Council Take Me out to the Ball Game!

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1 Council 9884 St. Philip the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Lewisville, Texas April, 2010 Council 9884 Calendar April 2010 *3/31* NOTE Change from Thu. To Wed. Eve. Council Business Meeting - 7:30pm - CLC 1 Holy Thursday 2 Good Friday 3 Holy Saturday Rosary For Life 8:30am Mary Garden 4 Easter Sunday He is Risen! Hallelujah! 4th Degree Assembly Meeting 8 Open to Councils 9884 & 7099 Members 7:30pm North Shore Dock 11 Pancake Breakfast 7:30AM CLC 15 Council Planning Meeting 7:30pm CLC 17 Casino Night, Denton Council# /18 Casino Knight Ticket Sales after all masses 17/18 Lady Knights Bake Sale after all masses 18 Lady Knights Donut Social 22 Lady Knights Meeting 24 Major Degree Coppell 24 Greet the Troops 4 th Degree 28 Metroplex Meeting 29 Newsletter Articles due! State Convention - Corpus Christi May Rosary For Life 8:30am Mary Garden 1-2 Casino Knight Ticket Sales after all masses 6 Council Business Meeting 7:30pm CLC 8 Casino Knight at St Philip 9 Mother's Day Distributing flowers after all masses 13 4th Degree Assembly Meeting 7:30pm CLC 15 1st St. Philip 9am CLC 16 Lady Knights Donut Social 16 Major Degree Dallas Tentative 20 Council Planning Meeting 7:30pm CLC 22 Casino Knight Day Stay (TBD) 23 Corporate Communion, 7:30am mass 24 Newsletter Articles due! 26 Metroplex Meeting 27 Lady Knights Meeting 29 Greet the Troops 4 th Degree State Softball Tournament Council 9884 Directory Officers Grand Knight: Joe Walker Dep. Grand Knight: Bob LaCroix Advocate: Chris Gannon Chancellor: Chuck Berneche Chaplain: Fr. John Stasiowski Field Agent: Kevin Pfister Fin. Secretary: Fred Chanslor Inside Guard: Lawrence Jermyn Inside Guard: Brian Lea Lecturer: Gary Osborne Outside Guard: Ed McCluskey Recorder: Bob Forsyth Treasurer: Rich Lubke Trustee (1 year): Pete Whelan Trustee (2 year): Bill Miller Trustee (3 year): Steve Robillard Warden: George Driscoll Directors and Program Chairs Admissions: Ray Lamarre Casino Bus. Mgr.: Bill Wilbur Casino Operations: Bill Miller Ceremonials: Grant Beagles Church Activity: Eddie Martinez Community Activity: Bob Dubek Council Activity: Marco Melara Family Activity: Gary Osborne Membership: Mike McArdle Newsletter Editor: Lawrence Jermyn Photos/Scrapbook: Sean McIntyre Programs Director: Chuck Berneche Pro-Life Activity: John Bowen Public Relations: Sean McIntyre Retention: Bill Miller Scouting: Tom Moore Squires: Pete Hatton Vocations: Joseph Eskew Youth Activity: Don Guzzardo Take Me out to the Ball Game! We are putting together a council outing to watch the Frisco RoughRiders, depending on interest. The RoughRiders are a minor league baseball feeder into the Texas Rangers. The council did this a couple of years ago and everyone who attended had a great time at a great facility that really lets the fans get into the game. The stadium has nice seats, they're inexpensive and if we get a big enough group we can qualify for some group discounts and incentives. So if you are interested in some quality family fun time let s go out to the ball game. PoC Joe Walker gk9884@gmail.com

2 Brothers and Sisters, Happy Easter! As we celebrate the rising of our Lord Jesus, hope springs eternal. As the grass greens up and the flowers start to bloom, it s another great opportunity to thank God for all that He has done for us and continues to do for us every day. I wanted to thank everyone that came out to our Annual Founder s Day Celebration on March 27 and I trust everyone had a good time! One important reminder: due the 1st Thursday of April being Holy Thursday, we are moving our normal business meeting to Wednesday March 31, 2010, and we will be having it in the RE building, Room 7/9 This is an important meeting due to the fact it will be the first vote for the next Fraternal year, so if you have an activity you would really like to do for next year, make sure it gets in the Budget!. Fraternally, Joe Walker, GK Thursday, April 8 th, Assembly 2291 will host its Second Annual BBQ feast at the Northshore Club in Flower Mound. It s an opportunity for both the Council and Assembly to get together and relax and enjoy each other s company. Even if you are not a fourth degree Knight, come and enjoy the hospitality. You will learn a little about the 4 th Degree of the Knights of Columbus in general and this Assembly in particular. The Northshore Club is a private treasure with some of the best specimen trees and wildlife left in the county. It s easy to get to the Northshore Club: Go south on 2499, turn right on Northshore Blvd., the 1 st street past FM 3040 / Flower Mound Rd. Follow around to entry gates on the right. Enter on the keypad for entry beyond the gate; continue down the drive down until you see us. Go to if you need another map or want to know more about the club. There will be plenty of food and cheer. We look forward to seeing you. PoC: Rich Lubke rich.lubke@tx.rr.com / Brian Friesenhahn bfriesen_koc@verizon.net

