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Please come to our business meeting every 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00 pm (usually at St. John Neumann's Family Center – see schedule)

Volume 16, Issue 8

August 2015

Page 1 of 11

In This Issue • Bob’s Blurb

• Chaplains Report

• Knight of the Month

• Ladies Auxiliary Report

• Field Agent

• Knights 5K

• 4th Degree Exemplification

• 2015 Never Give up on Life Golf Outing

• That Man Is You!

• Football Mania

• Bellarmine Retreat

• Cursillo

• Reflections on Marriage and Family

• Membership Report

• Photo Album

Upcoming Events

August 2015

08/03 Ladies Auxiliary - SPDT Fr.

08/11 First Degree -- SPCR 08/10 Business Meeting-Riverside Pizza

September 2015 ------ Ladies Auxiliary – no Sep. mtg 09/05-06 IDF (Intellectual Disabilities Fund / Tootsie Roll Drive) – Flea Market 09/14 Business Meeting-SJN 09/18-20 IDF weekend (multiple locations)

Bob’s Blurb

"Preach the Gospel at all times. Use words if necessary." We've all heard it. We Knights do it, as the first month of our fraternal year demonstrates. Many thanks to Ron Newman and our Golf Committee for that great charity event which raised money for the Fox Valley Pregnancy Center. Thanks to the volunteers, the participants, and the sponsors too. Maybe we'll never be able to accurately count the number of children's lives our efforts have saved because we provided their mothers with hope for the future. Job well done to all who contributed! Our charitable works' train continues to roll in September. The annual Intellectual Disabilities Fund drive helped eight organizations last year with our Council's donations totaling over $10,000.00. Two years ago, I hand delivered your checks at six of these charities. If you could see the wonderful, loving services they provide and how grateful they were for your donation, you would work eight-hour shifts on their behalf! But all we ask is that each Knight find it in his heart to work at least one, two hour shift at the Flea Market or a local store. Please sign up online for your favorite location and time today!

A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PRIESTS

A visiting priest recently went to an unfamiliar church to celebrate Mass. He was unsure whether the altar's microphone was working, so he gently tapped it. Then, leaning close to the microphone, he announced in a soft voice, "The Lord be with you. There is something wrong with this microphone." The congregation, well trained and always responsive, replied "And also with you!" (with thanks to Father Becket Franks, O.S.B.) Well there is nothing wrong with our two parishes' priests! We are blessed to have them in general, but especially because they must be some of our diocese's superstars! Our priests’ and brother Knights’ jobs are tough. Take an opportunity soon to thank them for all they do for us. They have our spiritual backs. We have their backs too.

COMMIT TO PARTICIPATE

This year's theme is Commit to Participate. How is your commitment coming? Make it a point to get back in the swing by

• attending at least two council meetings in the coming eleven months • working two, two hour shifts at a charitable event of your choice

Copyright (C) 2015 St. Charles Knights of Columbus All rights reserved. Page 2 of 11 Questions, comments, opinions, etc can be forwarded to the editor at [email protected]

Upcoming Events Continued

October 2015 10/03 4th Degree Exemplification – Crystal Lake, IL 10/03-04 IDF weekend – Flea Market 10/05 Ladies Auxiliary 10/09 5K run / 2K walk – Leroy Oakes 10/12 Business Meeting-SJN

November 2015 11/02 Ladies Auxiliary 11/09 Business Meeting-SJN 1st Degree Schedule

August 11 (St. Pat’s CR)

Orientation Schedule

TBD

Everyone is invited, but please call Paul Braddock, 630-901-3164, in advance to ensure preparations are made for you.

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We eagerly await your return and participation. May God bless you!

NEW COUNCIL PROGRAM

Let's help our brother Knights who need a ride to Council meetings or an event by becoming an UBER KNIGHT! Some of our brothers may not be able to drive at night due to eyesight or age related issues. Maybe a younger Knight doesn't have a car available because his wife has commitments or the teenagers have a "must do activity, Dad!" Maybe a brother turned his ankle playing basketball and can't operate a brake pedal. So how about it? Would you be willing to pick up a brother Knight who lives in your neighborhood if you were going to a meeting. No obligation to do this for every meeting. Just when you are going to attend anyway. As the nights descend earlier and Winter's icy streets are just around the corner, let's get our Uber Knight program in place and help out our brother Knights! Sign up at the Council meeting or contact the Grand Knight to sign up. Thanks to all Uber Knights who have done so already!

