1 Sept. 9th Council Family Picnic & Celebration of Ralph Cerny s 90th Birthday Mark your calendar, to attend the Stepember 9th Family Picnic / Ralph Cerny 90th birthday party on FRIDAY, SEPT. 9TH, starting at 6:15 PM. Every family is asked to bring a covered dish or dessert AND a gift for Ralph the founder and Charter Grand Knight of St. Mark Council born September 9, 1921. The Knights will provide the meat and refreshments, so we ask you to RSVP to Dan Pajak, by email to: txhdhunter@charter.net ASAP, but no later than Monday, September 5th. KofC12553.org Upcoming Activities-------------------- Date Third Saturday Adoration---------------------------Aug. 20 Burrito Sunday/Seminarian Can Collection----Aug. 21 100 Club Drawing--------------------------------------Aug. 21 Council First Degree----------------------------------Aug. 28 Pro-Life Giant Rosary---------------------------------Aug. 28 September Officers Meeting------------------------Sept. 1 September Council Meeting------------------------Sept. 8 Family Picnic/Ralph Cerny 90th Birthday------Sept. 9 Major Degree Exemplification - Denton 4771---Sept. 10 October Officers Meeting----------------------------Oct. Charity Unity Fraternity 6 Patriotism
Grand Knight s Corner Dear Brother Knights: As we start this new fraternal year I would like to give you a feeling for where I m coming from and the goals I have for this council in the coming year. First of all I would like to continue our support of our Seminarians. This year we will be supporting 5 gentlemen with ties to our parish community. These men include Justin Braun, Jeff Picou, Sean Hogan, Joe Keating, and brand new Seminarian Matt DiGiovanni. These men are our future priests and continue the legacy of St. Mark church in producing candidates for the priesthood. To support our seminarians, we will need to make our breakfast burrito ministry a success. I challenge you to come up with an idea to raise funds for our seminarians at other masses. The 9:30 parishioners have really stepped up over the years, let s see if we can t expand this ministry. Next, we need to continue our support of Pro- Life activities. There are several opportunities including visiting Planned Parenthood on the second Saturday of every month, praying a Pro-Life rosary on the 4th Sunday of each month after either the 9:30 or 11:30 masses, and supporting the 40 Days for Life event when it gets started. Our church community needs our support and I ask you gentlemen to find a way to get involved in a parish ministry. There are dozens of groups to be involved in and they all need your help. Don t make the Knights of Columbus your only activity in the church. St. Mark is a family oriented parish and we need to foster a sense of community with the families in the parish. There are several youth ministries to be involved in including the middle school and high school youth ministries, religious education, and teen ACTS. Third Saturday Adoration is a ministry started by one of our brothers, Roger Utz, years ago, but attendance by our brother Knights is really pretty light. Adoration is a time to communicate with our Lord and to offer him praise and honor. Adoration starts at 6:00 AM followed by a rosary at 7:00 AM and concluding with mass at 7:30 AM. I urge all of you to support this activity. It is not asking for too much of your time and with Father George s daily mass, you will be on your way home by 8:00 AM. The Knights are about charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism. We have activities that encompass all of these virtues. I challenge all Knights, active or inactive, to find an event and get involved. If you are inactive I m asking you to attend at least 2 meetings a year on the 2nd Thursday at 6:30 PM. Who knows, you might like what you see. I m also asking every Knight to be fully engaged in at least 2 activities this fraternal year, that s all. Go to www. kofc12553.org for more details on activities. Bless you and your family and let s make this a successful year. Fraternally, John Towne Grand Knight Garrett New Membership Director Dr. An- drew Garrett has agreed to return as our Membership Director, replacing Jim Hawk. His email address is: agarrettdc@verizon.net. Andy had previously served as our Membership Director, so we are fortunate to have him back. We all wish Brother Jim Hawk well and will we will miss him. Jim returned to his hometown of Chicago August 1st. He did an outstanding job as our Lecturer and Mermbership Director this past fraternal year. Jim s new email address is: jimhawk7@ msn.com 2 Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism
