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1 Germantown Council #7449 Knights of Columbus Volume 33, Issue 8 August Officers Chaplain Msgr. Edwin J. Creary Grand Knight Chris Cambre Financial Secretary Thomas Kirk Deputy Grand Knight Tom Wilson Recorder Steve Cantu Treasurer Troy Traxler Jr. Advocate Marvin Schaefer Chancellor Darren Arnoult Warden Thomas Bachman Inside Guard Dale Jackson Outside Guard Christopher Franz One Year Trustee Gary Frost Two Year Trustee Vince Morelli Three Year Trustee Scott Hamblen Brother Knights and families, welcome to the Fraternal Year. I would like to start off the year with a big Thank You to the Officer s, Committee Chairs, and all Brother Knights from Council 7449 who s hard work and contributions made this past Fraternal Year such a success. There is an article in the newsletter from Tom Wilson that outlines our Council s achievements and the recognition we received at the State Convention. I could not be more proud to be associated with such an amazing council that touches the lives of so many of God s children. Congratulations to our newly elected officers for this year. I look forward to working with you as we carry out our mission of Charity and Good Works for our fellow Knights, Families, and all of God s children. We will certainly be relying on God s grace and the prayers of our family members as we embark on another year of service. I would also like to thank our newly appointed committee chairmen for volunteering their time and energy to lead our council in conducting the important activities that make our council so special. In typical 7449 fashion we are going to hit the ground running with a slew of activities in August. Brother Knights, as you can see by the calendar that is attached to this newsletter, there is no shortage of activities in which to participate. I ask you to find an activity that interests you and get involved. That is how we keep our council moving forward. On a final note, I look forward to working with each of you and your families this coming year. I am truly honored to be the Grand Knight of council 7449 and eager to do the work that Fr. McGivney started over 130 years ago. Programs God Bless You - Vivat Jesus! Chris Cambre Grand Knight Council 7449 KofC7449@bellsouth.net Our council received great recognition for many of our accomplishments this past fraternal year, at the recent Knights of Columbus State Convention. We were awarded the state Health Activity Award for the Health program put together by our brother Tom Fristick and the state Vocations Activity Award for the support the seminarians program done by brother Tom Bachman. We also received The Bishops Award, The Chaplains Award and the State Deputy Award. Program Director - Tom Wilson Page 1

2 Knight Of The Month 2012 July - TBA August - September - October - November - December January - February - March - April - May - June - Family Of The Month Germantown Knights Of Columbus #7449 Council Brother Knights, well our new fraternal year is upon us, and as usual our council will be as busy as ever. Changes and updates are being made to our new website and we are looking forward to an additional way of communicating our councils activities and events. Our welcome Back social is scheduled for Saturday, August More information can be found in this newsletter and I hope to see many of you there. Also scheduled in August is Over The Edge supporting Special Olympics here in Memphis. More information enclosed in this newsletter. Health Services Vince Morelli - Council Chairman We are looking forward to another fantastic year serving our council. Stay tuned for the health related services we will be providing you this coming year. Until then, due to the heat this summer, drink plenty of water, and check on our elderly Brother Knights and Neighbors to make sure they are doing OK. Tom Fristick - Health Services Chairman 2012 July - TBA August - September - October - November - December January - February - March - April - May - June - Your service to our fraternal organization and community is most appreciated, and we want to thank you all Chris Cambre - GK Tom Wilson- DGK Youth Congratulations to the kids at OLPH School. We had a good turnout for the perfect attendance bowling party last month with three Knights, Jim Nicholson, Darren Arnoult and Tom Wilson along with more than 25 perfect attendance award winners and their families. A good time was had by all. Membership Brother Steve Jung - Chairman Please contact Jim Rolleri, with any request for Form 100's or to turn in any completed Form 100's. Brother Knights, when is the last time you asked someone to join the Knights? Many brother Knights have told us that all we had to do is ask>> Now it s your turn! Brother Jim Rolleri - Chairman Jim.Rolleri@KOFC.ORG Page 2

