Knights of Columbus St. Jude Council 1043 112 E. Lexington Avenue Elkhart, In 46514 Calendar of Coming Events Roster of Officers December 2006 Grand Knight- T. J. Repaich January 19-Fish Fry Deputy Grand Knight- Gary Eber Chaplain - Fr. Phil DeVolder Meetings January 20-Council Free Throw Chancellor - Dave Buzalski Recorder - Joe Tinervia Second Competition Financial Secretary - Scott Chris Tuesday Treasurer- Larry Scalise January 23- First Degree at Granger Lecturer -Benny Wiercioch of Each Advocate– Tom Pawlak Month February 2- Rosary at St. Vincent Warden-Tim Dougherty Guard Inside- Steve Gonsoski 7:00 p.m. February 3- District Free Throw Guard Outside– Shane Blotcamp 1st Year Trustee- Dave Towner Competition 2nd year Trustee- Sherman Hansen February 5- Open House for Squires Letter From the Grand Knight 3rd Year Trustee-James Gallagher Circle Brother Knights, Squires February 9-10 – Hockey Game Welcome to 2007. As I reflect on There will be an Open House at the the past year I am happy to say that, in February 13- Council Meeting K of C hall on February 5th from 6:00 my opinion, it was truly a suc- February 16- Fish Fry until 8:00PM for all young men ages cess. Our charitable donations were at 12 through 18 and their par- an all time high of over ents. Please plan on attending if you K of C Website $32,235.00. Our membership is just would like to join the Squires. The The website was updated! over 300 members and we are making open house will be an informational http://mysite.verizon.net/koc1043 our presence known in the churches event to answer any questions you Visit the above address to and the community. That, to me, is may have about the Squires. If see for yourself what has been just spectacular. It comes from a lot of you need more info or have questions added. time and effort from those of you who prior to this night, please contact A calendar of events has put in countless hours and the dedica- Shane Blotkamp @ 875-4680. been added as well as a link to the tion given to make our organization Fr. Michael J. McGivney website function and by paying your dues where you can join the guild to sup- regularly and on time. I say THANK Youth Free Throw Contest port his canonization. How simple is YOU to everyone. The contest will be held at St. that?! So what are you waiting for? Having said all of that, we now have Vincent's School Gym on January Spread the word! a great challenge ahead in this 20th from 9 until 11 AM. This is Also, remember that you can year. All the things we did well in open to both boys and girls ages easily submit your service hours via 2006 we need to do again, and all the 10 to 14. You will need a copy of the website. Fill out the form by fol- things we didn't do or did with little the child's birth certificate to ver- lowing the "Activity Form Entry" effort we should improve upon. We ify age and registration is link. need to continue to be active members free. The winners of each divi- The website’s calendar has in our churches and to work on recruit- sion will advance to the district events listed through June, so check ment and fundraising. I also ask that level held on Feb. 3rd at St. it out! you make a worthy attempt to attend at Mary's in Bristol and possibly least one meeting every few qualify for the Regional and State months. There are many of you I have Food Distribution competitions. Any questions, never met and I would surely like to I am still excited about how success- please contact Matt Casey @ 875- do so. fully the program took place. Thanks 9110. again to everyone who was involved in We have a lot of good things to the food basket program. come in the near future. Look for our Benny Squires program to become active again. Look for fundraising activities Rosary to become more frequent and profit- We keep begging and pleading for Texas Hold-Em Tournament able, benefiting more people. I would people to come to our Holy Rosary to This event has been cancelled due like to see us do more on the Right-to- pray for our fellow members. It seems to circumstances beyond our control. If Life front and become more involved as though the ear is deaf. We are hav- th possible, it will be rescheduled with the mentally handicapped through ing our 286 consecutive Holy Rosary nd Special Olympics. I would also like to on Friday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. at see us enjoying each others’ company St. Vincent’s. We have over 300 mem- Fish Fry at more