Jack's Pack

Eat, Pray, Enjoy

Would you like to HELP a WORTHY CAUSE and ENJOY doing it?   Do you like to EAT, hear a good SPEAKER, share a few LAUGHS with friends, or meet new FRIENDS?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, try JACK’s PACK.  

Each dinner features a 4-course meal plus a speaker on various topics ranging from sports, local history, our county, our government, and OUR FAITH. Speakers have ranged from sports figures Lanny Frattare, Greg Brown, Tom Donahoe, and Jim O’Brien to local historians Steve Russell and Trip Cline to elected officials Gene Vittone and Larry Maggi to Linda Ritzer, Kathy Miller, and Father John Marcucci.  The speakers have discussed topics as varied as the dinner menu. Each dinner also has a designated charitable purpose. The local food bank, Madonna Catholic, and the Bishop’s Project for the Maguire home are just a few of the many beneficiaries the dinners have HELPED,    

Dinners happen eight times per year at 6 p.m. in Marion Hall in Charleroi. The next Jack’s Pack dinner will be held on Thursday, August 31st, 2023, at 6 p.m. in Marian Hall.  The cost is $15, and proceeds will benefit the Special Olympics through the Knights of Columbus charities. We will have a special speaker, Chuck Correal. He was a standout center for the Penn State Nittany Lions, Philadelphia Eagles, Atlanta Falcons, and the Pittsburgh Maulers. The menu will include green salad, shredded beef sliders, Lobster mac & cheese, summer garden vegetables, and apple cobbler with ice cream.

With a few fish and a couple of loaves of bread, Christ fed 5,000.  This Gospel passage reminds us that it is essential to Feed your Mind, your Body, and your SPIRIT. Please join us!  For more information, call Mark Alerici at 724-797-1634 or Mike Lucas at 724-554-9387.