Council 9884 St. Philip the Apostle Roman Catholic Church Lewisville, Texas December 2010 Council 9884 Calendar December 2010 January 2011 1 Rosary Vigil for Life St. Philip Lot 7:15AM 1 Rosary for Life Mary Garden 8:30AM 2 Council Business Meeting 7:30PM CLC 5 Rosary Vigil for Life St. Philip Lot 7:15AM 4 Rosary for Life Mary Garden 8:30AM 6 Council Business Meeting 7:30PM CLC 9 Assembly 2291 Meeting 7:30PM CLC 9 Pancake Breakfast 7:30AM CLC 12 Pancake Breakfast 7:30AM CLC 13 Assembly 2291 Meeting 7:30PM CLC 16 Christmas Party 7:00PM CLC 25 Newsletter Articles Due! 23 Newsletter Articles Due! 26 Metroplex Meeting 25 Christmas Give Thanks to God for the Gift of His Son 29 4 th Degree Greet the Troops 31 CCA Toy Store take down 8:00AM Brothers and Sisters, I hope this newsletter finds you all safe and sound after your Thanksgiving travels and festivities. The Advent Season is now upon us as we await the celebration of the birth of Jesus, the Reason for the Season! In the spirit of blessed season, always remember to share your blessings and may you all have a Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year. Council 9884 Christmas Party EVERYONE is invited to the Councils annual Christmas party! It will be held at the CLC on the Third Thursday of the month in place of a planning meeting this month (December 16th), Again this year we will start at 6:30pm in order to make it easier with families to attend on a school night! While it s free to all Council members and their families, please RSVP to me by Saturday December 11th at GK9884@gmail.com or 469-644-5899. I m recommending Christmas Casual as dress, but come ready to have fun. We will be also having an optional white elephant gift exchange so if you would like to participate simply bring an inexpensive gift of your choosing. Hope to see you there and have a Merry Christmas, Council 9884 Receives Honors: At the Council business meeting November 4, 2010, District Deputy Craig Modrzynski presented the Council a plaque recognizing Council 9884 for its achievements in the 2009-2010 fraternal year. The honors were: Columbian Award Councils must conduct and report at least four major programs in each of the Service Program categories: Church, Community, Council, Family, Pro-life, and Youth. Founders Award Achieve insurance member quota. The quota for councils with 101 or more members is a 2.5 percent net increase in membership for the fraternal year. Thank you to everyone for you works in helping the council achieve these awards. New Brother Knight Please join me in welcoming our newest Brother Knight, Dan Ballard. Dan revived the Honors of the First Degree on Thursday, 18 Nov. Please introduce yourself and welcome him when you see him at our events. Fraternally, Bob LaCroix, GK Archived at: http://www.tkofc.org/downloads/c/32/ Enter 9884 in the Search Box. Pictures and other activities and posts are at: http://kofc9884.blogspot.com Attribution is given to those whose articles are published. The Editor is wholly responsible for the contents of the Newsletter.