3 Membership Tenure for April 2010 Yrs Knight of Svc David R Schwans 24 Juan D Garces, Sr 20 John H Keeley 20 Danneil T Johnson 18 Francisco Lucio 14 Charles F Bimmerle 6 Press A Theriot 6 Juan R Sandoval 6 Jan G Ucinski 6 Grant D Beagles 5 Paul D Gaines 5 Lawrence "LJ" Jermyn 5 Thomas J Kapurch 1 SK Charles Bimmerle has just 6 years of tenure, per official records, again, due to a lapse in membership; however, be it known that he received the Order of the First Degree in 1959 and is a Charter Member of Council Saturday April 17 Our next Casino is for Knights of Columbus Council 4771 in Denton. We deal at their Council Hall at 1700 Riney Rd, just off US-77. Dealing is from 7 to 10 pm; a very warm group to deal. A minimum of 27 dealers are needed. Please respond to the from Bill requesting dealers. PoC: Bill Miller at or wmj2582@verizon.net April Birthdays Knight B day Scott J Downing 1 Patrick W Reinhart 2 Michael T Keiderling 3 Richard A Turner 3 Andrew William Longo 5 Robert S Harris 8 Donald Hughes 9 Chuma Cos-okpalla 10 Charles F Bimmerle 12 Phil Scasserra 13 Paul Olivarez 13 Brandon J Dorgant 13 Charles E Beachley 14 Elias R Dragon 17 Thomas A Mazur 17 Clayton J Covey 17 Leonard Chochrek 19 Gilbert Tamez, Jr 20 Stephen Youngblood 25 Donald E Dougherty 25 Richard L Wiese 29 Jay A Darling 30 Kenneth J Wischnewsky 30 Update on SK Eric Linton The Head Nurse reports that he sparks up for visitors especially those who call themselves Knights. Eric is no longer walking; they are working with him simply to stretch his arms and hands. This is not an emotional request from me, but rather a call out to all brothers it seems that Eric responds very well to visitors. The difficult part is his current awake hours if you can get out during lunch you have a better chance of visiting when Eric is not sleeping. He is in Atrium Medical Center of Corinth on Corinth Pkwy. Please continue to keep Eric, his wife Mina, son Eric, and his granddaughters in your prayers. PoC: SK K.C. Kinney, Assembly 2291 kckenney1@verizon.net Ellen Stapleton Holly McIntyre Mrs. Dela Torre Don Schweller SK Eric Linton SK Mark Miles SK Lawrence Jermyn SK Eduardo Martinez Kathie LaCroix Marian McIntyre Jimmy Allen Chris Apgar David Kerr Family Dan Jacobs Eunice Melera Peggy Dubek Carry Alvarado Leonard Paulino III Patricia Friedrichs Florence McArdle Chuy Ramiro Joyce Donavan Jane O'Brien Rudy Vela Francisco Torres Brenda Ross Lois Kinney Dorothy Jermyn David Jermyn All Brother Knights and the millions of others seeking employment The Haitian earthquake victims and their rescuers The victims of the Japan and Chilean earthquakes Pregnant Women An End to Abortion Remember Council 9884 has more pictures and stuff stored at another site. The URL: POC: Sean McIntyre smcintyre@alumni.nd.edu

