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1 G o o d Sh e p h e rd C ou n c il Vol ume XX, Issue IX S eptember S HEPHERD S WATCH Newsletter of the Knights of Columbus Good Shepherd Council INSIDE THIS ISSUE: GK Message 1 G R A N D KN I G H T S MESSAGE Special Prayers 2 Calendar Looking Ahead 2 Council Officers 2 Knight of the Month 3 Family of the Month 3 Aug. & Sept. Birthdays 3 Council Committee Chairmen 4 Monthly Breakfast /Can Drive Programs, Activities and News of Interest Short Story Corner 5 Spiritual Theme 5 Questions of the Mind - July 6 Questions of the Mind cont. /News of Interest Sept. & Oct. Calendars 8 Membership Form Volunteer Report Form 10 Veteran Suicide Awareness Event - Oct 22 USEFUL WEBSITES Knights of Columbus Council: Knights of Columbus Insurance: index.html Brother Knights, Catholic Gentlemen, Just as the students returning to school marks a time of increased activity, so does the upcoming months for our Council. A short list of near-term events include: Confirmation Breakfast and Mass on August 27 th, Regional Meeting on September 10 th, 2 nd and 3 rd Degree Exemplification Ceremony on September 17 th Seminarian Fish Fry on September 30 th Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Tootsie Roll Drive) on the weekends of October 7 th at Walmart, and October 21 st at Kroger As indicated to make our various initiatives successful, we will need your sustained support in volunteering when called. For those that have not volunteered in recent times, please plan on helping with at least one of these events. For those who routinely help, I am eternally grateful for your continued assistance. Finally, Labor Day is approaching on September 5th. This celebration was the creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the countless and substantial achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. As such, please think about the true meaning of this holiday, and not as a day the banks and post office will be closed. As always, please take time for yourself and family, aid where possible those less fortunate, and pray for those in need. Vivat Jesus, Steve Gentz Grand Knight, Council 11672

2 P a ge 2 Will Becker Fredrick Bisch Don Diemer Albert Dillman Bob Kitka Harry O'Beirne Peter Paccio Mike Rose Knights Family and Friends Sarah Bowen Rose Bellono Patin Blankinship Edsel Chalker Christopher Dollman Rebecca Dollman Charles Dugan Kristin Godwin Carmello Graffagani Barbara Hills Carrie Hortter Rick Lighthall Jennifer Lint Georgia Mousel SPECIAL PRAYERS Chris Sloan Frank Tomasella Ray Warner James Wesley Our sponsored Seminarian Josh Altonji All our brothers in distress COUNCIL OFFICERS ( ) Grand Knight... Steve Gentz Deputy Grand Knight... Michael Weist Financial Secretary... Ben Cumbie Treasurer... Lane Mousel Recorder... Steve Nelson Warden... Mike Wolk Chancellor... Thomas Geoffroy Chaplain... Deacon Paul Keil Advocate... Rodolfo Chavez Inside Guard... Danny Nelson Outside Guard... Bob Godwin 1 Year Trustee... Ed Gniadek 2 Year Trustee... Mike Rose 3 Year Trustee... Mike Lenz Lector... Rob Godwin John O'Brian Nichole O'Brien Sophie Pace Sharon Porter James Rivette Michael Rose Elizabeth Sykes Sandra Tomasella Fr. Kevin and his parish in Anapra, MX Our Members of the Armed Forces Our First Responders Pope Francis LOOKING AHEAD September 2016 Calendar Highlights Sep 8-4 th Degree Assembly 7:30 p.m. (Holy Spirit Catholic Church) Sep 11 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:30 a.m. Sep 12 - Monthly Council Business 7:30 p.m. Sep 17 - Second & Third Degree Exemplifications Sep 20 - Monthly Officers 7:00 p.m. Sep 30 - Diocese vocations Fish fry October 2016 Calendar Highlights Oct 3 - Monthly Council Business 7:30 p.m. Oct 9 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:30 a.m. Oct 13-4 th Degree Assembly 7:30 p.m. (Holy Spirit Catholic Church) Oct 18 - Monthly Officers 7:00 p.m Tootsie Roll Campaign Schedule Oct 7 - Walmart 2-6 p.m. (tentative) Oct 8 - Walmart 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (tentative) Oct 9 - Walmart Noon - 6 p.m. (tentative) Oct 21 - Kroger 2-6 p.m. Oct 22 - Kroger 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Oct 23 - Kroger noon - 6 p.m. Nov 7 - Nov 10 - Nov 13 - Nov 15 - November 2016 Calendar Highlights Monthly Council Business 7:30 p.m. 4 th Degree Assembly 7:30 p.m. (Holy Spirit Catholic Church) Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:30 a.m. Monthly Officers 7:00 p.m. Shepherd s Watch Newsletter Submissions Anyone can submit information that may be about the Church, any Knight of Columbus council event or activity, or any activity that may be of interest to our readership about our community at large. Submit your information before the 20th of each month to the Editor (Albert Dillman) via to: al1ann2@aol.com Visit our website at:

