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1 K of C Knightly News St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Council 11187, Pickerington Ohio Dear Brother Knights, Brothers. We trust the Easter season finished well for you and your families. Everyone can now return to those sinful pleasures from which we abstained during Lent and begin to let slip all of those improvements in our personal and Christian lives. Okay. Just checking. We all know that Easter is actually a celebration of 50 days. The celebration of His resurrection continues as should our attempts at acting as better Catholics. Your challenge this month is to continue in your sacrifice as much as you can... especially those directed at improving your faith. For this, we shall all become better. During the past month, our council enjoyed many successful activities. The Fish Fry s wound down with great success thanks to the Cod Crew of Bob Eisenacher, John Letourneau, Thom Laughery and their many able and willing assistants... including our ever special Lady Knights and Squires! Compliments on the different fish offerings came from everyone I spoke with in attendance. Great job, guys. The Parish St. Patrick s Day Party was a huge success! The traditional Irish fare was excellently prepared and the entertainment was wonderful. A young harpist (Natalie Hoffman) played as we dined, the Richen-Timms Dance troupe performed afterwards, a world class Irish singer (Helena Flores) entertained throughout, and traditional bagpipe music greeted everyone entering the PAC! For those of you who could not attend, make plans to put this on your calendar for next year. It just keeps on getting better! Dick and Joie Petersen and Pat Cleary set up this tremendous event and many others made it run smoothly... again with the help of our Lady Knights. Thanks to you all. And a special thanks to our Easter Bunny for greeting all after Easter Sunday Masses. Who was that furry fellow? Unfortunately, with the good comes the bad. With heavy hearts, we stood guard at the funeral of Larry Lotz... a friend, a brother, a fellow 4 th Degree member, and our Council Recording Secretary. Larry lost his battle with infections that overcame his lungs and a bad heart valve. We shall miss him at our meetings, socials, and all the events with which he assisted. He was a good man. As mentioned at the calling hours, we all half expect Larry to be serving as the Recording Secretary at the pearly gates. I can just hear him admonishing Peter now... What name did you say?... as the roll is called. And along with this event comes my personal thanks to all in attendance that day. Our Knights and many ladies managed everything during the calling hours, rosary, mass, and luncheon afterwards. We stood guard, served as pall bearers, performed the readings, acted as choir boys, sang in the choir, were the gift bearers, ministers, and even conducted the luncheon for all afterwards. Peggy kept thanking us for everything and commenting on the beauty of the ceremony. Remember, this is truly why the Knights began... to care for the widow and families of fallen brothers. It was an honor to take part. Please keep Peggy in your thoughts and prayers. I know we shall never forget Larry. Many things are on the docket for April! First, if you have not purchased or sold your four State Bonanza Raffle tickets, please get hopping! If you have not even received them, call me at Tickets are only $5.00 a piece and pay out tremendously! We need to sell at least 404 tickets by the first turn in on April 18. Father has asked that we assist with the food offerings at a Welcoming New Parishioners Gathering following the Saturday Mass on April 9 th. The meeting is to show all new Seton Parish members ways in which they can become involved. What better way to show all the Knights do. Our annual Blue Coat Dinner is on Friday, April 15 th. Please be ready to come serve those who serve and protect us daily... our police, fire fighters, and emergency medical crews. We will be participating in a First Degree ceremony with our Brother Knights from Lancaster celebrating their 100th anniversary. It will be Sunday May 1st at 2 pm with the candidates call at 1:30 pm. Please push to see if we can usher any new members into our ranks. Some of our new Catholics may be interested! It never hurts to ask. And remember, the 4 th degree exemplification is set for the weekend of April at Easton. To those of you 3 rd degree members still out there... what are you waiting for?? This exemplification is in town, so you do not need to travel or arrange for a hotel. Your Assembly will be our new one right here at Seton Parish. Become part of our patriotic