Membership Tenure for December 2010 Yrs Knight of Svc SK Anthony Perry 45 Luke Legrand 28 SK Kevin Mahl 27 Thomas Kupper 21 Dr. Timothy Beste 21 Dennis Hergenrether 10 Edward Wesley 8 SK Richard Williams 5 SK Charles Bryant 5 Joseph Eskew 5 James Wagner 3 SK William Wilbur 3 A Special Note: Sir Knight Tony Perry is our Council's Knight with the most years of continuous service to the Knights of Columbus. And does he serve! He comes out and deals blackjack for our Urban Knights Entertainment casino nights. Thank you, Tony!! Come and Pray the Rosary to end Abortion First Saturday Mary Garden @ 8:30am Also, one Wednesday of each month we meet in St. Philip lot near Prayer Garden @ 7:30am & carpool to an abortion clinic for a peaceful Rosary Prayer Vigil. December: Wednesday the 1 st PoC: John Bowen 972-537-3761 December Birthdays Knight B day Daniel Jacobs 2 Brian Stecklein 3 James Coyle 5 Kenneth Himel 5 Randy Loboda 7 David Centilli 8 SK Donald Merlau 8 Barry Wachal 10 Terrance Gibbons 11 SK David Kerr 12 Daniel Poe 12 Greg Walterscheid 12 SK Gary Osborne 13 Mark Popowski 15 Troy Rohr 15 Kyle Scarmardo 16 SK Raymond Gama 17 SK Lawrence Jermyn 21 Jerome Weber 21 Gregory Klingman 22 Timothy Jasper 25 Johnny Thomas 25 Edwin Pelster 26 SK William Miller 27 SK Jess Emerson 28 SK Thomas Skaugen 29 Christopher Angus 31 William Massoth 31 Glenn Weaver 31 YOUR NAME ST. PHILIP THE APOSTLE NO. 9884 LEWISVILLE, TEXAS Wear your nametag to Mass and show that you are proud to be a Knight. Perhaps someone will ask you how to join. SK Eric Linton SK Pete Keeley SK Deacon Ramiro SK Bob Franco SK Mark Miles SK Mike Connole SK Lawrence Jermyn Bernie Nardizzi Lillian Connole Brandon Osborne Dante Melara Anna Torres Debbie Muise Deacon Ruben Curiel Sidney Hecker Rudy Zacharias Kathi LaCroix Bill McLaughlin brother of Michael L. Charlotte Modrznski Declan Sullivan Ron & Mary Tremethick Leona Wheatley John Porkorny Lois Kinney Margie Jermyn David Jermyn Stephanie James Jacob Lowe Alexa Pouzar John Lira All US Military Personnel and their families return safely All Brother Knights and the millions of others seeking employment All victims of numerous earthquakes & storms receive needed aid End Abortion End the Death Penalty That Catholic Politicians lead as good Catholics Archived at: http://www.tkofc.org/downloads/c/32/ Enter 9884 in the Search Box. Pictures and other activities and posts are at: http://kofc9884.blogspot.com
How a Pancake Breakfast is MORE than a Pancake Breakfast? The answer to this question is that it will always be more because so many things happen there. 1. The pancake breakfast serves as visible presence every month at St. Philips. It is a way for families to enjoy a meal and socialize before or after mass. 2. It raises a small amount of money for the Knights. 3. The pancake breakfast is a time to meet your fellow Knights and share some fellowship. 4. It is a time when many Knights are at the same place at the same time. It is this fact where the so much more can happen at the pancake breakfast what I want to talk expound upon. When I was the Financial Secretary I realized how labor intensive the end of year billing of the Knights can be. I needed help and realized I had a great opportunity to utilize the pancake breakfast and its natural lulls to get my fellow Knights to help with the stuffing of the envelopes. It is the one time when everyone can chip in and help with a labor intensive task. It s that time again so I am reminding the Knights that your help is needed to stuff envelopes during the December pancake breakfast. You can also save us a stamp and pick up your statement. Knight Moves is on the move Last month I wrote about Knight Moves. Knight Moves is our DJ service and is another way we bring in money for our council. Its biggest benefit is that the money we make per hour worked per Knight serving is much greater than the ratio for Casino Nights. Unfortunately, we are having a harder and harder time getting Knights to help at the Casino Nights. One solution to this problem is to reduce the Casino Nights but makeup the deficit with Knight Moves. Knight Moves also has the benefit in that is can be utilized all year whereas the Casino Nights are busiest at the end of the year. We would like to ramp up Knight Moves and we have some exciting ideas to get this done. I would like to share these ideas with you at the pancake breakfast. This is how a pancake breakfast is MORE than a Pancake Breakfast. Come, join us! Fraternally, SK Steven Robillard, Deputy Grand Knight
