Knights of Columbus Assembly Advisor Holy Spirit Assembly 3588 October, 2018 Volume 4 Number 10

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1 Knights of Columbus Assembly Advisor Holy Spirit Assembly 3588 October, 2018 Volume 4 Number 10 Assembly Mission To support the mission of the Knights of Columbus, acknowledge a belief in God, to promote charitable works, and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, active duty military, and their families, both at home and abroad. For God and Country, we advocate for veterans, educate our communities, and promote patriotism, good citizenship, faith and God s grace. Assembly Vision - To support the vision of the Knights of Columbus while becoming one of the recognized leaders in our community for providing support for our veterans, our military, and their families by shaping a positive future in an atmosphere of fellowship, patriotism, peace and security. OCTOBER 24, 2018 The October Meeting will be at Incarnate Word Parish Olive Blvd. Chesterfield, MO The meeting will start promptly at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, October 24, The November Meeting will be held at Incarnate Word at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 FROM THE FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR: Brother Sir Knights and Ladies, Holy Spirit (West StL County) 4 th Degree Assembly Joe Burleski Greetings from your Holy Spirit 4 th Degree Assembly! Thank You to everyone who helped make our Assembly s 3 rd anniversary celebration on September 26 very special! We re looking forward to a great 4 th year as well as a great future. October 27 Assembly Trivia Night. There are still openings for our Assembly s first-ever Trivia Night to support our military and patriotic mission and causes. This special event will be held Saturday evening, October 27, at Incarnate Word School cafeteria. No need to be a Trivia expert. Fun & Fellowship will be had by all plus prizes galore! Our next monthly Assembly meeting will be held Wednesday, October 24, the normal 4 th Wednesday of the month, at Incarnate Word (school cafeteria). The meeting will begin at 7pm with refreshments being served both before (6:30pm start) and after the meeting. 1 Our Holy Spirit Assembly has a number of events planned and is looking forward to a great year ahead! Always check out our monthly newsletter as well as our Holy Spirit Assembly website ( for all the latest happenings, upcoming events, and schedules. Thank You for all that YOU do! Joe Burleski, Faithful Navigator Holy Spirit (West StL County) Assembly #3588 Past Grand Knight, Ascension Council # Burleski@sbcglobal.net Home phone: HOLY SPIRIT ASSEMBLY TRIVIA NIGHT Grab friends, family, neighbors and co-workers and plan to attend the Holy Spirit Assembly Trivia Contest at Incarnate Word on Saturday, October 27. What do you have to do, you ask? First, buy a table or two. Next volunteer to work one of the

many jobs available. Third, show up and do a little work while watching your friends try to answer questions they forgot many years ago.

THE BIG DRAW Would you like to have some extra cash for those Christmas presents? The Big Draw can help. For a mere $50 you have a chance to win $5,000 or $2,500. Only 300 tickets are printed.

The drawing will be held at our annual Christmas party. COUNCIL NEWS Council 11139 is having a Hoedown at Ascension on November 3 rd. BBQ catered by Sugarfire.