3 P a ge 3 MEMBER RECOGNITION & NEWS of INTEREST Knight of the Month The August Knight of the Month is Gregory Gero. Gregory is a 33-year member of the Knights of Columbus, and is recognized this month for his long term support to Council, Church, and community activities. Gregory has been providing invaluable support with the monthly Parish breakfasts. He has been learning, with great enthusiasm, the various tasks and responsibilities of servicing our Church community. Gregory is a strong example of helping the Council whenever he is needed, and represents the core of our membership and is a model to all. As with every Knight of the Month, when you see Gregory please extend your hand in heart filled appreciation and thanks. The officers and members of Council wish a Happy Birthday to the following members who have birthdays in August: Adalberto Carreon... Aug 02 Christian Sloan... Aug 09 Steffen Segewitz... Aug 14 Henry O Beirne... Aug 16 James Regan... Aug 16 Everette Hodges... Aug 18 Rev Philip O Kennedy... Aug 23 Thomas Zoladz... Aug 24 Martin Siebert... Aug 26 Logan Nicholas Rogers... Aug 31 Family of the Month The Family of the Month for August 2016 is the Tom Geoffroy family. The Council would like to recognize Tom and his wife Rosalie for their continued support to the Knights of Columbus, the Boy Scouts of America, the Church, and the general community. A short list of Tom s contributions have been his involvement with our sponsored BSA Troop and support to Council fundraising efforts. Tom has expended considerable effort over the last three years in improving the relationship between the Troop and the Council. In addition, he is a principal fry cook during the Lenten Fish Fry Dinners. Tom and Rosalie have a strong involvement with many Church activities, and their contributions extend well beyond Good Shepherd to the many members of the Union Grove community. We recognize the Geoffroy family for their longstanding demonstration of the Knights of Columbus core principals of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity. The officers and members of Council wish a Happy Birthday to the following members who have birthdays in September: David Custodio Sr.... Sept 01 Michael Franzese... Sept 02 David Burbank... Sept 04 Christopher Burnham... Sept 07 Edward Pamperin... Sept 08 Gregory Gero... Sept 10 Michael Aiello... Sept 16 Michael Meade... Sept 17 John Duncam... Sept 22 Michael De Fatta... Sept 25 Tony Kwasigroh... Sept 26

4 P a ge 4 COUNCIL ACTIVITIES & NEWS of INTEREST Monthly Parish Breakfast The following is a summary of our 2016 breakfast activity as of August: Yearly Profit to Date $ 3,435 Number Meals Served 1167 Avg. Profit per Breakfast $430 Avg. Meals Served per Month 146 Council Charity Contributions for June The Council made the following charitable contributions in August: AL State Council Priesthood Scholarship Fund $ 200 Knights in Need $ 500 Mrs. Georgia Brandt offered to make a donation to the KCs in appreciation for a ramp they built. Mike Weist suggested food for the Parish food pantry. Georgia wrote a generous two hundred dollar check for the purchase of food for the Good Shepherd food pantry. Michele Rose purchased the food shown in the photo to the right with the donation. KC Breakfast Workers Council Committee Chairmen For Council Program Chairman - DGK Mike Weist Committee Chairmen: Church Vocations Council Community Family Youth Columbian Squires Culture of Life Membership Membership Recruitment - Open Membership Retention - Mike Weist LABOR DAY HISTORY The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City. The first state bill was introduced into the - James Mosley - Tim Sullivan - Merv Eberhardt - Mike Rose - Ryan Vann - Tom Barthel - Rodolfo Chavez - Frank Tomasella - Bill Schultz New York legislature, but the first to become law was passed by Oregon on February 21, By 1894, 31 states had adopted the holiday in honor of workers, Council Meeting Can Drive for the Good Shepherd Pantry Don t forget those canned goods. Each Knight is asked to bring just one canned good, or non-perishable foodstuff or money (equivalent to one can) to the monthly Council business meeting. To the right is a summary of our donations for the fraternal year as of the August meeting. and on June 28, 1894 Grover Cleveland signed a Congressional Act making the first Monday in September of each year a federal holiday. Number / Pounds of Can Goods 110/88 Dollars Donated Equated to Pounds $0 = 0 TOTAL POUNDS To date 88

