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1 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 1 ddd KNIGHTLY NOTES Y2K PLUS XV EDITION, ISSUE XI NOVEMBER 2015 NOTE FROM THE GRAND KNIGHT Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We had our Tootsie Roll drive at St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, in the plaza after all Masses on the 10th & 11th of October. It was very successful because of the brothers and ladies who volunteered their time after the Masses to pitch in and hand out tootsie rolls. We received $3,718 in donations from our generous parishioners, a record as far as I know. All of our priests, at the end of each Mass asked our parishioners to be generous in helping the intellectually challenged and Special Olympics. Without their help we would not have received that total. If we had more volunteers at each Mass we would have easily exceeded $4,500. Brothers, you may not know that you can make a difference, you can. Please help in our charity raising events when asked. We have two more dates, 31st of October and 7th of November for our final tootsie roll drive. The two locations are at Smith markets, corner of W Sahara and Durango and corner of Buffalo and Flamingo. May God keep you healthy and safe. Mike LaRiccia Grand Knight Council Fs10442@gmail.com ST JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL NO WEST SAHARA AVENUE LAS VEGAS, NV ************************************************************************************

2 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 2 ********************* ************************************************************** OCTOBER 2015 Oct 31 st 1 st Degree Exemplification (7-9am) St Francis/Clair Rooms Oct 31 st Tootsie Roll drive Smiths Stores contact Dennis Murtaugh at jarhead671@hotmail.com or NOVEMBER 2015 Nov 2 nd All Souls Day Take part in Parish Remembrance Mass Knights attend as Group Nov 5 th Council Business Meeting (730-9pm Hall) Ladies Auxiliary Business Meeting Nov 6 th Annual Council Golf Outing Nov 7 th Tootsie Roll Drive Smith Stores contact Dennis Murtaugh at jarhead671@hotmail.com or Nov 9 th 2820 Officers Planning Meeting (630-8pm Emmaus Room) Nov 18 th 2820 Business Meeting (730-9pm St Francis Room) Nov 19 th Council Officer Planning Meeting Nov 22 nd Prep for Pasta Dinner (10am to 12pm Hall and Kitchen) Nov 22 nd Pasta dinner (2pm to 9pm Hall) Nov 26 th Thanksgiving Day Nov 28 th 1 st Degree Exemplification (7 to 9am St Francis/Claire Rooms) Nov Ladies Auxiliary Religious Goods sales Nov 29 th Pancake Breakfast (6am -1pm Hall) Nov 29 th Fifth Sunday Rosary 315pm Church December 2015 Dec 3 rd Business Meeting (730pm to 9pm Hall) Ladies Auxiliary Business Meeting (730-9pm St Francis Room) Dec 5 th - Hand out KCIC Buttons (Plaza after all masses) Dec 10 th Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Party Sienna Bistro Dec 12th Set up for Breakfast with St Nick (10 to 12 pm Hall) Dec 13 th Breakfast with St Nick (6am to 1pm in the Hall) Dec 14 th Assembly 2820 Officer Planning Meeting (630 to 8 pm Emmaus Room) Dec 16 th Fourth Degree Assembly 2820 Business Meeting (730 to 9pm Bread of Life room) Dec 17 th Council Officers Planning Meeting (730 to 9pm St Francis Room) Dec 25 th Christmas Day