2 many jobs available. Third, show up and do a little work while watching your friends try to answer questions they forgot many years ago. All details are listed on three pages in the middle of this newsletter. Remember: It s not about whether you win or lose. It s all about the friendship, Food and Drink. THE BIG DRAW Would you like to have some extra cash for those Christmas presents? The Big Draw can help. For a mere $50 you have a chance to win $5,000 or $2,500. Only 300 tickets are printed. Those are much better odds than the lottery or the casino. Don t have $50? Go in with a friend. Tickets will be available at our October meeting. The drawing will be held at our annual Christmas party. COUNCIL NEWS Council is having a Hoedown at Ascension on November 3 rd. BBQ catered by Sugarfire. For more details see flyer near the end of this newsletter. St. Clare of Assisi Council 7119 is sponsoring a Christmas Lights bus tour of Our Lady of the Snows and Downtown St. Louis on Saturday, December 1 st. This includes bus transportation and a buffet dinner at Our Lady of the Snows. Adults $49 and Children 10 & under $15. For more information call Ken Wening St. Joseph Manchester is having New Years Eve Dance. Tickets are $35 and includes live music, beer, wine, soft drinks, noise makers and champagne at midnight. For more information contact Jim Schuessler at KNIGHTS BIRTHDAYS: OCTOBER Philip Goodson (1) Clifford Koch (3) Tom Wardenburg (4) Stephen Zaegel (4) John Tierney (5) Harold Ferguson (6) Everett Foss (6) Johnathan Blauw (7) John Favazza (8) Robert Schultz (8) Michael King (9) Craig Berry (10) Jeffrey Rosenthal (11) Michael Nowak (12) Fr. Godwin Olugbami (12) Gary Smith (12) Lawrence Bush Sr. (13) Joshua Jones (13) William Uhland (15) Robert Radley (16) Kevin O Sullivan (17) Arthur Wamser (22) Dr. Dennis Cloud (23) 2 Vincent Throckmorton (23) Edward Vokoun (24) Robert Libera (24) Bruce DeGroot (30) Larry Schmidt (30) Happy Birthday to you all and may you have many more to come. I apologize to those I missed if my roster is not current. TRIVIA NIGHT BOOZE Faithful Admiral David Goetz is in charge of putting together a wheelbarrow of booze for Trivia Night. He is asking all SK s to bring a 6 pack of their favorite brand of beer or a bottle of liquor to our October 24th meeting.

MEMORIAL SELECTION FORM Sir Knights in the Holy Spirit Assembly 3588 in good standing have a choice of memorial options.

The memorial items are provided to each Sir Knight by the Holy Spirit Assembly Memorial Fund. Your choice can be made now and changed in the future if you so desire.

Bring the completed form to a monthly meeting or email it to Faithful Comptroller Ron Krentz (ronkrentz1@gmail.com) We now have a tab on our website for our Brother Sir Knights in Memoriam.

3 MEMORIAL SELECTION FORM Sir Knights in the Holy Spirit Assembly 3588 in good standing have a choice of memorial options. Upon his passing a memorial will be made in his memory to a Priest, Parish, Mission, Vocations or a Catholic Organization or Charity. The memorial items are provided to each Sir Knight by the Holy Spirit Assembly Memorial Fund. Your choice can be made now and changed in the future if you so desire. The form to do this is available at the end of this newsletter and is available online at the Holy Spirit website. On the website go to News/Announcement then click on Memorial Placement Form. Bring the completed form to a monthly meeting or it to Faithful Comptroller Ron Krentz (ronkrentz1@gmail.com) We now have a tab on our website for our Brother Sir Knights in Memoriam. This section gives information on the Sir Knights from our Assembly who have been called home to God. PATRIOTIC COMMITTEE: WELCOME HOME VETS! Holy Spirit Assembly will once again participate in the annual Welcome Home Vets event which will be held on Friday, November 9 and Saturday, November 10 at the Soldiers Memorial Downtown. We need seven members on Friday, November 9 from 8:00 AM until Noon to serve food and drink to our homeless vets. We need twelve members on Saturday, November 10 from 8:30 AM until 12:30 PM to cook, wrap and possibly serve food to our veterans and families. There is a signup form at the end of this newsletter. Patriotism Report: Holy Spirit s monthly shift at the USO facility at terminal 1 at Lambert Airport is the 1 st Sunday of the month. The shift is from 6:00 until Midnight. The next opportunity is November 4 th. Contact Doug Brown if you d like to be part of this shift. 3 Holy Spirit also sponsors a shift on the fifth Friday of the month from 2:00 until 6:00 PM. The next time this will occur is Friday, November 30 th. After you have been registered as a volunteer, Individual shifts are also available to staff other available slots throughout each month. Spouses are also welcome. In additions to the main USO facility at Terminal 1, volunteers also support the satellite facility at Terminal 2. Any Assembly member wanting a taste of the volunteer experience is welcome to shadow on an assembly shift. As always, any information you may have on opportunities to support veterans or new ideas please contact me. Thanks, Doug Brown dougbrownins@sbcglobal.ne t WELFARE COMMITTEE - KEEP THEM IN YOUR PRAYERS: Please pray for your brother Knights and ladies who have been called home to God and those who are ill and in need of prayers. May

