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1 Rent the Council Hall! Vol. 24 No. 8 The 4011 News August Meetings Business August 7th, 8pm Social August 21st, 8pm 7th 13th 14th 21st 23rd 24th 28th Contact: Drew Hilbinger: ( ) Events This Month Business Meeting O'Neill Club Meeting Darts Night Social Meeting Water Sales at State Fair Crab Feast Officer's Meeting Contents Fraternal Notes 2 Fraternal Benefits 4 Squires Ladies' Auxilliary 2 6 FR. O'NEILL COUNCIL MISSION STATEMENT Living Our Faith THE FATHER O NEILL COUNCIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IS A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION OF CATHOLIC MEN DEDICATED TO THE CHURCH. WE WILL EXPEND OUR ENERGIES TOWARD PRESERVING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY VIA SERVICE AND CHARITY. IN PURSUIT OF THESE OBJECTIVES WE PROMOTE FAMILY., DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS, ENJOY FRATERNALISM AND GROW IN FAITH. M Grand Knight's Corner y Brother Knights, thank you for re electing me for a second term as Grand Knight. I look forward to serving the council for one more year. I hope that I will have learned from the lessons of the past year, and steer our council towards star status. To do that, we re missing one thing, new members. We cannot be a star council without attracting about twenty new members and retaining the members that we have. Membership also is the critical life blood of the council. As this past year has proven with the death of many knights and family members, we won t live forever. To ensure our legacy and to imprint our mark on future generations, we must build this council through new membership. I am asking everyone in the council to recruit at least one new member this year. We are an extremely active council and have much to be proud of to include our bicycle for the poor program, our JMJ 5K, our teachers of the year and firemen of the year programs, our breakfast with Santa and Easter Egg hunt, just to name a few of our charitable activities. Then we have our numerous, fraternal activities, such as our Independence Day picnic, concert and fireworks crab August 2013 and shrimp feasts, our regular social meetings, our awesome speaker program, and our dart nights. We should proudly share the good news about our activities with prospective members. The awesome support that we provide to each other continually impresses me. If a brother knight or family member dies, we are there for them. If a brother is in need of help, we hear his call. If you don t believe this, you must not have had an occasion to ask for your brother s support. Just today, I had an air conditioning emergency at my house, and a brother referred me to someone who came out immediately and filled the coolant in my A/C units and at half the price that another company was going to charge. My brother knights, let s not keep our treasured council a secret, but let s spread the news. Charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism, with your Catholic brothers, what can be better than that? Thank You!

2 Pag e 2 Fraternal Notes The 4011 News Fr. O'Neill Cuncil 4011 P.O. Box 52, (Hall) md.org Grand Knight Glenn Thuman Deputy Grand Knight Greg Burke Financial Secretary Andrew Hilbinger fs@4011knights.org Fraternal Benefits Tony Viscardi afviscardi@verizon.net md.org/docs1011/beacon.pdf District Deputy Richard Briggs Directors Council Joe Stout Church TBD Community Bob Woolley Family TBD Youth TBD Ladies Auxilliary Lisa Gough Pro Life Cookie Harris Newsletter Editor Charles Kenny 4011newseditor@4011knights.org The 4011 News is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike License. For information, please visit The 4011 News is created using Scribus, a free and open source desktop publishing program. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th 10th 11th 13th 14th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 25th 28th 29th 30th 31st AUGUST BIRTHDAYS Cristine Cooper Lisa Lagator Sarah May Eugene H. Baker Deacon John C. Gramling PGK Charles R. Vlk, Jr. Catherine Dyer Dolores Santo Dr.Maria Cuevas Duckett Dr. Eufronio C. Roman Andrea Smithberger Terri Vach Christopher P. Esser James E. Youngblood,Jr. Kara DeCesare Patrick R. Greaves PGK HM Mildred Skarda G. Edward Thommen, Sr. HLM Lawrence J. Vojik Yvonn Murphy Timothy J. Connelly Mary King Carol Ingalls Phyllis Keehan Cassandra LaBella Margaret Gramling Maureen Paszkiewicz Andrew C. Cote Lynn Karas Helen Nicolas John Paul Ponticelli Dr. Lawrence Wang William G. Falk III Victoria Geimer Robbie Stout Robert C. Sippel HLM Rev. Steven P. Roth HLM James T. Skarda HLM Joseph H. Shagena,III Mary Jean Dymowski David M. Feild Frank J. Wesolowski HLM Michael A. Clancy Edward F. Keska Sylvia Harris John E. Fisher HLM David A. Roesner, Sr. HLM AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES 8th Drs. Michael & Anna Degraci Hipolito 12th Patrick & Donna Bradley Frederick & Linda Dvorak 14th Donald & Judith Lagator Jason & Andrea Smithberger 1 W The 4011 News JMJ 5K e ve gotten off to a little bit of a late start promoting the JMJ 5K, but we ll make it up with a little more effort. The JMJ 5K team will be distributing our promotional flyer at several races this month, and distributing a poster to local bulletin boards. The posters are available for anyone that would like to post them in either a place of business or favorite public gathering place. Please make sure you have marked your calendar for September 7th, and plan to join us in running or in volunteering your services. You can register to run at owson md/jessica meredith jacobsen memorial 5k 5th annual 2012 or by mailing in the attached registration sheet. We re still looking to add sponsors, if you would like to sponsor the race, or have suggestions for sponsorship. Please contact Glenn Thuman on or e mail to 5k_run@4011knights.org. 