This crucifix was donated to Council 9884 by Council 10930 for the Religious Appreciation Dinner. Council Recognition Plaque The 16 tall crucifix is constructed of Olive wood and Mahogany. The corpus is a cast material. Here are close-up pictures of the buttons on the crucifix. Top of Cross Foot of Cross Left Hand Right Hand Behind Jesus' Head A description of what is in each specific button is unavailable. All that is known is this: Holy Earth from the Holy Land Stone from Jerusalem Frankincense from Bethlehem Flowers from the tomb of Jesus Leaf of a olive tree from the Garden of Gethsemane (Garden of Olives) POC: SK Bob LaCroix, GK 469-644-5899 skboblacroix@gmail.com
The next Greet The Troops will be Saturday, January 29. POC: SK Bob LaCroix, GK 469-644-5899 skboblacroix@gmail.com For additional help, call Donna Cranston, the on-site coordinator. Donna Cranston Meet and Greet Coordinator 972-948-7059 DFW Airport, Texas 75261 jonesb4@aol.com www.ntc-dfw.org Our next major Urban Knights Entertainment event will be on Saturday, January 15, at St Joseph Catholic Church in Arlington hosted by Council 13470. 29-dealers are needed. The event runs 7:00-10:00PM. PoC: Bill Miller, Casino Ops Mgr. 469-223-2285 wmj2582@verizon.net Supporting our Parish Partners St. Philip Men s ACTS Retreat Coming February 3-6, 2011 Mark your calendars now before the busy holiday season hits full force. While our formal sign-up weekends have not yet been announced, you may pre-register to attend by contacting fellow Knights on the team organizing this great Thursday evening to Sunday morning event: Greg Walterscheid, Bob Dubek, LJ, John Bowen, Dan Jacobs, Boyd Burris, Mike Boland, Marco Melara, Johnny Strange, Vince Zawlocki, Chuck Bimmerle, Pat Laubacher, Pat Quinn, and Sean Weber. Other Knights who can be contacted for general information include Bill Miller, Steve Robillard, Mario Covarrubias Jr., Eddie Martinez, Kevin Mahl and Steve Kline. PoC: Greg Walterscheid, Director ACTS Team Feb 2011gwalterscheid@conleygroup.com In time for the season of the birth of Jesus, here s an excellent Catholic website that is an all purpose site. Crossroads brings together access to quite a number of resources, such as news links, the liturgical calendar, faith study tools, you name it and they probably have a link for it. Check it out. www.crossroadsinitiative.com PoC: LJ, KofC9884@gmail.com A Return to Yesteryear Some men of St. Philip have started a trend of dressing up a bit when attending Mass. This means that they are wearing a nice collared shirt with a sports jacket or a shirt and tie or even a full dress suit. Let us, as Knights, follow this example, to show our fellow parishioners that attending Mass is not just a stop-over on the way to some other activity, but is the activity unto itself. PoC: LJ, KofC9884@gmail.com
The Cloud-9 Salon Fashion show Casino was a unique experience, one that, I might think, will be talked about for years to come. I hope we get invited back next year. Their program, which ran from five in the afternoon until 2:00AM, was to raise $100,000 for three of their charities. They had over 100 models including celebrities and some 30 sponsors for this eighth annual fund raiser. We dealt from about 10:15 pm to 12:45 am; and we had a some what wild crowd as you might guess since they ve been partying since five. Anyway all the tables, dice and roulette were full all night to our delight and had fund dealing. One surprising exception was no one played Texas Hold em, no offense to Chuck or Bob. Rich and Brian brought the trailer while Jay was cruising in the Caribbean, but we had lots of help with set up, so thanks to all who showed up early to do the hard work. The fact is we were there about 7pm but could not get into the dealing space until about 8pm, but that was OK because we had time to have a bit to eat and mingle in the dazzling crowd and to see some of the fashion show, of which our own Eddie Martinez took a part. Many thanks as always go out to our 27-dealers (twoshort). In no certain order they where: Mike Wykrent and his friend Grant Lehman who dealt craps, Rich Lubke, PFN Brian Friesenhahn, Knight Line Editor