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we all join together the goals of our council can be met by the end of the fraternal year.
Brothers,
The first quarter of our fraternal year has come to a close. The quarter started off very well but have slowed lately. Some of our activities were canceled, not all the fault of the council. We need more support from you, the members, to make our social functions a success. If you have not attended anything lately, give a thought to attending a meeting, our memorial mass and dinner in
November or the Christmas Party in December. Without your support of these activi-ties, the council is going to be unable to keep it-self going or make im-provements to our coun-cil home.
The meetings during the first quarter are going about an hour and the food afterwards has been very good. If you haven’t been to a meeting lately stop by and give us a try.
Brothers, I am only one person in the council so if
GRAND KNIGHT’S REPORT KEITH CONNORS 410-665-3076
Inside this issue:
Program Reports 2
Chancellor’s Report 4
Soccer Shoot-out 5
Council Memorial Mass 7
DOSEAS Report 10
Calendar of Events 13
Food for Families 8
Advent Marriage Retreat 9
Reflections 11
KNIGHTS REPORTER Business Name
NOVEMBER 2014
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 5
We are now into the second month of fall and we continue to show progress. The member-ship drive at St. Isaac Jogues was very successful and I re-ceived 5 names and phone numbers.
On October 20, I had my first admission committee meeting for this year and at least 1 new candidate is scheduled for our
MEMBERSHIP 1st degree on November 3rd and possibly more. My final membership drive for 2014, will be at St. Thomas More on No-vember 15 & 16.
My wife will also be selling Christmas cards and orna-ments. We can always use your help. I am also working on men to take their 3rd degree on No-vember 21 at Holy Trinity Coun-
cil in Glen Burnie.
I am always available by phone 24/7 to assist you with any help and always carry a form 100 or the 921A card.
Michael Mank, P.G.K. Membership Director 410-574-6690
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We have a Catholic Men’s Fellowship Prayer Group that meets on the first Saturday
Morning of every month at St. Ursula in the Spiritual Center. We begin at 7:15 am and then a end 8:30 Mass.
The Church is the central focus of our Faith. It is where we celebrate the Mass and receive the Eucharist. Every 1st Sunday at St. Ursula Parish there is a
Holy Hour with Eucharis c Adora on. It is held at 7:00 pm. We pray for voca ons in the Archdiocese and confession is available. See the dates below. Please con nue to pray for our Priests, Deacons and those in Religious Life. We need to pray for all of our Priests because without them there is no Eucharist. I am very pleased with the turnout for the September Holy Hour.
Please let me know of any special needs your parish has.
Holy Hours at St. Ursula – 7:00 pm
November 2, 2014
Men’s Prayer Group at St.
Ursula – 7:15 am
November 1, 2014
CHURCH DIRECTOR REPORT
The next Council Activity Direc-tors will be on Monday, Novem-ber 10, 2014 starting at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Hall until 7:45 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet and discuss about your activities, good and bad. Both the primary and secondary di-rectors should plan to attend. If further discussion is needed, we can after the scheduled Of-ficer’s meeting.
Keep in mind of the 2nd quarter reports are due soon. This would be a good opportunity for the secondary director to learn how to write a report. If you need assistance, please contact me or an Activity Director that has experience with this task.
If you don’t have a secondary Director, please find one as soon as you can. Our Council is going through a phase of “teaching and learning”, instead of just “doing” with the same men chairing the event.
Patrick Chachulski 410‐529‐7746
Furthermore, here are dates to keep in mind:
Monday, November 24, 2014 – Submit 2nd quarter report to the Council Program Director.
Only need a softcopy sent to [email protected]
Monday, December 1, 2014 –
2nd quarter report due for Grand Knight review
Need a softcopy sent to [email protected] and two hardcopies of report and attachments
Monday, December 8, –
Submit 2nd quarter report due for District Deputy review
If updates are needed after version submitted on 12/1/2014, need a softcopy sent to [email protected] and two hardcopies of
report and attachments
Sunday, December 14, 2014 – Submit 2nd quarter reports to State Program Director
All reports will need to be signed by the Grand Knight and District Deputy
Lastly, please keep in mind the following:
“An Active Knight is a Happy Knight”
“Ideas are good; volunteers are better”
“If it is to be, it is up to me”
Thank you for helping making our Council grow!!!