3 Family Germantown Knights Of Columbus #7449 Family Feeling Hot! Hot! Hot! This years annual family campout was held the last weekend in June at Wall Doxey State Park MS. We had campers, brother Knights and families attend our picnic that was held on Saturday. The heat was definitely on but spirits remained high. We played hard, horseshoes, ladder ball, and we chilled, grilled and ate well. Thank god for the fans, water mister, and hoses to keep our cool. It was a great time of friendship and fellowship despite the heat, and we are looking forward to our next campout. Please remember Family prayer week August 6th 13th. We will need volunteers after Mass to help pass out our K of C Prayer Cards. Vocations Church Family Chair - Brother Darren Arnoult Through the Knights of Columbus Refund Support Vocations Program (RSVP), our council adopts one or more seminarians or postulants and provide them with financial assistance and moral support. RSVP money is used by seminarians and those in religious formation for tuition and books, car insurance and maintenance, travel during vacations, emergency expenditures and other living expenses. Knights provide more than financial support, though. Members write letters to students, sponsor dinners for them, invite them to join the Order and, most importantly, pray for vocations. Last year, we supported three Seminarians thanks to your generous donations and will continue to do so this fraternal year. Tom Bachman - Chairman Do You have One Hour for Jesus? 24 Hour Eucharistic Adoration Jesus waits for us each day in our Churches around the world. We have a special gift at OLPH every first Friday of the month. Twenty Four Hour Adoration and Benediction is available starting with 8:15 Mass on First Friday and ending with Benediction before the 8:15 Mass on Saturday. We especially need your presence from 11:00 pm Friday to 6:00 am Saturday. Please join us! Jesus waits for YOU. Jim Jacobs - Church Chairman Soup Kitchen St Vincent DePaul The first Saturday of each Month is our schedule date for this activity. If you would like to get involved in the Soup Kitchen, please contact Brother Bill Satterlee at Brother Bill Satterlee Chairman wcsatt@bellsouth.net Page 3

4 Pro-Life Germantown Knights Of Columbus #7449 Prayer to End Abortion Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters. I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion, Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the Resurrection of Your Son. I am ready to do my part in ending abortion. Today I commit myself Never to be silent, Never to be passive, Never to be forgetful of the unborn. I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, And never to stop defending life Until all my brothers and sisters are protected, And our nation once again becomes A nation with liberty and justice Not just for some, but for all, Through Christ our Lord. Amen! Written by Priests for Life, one of the chief Catholic pro-life organizations, this prayer expresses our commitment to the protection of all of the unborn. Pray for Life - Brother Ed Cabrera Community Brother Knights as we start off our new 2012/2013 Fraternal Year, let me start off by saying, Thank You, for allowing me to once again represent our council as our Community Director. We are looking at some great community projects for the upcoming year, but as always we are open to any suggestions that you might have or know of. Please contact me at olphkofc7449@aol.com, cell, or home. We have several opportunities to take part in for Community activities at this time through our Parish. On the back end of the parking lot heading toward the ball fields there is a clothing box. These clothes are picked up by a company here in town and then distributed to needy families in our area. Behind the dumpster area is fenced area for bagged aluminum cans to be dropped off for recycling. These proceeds from the recycling go to help projects through our PRE program of our parish. The OLPH Food Pantry take s food items & monetary donations to help needy families in and around our area, the drop off box is in the Narthex of the church (big wooden box to the right of the main church doors). Also right now there is a school supply collection going on for Project Outreach to help the children in Fayette Co. schools. Items need to be dropped off no later than July 29. Items needed: Regular and College Rule Paper; Folders with Pockets & Prongs; Three Ring Binders; Spiral Notebooks; Subject Dividers; Blue, Black & Red Pens; Blunt & Regular Scissors, Dry Erase Pens, Highlighters, Pencils; Color Pencils; Thin & Thick Markers; Facial Tissue; Zip Lock Bags Quart & Gallon; Glue Bottles & Sticks; Deodorant, Bar Soap, Took Brushes, & Tooth Paste. Please feel free to contact me and I will help you get all donations to where they need to be. Again, Thank You, for all you do to help make our Community Activities as successful as they are & with your participation we will have another great year. Stay Young in Heart Brother Scott Hamblen - Community Chairman Page 4

