CNA Staff, May 19, 2020 / 16:00 pm
The St. Scholastica Council 14485 of the Knights of Columbus thought they were doing a routine community service project, clearing out vegetation at a summer camp. They did not expect to stumble upon a long-forgotten shrine to the Virgin Mary.
The local knights' council in Lecanto, Florida, has worked with the Our Lady of Good Counsel Camp for years. The camp, which is located in Floral City, is a co-ed youth camp in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, and it is run by the pastor of St. Scholastica Parish.
According to the Knights of Columbus, "it was natural that when the grounds needed some sprucing up and physical improvements, the Knights were called into action," they said in a release.
The knights were instructed to build a path that would improve accessibility to the camp and chapel for campers with physical disabilities. While they were working on that project, they happened upon "a clump of rocks covered with vegetation."