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1 e-tempo Official Publication of Trinity Council 4580 WHEN A KNIGHT ACTS SELFLESSLY, HE ACTS ON BEHALF OF THE WORLD -YOU CAN BE THAT MAN- June 17 Monday, May 28 Election of Officers June 12 June 2018 What s Inside Grand Knight s Report Important Dates to Remember Election Nominees Upcoming Events Chaplain s Corner Birthdays May Meeting Reports & New Business.4 Field Agents Report..5 Report from the 4 th 6 Charity Requests Boston Store Update Sendik s Grill Program Sendik s Grill Program flyer info Thank You From St. Leonard s nd /3 rd Degree Info Silver Rose Info Spiritus State Youth Missionaries Grand Knight Dave Kunze Chaplain Rev. Mark Brandl Financial Secretary Robert Konzal Deputy Grand Knight Gary Pluta Chancellor Michael Haase Recorder Philip Voglewede Treasurer Gerry Ruedinger Advocate Bill Blaser Warden Bill Meier Trustees Ray Lenz Rich Briski Tim Bowen Guards Joe Collins Dave Goehring Corpus Christi Corporate Communion June 3 St. Martin of Tours Mass 8:30 a.m. Patriot Degree Honor Guard to be Present All members are invited to attend. SECOND AND THIRD DEGREES Saturday, June 16, 2018 Held at St. Stephen s Church 1441 W Oakwood Rd, Oak Creek, WI

2 Grand Knight s Report: Brothers, We need to extend our Thanks and Gratitude to those men, who by their Service give us the Freedom we enjoy in the USA today. May we never take for granted the Sacrifice that was offered for this privilege to be Free. As our Brother Knight Dennis Amaturo s cap proudly says. All Gave Some & Some Gave All We Thank You, Dave If you receive this in time, our Council s 4 th Degree Assembly will be taking part in the Memorial Day Ceremonies at St. Martin of Tours on Monday. Mass is at 10 a.m., followed by ceremonies in the St. Martin cemetery. Following that a Flag Retirement Ceremony will take place at the VFW Park a couple blocks away. FROM THE MAY BUSINESS MTG MINUTES GK Kunze wished Happy Birthday members with birthdays in May. FS Robert Konzal has finished his three-year term and has agreed to another term. There will be Second and Third Degrees on Saturday June 16 at St. Stephen s Church Oak Creek. (See flyer page 7 and 8. Our Membership Quota remained at 42% and the Insurance Quota remained at 20% 360 training for Wisconsin Responsible Beverage Server Training is still available. Trustee Lenz and GK Kunze and Dave will take the course. Others are welcome. A request for a donation from SPIRITUS Catholic Youth Ministry was referred to the charities committee. (The committee met and recommended a $250 donation. See the Charity Request page 6.) Volunteers are needed for the Capuchins Run Walk for the Hungry on Friday, June 15, at 6pm. Consider giving back to your community by volunteering. All volunteers will receive complimentary access to Polish Fest for the full weekend. If anyone knows of a Brother who is ill, in distress, or has passed on, please contact the Grand Knight or Financial Secretary. Thank you. TEMPO Important Days to Remember: June 12 7:00 p.m. Rosary 7:30 p.m. Business Mtg. Election of Officers 8:45 p.m. Installation of Officers June 26 6:30 p.m. Arts & Crafts Committee Mtg 7:00 p.m. Officers Mtg. July 4 10:00 a.m. Franklin Parade NOTICE OF ELECTION JUNE 12, 2018 REGULAR MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETING 7:30 p.m. For the Term of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 Grand Knight David Kunze, Tim Bowen Deputy Grand Knight Open for Nominees Chancellor Mike Haase Recorder Philip Voglewede Treasurer Gerry Ruedinger Advocate Bill Blaser Warden Bill Meier Inside Guard Joe Collins Outside Guards Ken Keefer, Joe Zolecki Trustee (1 year) Ray Lenz Trustee (2 year) Rich Briski Trustee (3 year) Gary Von Bargen ****************************************************************************** Trinity Council will be taking part in the July 4 Franklin Parade.For Information Contact Dave Kunze ****************************************************************************** Members in Need of Prayers: John Srok is in hospice care at home. Ken Degnan is in hospice care at home. His time is very close. Ken was a charter member of Trinity Council and Grand Knight Tim Townsend, St. Alphonsus member, had 2 major heart surgeries in April. 2

