May 2008 Knightly Knews Knights of Columbus Council #11353 St. Vincent de Paul Church Fort Wayne, Indiana Volume 10 Issue 5 A Message from your Grand Knight ... Last month we were greatly blessed by world?’ Don’t wait to be asked, stand up the papal visit of Pope Benedict XVI. He and make it happen. As the Nike ad says left us with a strong message of Hope and ‘just do it!’. encouragement to follow Christ and not Pope Benedict singled out Father be swept up in a culture of license and McGivney, who founded the Knights of Inside this issue: permissiveness. It was obvious that he Columbus, as a role model to follow in making a real change in the world. As enjoyed seeing the youth of America and What’s Happening 2 encouraged them to look for truth and to followers of Father McGivney, we are in Membership Report 2 look to the future with hope and confi- position to make this change happen. dence in Christ. He challenged all of us to I am quickly coming to the end of my Tootsie Roll Drive 3 make a change in the world and to make term as Grand Knight which will end in Officer Duties 3 Christ’s presence shown to others in our June. We will need to have someone 125 Years: Faith in Action 3 lives. else stand up to lead our council in mak- Field Agent’s Report 4 We are living in times that are very ing this change. Now we need someone Pro-Life Report 5 challenging with attitudes of being able to stand up and lead these Catholic men Cemetary Clean-up 5 to do whatever pleases us and believing in helping them change the world. We whatever we want or accepting whatever need new ideas. We need young and vi- 2008 Dues / Golf Scramble 5 teachings we feel are important to us. brant Catholic leadership to help us Our Prayer Line 6 This spirit of relative-ness, accepting only make the changes that Pope Benedict Calendar of Events 6 the teachings we think are important, is said needs to be done. We need to pray contrary to truth. If the Church is the in- that someone may respond to this chal- fallible teacher of truth then we must ac- lenge and have the courage to stand up Elections are cept all the teachings of the Church, not and take this leadership role. Think it just which ones we think are important. over and pray that we may get the lead- coming!!! Pope Benedict challenged us to look to ership we need. Most of all, pray and Christ and to make changes in our lives so then pray some more. God bless all of Are you willing to give that we give hope to others and allow you and your families. some of your time back Christ to be seen by others. We need to Yours in Christ, to the church ? See pg 3. ask ‘What can I do to help change the Dana Achor Great America Clean-up: May 17th The 4th Degree Assembly 239 has volunteered to participate in the Great American Cleanup to be held on Saturday, May 17th. Basically the area for cleanup is the 930 clo- verleaf. The cleanup will be from 8 AM to 11:30 AM - unless we finish sooner - and then there is a celebration party at Freimann Square from 11:30 AM - 2 PM with food, drinks, games, music, and a prize raffle. If you can participate or know any additional 4th Degree Knights that you thing might want to help, please ask them and let me know if they are willing to participate. Thanks and Have A Wonderful Day. Jim Brassell 485-6571 What's Happening in Council 11353... * 1st Degree Exemplification - The next degree will something you would like to help with, call Jim Andrews be Wednesday, May 7th at St. Vincents— Spiritual Ctr. @ 490-2171. We need two at each Mass. Sign in at 7 pm and degree starts at 7:30 pm. * Future Events- We are going to have more events and * Next ‘ Membership’ Meeting - Our next meeting is projects coming up in the future. If possible, please scheduled for Wed, May 21st . We will have the help, if available, when you are called! Even a little Rosary at 7:00, followed at 7:30 with the meeting. helps a lot. —– E-mail address- Sent a request to: We will meet in the Spiritual Center. Refreshments and Dana at [email protected] if you want the list camaraderie is to follow. or want to receive upcoming info about the council. * Next Officers / Chairman / Social’ Meeting - We will ——————————————————————————————– have a short meeting followed by a social on Wednes- Nominations are open for the next year’s officer day , May 14th . 7pm. assignments. Please contact one of the Trustees or * K of C Blood Drive - The next drive is May 3rd in the Dana Achor if you have any questions or interest Parish Hall. Please call Bruce about scheduling a time to in a position. give blood. 