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NOTE FROM THE GRAND KNIGHT
Worthy Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Good day to you all. I hope that each of you have found your days well.
Well time has flown by hasn’t it? Sunday is the beginning of Advent as we prepare for the
Birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Month of November wasn’t as busy as the previous month. We had to cancel a First degree due to no candidates being presented from any Councils -and we also cancelled the Pancake Breakfast due to
the fast approaching Breakfast with St. Nick. Brother Afton Kidd
will again be St Nick for this festivity.
November 10th we helped man watering stations for the Honor
Ride that benefits Veterans, and there was over 11 Brothers from the Council who assisted with this noble effort. Plus we all had fun doing this
as well.
November 12th was Veterans Day and there was a parade downtown in
their honor done by the Knights and the Catholic War Veterans post
1947. On the 17-18 of November the Ladies Auxiliary had a very successful Bundt cake sale in the Plaza.
November 22nd was Thanksgiving. There was also a Mass celebrated at the Church that day as well.
November 24th -25th the Ladies Auxiliary held their Religious goods sale in the St Francis room and
from what I understand the Parishioners really like the new space (St Francis and Clair Room) for their
“Inspirational Gift Shoppe” sales and the tasteful way the Ladies have it displayed. In closing I’d like to wish each of you Gods many Blessings and that you all have a happy safe and
Healthy Holidays and a prosperous Blessed New Year.
Yours in Christ,
Ray Foster
Grand Knight Council 10442
[email protected] 702-287-6725
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Y2K PLUS XVIII EDITION, ISSUE XII DECEMBER 2018
KNIGHTLY NOTES
ST JOSEPH, HUSBAND OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL NO. 10442
7260 WEST SAHARA AVENUE
LAS VEGAS, NV 89117
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Council Calendar at a Glance
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december 2018 Dec 1-2 Distribute KCIC Buttons (Plaza after all Masses)
Dec 6 Council 10442/Ladies Aux Business Meeting 730-9p Hall/St Francis Rm
Dec 7-9 Mid Year Meeting in Sparks Nevada
Dec 8 Set up for Breakfast with St Nick (10a -12P Kitchen and Hall)
2pm Set up for Ladies Religious Goods
Dec 9 Breakfast with St Nick (6a -1p) Hall and Ladies Religious Goods
Dec 10 2820 Officer Planning Meeting (630-8pm Emmaus Room)
Dec 14 Council Christmas Party - Sienna Bistro
Dec 18 Simbang Gabi Celebration 8am mass /Breakfast
Dec 20 Council Officer Planning meeting
Dec 25 Christmas
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January 2019
Jan 3 - Council 10442 Business Meeting/Ladies Auxiliary 730pm to 9pm Hall
Jan 14- 2820 Officer Planning Meeting (630-8pm Emmaus Room)
Jan 16 - 2820 Business Meeting – 730-9pm Hall
Jan 21- Parish Closed (MLK Day)
Jan 26th – First Degree Exemplification 7a-9a St Francis/Clair Rooms
Jan 26/27 Mardi Gras Dinner Ticket Sales (Plaza after all Masses)
Jan 26 Pancake Breakfast Kitchen Prep and Hall Setup
Ladies Aux Religious Goods Sales
Jan 27 Pancake Breakfast and Religious Goods Sales (6a -1pm) Kitchen/Hall
Jan 31 Council 10442 Officers Planning Meeting 730-9pm St Francis Room
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Council news and activities….
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Good of the Order We have a new Brother who is doing the cards and calls for the sick and bereaved and is taking over the reins from Nick Ciccone who has done this for the Council for many years. If you are in need of prayers or know someone who is, please contact Brother Peter Johan Wagonleitner who joined our Council this last April. His contact info is: 702-336-9636 Mobile Email [email protected] or [email protected]
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First Degree Exemplification –
Don’t forget – Help recruit Members! There is a First Degree Exemplification at SJHOM the last Saturday of the Month! Form 100s are in the Church Office! Pictured here is the First Degree Team, in summer attire.
(photo by Vilma Koss)
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Council Christmas Party
Save the date for the Council/Assembly/Auxiliary Christmas party. It will be held on Dec 14 at
Siena Bistro – 10575 Siena Monte Avenue. Tickets are available now!