3 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 3 PRAYER FOR THE CANONIZATION OF FATHER MCGIVNEY Founder of the Knights of Columbus in 1882 God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest Father Michael J. McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and the lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue may we follow your Son Jesus Christ more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify your venerable servant Father Michael J McGivney on earth according to the design of Your Holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (make your request) Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Please report all favors received to: The Fr McGivney Guild 1 Columbus Plaza, New Haven CT *****h********************************************************************************* SEMINARIANS Miguel Corral 1 st year theology Mauricio Espino Luke Burgis 2 nd year Theology Mundelein Seminary Neil Guan - 4 th College Pontifical North American College 1000 E Maple Avenue Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon Vatican City State Mundelein, IL One Abbey Drive EUROPE St Benedict Oregon, 9 Mauricio Espino 7373 *Felipe Jimenez is doing his Pastoral year here in Vegas. He is at St Christopher Catholic Church, 1840 N Bruce St, North Las Vegas, NV Please keep him in your prayers as well. ***************************************************************************************************************************************** NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS --- Happy Birthday to all Joseph Rydel Nov 2 John Bozek Nov 16 James Buenavista Nov 5 John Farrell Nov 16 Onofrio Ferrara Nov 6 Brendan McCarthy Nov 17 Tony Donofrio Nov 9 Felipe Jiminez Nov 19 Aaron Ashley Nov 9 Nick McGill `Nov 20 Robert Piperni Nov 10 Ramon Colon-Prado Nov 21 Philip Tederous Nov 11 Paul Brittain Nov 23 Bernard Verna Nov 12 Theo Kurvers Nov 24 Michael Sileo Nov 13 Robert Kotchkowski Nov 29 ********************************************************************************************** NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Brothers, Wanted to take a minute to tell you how overwhelmed I am by all the cards and thoughts and prayers during my time of illness. I am now in a rehab facility fighting to get strong and ambulatory enough to get home. Slow progress is being made in that direction and I appreciate all your support and good wishes. In the meantime, please come out and support our events and each other. We have some exciting events coming up We have the Tootsie Roll Drive, the Pasta Dinner, the Golf Outing and Breakfast with St Nick to name a few. So pick the event that most appeals to you and come out and help. We all need to participate to get things to work. Please make all our new members feel welcome and support our officers in this. As always suggestions for the newsletter are always welcome. Please send to jpinzl@hotmail.com or call Robert Pinzl, editor ***************************************************************************************************************************

4 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 4 Council News from the Financial Secretary ******DUES************ ***** DUES****** DUES ********* DUES ********* It will soon be that time of year again when I will be sending out the billing for the yearly membership dues. Last year it cost the council in excess of $ to get all of the dues collected, as procedure was not followed in a timely manner. Below I will outline the proper procedure that Supreme has set forth for proper billing. Supremes Billing Cycle: 1st Billing Notice sent to each member on December 15th Payment to be made before January 1st 2nd Billing Notice sent to each member on january 15th If I have to send out a second notice there is a cost of 55cents for each notice sent when you consider postage etc., not including my time. KNIGHT ALERT LETTER sent on February 15th Dues are considered delinquent and past due as of February 1st. In addition to having another council expense to send out this 3rd reminder, the retention committee has the duty to call each of these late individuals and remind them of their promise to keep their dues current. NOTICE OF INTENT TO RETAIN sent on March 1st This is another cost to the council if it is necessary. Form 100 filed with Supreme for suspension May 1st We hope it never comes to that. As you can see this is a schedule we must follow. I ask each and every member to pay their dues upon receipt of the billing and before January 15th. That will save the council the extra expense and labor if it is necessary to follow up with the additional three steps. If any of you have a real financial problem with paying your dues please let either me or Grand Knight Michael LaRiccia know and we will privately assist you with your dues payment. Tony Donofrio Financial Secretary **************************************************************************************************************

5 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 5 Council Recognition OCTOBER 2015 HonoreeS COUNCIL is proud to honor: KNIGHTS OF THE MONTH ***JOHN BOLAND *** *** TONY DONOFRIO *** This Month we have Two Knights of the Month They are John Boland and Tony Donofrio. Tony and John spent numerous hours reconciling all the book balances with the Wells Fargo checking Accounts. The books are now in order and reconciled with the Wells Fargo bank Accounts. John is the current Treasurer of the Council and Tony is the Financial Secretary. The Council thanks them for their hard work!!!! FAMILY OF THE MONTH ***************TONY AND PAULA DONOFRIO ******************* Our Family of the Month this month is Tony and Paula Donofrio. Tony is currently the Financial Secretary of the Council. He spent many hours with John Boland reconciling the bank accounts and the books of the Council and the other duties of Financial Secretary. He is also a lector at the Parish. Paula not only helped with her computer expertise to reconcile the books and some of the other Financial Secretary duties, but she is a valued and active member of the Ladies Auxiliary and always helps whenever she can. She is also an Eucharistic minister at the Parish. Both Tony and Paula are mentors to us all and the Council appreciates this outstanding couple. ********************************************************************************************************

