Newsletter October 2015 Editor PGK Andy D. Liamaga Greetings from Grand Knight Robert Rutherford Greetings Brother Knights & Friends, I hope you all had an enjoyable summer. We are now entering into the fall season and with many events happening with the Knights all lined up. Our first party was the Octoberfest on October 22 nd. PGK Joseph Pedersen prepared some delicious food and libations. The cost was only $20.00 for all the food you can eat and delicious desserts brought by the council members that made the night more enjoyable. The event was open to anyone who brought their friends and family members. Our second event will be the Annual Turkey Shoot on November 21 st at St. Thecla School, Falcon Hall. This is always fun event and a chance to win Turkey or Ham for your Thanksgiving dinner. There will be a raffle with wonderful prizes to win multiple times. PGK Robin Kwiatkowski and PDG Roger Stachnik are again teaming up to make it better than ever. We need your 100% support as this is the only fund drive Father Ryan Council runs and proceeds go the various charitable organizations we support throughout the fraternal year. To start the 2016 New Year, SK Mike Morris will be running the Children s Free Throw Contests at St. Thecla School s Gymnasium. Please plan on attending the events as you pledge your support to Father Ryan Council. You can still contribute to the ID Tootsie Roll Drive. The Tootsie Rolls are still available and they do make a great treat for kids at Halloween. As you already know, the money raised supports programs that assist people with special learning needs. At this time you must already received in the mail the raffle books for the Vocation Raffle and proceeds support our seminarians. I hope to see you all at these events and at our council meetings that are held on the 1 st and 3 rd Tuesdays of the month at St. Thecla s Queen of Peace Room. I wish everyone the best and have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your friends and family. Vivat Jesus, Robert Rutherford Grand Knight Father Ryan Council #5025 Please check us out on the web: Father Francis Ryan Council No. 5025 http://kofccouncils.net & enter 5025 Council 5025 Meeting Dates at St. Thecla Church 1st Degree See Chart of Events as Scheduled Meetings 1st Tuesdays of the month Regular Meetings 3rd Tuesdays of the month Officers Meetings 4th Tuesdays of the month All meetings promptly start at 7:30 pm Annual Vocation Raffle Program And to finish up the year will be the Children s Christmas Party at the basement of Saint Mary of the Woods Church chaired by PGK John Shanahan on December 12 th followed by the adult Christmas Party to be held on December 13 th at La Villa Restaurant. Details of these two holiday parties will be published. 1
Father Ryan Council started the year 2015 coping with our busy schedule but that didn t stop our Chancellor, Robert Antol who chairs this year s Annual Vocation Raffle Support works so hard to put all the raffle books together to meet the November 27, 2015 deadline. These yellow booklets were already mailed to all members and friends, please fill them out and with your payment, you may send them back to our Chancellor, Robert Antol at our council s address, Father Ryan Council No 5025, St. Thecla Church, 6725 W. Devon Ave., Chicago, IL 60631 or you may contact him at 1-773-369-6561 or tol55@yahoo.com. You may also stop by at our council meetings and meet our Chancellor in person. Thank you Brother Knights and friends, your generosity will benefit our support to the seminarians. Fourth Degree Club Turkey Shoot Saturday, November 21, 2015 St. Thecla, Falcon Hall Call Chairpersons: PGK Robert Kwiatkowski 773-462-4079 or rpkask@aol.com PGK Roger Stachnik 773-318-7969 or stachnik_roger@comcast.net Turkey Shoot Grand Raffle offers a chance to win great prizes while having loads of party fun. This is our only major fund drive, so please be generous to fill out the raffle tickets that were sent to you via mail. You may also purchase additional tickets on the night of the event on the 21 st of November. (for details, flyer attached) PGK Mark Cribben will have a very busy schedule of this Fraternal Year. Besides his commitments with the Father Ryan Council, he is also the Faithful Navigator of Bishop Raymond Hillinger Assembly No. 1595. Note: You don t have to be a 4 th Degree Knight to join our meetings at Pizza D Oro, 5800 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60646. Check our Chart of Events what date we meet or call Mark at 1-773-481-1532 or markjcribb@aol.com ASSEMBLY MEETING 7:30 p.m. All meetings will be at Our Lady of Ransom 8524 W. Normal, Niles, IL 60714 Business Meetings 3rd Monday of the month Officers Meeting 1 st Monday of the month 2 Have a great Thanksgiving!! You are all invited to join Father Ryan Council No. 5025 on Friday, December 11th at 6:30pm Annual Adult Christmas Party at La Villa Restaurant 3632 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago, IL
