C o u r s e C h a r t K n i g h t s o f C o l u m b u s S t. R a p h a e l C o u n c i l 6 2 6 5 A N D M s g r. J o h n A. B i t e r A s s e m b l y 1 7 2 7 Vol. 218, I ss ue 2 A ug ust 20 1 7 Meeting Place: Knights of Columbus Hall 1250 Business Way Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 Fortnight for Freedom Council Meetings: First Thursday of each month at the There are three fronts where the fight to preserve our right to have freedom of religion are wagered besides prayer. First is the social front where people of faith are challenged by persons and organizations that seek to suppress our right to actively practice, speak and demonstrate our faith publicly by encouraging and forcing us to accept ideas and practices that oppose those of our faith. Political correctness, redefining marriage, making us think we can not publicly celebrate or faith, the Affordable Health Care act, all things pro abortion, ridiculing our faith and humiliating us are the tactics we are challenged to stand up against. The next escalation, which is where the second front is being fought, is in the courts. The battle to legally prevent the erosion of our Religious Liberty as guaranteed by the 1st Amendment is being fought in the courts continuously. The third way, which can be escalated to quite quickly, is martyrdom. Loss of lives to preserve or freedom to worship, is happening in the Mid East, Africa and Europe. Where do we want to make our stand? The Youth Group (pictured) submitted two presentations, The Poem and The Make Over and St. Agnes Youth Group of Naples presentation Freedom Fighters that represented their interpretations of the erosion and fight for Religious freedom in a dramatic competition. Larry Levesque Chaplin: SK FR Skip Baltz Phone: 369-1831 Grand Knight: Scott Kilpatrick Phone: 849-7050 Deputy Grand Knight: Doug Blais Chancellor: Don Sullivan Financial Secretary: Frank Kuhn Treasurer: Axel Ward Recorder: Alain Cappucci Advocate: Larry Levesque Warden: Ron Garcia Inside Guard: Jose Aponte Outside Guard: Tito Silva 3 Year Trustee: Vinnie Galante 2 Year Trustee: Pete Pena 1 Year Trustee: Don Dufour Lecturer: Council Officers
Msgr. John A. Biter Assembly Friar SK Fr Skip Baltz AlbertBaltz1@gmail.com Ph: 369-8770 Faithful Navigator Commander Color Guard SK Bernhard Mummert Ph: 369-8317 bmtravelusa@aol.com Captain SK Bill Carrion Admiral SK John Hauf PR Director (239) 454-4651 johnhaufdd56@gmail.com Pilot SK Tito Silva Comptroller SK Larry Levesque Kofccoucil6265@gmail.com Purser SK Pete Pena Ph: 368-8191 Scribe SK Ernesto Rolon Inner Sentinel SK Richard Salyers Ph: 839-3095 Outer Sentinel John Santiago 3 Year Trustee Oscar Gamble oscarpt@aol.com 2 Year Trustee SK Don Dufour 368-1273 1 Year Trustee John Hodor Ph: 369-6003 Please welcome and help Jose Aponte as he fills in for Mike Baltz who is taking a much needed respite. Every Wednesday at the Every Thursday 12:00-3:00 PM at the Every Friday at St. Raphael Church Social Hall Please contact Jose Aponte if you wish to help aponteg.ja@gmail.com Upcoming Knighthood (3rd) Degree St Raphael s Council has been approved by the State to host a Knighthood Degree on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017. The conferring Officer is Brother Bob Marrah. Candidates need to be at the church school building by 9:30 AM. For more information please contact: GK T. Scott Kilpatrick tsk1962@yahoo.com Greg Masonick District Deputy District 57 630-788-2533 masonickgreg@aol.com Ladies Auxiliary President Officers Kris Repnyek (239) 691-5301 krepnyek@embarqmail.com Vice President Mindy Salyers saphirelilly@yahoo.com Secretary Amanda Blum Treasurer Rosa Carrion