6 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 6 *************************************************************************************** PEOPLE IN NEED OF PRAYERS Please continue to help our brothers, families, and friends that are in need of our prayers. Prayers are our way of asking Jesus to help! Please remember the following in your prayers : JJ Quinn, longtime friend and Brother, went to our Lord this month. Please pray for his soul. Fred Sullivan also went to our Lord this month. Please pray for his soul and his family. Jeanne Kurvers, wife of Theo, who is a PGK and was a very active member, is very ill and needs our prayers for recovery.. Chuck McCloskey s father, Ronald McCloskey, is in need of prayers. Please pray for recovery and relief of pain. SK John Falzarano, our Brother Knight and an active member of the Council and the Assembly is now recovering from major surgery and can use our prayers. Ralph Vitello is in need of our prayers to stay well. Please pray for this friend. Bob Pinzl needs our prayers for relief of pain and healing in his hospitalization. Tony Donofrio needs our prayers for his health and eyesight issues. Please add Bill Allen to your prayers. Bill has been an active member of our Council and is hurting, Fran Kenny, wife of PGK Matt, has been suffering with pain and is in need of our prayers. Dorthy Mae Castronova, wife of Mike, has some recurring illness and needs prayers, please pray for her and Mike! Also Gerri Symanski, wife of deceased member Walter, passed on to the Lord September 12 th, Please remember her in your prayers. Tony Ruivivar, our Society of Seven Star, is in need of prayers. He is undergoing chemotherapy. Please pray for him and his wife Karen. Also Jennifer Zagby, daughter of Bob and Dee, has breast cancer and is in need or prayers for a full recovery. Also continue to pray for Sylvester Smith III, and his wife Marsha, as he continues to recover from illness. Prayers are also needed for the following Brothers and Sisters: Louis Lanza, Mrs Peries, Leon Fuselier, Kathy Fuselier, Ed Keller, Kay DeNeal, Bill Allen, Bill Gorman, Terri Gorman, Reynaldo Cadiz, Vince Garth, John Labradlo and Joe Karkalla. Remember our Blessed Mother has a direct line and it works! Please continue to help our brothers & families with prayers. I know they will be answered! Call or visit the sick. IF YOU AREN T PRAYING THE ROSARY OFTEN YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON HER HELP! We should be thankful for the responses we have received from Above. He certainly supports our prayers to His Mother Mary through the rosary. KEEP THEM COMING!!!!!!! Important notice: Please!!! When talking to your family members advise them that if any member of your family is a member of the Knights of Columbus Council or Assembly be sure and advise the Church Representative in case of death or serious illness. They cannot advise us if they are not aware. We do not want any funerals that go unattended or forget people in the hospital. Online Rosary: comepraytherosary.org Please let me know if we should add or remove any names from the list. All Members be a part of one of the best brotherhoods and add new life-long friends. Become committee chairman, call the new members and friends for help. Do not do it alone!! Be sure and say hello and visit with all your Brothers at the meetings, and introduce yourselves to new members. We are all the same, part of the Brotherhood and trying to do some good. NEW MEMBERS: We have many activities coming up, we know you and your families cannot participate in everything. But please participate in as much as you can!!! God Bless, Nick Ciccone, Fraternal Chairman (leave message) or luckynik@cox.net

