St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church

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1 St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church September, 2015 Council #7613 Editor: A. C. Rogers Council Corner FOURTH DEGREE EXEMPLIFICATION A Fourth Degree Exemplification is scheduled to occur on October 3, However, all paperwork and fees for Candidates, Members, and Guests must be received by our Assembly Comptroller, Jesse Govea, before our Assembly meeting on September 10 th. It is during this Assembly meeting that all candidates will be voted on for approval to proceed with the applications. Detail information regarding registration forms, schedule, dress attire, the banquet, guests, and much more can be obtained from Larry Zoller (Zoller@satx.rr.com). SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2015 DATE EVENT TIME & PLACE 9/2/15 CHOC Monthly Meeting 7:00 pm Christopher Hall 9/3/15 Council General Membership Meeting 7:00 pm Christopher Hall 9/5/15 First Saturday Rosary 4:30 pm St Mark Church 9/6/15 Squires Meeting 9:00 am Christopher Hall 9/10/15 Assembly Meeting 7:00 pm Christopher Hall 9/11/15 Habitat House Start 7:00AM (meet at CH) Coleman Ridge 9/12/15 Habitat House Continued 7:00 AM (meet at CH) Coleman Ridge 9/14/15 Monday Night Football Christ. Hall opens 5:30 pm, game starts 6:10 pm 9/16/15 Chapter Meeting Holy Trinity 9/17/15 Council Officer s Meeting 7:00 pm Christopher Hall 9/20/15 Blood Drive (Sunday) 8:30 am 1:30 pm - Christopher Hall 9/21/15 Monday Night Football Christ. Hall opens 6:30 pm, game starts 7:30 pm 9/28/15 Monday Night Football Christ. Hall opens 6:30 pm, game starts 7:30 pm

2 BLOOD DRIVE Our St Marks Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a Blood Drive on Sunday, September 20, in Christopher Hall from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. This GIFT OF LIFE is not only in support of our community, but especially for particular ones of our St Mark's parish. The need for blood is constant and your support is requested for providing this GIFT OF LIFE to those of such need. Family and friends who are in good health are all encouraged to participate in this blood drive. With a parental consent form, anyone 16 years of age that weighs at least 120 pounds are considered as a good candidate. Anyone 17 years of age that weighs at least 110 pounds are also good candidates. There is no upper age limit. There is no cost to donate blood at the blood drive station and it only takes about one-hour of your time to provide this GIFT OF LIFE. In fact, doctors say that it is actually good for your own health to donate blood. To change your category from a potential blood donor to an approved blood donor, you must present your photo identification, last four digits of your social security number, and your birth date. While waiting, you and your friends will be provided packaged snacks, fresh fruit and fruit drinks, cookies, donuts, decaffeinated coffee, and water. RESPECT FOR LIFE AND SQUIRES DIAPER DRIVE A baby Diaper Drive is being conducted by the Respect for Life organization at St Mark and the Knights of Columbus Squires. The purpose of the Diaper Drive is to help those strong women that made the decision to save their baby s life. In just two weeks our Squires Drive obtained a total of 5707 diapers, 5196 wipes, several blankets, many bottles of baby soap and lotion, some maternity and baby clothing, and other essentials. The Squires Drive delivers these donations to the Allied Women s Center who in turn distributes these baby essentials to the strong mothers in need. A delivery of an additional 3090 diapers recently collected is expected to be delivered to the Allied Women s Center very soon. There is definitely a need for such donations as well as help from our Squires and parents for their delivery. If a parent is willing to transport the diapers, please contact Jason Hill (phone: ). Congratulations go out to Brother Jason Hill (Squires Knight sponsor), to our robust group of Squires, and to their parents. We also need to give a special shout out to Cathy Nix (Respect for Life) for all her efforts in getting the trail cleared as needed for all of this successful effort to be achieved. This successful very worthy Diaper Drive should be considered as one to continue, perhaps set up as a yearly scheduled drive. As you can see in the following photographs, our Squires used a hand and a head for delivering many boxes of baby furnishings.

3 MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL As seen in the photograph below, our good brother Ron Hrncir gave the announcement Are you ready for Monday Night Football? Starting Monday, September 14, and continuing every Monday thereafter for 16 NFL Monday night games, you can watch the games on our new huge screen in Christopher Hall. Bring whatever food and drinks you desire for yourself and to share if you want. Our Council will have coffee, sodas, and beer on hand for your donation. The first Monday night game on September 14 is a double header with the first game starting at 6:10 pm and as such, the Hall will open on that day at 5:30 pm. The first game will be the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Atlanta Falcons and the second game that starts at 9:20 pm will be the Minnesota Vikings versus the San Francisco 49ers. All of the other Monday Night football games will start at 7:30 pm with the Hall opened for our pregame activities at 6:30 pm. Following are the teams performing on the 2 nd and 3 rd Mondays of September: Sep 21 New York Jets vs Indianapolis Colts Sep 28 Kansas City Chiefs vs Green Bay Packers