God Bless!!!
Vivat Jesus!!!
PROGRAM DIRECTOR MESSAGE
Contacting Council Program Director: Michael Colbourne, PG
Email [email protected]
Cell 443-876-2828
Michael Colbourne 443-876-2828
Brad for a job well done.
The Council Christmas Party will be held on Sunday December 14, 2014 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Tickets are $10 for council members and spouses, $15.00 for guests. Please contact Bob Pahr III at 410‐582‐8863 or [email protected] to make your reserva ons. Don’t miss it! Do you enjoy soup? The council is having a “Souper Sunday” on January 11, 2015. Contact Lou Lind Sr. at 410‐790‐7501 (home number) or
[email protected] for reserva ons and details. We are looking into having
an event at the hall for the
Super Bowl on Sunday Feb‐
ruary 1, 2015. Please contact
me (Steve) at 410‐663‐6107
or at sradzimin‐
[email protected] so we can
determine if there is enough
interest in having this event.
Finally, please contact either R i c h a r d S u l l i v a n a t [email protected] or myself as noted above if you have any ideas for council
events, and we always need volunteers.
Widows Memorial Mass and Banquet Date: Monday, November 17,
2014 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Chairman: PGK Michael
Colbourne Location: St. Ursula’s Parish
(Mass) and Spiritual Center (Banquet)
Widows of Council deceased members and one guest are invited to the banquet. Each widow will be receiving a gift. The widow and one guest will not be charged, but additional guests will be charged $10.00 per person.
Council members and their spouses will be charged $10.00 per person
Mass will start at 7:00 p.m. in the main church, followed by a banquet and short program
This event will be catered by Johnnie D’s Lounge. The menu will be, but not inclusive to:
FAMILY DIRECTOR REPORT
COUNCIL DIRECTOR REPORT
The Incen ve Car Raffle for
2014 is finished. The Council
sold 1,656 ckets and
retained $783.60 of the
$1,146.00 collected. Thank
you to all for making this
event a success.
Brother Brad Le erman has
been leading the Tootsie
Roll Campaign during the
month of October. Final
results will be announced at
the November mee ngs,
and posted in next month’s
reporter. Congratula ons to
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Steve Radziminski 410–663-6107
Michael Colbourne 443-876-2828
Chicken JD Baked Penne Pasta Meatballs String beans Salad Bread & Butter Salad dressings Please RSVP the Chairman of this
event by 11/10/2014 Family of the Month We need help with choosing the Family of the month. The family can be within our outside of the Council. Please consider those families that go to one of the par-ishes our Council supports (St. Ursula, St. Issac Jogues, St. Thom-as More, St. Clare). For more details, please contact the Family Activities Director. Recognition of Widows If you have any ideas on how to recognize the Widows of our deceased Council members,
please contact the Family Activities Director. Employment Assistance
If you are seeking a job, please provide an updated resume on MS Word and a “Position Needed” form. This form will be provided per request. If you have a job to be advertised, please provide a “Position Wanted” form. These forms will be provided when requested. New ideas for 2014-2015 fraternal year
Adopt-A-Family for each of the four Parishes our Council
supports Quarterly banquet for the Family of the Month
Contacting the Family Activities Director If you have any new Family activities that you like our Council to take on and/or you’re interested in the aforementioned, please contact PGK Michael Colbourne by either phone (443-876-2828) or email ([email protected]).
See Page 5 &6 for report
YOUTH DIRECTOR REPORT
PGK Nancy Rock Annatasia Chachulski—wife of Brother Patrick Chachulski Ann Zorbock Two sisters of PGK William Snyder Sr. Brian Murphy Stephen Schmidt Jim McMullen Kane Brice Frank Ottey Carroll Simmons – brother-in-law of PGK Ed Eichelberger
Deaths:
Please report any illnesses or deaths to me of any Brother Knight or family
member.
