Knights of Columbus In Service to One. In Service to All. Important Dates: When the story of my life is told. When the past and the future unfold. Will they say I kept the faith until my dying day when the story of MY LIFE is told? Grand Knight Chaplain Deputy GK Financial Secretary Chancellor Advocate Treasurer Recorder Warden Inside Guard Outside Guard Trustee Trustee Trustee District Deputy Field Agent Master Fourth Degree 2016-17 Officer Jim Hoffmann Father James Oliver Villavicencio Charles Fenstermaker Dan Zeroka Bob Partel Jeff Shuey Peter Kahora Benny Pacelli Jim Doolin Bill Laudenslager Dave Shellhamer Lloyd Trego Jeff Joyce Jerry Judge Dennis Tobash John Fitzpatrick Sep 11: Sep 13: Sep 16: Sep 18: Sep 20: Sep 27: Sep 28: Oct 9: Oct 11: Oct 16: Oct 18: Oct 25: Oct 26: Nov 8: Nov 15 Nov 20: Nov 26: Nov 29: Monthly Parish Breakfast Regular Business Meeting Golf Tournament Chicken BBQ Assembly Meeting @ Cathedral Officer Meeting 1st & 2 nd Degree Pasta Dinner Council Night Monthly Parish Breakfast Cathedral Assembly Meeting Officer Meeting 1st & 2nd Degree STJW Regular Business Meeting Cathedral Assembly Meeting Monthly Parish Breakfast Outdoor Nativity Set Up Officer Meeting Nov 30: 1 st & 2 nd Degree STJW We Did It Again! Thanks to all of you for your hard work and dedication this past year!
Brother Knights, Grand Knight s Message My Brother Knights! A new fraternal year has begun and we are heading into it with gusto. Our summer hiatus is now behind us and it s time to get off the duff and make some things happen. Let me begin by thanking each and every one of you for your participation in the K of C, Council, Parish, and Diocesan programs of last year. Through your help, we achieved the status of Star Council once again. Congratulations on this achievement! Now on to the new year. We have very exciting times ahead for our Council. We are, as always, looking to help the Parish and our Pastor as well as the community at large in any way that we can. We began the new year with a wonderful turnout for the 1st/2nd Degree held here at St Joe s. 16 new members from councils throughout the Lehigh Valley and beyond, including ours. What a way to start off the new year. Our first monthly breakfast will be here on Sept 11th. Please come out and help with this endeavor. Plenty of work needs to be done in prep Sat Sept 10), cooking, set-up, tear down, etc. Even if you just attend and buy breakfast, you are helping. This will be followed by our monthly meeting on Sept 13th in the Parish center at 7:30. I look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible. Let s stuff the room!!! Then it s on to our Annual Golf Tournament on Sept 16th held this year at Shepherd Hills. If you don t golf, that s ok. Other help is needed and all volunteers get to partake in the dinner and raffles. See your email for the sign up genius for this event. Follow that up with the Annual Angel ride and K of C Chicken BBQ on Sept 18th. Riding and fundraising for this event will help our school children with funding their Catholic educations. Purchasing a fabulous Chicken BBQ dinner for you and your family will help your Council to continue reaching out to the community. Please consider both of those options as well as helping with the prep, cooking, and clean-up on the day of the ride. All of this just in Sept. WOW!!!! Let s not forget the Pasta Buffet dinner on Oct 9th. Tickets are available for sale now and you will be hearing more via email, pulpit announcements, and the bulletin. As Phil Rizzutto of the NY Yankees used to say HOLY COW! What a year this is going to be. Fraternally, Jim Hoffmann Grand Knight A Knight s Tale I found myself unemployed in October of 2015, in early 2016 I lost my apartment and with no family here in PA, I now found myself homeless and living in my car. I then received an email asking my intensions of staying with the Knights and that is when our Lord God really showed me the power of prayer. Brother Knights rallied to help me in ways I never imagined. From prayers to financial support in my time of need, each aspect of help came at just the right time, God saw to that. I prayed, my brother Knights prayed and the miracles came in full force. Suddenly job interviews started to become available. I found a temporary home and I was part of the Knights again. I am not where I want to be within the Knights, simply because my work schedule is a second shift and I am working a second job to help climb out of my financial situation. All thanks to God and my brother Knights for all the prayers and support. I have emerged from a dark time in my life. COUNCIL NIGHT Oct 11 @ 7 PM Parish Center Hall Potluck Dinner & Social Installation of Officers Star Council Award Presentation Awarding of the Knight & Family of the Year This is a family event open to the entire parish. Invite a friend and neighbor! PAGE 2