Chairperson Donna Urso is working with Siena and got us great
menu choices for $40/ per person. Contact her and get your tickets
now! *702 524 6520 *
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Tuesdays Lunch Bunch Get Togethers – as several members have indicated a desire to get out of the house, and socialize, and have a relaxed gathering with fellow Brothers, Chuck McCloskey has arranged for a room at New York Pizza – located at Sahara and Jones. It will be every Tuesday from 11a – 1pm for an informal Gathering. Open to all members by come by for lunch and fellowship. We will order based on who is present at 11:15. Enjoy Lunch conversation and then split the bill. Feel free to come by and join the fun and fellowship! . **************************************************************************************************************************************
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A LITTLE HUMOR….
A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!"
His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means? The son replied, "I do know!"
"Okay," said his father. "What does the Bible mean?" "That's easy, Daddy..." the young boy replied excitedly," It
stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth.' B
*************************************************************************************** “The liturgy of Advent...helps us to understand fully the value and meaning of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical event, which occurred some 2,000 years ago in a little village of Judea.
Instead, it is necessary to understand that the whole of our life must be an ‘advent,’ a vigilant awaiting of the final coming of Christ. To predispose our mind to welcome the Lord who, as we say in the Creed, one day will come to
judge the living and the dead, we must learn to recognize him as present in the events of daily life. Therefore, Advent is, so to speak, an intense training that directs us decisively toward him who already came, who will
come, and who comes continuously.”
Blessed Pope John Paul II
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December Birthdays HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL!!!!
Vincent Eckelkamp Dec 1 Stephen Trenshaw Dec 6 Gerard Lanctot Dec 19 Paul Adams Dec 2 Frank Montesano Dec 9 Carmine Di Fazio Dec 20 Thomas O’Reilly Dec 3 Thomas Zytko Dec 9 Elliot Lisk Dec 21 Javier Acosta Dec 3 Paul Slade Dec 9 Anthony Sciaretta Dec 23 Areil Perez Dec 3 Leon Fuselier Dec 12 Gary Presswood Dec 25 Albert Curnan Dec 4 Sebastian Daurio Dec 13 James Palmere Dec 25 Arthur Pradel Dec 4 Gerald Barrett Dec 14 Joseph Fritz Dec 25 John Unick Dec 4 Charles Vincent Dec 16 Ken Sawyer Dec 26 Juan Padron Dec 5 Lorenzo Limgenco Dec 16 Joseph Micatrotto Dec 30 Matt Wiegand Dec 6 James Miller Dec 16 David Hansen Dec 30
*************************************************************************************************** Financial Secretary’s Blotter- Notes from your Financial Secretary A Big Hello Brothers, The Calm before the storm! The month of November has been an easy slide for the Financial Secretary. With all the emphasis placed on Thanksgiving, travel and family traditions there was little activity surrounding the Council. Both the end of Month Breakfast and 1st degree exemplification events were cancelled. I had an opportunity to take a breath - but look out! Here comes December! December will start with the “Keeping Christ in Christmas” button drive, followed by the “Breakfast with Santa”. Don’t forget the “Ladies Christmas Party” at Siena Golf Club on the 14th of December. A trip for myself and GK Ray Foster for the mid-term meeting”. Then the following day will be the mailing of the “Knights Annual Dues” and invoicing to be mailed out! Brothers, our dues will remain at 42.00 for the calendar year Jan 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Obviously, I will be very busy throughout December. Please keep me in your prayers. If ANYONE has a change of address, please
let me know. We want to make sure you get your invoice. If you need to get me new address or contact information you can Email: [email protected] As always, it is pleasure to serve you, the Council and the Church – God Bless you all. Yours in Christ,
SK Rick Senninger, Financial Secretary
[email protected] 702-750-8930 *************************************************************************************
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Please keep the following Brothers and Sisters in your prayers
Please keep Brother Horace Dube in your thoughts and prayers. Please keep BJ
Buttell, wife of SK Mike Buttell, in your prayers as she undergoes Shoulder
replacement surgery.
Please also keep Juliet Fritz, mother of Joe Fritz, in your prayers. She is fighting
high blood Pressure and kidney failure in the hospital.