7:30-11:30am =============================================== * Next K of C Breakfast– Our next breakfast will be in the Fall, after the church Calendar. TBA “During an April 19 homily at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in * 1st Saturdays – Rosary is said before the morning mass New York, Pope Benedict XVI made special mention of “the remarkable accomplishment of that exemplary American for the Unborn. We hope to see you there. priest, the Venerable Michael McGivney, whose vision and * Directing Traffic at Masses— (Sat 5pm, Sun 9am, zeal led to the establishment of the Knights of Columbus.” 11am, 6pm) We need at least 2 at each mass. If this is Membership Report… On Wednesday, May 7th, we will be hosting a 1st Degree Exemplification in the St. Vincent Spiritual Center at 7:30pm. The recruit sign-in is 7pm. Please bring a recruit if you can. If not, just come over to welcome our newest members into our order. You should be home by 9:15pm. The June 1st Degree is Monday, June 2nd at council #451 at Reed Rd. Ask someone you know to join the Knights. If you need help, please call one of us for assistance. Our thanks to each of you who have been helping out in the recruiting efforts. We appreciate your help and you will be blessed for your work. May God bless you, your families and your recruiting efforts. Schedule of 1st Degree ceremonies is: Wednesday, May 7th …....at St. Vincent’s Council Monday, June 2nd ……….at Council #451, Reed Rd. Membership Committee: Ray Ohlman: 637-5377 Buddy Weihe: 627-2256 We would like to ask you to prayerfully consider joining our membership committee. Call one of us for more information. 2007/2008 Officers … Service Program Chairmen Chaplain Fr.John Kuzmich 489-3537 Program Director Rick Stier 486-5233 Chaplain Fr. Pius N.Ilechukwu 489-3537 Membership Committee Ray Ohlman 637-5377 Chaplain Fr. Jason Freiburger 489-3537 Membership Committee Buddy Weihe 627-2256 Grand Knight Dana Achor 490-9228 Retention Chairman Dan Myers 627-5554 Deputy Grand Knight Dan Myers 627-5554 Church Director Tom Dailey 627-2627 Chancellor John Becker 338-1249 Community Director Bruce Cadwell 484-0078 Financial Secretary Mike Pranger 637-1560 Family Director Jim Cox 637-4969 Recorder Adrian Chavis 489-0906 Youth Director Nathan Smith 704-0190 Treasurer Rick Reed 489-8892 Activity Director Adrian Chavis 489-0906 Advocate Bruce Cadwell 484-0078 Lecturer Darryl Smith 637-2018 Warden Bob Gensheimer 489-8397 Scouting Liaison John Faylor 489-8764 Inside Guard Bob Cowan 489-9581 Pro-Life Couple Bob & Maurine Gensheimer 489-8397 Outside Guard Tom Dailey 627-2627 Insurance program Ed Eckersall 434-1526 1 yr trustee Joshua Burkhardt 486-0996 (Cell) 414-5560 2 yr trustee Dan Roy 637-8010 Newsletter Editor Rick Stier 486-5233 3 yr trustee Darryl Smith 637-2018 Vocations Couple Rhonda & Kevin Noll 482-8409 Past Grand Knight Darryl Smith 637-2018 Memorial Chairman Jim Cox 637-4969 —————————————————————————————— Memorial Committee Bob Gensheimer 489-8397 District Deputy Tim Sorg 622-4861 Public Relations Couple John Becker + 338-1249 Patty Becker 241-6009 Gibault Envoy Greg Carlston 490-4508 Page 2 Knightly Knews Tootsie Roll Drive… May 10-11th Our annual drive will be held on May 10 -11th . We will be collecting the money and passing out the tootsie rolls. I cannot thank you enough what this means to our cause. Phone calls will be made the end of April but you don’t have to wait until then, give us a call and we will put your name on the list to help children far less fortunate than ourselves. Call Dana or Dan . ================================================================================================ Officer Nominations for the year 2008-09…. During the month of April & May, we hold nominations for our council. Then during the month of June, we hold the elections. Please consider holding one of the positions. If you are interested or want to nominate someone, please get a hold of one of the Trustees. It really is a pleasure to serve as an officer. Many who are new to our ranks, and even some of those who have been around for a number of years, may be unclear as to what each of the officers on the council is responsible for. Because of this lack of knowledge, one may not want to run for an officer position for fear of what is entailed. To help remedy this, I have decided that I would focus on the description of what the duties of each position are in hopes that more may become interested in serving as an officer in the council in the future.