KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS NEWSLETTER FATHER NICHOLAS RAUSCH OSB COUNCIL 1643 SAINT FRANCIS of ASSISI ASSEMBLY 1183 http://www.kofc1643.org Grand Knight: Michael R Colosi 360-870-5597 W00dbutcher63@yahoo.com Chaplain: Fr. Tim Ilgen Faithful Navigator: Karl Hoffman 360-280-1240 drkarlhoffman@comcast.net Faithful Friar: Fr. Lawrence Gosselin Fraternal Benefits Information: Field Agent Tom Johnson in Gig Harbor at 1-253-857-5670 General Agent Jarrod Roth in Port Orchard at 1-360-475-0784 Knights of Columbus Customer Service at 1-800-380-9995 JANUARY 2016, ISSUE NO. 2016-01 Knights of Columbus Newsletters are published monthly by Father Nicholas Rausch OSB Council 1643, 3420 78 th Avenue SE, Olympia WA 98501-9403. It is distributed to members of Knights of Columbus Father Nicholas Rausch OSB Council 1643. Postage is paid at Olympia, Washington. NEWSLETTER CO-EDITORS: Jim Pivec and Tom Brignole are the co-editors of our newsletter. Please send any articles for the newsletter to Jim or Tom by the 15 th of the month. And let Jim or Tom know if you would like to receive your newsletter in full color via email. Jim s email address is jfpivec@gmail.com. Tom s email address is kbrignole@yahoo.com. If you do not have email, Jim s snail mail address is 2406 Dublin Drive NW Olympia WA 98502-3443. CAN YOU PRAY FOR VOCATIONS FOR JUST ONE HOUR? Brother Knights, Father Jim Lee has requested that the Knights of Columbus pray for religious vocations at the St. Joseph Adoration Chapel at the St. Michael Downtown Church for one or more hours per week. We have designated Saturday & Sunday AM hours of 1AM, 2AM, or 3AM on January 2 nd, 3 rd, 9 th, 10 th, 16 th, 17 th, 23 th, 24 th, 30 th, & 31 st as our Knights of Columbus hours. Please call Tom Hruska at 360-561-5548 or e-mail hruska@wwdb.org to sign up for one or more of the above hours. Thank You. God bless you and your family. STATE BULLETIN The Washington State Council of the Knights of Columbus publishes a monthly bulletin. For members interested in viewing this publication it is available at: http://www.kofc-wa.org/bulletins/current.pdf Page 1
GRAND KNIGHT S MESSAGE Gentlemen, 2015 is over, Happy New Year. I'm sure that 2016 will be another productive year for us. I am deeply in all of your debt for helping out this year as well as putting up with me. This past month was a blur, what with the Knights before Christmas, the Keep Christ in Christmas display, our annual Council/Assembly Christmas Party where we, along with Mills and Mills, hosted five Military families. On that note, we gave the families $600 apiece this year and they were honestly surprised and greatly appreciative. Upcoming events for January are as follows: The SW KofC Regional Meeting will be at Columbian Hall on January 3rd. I have sent all the details for those who are supposed to attend. There will be a planning meeting for the 2017 State Convention on January 11th at Hallen Hall at 7 PM upstairs in rooms 2&3. Volunteers should contact myself or DD Darren Johnson. The BIG event for this month is The Annual Mass and March for Life beginning at St. Martin s Marcus Pavilion Jan.19th. See the flyer on page 12in this month s newsletter for details. As always Ron DeGroot will need assistance with car parking before the mass and Sam Pellegrino will need help to set up and serve lunch at Sacred Heart after the march. This year we will actually be able to participate in the Mass with the Color Corp, so I would hope to get some extra help from Brother Knights who are not in Regalia; many of the gentlemen who volunteer to do the above mentioned tasks are Color Corp Members. Get the Hint? Lastly, we will be hosting a 3rd Degree Exemplification on January 30th at Columbian Hall. This is a perfect opportunity to advance to the 3rd Degree without having to travel. Start time for degree is 12:30 PM. Respectfully, Michael R. Colosi, Grand Knight Father Nicholas Rausch OSB Council 1643 JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Member Name Date Member Name Date Alexander Coleman Jan 1 William Brennan Jan 13 Tom Frey Jan 1 Deacon John Bergford Jan 16 Fr James Lee Jan 1 William O Keefe Jan 16 John Kramer PGK Jan 2 Korey Wessel Jan 16 John Winslow Jan 2 Chris Wroblewski Jan 17 Fr Paul Weckert Jan 3 Marco Cella Jan 18 Gene Fisher Jan 4 Fr Lawrence Gosselin Jan 19 Cornelius Scannell Jan 7 Dennis Perez Jan 21 Helmer Carrillo-Cruz Jan 8 Sergio Barajas Jan 23 Wilfrid Carnignam Jan 9 Enrique Navarro Jan 27 Phiet Nguyen Jan 10 Carlos Lara Jan 28 William Bowers Jan12 Theodore Verner Jan 29 Robert Stroud Jan 12 Laurence Watkinson Jan 29 Eliazin Behena Jan 13 Lawrence Charba Jan 30 Raymon Patron Jan 13 John Gilson Jan 31 Page -2-
