Important Dates to Remember Installation of Officers Saturday, June 18, 2016 @ Hall 6:00 p.m. Installation Mass St. Joseph Church 4:00 p.m. June 18, 2016 Meeting Dates to Remember Council Meeting June 1, 2016 Meal at 6:30pm Auxiliary & 2 nd Council Meetings June 15, 2016 Knightly News The Newsletter of Archbishop Blenk Council 1905 June 2016 Knights of Columbus Archbishop Blenk Council 1905 Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism Council Phone: 368-1905/Web Site: http://kofc1905.org/ Grand Knight Burnie Danjean 504-452-0297 burnied@bellsouth.net Election of officers will take place at the June 1st meeting. Please try to attend to cast your vote. Installation of officers will take place on June 18. There will be a mass at St.Joseph Church at 4:00pm. After mass we will go to the hall at 475 Franklin Street for the installation which will start at 6:00pm. A meal will be served and the cost is $5 dollars per person. Please contact Cheryl at 504-255-7514. Cut off date is June 13. I would like to thank all the officers and directors for their help the past two years. You are the reason we have had a successful year. I would also like to thank the members for their support. I would like to thank my wife Kathy for her love and support. It has been an honor to serve as your Grand Knight for the past two years. Thanks to all Burnie Knights of the Month Aubrey Neeb and James Fogerty Family of the Month Richard & Jackie Majeste Family Life A.J., Cathy and Kobe Chauvin 957-8937 cathychauvin@yahoo.com There will be no Family Social in June due to the Installation of Officers on Saturday, June 18. Bulletin Articles: gerard.thomas124@att.net or 432-6557 cell Joint Installation of Officers - Council 1905 Archbishop Blenk Knights of Columbus and Ladies Auxiliary Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016 Time: 6:00 p.m. Place: 475 Franklin Street, Gretna Cost: $5.00 per person for dinner Reservations call: Cheryl d Hemecourt 255-7514 before deadline of June 13, 2016 Mass: St. Joseph Church, Gretna 4:00 p.m. Council Director PGK Joseph Tranchina, Sr. email: jptranchina@att.net 340-9609 The end of the Columbian year is June 30th and we need to work on the next year. We have nothing planned as of yet but when the new officers and directors take over in July we will be working on activities. If anyone has any ideas about a council activity they would like to see done let us know. Joe Tranchina Sr. Council Director
ARCHBISHOP BLENK COUNCIL 1905 JUNE 2016 Financial Secretary-Michael Arnold, Jr. 367-3892 Brothers, please remember if you plan to run for a Council office your dues must be kept current during your time in office. No longer members of the Knights of Columbus: Blair Constant, Richard Lacour, Steven Weisler, Sr. Change of address: Terry Ryder, 21731 E. Kent Drive, Aurora, CO 83156 June Birthdays 1 Bernard Bush 1 Arthur Lawson, Jr. 2 Roger Burrows, Jr. 3 Frank Musso 4 R. E. Thomas, Jr. 5 Philip Sutherland 6 Lloyd LaGrange 6 Charles Paine, Jr. 7 Joseph Roppolo 10 Malcolm Dauenhauer 14 Dr. Larry Hallaron PGK 16 Rory Cadres 20 Mark Cambre 23 Frank Panepinto 27 Wayne Ory 28 Christopher Nolen 30 Mark Kalcynski June Anniversaries: 1 John and Cynthia Patterson, Jr. 12 Bernard and Margaret LeBlanc 12 J. Kenneth and Cyn Leithman 22 Lemm and Dolores Bauer 25 Michael and Gail McAuliffe Church Director - PGK Roy LeBlanc 948-7018 A SPIRITUAL MESSAGE As you know him better, he will give you...everything you need for living a truly good life: he even shares his own glory and his own goodness with us! One of Jesus' specialties is to make somebodies out of nobodies. God Bless Roy Arthur Newby, District Deputy 368-5007 email: Abnewb@att.net Brothers, Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the Knights of Columbus for this past Columbian Year. As we come to a close I ask that you continue to show the same dedication to the Knights of Columbus in the coming year and support the officers and activities provided for you at the Council and State level. Arthur Chancellor A. Rick Valladares II 504 495 2017 rick.valladares@la.gov A Prayer for the Leaders in our life Dear God, I stop and think of those who are leaders in my life... in my home... in my work... in my country... in the world... Perhaps there is someone I find it hard to think of with love. I hand over to you any anger or fear I feel. In this moment, I send them love. However I feel about them, in this moment, I see your love flowing through me to them. Dear God, I ask you to feed these people on your wisdom and your understanding, for their good and for the good of all they serve. Let them recognize and take the authority that is theirs to take. Thank you God for guiding them every step of the way. Amen Words from our Lord Matthew 5:44, 46, NIV I tell you: Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Please pray for our brothers in need, Burnie Danjean, GK David Uzee, Jr. Ferd Webber III Henry Holt, PGK Russell Templet Chester Jones Dr. Larry Hallaron, PGK Albert Chauvin Perry Lobrano George Wedge, PGK Howard Comeaux Terry Ryder Glenn Esteve, PGK Michael Arnold Jerry Broome, Sr Bob Mayville, PGK Wally d Hemecourt Lloyd LeGrange Arnald R. Valladares T. J. Larkin Fourth Degree Assembly # 322 Faithful Navigator Michael Chudzinski email: nmchud@cmaaccess.com Our next meeting will be on June 22, 2016. Installation of Officers will be held on July 10 at St. Anthony Mission Church in Gretna following the 10:30am Mass. Banquet following the installation at Council 1905 Hall. 2