LJ, Insurance agent Kevin Pfister, Thuoc Nguyen, Dan Jacobs, Tony Perry, LeRoy Terrio, Faithful Navigator and Casino Business manager Bill Wilbur, PGK Joe Walker, PGK Bill Miller, GK Bob LaCroix, PR and Community Activity Director Sean McIntyre, John Sullivan, Gregg Schoenrade, Dave Centilli, Vince Zawlocki, DGK Dr Steve Robillard, Bob Forsyth, Treasurer Bob Dubek, Pete Whelan, Pete Hatton, Ken Groh, Johnny Strange, and Chuck Berneche. Council 9884 Directory Officers Grand Knight Bob LaCroix 469-644-5899 Dep. Grand Knight Steve Robillard 972-724-2013 Advocate Chris Gannon 940-725-3411 Chancellor Don Guzzardo 972-835-3100 Chaplain Fr. John Stasiowski 972-219-0972 Field Agent Kevin Pfister 214-621-9948 Fin. Secretary George Driscoll 972-355-3174 Inside Guard Lawrence Jermyn 972-383-9001 Lecturer Gary Osborne 972-539-9835 Outside Guard Ed McCluskey 972-956-0307 Recorder Bob Forsyth 972-539-5469 Treasurer Bob Dubek 972-539-4148 Trustee (1 year) Bill Miller 972-539-7364 Trustee (2 year) Tom Moore 972-539-0257 Trustee (3 year) Joe Walker 214-222-2969 Warden Richard McNevin 972-221-6805 Directors and Program Chairs Admissions Ray Lamarre 972-219-1686 Casino Bus. Mgr. Bill Wilbur 972-355-7714 Casino Ops. Mgr. Bill Miller 972-539-7364 Ceremonials Grant Beagles 972-221-8592 Church Activity Eddie Martinez 214-205-8502 Community Activity Sean McIntyre 972-459-3040 Council Activity Marco Melara 972-691-9223 Family Activity Gary Osborne 972-539-9835 Membership Mike McArdle 972-539-6912 Newsletter Editor Lawrence Jermyn 972-383-9001 Photos/Scrapbook Sean McIntyre 972-459-3040 Programs Director Chuck Berneche 972-355-2720 Pro-Life Activity John Bowen 972-539-3761 Public Relations Sean McIntyre 972-459-3040 Retention Bill Miller 972-539-7364 Scouting Tom Moore 972-539-0257 Squires Pete Hatton 972-523-3141 Vocations Joseph Eskew 972-315-0312 Youth Activity **** Open Position ****
The Respect for Life Corner Some thoughts to ponder from the National Catholic Register : Advent calls to mind the centuries of expectation for the Messiah, but also focuses on the expectant Blessed Virgin Mary. In its observance of the days leading up to Christmas, the Church implicitly recognizes that an unborn child is a human being, a person with the same dignity as anyone who has already been born. Christ once was an embryo, a fetus, an unborn child. He who died on the cross to save mankind is the same person who was conceived in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As Christ is in our midst from the moment of the Annunciation, a woman who is pregnant for the first time is already a mother. The Respect for Life Corner (Cont'd) In closing this Advent column, let me give you some numbers to think about.there are approximately 67 million Catholics in America. It takes 51 million voters to elect the President think about it Your Brother Knight in Christ, John Bowen, 972-539-3761, jbowen76@verizon.net. This year s midterm elections gave Catholic Americans some reasons to be grateful. The House of Representatives has more pro life members than ever, and that gives us some reasons for hope. We can hope not only that votes on life issues go somewhat better, but also that a growing pro life caucus in Congress gives the pro life movement more credibility in Washington. But we know from experience that it s unwise to put one s hope totally in politics and politicians. Candidates who ran on messages of change, promising to not be like career politicians, often end up being career politicians. Freshman congressmen with ideals of doing what s best for America and not being beholden to special interests often run up against the reality of having to compromise principles. O Mary, bright dawn of the new world, Mother of the living, to you do we entrust the cause of life: Look down, O Mother, upon the vast numbers of babies not allowed to be born, of the poor whose lives are made difficult, of men and women who are victims of brutal violence, of the elderly and the sick killed by indifference or out of misguided mercy. Grant that all who believe in your Son may proclaim the Gospel of life with honesty and love to the people of our time. Obtain for them the grace to accept that Gospel as a gift ever new, the joy of celebrating it with gratitude throughout their lives and the courage to bear witness to it resolutely, in order to build, together