Dear Faithful Brother Knights FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR S MESSAGE December has been a very busy month for everyone with many Knights participating in more than one event or project. I would like to thank brother Jeff Schilter, from Schilter Farms, for donating Christmas trees for both our Keep Christ in Christmas and our Knights before Christmas events. I delivered trees with Faithful Captain Jack Winslow, and Brother Mike Hayes. Thanks to all those who helped set up the trees and sort the gifts. Brother Knights and their wives provided and served a dinner at the Drexel House on December 16 th. Thanks to all those who turned out for the Assembly and Council Christmas party. It was well attended and folks had a great time. The schola cantorum sounded magnificent with the Christmas songs. Thanks for providing the delicious main course to brother Sam Pellegrino. Five military families were presented with $600 each. $1,500 came from Mills and Mills, $1,000 came from the Assembly, and $500 from the Council. By the time you read this, we will already have had our Second Degree and I hope a lot of you 1 st degree Brothers attended. We will have a Third Degree Exemplification on January 30 th at Columbian Hall. This will be very convenient because it isn t usually at our hall. The annual Mass for Life & March for Life will take place January 19 th with a Mass at St. Martin s Pavilion. This year Color Corps members will attend. There will be a complimentary lunch at Hallen Hall (Sacred Heart) following Mass. There will be a Men s Day of Recollection, February 13, at the Holy Theophany Monastery and our first quarter Corporate Communion will most likely be February 14, with Mass at the Abbey Church at St. Martin s. Details to follow for these events. Starting in January, the 4 th Degree Officers will be meeting on the third Thursday, instead of the second Thursday. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Karl L Hoffman, DDS, Faithful Navigator St. Francis of Assisi Assembly 1183 DrKarlHoffman@comcast.net 360-280-1240 Page -3-
PHOTOS FROM DECEMBER 17 TH CHRISTMAS PARTY Schola Leading Singing @ December 17 th Christmas Party Our Military Family Guests of Honor @ December 17 th Christmas Party Faithful Navigator Karl and Grand Knight Mike @ December 17 th Christmas Party Page -4-
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UPCOMING 3 RD DEGREE EXEMPLIFICATION SATURDAY JANUARY 30 TH, 2016 A 3 rd Degree Exemplification ceremony will be hosted by District 4. It will be conducted on Saturday, January 30 th, 2016 at Columbian Hall. Sign in will be at 12:30PM with a starting time at 1PM sharp. Please contact either Grand Knight Mike Colosi or District Deputy Darren Johnson for either or both of these degrees if you wish to attend so that someone can accompany you there. END OF SUMMER SALE!! This is your last chance to get your Knights t-shirts. The price is only $10.00 each while supplies last. Available in Large, XL, and 2 XL. Navy blue in color and some dark grey in 2XL Mail checks to P.O. Box 3511 Lacey WA 98509, Att. Darren Johnson. Shirts will be available at meetings and Knights functions. No shirts will be mailed. A very cool new free app for smart phones from the Knights in the Goggle play (android) or Apple store (I phone). For someone that is interested in learning more about the Knights, they can click on the join button and their name will come to us to contact them. https://play.google.com/store/a pps/details?id=com.littleiapps.k ofc Please Keep in Your Prayers Walt Dale Ray DeTerra Family Whitney Johnson John Kramer Sam Pellegrino Carole Robbins Ed Sauley Jose Ybara Nancy Zyrkowski Page -8-
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A NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM FROM THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS The most important event in the evangelization of the New World occurred in December 1531. Over the course of four days, the Virgin Mary, under the title of Our Lady of Guadalupe, appeared to an indigenous convert named Juan Diego. As a result of this encounter, and the image miraculously imprinted on Juan Diego s tilma (cloak), nine million Native Americans embraced the Catholic faith, and the Americas began its transformation into the Catholic hemisphere. Our Lady of Guadalupe s message of love had replaced the institutionalized violence of the Aztec culture and built a bridge between two worlds. Guadalupe: The Miracle and the Message, narrated by famed actor Jim Caviezel, traces the history of this transformative event from the 16th century to the present. Featuring interviews with leading theologians, historians and experts on the scientific inquiries into the miraculous image this gripping film explores both the inexplicable mysteries behind the image, and the continued relevance of the Guadalupe apparition to the modern world. If you missed it on TV a DVD copy has been purchased. To borrow please call Ed Sauley at 360-480- 9329. It may be shown to groups or just to families. Page -10-