Order this year! And early next month we need you to don those aprons and help walk the streets to collect for Measure Up. The dates are May 6 and 7. Be ready to assist Brother George Williams as he calls. Please read inside as more information on all the above is included. Also, take care Inside this issue: to look over the slate of Officer Candidates for next year. If you wish to nominate anyone including yourself, for any position, please contact one of the trustees or myself. Insurance corner 2 And finally, let s hope the weather warms; the golf league gets off to a good start, the grass does not grow too quick, the tax man is merciful, and that you all experience joy in your life this month. Mike Croyle Grand Knight April 1, 2005 Volume 12, Issue 6 Recruitment letter 3 Candidate Nominations 4 Right to Life 5 Business Meeting Minutes 6 Badges and Shirts 7 Prayer Corner 8

2 2005 Super Cash Bonanza The Ohio State Council Knights of Columbus is conducting a new, Charity Raffle this spring. This fund-raiser replaces the Charity Raffle previously held in the fall and will be an annual event. The fall will now only have the Football Sweepstakes to run. This eliminates the need to sell raffle tickets for two different items at the same time. The name of the spring raffle is Super Cash Bonanza. The tickets are no longer sold in books - six for $5.00. They are just one ticket - one $5.00 price. This eliminates all the extra printing costs as well as the costs associated with the tear offs and drawing! The great news is the savings in costs come back to the winners and the councils selling the tickets. First, let s look at the prizes! First Place: $49, Payable $414 a month for ten years! Second Place: $18, Payable $313 a month for five years! Third Place: $12, Payable $212 a month for five years! Fourth Place: $5, Fifth Place: $5, Sixth Place: $4, Seventh Place: $3, Eighth Place: $3, Ninth Place: $2, Tenth Place: $2, Eleventh Place: $2, Twelfth Place: $2, th 15 th Place: $1, th 20 th Place: $1, The Grand Prize Drawing is on May 27, 2005 at 9:00 PM at the State Convention! We will call you from there to let you know! So, what does this mean to the council? For each ticket sold, our council automatically receives $2.40. Selling our quota of 1 ½ tickets by the first turn in (Monday, April 18), returns us an additional 60 cents per ticket. And due to the fact that we had attendees at the February Road Show to explain all of this, we receive an additional 20 cents per ticket on top of that! All tallied, this makes our return for each ticket sold by first turn in $3.20! Our magic number of total tickets to sell by first turn in is 404. This would automatically gain our council $1,292.80! And there is so much more. Without going into all the financial details, we could receive rebates of an additional per ticket sold following the final turn in on Friday, May 20. To accomplish this, each member would need to account for four tickets - buy one - sell three! This should not be a challenge. We did a great job in the fall. Now, let s do better in the spring! Give yourself a chance to win big bucks and the council a chance to gain more money to give in our charitable way! So - SELL, SELL, SELL! Contact Mike Croyle at for tickets. Mike would also appreciate the offer from anyone to help chair this fund-raiser! Congratulations: Council would like to recognize the following individuals. Their selfless hard work and desire helped make us one of the best Councils in the State: Knight of the Year Neil Ferguson Lady of the Year Kathy Eisenacher Family of the Year Dick and Joie Petersen Volunteer of the Year Wayne Patterson Youth of the Year Tommy Malott Religious of the Year Hector Raymond Chaplain of the Year Fr. Jeffrey Tigyer First Communion Help Needed On April 30 we need 7 to 14 4th degree Knights for first communion. If interested please call me at or by at Wpatterzoo@hotmail.com. Please let me know by April 19th. Thank you. Wayne HELP WANTED Insurance Corner After much deliberation and with great regret I have resigned my position with the Knights of Columbus Insurance organization and will no longer be your council Agent. It has been my privilege and honor to serve each and every one of you and I want to thank each of you for the support that was given to me. Without the support and backing of the council I would not have had the success that I was blessed with and I want you all to know that it has been gratefully appreciated. My decision has been based upon several contributing factors and any further information will be shared on an individual basis. Thank you again for your support. Vivat Jesus. Lloyd Stauffer Should you have any questions in regards to KofC insurance call Pat Cleary at

