The Bulletin Knights of Columbus, St. James Council 1728, 1900 Central Ave, Kearney, Ne.68847 Feb. 2016 www.kofc1728.org Upcoming events Congratulation to all of our new officers of Council 1728. I look forward to working with them as a new term of office takes place for the next two years. We will all be working together to further our accomplishments for our council. It has been most rewarding for me as your Grand Knight and now as treasurer. I will try to do my best to serve you. I was most blessed to be GK at our 100 year celebration on March 22nd 2013. That really meant a lot to me and to all of you too. We also instigated the Fifth Sunday Breakfast which has Can been you most give successful us a couple in raising of hours funds and for help? our Go many to the charitable website causes. below and We see continued what time to set new records at our annual Lenten Fish will Fries, fit your with schedule, your help and guidance from our Brother Knights as leaders. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c084dacab2ca4ff2-kofc We all know that we work well together because "Unity" is one of our strongest principles. And we do almost all of our activities with "Charity" as our goal. In closing, I want to thank all of your for your support and hard work in getting the job done. ANNUAL RELIGIOUS APPRECIATION DINNER Jim Knights Bogner, of GK Columbus Councils 1728 (St. James) and 10923 (Prince of Peace) will hold the annual Memorial Mass for our deceased Knights in conjunction with the Religious Appreciation Dinner on Monday, Feb. 22 at the K of C Hall. Mass at the hall will start at 6:00 pm. A two meat meal with all the fixings, catered by Country Catering, will follow the Mass. The cost of the meal is $15.00 per person. Widows of our deceased members, and the religious community, will eat for free. Please make your reservations as soon as possible to give the caterer a number of attendees, by calling Cliff Jarecke at 308-237-1696 or 308-293-0795. Please come out to honor our deceased members, and to show our appreciation for our religious community. Thank you for attending!
Grand Knight Message About 40 people gathered at the Perkins restaurant Feb. 9th for Fr. Rooney's going away party. Thank you to Fr. Rooney's friends who were able to attend and for those of you who couldn't attend. Thank you for your prayers and wishes of good will. A good time was had by all and everybody enjoyed supper together. As most of you know, Fr. Rooney did move to Lincoln, on Friday Feb.12th, to be near his sister, niece and remaining family. He will reside at Madonna. Fr. Bob will miss all of his friends here and he will be missed by all of us. Fr. Bob's new address is: Fr. Bob Rooney Madonna St. Jean De Chantal Room 434 2200 S 52nd Street Lincoln, Ne 68506 Thanks for all the appreciation, help and love you all have shown Fr. Bob during his stay here in Kearney. Grand Knight Clifford Jarecke District deputy Report Thank you to the Kearney initiation team who did the initiation, formation and knight degrees on Jan 24 in Holdrege. 5 men for initiation and 9 men took the formation and knight degrees. As most of you know that is 1st, 2nd, & 3rd degree. Please ASK another Catholic man to join the Knights! The free throw championships will be Feb 7 for district at KCHS 12 noon and we can use 10 knights to help, call me if you can help 708-0514, the regional is in Hastings on March 13 in Hastings, State is April 2 also in Hastings. One Rose is over and again I thank our pastors and Knights for promoting this major fund raiser to reverse the abortion culture of death. I am very aware that the political conversation is not about the life of the unborn, and I ask you to search for the "life" candidates and support them. Vivat Jesus, Jim Dubas, District Deputy 24 Phone: (308) 708-0514 Email: 4jsabud@gmail.com
Universal Intention - Interreligious Dialogue. That sincere dialogue among men and women of different faiths may produce the fruits of peace and justice. read the reflection Evangelization Intention - Christian Unity. That by means of dialogue and fraternal charity and with the grace of the Holy Spirit, Christians may overcome divisions. read the reflection From the Desk of Fr. Bob Rooney As most of you know, I have moved to Lincoln to be near my sister, niece and remaining family. I will reside at Madonna. I will miss all of my friends here in Kearney. If you come to Lincoln please stop in and see me. May God Bless you all. My new address is: Fr. Bob Rooney Madonna St. Jean De Chantal Room 434 2200 S 52nd Street Lincoln, Ne 68506 Do you know where these Members are? We need a Phone number, Address or e-mail Address for them. Geoff R. Carnahan James J. Wiltgen Rick L. Sorensen Shane L. Killion Tim S. Vasquez John Neville