3 Dear Brother Knights, Chaplain s Corner 1,985 years ago (give or take a couple years) our Church was born on the day of Pentecost. The passion, the resurrection, the Ascension, have all come and gone and we celebrate the Holy Spirits descent on the crown of God s creation on Sunday, May 20. It is the Holy Spirit that gives the human creation the divine and spiritual life. It is the Spirit that enables God to indwell us as believers, and to actually feel blessings and be close to God. Jesus always said without me you can do nothing. Christ lives in us now and does His work through us in the Holy Spirit. This is what He meant by that statement. If we want to do something to please God, it must begin with the prompting of the Holy Spirit in us. We discern and ask God to help us do His will. God s plans for us will always end in success. When we fail at things, God is teaching us patience, but also whatever our endeavor may not be His will in our lives. For instance, like you I have many nieces, nephews, who do not practice the faith that I worry about. I want them too, and I cannot successfully get them to Church. I know it is God s will that they do, but it is not necessarily God s will that I be the one to convince them to do it even though I am a priest. I heard some great advice in a talk recently. The speaker made it his prayer that his son who recently graduated college and who was not practicing the faith, would meet a Catholic girl, get a job with a Catholic boss, and that his son would have a St. Ambrose come into his life. St. Ambrose is the mentor of St. Augustine who converted him to the faith. We often think about the tears St. Monica shed for her son Augustine but it was St. Ambrose who connected Augustine to God. Monica provided the prayers. We always want to be the one leading someone home to the faith. Sometimes, we must let God bring the right person into the life of our loved ones. That person is what we can call a St. Ambrose. Someone our loved one can relate to God know the right person for their life. The only thing we can do is sometimes mess up God s perfect plan. Let God lead the process. Fifty days is a great Easter season and I hope you enjoyed every day. We have an additional fifty days or so of Easter every year. We celebrate one of those days every Sunday. The Lord s Day or Sunday, the Feast of the resurrection. About 100 days a year, we celebrate the resurrection in our lives. Does that tell you the importance of Easter in our life? Thank you God for the revelation of the resurrection. TEMPO Brother Knights Celebrating Birthdays in May Brad R. Oleson Christopher Brady Philip A. Vogelwede John V. Zawadzki Michael Clune John F. Gnadt Jr. Francis J. Jennik Jan D. Gengler Carl J. Paape James J. Theys Nnaemeka M. Emeh James L. Fitzgerald Kenneth J. Cook Robert Konzal Albert G. Della Valle Dennis J. Klein William F. Meier David J. Ozburn Richard R. Morchinski Kenneth P. Skowronski Brother Knights Celebrating Summer Birthdays June: Tony Megna Dan Schwabe Dn.Charles Schneider Rev. Arturo Ysmael Carlos Chavira Dan Stenke Dennis Amaturo Bob Parker Rev. Ed Griesemer Joe Poborsky Jim Litzau Jim Sass Randy Modra Mark Schlachter Fr. Yvon Sheehy Ray Lilly Richard Czekalski Napoleon Magno July: David Cieszynski Ray Schultz Gene Koncki Jr. John Ruszkiewicz Jeff Szalacinski Bro. Long Jeff Rude John Srok Fr. Blanco-Ariza Paul Markowski Robert Forecki Gilbert Poepping Rev. Denis Ndomba Ralph Green Dinh Nguyen. God Bless you, Fr. Mark Mary Queen of the Knights - pray for us. Father Michael J. McGivney - intercede for us. 3

