JULY 2016 Newsletter. Knights of Columbus

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1 Knights of Columbus Good Shepherd Council No Mother Teresa Assembly No Schertz Parkway Schertz, TX JULY 2016 Newsletter MEETINGS: 1 st Thru 3 rd Degree 2 nd Wednesday (Business) at 7:30 PM, Rosary 7:15 PM 4 th Degree 3rd Monday at 7:30 PM, Rosary 7:00 PM Mikulski Hall Phone: (210) GOOD SHEPHERD COUNCIL No. 6358, KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, , SCHERTZ, TEXAS GRAND KNIGHT Hank Alves DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT Martin McCloud CHAPLAIN Father Ed Pavlicek Jr FINANCIAL SECRETARY Jim Theisen DISTRICT DEPUTY David Gonzalez CHANCELLOR Gerald Fey PROGRAM DIRECTOR Gerald Fey MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR. David Wissmann TREASURER Danny Stift RECORDER Jerry Weaver ADVOCATE Rich Nielson WARDEN Tom Masterson OUTSIDE GUARD Joseph Passwaters INSIDE GUARD #1 Charlie Mechtel INSIDE GUARD #2 Jack Sullivan NEWSLETTER Bill Daniels INSURANCE Jerry McFarland LECTURER Jose Rodriquez TRUSTEES: 1 Year Anthony (Tony) Paulson Year David Dumas Year James (Jim) Lovering

2 Grand Knights Report Dear Brother Knights and Families Grand Knight's Report Father Ed, Worthy District Deputy, Brother Knights, Family and friends. I want to thank everyone for being part of this installation tonight. First, I would like to thank my brother Knights for the trust you have placed in me by electing me as your Grand Knight for the upcoming fraternal year. It is a great honor and privilege to be selected from my peers and I am proud to know that you have the confidence in me to lead our council. I will give nothing less than 100 percent of my time and attention to our council to ensure that we continue to grow as Catholic Gentlemen and add to our charitable successes of the past few years. I realize we have some challenges ahead, but I assure you that with the slate of officers you have elected, and with your help we can overcome these challenges and we will have a successful year. I would like to recognize my wife (Jean) and thank her for her prayers and support, I could not do this without her. Thank you, I love you. Ladies and Gentlemen, Past Grand Knights, seldom get the credit they deserve. I like to change that tonight, I would like to thank all past Grand Knights and past officers for helping shape our council into the great council we are today. We owe these Brothers Knights a great amount of gratitude for their service, and hard work, in building and growing our programs in support of our parish and community. Would all past Grand Knights please stand! Thank you gentlemen for all you have done. I would also like to recognize our Program Directors. These are the Brother Knights who make sure we deliver on our projects to support our parish and community. Would all Program Directors please stand! Thank you gentlemen. Now I would like to thank our soon to be Immediate Past Grand Knight (IPGK), Jim Lovering. Jim was a great mentor to me, never too busy to talk to me or any of our Brother Knights. Thank you Jim, for your never ending enthusiasm and dedication to our council. Please join me in thanking Jim for his service. A job well done. As your Grand Knight, my priorities and vision (which I will address separately) will be guided by our principles of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity. I look forward to working with each of you and especially our program directors to continue and develop activities and initiatives which build on the success of the past and meet the challenges of the future. In closing, Brother Knights, I ask you to please remember WE ARE ONE, and WE ARE FREE TO SERVE, let us trust in the lord to guide our actions in the upcoming fraternal year. I ask for your prayers as I will pray for each of you. Thank You. Vivat Jesus! Hank Alves Grand Knight Service Awards The following members are eligible for the years of service award indicated. These awards will be presented at the regular meeting in the month of July. If you cannot be present for that meeting it will be your responsibility to contact the Grand Knight to make alternate arrangements. Harry Smieciak 20 Years

