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The Compass April, 2011 Volume 15, Number 10 The Compass April, 2011 Volume 15, Number 10 FEBRUARY RECAP A MESSAGE FROM THE GRAND KNIGHT • Spring Creek BBQ fundraiser – On Monday February Brother Knights, 28th our council tried a new fundraiser with the help of The 107th Knights of Columbus State Convention will be Spring Creek BBQ. Our council was to receive 20% of held at the downtown Dallas Sheraton Hotel from Friday May 13th - Sunday May 15th. Our council will be electing two representatives to attend the convention, but all of the activities are available to all members, and all of the meet- ings are available to all 3rd degree Knights. Some of the activities open to everyone are as follows: • Friday May 13th, 8:00 AM – A 4-person Florida Scramble golf tournament at Eastern Hills Country Club in Garland. Entry fee is $80 and includes green fees, range balls, golf cart, door prizes, light breakfast and lunch and one raffle ticket. To register go to http://txconv.golfreg.com or contact Brad Meyer at 214-547-0611. • Friday May 13th, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM – Barbecue buffet dinner at the Sheraton. Cost: $29 for a full buffet and the chance to mingle with Knights from around the state. Joe Prampin, Jim Killmeyer and Frank and Peggy Uchman are • Friday May 13th, 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM – Steve Holy just about finished with their BBQ meal. concert with opening act Kipp Brennan in the Dallas Sheraton ballroom. Cost: $25. Steve Holy mingles a little the net revenues from all sales made between 5PM-9PM. of the old with a dash of the new by blending 50's rock & We would get that percentage as long as at least 150 roll, pop and traditional country. For ticket information people came through the door. The number seemed a little visit the state website at www.ddckofc.org. high to us, but Spring Creek gave us 1,000 fliers to pass • Saturday May 14th – Bishop Farrell will be leading all of the assembled in a mass. • Saturday May 14th, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM – State banquet in the Dallas Sheraton ballroom. The cost for the banquet is $55 per person and you will enjoy a fabulous meal while hearing speeches from state and Supreme representatives and many awards will be presented. • Sunday May 15th, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM – Bishop Farrell will be conducting a memorial mass for all knights who have passed away over the past fraternal year. In addition to the specific items mentioned above, there will be a numerous information booths and a Country Store where you can buy K of C clothing, hats, bags, etc. The Dallas Diocesan Knights have worked very hard to make this year’s convention a success and they would greatly appreci- Another group of St. Paul parishioners gathered at Spring Creek ate everyone’s attendance at the various functions. Please for a night of fellowship! take a moment to look at your calendars and consider attending one or more of the events. out advertising the date and we passed them out after Fraternally, every mass for the two weeks prior to the date. The response from the St. Paul community was both over- — Chris Curto, Grand Knight whelming and humbling. 437 people ate at Spring Creek: Knights of Columbus Council 12021 The Compass –April, 2011 – Page 2 nearly every table in the restaurant was filled with a T Wednesday April 20th – Officer and Director Meeting – parishioner. It was terrific evening of fellowship for the 7:15PM in the Parish Center whole parish. At our March council meeting we were T Friday April 29th - 30th – Special Olympics Spring presented with a check from Spring Creek for $1,300! Games – The games will be held at Cedar Hill High Thanks to everyone who helped pass out fliers before and School and will begin on Friday from 5-9PM and will dinner rolls during the evening, and to everyone who go from 7AM-7PM on Saturday. We need volunteers!! attended. Thanks especially to Jerry Dreher who orga- T Friday April 29th – Pizza & Poker - 7PM-10PM in the nized the flier distribution and to Mike O’Malley who school cafeteria. Everyone is invited (you do not have found this opportunity and set up the initial meetings. to be a knight). The pizza and beer is free for as long as Spring Creek was very thankful for the evening’s pro- it lasts!! ceeds, which was busier than most Saturdays, and asked us to please have another fund raiser in August. T Thursday May 5th – Business Meeting – Cafeteria – 7PM rosary, 7:30PM meeting • Knight’s Night Out – On Sunday March 6th, we had a Knight’s Night Out with the Allen American’s