Knights of Columbus Council 8521 St Joseph Catholic Church - Honey Creek 25781 Hwy 46 West Spring Branch TX 78070-3613
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Knights of Columbus Council 8521 St Joseph Catholic Church - Honey Creek 25781 Hwy 46 West Spring Branch TX 78070-3613 KC Officers for 2019-2020 February 2020 Newsletter Grand Knight Hal B. Lane III The month of February is dedicated to the Holy Family. The special 830-980-6848 devotion which proposes the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Deputy Grand Knight as the model of virtue of all Christian households began in the 17th Tom Brod century. It started almost simultaneously in Canada and France: the 210-392-9839 Association of the Holy Family was founded in Montreal in 1663, and Financial Secretary Joe Vocks by the Daughters of the Holy Family in Paris in 1674. This devotion 830-885-4340 soon spread and in 1893 Leo XIII expressed his approval of a feast Chancellor under this title and himself composed part of the Office. On account Ricardo Garcia of the flight into Egypt this feast has been observed by the Copts from 210-843-7157 early times. The feast was welcomed by succeeding Pontiffs as an Treasurer Matt Wohlfeil efficacious means for bringing home to the Christian people the 830-388-6296 example of the Holy Family at Nazareth, and by the restoration of the Recorder true spirit of family life, stemming, in some measure, the evils of Paul Barton present-day society. 830-743-1677 In the words of His Holiness Pope Leo XIII, "Nothing truly can be more Advocate Greg Canfield salutary or efficacious for Christian families to meditate upon than the 830-438-8266 example of this Holy Family, which embraces the perfection and Warden completeness of all domestic virtues." Eloy Uresti 210-389-2050 Inside Guard Cesar Dejesus 210-393-1054 Outside Guard Geoffrey Young 830-388-0994 Chaplain Rev. Francis McHugh 830-980-2268 Trustee 1st Year Rudy Gonzales Prayer of the Month 210-488-5431 Consecration of the Family to the Holy Family Trustee 2nd Year Max Engle Lord Jesus Christ, Who, being made subject to Mary and 210-508-4048 Joseph, hallowed domestic life by Your ineffable virtues; Trustee 3rd Year grant that we, with the assistance of both, may be taught Gilbert Alvarado by the example of Your holy Family and may attain to its 210-218-1388 everlasting fellowship; Who lives and reigns world without Lecturer Scott Anderson end. Amen — Roman Missal 409-344-1124 A Message from our Worthy Grand Knight Dear Brother Knights, Another January has come and gone. Now our focus is on Lent, which is fast approaching. Ash Wednesday will be on February 26th and our Lenten Fish Fries will begin that Friday the 28th. We will need all the volunteers we can get for cooking, running, serving and cleanup. If you have not participated in the Fish Fries in the past, I encourage you to come out, if not for just a few hours, to join the other Knights in providing this meal for the Parish and community. Lent is a time of spiritual preparation prior to the Easter season. It is also a time for penance and prayer and it is not just about giving up our favorite food. It is about going a little bit further and giving up things like hatred, pride, non-forgiving and helping others such as the poor and the needy. So whether you give something up or not this Lenten season, let us look at it as a sort of ‘Spring cleaning” for our lives, after all, the goal of every Christian is to leave Lent a stronger and more vital person of faith than when we entered. At our next Council meeting, February 12th, I will be looking for a few volunteers for each Mass the weekend of the 22nd & 23rd. The New Evangelization Team has started a Welcome/Cookie Weekend every 4th weekend of the Month and the Knights will be hosting that weekend. This will be discussed in more detail at the meeting. Once again, thank you Brothers for all your hard work and may God Bless you and your families. In His Service Vivat Jesus Viva Cristo Rey Hal Lane GK, SK Welcome Brothers: Michael P. Juarez, and Graham D. Walterscheid Knights of Columbus 8521 January 2020(activities) January 8, 2020 prior to our Council 8521 meeting we had a special guest speaker. Master Justin Self, age 15, a Life Scout with Troop 501 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church. He presented his Eagle Scout project. The project is to build a prayer garden at his church. L-R, Boy Scout Justin Self, Very good presentation. grandson of SK Gerald Beckman GK Hal Lane presented the L-R, GK Hal Lane receives the October 2019 Knight of the “Father McGivney Founders Award” month award to SK Ed 2018/2019 from District Deputy Andrade.