REMINDER-Change of location for August meeting

Our Council meeting on Monday, August 10th will be held on the second floor of Riverside Pizza at the northeast corner of Main Street (Route 64) and Riverside (across from City Hall and the Arcada theater. Salad, pizza, and soft drinks will be provided by the Council starting at 6:30 pm so we can start our business meeting sharply at 7:00pm. There will be a jar for free will donations if you are so inclined. Stay and join us for fellowship after the meeting if you can. May God bless you and your families always.

Bob Gilmartin – Grand Knight

Chaplain’s Report by Fr. Joe Lutz

Food For The Journey of Faith Message for 8/9/15 - 19th Sunday in OT (B) Dear friends in Christ, "Taste and see the goodness of the Lord." The Responsorial Psalm 34 sums up the theme for today's liturgy. Christ is, indeed, our food for the journey of faith, and has been since the beginning of time. He certainly provided well for Adam and Eve with the Garden of Eden, and in today's first reading (1 Kgs 19:4-8) provided Elijah sustenance of a hearth cake and a jug of water when Elijah was despondent and ready to die. The angel of the Lord told him to get up and eat for he needed strength to continue his journey to Horeb, the mountain of God. And this sustenance enabled him to travel forty days and forty nights to his destination. We, too, need to get up and eat this God given food so that we will have the strength to continue our journey to his holy mountain. We will then be able to fight the starvation inflicted upon us by our sins. This life-giving heavenly food is the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. "Taste and see the goodness of the Lord."


Council Officers Grand Knight

Bob Gilmartin

Chaplain Fr. Joe Lutz Deputy Grand Knight

Bill Roth Chancellor Burt Brown Recorder Bob Girdwain Financial Secretary Bill Goetz Treasurer Dan Kadolph Advocate Jim Gebhardt Warden Steve

Schnulle Guard Art Barsema Guard Doug Ollie Guard Jeff Bowgren Guard Guard

Matt Kling Jim Webb

Trustee (3 Year) Fred Karl Trustee (2 Year) Sean Morgan Trustee (1 Year) Jason Lynch District Deputy Jason Lynch

Field Agent Greg Paul 708 601-5489

Council Directors Membership

Director Paul

Braddock Church Director Gary Topacio

Co-

Community Directors

Jim

McNamara, Tom Sikorski

Council Director

Tom Rasmussen

Family Co-Directors

Nathan Marchese,

Roman Seckel

Youth Co- Directors

Jason O'Sullivan, Kevin True

Pro-Life Director Jerry Pietryla

Paul's letter to the Ephesians (Eph 4:30-5:2) emphasizes that love (Jesus Christ) is also heavenly food that strengthens us for our journey of faith: "Be imitators of God as his dear children. Follow the way of love, even as Christ loved you. He gave himself for us as an offering to God, a gift of pleasing fragrance." Indeed, taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Paul goes on to enlighten us as to what that love actually means. "Get rid of all bitterness, all passion and anger, harsh words, slander, and malice of every kind. In place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ." As you can see, we really have a long way to go on our journey of faith, and will need much sustenance to feed us on our journey. In today's gospel (Jn 6:41-51) when the Jews started to murmur in protest because Jesus claimed, "I am the bread that came down from heaven. They kept saying: Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and his mother? How can he claim to have come down from heaven?" Sounds familiar, doesn't it. Familiarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes, and that certainly applies in this case. However, Jesus responds that he is the bread of life, the bread that comes down from heaven, for a man to eat and never die. This, of course, blows the unbeliever's mind. They think that Jesus is endorsing cannibalism. Our faith leads us to believe that Jesus certainly gave his flesh and blood for our salvation, that he gave us the Eucharist, the real presence of his body and blood, to sustain us on our journey of faith. If we believe that Jesus is the Truth, the Light of the world, the Son of God, then every word that he spoke is the truth. In his own words, Jesus, taking bread, breaking it, saying a blessing, said: "This is my body which will be given up for you." And taking the cup of wine, blessing it, said: "Take this, all of you, and drink of it; this is the chalice of my blood, which will be shed for you; do this in memory of me." Can there be any doubt that Jesus has given us the food for our journey of faith? Bon Voyage, my brothers and sisters in the faith. May the Lord constantly feed you with his body and his blood as you continue on your journey. It is only in this meal that we walk by faith and not by sight. As the saying goes, "We become what we eat." Consequently, we become more and more Christ-like and embody his presence to the world around us. May his presence within you enrich all those who encounter you on this journey of faith. Love and Prayers,