5 Fourth Degree Germantown Knights Of Columbus #7449 Brother Knights, the Assembly will be selling Pork Butts for Labor Day, Ticket sales will start in August. You can help support the Assembly by purchasing your pork butt after Mass. Please see enclosed flyer. The Assembly will also be hosting a Exemplification here at OLPH this coming October 6th, I highly encourage any 3rd Degree member who wishes to join our Assembly to take advantage of the opportunity of this being held locally here at OLPH. Membership in Fourth Degree is open to all 3rd Degree Brother Knights whom have been a member of the Knights of Columbus for 1 year. Please save the date as more information will be posted in this newsletter and the website as we get closer to the event. Not sure what the Assembly does? Please visit our website at Our next Meeting, Monday August 6th, 2012 at 6:30 pm Vince Morelli - Faithful Comptroller Project Outreach School Supplies We hope to supply 600 children with everything they need. you may make a donation through Project Outreach and we will do the shopping for you when sales hit the stores. Make your check payable to: Project Outreach, 9183 Sycamore Creek Cove, Germantown, TN Or you can bring your items to OLPH Church on Sunday July 29th. regular rule notebook paper college rule notebook paper protractors subject dividers primer writing tablets folders with pockets and prongs facial tissue rulers 3 ring binders and spiral notebooks graph paper highlighters - all colors blue and blank pens - dictionaries colored pencils calculators pencil boxes right and scissors fat and thin markers zip lock bags - qt. and gal. index cards - stenographer's pads erasers glue and glue sticks Items needed the most are: black, blue and tan school pants - Boys and Girls all sizes Please help if you can and God Bless You - Scott Hamblen - Community Chairman This brother Knight has 63 years of continuous service with the Knights of Columbus and is still active. This is Longer than any other Knight in our Germantown council #7449. Who Am I? (the answer is on page 7) Page 5

6 Service Program Personnel If you are interested in joining anyone of these committees, please contact the Chairperson listed below. Program Director Tom Wilson Church Director Jim Jacobs Vocations Chairman Tom Bachman Community Director Scott Hamblen Pro Life Ed Cabrera Health Service Tom Fristick Council Director Vince Morelli Public Relations Dale Jackson Family Director Darren Arnoult Youth Director Steve Jung Membership Director Jim Rolleri Retention Chairman Frank Lamanna Insurance Promotion Jim Rolleri Recruitment Tony Gattas Recruitment Dale Jackson Recruitment Chris Franz Knights of Columbus Insurance The best way to learn about our products is by arranging a visit with a local field agent. Your agent can custom design an insurance program to meet your current needs, help you plan for the future or simply explain the many fraternal benefits that come with membership. Contact our Field Agent for Council #7449 JAMES V ROLLERI (901) Support the Knights of Columbus cause for Father McGivney. Visit this website for more information. Coming Soon Please visit our revised website at A Message from our Financial Secretary Thomas Kirk our Financial Secretary asks you to inform him of any changes to your contact information so we will always have the latest Information on file. Should you have a need to contact him the Information Is listed below. Home Phone: Cell Phone: fs7449@kofc7449.org Home Address: 1591 Old Mill Road Germantown, TN Degree Schedule Council First Degree - Saturday July At OLPH 9:00 AM Second Degree Monday July 23, 2012 Memphis 7:00 PM Third Degree Sunday August 12th, 2012 Bartlett 2:00 PM Fourth Degree - Friday October 6, 2012 At OLPH Page 6