4 Council Church Activities hosted Stations of the Cross and Simple Soup Supper Forty people came together in the St. Philip prayer garden on Friday, March 19, first, to pray the Stations of the Cross, then partake of a simple soup supper in the CLC. First and most importantly of all, thanks to everyone who donated cans of soup. We were able to make 1 gallon each of clam chowder and vegetable, as well as 3+ gallons of creamy tomato. After all was said and done, we had enough to drop off a gallon of tomato soup at a local fire station. Many thanks to Knights cooking soup, setting up and cleaning up after the event...george Driscoll, GK Joe Walker, PGK Bill Miller, Jay Darling, Steve Robillard, Marco Melara, John Morrison, Bob Dubek. Anyone interested in getting a copy of the prayers, contact Bob Dubek. We will have 5 (or 15) members each reading for three (or one) of the stations for next year's service. PoC: Eddie Martinez: & Bob Dubek: Come and Pray for an end to abortion; Mary Garden on 8:30am Council 9884 members aided Our Lady of Fatima rosary group following all Masses on March 20 and 21. We helped with the display and offering of rosaries for donations. Thanks to an outstanding effort by all, $2,078 in donations was raised this weekend. This will keep the group in supplies and pay for shipping for around two years. Last year, the group supplied almost 13,600 rosaries (incorrectly reported last month) to our service men and women plus those in hospitals and prisons. In 2008, we took boxes and boxes of rosaries to our village in Haiti; it was the highlight of our trip. Thanks to all for your support. PoC: Rich Lubke Thanks to the craftsmanship of woodworker extraordinaire, John Morrison, we now have a new table top dais. Using reclaimed Brazilian hardwood (we're also environmentally responsible), John created a masterpiece for use by the Grand Knight and the Faithful Navigator at our Council and Assembly KofC meetings. Thank You, John! What It Is All About Want to say a little "Thank You" to the men and women in uniform who volunteer to serve and protect us? Come out to DFW Airport on the last Saturday of the month and Greet Our Troops returning for some R&R. Call on the Friday night prior to the last Saturday of the month for flight arrival time/gate/terminal info. Come join your Brother Knights and other grateful Americans. For April, Greet The Troops is on Saturday, April 24! Sponsored by Assembly POC: SK Bob LaCroix: skboblacroix@gmail.com

5 The Respect for Life Corner Let me start this month's article with a portion of Fr. Frank Pavone s (National Director, Priests for Life) article on the Beatitudes (Mt 5:3-12) and their relationship to the Pro-Life movement: The Beatitudes shape the work of Christians who are active in the pro-life movement. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice; they will be satisfied. This beatitude speaks to the heart of the pro-life movement. We seek justice first of all by seeking to be right with God and in all our relationships. We also we seek justice by seeking to protect the rights of all, especially the weakest among us, our brothers and sisters in the womb. We are blessed not merely by believing they have a right to life, but by feeling the hunger and thirst, the longing and yearning, that they be protected and that this right be recognized and secured by law.we also seek justice by working to extend healing and forgiveness to all who have been involved in abortion, that they too will be right with God and know his peace. With these thoughts in mind, and after conducting a very successful first abortion clinic prayer vigil in February, the Council will establish a regular vigil on the 1 st Wednesday of each month starting April 7 th. We will meet by the parish prayer garden at 10AM and car pool to a clinic in Dallas, holding a prayer vigil between 11 and 1. I know this schedule will not work for most folks so we will plan to add a Saturday vigil in the future; stay tuned for more info later. Let me close with the words of Archbishop Charles Chaput. This was addressed to politicians who were openly Pro-Choice, but applies equally to all Catholics:...from the beginning, the believing Christian community held that abortion was always, gravely wrong,...we now know with biological certainty exactly when human life begins. Abortion kills an unborn, developing human life. It is always gravely evil, and so are the evasions employed to justify it. Catholics who make excuses for it - whether they re famous or not - fool only themselves and abuse the fidelity of those Catholics who do sincerely seek to follow the Gospel and live their Catholic faith. Your Brother Knight in Christ, John Bowen, , jbowen76@verizon.net The 2010 State Golf Tournament will be held September 24, 25 and 26 in Arlington. This is the first time in over 20 years the tournament has been held in our area and a lot of people have been lobbying a long time to get the tournament in our backyard. All play will be held at Pecan Valley Golf Course (River and Hills). There is an open division and a senior division. Both divisions are flighted and gift cards are presented for gross and net winners in each flight. There are team and individual awards so it would be nice to have a couple of teams to represent Same eligibility rules apply as the International Tournament. Entry forms will be mailed in April. PoC: Boyd Burris, burrisbp@verizon.net, or The 2010 International Golf Tournament will be held June 14 thru 18 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. There is an optional scramble on Friday June 16 and stroke play on June 17 and 18. All golfers are flighted and gross and net awards are given in each flight. If this is your first tournament you will need a home club handicap card within a month of the tournament or two 18 hole rounds must be played within a month of the tournament and signed by the course professional or assistant professional. Entry fee is $150 for all golf and banquets, scramble fee is an additional $50. Play will be held at the Donald Ross Golf Club and Colonial Oaks Golf Club. There are discount prices at four hotels. Forms downloadable from: PoC: Boyd Burris, burrisbp@verizon.net, or