3 Deputy Grand Knight Dear Brother Knights, I am so very proud and humbled to be elected to serve you as Deputy Grand Knight for I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience thus far as a Knight and look forward to what God has in store for our council as we enter a new fraternal year. Since I am new to the council here is a little about myself and my journey to becoming a Knight. I grew up in rural Ohio but not quite exclusively Catholic. My parents met in seminary and were both ordained in the Methodist Church. I was baptized Methodist and spent the first five years of my life as a pastor s son living in the rectory of First United Methodist Church. Unfortunately, my parents slowly grew apart and divorced when I was 5. Soon thereafter my mother found the Catholic Church and learned to forgive my father who overtime also grew closer to Catholicism. By the grace of God my parents remarried in the Catholic Church. This turbulent time in our family occurred around the same time that Marcus Grodi founded the Coming Home Network (CHN) which was created to help non-catholic clergy come home to the Catholic Church. My parents became members of the CHN and their full story of conversion is featured in the book Journeys Home by Marcus Grodi. Through the CHN my parents also became close family friends with Scott and Kimberly Hahn and our family attended Kimberly s homeschool group at their residence several times a year. My father became a 3 rd degree Knight and was also quickly elected to the position of Deputy Grand Knight of council #576. I remember attending many family, church, and community functions hosted by the Knights. My most vivid memory of the Knights of Columbus however, was when I received the sacrament of Holy Communion. Seeing the Knights in full regalia and walking under an archway of swords is something I will cherish forever. From that point on I knew I wanted to be Knight! I hope to attend the 4 th degree exemplification this September. While my family went through some troubling times during my youth, ultimately God prevailed through adversity and set me on a lifetime journey of faith. Fast forward to today, I am a Chief Warrant Officer in the U.S. Army and we moved to Cibolo in June of I am married to my best friend Kate who is a U.S. Army Nurse Corps Officer and we have three children; Alexander age 4, Konner age 2, and Lucas who is 11mo. My devotions are to my family, my church, my community and my country. As your Deputy Grand Knight I promise to devote myself to serve and keep the promises of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism of our order. I hope we all strive in keeping these promises and continue to work together for the benefit of our council, church, and community. Again I would like to thank the members of Council #6358 for welcoming into the Knights of Columbus and for the trust you have placed in me to serve you, our church, and our community. Vivat Jesus, Martin McCloud, Deputy Grand Knight To input general information, to submit an article to THE GOOD SHEPHERD COUNCIL NEWSLETTER, write to the Newsletter Editor, williamdaniels@sbcglobal.net or drop it by the office at 509 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, TX. To change your address you can us at GSKOC6358@sbcglobal.net. The Newsletter is published monthly. Deadline input to the next issue is Thursday July 21, Council E mail Address: GSKOC6358@sbcglobal.net Council 6358 website:

4 Ladies Auxiliary Ladies, We won t be meeting as a group during the months of July and August. The officers will be meeting in early summer to develop an agenda for the year. We will discuss what charitable work projects will be presented to the general membership at our first meeting in September for a vote. We will also be brainstorming ideas for social events. Wishing everyone a safe and blessed summer! Pat Mantor, President; Lectors Corner Happy Fourth of July! I would like to wish a Happy Independence Day to my entire brother s. This also brings to mind the fireworks and BBQ, s associated with this celebration. Speaking of fireworks it reminds me about the Big Bang Theory people keep talking about. Well if God is almighty I guess he could have just snapped his fingers and Bang God created the Heavens and Earth. But he didn t according to Genesis chapters 1 and 2 God took 6 days and rested on the 7 th. Our catholic beliefs say he is the LORD of Heaven and Earth, so on this Fourth of July weekend take some time to enjoy God s creation. Amen A Divine Mercy Moment in this The Year of Mercy In this Year of Mercy let us take time to pray for our priests. The following is St. Faustina s prayer for priest: O my Jesus, I beg You on behalf of the whole church; Grant it love and the light of Your Spirit, and give power to the words of priests so that hardened hearts might be brought to repentance and return to You, O lord. Lord, give us holy priests; You yourself maintain them in holiness. O Divine and Great High Priest, may the power of Your mercy accompany them everywhere and protect them from the devil s traps and snares which are continually being set for the souls of priests. May the power of Your mercy, O Lord, shatter and bring to naught all that might tarnish the sanctity of priests, for You can do all things. (Diary 1052) Membership Activities Knights Choir The Knights Choir will sing on Sunday July 17, 2016 at Good Shepherd Church at the 8AM Mass. Rehearsal is at 7:15AM. We are looking forward for more Knights to join us. Interested, Please contact Larry Gladu, PGK ST DEGREE Exemplification Admissions committee will meet at 7:30 PM after the Officers Meeting on Monday July 11, Our Next 1 st Degree is scheduled for July 14, 2016 Knights Mass and Friendship Sunday Our Knights Mass at Good Shepherd will be on the third Sunday, July 24, at 8:00 AM, After Mass coffee; orange juice and doughnuts will be served by the council. We need council officers and Brother Knights to support these events to help with recruiting new members. Knights Sunday, supported by our council, is scheduled for the fourth (4 th ) Sunday of every month at Immaculate Conception Church after the 9:45 A.M. Knight s Mass. After Mass coffee, orange juice and doughnuts will be served. We need council officers and Brother Knights to support these events to help with recruiting new members. Contact David Dumas , Gerald Fey , or Chris Tusko to volunteer to help with the recruiting of new members