3 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Knights of Columbus Council Dear Friend: You have been recommended for membership to our Knights of Columbus Council 11187, here at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. The Knights of Columbus is the largest lay organization in the Catholic Church. The Order is "the strong right arm of the Church". It has been praised by Popes, Presidents and other world leaders, for support of the Church, programs of evangelization and Catholic education, civic involvement and aid to those in need. We would like to discuss with you and make you aware of our Council activities. These activities support both the Council and the Parish. The majority of our funds and proceeds assist our Parish. These funds come from: Fish Dinners Pasta Dinners Pancake Breakfasts Monte Carlo Nights Community and other Church Activities we fund include: Seton Parish Purchases - Vestments - Chalices - Kitchen Equipment - Many other needs of the Parish Religious Education Measure Up for Special Olympics Sunday Mass for Television Other Council and Family Activities: Bluecoats Dinner Family Picnic Golf League Wives Appreciation Dinner Visit with the Easter Bunny Visit with Santa Seton Festival Hayride/Bonfire. and more!!! Our Admission Committee will contact you soon, to discuss membership and participation. We would encourage you in the meantime to look at our Knights of Columbus Bulletin Board and pick up a copy of our monthly KofC Knightly News and The Life and Times of Father Michael J. McGivney, our Founding Father". The Admission Committee will schedule a meeting with you following a receipt of a completed membership form. These forms are available from any Knight or on the Knights Bulletin Board. Please return these forms to the Knight who recruited you or to the church mailboxes of Harry Clyburn or Mike Croyle. If you choose to join the Knights, please be assured you will always be treated as a Catholic gentleman as you go through the Degrees of the Order. In closing, would it not feel nice for you and your family to come to Church and know many others? Join the Knights to help your family become more of an active participant in our Fraternity of Knights as well as in our Parish Family. Sincerely, Mike Croyle Grand Knight This letter can be downloaded for use from the website 3

4 Seton Knights Participate In State Bowling Tournament The 87 th Annual Ohio State Knights of Columbus Bowling Tournament is being conducted at Riviera Lanes in Fairlawn, Ohio (north of Akron) from March 5 through April 24, Our council was represented at this tournament the weekend of March 12 and 13. The following council Knights represented the bowling entry of Seton Knights: Brothers Pat O Linn, Bob Cunningham, Fran Vendetta, Jim Michnowicz, John Pizzuto and Joe Drignat. Singles and doubles were bowled on Saturday at 2:15pm and the team event was bowled on Sunday at 1:00pm. The lane conditions were very difficult due to the minimal use of oil for us bowlers who throw a breaking ball. The scores could have been a little higher but the fun factor was fantastic. We were very fortunate to have a great cheering section made up of our lovely wives. The friendship, laughter, new acquaintances and the competition of brother knights from throughout the state and our diocese were a great time had by all. Next year, the state-bowling tournament will be held in north Columbus at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace. The tournament is a fun time and maybe next year our council can field another team. We had a great time and look forward 2006! Fraternally yours, Fran A. Vendetta, PGK, FDD Candidate List The tentative list of candidates for the upcoming fraternal year 2005/06 is below. All offices are available for anyone that wishes to run. If interested please contact the nomination committee: Mike Croyle - (740) Greg Lowe Neil Ferguson Dick Petersen Bud Joos Grand Knight - Greg Lowe Deputy Grand Knight - Bogomir Glavan Chancellor - Harry Clyburn Advocate - Lloyd Stauffer Recorder - Terry Reine Treasurer - John Pizzuto Warden - Wayne Patterson Inner Guard - Eugene Ebert Outer Guard - Lecturer - Hector Raymond 3 Year Trustee - Mike Croyle 2 Year trustee - Neil Ferguson 1 Year Trustee - Richard Petersen Fr Michael J. McGivney Guild For information on the founder of the Knights of Columbus, please visit the following website: To join the Father Michael J. McGivney Guild, pleasevisit the following website: From the Cod Crew To all of the Knights, wives and families that volunteered to help with the recent fish fries, THANK YOU!! Some of you were there multiple weeks