4 TEMPO REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES: State Charity Raffle Info Statewide 121,345 tickets were sold, collecting $606,725. Trinity Council reported selling 1204 tickets for $6,020. 1% of all tickets. Accolades belong to Bro. Dan Jakubowski. Dan sold over 500 tickets. Dan sold a $500 ticket last year to one of his many sales. PGK Tom Kuehn sold his son John a $500 ticket this year. And a SPECIAL THANKS to our Bro. John Ruszkiewicz for his Chairmanship and keeping Dan in tickets. A State Charity Grant Request for $3000 was made. We will receive this money at the Diocesan Meeting in the Fall. Arts & Crafts Fair An ad hoc meeting was held on April 24 with interested members attending. At this point, 14 vendors have sent in their registration. If anyone is going to a local or nearby show please vet the vendors for possible attendance at our fair Sept 2. Tootsie Roll Drive The final tally was: SMHC - $ SMOT - $ ST. ALS - $1, TOTAL $ Our drives at the three parishes will benefit: An Exceptional Chorus, 40% of net. St. Coletta Day School of Milwaukee, 40% of net. Special Olympics Wisconsin 20% of net. Tootsie Roll Drive Pick-n-Save Hales Corners: This store has been manned and sponsored by St. Leonard s of Muskego. They were having trouble manning this store and others in the area for the weekend. Realizing this was in SMHC own back yard it seemed to be logical for us help. GK Kunze sent out an asking for help. 11 members signed up to help. Due to the positive response, 3 members were called the day of and told not to come. Collections for our efforts were probably around $800. Vine & Branches at St. Leonard parish will be the recipient of Pick-n-Save proceeds. Thank you, Brothers, for your time and effort at the parishes and at Pick-n-Save. (The Thank You letter from St Leonard DGK Tom Davis is on page 8.) NEW BUSINESS: Trinity Council will take part in the Franklin 4th of July Parade. SK Luke Kunze has offered his new 2008 VW EOS convertible for our use. Anyone interested in being in the parade contact the GK. St. Mary Festival July Our efforts to become more visible at the parish is being recognized. At the annual parish festival it was suggested Trinity Council should consider manning a booth as a group on Saturday Night and help with the Friday Night Fish Fry. For more info contact Joe Collins, Bill Meier, or the Dave Kunze. You need not be a parish member to help. Thank Bros. Rich Doubek, Ken Keefer, and Tim Salamon for signing up. This will work if we remember the 2 nd lesson of Knighthood..Unity Chairmen are needed for the following council fundraising activities: The Sheepshead Benefit card party Snowball Dinner & Dance Bus Tours We recognize and thank Bros Tom Kuehn and Rudy Mishich for their years of service to the council in these fundraising capacities. They deserve their rest and it is now time for someone to come forward to help keep these events to continue. 4

5 A Message From Your Field Agent Michael Exner, FICF, PGK Protecting Your Paycheck For most of us, the idea of not working is an exciting one. We relish weekends and vacations. We look forward to holidays and special occasions. We plan for retirement and count down the number of days until we arrive at that freedom that we have planned for so deliberately. But what if the end of work comes not with freedom, but with surprise? What if the end of work comes with an illness or an accident that prevents us from doing our job? Will we be prepared? Can we be? With the help of the Knights of Columbus, members and their families can. We welcome retirement because we have planned for it. We know when it is coming, we know what it will take to get there, and we know what we will need when it arrives. But how can we plan for something unexpected? How can we know what we will need when we do not know what will happen? Disability insurance is often dismissed by working men and women because they think it will never happen to them. Their jobs are fairly safe. Their lives are fairly healthy. Disability they say is simply something they will never experience. The statistics tell a different story. According to the United States government, a staggering 1 in 4 of today s 20-year-olds will become disabled before reaching the age of 67.(1) The nature of the job is irrelevant. According to the Social Security Administration, 95 percent of all disabling illnesses and accidents happen outside of the workplace.(2) Consider a typical male, age 35, a non-smoker, who works at an office job with some outdoor responsibilities and leads a very healthy lifestyle. He has a 21 percent chance of being injured or becoming ill and unable to work for three months or longer prior to retirement. (3) And what happens once that occurs? What happens if your last paycheck is your last paycheck? If your illness or injury is among the 95 percent that happen outside of work, workers compensation will be of no assistance to you. If you plan to rely on the government, you may find that you are among the 64 percent of Americans including severely disabled Americans who do not receive any assistance from the government or governmental programs, including Medicare, Social Security and supplemental Security Insurance.(4) Continued.. TEMPO Continued. But the situation does not need to be that desperate. Your membership in the Knights of Columbus gives you and your eligible family members exclusive access to disability income insurance that can help safeguard your paycheck. With Knights of Columbus Disability Income Insurance, you can help make sure that you continue to earn an income, even when you cannot work. Our disability income insurance is designed to be flexible so that, working with me, your Brother Knight field agent, you can customize it to fit your needs. You choose the monthly benefit amount that s right for you, the elimination period that makes the most sense, and the maximum benefit period for your policy. And, by purchasing a disability income insurance policy from the Knights of Columbus, you have the added security of knowing that you are doing business with an unapologetically Catholic company that makes sure its investments do not violate Church teaching, and which has been repeatedly recognized as a World s Most Ethical company. You owe it to yourself and to your family to make sure that your financial future is secure, regardless of what happens. Don t be caught off guard by surprises. Be on guard and be prepared. Contact me today to learn more. Fraternally, Michael Exner (262) Michael.Exner@KofC.org 1 Social Security Fact Sheet, United States Social Security Administration, accessed April 16, 2015, Long Term Disability Claims Review, Council for Disability Awareness, accessed April 16, 2015, 13.pdf 3 What s Your PDQ? Council for Disability Awareness, accessed April 16, 2015, 4 Americans with Disabilities: 2010, United States Census Bureau, accessed April 16, 2015, 5