Plan for this Tax Day and into the Future April 15 (tax day) is right around the corner. It s become popular this time of year to encourage the opening of an IRA or similar retirement annuity, or the depositing of additional funds into an existing account, as a tax-savings vehicle. Or perhaps someone has tried to convince you to open an account, touting the rate of interest that money in one of these accounts can earn. Let me join the chorus of folks encouraging you to open or add funds to an annuity, but for a different reason. Certainly, contributing money to a Knights of Columbus annuity will allow you to save some money on your income tax return. And, our annuities do pay a very competitive interest rate, consistent with our primary goal of absolute safety of principal. Opening or adding to an annuity for these reasons, however, strikes me as taking a short-term view of a product that is designed to provide long-term security. How much security? How does retirement income that you cannot outlive guaranteed sound to you? Here at the Knights of Columbus, you can open a retirement annuity for as little as $300. Consistent and disciplined savings placed into that annuity over time can guarantee you an income at retirement that you cannot outlive. That guarantee along with the fact that no one has ever lost money left in a Knights of Columbus annuity (remember absolute safety of principal) really will provide you with peace of mind. A KofC Agent is happy to meet with you at your convenience and in your home to explain in detail the benefits of opening a Knights of Columbus annuity, along with the benefits of our top-rated life insurance, disability income and long-term care insurance plans. Jarrod Roth FICF KofC General Agent of Western Washingnton Call Now: (360) 475-0784 to connect with your local agent. Knights of Columbus Field Agent Position Available The Knights of Columbus is seeking a field agent for a career opportunity. You would represent the K of C insurance program in Western Washington (including coverage of members of our council 1643). This is a full time position with benefits. You must be eligible for Knights of Columbus membership. For information, please contact General Agent Jarrod Roth at (360) 475-0784 or via email at rothagencymail@kofc.org Page -11-
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Brother Knights: OUR AGING MEMBERSHIP As we all grow older and our membership ages and we find many brothers who have trouble seeing at night, and some can no longer drive. I am asking for your help on this matter; if you can pick up a brother and bring him to a meeting, or to another event, please contact me and let me know your phone number and what part of town you live in. Brother s - if you are not able to get around to attend meetings and events please don t be embarrassed to let me know so that I can connect you with a Brother Knight. Please remember that we all enjoy your fellowship and company so please contact me. My information is listed below. Darren E. Johnson PGK District Deputy - District 4 Cell Phone 253-709-4588 DD04@kofc-wa.org STATE CONVENTION 2017 PLANNING MEETING ON JANUARY 11TH We will have our rescheduled convention planning meeting on Monday, January 11th at Sacred Heart s Hallen Hall upstairs in rooms 2&3 @ 7pm. This meeting is open to all brother Knights and their families. The convention is a big project for our council with getting paid sponsors for the convention program booklet, Dinner and Mass offsite on Friday night and events for the ladies to keep busy while we are at the convention. So please come out and learn more about what is needed to make this event a success. If you have questions, please contact me at darrenejohnson@comcast.net or my cell 253-709-4588 Thank you Darren E. Johnson PGK District Deputy - District 4 Cell Phone 253-709-4588 DD04@kofc-wa.org Page -13-
DECEMBER 1, 2016 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 3420 78 th AVENUE SE OLYMPIA WA 98501-9403 Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Olympia, WA permit No 276 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED January 2016 Sun 3 SW KofC Regional Meeting 8AM @ Hallen Hall 1 st Degree Competition @ Hallen Hall Mon 4 Council Officers Meeting 6PM @ Columbian Hall 1 st Degree exemplification 7:30PM @ Columbian Hall Thu 7 Council Business Meeting @ Columbian Hall 5:45 PM social & rosary. Business meeting @ 7:30PM Mon 11 Planning meeting for 2017 State Convention 7PM @ Hallen Hall (see page 13) Thu 14 Squires Meeting 7:30PM @ Columbian Hall Sun 17 Donut Sales after 7:30 & 9:30 AM Masses @ St. Mike Tue 19 Mass for Life & March for Life Activities begin at 9:30AM @ St. Martin s See page 14 for details of the day s events Thu 21 4th Degree Officers Mtg 5:45PM @ Columbian Hall Thu 28 4 th Degree Assembly Social, Rosary & Meeting 6:30PM @ Columbian Hall Sat 30 3 rd Degree Exemplification Ceremony 12:30PM @Columbian Hall (see page 8) February 2016 Mon 1 Council Officers Meeting 6PM @ Columbian Hall 1 st Degree exemplification 7:30PM @ Columbian Hall Thu 4 Council Business Meeting @ Columbian Hall 5:45 PM social & rosary. Business meeting @ 7:30PM Fri 5 Annual Sacred Heart Crab Feed 5:30PM @ Hallen Hall Sun 7 3 rd Annual Super Bowl Cook-Off and Party 2:30PM @ Columbian Hall (see page 9) Weds 10 Ash Wednesday Thu 11 Squires Meeting 7:30PM @ Columbian Hall Sun 14 4 th Degree Corporate Communion @ St. Martin s Followed by Brunch Details TBA Thu 18 4th Degree Officers Mtg 5:45PM @ Columbian Hall Sun 21 Donut Sales after 7:30 & 9:30 AM Masses @ St. Mike Weds 24 Drexel House Dinner 4:30PM @ Drexel House 40 Days for Life Begins 6:00PM @ Planned Parenthood Thu 25 4 th Degree Assembly Social, Rosary & Meeting 6:30PM @ Columbian Hall Fri 26 Hall Board Function Details TBA 5:45PM @ Columbian Hall Mon 29 Council Officers Meeting 6PM @ Columbian Hall 1 st Degree exemplification 7:30PM @ Columbian Hall Page -14-