The Knights of Columbus Council 6409 thank all who donated at our blood drive on September 18th. Donors contributed 36 units of life saving blood. Thanks for giving the gift of life! Our next drive will be on Sunday December 18th . Please contact John Windlinger 847-312-3194 to schedule .

St. Vincent de Paul was born of poor parents in the village of Pouy in France.  He enjoyed his first schooling under the Franciscan Fathers. In 1596, he began his theological studies, and four years later was ordained a priest. In 1605, he sailed on a voyage from Marseilles to Narbonne, he fell into the hands of African pirates and was taken as a slave for about two years. Upon escaping, and after a brief visit to Rome, he returned to France where he soon begin to preach missions and laid the foundations of a congregation which became the Congregation of the Mission, or Lazarists. It would be nearly impossible to enumerate all the works of this servant of God. Charity was his predominant virtue. It extended to all classes of persons, and from children to those in old age. The Sisters of Charity also owe the foundation of their congregation to St. Vincent. Though honored by so many, St. Vincent de Paul remained deeply rooted in humility. The "Apostle of Charity" died at the age of eighty on September 27, 1660.