council-sponsored events like bers and only about 6 or 7 members Friday January 19 dinners, dances and game nights. I attend. Is this your way of life? 5:00-7:00 p.m. have very high expectations for this Benny Adults; $7.00 year and with your help, we can ac- Children: 6-12 $3.5 complish everything we set our minds children: 5 & under Free In Our Prayers Carryouts available to do. Brothers who are in need of God Bless our prayers are remembered at the TJ meetings. We would like you to also The News letter is finalized the Friday after the council meeting. News articles should be sub- remember them in your prayers. They mitted no later than the Thursday following the If you have any fundraising ideas include: Ken Fisher, Bud Koons, Dick meeting. If you have any news to share with please e-mail them to TCRE- Hess, Jim Linn, Ed Vahala, Tom Far- brother knights, email it to [email protected] rell, Nick Russo, Bill Arko, and Bob or contact Benny . [email protected]. News Letter Editor-Benny Wiercioch Ferroli. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PAGE 2 Birthdays for February Date Member Saint Date Member Saint 1 Michael J. Wargo St. Brigid 15 Michael I. Kloska St. Agape of Terni 2 Kenneth Fischer St. Joan Delestonnac 15 Brian Turko St. Sigfrid 2 Michael B. Rody St. Adalbald 18 Lawrence J.Krazit St. Theotonius 3 Max L. Overton St. Blaise 20 John S. Uryga St. Wulfric 7 Leo Theodore Holtz St. Luke the Younger 20 Edward A Vahala St. Eucherius 9 Michael Bueter St. Apollonia 22 Chuck D. Bueter St. Margaret of Cortna 9 Francis Vite St. Teilo 23 James H Gallagher St. Polycarp 10 Timothy D. Dibley St. Scholastica 24 Kevin A. Kiefer St. Prix 10 Herman Kruis St. Austreberta 26 Msg. Joseph Caterino St. Alexander 10 Thomas A.Misener St. Soteris 27 Thomas D. Hartnett St. Gabriel Possenti 14 Alex J. Nagy 3rd St. Cyril Membership dues Bible Quiz by Benny If you have not paid your membership dues, please do so as 1. Who did Jesus describe as “The greatest among those soon as possible. born of Women”? Thanks. Scott Chris 2. What king of Judah was described as doing more evil than the nations that the Lord had destroyed before the Father McGivney Guild Israelites? If you are not already a member of the guild, please go 3. What king was so scared of seeing fingers writing on to www.indianakofc.org or Columbian magazine for a the wall that his face turned pale, his knees knocked to- registration card. There is no cost to you and it is quick gether, and his legs gave way? and easy. This will help advance the cause of Canoniza- 4. Who was so love struck that he agreed to work seven tion to Sainthood for our Worthy Founding Father. Please years for the hand of his bride-to–be? enlist not only yourself, but family, friends and coworkers. 5. Who has the longest name in the bible? Devotion to Father McGivney has become an important Bible Quiz Answers- See below part of our identity as Knights of Columbus. baz - hash - Sholal - 5.Maher Jacob 4. Belshazzar 3. Manasseh 2. Baptist the John 1. Answers Quiz Bible No.293 Permit ELKHART,IN PAID POSTAGE U.S. ORG. NONPROFIT Knights of Columbus St. Jude Council 1043 112 E. Lexington Avenue Elkhart, In 46514 February 2007 Roster of Officers Grand Knight- T. J. Repaich Calendar of Coming Events Deputy Grand Knight- Gary Eber Chaplain - Fr. Phil DeVolder Meetings February 23-Fish Fry Chancellor - Dave Buzalski Recorder - Joe Tinervia Second Financial Secretary - Scott Chris Tuesday March 2-Fish Fry Treasurer- Larry Scalise March 2- Rosary at St. Vincent’s Lecturer -Benny Wiercioch of Each Advocate– Tom Pawlak Month Warden-Tim Dougherty March 9- Fish fry Guard Inside- Steve Gonsoski 7:00 p.m. Guard Outside– Shane Blotcamp March 13- K of C Meeting 1st Year Trustee- Dave Towner 2nd year Trustee- Sherman Hansen March 16- Fish Fry 3rd Year Trustee-James Gallagher K of C Website Letter From the Grand Knight Rosary The website was updated! We will be having our http://mysite.verizon.net/ Brother Knights, 287th consecutive Holy Ro- Due to the weather, our nd koc1043 council meeting in February was sary on March 2 at 7:30 Visit the above ad- cancelled. This means that I don’t p.m. at St. Vincent’s dress to see for yourself what have much of a report, but I wanted Church, following the Sta- has been added. to be sure to let you know that there tions of the Cross. Please nd rd A calendar of events is a 2 and 3 degree coming up at try to come and help us has been added as well as a the end of this month.