hockey T Tuesday May 10th – Gardens of Richardson 1PM-3PM team (the Dallas Stars minor league team). We had ten – We will be making our 4th trip of the fraternal year to people go to the game which the American’s won 6-2 the Gardens with the Catholic Daughters to play bingo. over the hated Odessa Jackalopes! Thanks to Joe T Friday May 13th – Sunday May 15th – State Convention Prampin for organizing the event and making sure in Downtown Dallas Sheraton – All knights are encour- everyone received their tickets at the Will Call booth. aged to attend evening events. See below for more details. T Wednesday May 18th – Officer and Director Meeting – 7:15PM in the Parish Center T Saturday May 22nd - Dinner & Bingo – This is our last bingo of the year!! The dinner will begin at 6:30PM and the bingo will begin at 7:30PM. We need volunteers!! BLOOD DRIVE AND BREAKFAST Our council is partnering with the Hispanic community to offer barbacoa Bob Fisher, Nick Falagrady, Joe Prampin and Bob and Kate tacos, tamales Seegmiller watch the Allen Americans vs. Odessa Jackalopes. and breakfast ta- cos of chorizo and egg and po- APRIL-MAY SCHEDULE tato and egg dur- ing the duration T Saturday April 2nd – Corporate Communion – The Color of our blood Corps will be at St. Paul for the 5:30PM mass. All drive. If you Knights are encouraged to attend the mass and sit in the would like to do- reserved section. nate blood, please nd T Saturday April 2 – Dinner & Bingo – The date has contact Chris changed from our original calendar!! We need volun- Curto at teers!! 214-725-5262 to Greg Campbell and his two children watch T Saturday April 2nd – 3rd – Blood Drive Sign-up. We need schedule a time as the Allen Americans are about to score volunteers! or just drop by again. T Thursday April 7th – Business Meeting – Cafeteria – 7PM during the event. rosary, 7:30PM meeting Anyone who donates blood during the event will receive a th free T-Shirt from Carter BloodCare and you will also T Sunday April 10 – Blood Drive and Breakfast - receive a free taco or tamale. Even if you do not want to 8AM-1PM – We will be working with the Hispanic donate blood, please help support the Hispanic community community to serve breakfast tacos to the parish while by purchasing a taco or tamale. Our council has been trying taking blood donations! See more information below. Knights of Columbus Council 12021 The Compass –April, 2011 – Page 3 to recruit new members from the Hispanic community for “But in the end, the beatification of Pope John Paul means many years. I think the partnership on this event will show that Catholics, and indeed all people, have a model for the all of the good things that the Knights of Columbus has to heroic virtue each of us should strive to embody,” the offer! supreme knight added. “A love of neighbor and defense of human dignity, a willingness to break down barriers and to INSURANCE UPDATE dialogue with people of other faiths, a willingness to forgive With the recent removal of the DeAnda Group as our even the man who shot him, and the sincerity to ask for insurance agent, our council has been assigned a new agent forgiveness for himself and the Church. This was a man from the Regan Group that is now servicing all Dallas area who taught us how to live, and in the twilight of his years council. Our new agent’s name is Eric Seitz. He has serviced taught us how to die. He was in his life, and remains now the All Saints council for many years and is anxious to get to man for all people, and example to us all.” know our council. He should be visiting us for our April or May business meeting and has been given the names of the PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS first degree candidates for the last three years. If you receive As requested by our Holy Father and our Supreme Knight, a call from Eric, please be kind enough to invite him to your all councils will recite the Prayer for Vocations at each home and let him give you a free assessment of your life business meeting. Feel free to bring a copy of the Compass insurance needs. If you would like to contact Eric, please call to the meeting for this prayer: him at 214-222-1050 or e-mail him at [email protected]. Heavenly Father, bless your Church with an abundance of THE KNIGHTS HELPING JAPAN holy and zealous priests, deacons, brothers and sisters. Give those you have called to the married state and those In response to the horrific recent destruction from the major you have chosen to live as single persons in the world, the earthquake and the resulting tsunami that struck Japan on special graces that their lives require.
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