ARCHBISHOP BLENK COUNCIL 1905 JUNE 2016 3 Ladies Auxiliary Vicki Fogarty Past President 400-2783 Email: vickimikie@gmail.com Hello everyone, Our elections were held at the May meeting and the new officers are as follows: President: Darnell LeBlanc Vice President: Peggy LeBlanc Treasurer: Cheryl d Hemecourt Recording Secretary: Pam Falgoust Corresponding Secretary: Pat Holt Board Member: Vicki Fogarty Our next meeting is on June 15th. The installation of new officers will be held with the Knights installation on Saturday, June 18th. Pray to the Blessed Mother for Peace, Vicki A Message from Deacon Francis Offia Priesthood: Unmerited Privilege and Never A Right In Months, Weeks and Days leading to the actual day of my priestly ordination, I have received tons and tons of congratulatory and goodwill messages from countless number of people. I feel so awed that these many people are reaching out to me with the spirit of joy and jubilation. It reveals to me how extremely happy men and women could be when God is doing something great in our midst. But on a flipside of it, I will forever see my ordination to the priesthood as an unmerited privilege from God. It is not something I have a right to! Neither is it a reward for many years spent in the seminary formation. Furthermore, it is not something we get in return for studying Philosophy and Theology. Nothing qualifies any man to share in the ministerial priesthood of Christ. Indeed, one who is nobody in God s eye, is ordain to the priesthood through the invocation of the Power of the Holy Spirit. This is made clear from the prayer of ordination when the bishop prays: Almighty Father, grant to these servants of yours the dignity of the priesthood. Renew within them the Spirit of holiness. As a coworkers with the order of bishops may they be faithful to the ministry that they receive from you, Lord God, and be to others a model of right conduct. May they be faithful in working with the order of bishops, so that the words of the Gospel may reach the ends of the earth, and the family of nations, made one in Christ, may become God's one, holy people It is the Lord s doing and it is marvelous in our sight!!! As we present ourselves to God and His Church this weekend to be ordained to the priesthood, pray for me and my fellow ordinands that we may live out our priesthood with love, commitment and devotion, recognizing always that our ordination is completely an unmerited privilege from God. Dear Francis Offia Pro Life Corner - Don & Dee Caskey Home 341-4512 or Cell 884-0101 dcaskey53@yahoo.com Brother Knights, I recently reminded you of Uncle Paul's favorite expression " I am Knights of Columbus". Now as we prepare to start a new Columbian Year we should renew in our selves the commitment that we all made when we became knights, that is to serve the Lord. As knights we best do it through the various K of C service programs or ministry in our church. However we serve, it is a witness to the strength and integrity of ourselves and our order. Gentlemen I am now asking that in this coming year YOU, a Knight of Columbus expand your service and assist in the service activities of our councils and churches. All our functions need fuel and that is what you provide with your help. Don't rely on the other guy or committee, because they can all use help. Our Council is financially blessed, primarily by the efforts of a few brothers working for a few hours on Saturdays. Our council's memorial masses are embarrassing with the lack of brothers that turn out. We have a large number of activities that only require your being there. Quite often I will attend a Prolife activity and if I were asked if I or the knights are Prolife I can truly answer "I AM" and sadly be quite literal. Yours in Christ Don and Dee Caskey
Knightly News Knights of Columbus Archbishop Blenk Council 1905 Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism Council Phone: 368-1905/Web Site: http://kofc1905.org/ Bulletin Articles: gerard.thomas124@att.net or 432-6557 cell EDITOR S NOTE: Brothers, due to an EDITOR S error, our Field Agent s Article was inadvertently omitted from the June Knightly News Letter. Also, there is an unfounded rumor that Chris Dufrene has retired. Do not believe it. He is still our excellent Field Agent for Knights of Columbus Insurance Products for you and your family. Knights of Columbus Insurance Agent Chris Dufrene 504-689-8032 Call Chris for you and your family insurance needs.
Archbishop Blenk Council 1905 June 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Council Mtg 7:30 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 - Francis Offia's Priestly Ordination 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 BINGO Deadline for Auxiliary Mtg & Bulletin reservations call 2nd Council 255-7514 Articles Due Mtgs 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Fourth Degree Meeting Installation of Officers 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 July Knights of Columbus Non-Profit Organization Archbishop Blenk Council No. 1905 U. S. Postage 475 Franklin Street PAID Gretna, LA 70053 Gretna, LA 70053 Permit Number # 134