Please keep Steve Corkins in your prayers – he recently had the good
news that he is right now cancer free and wants to thank everyone for all their
prayers. Pray also for Tony and Karen Ruivivar.
Online Rosary: comepraytherosary.org
If you or someone you know would like to be on the prayer list, please contact Peter Wagenleitner at [email protected] or 702 336 9636
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PRAYER FOR THE CANONIZATION OF FATHER MCGIVNEY Founder of the Knights of Columbus in 1882
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God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your young to the generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue may we follow your Son Jesus Christ more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the
inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify your venerable servant Father Michael J McGivney on earth according to the design of Your Holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (make your request) Through Christ our Lord. Amen
Please report all favors received to: The Fr McGivney Guild 1 Columbus Plaza, New Haven CT 06510-3326 **********************************************************************************************************
Please PRAY FOR OUR 10 SEMINARIANS OF THE DIOCESE Mount Angel Seminary Mundelein Seminary One Abbey Drive 1000 E Maple Ave
Mundelein, IL 60060 Saint Benedict, OR 97373-0505 Felipe Jimenez Ivan Lara Edmund Finley Miguel Corral Nick Cipriano Rogelio Molina Joseph “AJ”Sales Mauricio Espino Simon Tran Dominic Cipriano
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COUNCIL RECOGNITION
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Council 10442 is proud to honor: ************************************************************************************************************************************************
KNIGHT OF THE MONTH- November 2018
Darren Horvath
Our Knight of the Month for Novemer 2018 is Darren Horvath. Darren is being honored for his enthusiam and support of the Council. Darren helps whenever he can at events, and his enthusiasm is infectious. He is appreciated for his service and ready smile and spirit. The Council really appreciates this hardworking Brother and his cooperation. Besides helping others outside the Council as well as in the Council, Darren serves the parish in the Usher ministry. Thanks Darren for all you do!
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FAMILY OF THE MONTH- November 2018
Marino and Sonia Avilla
Our Family of the Month for November 2018 is Marino and Sonia Avilla. This couple is being honored for their constant support of the Council. They both are always there at Council and Auxiliary events. They quietly do what they can to help. Sonia is serving as Sgt At Arms for the Ladies Auxiliary this year. They both serve the Parish as Eucharistic ministers and serve the Community by serving at Catholic Charities several times per week. The Council is proud to honor this hard working couple. **********************************************************************************
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Knights of Columbus Council 10442 St Joseph Husband of Mary Roman Catholic Church 7260 West Sahara Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89117 Phone: 363-1902 Or Contact: Grand Knight: Ray Foster, 702-287-6725 Deputy Grand Knight: Lino Loyola 702- 355-4073 Fraternal Chairman: Peter Wagenleitner, 702-336-9636 Financial Secretary: Rick Senninger, 702-750-8930
Newsletter Editor -Jolyn Pinzl, 702-306-2668 Membership Director: Bob Zagby, 702-379-3025 Supreme Website: www.kofc.org Nevada State Council Website: www.kofc-nv.org
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Our Council is in urgent need of two Brothers interested in learning and assuming some of the cooking and kitchen management responsibilities for our events. If you have cooking experience, or just have an interest in learning more about cooking, this is an opportunity for you to serve us and your Parish. You will work alongside our current cook and learn our systems with the intent that you would assist with food planning, food purchasing, food prep, and health code compliance. The long term plan would be that you would alternate with the others and take over an event and make it your own. Last update was that Brother Danny Iliscupidez has stepped up and become a “regular” great helper in the prep/cooking part of the kitchen, which we totally appreciate. Chuck is having some physical issues and it is hard for him to do all of this right now. So we still need someone to learn/assist/backup PGK Chuck in the buying of the supplies and getting them to the kitchen. Most are purchases at either Restaurant Depot or Smart and Final, or wherever has the best prices at the time of what we need for the Breakfast/Dinner in question. We also are in desperate need of Knights to help each dinner in Transporting items to and from the Shed. As you can see, the scope and breadth of our activities has gotten way too much for one individual to manage. Please prayerfully consider serving the Knights in this capacity. Contact GK Ray Foster, at 702-287-6725.
Hark the Herald
Angels sing!!!
