KERNERSVILLE — Holy Cross Parish Knight of Columbus Council 8509 joined the local community on Aug. 19 during the annual Honeybee Festival in Kernersville.
The Knights spent the entire seven hours passing out Tootsie rolls, accepting any amount of donations, and telling people about the organization, raising funds for local charity and operation L.A.M.B. – a charity which helps those with intellectual disabilities.
“At this year’s Honeybee festival, we had a record-setting year collecting for special education programs within the Forsyth County school district.
The Knights are very grateful to the community for their outstanding support,” said fundraiser organizer, Dennis Machuga.
— Photos by Paul Doizé | Catholic News Herald
HUNTERSVILLE — St. Mark Church Respect Life hosted North Carolina Right to Life’s annual Camp Joshua teen pro-life training seminar on Aug. 11 -12.
More than 30 high school students attended the training to learn how to advocate pro-life beliefs from a medical and philosophical perspective before they headed back to school.
The seminar covered age-appropriate topics including history of abortion and pro-life laws, fetal development, abortion pill reversal, and how to counter pro-abortion arguments through reasoning and science.
The event also featured a special livestream from sidewalk counselors praying in front of an abortion facility in Greensboro.
The two-day event was the second and final camp this summer organized by North Carolina Right to Life, with the first being held at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Raleigh in July.
Dr. Bill Pincus, president of North Carolina Right to Life and parishioner at St. Joseph Church in Asheboro, was pleased at the turnout and enthusiasm of the attendees.
“The combined Raleigh and Charlotte Camp Joshua events were the largest ever in the history of North Carolina Right to Life,” Pincus said. “We wish to thank St. Mark's Catholic Church for allowing us to use their facilities to help promote a culture of life throughout North Carolina.”
For more information about future Camp Joshua camps and other pro-life activities, visit North Carolina Right to Life at: www.ncrtl.org.
— Mike FitzGerald