2011-12 Officers & Directors Office...Officer... Phone...Email Address Chaplain...Fr. George... (940) 268-6760...FrGeorge@stmarkdenton.org Grand Knight...John Towne... (940) 566-6400...aggiebear1@verizon.net Deputy Grand Knight...David O Brien... (972) 571-7916...RV.Guy@Verizon.net Chancellor... Patrick Comiskey... (940) 577-4819...patrickcomiskey@hotmail.com Financial Secretary...Phil Carosone... (940) 594-3305...pcarosone@verizon.net Treasurer...Chuck Close... (940) 497-4644...closecharles@yahoo.com Recorder...Mark Eiserman... (972) 464-7338...m.eiserman@verizon.net Advocate...Ralph Cerny... (940) 367-4228...No email Warden...Brian Rush... (940) 321-6097...rushb@centurytel.net Inside Guard...Joe Davis... (940) 241-2402...joedavis@brothersair.com Outside Guard...Ron Anderson... (940) 491-0127...ronald.anderson23@yahoo.com Trustee 1...Ray Huie... (214) 649-9480...huieray@yahoo.com Trustee 2...Dennis Pettit... (940) 317-7020...dcpettit@verizon.net Trustee 3...Tim Schoendorf... (940) 479-2550...antsdorf@aol.com Lecturer...Dale Anderle... (972) 539-9146...danderle@aol.com Program Director...Danny Reid... (940) 497-9498...dkreid@hotmail.com Church Director... Membership Director...Andrew Garrett... (214) 938-7930...agarrettdc@verizon.net Council Director...David O Brien... (972) 571-7916...RV.Guy@Verizon.ne Family Director...Keith Medley... (940) 725-3460...kabjmedley@grandecom.net Youth Director...Bret Curran... (940) 368-4343...bretcurran@yyahoo. Community Director...Rob Meiwes... (940) 381-6892...rob.meiwes@verizon.com Retention...Sean Stenovitch... (940) 367-4648...sean@mandstech.com Pro-Life Director...Dan Grieco... (940) 595-1864...dang2@verizon.net KC Insurance Agent... Steven Schweiger.. (972 439-5874...Steven.Schweiger@kofc,org Newsletter Editor...Dan Pajak...(940) 383-0900... txhdhunter@charter.net 2010-11 Columbus Club Officers & Directors Office...Officer... Phone...Email Address President...Dan Pajak... (940) 383-0900...txhdhunter@charter.net Vice President...Richard Bodo... (940) 269-0122...richard.bodo@ge.com Treasurer...Phil Carosone... (940) 594-3305...pcarosone@verizon.net Secretary...Ron Worth... (940) 231-4744...rworth@juno.com Director - 3 years...david O Brien... (972) 571-7916...RV.Guy@verizon.net Director - 3 years...bob Beltz... (940) 271-1324...bobbeltz@verizon.net Director - 3 years...john Ventrca... (940) 382-7343...ventrca1@hotmail.com Director - 3 years...gary Graff... (940) 382-4270...ggcg08@gmail.com Director - 2 years...bill Grubbs... (940) 382-9497...bill.grubbs@verizon.net Director - 2 years...sean Stenovitch... (940) 367-4648...sean@mandstech.com Director - 2 years...danny Berend... (940) 367-2581...daniel.berend@alcoa.com Director - 2 years...ralph Cerny... (940) 367-4228...No email Director - 1 year...dennis Pettit... (469) 733-6380...dcpettit@verizon.net Director - 1 year...john Towne... (940) 566-6400...aggiebear1@verizon.net Director - 1 year/gk...tim Schoendorf... (940) 479-2550...antsdorf@aol.com Director - 1 year/dgk..danny Reid... (940) 497-9498...dkreid@hotmail.com 2011-12 L.W. MacKenna Assembly Officers Office...Officer... Phone...Email Address Faithful Friar...Fr. Tim Thompson... (940) 383-1203...frtimthompson@iccdenton.org Faithful Navigator...Richard Bodo... (940) 269-0122...richard.bodo@ge.com Faithful Captain...John Ventrca... (940) 382-7343...ventrca1@hotmail.com Faithful Pilot...Joe Davis... (940) 241-2402...joedavis@brothersair.com Faithful Comptroller...Gene Hartman... (940) 382-5295...nowhartman@verizon.net Faithful Scribe...Michael Kozak... (940) 566-3117...kozak@unt.edu Faithful Purser...Darrel Story... (940) 387-8290...ljstory@msn.com Faithful Inner Sentinel.Danny Reid... (972) 342-0880...dkreid8080@hotmail.com Faithful Outer Sentinel.Ross Redding... (940) 644-5554...rossredding@hughes.net Faithful Admiral...Joe Escobar... (940) 231-1866...No email 3 Year Trustee...Gary Picou... (940) 387-6390...gpicou@verizon.net 2 Year Trustee...John Marsh... (940) 891-1905...grmwal@aol.com 1 Year Trustee...Ralph Cerny... (940) 367-4228...No email Color Corp Commander...Robin Weston... (940) 243-0963...rweston@iphase.com Knight of