4 their illnesses and pains subside and may they get on the road to a speedy recovery very soon. May God be with you and guide you to a full recovery. If you aren't comfortable with computers, please feel free to contact Ron Krentz by phone ( ) or me at ronkrentz1@gmail.com FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE: In order to continue to serve others and focus on the tenet of our Patriotic degree, we must have some fundraising activities to help support the service we do for others. We have reviewed several options and decided to hold a trivia contest. SK Bill Klein is heading up the committee for this event. We we will do this on Saturday, October 27. (see related flyers.) Going Forward we will be looking for fundraising ideas for If you have any thoughts along those lines, please contact Bill. Fundraising events such as this are extremely important to the long-term health of the Assembly. Please carefully consider any help you may lend to the Assembly. HONOR GUARD COMMANDER: Please see the HG report at the end of this newsletter and check the website for other upcoming callouts. FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER: If any Knight knows of a Brother Knight who is sick or if there was a death of a member, or in a member s immediate family, please contact the Assembly to organize support. The Knights are committed to assist any widow of a deceased Knight. If you know a widow of a Brother Knight or a member in need, please contact our Welfare Committee Chairman, Ed Cox at or at ed.cox@sbcglobal.net. HOLY SPIRIT IS GROWING Do you know a Brother Knight who would be a fine addition to our Assembly!!! Have you invited him to join? If not, please extend the invitation. It s not too early to start planning for Exemplification EDITOR IN CHIEF: Please help in assisting us in the publishing of this newsletter by providing feedback on the newsletter and by submitting your monthly column as early as possible. Any member of the Assembly can submit articles for the monthly newsletter. If you have an article to submit, please forward it to me by the deadline for newsletter articles. Mark Dagestad Strollways Dr. Chesterfield, Mo or to: dagvoss417@yahoo.com DEADLINE FOR NEWSLETTER ARTICLES: For the November 2018 newsletter, the deadline for articles will be November 12 th, WEBMASTER COMMENTS: FROM YOUR WEBMASTER!

Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo to be placed in the Honor Guard and Membership Rosters. If you go to our website http://www.kofcassembly3 588.org/ you can view the pictures.

Since the exemplification we have many new members. It is nice for them to place a face with a name so that they can get acquainted with all our members.