with us either to setup, help with the preparation, serving or tear down and the clean up, we especially recognize and appreciate your help. Undertakings like the fish fries would not be possible without the contributions of time from so many. Those of you who were unable to help this year we look forward to seeing you next year. To all of the families (wink, wink, wives) who graciously contributed wonderful desserts we also extend our appreciation. Last but certainly not least the Squires. Young men who have, in a short period of time, successfully launched a new organization and made such a significant group contribution, you are to be commended. Your support for the fish fries is also recognized and greatly appreciated. Thank You! John Letourneau Thom Laughery Bob Eisenacher KofC Golf League Reminder that the Knights of Columbus Golf League starts April 21 st. Please contact John Pizzuto at if you have any questions. Hit em long and straight. John Pizzuto 4

5 Knights Choir... The choir practice will be on April 6th and 20th at 7 pm. We will practice with the regular choir but will not sing until the last Sunday in April (24th). This will be the last chance to sing in Mass until fall. I need feedback to go forward with this project, so that I can let Pandora know if we are interested. Please leave a note in my mailbox or call me or send me an . PLEASE GIVE ME FEED BACK AND SOON! BECAUSE WE CANNOT GO FORWARD UNTIL THERE IS ENOUGH INTEREST! Bud budjoos@juno.com or or in person Baseball Season is Here! Take advantage of the best deal in town to watch professional baseball in our back yard. Buy tickets to watch the Columbus Clippers for only $2.00 each. The tickets are good from Opening Day until June 10. Ten dollars buys 5 tickets in our 5 for 10 plan! With normal ticket prices at $5.00 each, this purchase is a savings of $25.00! Enjoy a wholesome family evening at the ballpark with baseball, hotdogs, and cracker jacks! Use these tickets as great gifts to: Teachers, co-workers, employees, baseball loving friends and more You don t have the cash now? Call Mike Croyle (740) for tickets KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS In Service To One. In Service To All. In My Opinion - Moral Values vs. Feelings In last month s article I wrote about the 2005 March for Life and promised to discuss the Ohio Congressional Breakfast keynote talk. Columnist Cal Thomas spoke about the need for informed consent laws regarding abortion. Informed consent means that any woman considering abortion must be given information about the risks of abortion, alternatives like adoption or help during pregnancy and after the child is born, and parental notification is required for minors considering abortion. Because Ohio already has an informed consent law I am not going to discuss Cal Thomas talk any further, but rather will look into opposition to these laws. Of course, the so-called pro-choice groups adamantly oppose any and all informed consent laws. Why is this? First and foremost, because they are not really pro-choice they are pro-abortion because of the huge profits this industry generates and because they really don t value human life. And why don t they value human life? In recent years many people stopped looking to traditional sources of moral standards to decide what is right and wrong. Instead of being guided by the Bible and religion, they look elsewhere for moral and social guidelines. For many in America and Western Europe these guidelines are feelings personal feelings have supplanted universal standards. That is why most of the media today refers to terrorists as freedom fighters or insurgents as though beheading innocent people and blowing up children is morally equivalent to attempting to overthrow murderous tyrants. The animals and humans are equivalent movement is based entirely on feelings. People see animals being killed for food or sport and abandon thought completely when they equate their supposed suffering to that of a person in similar circumstances. Many educators are more worried about hurting a child s feelings or self esteem than actually teaching them something, so the public schools are dismal failures in many cities. The secular preoccupation with whether America is loved or hated is also entirely feelings-based. They want to be loved; religious believers want to do what is right and deem world opinion fickle at best and immoral at worst. In the secular view, the entire worth of the human fetus is determined by the mother's feelings. If she feels the human life she is carrying is worth nothing, it is worth nothing. If she feels it is infinitely precious, it is infinitely precious. While religious people are not immune to using feelings in determining right and wrong - after all, patriotism is largely a feeling and religious faith is often dictated by emotion - far more of their positions are based on What is right? rather than on How do I feel? That is why a religious woman who is pregnant but does not wish to be is far less likely to have an abortion than a secular woman in the same circumstances. Her values are higher than her feelings. And that, in a nutshell, is what our culture war is about - Judeo-Christian values versus secular feelings. By Edd Chinnock, Council Respect Life Coordinator 5