5 4 th of July Event The Schertz 4 th of July parade starts at 0930 and the city will start to close the streets between 0845 & 0900; so plan on arriving early to park at Mikulski hall. We will have chairs and shade to enjoy the parade and after the parade is over, we will be selling brisket tacos, hot dogs, and chips $5 a person. The bar will be open for the purchase of drinks. The event is not open to the public (only Knights and their guest can attend). We will have games for kids and families (balloons, eggs and ping pong balls) Plus the Good Shepherd 500 Race. Please be prepared to help set up if your event team is called on. Knights of Columbus State of Texas Open Golf Championship The 42nd Annual Johnny Lopez Knights of Columbus State of Texas Open Golf Championship is being hosted by Council from St. Rose of Lima Parish in Glen Rose. The tournament will be held the weekend of August 26, 27, 28, 2016, at Squaw Valley Golf Courses, in Glen Rose, TX. The Friday Scramble Tournament, which has a 1:00 PM shotgun start will be played on the Apache Links Course. The Friday Scramble is optional, you do not have to play it to play in the Saturday/Sunday individual tournament, however, the local council is organizing door prizes and other competitions that will make it a very fun event and I encourage each of you to make it if you can. The Saturday and Sunday individual tournament play will be played at both the Apache Links Course and the Comanche Lakes Course with an 8:00 AM., shotgun start both mornings. Interested Knights and friends may contact Jack Sullivan, Deadline for submitting applications and money is Monday, 8 July. I have particulars on costs and lodging when you contact me. To date, I have only 3 knights who have signed up. "First Degree Team needs help Have you come to take new members for granted? They do not just magically appear at a meeting one month. They need to first go through the First Degree Exemplification. Our council has had enough members agree to participate so that we can conduct our own First Degree Exemplifications by memory rather than depending on other councils to exemplify our candidates for us. We also have had help from other members of the council that have agreed, pursuant with guidance from Supreme, to participate in the Exemplification ceremony when specific members of the team could not participate for some reason. However, the team needs substitutes or backups committed to fill in for specific members of the team. This makes the ceremony much more fluid and effective for the candidates. Currently, there are no designated substitutes for any of the 8 members of the team. Some of the positions are not particularly difficult or complicated. But the council needs members to participate on the First Degree Team on a substitute basis. If you have the time to view the ceremony and decide which member you could substitute for, they are held on the Thursday after the 3rd Degree Business Meeting. Candidates arrive at 7:00 pm, the ceremony begins at 7:30 pm and only takes about 30 to 40 minutes. PLEASE COME AND HELP. Jerry Trahan, Team Captain" INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY WORKSHEET This information will help us prepare our Fraternal Survey for Supreme Council office for 20. Please return to the form at our next meeting. 1. Number of visits you made to the sick Bereaved 2. Were you a blood donor? Yes No 3. Estimated hours of community service during the month: Church Activity (service in all Church related activities). Community Activity (service in all community related activities). Youth Activity (service in all youth related activities). Habitat for Humanity (service in all related projects). Culture of Life Activities (service in all related projects). Miscellaneous Activity (service in areas not outlined above). 4. Number of Hours of fraternal service (any service to our sick/disabled members and their families. 5. Number of hours in attendance or working at our council functions. Please include any hours your Family members might contribute as well. Thank you for all