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 23rd 24th 26th 28th Dr. Juan & Rocela Lopez Hubert & Christa Clay Andrew & Wendy Cote Robert & Alicia Schwartz Sean & Jennifer Caine Daniel & Patricia Medinger Frederick & Britt Schroeter George & Theresa Ward William & Rebecca Kirby Kevin & Janet Burroughs Joseph & Terri Vach Conrad & Margaret Ragone W. Lawrence & Carolyn Wescott

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4 Pag e 4 Good of the Order by John Easton, Lecturer Poet) Some Thoughts About Defeat & Failure Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it. Josephus Daniels (American Newspaper Editor & Publisher and Secretary of the Navy in World War I) In keeping with the Lecturer s responsibility to provide suitable educational and entertaining programs under the Good of the Order, this column complements that portion of the meeting. Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. Roger Crawford (American Tennis Professional, Motivational Speaker and Author) Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. James A. Michener (American Author) Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. George E. Woodberry (American Literary Critic and Only having through work insurance doesn t work Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie (American Writer and Developer of Self Improvement Courses) Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden (UCLA Basketball Coach) Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing. H. Stanley Judd (Writer of Inspirational Quotes) Fraternal Benefits provided at low or no cost. The existence of this coverage might convince someone that personally o you know owned life insurance is not anyone whose necessary. life or career has been drastically Only having through work changed during insurance can leave you and your these years of family vulnerable. Most group life economic insurance policies are limited in downturn? It s amount, which may be tied to very likely that someone in your salary or some other benchmark. immediate or extended family or These numbers are often capped, group of friends is facing financial and this cap may be dangerously uncertainty now. Maybe there s a low when compared to your possibility that you (or your family s actual needs. In fact, spouse) could lose your job or without a detailed needs analysis, change employers. any employer provided coverage will likely cause a shortfall at the Too many people have often relied insured s death. on group term life insurance as their only safety net. Often, this In addition, the amount of group insurance is an employee benefit insurance offered is almost always D O The 4011 News Officer Installation n the first official meeting in July we had our officer s installation. It was a low key event since all but three officers returned from last year. Outgoing officers, who served the council faithfully, include Don Cora, Recorder Joe Stout, Trustee, and Ed Oster, Inside Guard. We are thankful for their outstanding service. Taking over for these positions are Corey Williams, Recorder Mike Hipolito, Trustee and John Paul (JP) Ponticelli, Inside Guard. While we had a more modest ceremony this year, it was well run once again. Thanks to District Deputy/PGK, Richard Briggs, and District Warden/PGK, Michael Mooney for overseeing a well run installation. reduced, sometimes dramatically, when you retire. You could one day find yourself without coverage, and if your health has changed (which it will as you age), you might also find yourself unable to secure individual protection. It will definitely be more expensive. While group life insurance can help, it does not replace the need for individually owned life insurance. I ll be happy to meet with you and provide a no cost needs analysis, so you ll know exactly where you stand. Anthony Viscardi, CLU, ChFC, CASL, FICF, LUTCF / anthony.viscardi@kofc.org