(Memorial Mass William Torres. Coordinator) Three articles about Council 8521 events were submitted in 2019 to the Texasknights-news.net (The Journal of the Knights of Columbus in Texas) Click on Links below: Veterans Day Ceremony Tabernacle- Stone Oak Methodist Hospital Council 8521-donates-ultra-sound-machine Hill of The Cross Clean-up Save the Date: February 15, 2020 Coordinators: Brother Thomas Rubio, Ricardo Garcia The Hill of the Cross was built in 1984 by a small group of faith filled parishioners. Through the years, numerous folks have freely shared their time and talents in an attempt to maintain this treasure. As an example, each year dozens of volunteers clean up the area and spread new mulch. However, time and weather have taken its toll and numerous repairs and replacements are needed to preserve the beauty of the stations. From Parish Archives HILL OF THE CROSS CLEANUP, SATURDAY February 15, 2020 The Hill of the Cross (HOTC) is truly one of the Church’s treasures, and it is used all year by our parishioners and by many groups that come to our church mini- retreats. The annual HOTC cleanup will be on February 15, 2020. Everyone is invited to help clean-up and share in fellowship and service to the community. The cleanup will start at 7:30 am…with more volunteers it should only take 1- 1/2 to 2 hrs. Tools that are needed are wheelbarrows, rakes, shovels, pitchforks, loppers for small brush cutting, and weed eater. We will be spreading mulch on the path and trimming shrubs and trees as needed. Refreshments will be provided. Cookie/Welcome Weekend February 22,23, 2020 all Masses Brothers, The New Evangelization Team has started the Welcome/Cookie Weekends every month on the 4th weekend of the month to recognize birthdays, anniversaries and new parishioners. It is our hope that each ministry will take a turn to serve the cookies. This will give each ministry an opportunity to advertise what they do, when they meet and give the parishioners information on how to get involved in our vibrant community. The Knights would need 3-4 members minimum after each mass to serve the cookies and be in the Gathering Space to greet the parishioners and answer any questions about The Knights of Columbus. You can decorate the table and have handouts available. You can advertise your upcoming events (like the Fish Fry Fridays!) or have a calendar of events/meetings, etc. - whatever you would like to use to advertise the KCs and promote membership. GK Hal B Lane will have a sign up sheet at our next Council 8521 meeting Feb 12th, 2020. Our chance to advertise/promote the Knights of Columbus, and serve cookies after each Mass. (GK Hal lane, e-mail sent out on Jan. 28, 2020) Save the Date: February 22,23, 2020 all Masses Flyer Insert for Church Bulletin -Feb 22,23, 2020. Church Bulletin Announcements for February Brothers, SK Lawrence McGray, Cell # 713- 816-0490 requesting help with the parish retreat. Thank You God Bless Brothers the Annual Golf Tournament Is just around the corner Brothers, The Knights of Columbus (KC) Golf committee is in the process of soliciting any large prizes for our tournament’s Large Raffle in support of our annual golf tournament on May 29, 2020. Any Knight or businesses that would like to donate, or contribute toward a prize, please contact Ricardo Garcia (210- 843-7157) or Ron Janak (210-745-0136). Prizes in the past years have been $50- $250 gift cards, golf bags, golf packages, Spurs tickets, golf irons or drivers; get away weekend trips, etc., with prizes ranging in value from $50 to $1,000. Anything donated helps reduce the expense costs of the raffle prizes, and increased our net profit of the tournament. If you are considering donating, please let us know by February 13, as we are putting together the final raffle, to be available to start selling at our 1st KC Fish Fry on Friday, Feb 28. If you have any questions, please give us a call. Please consider donating, as this is great way to be part of the tournament and give back to the Knights and church. Thanks for your help in advance. God Bless, Ricardo & Ron FAITHFUL COMPTROLLER REPORT FOR February 1, 2020 There are currently 93 members which include 1 Honorary and 7 Honorary Life. Currently there are nine (9) members who have not paid their dues for a total of $226.00. The second notice of membership dues was mailed on January 20, 2020. (L-R)SK Jeff Oliver receives the Chalice L-R, SK James Sulak, SK of the Month for from SK Skip White. Special prayers for December 2019. SK Rudy Gonzales SK of the Vocations are offered for the month of month for November 2019.