Fr. Joe

Useful Links Did you know there is a LinkedIn group for KofC 12497? For those interested in networking professionally with other BKs and exchanging job opportunities, LinkedIn is a useful tool. Connect at www.linkedin.com/groups/St-Charles-Knights-Columbus-Council-6532622/about. We have 40 members already! To help our families better become what they are called to be, the Knights of Columbus launched an initiative entitled: “Building the Domestic Church: The Family Fully Alive.” Monthly themes, meditations and activity ideas can be found at www.kofc.org/un/en/domestic-church/. Theme for this month: Because no one should be isolated, remember that the parish is a family of families.


Knight of the Month Our June Knight of the Month Greg Sengstock was a stellar volunteer at several events. His strong back came in handy when we moved SP Preschool Furniture between floors! Thank you and congratulations to BK Greg Sengstock, our June Knight of the Month!

Ladies Auxiliary Report

In an ongoing effort for parish community involvement and spirituality, a reminder from the Ladies Auxiliary: Recitation of the Rosary on the First Saturday of the month 3:30 p.m. (Before 4:00 Mass) at St. Patrick – Crane Rd. and after 5:15 Mass at St. John Neumann

Our Blessed Mother asks us to pray the Rosary - Please join us in this beautiful First Saturday Devotion! Thea Stowell President, Ladies Auxiliary

Golf Outing Update Brother Knights, Last month we held our 16th Annual Chuck Hollenbach "Never Give Up On Life" Memorial Golf Outing. The Lord truly blessed us with a wonderful day in more ways than one. The day started with Father Ryan Browning giving us a golfing short game clinic. It was quite insightful to see and hear the thought process of a true golf professional as they approach the green. After a challenging round on Elgin Country Club's beautifully manicured course, we heard a keynote address from Father Browning, where he described his profound journey from a professional life in financial services and golf to the priesthood. The goal of the evening was to not only hear about the great things that are going on at the Fox Valley Pregnancy Center, but also raise as much money as possible for their continued mission. To that end, we held many successful silent auctions, raffles and drawings. While the final amount we raised is still being tallied, needless to say we are going to be able to contribute a significant amount to them at their upcoming benefit banquet in September. Many thanks to my Brother Knights, the golf committee members, sponsors and volunteers. Without your dedication and support, this outing would not have been possible. Please go to our council's "Never Give Up On Life" Memorial Golf Outing Facebook page to see some of the photos from the day (along with a few in the photo album in this issue). https://www.facebook.com/pages/Knights-of-Columbus-Never-Give-Up-on-Life-Golf-Outing/273509392722384 Ron Newman


That Man Is You! (Message from Msgr. Steve Knox) I am excited to tell you about a men's faith program coming to St Patrick's that could have a profound impact on our families and our parish. That Man is You! is an interactive, multimedia men’s program focused upon the development of authentic male leadership. The program honestly addresses the pressures and temptations that men face in our modern culture, especially those relating to their roles as husbands and fathers. This weekly program will begin September 12th and run from 6:00am to 7:30am on Saturday mornings, allowing you to be back with your families in time for all your weekend activities. Studies show that when a father practices his faith, his children are much more likely to practice the faith throughout their lives - even more so than when their mother practices the faith. You will see more information about That Man is You! in the weekly bulletins and hear announcements during Masses in August. I invite all the men of St Patrick's to consider registering for That Man is You!, and I invite all the wives of the parish to pray for the success of this program and support your husbands in their desire to participate. We look forward to great fruits we know will come from That Man is You! at St. Patrick’s. In order to register, the link below will take you to the That Man Is You page on our parish website. http://www.stpatrickparish.org/news/registration-is-open-for-that-man-is-you-starting-saturday-september-12th/ God Bless, Msgr. Steve

R U READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL ?!!!! Football Mania is coming again this year with the stakes as high as ever. For $20 per ticket, you can enter as many times as you wish. Tell your family, friends, neighbors, fellow parishioners. Buy as gifts. For your donation, you also can download music from a wide range of musical genres. We will have tickets available at future council meetings plus a link to purchase tickets online if you prefer paperless. And the majority of your donation goes directly to support the needs of our parishes and the many worthwhile organizations we support. For details, contact: John Hofmeyer 815-370-1919 [email protected]