5 I Deacon's Reflection By Deacon Kevin Reid t seems like it has been close to 100 degrees almost every day of this past week, temperatures have been high and people seem to be quicker then ever to fly off the handle. Our country is clearly divided and our politicians can seem to agree on anything other then to agree to disagree. Prices of everything that we need for our day to day life just seem to be getting higher and higher. Some might say that this is a problem that is unique to our American Freedom and our elective process. But you know 2,000 years ago things were going pretty much the same for the Super Power of that time the Roman Empire. Their system of government was in deadlock, the "Republic" was ending and the Empire was gaining momentum. The difference between the Romans of that time and we Americans is that we have our faith. We have been given the gift of eternal life, by a man who walked in Caesar's time. Jesus became one of us, he was persecuted for his actions and for standing up to the status quo. He knew that the people's hearts had once again become hardened. His prophets had been put to death or ignored. His people were like sheep with out a Shepherd. As Catholics today, we are baptized to be Priest, Prophet, and King. And as Knights we take additional vows to remain true to our Catholic values and teachings, to practice tolerance and to be Charitable to all who might need our help. perhaps it might provide each of us an opportunity to pray for the Grace to serve with all of our hearts and our minds. Let us also pray that our great nation under God will continue to be blessed by God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Our faith unites us and our work as Knights helps to define us for who we are. One day each of us will stand where all those who have gone before us has stood. We will stand before Jesus of Nazzareth and his questions to Deacon Kevin F. Reid each of us should be very similar. July 17th 2013 He is not going to judge us by what we became, he will judge us by how we loved him, how we honored him and tried to give Glory to his name. So as you reflect on this past year,

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8 The 4011 News Pag e 8 D ear Fellow Knights: This is the 5th article on the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council s Catholic Information Service series on New Evangelization. It is entitled The Beauty of Holiness: Sacred Art and the New Evangelization. It and the previous issues are available to Fr. O Neill Council members as a free gift from me. I hope that these booklets help you grow in understanding your One, Catholic, and Apostolic faith. I also hope they motivate you to live as Evangelists of the Good News announced by the Gospel Writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Chaplain's Counsel when evidencing the Truths of Christianity can bring a harmony to the alarming dissonance of today s secular culture. Our souls and spiritual senses are awakened. Our prayer life is enhanced by the experience of stimulation of our human senses. Such stimulation leads to contemplation and to adoration. Our senses are purified for God in all his beauty and mystery, and our awareness of the wonders and beauty of His creation of this world lifts up our souls. Msgr. John L. FitzGerald, Ph.D. Fr. O Neill Council Chaplain, Deputy State Chaplain In my study I have a reproduction of a graffiti that reads: Without P.S. Here is a hint about the music, life would not be fair. To which I shout out a fervent AMEN! topics in the booklet. Music, songs, dance, plays, poetry, paintings, sculpture and literature Contents M Ladies' Auxilliary ark your calendars for our first meeting of the year! Thursday, September 12th at 7:15pm. Please join us for our Wine & Cheese Social sponsored by your Officers! We will also present the calendar of events for the year. If you have an idea for an event please contact me! We already have some things in mind, but are always looking for something new and different! As many of you know our Dessert Bingo will be in October. Anne Hilbinger is always looking for donations. Now is not too soon to start gathering these. If you have donations, please bring them to the first meeting or contact Anne directly. Ladies (and Gents too!) with the summer weather here and the heat, please make sure to check on your elderly loved ones, neighbors and friends to make sure they are doing ok. A phone call, e mail or a quick stop by would be most welcomed I am sure. I hope everyone is getting some rest and relaxation during these summer months. I look forward to seeing everyone at our meeting in September! Peace and all good, Lisa Gough President K Ladies Lisa21093@comcast.net From Seeing to Contemplation to Adoration 2 From the Visible to the Invisible 3 Seeing with the Eyes of Faith 5 The Challenge of a Sensory Dissonance Four Reasons to Place Sacred Art at the Service of the New Evangelization 9 Jesus Christ, the Icon of God 10 The Witness of Christian Art History 11 Responding to the Beauty of Faith 13 A Culture of Images and the New Evangelization Toward another Way of Seeing 15 Awakening the Spiritual Senses 17 Lectio Divina Adapted to Art at the Service of the New Evangelization 20 Purifying the Senses for God 22 The Beauty of Holiness Fr. O'Nell Charities The perfect gift for a birthday, baptism, confirmation, wedding, graduation, thanks for a job well done, congratulation and/or for any meaningful event, we have a beautiful selection of KEEPSAKES that are available to the membership 25/7/365. They are displayed on the council web site Please advise me of your desire. And, by the way, we also have another fine selection of Religious Christmas Cards and All Occasion Cards as well. Dick Vandenberg PGK rvande@comcast.net

