BISHOP SEBASTIAN COUNCIL NO. 5058 March 2018 Volume 57, Issue 9 KNIGHTS REPORTER Grand Knight s Report - STEVE RADZIMINSKI At the last business meeting (February 19), a nominating committee consisting of the Trustees was named for the upcoming elections. The elections will be held on May 21, 2018. It is requested that names be submitted to the committee by April 2, so that the names can be read at the next meetings and also published in the May, 2018 Knights Reporter. Reminder: all offices are open, but you must be a Third Degree Knight. It has also been noted that the Council has had nine brothers take the third degree this year. These new third degree brothers are the basis for the future success of the Council. Help them by actively participating in the upcoming events, Communion Breakfast, Marigold Project, Living Rosary just to name a few. Family Activity events are being planned for the summer. Finally, please keep recruiting, and keep praying for the sick and deceased. God Bless! Inside this issue Chancellor Report...2 Service Reports...2 Event Flyers 11 DOSEAS Report... 14 Council Calendar... 15 Deacon Don Cupps Knights of Columbus - Marlowe Agency 600 Fairmount Avenue Suite 100 Towson, MD 21286 443-689-7732 don.cupps@kofc.org Ways to Pay for Whole Life We live in a world of options and we are constantly bombarded by choices. Some of these make our lives more complicated, but many of these choices are created with our satisfaction in mind. At the Knights of Columbus, every product we offer has been designed solely for the benefit of our members and their families. When I present an option to you, it s because a team of experts has discussed it at length to be certain it serves your best interest. We have a few options on how you can provide and pay for the whole life coverage that your family needs. Many whole life policies call for premiums to be paid for your entire life or to age 100. But we also offer permanent life coverage with guaranteed cash values (and the potential to earn dividends, which are not guaranteed) through policies that offer a limited period of premium payments. (Continued on page 15)
Chancellor s Report Sick List RON LIND ROBERT FREY, PGK ROBERT PAHR JR. WILLIAM SNYDER SR, PGK Death EDWARD EICHELBERGER, PGK ISABEL SAINZ MOTHER OF PABLO SAINZ GERAID HEILMAN Please notify Bishop Sebastian Council of our sick and deceased members and their families by contacting: Chancellor Joseph Keller (410-882-8023) SERVICE REPORTS Membership Michael Mank, PGK 410-574-6690 The month of February was another slow time for membership, but we now have 3 more 3rd Degree members for this fraternal year. We now have a total of 9. These men are Tyler Stone, Franklin Crispi and Dennis Romagnano. The 3rd Degree was taken on February 16 at Our Lady of Fatima Church Hall MEMBERSHIP WEEKENDS St. Ursula - April 7 & 8 St. Clare - April 28 & 29 St. Isaac - May 19 & 20 UPCOMING EVENTS May 7 - Living Rosary - 7:30 P.M. Marigolds - Mother's Day Weekend The quota is 14, we now have 4, with your continued help at the parishes using the form 100 or the 921A card it is do able. Church Activities - Michael Colbourne, PGK 443-876-2828 Church Activities Director for St. Ursula Parish PGK Michael Colbourne Questions\comments\concerns about the following? Please contact PGK Michael Colbourne either inperson, email (michael_colbourne@yahoo.com) or phone (443.876.2828) St. Ursula School Don Kobrick Please consider providing a monetary contribution to the St. Ursula School Tuition Assistance Appeal. If you re interested, please send your contribution to: Saint Ursula School Tuition Assistance Appeal 8900 Harford Road Baltimore, MD 21234 2
Round Table Coordinator Deacon Don Cupps Links to mention St. Ursula Parish bulletin (http://fataonline.com/bulletins/stursula) Please peruse the weekly bulletins for events at St. Ursula Parish. Father Michael J. McGivney Guild (http://fathermcgivney.org) Maryland Catholic Conference (http://www.mdcatholic.org) United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (http://www.usccb.org) Prayer for Vocations Lord Jesus, You chose the apostles to make disciples of all nations, and by baptism and confirmation You have called us to build up your Holy Church, especially here in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. We implore You to choose among us, Your children, many priests and religious who will love You with their whole hearts and will gladly spend their lives making You known and loved by all. In Your Holy Name we pray, Amen. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: Catechists for Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) Children s Liturgy of the Word (CLOW) on the 2 nd and 4 th Sunday of the month after the 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Masses Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist Greeter Lector Pre-Cana Marriage preparation Traditional Choir Wedding anniversary Mass and Reception on the 1 st Sunday of the month after the 9:00 a.m. Mass Fr. Stephen Gosnell, K.H.S. Fr. Gosnell had knee surgery in early February 2018 and needs help with getting to and from physical therapy. If you are free during the day and available to help, please send an email to sgosnell@archbalt.org. Fr. Gosnell lives on the campus of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish (Putty Hill Avenue & Loch Raven Avenue) and his physical therapy clinic is in the Merritt Athletic Club off Joppa Road. Please keep Fr. Gosnell in your prayers. God Bless. Soup, Salad and Stations of the Cross For the six Fridays before Lent (2/16/18 through 3/23/18), the Passion of the Stations of the Cross will be conducted starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Worship area Afterwards, serving of the soup, salads and other non-meat food items will be provided The Daughters of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (DOSEAS) will be hosting this event on 3/2/18; our Council will help with this effort. If you would like to help, please contact the Church Activities Director for St. Ursula Parish Letter of Appreciation from Seminarian Kenneth Lukong Dear Knights, It is with deep joy and thankfulness that I script these words of gratitude to you from the bottom of my heart. Accept greetings and best wishes from the enigmatic building of St Mary s Seminary in Roland Park. I hope you are all doing well and the Knights Bishop Sebastian Council. I wish to express my sincere and heartfelt gratitude to each individual member for the sacrifices you make to the smooth functioning of the group and most importantly for the support I received from your council. The funds have really been helpful to me as I have been able to do a number of things, get some personal stuffs and books for myself. I remain indebted to you all and be rest-assured of my continual prayers for the council and your individual families. Here is a little note about myself so that you can know something about my life to this point. I am called Kenneth Lukong. I come from Cameroon in West Africa. I was born on the 2 nd of May 1991. 3
I am the last in the family of Seven, six boys and one girl. After my elementary school, I went to seminary when I was twelve years old, precisely in the academic year of 2004/2005. Since then, I have been a seminarian to this moment. After college and high school seminary, I had a year of spiritual formation in 2011 from where I proceeded to do a three-year program in philosophy in St Thomas Aquinas Seminary, Cameroon, Bambui. I had a pastoral year in Cameroon during the academic year 2015/2016. At the end of this year, my diocese, Kumbo, entered into partnership with the Archdiocese of Baltimore and I was sent as a pioneer to this program. The program states that after my ordination, I have five years of active service in the Archdiocese of Baltimore upon which I will make a decision either to stay and be incardinated fully or to go back to Cameroon. In these years of discernment, I find much joy in my endeavor to becoming a priest and continually look forward to being a servant in the Lord s vineyard. So far, I remain grateful to God for this missionary journey he has sent me to and back here at saint Mary s and the archdiocese as a whole, it has been a loving experience. I remain grateful to the knights of Bishop Sebastian Council for your support and prayers, and I look forward to coming to some of the council meetings so that I can personally greet and see all of you. Thanks for choosing me for this sponsorship and may God replenish this awesome generosity of yours. Sincerely yours Kenneth Lukong Catholic Men s Fellowship (CMF) We invite you to join other Catholic Men for a spiritual growth opportunity. We meet at the St. Ursula Parish Spiritual Center on the first Saturday of the month starting at 7:15 a.m. and ending at 9:30 a.m. Next meetings: Saturday, March 3, 2018 Saturday, April 7, 2018 21 th Annual CMF Conference One Day Lenten Retreat March 10, 2018 Locations: South Location (Main Location) St. Philip Neri Catholic Church 6405 S Orchard Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 North Location (Satellite Location streamed LIVE) St. Mary Magdalen Mission of St. Margaret Parish 141 N Hickory Ave, Bel Air, MD 21014 Theme: Hail, Holy Queen! Knighted by Mary More information can be found on www.catholicmensfellowship.com Please support your local Catholic bookstore (Tell Joan that Michael sent you J) (Continued on page 5) 4