6 LET S SPRING INTO ACTION ON MEMBERSHIP! My Brother Knights, spring has arrived! You can see it in the plants, trees, and our lawns! They are growing! Just as you help them grow, there are things you can do to help our Council grow. Membership Memos The team will handle all the work all you have to do is recommend someone The team will need contact information like the information on our interest card that I ve attached here. Attend a meeting remember our April Council meeting is on Wednesday March 7:30pm because April 1 is Holy Thursday. Get involved. Our newsletter is filled with information about our activities and we need your help! Wear your name tag and Knights of Columbus pin to show others YOU are a Knight of Columbus!! Being a Knight is a privilege that should be afforded to every adult Catholic male. It is a responsibility of every Knight to promote the Order and our good works. After all, someone asked you to join! APRIL ACTION! ASK!!! This month, rather than holding a membership drive outside church after masses, we are holding a 'Recommendation Drive'. I would like you to mention to one Catholic male, or his spouse, that you are a member of the Knights of Columbus and you would like to recommend him for membership. The membership team will send out a formal invitation to join at your recommendation and contact him about joining. 1 st Degree Recap: Congratulations to our newest members, Brother Felix Contreras, Brother Chuma Cos-Okpalla, Brother Richard Garza, and Brother Gregory Klingman, who received the honor of the 1 st Degree of our Order on Thursday, March 18th. I would like to thank our Admissions Committee (Deacon Ray) and 1 st Degree team for their great work! I d also like to thank our Brothers in The Colony for bringing a candidate to our degree. Major Degree: The next Major Degree will be in COPPELL on Saturday, April 24. These degrees teach the beautiful lessons of Unity and Fraternity. I strongly encourage all 1 st degree members to mark your calendars and make every effort to attend! Please let me know if you can attend and we ll make arrangements to carpool. Here is the calendar of Degrees. I ll update this each month. PoC: Michael McArdle michael_mcardle@verizon.net st Major Degrees St Philip 4/15 6:30pm 4/24-Coppell 5/15-9am 5/16-Dallas? 6/17-6:30pm 6/19-Frisco 6/27-Lancaster Wear your nametag to Mass. Show all that you are proud to be a Knight. Perhaps someone will ask you about how to join our Council.

7 We have a new name and logo! For the record, the new name for our casino activity is Urban Knights Entertainment. For those who did not make it to the Founder's Day Celebration and see the unveiling of the winning logo, here it is: This winning entry was submitted by our Church Activities Director, Eddie Martinez. Congrats!! Preparations for this big event are coming together. Perhaps the most important preparation item is your donation of the items for the silent and live auctions! If every member in the council donates but 1 item, that ll be over 300 items for the event! Let s pull together and make this the best Casino Knight for St. Philip. We are now accepting donations for the silent and live auctions. We have re opened the online database for registering donated items, that way all you have to do is follow these SUPER easy directions and then bring the item to the CLC the day of the Casino Night, nothing could be easier! PoC: Eddie Martinez emartinezs@peoplepc.com or Silent Auction Donations Made Simple We have made it easier to keep track of the donation items help us prepare the paperwork for Casino Night. We ask you to use this online system to register any and all items that you donate to the Silent Auction. Start by pointing your browser to this web address: Once there you should save this location as a Favorite or as a Bookmark. That will make it easier to return here on your next visit. Click on the Register Menu choice the first time you access the Web site. You will be asked to create a unique username and password, and provide your name and phone number. This will allow us to give you credit for the donation items you contribute to the auction. Your computer will have to accept "Cookies". The cookie will store your username to make it easier for you to login next time you visit this Web site. The cookie is set to expire shortly after Casino Night is over. Use the Menu choices on the right hand side of the screen to move around the site. After creating your username you can choose Add a Donation Item to begin registering your donation Items. Your entries can be reviewed by clicking on the Review Donations menu choice. If you wish to change the information that describes a donation item or delete a donation item, click on the Item Number in the table that appears on the Review page. When editing or deleting, be sure to select either Edit or Delete at the bottom of the screen before clicking on the Submit button. Feel free to add a bogus item or two and then delete them to get a feel for how the system works. Questions? Ask me. PoC: George Driscoll GADriscoll@aol.com or We will start selling tickets! We will be selling tickets this month after the weekend masses; keep an eye out for which weekends. If you want tickets or have friends and neighbors that want some, great! Let me know. PoC: Bill Miller at or wmj2582@verizon.net

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