Thank you,
Ernest Milelle
Chancellor Bishop Sebastian #5058
CHANCELLOR REPORT
Sick List Brothers:
Brother Bernard Schmidt PGK Joe Kispert, PGK Brother Francis Werneth, PGK Brother Tommy Tolbert Brother Robert Bower PGK Robert Frye, PGK PGK Paul Petkowitz, PGK Brother Larry Wiley Brother Charles Lavezza
Family and Friends of Brother Knights:
Sister Madeline and Theodore Wolf - Friends of Joe Keller Lee Dayhoff - son of Frank Dayhoff,
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Jose Guzman 410-900-8634
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Council Soccer Shoot‐out
Sam Hammacker, Jr. working on the long distance kicks.
2nd degree Knight Andrew Colbourne working on penalty kicks.
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Our Council hosted our first soccer shoot‐out in over ten years on Saturday, October 11, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Belmont Park in Parkville, MD. We had two par cipants for this event:
Sam Hammacker, Jr. (11‐12 age group for Boys category) 2nd degree Knight Andrew Colbourne (15‐18 age group for Boys category)
It was great to see these par cipants show and con nue to learn their soccer skills, which consisted of penalty kicks, throw‐ins and long distance kicks. We thank those who helped with this event in par cular:
Joseph Reed David Snyder Colbourne family (PGK Michael, Jeanine, Andrew) Manks (PGK Michael, Rosemary) PGK Raphael F. Cilento for assis ng in ordering the soccer kit from State Council
We had a lot of fun and looking forward to next year’s event.
Upcoming events Children’s Christmas Party Date: Sunday, December 14, 2014 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Chairman: Jose Guzman Loca on: Bishop Sebas an Council Hall – 7910 Harford Road, Parkville, MD 21234 Children under the age of 18 are invited Please RSVP the Chairman of this event by 12/7/2014
Basketball Free‐Throw Date: January 2015 Time: TBD Chairman: Jose Guzman, Joseph Reed Loca on: TBD Children under the age of 18 are invited
Contac ng the Youth Ac vi es Director
If you have any new Youth Ac vi es that you like our Council to take on and/or you’re interested in the aforemen oned,
please contact Jose Guzman by either phone (410‐900‐8634) or email ([email protected]) or Joseph Reed
by phone (410‐254‐4613).
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BISHOP SEBASTIAN COUNCIL # 5058
COUNCIL MEMORIAL MASS & WIDOW’S BANQUET
Date: Monday, November 19, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Place: St. Ursula Parish and Spiritual Center
(8801 Harford Road, Parkville, MD 21234)
The banquet will follow the Mass. Widows of our Council’s deceased members and one guest are invited to the banquet. Each widow will be receiving a gi . The
widow and one guest will not be charged, but addi onal guests, along with members of the Council and their guest, will be charged $10.00 per person.
If you’re interested in a ending, please make your reserva on before Monday, November 10, 2014.
Contact PGK, Council Program Director and Family Ac vi es Director, PGK Michael Colbourne, by cell phone (443‐876‐2828) or email
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
BISHOP SEBASTIAN COUNCIL # 5058
FOOD FOR FAMILIES (FFF)
Loca on: Giant Food Store (7709 Harford Road)
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Our Council will place PGK Michael Mank’s truck
at a designated spot to collect the non‐perishable food from the customers willing to contribute.
Once the event is done, the food will be delivered to the St. Vincent de Paul food pantries soon a erwards:
Food from Giant ‐ St. Ursula Catholic Church
If you can help, please contact
PGK and Family Ac vi es Director, PGK Michael Colbourne, by cell phone (443‐876‐2828) or email ([email protected])
You are cordially invited to an Advent Marriage Retreat
On Monday, December 1st to Thursday, December 4th at St. Ursula Catholic Church in Parkville, Maryland
from either 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM OR
from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Hosted by Richard and Donna Lane
Contact
Fr. Stephen D. Cotter Associate Pastor St. Ursula Catholic Church 8801 Harford Road Baltimore, MD 21234 410-665-211
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On November 4, people across this nation will have an opportunity to vote for those who will represent them at the fed-
eral, state and local levels. The work of these representatives, who will enact the laws and regulations under which we
live, will significantly affect our lives for years to come.
The challenges before the nation are serious, highly political, and profoundly moral. There is the continuing destruc-
tion of unborn children through abortion and new efforts to eliminate the elderly through euthanasia and assisted sui-
cide; movements to coerce Catholic health care, education, and social service ministries to violate their religious beliefs;
efforts to undermine marriage as the permanent union of one man and one woman; and restraints on religious liberty
and the exercise of individual conscience; among others. Many compelling moral concerns are dealt with at the state,
as well as national level, and so votes cast for state senators and delegates can be as important as the votes for national
office.
