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1 Th e N e w s Rent the Council Hall! Vol. 24 No. 3 March 2013 March Meetings Business Mar. 6th, 8pm Social Mar. 20th, 8pm Contents Fraternal Notes 2 Fraternal Benefits 4 Squires Chaplain's Counsel Good of the Order Ladies' Auxilliary Family 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. Contact: Drew Hilbinger: ( ) I Grand Knight's Corner Brothers, t was awesome to see so many of you come out an support our new membership drive at St. Francis Xavier. Your enthusiasm for the Knights carried over to parishioners who filled out seven interest cards. With a little luck and perserverance our efforts should translate into more the a few new members. council, and of course would eventually move onto to a higher calling in the priesthood. Next, I hope that we can duplicate our effort at Christ The King Church in Towson on March 17th, and then at Immaculate Conception, Nativity and St. Josephs (dates not yet established). Please join me in inviting out Catholic brothers to become one of us, but don t wait for our parish membership drives, if you meet someone that you think will make a good knight, please get his name, number and e mail address, and we ll follow up with him. Both Fr. Frank Brauer and Msgr. Thomas J. Donellan and the St. Francis Xavier parishioners were very welcoming to us, and it was great to hear Msgr. Donellan story Glenn Thuman about his involvement in the Grand Knight Knights of Columbus. Being called to service, Msgr. Donellan searched for avenues to fulfill his calling but there was only one option on his college campus, and it was the Knights of Columbus. Eventually, Msgr. Donellan became the Grand Knight of his The K Ladies Bus Trip to Atlantic City! 04/13/2013 Details Inside! 6th 12th 13th 14th 17th 20th 24th 27th Events This Month Business Meeting O'Neill Club Meeting Darts Night K Club Meeting St. Patrick's Day Party Social Meeting Easter Egg Hunt Officer's Meeting

2 The 4011 News 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 4th 5th 9th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 22nd 23rd 24th 27th 31st 3rd 5th 8th 18th MARCH BIRTHDAYS Sharon Raver Anthony T. De Cesare Susan Muller Annamarie Romeo Rodrigo V. Belangue Lucille Dean Renee Egan Helen Hawkins Barbara Nowakowski Michael J. Wingard Richard R. Briggs PGK Jason R. Smithberger Margaret Williams Sharon Ann Mooney Timothy R. Baldwin Timothy E. Bankard Amedee W. Dean Rosemary Brandes Janet Luers Mary Stickel Donald E. Cora Anthony J. Romano,Jr. Arthur E. Hayes D. Alfred Ducharme Baika S. Sesay Ella Mae Schindler James J. Schindler HLM J. Carroll Hagan PGK HLM Charles J. Kenny Daniel E. McClure William E. Eicholtz HLM Keith P. Elliott Bernard A. Pilon PGK HLM Dr. Aaron N. LacKamp Raymond P. Chlan, Sr. HLM MARCH ANNIVERSARIES Dr. Thomas & Megan Llewellyn Dr. Feodor & Mary Ann Caguin Major Douglas & Larzie Kircher RevMsgr Jeremiah Kenney HLM Investment Club January Winners $25.00 Winner: Cal Raver (360) Seller: Cal Raver $25.00 Winner: Richard McClary (673) Seller: Keith Elliott $25.00 Winner: Donna Easton (147) Seller: John Easton $50.00 Winner: Bernard Pilon (018) Seller: Bernie Pilon $ Winner: Doris Shiflett (398) Seller: Jerry Shiflett (Ticket numbers in parenthesis)

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4 The 4011 News Pag e 4 By Msgr. John J. Fitzgerald T Dear Fellow Knights: he Supreme Knight, in response to Pope Benedict XVI s call for the Catholic Church to observe A Year of Faith, has produced a series of booklets (about 40 pages each) on The New Evangelization. You might think that is a strange term since spreading the Good News is a mandate for all followers of Jesus Christ from the very lips of Jesus Himself. So what is the New in New Evangelization all about? Guess what? I am not going to tell you in this column! However, I am making available to Fr. O Neill Council Knights a copy of What Is the New Evangelization?, the first booklet of T Ask eligible men to join oday, I want to address the growth of the Order. Membership growth is the fuel that keeps this great fraternal engine running. All of our charitable works in the council, state, national and international level are thanks to our hard working members. We also recognize that the membership blitz is a tried and true way for councils to increase their numbers. We see these pushes often in March, in celebration of Founder s Day, and again in October. These drives are successful because brother Knights are more visible than normal, during and after Masses and at Chaplain's Counsel the series. It is published by the Supreme Council s Catholic Information Service in New Haven, Connecticut. Check out Supreme s Website: for other booklets in this series as well as the many other series of booklets and books published by CIS. Reading The New Evangelization would be a wonderful and life changing spiritual practice for Lent. Msgr. John L. FitzGerald, Ph.D. Fr. O Neill Council Chaplain, Deputy State Chaplain P.S. Here is a hint about the topics in the booklet. Contents Fraternal Benefits special events. We must remember to ask each and every Catholic gentleman to join our ranks for the good of the Church, the community and the Order. During the rest of the year, we often forget to ask men to join our ranks and bring their families into the Knights of Columbus family. You probably know an eligible Catholic man you could ask today. Chances are that the only reason he hasn t joined already is because no one asked him. When telling a prospect about the strengths of the Order, don t forget our greatest fraternal benefit: our insurance program. This is often an interesting selling point to a potential member who is on the fence. Many members come into the Knighthood simply to be able to buy coverage for their family. Soon after, they realize the good We have come to believe in God s love... 1 A World Longing for Love and Joy 2 Discovering God s Love Amid Suffering 3 A message of Hope for the Modern World Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel 11 Why Do We Need a New Evangelization? 12 Why New? 13 The Source of Evangelization Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies...? 23 Who Evangelizes? 26 The Content of the New Evangelization 30 The Method of Evangelization 32 Conclusion: The Grain of Wheat our charitable works do for their community and they are proud to be members. As your professional Knights of Columbus insurance agent, I look forward to helping us grow in fraternity in any way that I can. Anthony Viscardi, CLU, ChFC, CASL, FICF, LUTCF / anthony.viscardi@kofc.org