5 P a ge 5 SHORT STORY CORNER Submitted by Mike Rose The Chest An elderly gentleman and his wife had been married for more than 60 years. They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other, except that the little old woman had a locked chest on top of her closet that she had cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about. For all of these years, he had never thought about the chest, but one day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said she would not recover. In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took down the chest and took it to his wife's bedside. She agreed that it was time that he should know what was in the chest. When he opened it, he found two crocheted dolls and a stack of money that came out to about $95,000. He asked her about the contents. She replied: When we were to be married, my grandmother told me the secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that if I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and crochet a doll. The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two precious dolls were in the chest. She had only been angry with him two times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with happiness. Honey, he said. That explains the doll, but what about all of this money? Where did it come from? Oh! She said. That's the money I made from selling the other dolls. Lord Jesus, once you spoke to men Upon the mountain, in the plain; O help us listen now, as then, And wonder at your word again. We all have secret fears to face, Our minds and motives to amend; We seek your truth, we need your grace, Our living Lord and present Friend. The Gospel speaks, and we receive Your light, your love, your own command. O help us live what we believe In daily work of heart and hand. Our Lady of Sorrows By Tradition, the Catholic Church dedicates the month of September to Our Lady of Sorrows. The Memorial of Our Lady of sorrows takes place on September 15, the day after the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross. We remember the suffering of Mary as she stood at the foot of the Cross and witnessed the torture and death of her Son. We are also reminded of Simeon s words to Mary (Luke2:34-35) at the Presentation of the Lord - that a sword would pierce her soul. Prayer to the Queen of Martyrs Mary, most holy virgin and Queen of Martyrs, accept the sincere homage of my filial affection. Into thy heart, pierced by so many swords, do thou welcome my poor soul. Receive it as the companion of thy sorrows at the foot of the cross, on which Jesus died for the redemption of the world. With thee, O sorrowful Virgin, I will gladly suffer all the trials, contradictions, and infirmities which it shall please our Lord to send me. I offer them all to thee in memory of thy sorrows, so that every thought of my mind, and every beat of my heart may be an act of compassion and of love for thee. And do thou, sweet Mother, have pity on me, reconcile me to thy divine Son Jesus, keep me in His grace, and assist me in my last agony, so that I may be able to meet thee in heaven and sing thy glories. Amen.

6 P a ge 6 1. Who was Victoria Woodhull? Most American women didn t win the right to vote until the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, but the first female candidate for president came nearly 50 years earlier. In 1872, Ohio native Victoria Woodhull made history when she ran as the Equal Rights Party candidate against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant. Her platform included such progressive reforms as an eight-hour workday, women s suffrage and an end to the death penalty, and she rounded out the groundbreaking ticket by selecting abolitionist Frederick Douglass as her running mate (though apparently without his permission). Woodhull was something of a pioneer even before she launched her bid to shatter the political glass ceiling. She d spoken before Congress regarding equal voting rights, and had opened the first woman-owned brokerage firm on Wall Street. Woodhull failed to score any electoral votes on Election Day, and there s no record of how she fared in the popular vote. Even if she had won, she would have been barred from taking up residence in the White House though not because of her gender. The Constitution requires that presidents be at least 35 years old upon their inauguration. Woodhull would have been just 34. Information provide by the History Channel Website 2. Prior to 2016, how many women have run for President? QUESTIONS OF THE MIND Submitted by Mike Rose July Questions and Answers: In the years since Woodhull s trailblazing campaign, dozens of other women have made bids for the presidency. Despite not being able to vote for herself, suffragette Belva Ann Lockwood garnered 4,149 votes in Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith later won 227,007 votes in the 1964 Republican primary, but fell short of the getting the nomination. Eight years later, Congresswoman Shirley Chisolm was the first woman and the first African American to seek the Democratic nomination. Lenora Fulani became the first woman to get on the ballot in all 50 states when she ran as a third party candidate in 1988, and Hillary Clinton later achieved the best ever showing by a woman in a primary in To date, the most successful female candidate in the general election is the Green Party s Jill Stein, who netted over 450,000 votes in Who was the first sitting U. S. President to fly in an airplane. The first sitting U. S. President to fly in an airplane was Franklin D. Roosevelt. He flew from Miami, Florida to Casablanca in 1943 for a conference with Winston Churchill. 4. When was the airplane the sitting President was flying in designated as Air Force One? The "Air Force One" call sign was created after a 1953 incident during which a Lockheed Constellation named Columbine II carrying President Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the same airspace as a commercial airline flight using the same call sign. 5. Is the designation, Air Force One, assigned to a particular aircraft? No! Any aircraft that is carrying the sitting U. S. President has the designation Air Force One. 6. Who was the first Speaker of the U. S House of Representatives? It was Frederick August Conrad Muhlenberg from the State of Pennsylvania. He was elected April 1, 1789 (First Congress) and again in December 2, 1793 (Third Congress). 7. What is the numeric designation of the current Congress? It is the 114th Congress. Congress numeric designations are based on the election of the first two years of the first elected member of the House of Representatives in 1788, which took office in March 4, The First Congress adjourned March 4, 1791, when the Second Congress convened. 8. Who is the President of the Senate? Article Two, Section One of the Constitution states the Vice-President is the President of the Senate, but can only vote on any measure when there is a tie vote. 9. Where does the Vice- President reside while in office? The Vice-President resides at Number One Observatory Circle. The house is located on the northeast grounds of the U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. The house was built in 1893 for the superintendent of the Observatory. In 1923, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) liked the house so much that he took over the house for himself. It remained the residence of the CNO until 1974, when Congress made the house the temporary official residence for the Vice- President. According to law the house is still the "official temporary residence of the Vice President of the United States." The 1974 congressional authorization covered the cost of refurbishment and furnishing the house. Before that time, the Vice President lived in his own home. 10. Who was the first Vice-President to live at current Vice-Presidential residence? The first Vice-President to use Number One Observatory Circle was Nelson Rockefeller. He primarily used it for entertaining as he had a well secured home in Washington, D.C. The first Vice-President to reside at Number One Observatory Circle full time was Walter Mondale.