Council Officers - 2015 2016 Grand Knight Cliff Jarecke Deputy Grand Knight Mark Glatter Recorder - Ken Schroeder Financial Secretary - Tim Bruner Treasurer Jim Bogner Advocate - Tim Franco Warden - Dan Crookshank Chancellor - Richard Boden Inside Guard - Randy Kratochvil Outside Guard - Bernard Loeffelholtz Lecturer-Check Dummer Trustee 1 year - Ron Lacy Trustee 2 year James Hausmann Trustee 3 year - Ken Richter District Deputy - Jim Duba Council Chaplain - Fr. Joe Hannappel Chaplain Emeritus - Fr. Bob Rooney Bulletin Editor Gailen Kotrous Hall Manager CMO Hall Info - Call (308)237-4255 Council Meetings 4th Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Hall. A steak dinner is served prior to the meeting at Cost of the meal is $8.00. 6:30 p.m. All are invited. Officers Meetings 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00p.m. at the Hall. CMO Meeting 2nd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m at the Hal St. James Council 1728 1900 Central Ave Kearney, Ne. 68847 Feb. Bingo Workers Chairman: Bernard Loeffelholz Seller: Paul Oberbrockling Caller: Dan Glatter Daniel Atchison, Daniel Buser, Michael Coughlin, Tony De La Torre, Randy Kratochvil, Ronald Loeffelholz, Larry Loeffelholz, Scott Lowery, Jeremiah Murphy, Dirk Nickel, Fred Prellwitz, Cory, Prellwitz, Jeff Richter, Kenneth Schmitz, Ken Schroeder and Jerome Thompson Notice No Reg. meeting due to Religious Appreciation Dinner Mar. Bingo Workers Chairman: James Bogner Seller: Jim Dubus Caller: Kelly Murphy Ron Bazata, Mark Bowman, Herb Compton, Mike Dakan, Michael Eickhoff, Dion Friesz, Doug Hampton, Seth Hendrickson, Jack Horner, Jerry Jensen, Alan Mais, Brian Moody, Sean Mullen, Marvin Rall, Jeff Reinke, Kent Reinke and Steven Verraneault Notice! Sept. s bingo committee is scheduled to serve the dinner for the Mar. Council meeting.
Knight of the Month Paul Stec Paul joined the Knights in April of 1981. He is a tireless worker, an outstanding fundraiser, a genuine self-starter, and the driving force behind the Annual Super Bowl Party. This Super Bowl event has consistently raised significant funds for the Council s projects. Paul also serves as a Homebound Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion at St. James. Thank you, Paul, for your faithful service to the Council, Church and to the larger community as a Knight. Feb. Family of the Month Jim & Linda Fischbach Jim joined the Knights in Oct. of 1970. He has served in several offices of the Council, most recently as Council Treasurer. Jim is active with youth projects, especially the Free Throw Contest and the Soccer Challenge which he helped launch in 2011. Each year, through Russell s Appliance and Electronics, Jim provides the big screen TVs for the Super Bowl Party at the Hall. Linda supports Jim in his many Knights activities, not the least of which is Bingo. Jim serves as Commentator (Leader) and Lector (Proclaimer); both he and Linda serve as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion (EMHC) at St. James. Thank you Jim and Linda for your faithful service to Council, Church and Community!
(5) Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, Kearney Assembly #0609 Meetings - 2nd Thursday, 7:30 P.M. Knights of Columbus Hall 1900 Central Avenue 4 th Degree News Knights of Columbus (Please Notice) A vote will be held at our 4 TH Degree meeting on March 10 on a motion for a donation of $500 to St James Catholic Church, and a donation of $500 to Prince of Peace Catholic Church. We ask all 4 TH Degree members to be present, or to voice their opinion to the officers, for consideration on this $1000 donation. The 4th Degree color guard made an appearance at both UNK BB games on Saturday Febr 6. Thanks to Jim Bogner, Sam Reinke, Orville Schuster, Jim Dubas, Mitch O'Neill, Richard Boden and Dan Glatter. Faithful Navigator: FN 609 Dan Glatter Faithful Navigator: Dan Glatter Faithful Captain: Tim Franco Faithful Pilot: Gailen Kotrous Faithful Scribe: Pat Kistler Faithful Purser: Mitch O Neill Faithful Comptroller: Tom Schachta Faithful Admiral: Chuck Dummer Inside Sentinal: Ken Richter Outside Sentinal: Emory Pankas Trustee 3 years: Jim Dubas Trustee 2 years: Cliff Jarecke Trustee 1 year: Jim Rowling Faithful Friar: Fr. Tom Mullowney Commander of Color Corps: Sam Reinke
Field Agent Message (NEW HAVEN, CT) Chief Insurance Officer Thomas P. Smith, Jr., is pleased to announce that field agent, Michael Scholz has completed his fifth year as a field agent for the Knights of Columbus with the Swanson Agency that serves central and western Nebraska. Michael issued over $15 million of life insurance for 2015. He finished over 130% of his yearly quotas, finished first in Disability Insurance applications for the state of Nebraska and ranked in the top 15% of agents for the Knights of Columbus. Michael currently resides north of Loomis and serves councils in Kearney, Elm Creek, Lexington, Cozad and Broken Bow. He is married to Sara and has two children: Abby (12) and Garrett (9). Michael is originally from Stuart, Nebraska. The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal benefits society with more than $100 billion of insurance in force. This marks the 40th consecutive year in which the Knights of Columbus has earned A.M. Best s A++ (Superior) rating. There is no more highly rated insurer in North America. Additionally, the Knights of Columbus has donated more than $1.325 billion to charity, and provided nearly 700 million hours of volunteer service in support of charitable initiatives worldwide in the past decade. Michael Scholz Field Agent
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