Eucharistic Adoration during Lent During Lent, please consider spending time with Jesus in the Eucharist. God Bless. 3 rd Quarter report Coordination of parking lot for 4:00 p.m. Mass at St. Ursula Parish on Christmas Eve (12/24/2017) On December 24, 2017, members of the Knights of Columbus Bishop Sebastian Council # 5058 took on the task to coordinate the parking of cars for attendees of the 4:00 p.m. Mass at St. Ursula Parish in Parkville, MD. The Pastor, Fr. Steve Hook, requested our Council to take on this task due to the issues dealing with congestion of cars due to the large volume of this Mass. This request was a follow-up from the Round Table meeting that was held in March 2017. Fr. Steve expressed to our Council about the integrity of a promise; If your Council states they will lead and/or help with a task, do it. This message resonated with the attendees from our Council. Fr. Steve wanted coordination only before the Mass start time of 4:00 p.m. Once Mass started, it was the decision of the Lead Coordinator to continue this task afterwards. Therefore, PGK Michael Colbourne, volunteered to be the lead coordinator for this task. Since this was the first time Michael has been involved with this type of task, he requested help from the Council members. Thankfully, the following members were able to be present to help: District Deputy (DD), Past Grand Knight (PGK) Rick Callender Former District Deputy (FDD), PGK Raphael Cilento Franco Crispi (New Knight) District Warden (DW), PGK William Keenan Tyler Stone (New Knight) Our DW and PGK, William Keenan, provided the flashlights, vests with the Knights of Columbus logo, and two-way hand radios (walkie-talkies). FDD and PGK, Raphael Cilento, provided the LOT FULL signs. 5
Preparations started at 2:30 p.m. Michael spoke to a neighbor in the cul-de-sac on Wilson Avenue, which can be entered by a driveway behind the Parish. The neighbor politely requested not to encourage the option to park on Wilson Avenue. In past years, the congestion on Wilson Avenue for Christmas Eve Masses was irritating the neighbors, resulting in complaints sent to the Parish Office. Michael assured the neighbor our Council members will do our best to comply with this request. The aforementioned members received their vests and tested the two-way radios. William provided instructions on the proper procedure to speak and receive messages. We started with the front section of the parking closest to Harford Road, then gradually moved towards the back end of the parking lot. We reserved a spot in front for the celebrant of the Mass, Fr. Stephen Gosnell, due to issues with his knees, which causes mobility issues. With the cooperation of the members and the attendees of the Mass, no issues were reported. This effort went smoother than expected. A lesson learned about the value of quality versus quantity of volunteers. It was a privilege for our Council to help support St. Ursula Parish. God Bless the Knights of Columbus. God Bless us all. DW, PGK William Keenan provided the vests Part of band of brothers helping out: (Left to Right) DD Rick Callender; Franco Crispi; DW, PGK William Keenan Links to our other affiliated church bulletins: St. Isaac Jogues St. Thomas More St Clare http://fataonline.com/bulletins/stisaacjogues http://www.parishesonline.com/find/st-thomas-more-church-21234 http://fataonline.com/bulletins/stclare 6
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Aberdeen Ironbird Baseball Friday, August 24, 2018 Game time: 7:05 Game & Fireworks Our annual visit to see the Aberdeen Ironbirds is scheduled for Friday, August 24, 2018. As usual, the tailgate outing starts 1 hour before the start of the game (same location). Tickets go fast, don t hesitate. Call me to reserve your tickets. We sell out fast. Tickets are $16 (includes tailgate) To reserve your tickets, call: PGK Thom Stevenson Sr. 410-256-8862 (Home) 443-388-1871 (cell) tnpstevenson@verizon.net (email) 12
The Supreme Convention is being held in Baltimore this year. The State Council is looking for volunteers to help with various activities. If you would like to help, please fill out the form below and send it in. The more the merrier. 13
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(Continued from page 1) Fraternal Benefits Cont. First, we offer 10 Pay Life and 20 Pay Life. Consider paying premiums for 10 or 20 years, and never having to pay for the coverage again. The plan is paid up and no more premiums are due. The plan stays in force, the death benefit remains intact and the guaranteed cash value continues to grow. A plan with similar benefits is Life Paid Up at 65. The difference over 10 or 20 Pay Life plans is that this permanent product requires you to pay premiums until age 65. Then, premiums stop (just in time for retirement), but the plan remains in force. Finally, the ultimate in limited pay is our Single Premium Life product. Imagine buying life insurance permanent life insurance and only paying one single premium? It s possible. March 2018 Schedule of Events Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 Mar 2 Soup & Salad St. Ursula s Mar 5 Council Meeting 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Mar 12 Mar 11 Mar 19 Officer Meeting Chili Cook-off Council Meeting 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31