Cover Charge: $50.00 Open Bar and Dinner Free Parking Contact: GK Robert Rutherford for RSVP at 773-805-8515 or rob4908@gmail.com Note from the Editor: If you have correspondence or questions, please don t hesitate to contact me at 1-773-539-7341 or flipbanker@aol.com PGK Andy D. Liamaga, Editor in Charge To All Members: Please join Santa Claus and members of Father Ryan Council for the Kids Christmas Party on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 12:00 3:00 P.M. St. Mary of the Woods Church (basement). No Charge! Food will be served and there will be gifts to all kids. RSVP to Chairperson PGK John Shanahan j_shanahan@sbcglobal.net or 773-631-6344 FREE THROW CONTEST After our December 1 st Business Meeting, we will resume all our meetings on January 5, 2016 which is a First Degree Exemplification. If you have candidates, make sure they get to our council eetingchamber by 7:00pm. Thank you. ******** SK Henry K. Pasek A 4th Degree Sir Knight Father Francis Ryan Council May their souls thru the mercy of God Rest in Peace. Protect the Unborn God bless all of you for all the prayers, the commitments and sacrifices you have made in the Adoration Chapel to help God s grace flow. Saturday, January 9, 2016 St. Thecla Church, Falcon Hall/Gym Time: 11:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. (flyer attached) Contact: Chairperson: SK Mike Morris mikemorris@prosoffice.net or 773-726-2524 As of this writing, the Family Planning Associates (across from the 40 Days for Life site) in Chicago as been closed for number of days and the building signs are down, phone calls are being referred to other locations. Our prayers are heard! At the outside 40 Days for Life, we will maintain our 24/7 outside prayers at the Divine Mercy 3
Image in the Knamaya Center parking lot through November 1 st as planned. May God continue to bless each every one of you for all the blessings you provided for others and the respect of every human life. There will be a closing ceremony on Sunday, the 1 st of November at 7:00pm at the Knamaya Center parking lot. A mass will be celebrated at vigil site by Bishop Alberto Rojas. Please encourage family and friends to join us for this celebration of a true milestone. Support Persecuted Christians in the Middle East The Knights of Columbus is committed to assisting our Christian brothers and sisters who are suffering in the Middle East. At this year s Supreme Convention, Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson announced a Season of Truth dedicated to raising awareness of their plight and the plight of other religious minorities in the region. To date, we have donated more than $4 million to relief efforts in Iraq and Syria through the Knights of Columbus Christian Refugee Relief Fund. However, more assistance is needed, as the response from the international community has been woefully inadequate. More Council fundraising info to come. Please go to christianatrisk.org to learn more about this humanitarian emergency and make a donation that will provide material assistance to these refugees. Kindly also, consider sharing this message with your family and friend. *********************************************************** Illinois State Council K OF C Charities, Inc. Newman Apostolate Program Centers of Hope & Healing Fr. Michael J. McGivney Come Celebrate the 5 th Anniversary Annual Pink & Blue Banquet Honoring Bishop Joseph M. Siegel The Newman Catholic Ministries Fund Donations are not restricted to members only. Councils are encouraged to sponsor programs such as Newman Walk-aThon, spaghetti dinners, pancake breakfast and other fundraisers so that our children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces will be able to attend Newman Centers and programs that foster our faith. Chairman is Bob Fuggiti 847-921-8738 Your donation of $5.00, $10.00, $25.00, $50.00 and our Century Donations of $100.00 will continue to support the: Home Parish on Campus for our students. Please note: Century Donors receive a new plaque, year plate and a lapel pin on the 1 st, 11 th, 21 st and 31 st years. On the other years, Century Donors receive a year and lapel pin. Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet, Vicar General State Chaplain of the Illinois Knights of Columbus Save the Date: August 12, 2016 The Belvedere 1170 W. Devon Avenue Elk Grove Village, IL Dinner & Silent Auction Tickets: $65.00 per guest 4
September 18 20, 2015 Members of Council No. 5025 and parishioners of SMOW at the Memorial Mass delicious breakfast prepared and chaired by PGK Andy Liamaga & PGK Dr. Dave Herrmann on September 13 th. Congratulations to all the members of Father Ryan Council No. 5025 who participated on collecting donations on designated streets that made the Annual Tootsie Roll Fund Drive a huge success! Our thanks to the Corner Captains, PGK Bob Fuggiti (substituting PGK Bob on that Saturday, PGK Dr. Dave Herrmann) and PGK Mark Cribben. Same goes to the Chairman, IPGK Bob Chereck! And to those who donated money, most especially the Century Donors, thank you thank you thank you! Besides the corner streets, we also had a permit to collect at Jewel/Osco Store at Foster and Pulaski. PGK Andy Liamaga, SK Remo Cordero and Linda Fuggiti (wife of PGK Bob Fuggiti) covered that area. Thanks to SK Remo & Linda. Council No. 5025 Annual Octoberfest at St. Thecla Church Queen of Peace Room on October 20 th. I wish more pictures were taken during the fund drive but I have one to share: Below pictures were taken during our 2015 Memorial Mass at SMOW. Commander Dr. Dave Herrmann and the Honor Guards at the 9:30 AM Mass on September 13 th. Besides the delicious food we enjoyed, unlimited drinks were served too. There were great raffle prizes won by the attendees. Octoberfest 2015 was chaired by PGK Joe Pedersen and IPGK Bob Chereck. Thanks for making this annual event a success that everyone enjoyed the night! 5
Knights of Columbus Father Ryan Council No.5025 Annual Free Throw Contest All boys and girls ages 10 to 14 are invited to participate in this FREE competition for the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. The local competition will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2016 ST. THECLA SCHOOL FALCON HALL GYMNASIUM 6725 W. Devon Ave., Chicago, IL Registration 10:30am Competition starts at 11:00am - 2:00pm Council Level: Each contestant receives three warm-up tosses followed by 15 consecutive Free Throw attempts from the appropriate agedesignated foul line. To break a tie, contestants take a second round of five free throws. Successive rounds of five free throws each continues until a winner emerges. All contestants on the local level are recognized for their participation in the event. Participants are required to furnish proof of age and written parental consent. CONTACT: Free Throw Chairman, Mike Morris 1-773-726-2524 or mikemorris@prosoffice.net The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic family fraternal service organization with nearly 1.7 million members in over 12,500 local councils. Last year, Knights donated 60 million volunteer hours and millions of dollars cash donations to charitable and benevolent causes sponsoring projects to benefit their churches, councils and communities, families and youth. 6 Knights of Columbus Father Ryan Council No. 5025 Annual TURKEY SHOOT Holiday Kick-Off Dinner Raffle Saturday, November 21, 2015 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm St. Thecla School Falcon Hall 6725 W. Devon Ave., Chicago, IL Play the BIG RAFFLE to WIN!!! All Night Turkey and Ham Raffles Liquor Raffle Booth Gift Certificates Raffle You bet, we have Ham too!!! Cover Charge: $15.00/person Includes dinner buffet & one drink ticket Good Food, Refreshments, Cake & Coffee Beer & Wine available for purchase (you must be 21 year of age or older to attend) Please RSVP on or before November 16 th to chairpersons: PGK Robert Kwiatkowski 1-773-462-4079 or rpkask@aol.com PGK Roger Stachnik 1-773-318-7969 or stachnik_roger@comcast.net