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Upcoming Activities You need to Know about from GK Ray
December 1-2 will be our annual Keep Christ in Christmas Button Drive in the Plaza after each Mass.
December 6th Business meeting held in the Hall at 7:30pm
December 8th will be set up for the Breakfast with St. Nick and the Ladies Religious goods sale.
December 7-9 will be the Mid Year meeting held in Sparks , NV and will be attended by the Financial
Secretary Rick Senniger and myself.
December 9th will be our annual Breakfast with St. Nick with the help from the Ladies as well.
December 14th will be the Christmas Party hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary at will once again be held at the Siena Bistro Located at the
Siena Golf Course there will be dinner and dancing and fun for all the cost is $ 40.00 per person and Donna Urso
Is the Contact for reservations.
December 18th – Simbang Gabi Celebration at the 8 am mass to anticipate the birth of our Saviour
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DID YOU KNOW…
You can order on line all your Knight’s Gear on line – apparel, gifts, sports and family Fun materials, as well as religious items, recruiting supplies, and booklets? You can order caps, polo shirts, t shirts, in a variety of colors and sizes. Shop now at http://www.knightsgear.com/ You can still order in time for Christmas!
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“And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger, who is Christ the Lord.
And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”…
And that, Charlie Brown, is what Christmas is all about!
- Linus Van Pelt
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The TV News keeps saying that this will be the best Christmas we ever had. I don't know - I kind of think the first one was. --Milton Berle
I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar every month. – Harland Miller
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy L. Smith
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Ladies Auxiliary News
Knights of Columbus
St. Joseph, Husband of Mary
Council #10442 Ladies Auxiliary
Greetings Ladies!
This has been an OMG!!!! month! Our meeting on November 2nd was full of so many discussions about our projects in the works – Religious Goods sales are great; Bundt Cake sales are organized and should run smoothly; Christmas Party menu was set and tickets sold; Bylaw amendment passed but then tabled with new amendment to be presented in December; Name badges were delivered; Peggy reported on new ladies shirts; Chairlady for “Breakfast with St. Nick” is Jolyn Pinzl. We had a full agenda and didn’t have time for the Pony Derby since the men ended their meeting early and were waiting on us. We will have to schedule a night just for a social gathering again.
The Mini-Bundt Cake sale held on November 17 & 18 was a sell-out after the 10 o’clock Mass. Chairlady Barbara Booth and co-chair Anita Palladino-Durazo did the majority of the organizing and were assisted by co-chair Ann Young as well. This activity has proven to be a great fundraiser. Our Ladies really got behind this sale and turned out to “man” the sale in good numbers. We will be making charitable donation decisions at the December meeting so this could really boost the amounts we can give this year.
Ladies photos by Vilma Koss
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Ladies Auxiliary News pg 2
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The Inspirational Gift Shoppee held on Thanksgiving weekend went off with a bang! Parishioners came pouring in to shop for gifts as well as personal items. There was a much expanded and varied assortment than we have in the past. The layout of the room is proving to be a hit with our patrons as well. All our ladies, with the guidance of Ann and Becki, assisted shoppers with check-out, packaging and fielded many inquiries at the “customer service” table and around the room. This interaction really gives a wonderful
sense of community and connection with our parishioners. As a result, this month proved to be our best sales in all the years we’ve been doing them.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. So now we are moving into Advent. This is a wonderful time of planning, anticipation,
prayer and charity. We will have our year end sale in the St. Joseph Center with the Breakfast with St Nick. We will need all you to help with this parish celebration the Knights host each year. We will be planning our charitable gifts for the season at the meeting on December 6th. Be sure to attend to begin this Advent together in friendship and prayer. Many God bless you all, Paula Donofrio, President 702.807.2539 [email protected]
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Editor’s Note
Wanted to wish everyone a blessed, peaceful and
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Jolyn Pinzl, editor
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Family Prayers/Thoughts of the Month
Advent Examination Edward Hays, A Pilgrim’s Almanac, p. 196 "Advent is the perfect time to clear and prepare the Way. Advent is a winter training camp for those who desire peace. By reflection and prayer, by reading and meditation, we can make our hearts a place where a blessing of peace would desire to abide and where the birth of the Prince of Peace might take place. "Daily we can make an Advent examination. Are there any feelings of discrimination toward race, sex, or religion? Is there a lingering resentment, an unforgiven injury living in our hearts? Do we look down upon others of lesser social standing or educational achievement? Are we generous with the gifts that have been given to us, seeing ourselves as their stewards and not their owners? Are we reverent of others, their ideas and needs, and of creation? These and other questions become Advent lights by which we may search the deep, dark corners of our hearts.”
