Grand
Knight's Letter
Grand Knights letter
Wow we are into Lent already. What a great time
to find a way to reconnect with our God and his Church. Please take time
to do something to bring yourself closer to your Father, Son & Holy
Spirit. Lent is one of the many wonderful things our church has, to give
us ways of reconnecting and or drawing closer to Jesus and his people.
The Youth Ministry had its spaghetti dinner on
the 25th of January. Thanks to all the Knights that came out
to support them. A special thanks to our fellow Knight Tolbert Rowe. Who
dished out the spaghetti and washed so many pots and pans that his hands
were clean for a week. With Knights being apart of the Church community,
it is great to see the Knights on the front line for being involved in
the activities of our Parish. If you missed an activity it is never to
late to start, there is another one just around the bend. “This is who
we are. This is what we do. We give it our all. We want you to be a part
of it” (from the front page of the Parish Bulletin).
Please don’t be like me and take 7 years to make
your 3rd degree. Please contact Donny Gallagher to make your
next degree. Take it from someone who realized that I was 7 years late
in taking my next step in getting his next degree. Also it is well worth
it to get your 4th degree. I am blessed to be apart of a
group of men that make a difference in our world today.
We are getting closer to having our Oyster &
Bull Roast. We have a date of April 12th (Saturday) time;
TBA. I know with the past events that we have had, we can count on each
one of us to make this a successful and fun event.
Our breakfast was another successful event.
Thanks to all those Knights that stayed to the end to make sure that
everything was cleaned up and put away.
May God Bless you &
your Family and hold true to the Gospels’ of Jesus Christ’s Church.
Grand Knight
Chris Spinner
The Season Of Lent
February 2008
Knights of Columbus Family of the Month
for
February, 2008
David Pasciak & Ruth Doepkens
David &
Ruth have been dating for almost four years. They are next door neighbors
and work near each other. Dave is an Army Veteran, he was stationed in many
places around the world and was also in Afghanistan for a year.
David
served four years in the Army and he now works for the U.S. Government.
An avid gamer, David has five pinball machines. They all like to read
as you can tell by the books on the shelf behind them. David is a fan
of the Buffalo Bills football team.
David has
two children, Leo, who is 15, he likes to read and play computer games. He
also holds the freshmen record in High School for weight lifting (squats) at
190lbs! He too is a fan of the Buffalo Bills. Ariel is 13 and
likes to chat with her friends on the computer. She is also pretty
good on roller blades.
Ruth also
works for the U.S. Government. She has 3 horses and enjoys riding, they keep
her busy outside. She also likes skiing, and enjoys doing anything outdoors.
Between the
two households they have 5 cats and 2 dogs. All of them have been
rescued from the animal shelter. Both Ruth and David moved here only a short
time ago. They both like the slower pace here on the shore and feel this is
a great place to live. They both also feel very welcomed in this
parish.
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Recruiting New Members and Advancement
Each year we attempt to grow with a few new dedicated knights
to help share in the work we do locally and through out the world. We
are famous for supporting our church, our Bishops and Priests and the Pope.
Our goal is only 5 new men a year and so far this year we have enlisted 2
new members; we need 3 more men.
Our membership stands now at 72 members and we are striving
for 75 this year. Our parish has many 'Good Catholic Men' who would
join us if they were asked. Each of us has the responsibility to seek
out these 'Good Catholic Men' and offer them the opportunity to be a member
of the greatest Catholic Fraternity on earth, and we number more then 7
Million Men.
Each of us are required to attain the highest degree of
professionalism we can reach. There are 4 degrees in our fraternity
and each of them has a separate theme we learn about the Knights of
Columbus. Each of us need to become at least a 3rd Degree Knight;
and a 4th degree if you are invited.
Now, get out there and recruit those men who are missing out
on our brotherhood!
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The next Parish Super Sunday is March 2nd
The 'Pancakes' with
breakfast went over big, there were very few people who didn't try them out
(and some came back). While the kitchen crew was cooking them
Mike Chupek was busy passing them out on the line. They came in many
shapes and sizes relative to the artistic talents of our "pancake artist".
With our first 2 "Super Sundays"
under our belt we have settled in to preparing the usual superior breakfast
we are known for. The eggs, potatoes, toast,
sausage and bacon, sometimes pancakes or "American" toast have become
something our parish family look forward to and we always hear good
comments.
Lent Soup nights on
Wednesday's
5:30 to 7pm
This is the season of
Lent and the time of the Wednesday Night Soup and Bread. Saint Joan's
Knights will be participation in this soon; so get out those old
'favorite' family recipes to cook up for the parish; but remember we
are not in competition with anyone.
Keep up the GOOD WORK!
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Saint Joan's Poster Contest
"Keeping
Christ in Christmas"
The
winners are:
Kindergarten - Madeline Thompson
1st Grade
- Ryan Freeman
2nd Grade - Hope Brown
3rd Grade - Amber Haight
6th Grade - Tasha Haight
7th Grade - Mellinee Casale
Saint Joan's Knights thank all our
parish students for creating posters for our "Keeping Christ in
Christmas".
Each poster creator receives a 'Gold
Dollar' and winners are judged by members of our Council.
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An Irish Blessing (with a
twist)
May the
road rise
to meet
you.
May the
wind be
always at
your back.
May the
sun shine
warm upon
your face,
the rains
fall soft
upon your
fields and,
when ye
die may
ye be in
heaven
a half
hour before
the Devil
knows ye'r dead.
Until we
meet again,
may God
hold you in
the palm
of his hand.
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Saint Joan of Arc Polo Shirts are still
available
Some members still do not have a Saint
Joan of Arc shirt. They come in all colors, red, blue, grey, white,
green, etc. We get them from Benedictine Graphics, and the price is
$23.60 for S - L and $25.60 for XL - XXXL.
Anyone interested in in a shirt should
contact Donny Gallagher at; 410-634-2859, or bring it to our attention at a
meeting.
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4th Degree Exemplification
Saturday, April 5th 2008
This year the Exemplification Degree ceremony will be held in
the Holliday Inn, Frederick, MD. We have many "Patriotic Degree"
members in our council.
4th Degree KofC
To
become a member our ‘Patriotic Order’ you must be a 3rd degree
member and an active member of your council.
Fourth Degree membership is by invitation from the active membership
of the local 3rd degree Council. It is, and should be considered an
honor
to asked to be a member.
Fourth Degree members are
identified by their Tuxedo and the red, white and blue Baldric. The
Color Corps are seen at church and community functions in cape, chapeaux,
white gloves and sword.
Saint Joan of Arc 4th Degree members:
S/K Father
Norman Carroll
S/K Charles Alder
S/K Dennis Clegg
S/K Fred Bradbury
S/K William Nickum
S/K
Joseph Dunnington
S/K John Nussear
S/K Donald Gallagher
S/K David Wood
S/K Josh Gallagher
S/K C. Talbot Rowe
S/K Michael Goodman
S/K Dick Sade
S/K Nerus ’Skip’ Gunther S/K John Lane
S/K R. Scott
Wood S/K Michael Musachio
S/K Michael Porter
S/K Howard Reardon Jr.
S/K Chris Spinner
S/K Dan Tuel Jr.
S/K Mickey Usilton
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