6 Business Meeting Minutes March 9, 2005 Meeting opened at 7:35 Reading of Minutes: Dispensed by unanimous vote and approved as entered in newsletter. Admissions Committee & Reading of Application: Reading of Bob Henley and any more. Sunday, March 13 th is our next First Degree. Please make an effort to attend and RECRUIT another member! Time is running out! CC is 1:30. We need to check our numbers with Supreme. Grand Knight s Report: We need to replace Larry Lotz as recorder for the time being. We have many opportunities these next few months to make some good money without the expenditure of time and money, but instead your selling skills. Please buy, but more importantly sell as many Clippers Tickets (obtain from Jim Hatem) and Super Cash Bonanza tickets (obtain from your captain or Mike Croyle). We must change the Blue Coat Dinner to Friday, April 15. The next week is the weekend of the Exemplification which provides a major conflict April 1 st approaches and it is time for nominations to our slate of officers for next year. The positions and declared candidates were read. Please contact any of the trustees or Mike Croyle with intentions to run. We accept nominations up to the night of the election. Please consider a leadership role. They are not that time consuming and are very rewarding. The officers selected the Knight of the Year awards. Supreme Council receives notification of the chosen ones. Columbus Chapter awards a dinner to Knight of the Year and Family of the Year. This is scheduled for April 29 th at La Scala restaurant. Family of the Month Awards For February... the Chinnock s. Read the bulletin board for all the compliments directed the knights and specifically the Chinnock s way for the Right to Life March. For March... I want to recognize the Noll s. It was nice to see a young couple pitch and help and seem to enjoy it at the Fish Fries. Scott also volunteered for the Men s Conference. Knight s of the Month Awards For February... the Cod Crew... Mr. s Eisenacher, Letourneau, and Laughery. For March... the leader of our degree team... the only man without a backup... Pat Cleary. Chaplain s Report: Treasurer s Report: Reading of Bills and Communications: Financial Secretary s Report: Report of Trustees: No Report Chancellor s Report on Vocations: No report Report of Service Committees & Directors: Membership: Harry Clyburn - First Degree on 3/13. We can always add more and need to! 2 nd /3 rd degree update... congratulations! Program Director: Ron Schubert Church Director: Ray Creamer. Community/Council: Blue Coat Dinner explanation and update. Clippers tickets: Jim Hatem is the chair! Please buy. We shall donate $50 in tickets to the Squires for a night out. Right to Life: Edd Chinnock Rosary for the Unborn is set for Wednesday, March 23 rd at 7:00 PM. Please attend and stop by the social afterwards. Family: Dick Petersen - St. Patrick s Day party (3/19) update. Easter Bunny visit for March 27. Help will be needed for both events Youth: Dave Justus... Stephen Malott Squire Information. Dave McAllister and Free Throw update. Standing Committees: Kroger s: Terry Reine... we still need to close the account and shift the money back into our general ledger. Old Business: Fish Fry Report... one more time! Please come to assist and/or pay and eat if you have not attended so far. Vote on the budget. The budget was discussed as to why the figures didn t balance, after discussion the budget was passed unanimously. Next years budget will better reflect the true spending practices of the Council. New Business: Those wishing to sing at the 8:00 Easter Mass should contact Bud Joos. Rehearsals are set for March 16 and March 23 at 7:30. Report of 4 th Degree: The exemplification is April 22, 23, and 24 th at Easton. The organizational meeting for the New Eastside Assembly will take place on March 15 at 7:00 pm. Form 4 s will be available for transfers Field Agent s Report: District Deputy s Report: Mark Borys talked about the re-alignment of Council s due to two new Council s in the area Lecturer: Prayers for the ill and special intentions: Larry Lotz, John Hamilton s father who passed away on March 8, Joe Rossi, Ed Loch. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 New Assembly Meeting There will be a follow up meeting to work on the name of the Assembly This will also serve as a notice to all who may wish to nominate a candidate. A written bio is required for nomination and it should be provided to all members 5 days prior to the meeting in which we will select the name of our Assembly. Only bio's submitted NLT Friday, 1 April 2005 at 6 pm (to allow us to meet the 5 Day requirement) will be considered and voted on. Meeting Date: Thursday, 14 April 2005 Meeting time: 7:00 pm Meeting Place: St Puis X Parish School Cafeteria. Remember, you must be present at the meeting to vote. Send all written bio s to: Jerry Lowery, jlowery@insight.rr.com, by the above listed time and date. Jesus Garcia Faithful Navigator 6

7 K of C State Convention Golf Outing. I'm looking for several teams to compete in the Knights of Columbus State Convention Golf Outing. NO! You do not have to be registered for the convention! YES! Knights spouses, girl friends, sons and fathers are welcome! WHAT A DEAL!!! Where: CUMBERLAND TRAILS, Pataskala. Date: Friday May 27, Memorial Weekend. Time: Shotgun start at 9 a.m. Cost: $40 per player, includes green fees, cart, prizes, and box lunch. I will put a flyer in your box at church or call me. Make checks to: K. C. State Convention Committee. Let know if you need more info and the registration form. Tele , or my church box. Bud Eucharistic Adoration Remember that Monday 5-6 am is our Council s Eucharistic Adoration hour. This opportunity is open to any Knight, not just those who attend meetings and sign up. We invite all Knights to help in this "Adoration Hour". Any interested parties can contact me and I can add them to the list. Contact me at Ray Creamer Church Director Why me, Lord? Why Not? Knights of Columbus Membership Badge Offer Yes, I am tired of brother Knights calling me by the wrong name, and kicking sand in my face because they don t immediately recognize me as a Knight. Please fill my order for the stylish and oh, so fashionable membership badge, ASAP! NAME: (Please Print) $5.00 Total: $ Please fill out and put in Joe Drignat s Church mailbox with payment. Knights of Columbus Council or Fourth Degree Assembly 809 Shirts Are you envious of the nice embroidered Council or Fr. Huber Assembly 809 shirts worn by many of the members. No need to fret, Fill out this form and return it to Pat Cleary s mailbox with a check for the shirts and you too will look fashionable at all of the Council and Assembly functions. MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: PAT CLEARY Name Council QTY Cost Total Polo x $30.00 = Dress Oxford* x $30.00 = Assembly 809 Polo x $30.00 = Dress Oxford* x $30.00 = *Short Sleeve Long Sleeve (Check one) Total Circle Shirt Size: MED LRG XL 2X 3X (circle size) 7

8 U P C O M I N G E V E N T S April Rosary, K of C Saturday Mass, Officers Meeting - 8:30 am 6 Squire's meeting - 7:00 pm 13 Business Meeting - 7:30 pm 14 New Assembly Meeting 7:00 pm St. Pius Cafeteria 15 Blue Coat Dinner th Degree Exemplification - Hilton at Easton 27 Social Meeting - 7:30 pm 6-7 Measure UP 7 Rosary, K of C Saturday Mass, Officers Meeting - 8:30 am 11 Business Meeting - 7:30 pm - ELECTION NIGHT 18 New Assembly Pot Luck - PAC 7:00 pm 25 Social Meeting - 7:30 pm State Hilton Easton May /05 Officers Phone List Grand Knight Mike Croyle (740) Deputy Grand Knight Greg Lowe Chancellor Joe Coffey (740) Advocate Harry Clyburn Recorder We miss you, Larry Financial Secretary Joe Drignat Treasurer John Pizzuto Comments or articles contact Jesus Garcia Phone: svo@ameritech.net Knights of Columbus St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Council Hill Rd. North Pickerington, Ohio Warden Wayne Patterson Inner Guard Terry Reine Outer Guard Russ Ridgeway Lecturer Hector Raymond K of C First Saturday Mass First Saturday of the month Mass, starts at 8:30 am, with a Rosary service for vocations. This is a great way to support our Parish! Council: Assembly: 3 rd Year Trustee Neil Ferguson nd Year Trustee Richard Petersen st Year Trustee Bud Joos District Deputy Mark Borys (740) Insurance Agent Pat Cleary Prayer Corner Priests, our military around the world. Maureen Patterson, Joe and Lorraine Rossi, Ed Loch, Bud Joos Daughter-in-Law s Mother, John Sambuco s Mother, Kathy Eisenacher, Dave Core s Family, Jim Hatem s Brother and Mother, Lucretia Garcia, Sally Sergio, John Pizzuto s Brother, Larry and Peggy Lotz, Jack Miller (Mike Croyle s uncle), Ann Ferguson (Neil s mother), Howard McGuire (Neil s father-in-law) and always Pope John II 8