A u g u s t 2 0 1 7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Council Officers Meeting 7:00 pm At the Kof C Hall 3 Council Meeting 4 5 Rosary Prayer Walk at Abortion Clinic Following 8AM Mass 6 KofC Breakfast Following 8AM & 10 AM Mass 7 8 1st Degree Tentative Contact Dan Sullivan Women s Bible Study 9 10 LACHI 7PM 11 12 13 Corporate Communion 5:30 PM Spanish Mass Please wear Council or Assembly shirts 14 Allison at Beef o Bradys in Lehigh Acres 3114 Lee Blvd 15 HOLY DAY Assumption of Mary 16 17 Social Meeting 7PM 18 19 Youth Group Yard Sale 20 21 22 2nd Degree Tentative Contact Dan Sullivan 23 24 Assembly Meeting 7:00P.M. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Rosary Prayer Walk at Abortion Clinic 3 4 Labor Day 7:00 5 Independenc Day 1st Degree Tentative Contact Dan Sullivan 6 7 Council Meeting 8 9 10 Corporate Communion 10:00AM Mass Please wear Council or Assembly shirts 11 7:00 12 2nd Degree Tentative Contact Dan Sullivan 13 14 LACHI 7PM 15 16 Youth Group Yard Sale 17 18 7:00 19 20 21 Social Meeting 22 Autumn Begins 23 24 25 7:00 26 27 28 Assembly Meeting 29 30 KnightHood (3rd) Degree 9:30 AM Church School building
Reflecting on Religious Freedom by DioceseofVenice July 14, 2017 4:57 pm Staff Report (Florida Catholic) For one evening the faithful gathered to reflect and learn about the realities of religious freedom at home and abroad. The Diocese of Venice sponsored a Fortnight for Freedom Prayer and Film Night, hosted by Bishop Frank J. Dewane, on July 28 at St. Leo the Great Parish in Bonita Springs. During the evening attendees more than 100, including a number of seminarians heard from Bishop Dewane who stressed the need to stay vigilant for any efforts, either locally or nationally, to attempt to strip away the freedom of religion we cherish in this nation. The challenge is to realize when religious freedom is under attack because it can often be in a subtle way; and before we know it, our freedoms are gone. The guest speaker, Ave Maria School of Law Associate Professor Tim Tracey, spoke about what religious freedom is and how it faces challenges every day, even though it is clearly called for in the U.S. Constitution. There was also a presentation of three selections from the first ever Diocese of Venice Film Festival, which encouraged youth groups to submit a video about religious freedom. In the videos, the youth groups from St. Raphael Parish in Lehigh Acres and St. Agnes Parish in Naples offered their unique perspective on religious freedom. The videos showed a deep understanding of the threats to religious freedom and the potential consequences if nothing is done to defend these freedoms before it is too late. One of the most poignant parts of the evening included a screening of the powerful documentary Our Last Stand. The film by Jordan Allott, follows the journey of an Assyrian-American school teacher from New York who spends her summer vacation traveling to Iraq and Syria to help raise awareness about the plight of the Christian communities (Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac) threatened by civil war and ISIS. The (Our Last Stand) shows how easily we could lose our freedoms on short notice. The Fortnight for Freedom is educating Catholics across our country on the attacks on religious liberty here at home, said Dan Dougherty of Fort Myers. The Bonita Springs event coincided with the 2017 Fortnight for Freedom (June 24-July 4) during which the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops encourages the faithful to reinforce their commitment to prayer, to study the Church s teaching, and to participate in peaceful public action during the Fortnight in defense of Religious Freedom. The Fortnight was initially created to raise awareness in the United States following the HHS mandate which impacted Religious Freedom. The dates selected by the USCCB coincide with the feast days of St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher and conclude on July 4, the dates of the signing of the Declaration Independence which set forth many of the freedoms Americans enjoy to this day.