5 March 2013 by John Easton, Lecturer Pag e 5 Good of the Order the jar was full. They agreed it was. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will The professor picked up a box of never have room for the things n keeping with the Lecturer s sand and poured it into the jar. Of that are important to you. responsibility to provide course, the sand filled up suitable educational and everything else. Pay attention to the things that are entertaining programs under the He then asked once more if the jar critical to your happiness. Play Good of the Order, this column was full. The students responded with your children. Take your complements that portion of the with a unanimous Yes. partner out dancing. There will meeting. always be time to go to work, clean Now, said the professor, I want the house, give a dinner party and A philosophy professor stood you to recognize that this jar fix the disposal. before his class with some items on represents your life. The rocks are the table in front of him. When the the important things your family, Take care of the rocks first the class began, wordlessly he picked your partner, your health, your things that really matter. Set your up a very large and empty children things that if everything priorities. The rest is just sand. mayonnaise jar and proceeded to else was lost and only they fill it with rocks, about 2 inches in remained, your life would still be John diameter. full. I He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if P lease Note the Squires Open Meeting date has been changed from Feb 23rd to March 9th to allow adequate time for family planning and outreach to several parishes. Columbian Squires Announcement As the world faces difficult economic times, it is important to remember that donating money is not the only way to contribute. Squires are asked now more than ever to give of their time and their talent, as an individual and as a circle. Your service is needed by The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first, he continued there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. Squires your country, your community, your neighbors and your Church. Young men ages are you interested? Come to the open meeting 9:00 A.M., Saturday March 9, Who: Parents and interested Catholic young men ages Where: Knights of Columbus Father O'Neil Council Home 616 W. Seminary Avenue Lutherville, MD The Squires is a great way to develop character and leadership skills in a fun healthy way. Any Questions?: call Stan Sr. at

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7 March 2013 C Family ongratulations to new family man, Charles Kenny. Charles married Alicia Baraniewicz in October. While adjusting to married life and attending graduate school at night, Charles still manages to edit and produce our monthly newsletter. May God bless Charles and Alicia with a fruitful and loving marriage! W ell how bout them Ravens! Could you feel people all around in deep prayer in the final seconds of that game? Along with the collective sigh of relief when we won, have you sensed that our community became one? Did you notice how we now cheered for and celebrated the same thing? We were all part of One thing. One Achievement. One Goal. We rallied together and look at what we accomplished. How many people apply that same excitement and fervor..into their faith? Do you? Pag e 7 C Knight of the Month ongratulations to the Brent McDonald, our Knight of the Month, who once again has delivered an awesome Lenten dinner, and Stations of the Cross service. It is amazing to see the Brent and his lovely wife, Deedy, and family pull together each year to feed and pray with dozens of knights, family members and guests. The pasta with clam sauce was delicious, and the company was even better. If you haven t joined us yet for this annual event, you don t know what you re missing. Ladies' Auxilliary Peace and all good, Lisa Gough, OFS Lisa21093@comcast.net UPCOMING K LADIES EVENTS March 14th Monthly Gathering We will be reciting Mary s Stations of the Cross. Social time begins at 7:15pm, meeting starts around 7:40pm. April 13th Bus Trip to Atlantic City $40/per person. Contact Lisa Gough April 27th Flea Market 10 4 at the Council Home. For This Lent would be a great time for volunteering or donating please contact Jeanne Cora at all of us to cheer on our team. Evangelization and living a Gospel jbcora58@aol.com or or Lil Falcone at life are the cheers we have to proclaim our faith to the world and lilandjoe6@gmail.com or get people all fired up to come and follow. It may not be a fancy parade from City Hall to the stadium. But, this journey is so much better!

8 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 rd 9th 10th 11th 17th 24th 27th April CALENDAR OF EVENTS Business Meeting O'Neill Club Meeting Darts Night K Club Meeting Social Meeting Officer's Meeting K Club Flea Market 1st 8th 14th 15th 16th 24th May Business Meeting Darts Night O'Neill Club Meeting Social Meeting K Club Meeting Officer's Meeting 5th 11th 12th 13th 19th 22nd 26th June Business Meeting O'Neill Club Meeting Darts Night K Club Meeting Social Meeting Honors Banquet Officer's Meeting