7 Push Marvin & Amy Over the Edge Once again Marvin & Amy Schaefer and other brother Knights have signed up to go Over the Edge for Special Olympics on August 25th. For those of you that haven t heard, Over the Edge consists of rappelling from the I-Bank Building (formerly White Station Tower) here in Memphis (approximately 240 feet). All our Knights participants need to raise a minimum of $1,000 each in order to qualify. Special Olympics sponsors many wonderful programs here in Memphis and Council 7449 has been great to support them in the past. This is your chance to, again, help a great program that has done so much good for so many. All donations to Special Olympics of Memphis qualify as tax-deductible! No donation is too small (or large). Please make checks payable to Special Olympics of Memphis and forward all donations to: Marvin Schaefer, 7915 Farindon Drive, Germantown, TN Please help support "Team Schaefer" and other Knights with your donations (or at the very least, your prayers!) And please save August 25, 2012 on your calendar to come out to meet and cheer on the dozens of other fools, uhhh, I mean supporters, who also plan to go Over the Edge, along with many of the athletes it benefits. We will let everyone know later what time our council members are scheduled to rappel. Thanks so much for your help! God Bless You! Brother Marvin Schaefer and Team Who Am I Answer: Brother Knight, Vito Vella Page 7

8 Council #7449 Gala 2012 Page 8

9 Perfect Attendance Bowling Family Campout Postal Worker Cookout 2012 Italian Night 2012 Page 9

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11 The Catholic Diocese of Memphis Office of Vocations proudly presents The Fifth Annual Seminarian Dinner & Auction Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Friday, July 27, :00 pm Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Marian Hall Silent Auction 6-8:30 pm - Live Auction 8:30 pm Guest Auctioneer - Ron Childers of Channel 5 News Dinner: 7PM - served by the Seminarians of the Diocese If you or your business would like to donate an Auction item, or make a monetary donation, please call Nancy Shellenberger Entertainment by John Angotti Tickets: $50.00 per person - $ per table Wine Table (unlimited wine for 8) - $ per table For more information and reservations call: Chris Jackson Home: Cell Proceeds are for the financial support of our Seminarians Page 11

12 Havana K Night Presented by the Knights of Columbus Welcome Back Social 2012 Saturday, August 11 th -St. Therese Hall 5:30pm cocktails, 6pm Dinner Featuring Authentic Cuban Cuisine Your Host -- Brother Knight, Ed Cabrera and Family Enjoy a refreshing mojito and experience the rhythm and tastes of Cuba in this one of a kind event. Space is limited so reserve your spot today. $10.00 per person Door Prizes / Cash Bar Mojito Bar Menu Ham Croquettes Plantain Chips Mixed Salad, Cuban Bread --- Pork Roast Asado or Baked Chicken Criolo White rice & Black beans Yuca with garlic sauce Fried Sweet Plantains --- Flan de caramel Cuban coffee, con leche Baby Sitting Available on-site Call Sophia Delgado at By Thursday, August 9 th,2012 R.S.V.P. Vince Morelli at or vincemorelli@bellsouth.net so we can plan this wonderful evening! Page 12

13 August 2012 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Fr Johnnie Luau 4th degree meeting Business & 8 Grade Retreat Officers Meeting Meeting Campus Cookout Volleyball K of C Family Prayer Week 49 ers Meeting Soup Kitchen Msgr Creary wine tasting Council Social Over the EDGE There will be a Christian 49 ers meeting following the council business meeting on August 23, Any brother who is a 3rd Degree Knight is an automatic member of the 49 ers and is welcome to attend. July 14, 2012 Officers Installation January 6, th & 8th grade retreat August 11, 2012 Social - Welcome Back January 13, 2013 Free Throw Competition August 19, th & 8th grade retreat February 9, 2013 Social - Police/Fire August 26, 2012 Volleyball Fr Jolly Classic February 10, 2013 Love Thy Neighbor Breakfast September 8, 2012 G -Town Festival March 2, 2013 Gala September 9, 2012 G -Town Festival March 17, 2013 Knights vs. Youth Basketball September 16, 2012 Council Breakfast April 21, 2013 Council Breakfast September 29, 2012 Placement of Crosses May 11, 2013 Social - Italian Night October 7, 2012 Life Chain May 11, 2013 Postal Cookout October 7, 2012 Family Picnic May 15, th Grade Graduation Dinner November 4, 2012 All Saints Breakfast May 19, 2013 Softball vs. Youth November 17, 2012 Leaf Raking To be announced Family Campout December 1, 2012 Social - Christmas To be announced Family Campout January 5, 2013 Men's Morning Reflection Page 13 To be announced Family Campout

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