5 Thanks to everyone who submitted a photo to be placed in the Honor Guard and Membership Rosters. If you go to our website org/ you can view the pictures. If there is not a picture by your name, don't be alarmed, just me at rkrentz1@sbcglobal.net with your photo and it will be placed next to your name. Since the exemplification we have many new members. It is nice for them to place a face with a name so that they can get acquainted with all our members. ASSEMBLY CHOIR: We have great news that Pat Bacheldor, our Holy Spirit Assembly Choir founder and leader, has won a very difficult battle with cancer. Thanks for all of your prayers. We are still looking for someone to step in and help with the music so our choir can resume performances. COLOR CORPS FLAG ENSEMBLE: Assembly Color Corps Flag Ensemble. Please let us know if you are interested. MEMBER COUNCIL NEWS: Please send in any pertinent Council news that you would like us to share in the newsletter. There are a few upcoming Council activities noted later in the newsletter. ASSEMBLY LIAISONS AT YOUR COUNCILS: Ascension Council Cliff Weeks Cardinal Ritter Allen Holtmeyer St Genevieve DuBois Tom Dougherty CPOP Greg Mathiesen Holy Infant - Incarnate Word Stan Mengwasser Our Lady of the Pillar St Joseph / Marian Art Bowles St Clement of Rome - St. Alban Roe Ron Krentz St Clare of Assisi Mark Dagestad CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Listed below are several excerpts from an article in Columbia Magazine Christopher Columbus and Fake History 5 9/1/2017 by Gerald Korson Once the target of anti- Catholic sentiment, Columbus is often slandered by those who misrepresent his legacy Driven in large part by political correctness and partisan academics and activists, it has become fashionable in recent years to criticize Christopher Columbus and the holiday named in his honor. A closer look, however, reveals the famed explorer to be a man of faith and courage, not a monster. Many of Columbus modern critics rely on a warped and politicized reading of history, and it is not the first time the explorer has endured such attacks. When a resurgence of anti-catholic bigotry erupted in early 20thcentury America, Columbus was a favorite target then as well. Despite animus among some groups today, the majority of Americans view the explorer positively and with pride. In a K of C-Marist poll from December 2016, 62 percent of Americans expressed a favorable opinion of the explorer and 55 percent said they were in favor of Columbus Day, the holiday named for him. By contrast, fewer than 3 in 10 view Columbus unfavorably and only 37 percent oppose the holiday named for him. Nonetheless, there have been political efforts to strip Columbus of honor, and the question of whether to continue to recognize Columbus Day is under review in many places. Some

6 states and municipalities have removed the explorer s name from the holiday or eliminated the observance entirely. A COURAGEOUS JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY Unfair attacks on Columbus, past and present, should not be allowed to obscure the truth about the man, his voyage and his motives. Born in Genoa, Italy, Columbus was a deeply Catholic explorer who was willing to go against the grain. He believed he could reach the shores of Asia by sailing a mere 3,000 miles west across the Atlantic. Such a passage would establish faster and easier trade routes than were possible through overland travel or by sailing south and east around Africa. In a 2012 Columbia interview, Carol Delaney, a former professor at Stanford and Brown Universities, explained that Columbus found the native peoples to be very intelligent and his relations with them tended to be benign. He gave strict instructions to the settlers to treat the native people with respect, though some of his men rebelled and disobeyed his orders, particularly during his long absences, Delaney added. Columbus voyage made the Old and New Worlds aware of each other for the first time, eventually leading to the founding of new countries in the Western Hemisphere. Diseases inadvertently carried to the New World by the Europeans caused the greatest number of casualties by far, killing some 90 percent of native populations according to some estimates. There were terrible diseases that got communicated to the natives, Delaney said, but he can t be blamed for that. According to Delaney, Columbus fervently believed it was the duty of every Christian to try to save the souls of non- Christians, and it was this passion that led him on a great adventure, an encounter such as the world has never seen. Not surprisingly, popes since the late 19th century have praised Columbus mission of evangelization. Pope John Paul II, while celebrating Mass at a Columbus monument in the Dominican Republic near the 1992 quincentenary, said the crossshaped memorial means to symbolize the cross of Christ planted in this land in The Knights of Columbus has defended its patron from unfair attacks, urging that he continue to receive official recognition as a man of faith and bravery. Columbus represents the kind of heroic courage and religious faith that inspired the establishment of the United States. Although he surely holds special meaning for Catholics and for Italian Americans, Columbus is a figure all citizens of the New World can celebrate. For this reason, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson said in his annual report this year, We will continue to defend the truth about Columbus and Columbus Day. 6