6 July 2016 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jesse Gonzales on the 1st Antonio "Tony" Perez on the 1st Scott Krbec on the 5th Henry "Hank" Alves on the 6th Jorge Garcia, Jr. on the 6th Tye Schlegelmilch on the 7th Armando Perez on the 10th James Snow on the 10th James Lunan on the 11th Kenneth Trepagnier on the 11th James Twenter on the 11th Patrick Marbach on the 12th Bernard Zenus on the 17th John "Jack" Perry on the 19th Henry Torres on the 21st William Mannecke on the 22nd John Slaughter on the 22nd Aldo Castagnetto on the 23rd Maruice Nwagbara on the 23rd Edward Higgs on the 24th Michael Shannon on the 28th Guadalupe "Lupe" Del Toro on the 29th HAPPY ANNIVERSARY John and Carmina Fusco Hoswell, their 11th on the 1st Lino and Lisa Trevino, Jr., their 21st on the 1st James and Cora Lunan, their 56th on the 4th William and Susan Mannecke, their 42nd on the 6th Reynaldo and Ingrid Chavez, their 31st on the 13th Chris and Leticia Herrera, their 27th on the 15th John and Mary Lou Leon, their 46th on the 16th Aaron and Jessica Duff, their 6th on the 17th Jeffrey and Debbie Heim, their 45th on the 17th Alan and Carol Schindler, their 40th on the 17th Bernard and Ileana Zenus, their 11th on the 17th Thomas and Ruth Wilson, Jr., their 23rd on the 22nd REMEMBERANCE Alois J Puszcz July 22, 1979 Donald Brodeur July 4, 2002 Henry R Hagen July 12, 2005 Martin "Mike" Mikulski July 1, 2007 Tom Whalen July 30, 2010

7 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 4 TH OF JULY COOKOUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO WATCH THE PARADE IN FRONT OF MIKULSKI HALL WITH FREE PARKING. SODAS, BOTTLE WATER, SHAVED ICE WILL BE SOLD FOR $1.00 EACH OUTSIDE WHEN THE PARADE IS OVER - COME INSIDE TO ENJOY SOME FOOD, HAVE SOME FUN AND FELLOWSHIP WITH GAMES FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES. Good Shepherd 500 Race ALL YOU CAN EAT: NO TAKE OUT HOT DOGS, BRISKET AND CHIPS Cost is ONLY $5.00 per Person Children under 12 are free SODAS AND BOTTLE WATER SOLD FOR A $1.00 INSIDE

8 JULY 2016 Knights of Columbus Good Shepherd Council No Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas Phone: (210) Fax: (210) SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 Eucharist 2 WEDO Jose Rodriquez Benediction Bar Team 1 Jeff Heim Good Shepherd 7 PM 4 Independence Day Parade and Luncheon 5 Officers Meeting 7 PM Admissions Committee Mtg 7:30 PM 6 Columbus Club Board Meeting 7:00 PM 7 1st Degree Exemplification 7:30 PM Candidates 7:00 PM Regular Business Dinner 6:30 PM Meeting 7 :30PM Rosary 7:15PM Event Team 4 Meeting Meal 14 WEDO Lee Perovich Team 2- Mark Kirstein WEDO- Jerry Kirstein Bar Team 3- Mike Foxworth 17 K of C Mass Good Shepherd 8AM; Knights Choir- 7:15 AM 18 4 th Degree Business Meeting 7:30 PM Rosary 7:00 PM Chapter Meeting 21 Last day for Newsletter Input K of C Mass Immaculate Conception 9:45 AM Missions Baseball Game 31