7 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 7 COUNCIL NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS **************************************************************************************************************** In Memoriam Please remember in your prayers Brothers Fred Sullivan and JJ Quinn, who went to the Lord this month. Please keep their souls and their families in your prayers. ***************************************************************************************************************** Message from Mike LaRiccia, Grand Knight Brothers, I want to get your input on what you want to get out of our meetings. Please offer any suggestion you may have to gain your interest by making Our Council the Center of your Social Life. You can contact me by at fs10442@gmail.com or my cell phone, Also, Our Financial Secretary, Tony Donofrio, will come to the end of his one year term the end of June Our Council will need a Financial Secretary to replace Tony. Anyone interested please me or call. Someone needs to step up to the position. Some of the requirements; computer literat, and some accounting back ground, if you volunteer now, Tony will train you in all aspects of the job. Mike LaRiccia, GK Council ***************************************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************************************** Wreaths across America Project Wreaths across America is a national movement to honor deceased Veterans. The group is most recognized for their efforts to decorate Arlington National Cemetery. This is a Christmas project designed to remember those who have served our country through their military service. Members of the Father Joseph O Callahan KOC Assembly 2820 are coordinating the drive to purchase the wreaths for the Boulder City Veterans Ceremony on behalf of all Southern Nevada Knights. This is a great opportunity to be visible within the community while remembering those who have served. We are asking you to consider purchasing one or more, for just $15 each, but for every two that are purchased they will add a third at no cost. To participate, please contact FN Ken Sawyer at kenjsawyer@cox.net or Checks should be made payable to KOC Assembly The laying of the Wreaths will take place on December 12 th, should you wish to participate in the ceremony. *********************************************************************************************************************** Boulder City Veterans Day Parade: As you may already know the Knights of Columbus have signed up to be participating in the Las Vegas Veterans Day Parade. We are requesting participation from all Southern Nevada Knights and Council Ladies in this parade. The more Knights in the parade the better; we are looking to have a large group. We will have one possibly two floats to carry those individuals not able to walk the distance of the parade. The line-up will begin at 7:30 am in the area of 3rd Street and Coolidge. The parade will begin at 10 am. The parade will run mainly along 4th Street from Coolidge to Stewart with the Reviewing Stand at 4th and Ogden. If you can t walk you can always come down and cheer us on. Assembly members can either wear their Regal (preferred) or their Assembly shirts. We are extending our invitation to all Councils, Ladies Auxiliaries, Columbian Squires, and Boy Scout Troops. All we ask is that they wear their Council shirts and bring their flags or banners. This will be an exciting event that everyone will remember and talk about for a long time. Please let me know if you will be participating. See you November 11, 2015!!!! *******************************************************************************************************************

8 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 8 St Joseph Husband of Mary Roman Catholic Church Knights of Columbus Council West Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, NV Phone: Or Contact: Grand Knight: Mike LaRiccia, Deputy Grand Knight: Bill Koss, Fraternal Chairman: Nick Ciccone, Financial Secretary, Tony Donofrio, Newsletter Editor -Robert Pinzl, Membership Director: Bob Zagby,, communications: Frank Davis, SUPREME WEBSITE: Nevada State Website Council Website: ************************************************************************************* SJHOM IS IN GREAT NEED OF USHERS! If you are interested in becoming an Usher, please contact the Head Usher: Lino Loyola at or lino.loyola@yahoo.com Responsibilities of Ushers: Hospitality - Meet, greet and seat Parishioners before the mass. Collection - each usher will be assigned to their respective sections to pass the collection baskets before the Homily. Communion - each usher will be standing by next to an Eucharistic Minister, Priest, or Deacon to make sure that Parishioners will consume the Host - and NOT walk away with it. Please consider helping and contact Brother Lino Loyola if you can help. *************************************************************************************************** NOTE: Ladies Auxiliary will be having a Christmas party at Sienna Bistro Dec 10 th. More details to follow!

