews from the sanctuary. It was like an […]
There was no shortage of energy or willingness or Knights on the morning of May 19, 2021 as 15 Knights assembled to begin the process of moving furniture from the […]
The Turner Estate Sale this Friday and Saturday This Friday and Saturday we will hold an Estate Sale to benefit our brother Charles Turner as he starts a new chapter […]