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9 Help Needed For Holy Spirit s First Ever Trivia Night Fellow Holy Spirit Assembly Sir Knights! We need your help to make our first annual Trivia Night on October 27 a success! Most importantly for it to be successful -put together a table of eight (8) players and come have fun! Cost is $ for a table of eight (8), or $ if received by See Trivia Flyer for details. If you aren t able to play, please volunteer for one of the following committees: Registration Bill Lukas and John Bacheldor Judges (3-4) required for the evening Silent Auction solicit vendors, relatives, friends for new auction items recommend $10.00 as a minimum value. Also will need helpers to catalog items, display items on Trivia night and collect money at end of the auction. Refreshments need to get soda, water, popcorn, pretzels,(containers for popcorn & pretzels). Night of the event will need icing of soda &water, plus fill containers with popcorn & pretzels. Wheel barrow of booze Dave Goetz is heading up this committee. Help him get donations of liquor, wine, beer, etc. Sell tickets before and during the evening 50 /50 Drawing sell tickets both before and during the evening Heads or Tails & Dead or Alive (2) games - collect dollars before each game Attendance Prizes - Ladies Auxiliary has volunteered to help obtain gift cards, coupons, etc. Trivia day volunteers to setup the room. Time will be determined later. Treasurer collect and count 50/50, dead or alive, heads or tails money to prepare to handout, & collect all other money To volunteer or ask questions, please contact Bill Klein or bklein@theauthoritygroup.com On behalf of your Holy Spirit Assembly, Knights of Columbus, Thank you for your consideration & support! 9

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14 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOLY SPIRIT ASSEMBLY 3588 OCTOBER 2018 HONOR GUARD NEWSLETTER REPORT Fifth Sunday Mass Sunday, September 30 8:45 AM at Incarnate Word Church Red Mass with Archbishop Carlson Sunday, October 7 10:00 AM at St. Louis Cathedral Basilica Knights of Columbus Memorial Mass Monday, October 8 11:30 AM at Cardinal Glennon Childrens Hospital Chapel Fatima Rosary Crusade Saturday, October 12 Noon at Faust Park Chesterfield, MO Wake Service for SK Ted Rauhut Tuesday, October 16 from 8:30-10:00 AM at Our Lady of Sorrows Church 14

15 Assembly Officers Faithful Friar Fr. Freddy Devaraj x277 Faithful Navigator Joseph Burleski Faithful Admiral David Goetz Faithful Captain Andy Dyszlewski Faithful Pilot Don Mueller Faithful Comptroller Ron Krentz Faithful Purser Ronald Casey Faithful Scribe Mark Dagestad Trustee 1-year Arthur Bowles Trustee 2 years Trustee 3 years Stan Mengwasser mengwasser@charter.net Faithful Inner Sentinel Tom Wardenburg rmw1947@att.net Faithful Outer Sentinel James Marquis marquis_812@msn.com Directors Honor Guard Commander Ron Krentz ronkrentz1@gmail.com HG Exec. Officer Welfare Committee Ed Cox ed.cox@sbcglobal.net Memorial Committee Bill Lukas / lukasbill@aol.com Ronald Casey rocasey@sbcglobal.net Patriotism Committee Doug Brown dougbrownins@sbcglobal.net Civic Committee Kyle McCollom kyle_mccollom@hotmail.com Exemplification Jeff Grotegeers gcgrote@gmail.com Fundraising Committee Bill Klein bklein@theauthoritygroup.com Charity Committee Gene Banner gbanner01@yahoo.com Retention Committee Fundraising Committee Supply Committee Ladies Auxiliary Officers President Betty Hartman beatrice.hartman@mygait.com Financial Secretary Barb Klein kleinbarbara@yahoo.com Secretary Jan Lukas lukasjan@aol.com Trustee Michelle Goetz dkgoetz@sbcglobal.net Trustee Joan Mengwasser omajfm@gmail.com Trustee Margie Krentz rkrentz48!sbcglobal.net Assembly Website: State KofC Website: 15

Knights of Columbus Assembly Advisor Holy Spirit Assembly 3588 December, 2018 Volume 4 Number 12

Knights of Columbus Assembly Advisor Holy Spirit Assembly 3588 December, 2018 Volume 4 Number 12 www.kofcassembly3588.org Assembly Mission To support the mission of the Knights of Columbus, acknowledge