9 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 9 Here is something to ask yourself: Why am I not taking advantage of our Insurance fraternal benefit? Even a small $10,000 Final Expense Policy will help you, your family and the council. The cost is minimal and will help your family when money will be needed We are sending Millions of Dollars to our fellow Christians in the Middle East. This money comes from The Insurance Division. Yes, as was stated in our first degree "Charity should come from both a rich man as well as poor man." The articles below explains why this is a UNIQUE opportunity for you and your fellow brothers. No one outside of the Knights of Columbus can take advantage of our Insurance programs. You can see the strength of the Knights of Columbus Insurance. We even have guaranteed Insurance policies for those with health issues Long Term Insurance, Annuities (great product with zero fees) and disability are also available. Call me and let me help you protect your family Cornelius (Neil) Peters Knights of Columbus Earns Top Rating from A.M. Best for 39th Consecutive Year Financial Strength Rated A++ (Superior) Citing the Knights of Columbus' strong presence in Catholic communities and its members' loyalty, ratings agency A.M. Best reaffirmed the K of C s rating of A++ (Superior) for financial strength. The rating announcement marks the 39th consecutive year that the Knights of Columbus earned A.M. Best's top marks. The Order has $94 billion of life insurance in force and $21 billion in assets under management. No insurer in North America is more highly rated than the Knights of Columbus. "Our top rating from A.M Best underscores our commitment to our members and their families," said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. "We were founded to protect the financial futures of Catholic families, and we take that obligation seriously. In our sales, operations and investments, we keep in mind that Knights and their families are more than customers, they are members of our fraternal family. Supreme Knight Anderson added: We credit our commitment to our members, our excellent sales force of agents who are all Knights of Columbus, and our commitment to our Catholic values, which are the keys to the work we do. Earlier this year, the Knights of Columbus was named a 2014 "World's Most Ethical Company" by the Ethisphere Institute an independent center for research promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance. It was one of two companies named in the life insurance category, and one of fewer than 150 total companies worldwide. **************************************************************************************

10 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 10 COUNCIL SPONSORS 2 nd ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT Everyone is welcome to participate come to golf, watch the fun, help out, and /or Donate!!!! US FLAG RETIREMENT The Knights of Columbus will be receiving worn and tattered Flags before all Masses on Nov 14 th and Nov 15 th. So as you take down your flag after flying it on Veterans Day Nov 11 th, they suggest you inspect it and consider if it has served your family well and now is the time to respectively retire it. If that is the case, just bring it to church the following weekend and place it in the container noted in the Plaza. The Knights Assembly 2820 is Coordinating the Flag Retirement Service with the Parish Boy Scout Troop, details will be announced soon. Questions should be directed to Ken Sawyer at kenjsawyer@cox.net or ***************************************************************************************************

11 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 11 Ladies Auxiliary Dear Sisters, Hard to believe it is November already!!! We have had a busy Fall. Lots of activities going on. I wanted to say how much I appreciate each and every one of you and your help. We had a successful Heaven s House activity October 24. th Thanks to those of you that came and helped. There were not as many kids as we had hoped but everyone seemed to enjoy it. We also had Religious goods October th. Thanks to all that helped with that too, and also those who helped price the items the day before. We had lots of nice things out and netted over $900. Our next meeting is Nov 5 th. It will be at 730 in the St Francis/Clair Rooms. We will be taking a vote on the Cash raffle proposal that Mary Ann will present. Also will talk about the Silent Auction on May 19 th. All those that can and wish to, Please bring to the meeting donations to Fawn House. They need toiletries, and /or a small gift card to Walmart or Target ($15 is what we have done in the past). They also would like scarfs, notebooks, pens, journals, socks. Anything you would like to donate will help. We are going to visit them Dec 1 st and the spiritual physical support is just as important. So Please plan to come with us to visit the girls and share with them as we meet at Fawn House II on Dec 1 st at 730pm More details to follow. The Christmas party is Dec 10 at 5pm at the Sienna Bistro. Many many thanks to Pat and Mike LaRiccia for setting this up and negotiating a deal on the Menu. It is a nice menu for $25 and includes tax and tip. We are limited to 50 people so it is open to the Ladies and their families first and then will be opened to the rest of the Knights. Pat and Mike will be taking reservations/money so if you can please plan to make your reservation/pay for the meal at the meeting Nov 5 th if you can. Our next religious goods sales is Nov th. Please plan to help if you can. We appreciate everyone s help. I would like to end with the quote of the month: Faith must become a flame of Love within us. A flame which burns in our lives and is propagated to our neighbors. This is the essence of evangelization. ---Pope Benedict XVI Wishing all my sisters and safe and health and grateful Thanksgiving!! Love Jolyn Pinzl President Ladies Auxiliary Council *********************************************************************************************************