6 TEMPO A report from the 4 th. A 4 th Degree Exemplification was held April 7 in Fond Du Lac, WI Congratulations to Trinity Council Members David Goehring Pedro Ruiz For Taking The Lesson of The 4 th Degree: Patriotism The officers and members of the Sacred Heart Assembly 3316 invite you to join us on this final step upon becoming a member of the Knights of Columbus. For information on joining the 4 th Degree call: Faithful Navigator Ray Lenz Charity Requests The Trinity Council Charity Committee met after the April business meeting to discuss and approved the following request and presented and voted on at the May regular business meeting. SPIRITUS $250 Charity Request Synopsis Spiritus Evangelization Ministry is supported by the Knights of Columbus State Council Resolution Committee.as a Recurring Resolution for their work with Catholic youth in our state. And has resolved to support SPIRITUS since Trinity Council has been an active supporter of this Youth Ministry since that time also. As Pope Francis stated at the World Youth Day 2013 That the best tool for evangelizing the young is another young person. SPIRITUS and the St. John Bosco Youth Day are two very important Catholic youth oriented ministries' that Trinity Council has declared as budget items. Along with our continued support of priests and seminarians our duty to promote the Faith among the young where we can is a mission every Knight should take seriously. Boston Store Community Days Update As we are aware, the bankruptcy of the BonTon Corp. has left our Council with a considerable loss. Looking back everything has a season. I recently received a forwarded from the Grand Knightie that she had received from Sendik s Food Store. This is a new program If one door closes. He opens another. New Fund Raiser Opportunity: Sendik s 51 st & Rawson Trinity Council has a number of dates to try our skill at serving the public thanks to the Sendik s Corporation trying out a new Community Give Back Program to 501-c organizations. The application and paperwork has been submitted, a few dates obtained. If these dates and times can work into your schedule please contact Dave Kunze to sign up. Take a moment to read the flyer on page 7 for further details. Our dates are: Friday June a.m.- 3 p.m. *(4-7) Friday July a.m.- 3 p.m. *(4-7) Saturday Aug a.m.- 4 p.m. *If we have enough members willing to help we can extend the Friday grill time to 7p.m. Menu: Burgers, Brats, Hot Dogs, Frito Lay Snack Bags, Pepsi, and Sendik's Water A minimum of three people are needed to man each shift. Two will handle the grill and serving of food. One person to handle the money. Money person cannot handle food. Any willing person is invited to assist with this program and welcome to help. (Wives. Sons, daughters, friends, and neighbors.) For more detail contact the Grand Knight or attend the June Business meeting. 6

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8 COUNCIL #6448 ST LEONARD MUSKEGO, WI US (KOFC6448.ORG) 2018 Tootsie Roll Drive Dear Brother Knights, On behalf of Council 6448, we extend a warm thank you to Trinity Council #4580 for your help and support in our Tootsie Roll Drive this year. We were in a bind with not enough coverage at Pick n Save in Hales Corners on Saturday May 5 th. However, you guys got it together and showed up in full force to volunteer. By having all of you at the store handing out Tootsie Rolls, I know that put more donations in the cans to help the kids. Also, at our council s business meeting this past week, one of our brother knights presented the signs that you used at the Tootsie Roll event. This is a terrific idea and we see it as beneficial for other functions as well. We look forward to picking a couple of these up in the near future. Thanks for sharing! I think it is great to see one council help out another council. If you find at some point you are in need of volunteers, please don t hesitate to call on St. Leonard s Council #6448 for support. Sincerely, Thomas Davis Deputy Grand Knight St. Leonard KOC c.c. Mr. Bernie Cleppe St. Leonard KOC Grand Knight Mr. Dave Kunze Grand Knight - Trinity KOC 8

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