7 P a ge 7 QUESTIONS OF THE MIND Submitted by Mike Rose September Questions: 1. What three difference is there between ice cream and frozen yogurt? 2. What is the oldest U. S. military medal in continuous use? 3. What is the Badge of Military Merit called today? 4. How many men did George Washington award the Badge of Military Merit to? 5. Who were they? 6. Were there any other recipients of the Badge of Military Merit? 7. What was the word used by ancient Egyptians when referring to their king (Pharaoh as we use today)? 8. Where did the word Pharaoh come from? 9. When was the first saint canonization by a Pope? 10. Who was the first saint canonized? COUNCIL ACTIVITIES & NEWS of INTEREST Tootsie Roll Campaign Please plan to volunteer for the annual Tootsie Roll Campaign to be held at Walmart and Kroger on the South Parkway. The dates and time are: Walmart: Friday, October 7, 2016 from 2:00 6:00 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Sunday, October 9, 2016 from 12:00 a.m. 600: p.m. Kroger: Friday, October 21, 2016 from 2:00 6:00 p.m. Saturday, October 22, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Sunday, October 23, 2016 from 12:00 a.m. 600: p.m. The time slots are two hour increments. Sign up through Signup Genius or contact Mike Rose at rose2012@att.net. Veteran Suicide Awareness Veteran suicide awareness has been discussed at several recent Council meetings. Veteran suicide awareness is an important topic. Toward that, please see the attached flyer on page 11 concerning this event on October 22 at 9:30 AM at the Veterans Memorial Park. Registration can be made at: The entry fee and donation will benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Huntsville- Madison County Veterans Memorial, and Bearded Warriors. On average, 22 times a day, once every 65 minutes someone hears that voice telling them that killing themselves is the only way out. The purpose of our event is to bring awareness to all of the Veterans that are struggling to get up every morning and face another day. We want to bring awareness to the soldiers that think there is no hope, no reason to leave the house, and no reason to make friends. We need them to understand that there are people that want to help, there are people that will talk to them, there is someone else out there that is going through, or has gone through what they are feeling. Please consider supporting this important effort and participating in this event if you can. Council is holding a fish fry fund raiser for the Diocese of Birmingham vocations September 30. It will be held in the Parish hall from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The cost is $12.50 for adult and $6:00 for individuals under 21 years of age. All of the proceeds will go to support vocations in the Diocese of Birmingham. Vocations Fish Fry The menu will be deep fried ocean catfish and baked tilapia. There will also be salad, hush puppies, french fries, deserts and drinks (coffee, tea, and adult beverages). Please volunteer by signing up with the Signup Genius or contacting Michael Weist at mweist63@gmail.com. If you cannot volunteer please plan to come and enjoy the meal.

8 P a ge 8 SEPTEMBER 2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Assembly 0004 Business Holy 7:30 p.m Monthly Parish Breakfast 8:30-10:30 a.m.. 12 Council Business 7:30 p.m nd & 3rd degree exempl Council Officer's 7 p.m Fish fry. Parish hall 5 p.m. -7:30 p.m. OCTOBER 2016 CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT Council Business 7:30 p.m Tootsie Roll drive at Walmart 8 Tootsie Roll drive at Walmart 9 Monthly Parish Breakfast 8:30-10:30 a.m Assembly 0004 Business Holy 7:30 p.m Council Officer's 7 p.m Tootsie Roll drive at Kroger 22 Tootsie Roll drive at Kroger 23/30 Tootsie Roll drive at Kroger 24/

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