LOURDES SHRINE

Each August, Gilmour knights invite the developmentally disabled to Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in Euclid for 9:30 AM Mass. The knights process in with the celebrant. Residents—attending Mass with their families or drivers—and the knights—attending with their wives—enjoy a breakfast together in the shrine’s cafeteria directly afterward.

Twelve Gilmour knights processed behind the Cross on August 28, 2022. The Gilmour Council provides breakfast for Special Needs individuals at the cafeteria after Mass. (Knights and their families are on their own for breakfast.) This year, St Clare’s Special Needs School and Koinonia Homes were invited to send clients to the Mass and breakfast. This activity is supported by the contributions made at the springtime Measure-Up collections at the three council parishes. Those collections also support Gilmour Council’s Special Needs Kinkopf Picnic in June as well as the Ohio State Council’s Special Needs activities.