4 Ron Hrncir presenting Monday Night Football ONE NATION UNDER GOD The Knights of Columbus submitted to congress that the words Under God should be added to our pledge of allegiance. Both Houses of Congress passed the law and it was signed by President Eisenhower in A recent poll taken by NBC on what percentage should keep the words Under God in our pledge versus the percentage who want it removed. It received the highest number of responses ever received in NBC poles with 86% in favor of retaining the pledge of allegiance as cited below: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. It is most unfortunate that 14% of those voting in the polls wanted under God removed from our pledge of allegiance. HABITAT HOUSE Our Council will be starting the construction of a habitat house, named the Bishop Flanagan house, starting at 7:00 AM on Friday September 11. As indicated in the following photograph, we will be framing the house starting from an existing concrete slab. The work our two days will include standing up the wall panels and plumb walls, priming and painting the exterior trim and fascia, installing the front porch beam and loading the trusses. Knights, we need your help. Please let Bill Faucher know that you are coming (which day) so that an appropriate number of lunches will be ordered and prepared. A total of 25 volunteers per day is needed. Bill Faucher can be reached at or Bill.Faucher@Gmail.Com. At this time, our Council is

5 responsible only for the first two days of the build; therefore, Friday (Sept. 11) and Saturday (Sept. 12) are the only times thus far that Bill Faucher needs to be notified of your attendance. However, since the project will be continuing every Saturday for 13 weeks, anyone who wants to go to the site and help may do so. Those of you that want to carpool can meet in the lower parking lot at St Mark's at 7:00 AM on the 11 th and 12 th of September. Maps will be provided (see below) and opportunity to carpool will be available. Generally, the work will last until 3:00 PM followed by a site clean up before heading home. It will be a tremendous amount of fun and a really great time to build fraternity. We would like to see as many of you come as possible. One major benefit is you will not have to strip wax off the floor in Christopher Hall. Let us now meet the Vallin family who want us to know that they feel blessed to be able to own a home and have stability in their lives. A picture of Hector and Raquel Vallin with their daughter (18) is provided below:

6 Raquel works in a meat packing plant in cold temperatures and strenuous conditions. However, Hector is disabled and unable to work. Despite these obstacles, they have always tried to provide the best for their daughter Jessica. VINNY S BISTRO FOR HAVEN OF HOPE On July 29 we helped to feed 408 homeless men and women at the Haven of Hope. The KC 7613 Knights participating in this event are Marvin Boroski, Deacon Gil Hernandez, John Avery, and Ysau Flores. The others shown in the following photographs are volunteers and employees of Haven for Hope. Gary Ploetz, President of the Board of Directors for Meating the Need, organized the work and arranged the preparation and serving of the Vinny s Bistro food. The manager of the St. Vincent de Paul Kitchen said they were not getting enough vegetables from the San Antonio Food Bank. We, Council 7613, then donated enough green beans, corn, peas and carrots to cover half of the evening meals served for two weeks. Actually, we have delivered shipments of food (costing about $2,620 per shipment) to the kitchen every other Tuesday for 8 years. Volunteers and Marvin Boroski, right side w/cap

7 Larry and Deacon Gil Deacon Gil, Gary P. and John Avery ANNOUNCEMENTS & AWARDS As indicated in the following photographs, many more achievements were announced and some awards were presented during the August General Meeting. Steve Rohrbough presented to the Council a check from the Blanco Bingo organization of $5,000. David Nelson announced that there is now to be a Rosary before every mass and everyone is encouraged to spend some gracious time for Mary before mass. Nick and Petra Young are awarded the Family of the Month. Lee Whitley is awarded the Knight of the Month.

8 We now have two new knights that were installed Aug 6th as 1 st degree Knights. As shown being welcomed into our Council in the photograph below, they are Mark Muegge and Vance Kane. Steve Rohrbough presenting a David Nelson Inviting All to $5 K Check from Blanco Bingo Rosary Sessions before Mass Family of the Month Presentation to Nick and Petra Young Knight of the Month Presentation to Leo Whitley New Knights Mark Muegge and Vance Kane

9 THE EIGHTH ANNUAL SEMINARIAN DINNER This was a wonderful Seminarian Dinner sponsored by our Council Dinner was served for 50 Seminarians and 5 priests. A view of the many present is included in the photographs below. Many present were future priests from Central America, India, Mexico, Kenya and the USA. The BBQ was cooked by PGK Edward Garcia and PGK Tex Liedtka. The home-made bread was baked by PGK,PFN Sam Szalwinski and his wife Beverly. Side dishes were provided by the Knights and their wives. Music was provided by the KC Wheelchair Band (shown below) composed of Vergs Rivera, Mark Muegge, and their leader Lyle Bird. As seen below is the master of ceremony presenting Who s Smarter than a Seminarian. Shown in the two photographs to the left of The Wheelchair Band are the Knights versus the Seminarian contestants competing to show Who s Smarter than Seminarian. GK Ysau, Master of Ceremony Almost, 200 attended, including 50 Seminarians & 5 Priests

10 Knights Larry Zoller, Bruce Seminarians Ian Bobbins & The Wheelchair Band: Magnuson, & Deacon Steve GK Freddy Perez Vergs Rivera, Mark Muegge, & leader Lyle Bird