the Month Family of the Month Rookie of the Month Cans for our Seminarians Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism 3 Congratulations to Joe Davis, August Knight of the Monthfor his ushering, attending first degrees, and pressure washing and painting steps. And to Wayne Wilson, July Knight of the Monthfor organizing breakfast burritos for the Teen ACTS Retreat. Congratulations to Bill and Samra Bufkins, August Family of the Monthfor organizing housing for the Celebrant Singers. And to Gary and Cheryl Christopherson, July Family of the Monthspirituality leaders in the parish and leading Saturday evening rosary. Congratulations to Zach Curran, July Rookie of the Month, for being an adult leader on the Teen ACTS retreat. July Burritos Crew Congratulations all you can savers! The fund has gone over the $2100.00 Total. Only because you care and put out the effort to save the cans, thank you very much. The total to date is 3630 lbs and $2198. Without your keeping these cans out of the trash, our seminarians would not have gotten this money, which each and every one of them appreciate. Every can is worth a penny. Vivat jesus!
4 Membership Update Lady Knights Soldier Project Consider serving on our 1st Degree team; we need back-ups for all roles. Since you are now allowed to read your part during the first few ceremonies you participate in, you don t have to be Al Pacino you just need a willingness to serve. Contact Dale Anderle at danderle@aol.com for details. Our next 1st Degree is scheduled for Sunday, August 28th. Recruit a friend to join the Knights! Bring him to the dinner part of our next General Meeting and introduce him to your Brother Knights. (Maybe he ll join anyway...) The Lady Knights of St. Mark, Council 12553 are sending 50 care packages to the soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Contact us if you want us to send a package to someone serving in these countries, please email the soldiers address to ventrca2@hotmail.com or call Lorraine Ventrca at 940-382-7343 for more information before October 1st. A box will be provided in the back of church for the next two weeks if you would like to contribute. Items needed: Baby wipes (refill type), beef jerky, white socks, disposable shavers, shaving gel (no aerosol), tooth paste, tooth brush, granola bars, hot chocolate mix, individual drink mix. Manage Household or Country No Way To Manage A Household Or A Country! U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 New debt: $1,650,000,000,000 National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 Recent budget cut: $38,500,000,000 Let s remove 8 zeros and pretend it s a household budget: Annual family income: $21,700 Money family spent: $38,200 New debt on credit card: $16,500 Outstanding Bal-credit card: $142,710 Welcome Kevin Curran Brother Knight, Kevin Curran, joined our council on July 24th. He is the son of Bret Curran like father, like son. Welcome to St. Mark Council, Kevin! Total budget cuts: $385/year! Recruit a Friend as a Brother Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism
100 Club Congratulations to the following lucky members of the One Hundred Club The first drawing for current year was held on July 22nd; congratulations to the following winners: $250 Rebate...Share # 93... Brett Walford $100 Rebate...Share # 51... Nanci Carrol $ 50 Rebate...Share # 84... Mike Zampino Next drawing is August 21st. Your continued support of the One Hundred Club provides funding to the following: Our Daily Bread (Denton Soup Kitchen) ICCS athletic equipment Ann s Haven Hospice Seminarian Stipends Educational Scholarships Boy Scouts Family Care Centers of America Texas Special Olympics Hearts for Homes Loreto House Catholic Respect for Life St. Mark Ministries Immaculate Conception Catholic School Cots for the homeless at ICC shelter Catholic Radio American Wheelchair Foundation Guatemala Mission School Supplies Nelson Children Center ACTS Scholarships Lady Knights Soldier Project Priests for Life CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) ABBA (All Babies Born Alive) Guadalupe (KATH) Radio Breakfast Burritos We had another successful burrito fundraiser and were able to raise $284 for our seminarians in August. Our next burritos breakfast will be on September 18th. If you can help, email Wayne at gatorgrads92@yahoo.com. We always have a great time working together; join us it s a great way to get to better know your Brother Knghts. Five Sentences On Prosperity: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it. 