All issues are not morally equivalent. Some involve fundamental principles, such as the right to life, that can never be
violated, even to achieve a good end. Others require prudent judgments about the best way to apply Catholic teachings
to deal with compelling societal problems. It is a mistake, therefore, to make no ethical distinctions among the issues.
The right to life is not simply one of a multitude of concerns of equal importance that should be acknowledged when
deciding for whom to vote.
Abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, destruction of human embryos, and same-sex marriage are intrinsically evil, that
is, the acts are immoral in and of themselves, regardless of the motives behind them, and must always be opposed. Cer-
tainly, health care, education, immigration, jobs, taxation and national security are also important concerns and should
not be neglected. Advancing the benefits of these issues, however, cannot compensate for disregarding the value of a
human life. The strongest economy, finest health care system, fairest immigration laws, and soundest economy do
nothing for the child who is never born.
Pope St. John Paul II, in his 1988 apostolic exhortation Christifideles Laici, stated: "The common outcry, which is just-
ly made on behalf of human rights -- for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture -- is false
and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition of all other personal rights, is
not defended with maximum determination." If one must choose between improving the quality of life and protecting
life itself, human life must take precedence.
In matters of lesser moral definitiveness, there may be legitimate diversity among individual prudential judgments.
Catholics may differ on approaches to reduce poverty, stimulate the economy, the best immigration, health care or
housing policies, or on a decision to wage a just war because these judgments do not involve the direct choice of an in-
trinsic evil, while promoting various human benefits. This does not mean these issues are of lesser moral interest or
can be summarily dismissed. They are significant concerns that challenge consciences and require action, but they are
open to principled debate that may result in differing, even opposing, views.
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REFLECTIONS Lawrence P. Grayson
_____________________________________________
Faith and the Ballot Box
Catholics not only have an obligation to exercise their right to vote, but have the additional responsibility to do so with
a well-formed conscience, guided by the tenets and teachings of the Church. They are tasked to bring faith-refined
principles, augmented with informed prayerful reflection, to the consideration of and decisions about candidates and
issues. This duty is more than preparing to vote in a given election. Developing a well-formed conscience is a lifelong
effort in order to deal with the changing conditions, issues and circumstances of the world.
When candidates support actions or programs that are intrinsically evil, they should be considered less acceptable for
public office. As Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, an election guide issued every four years by the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops, teaches, “Those who knowingly, willingly, and directly support public policies
or legislation that undermine fundamental moral principles cooperate with evil.”
The failure to protect life in its most vulnerable stages, or to support other intrinsic evils, renders suspect a candidate’s
positions on all matters affecting human dignity. The right to life is a fundamental precept inscribed in America’s
Declaration of Independence. If a candidate disregards a foundational principle of the nation and asks voters to vio-
late their moral consciences, people have the obligation to cast their ballots for someone else.
With the duty of voting comes the responsibility to know where the candidates stand on the issues. One rarely finds a
candidate with whom he agrees on everything. The key question is the relative importance of the issues on which the
two disagree. A voter will have abetted a candidate’s future immoral actions if he helps elect a person who favors pro-
grams that are intrinsically evil when there is a morally acceptable candidate on the ballot.
What does one do, however, when there is no such alternative? Deciding not to vote is often not the best solution.
When all candidates support an intrinsic evil, it is morally permissible to vote for the candidate who poses the least
threat to human life and dignity and thus limit the harm. It is important, therefore, to vote with a well-formed con-
science that perceives the proper relationship among moral goods.
In the coming election, every voice will matter, every vote count. Cast your ballot. Exercise your cherished right and
solemn duty as a Catholic American citizen, faithful to the teachings of our Church.
Vivat Jesus!
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Schedule of Events
November 3 Regular Council Meeting
November 4 Election Day
November 10 Officer Meeting
November 11 Veteran’s Day
November 16 Spaghetti Dinner –St Clare’s Church
November 17 Memorial Mass
November 27 Thanksgiving Day
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