Cursillo Weekend – October 15-18, 2015 If you would like to deepen your relationship with the Father, the Son, and the HOLY SPIRIT, the Cursillo weekend is a life changing event. I started living my Cursillo in October 2013 and it has been an incredible journey. For more information, please contact Mark Powell @ (630)329-6444. www.cursillo.org/rockford

Bellarmine men's silent retreat, January 2016 Please consider attending the annual Bellarmine men’s retreat this coming January. Fr. Michael Sparough, S.J. is a member of Bellarmine’s resident staff, the founder of Charis Ministries (a Jesuit retreat ministry for outreach to young adults), and has trained spiritual directors at Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies. Fr. Sparough has published on prayer and the sacraments with St. Anthony Messenger Press, Loyola Press and other publications. The January 22-24, 2016 silent retreat with Fr. Sparough will begin on Friday evening. The weekend features eight talks, an opportunity for private conferences with a spiritual director, and Mass and confession. The retreat concludes after lunch on Sunday, around 1pm. There are three ways to register: 1. Call the office at 847-381-1261. You can make the $85 deposit payment over the phone with a credit card. 2. Register online at www.jesuitretreat.org. 3. Mail in a registration form with a check or credit card information to:

Bellarmine Jesuit Retreat House, 420 W. County Line Rd., Barrington, IL 60010 Note: I am looking for 1 or 2 Co-Captains to help me recruit new men to attend our Bellermine Retreats in January every year. Please contact me if you can help. Chuck Jaeger, brother Knight email [email protected] Phone 630-779-4564


Knights 5K run / 2k walk Join us this year for our 4th annual 5k run/2k walk! The race will take place at beautiful Leroy Oakes Forest Preserve on Saturday, October 10, 9:00 am, with registration opening at 8:00 am. Our trail race features a hilly course for fun and challenge! All proceeds for this event go to support charitable causes, including the Special Olympics, Hope for Haitians, and the St. Charles Knights of Columbus charitable works. Over the years we have raised thousands of dollars for our area's special needs youth, helped support the educational and housing needs of Haitian earthquake victims and bolstered the charitable activities of our council, here in the St. Charles community. Please invite your family and friends to join us for the race, have some fun and support these worthy causes! You can sign up for the race at https://www.signmeup.com/108872

Field Agent: The Value of Life Insurance for Children As a father, you worry about your children and do everything you can to protect them. You try to raise them right and make sure they are prepared to become adults. But have you ever thought about buying life insurance for your child?

When you insure a child, you are protecting his or her future. Did you know that one out of every six adults get rated, postponed, or denied for insurance coverage? If you purchase a policy for your child from the Knights of Columbus with a guaranteed purchase option, it guarantees that more insurance can be purchased for that child at certain set dates, without proving insurability.

Unfortunately, as fathers we don’t have a crystal ball, and we don’t know what the future may have in store for our children’s health. But did you know that right now you can purchase a child’s policy, in many cases, for less than $10 a month?

I’ve heard it said that people don’t want to “profit” from the death of a child, so they won’t purchase coverage on their children. God forbid something tragic happens, those funds can come in handy at a time when finances will be the last thing on a parent’s mind. I have never heard a story about someone who regretted buying coverage on their child.

Contact me today to discuss the many policy options for child plans, including 10- and 20-Pay life insurance. Gregory Paul, FIC (708) 601-5489 [email protected]


To all Council 12497 Third Degree Knights

SAVE THE DATE!

The next 4th Degree Exemplification will be Saturday October 3, 2015

Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Crystal Lake, IL

Plan on registration beginning approx 10am, with lunch, Exemplification, Mass and Banquet, Candidates fee $70.00

Contact Grand Knight Bob Gilmartin (312-771-6685)

or Trustee Fred Karl (847-373-2922) to sign up.