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation. (Perhaps Congress should stay on vacation indefinitely.) Keep Brother Knights 5 in Your Prayers God sends you a sunrise every morning. Face it, Brother Knight He s crazy about you! Gary Christopherson Dillon Prendergast Bob Layne Chuck Quinn Ron Worth Fr. Gene Sweeney Fr. Dan Triulzi Jane Andrews Cathy Picou Cherie O Brien Theresa Escobar Mary Graves Msgr. Charles King John Iliffe Weston Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism
St. Mark Lifeteen The youth of our parish are the future, and the teens are the very-soon future at that! Our Lifeteen CORE is looking for a few good men to help assist with the teens. There are a variety of ways to serve, based on your interests and availability. If you feel called to serve, please contact Lindsey Whitis or Bret Curran. KofC License Plates KC Softball The Knights did it again! After a thrilling regular season the Knights ended up with a second seed in summer softball playoffs with a 5 and 3 record. In the first game the Knights played the James Wood (not the old guy, his softball team) in 100 degree temperatures and won a hard fought 9 to 8 battle that included blood, sweat, and vomit. 6 Order your KofC plates and show your pride as a Knight of Columbus. Seminarian Joe Keating Brother Knights, I want to thank you for your generosity this weekend, and throughout the year. Y all have been so supportive of me in my pursuit of God s call. As I experience the richness of our faith in Rome and the richness of Christian history in Europe, I will be thinking of everyone back home, and looking forward to the day I can come back and share pictures and stories of what I have witnessed. I plan to travel and take lots of pictures whenever I can, so y all can see all the cool Catholic stuff from that part of the world. As I mentioned briefly tonight at the 4:00 Mass, we need more priests (and religious brothers and sisters) to carry out the mission which Christ has entrusted to his Church. Vocations to the religious life begin with Catholic families. Our council is made up of such a great group of men; I know that there are more vocations to be had from our parish! Some of them may even come from your very own family. I pray that you would continue to support us by sending your sons and daughters to do the work of winning souls for Christ. The gospel antiphon from evening prayer tonight pretty much sums it up. It comes from Matthew chapter 9: So great a harvest, and so few to gather it in; pray to the Lord of the harvest; beg him to send out laborers for his harvest. Most of all, I just wanted to say thank you for being my parish family in Denton. Though I wasn t here long, this will always feel like home to me. May God bless you and everything you do to build up the Body of Christ. I look forward to hearing from y all, and I will continue to send you updates on my studies and adventures in seminary. You can always reach me at this email address or on Facebook or Skype. In Christ, Joe Keating The Knights then took on the number 4 seed, The Point, who had just knocked off the number 1 seed by scoring 12 runs in the top of the last inning to win 21 to 13. In the championship game the Knights scored 9 runs in a two out rally early in the game to demoralize The Point. The Knights cruised to a 15 to 9 victory and a second consecutive championship in the Wednesday night league. The Knights open the fall league on Wednesday August 17th at 9:00 PM with a chance to sweep all three leagues this year. If you can t come out and play, at least come out and be an athletic supporter. Knights donate $190,000 The Western Metroplex Chapter of the Ft Worth Diocese of the Knights of Columbus donated slighty over $190,000 to Bishop Vann at the Religious Appreciation Dinner on Tuesday, August 2nd. UNT Council 14789 Seminarians Brother Eugene Flynn was accepted into the seminary and Brother Matt Di Giovanni is leaving for the seminary. Both of these men deserve praise and prayers for vocations. Please congratulate them and pray for them as they continue their vocations. Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism
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