Remember our Fraternal Brothers Please remember or Fraternal Brothers who are struggling with illness and who have moved on to assisted living. Prayer, a card, visit or letter from their Fraternal Brothers can be a huge pick-me-up for them Let them know we remember them and appreciate how the contributed to our Council and Assembly. SK Charles Troeller is struggling with two forms of cancer. His address is 3 Heath Aster Ln., Lehigh Acres, FL 33936. SK Henry Weisser is in assisted living with full time caregivers. His address is 3801 East Crest Drive, Apartment 5202, Bryan, Texas 77802 SK Harold Walker is in room 101 at Heritage Park Rehabilitation located at 2826 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers. His wife, Dorthy, said he is not doing well and hopes you will go by and pay a visit.
District 57 events Worthy Brothers of District 57 Yes, we are no longer District 59 but are now District 57. Nothing has really changed except 59 to 57. I m still Your District Deputy I just returned from the State Organizational Meeting held in Orlando from July 21 until July 23, 2017. This meeting includes all District Deputies from around the State and that total is around 81 DD s. The meeting also includes State Officers, Regional Directors, and Committee Chair- Persons and their Staff. The State of Florida has a newly elected State Deputy, Donald T. Kahrer for the next two Fraternal Years. He replaces our Immediate Past Deputy Donnie Goolesby. The new State Deputy has appointed Rev. Salvatore Pignato as the State Chaplain. He is from the Orlando area and is a Priest in the Eastern Rite of the Catholic Church. St Raphael s Council has been approved by the State to host a Knighthood Degree on Saturday Sept. 30, 2017. The conferring Officer is Brother Bob Marrah. So Brothers mark the date, attend and support Your Brother Knights and encourage Brother Knights to take this Degree. The Knighthood Degree is not available as often in Our Region so take advantage of this opportunity. PGK Doug was awarded a Knights jacket for his accomplishments this Fraternal Year from State which is also an award for the entire Council as high achievers this past Fraternal Year. Keep up the good work, the State has incentives in placed for membership s drives until Sept. 30, 2017. I will conduct a District Organizational Meeting in the near future with the GK s in my District to network with each other. Thank You worthy Brothers for Your Commitment to the Order. Greg Masonick District Deputy District 57 630-788-2533
Knights of Columbus St Raphael Council # 6262 & Msgr. John A. Biter Assembly P.O. Box 641 Lehigh Acres, FL 33970-0641 Course Chart Addressee: Building the Domestic Church LACHI Meets the second Thursday of the month at at the KofC hall Social Meeting Meets the third Thursday of each month at the KofC hall The Knights of Columbus Council 6265 will be displaying a Building the Domestic Church Kiosk in the entry of St, Raphael Church. It will feature 15 different booklets on topics to strengthen family life lived out through our Catholic Faith. The books include such titles as "The Gift Of Fatherhood - What Ever Man Should Know"," God's Plan For Love And Marriage:John Paul II'S Theology Of The Body ", "The Family In The Modern World", as well as many more interesting The display will be located between the poor box and the pennies for babies donation box. We ask if you take a booklet please give a small donation to either need, Ralph Mazzio email: soupbone1953@yahoo.com St Raphaels Council 6265 Meets next in the First Thursday of each month at Grand Knight Doug Blais Msgr. John A. Biter Assembly 1727 Meets the 4th Thursday of each month at the At 7:00 P.M. Navigator SK Oscar Gamble Ph: 940-3148 Ladies Auxiliary Meets at The KofC Social Hall on the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:30 P.M. Officers meeting is at 7:00 P.M. Please contact President Kris Repnyek or Mindy Salyers for information Color Guard Commander SK Bernhard Mummert 239.369.8317 BMTravelUSA@aol.com Vice Commander SK Pete Pena 239.368.8191 ppena1422@aol.com 2. Vice Commander SK John Santiago 239.994.8154 Johnscar@hotmail.com Please use the listed contacts should you require services from the Lehigh Acres Msgr. John A. Biter Assembley 1712. Thank you.