Deadline to sign-up is September 8th


Reflections on Marriage and Family Life By Sir Knight David Stowell Introduction: In October 2015 the Synod of Bishops will come together to discuss Family Life in the world. While the Bishops will be looking at all issues facing family life throughout the world, we here in the United States are facing unique challenges to not only Family Life but to God as well. The hope of these upcoming articles is to reflect upon various issues regarding Marriage and Family Life. To begin we must remember that “In the beginning was the Word (John 1:1)”. Jesus is at the center of all we believe. Marriage in the 21st Century Today in 2015 a very profound educational challenge is in front of us. As Christians, and specifically Catholic Christians, we are bound by our love of Jesus. We can think of Jesus no different than “the way the truth and the light” (John 14:6) By saying this we approach various topics with a fundamental difference from many other people, primarily because our love of Christ is our way of life. We can open up any page of the Catechism or any paragraph from the basic sixteen documents of the Vatican II council and read it not with just educational fervor but with our hearts open to Jesus. And that is what we are meant to do. Love Jesus, love God “with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30). Jesus brings this forward from the original Torah in Deuteronomy, chapter 6. It is that fundamental to our lives. This is what we must first learn before all else. There is no question that a new age of persecution against not just Christianity but God in general is occurring. And just like in our beloved Pope Francis’ new Encyclical Laudato Si we cannot just call upon other faithful Catholics, but we must call from all people of goodwill from throughout the world. Must we then compromise our faith? Absolutely not! We do just as Jesus did (He is the one we love). We love all others and proclaim our love of our Lord. When we proclaim our love no one will dissent. No evangelical will say he doesn’t love the Lord, No Lutheran will say he doesn’t love the Lord. We have some differences but when it comes to loving the Lord with all our soul, mind, and strength we share a common bond. While we have these common bonds we have hope for eventual unity. As we know our particular culture has gone down a very wrong path on many issues. However, this should not give us too much trouble as we have gone through this all before. The Roman Emperor Nero wasn’t too hot on this whole Christian thing, nor was Diocletian. 16 centuries later we find ourselves in a world of 20,000 Christian denominations while the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church remains together. So we face another challenge to the teachings of Christ and His Church. This will be survived by our prayers and our humble love of Jesus Christ. It is with this love, that we proclaim our message of Love and Dignity. We can in the future reflect upon our belief in love and marriage as God has revealed it to us. In September, the Meeting of Families is to be held in Philadelphia prior to the Synod of Bishops on Family Life. Our Beloved Pope Francis will be here in the United States to spread the love of Jesus wherever he goes. We must first bring that love into our hearts before we can bring other messages. Messages that are brought forward without being attached to the love of Jesus will be D.O.A. Love Jesus first and we can explore the beauty of marriage and family going forward.


Membership Report Happy New Fraternal Year! This brings happiness and remorse. We feel happiness because we ended the year by meeting all our expectations and await eagerly for Supreme to confirm that we met our Membership Quota for the past Fraternal Year. We feel remorse because we begin at 0...and begin again to keep the momentum rolling with new members that maintain our organization with renewed enthusiasm. Unfortunately, we have experienced deaths and transfers which will affect our Membership for this Fraternal Year. Attrition happens and we must be willing to compensate for this. In reading a recent letter from Father Joe Lutz, I was re-invigorated with the WHY we speak to gentlemen about becoming a Knight and why we as Knights need to participate in our events as much as we can. Fr. Joe cited Ephesians 4:17-24 (www.usccb.org/bible/ephesians/4), which tells us we must lay aside our former life and put on a new man created in God’s image. As a Knight, we have the opportunity to not live as a pagan. Why don't we allow other Catholic gentlemen to have this same privilege? The men we see have an urge to make more of their life just like you do. However, you have not inspired them to think about how they can make more of their life. Believe it or not, there is more to life than merely going to Sunday Mass and dropping off their children at CCD. Won't you be the voice that lets them know how they can unleash the good that is inside of them? A First Degree was held in August and we will have another one in October that will be followed up with a "Knight Before Christmas" in December. To reserve a seat at one of these ceremonies, the conversation needs to begin with the next gentleman you come in contact with. There are yellow cards at all three churches that provides a brief explanation of who the Knights are and what we do. Please take a moment to locate the card and hand one to the person. In the meantime, get his name and phone number written down so you can forward it to me. It's that easy. Let's get 'er done one more year. As Gary T says, "I'm always fishin'. Just waiting for that right moment to reel 'em in". Your faithful Director of Membership, Paul Braddock Director of Membership [email protected] 630-901-3164


Photo Album

golf outing

a “shotgun” start?!

golf outing - dinner

golf outing – Fr. Browning

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