with all people of good will, the civilization of truth and love, to the praise and glory of God, the Creator and lover of life. (John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae). CCA Toy Store Set-up/Pick-up I want to thank the army of men (& a lady) who showed up at CCA early on Saturday 11/18 to help with this year's toy store set-up. Once again, with all the help that was provided, we were able to get out of there in an hour once we got started. Those deserving of gratitude are: Bob & Beth LaCroix, Steven Robillard, Brian Friesenhahn, Gene Holder, Rich Murchek, Bob Dubek, Ken Wischnewsky, Ken & Kevin Himel, Juan Sandoval, Thuoc Nguyen, Rich Lubke, Joe Walker, Chuck Berneche & Steve Schweiger. Thanks to your hard work, this Christmas season will be quite enjoyable for hundreds of local kids. As a reminder, and while I'm thankful to have a nearly full schedule of nightly Vista Ridge Mall toy pickups this month, I can always make room for a few more volunteers if you'd like to take part. PoC: Sean McIntyre smcintyre@alumni.nd.edu
Knight-Light Charities In October and November, Knight-Light Charities, the 501(c)3 non-profit charitable body that grew from Council 9884 s Homeless Program of the 1990s, continued its mission to provide immediate financial relief for area individuals who find themselves with crisis needs. When notified by CCA in October that a 62-year-old man had been disabled and faced eviction, Knight- Light Charities quickly stepped in with $530 for rent to keep the man in his apartment while local agencies worked out financial aid for him. In early November, a local veteran s G.I. bill checks ended, causing him to fall behind in his rent payments before he could start his new job. CCA turned to Knight-Light Charities to help assist this veteran with $465 for rent. Also in November, the Salvation Army of Lewisville alerted Knight-Light Charities to the dire circumstances of an elderly couple who served as the sole guardians of two small grandchildren. The grandfather was very sick with cancer, an illness that the grandmother wished to care for at home. With their savings nearly exhausted, the elderly couple needed help with their rent, and Knight-Light Charities was able to provide $650 for November rent, and we will also provide $650 for rent in December. As the holiday season draws near as well as throughout the entire year, Knight-Light Charities continues to strive to exemplify the first principle of the Knights of Columbus: charity. For more information about Knight-Light Charities and for ways to make a contribution, visit www.knightlightcharities.org. PoC: Mike Crivello, macrivello@hotmail.com Bishops Pickup The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) meets bi-annually in February in the Dallas area. The NCBC has selected Dallas for their 2011 Bishop's workshop to be held between February 1317, 2011. The bishops workshop will involve as many as 200 Bishops from the United States, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The workshop will be held at the Omni Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas located at 221E Las Colinas Blvd, Irving, Texas. The Knights of Columbus in the Dallas and Fort dioceses have been coordinating transportation for this workshop for many years. Drivers are needed to transport the attending Bishops, Archbishops, and Cardinals between the airport and the hotel. The majority of drivers are required on Monday, February 14, 2011. Drivers are also needed to assist in return transportation on Wednesday and Thursday, February 16 and17. If drivers have a van, please indicate that on the volunteer form (included in this newsletter) as well as the number of passengers each driver can accommodate. Included in this newsletter are copies of the volunteer forms to be completed and returned to the address shown on the form, by no later than January 10, 2011. Driver assignments will be sent to you no later than January 25, 2011. Your kind assistance is sincerely appreciated, PoC: If you have any questions please feel free to call Brian Friesenhahn at (H) 972-317-3218, (W)972-431- 2334, (C)469-964-2030. If you prefer email you can reach me at bfriesen-koc@verizon.net or bfriesen@jcpenney.com. The alternate contact is Grant Beagles at gbeables@venzon.net.
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