12 KNIGHTLY NOTES PAGE 12 THOUGHTS ON READING THE BIBLE FROM POPE FRANCIS Vatican City, Oct 23, 2015 / 06:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Bible is so dangerous that some Christians risk persecution to have one. But for Pope Francis, its life-changing role in daily life is important too. The Bible is not meant to be placed on a shelf, but to be in your hands, to read often every day, both on your own and together with others, he wrote in the prologue to a Bible for youth in Germany. He encouraged young people to read the Bible together the way they play sports or go shopping together. Why not read the Bible together as well two, three, or four of you? In nature, in the woods, on the beach, at night in the glow of a few candles you will have a great experience! Read with attention! Do not stay on the surface as if reading a comic book! Never just skim the Word of God! he exhorted, according to a translation by the news site Aleteia. The Pope encouraged young people to ask what God says to them through the Bible. Has he touched me in the depths of my longing? What should I do? he encouraged them to ask. Only in this way can the force of the Word of God unfold. Only in this way can it change our lives, making them great and beautiful. The Pope s comments come in the prologue to the German edition of the YouCat Bible. The youth Bible is from the makers of the YouCat catechism for youth. The new Bible edition includes the text of the Bible packaged in a modern layout with a storyline, line drawings, and color photographs accompanied by explanations and quotations. The YouCat Bible was proved popular at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Fifteen publishers from countries including the U.S., Poland, and Argentina signed agreements to publish the Bible. Bernhard Meuser, project manager at YouCat, said the youth Bible is among the top ten most valuable licenses at the book fair. YouCat has printed six million copies of its youth catechism, published in The catechism is now available in 39 languages. In the prologue to the YouCat Bible, Pope Francis reflected on his own much-used Bible. If you could see my Bible, you would not be particularly impressed, he said. What that s the Pope s Bible? Such an old, worn-out book! But he would not trade it for a new one. I love my old Bible, which has accompanied me half my life. It has been with me in my times of joy and times of tears. It is my most precious treasure, he said. I live out of it, and I wouldn t give anything in the world for it. Pope Francis praised the new Youth Bible for its testimonies from saints and young people. It is so inviting that when you start to read at the beginning, you can t stop until the last page, he said. He encouraged readers not to let the Bible disappear on a shelf and collect dust. There are more persecuted Christians in the world today than in the early days of the Church. And why are they persecuted? They are persecuted because they wear a cross and bear witness to Jesus. They are convicted because they own a Bible, he said. The Pope described the Bible as a highly dangerous book. Some countries treat someone with a Bible as if you were hiding hand grenades in your closet. He questioned whether the Bible can be just a piece of literature or a collection of old stories, given how many Christians are persecuted for it. By the word of God has Light come into the world, and it will never go out, he said. Pope Francis also recounted his own Bible reading habits. Often I read a little and then put it away and contemplate the Lord. Not that I see the Lord, but he looks at me. He s there. I let myself look at him. And I feel this is not sentimentality I feel deeply the things that the Lord tells me, the Pope said. Sometimes he does not speak. I then feel nothing, only emptiness, emptiness, emptiness. But I remain patiently, and so I wait, reading and praying. The Pope said that sometimes he falls asleep while praying. But it does not matter. I m like a son with the father, and that is what s important.