9 August 2013 Pag e 9 A t the end of June, we celebrated our new third degree member, Corey Williams, and new Honorary Life Members, Edward Moore, John Gramling, Gerald Preston, and Thomas Smithberger during our Honor s Banquet. Corey shared his story of Catholic conversion, which was very inspirational. Other special recognition and awards were given to Charlie Vlk, John Paul Ponticelli, and the Gough Vandenberg family. Charlie received a special life time achievement award for his faithful service as the Council Treasurer for many years. Charlie s outstanding service to manage the council s finances, along with the outstanding service of our Financial Secretary, Drew Hilbinger, has assured accountability and efficient use of R Honors Banquet council resources. Charlie has agreed to stay on as Treasurer, temporarily, until we can find a replacement. Please contact the Grand Knight of you are interested or know of someone that might be a good fit for the Treasurer position. F John Paul JP Ponticelli received the Knight of the Year Award. JP picked up family chairman job, accepted the Inside Guard position, chaired family events, helped with virtually every event/activity, and helps keep up the facilities. JP has become a fixture in the council and one of its most reliable members. The Gough Vandenbergs were awarded Family of the Year, and they were everywhere this past year. Justin Gough, a seminarian, received the award for his family. George Zimmerman Trial ecently, George Zimmerman was acquitted from charges that he murdered Travon Martin. There are different reasonable opinions that one could hold based on the facts of this case, but what is worthy for us, brother knights, to consider and contemplate is the reaction afterwards. The news media, which is mainly to blame for the sensationalism of the trial, covered numerous protests in the wake of the verdict and offered numerous pundits that seemed to provide an endless stream of comments. What surprised and dismayed me, one who followed closely the evidence that was presented, was how many people knew very little about the actual facts of the trial but yet were so passionately protesting or commenting on the outcome. The enemy of Democracy is an uninformed and ignorant public, and the lesson in all of this is that we brother knights need to inform ourselves on important matters, and challenge and friends, family members, and neighbors to also be well informed. If we let our passions get in the way of reason, ultimately baseless opinions will be held and bad decisions will be made. We also need to be aware of persons that would lie or tell partial truths for political or financial gains. Justin attends virtually every event that he can and is always ready to give a helping hand. Lisa Gough (Justin s Mom) is President of the K Ladies. Loretta Vandenberg (Justin s Grandmother) is a K Lady Member and longtime council contributor, and Dick Vandenberg (Justin s Grandfather is a pillar of the council. Dick is a Past Grand Knight, current Trustee, 1st Degree Team Member, New Member Orientation/admissions Team Member, Christmas Card Program (State and Council), and big idea man. Thank You Gough Vandenbergs! Knight of the Month, Family of the Month & Independence Day Celebration O ur Knight of the Month for July is Keith Elliott. Keith chaired our Independence Day Celebration, including coordinating logistics with Oregon Ridge Park, handling the BSO tickets, and overseeing setup and cleanup for the event. About 70 people attended the event that included a picnic, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert, and fireworks. For similar reasons, the Gleeson family is named Family of the Month for July. Andy Gleeson planned and prepared an outstanding menu that included his fabulous ribs and other delicious food items. The Gleeson family all attended, and helped with the setup and cleanup of the event. Thank You Keith and Gleesons! If you missed this event, you should make sure you attend next year. Once again, a great time was had by all, and at terrific value. Where else could you have enjoyed an all you can eat well prepared meal, all you can drink beer, a fabulous concert, the comfort and convenience of the pavilion, and fireworks to boot?

10 Father O'Neill Council No P.O. Box 52, Lutherville, MD Time Dated Material Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage P A I D LUTHERVILLE, MARYLAND PERMIT NO th 7th 10th 11th 12th 18th 25th September CALENDAR OF EVENTS Business Meeting JMJ 5K O'Neill Club Meeting Darts Night K Club Meeting Social Meeting Officer's Meeting 2nd 6th 8th 9th 10th 16th 18th 23rd October Business Meeting Memorial Mass O'Neill Club Meeting Darts Night K CLub Meeting Social Meeting K Club Fall Bingo Officer's Meeting 6th 12th 13th 14th 20th 27th November Business Meeting O'Neill Club Meeting Darts Night K Club Meeting Social Meeting Officer's Meeting