Chicken BBQ Dinner Sponsored by Knights of Columbus Sunday, Sept 18, 2016 3 to 5 p.m. $9.00 per dinner Takeout Meal includes ½ chicken, baked potato, apple sauce, roll & butter, dessert treat Phone Order Deadline: Sep 12, 2016 Pick up orders at St. Joseph the Worker Church, 1879 Applewood Dr., Orefield. Pre-paid orders should be picked up by 4:30 p.m. To order contact jeffshuey@aol.com or (484) 553-3651 or mail order form. ---------------------------------------------------- Chicken BBQ Order Form Please complete the following: Name Phone # Email Number Dinners: @ $9.00 ea Total Paid: Mail with payment no later than Sept 9th to Jeff Shuey, 338 Alexander Dr., Allentown PA 18104 Angel Ride Participants will receive a Chicken BBQ Dinner as part of the ride package. Planned Charitable Giving 2016-17 Vocations: $4000 Parish Capital Project: $2000 ARC: $2000 School/Prep Scholarships: $1200 Holiday Food Gifts: $1000 International Missionary: $1000 Mercy Learning Center: $1000 Emergency Fund: $1000 Haiti Mission: $1000 Military Advocacy: $1000 Parish/School Projects: $700 Miracle League: $500 Honey Do Crew: $500 Crisis Pregnancy: $500 Mary s Shelter: $500 Habitat for Humanity: $500 DUTIES OF KNIGHTS AS FAITHFUL CITIZENS To become active and informed participants in the political life of your local community. To register to vote and encourage others to register to vote. To initiate and participate in robust get out the vote efforts to bring voters to the polls in all primary, general, and special elections. YOUR ROLE Knights are first and foremost Catholic citizens who are members of their communities and constituents of their elected officials. As a citizen, your most effective petition to an elected official is as an individual voter. As a Knight, you must exemplify your patriotic duty through the practice of charity and unity. PAGE 3
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KNGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 10921 Fall 2016 Diocesan Men s Conference Saturday, November 5, 2016 Keynote Speakers: Bishop Ronald Gainer D.D., Fr. Michael Gaitley MIC and Marcus Grodi DeSales University 2755 Station Avenue Center Valley, PA 18034 For information and to register, visit: www.cmfda.org or call 610-289-8900 Rose for Motherhood 1st & 3rd Sunday after 11:30 Mass Please Contact Karl Mueller Turn a good marriage into a great marriage through a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend! See Dave Shellhamer for more info. Pennsylvania State Council Scholarship Program (Knights with HS seniors): Please go to http://pakofc.us/programs/youth/scholarship.html for rules and forms. As long as the council sells 50 COAL books (we will with your help) and the Knight is in good standing (dues paid up), his child is eligible to compete for a $3K Scholarship (see rules for additional conditions) Application and Test Scores MUST be received by December 31, 2016 - NO EXCEPTIONS Life Imagine the Possibilities Sign up for 40 Days for Life FRATERNITY If any you or a family member becomes sick or distressed, please contact any council officer as soon as possible so the council can offer assistance and start a prayer chain. Please make sure your family also knows who to contact. There is also contact information on the back of your membership card. Our Facebook page is now available at https://www.facebook.com/pages/knights-of-columbus-10921-st-josephthe-worker-church-orefield-pa If you are interested in becoming a member of our degree team, please contact John Fitzpatrick @ jlfitzpatrick@verizon.net. No experience needed. Men come from as far away as 80 miles to take their 1 st & 2 nd degree at St Joseph the Worker. Remember, there are no new Knights to help with our charitable mission without a degree team, so come make a difference! PAGE 5
Field Agents Message Ask Eligible Men to Join Today, I want to address the growth of the Order. Membership growth is the fuel that keeps this great fraternal engine running. All of our charitable works at the council, state, national and international level are thanks to our hard-working members. And more members equals more charity. We know that the membership blitz is a tried and true way for councils to get more men to join. We see these pushes often in March, in celebration of Founder s Day, and again in October. These drives are successful because brother Knights have increased visibility speaking or presenting during and after Masses and at special events. We must remember that we have a duty to ask each and every Catholic gentleman to join our ranks for the good of the Church, the community and the Order. During the rest of the year, we often forget to ask men to join and to bring their families into the Knights of Columbus family. You probably know an eligible Catholic man you could ask today. What if the only reason he hasn t joined is because no one has asked him yet? When telling a prospect about the strengths of the Order, don t forget our greatest fraternal benefit: our insurance program. This is often a selling point to a potential member who is on the fence. Many members become Knights simply to be able to buy coverage to protect their family. Soon after, they realize the good our charitable works do for their community, and they are proud to be members As your professional Knights of Columbus insurance agent, I look forward to helping us grow in fraternity in any way that I can. Fraternally, Dennis Tobash 484) 357-2539 or dennis.tobash@kofc.org www.kofc10921.org PAGE 6