Blessing of the Advent wreath Reader: The Word of the Lord. R/. Thanks be to God. With hands joined, the leader says: Lord our God, we praise you for your Son, Jesus Christ: he is Emmanuel, the hope of the peoples, he is the wisdom that teaches and guides us, he is the Savior of every nation. Lord God, let your blessing come upon us as we light the candles of this wreath. May the wreath and its light be a sign of Christ’s promise to bring us salvation. May he come quickly and not delay. We ask this through Christ our Lord. R/. Amen. From Catholic Household Blessings & Prayers
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Knights help Support Honor Ride – Bike ride for Veterans on Nov 10
Council members helped support the Riders for the Annual Honor Ride – bike ride to help disabled
Veterans on Nov 10 2018. Thank you to the Brothers who came out and helped, which
includes:
Ray Foster, Lamar Johnson, Bob Zagby, Bill Koss, Edgar Castro, John Falzarano, Ed
Miranda, Steve Luedke, Chuck McCloskey, Peter Johan-Wagonleitner, Lem Aligaen, Steve
Corkins, and Frank Montesano, and Mike Sillero. There was a great turn out and the ride was successful and a
great day for the ride.
Below are some pics of the fun:
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THE MISSION OF THE LAITY
11/1/2018
by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson
THE RENEWAL OF THE CHURCH DEPENDS ON CHARITY AND ON OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMON GOOD, THE FAMILY AND GROWING IN FAITH
ON OCT. 16, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s election to the See of Peter. It is easy to forget the situation of the Church at the time of his election. Since the publication of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae a decade earlier, the Church had been embroiled in theological controversies. Many in the news media considered the Church out of touch, with a frail, elderly pope no longer able to respond adequately to the daily attacks upon Catholic beliefs. Then, a young, dynamic pope was elected. In his first homily, John Paul II told Catholics, “Do not be afraid!” And to the rest of the world he announced, “Open wide the doors to Christ!” And to show that he would personally open many of these doors, John Paul II traveled to Mexico, Poland
and the United States in the first year of his papacy. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s great apostolic exhortation on the vocation and mission of the laity, Christifideles Laici. Christifideles Laici outlines four principles especially important for us. First, “At this moment, the suffering individual is the way of the Church because that person is, first of all, the way of Christ Himself, who is the Good Samaritan who ‘does not pass by’” (163). Second, the laity has “the specific duty” and “irreplaceable” role “to work towards the Christian animation of the temporal order” by means of the “spiritual and corporal works of mercy” (41). Related to this is the recognition that charity “is never able to be separated from justice,” and that the laity “are never to relinquish their participation in ‘public life’” or their responsibility to promote the common good (42). Third, “The lay faithful’s duty to society primarily begins in marriage and in the family” (40), and the family as a domestic church “is a community in which the relationships are renewed by Christ” (52). As a domestic church, the family shares in the Church’s mission to build up the Kingdom of God through its everyday work that expresses the love between husband and wife and between members of the family. Fourth, the lay faithful should grow and mature in the faith in order “to overcome in themselves the separation of the Gospel from life, to again take up in their daily activities in family, work and society, an integrated approach to life that is fully brought about by the inspiration and strength of the Gospel” (34). St. John Paul II summarized the mission of the laity in these words: “Their responsibility, in particular, is to testify how the Christian faith constitutes the only fully valid response … to the problems and hopes that life poses to every person and society” (34). The spiritual genius of Father Michael McGivney is that he established a way in which Catholic men could fulfill this responsibility by joining together to live the principles of charity, unity and fraternity. Now, with our new Faith in Action program model, the Knights of Columbus will demonstrate his genius in even more effective ways. As we confront the challenges that Catholics face today, we can say of Father McGivney that he was a man ahead of his time, but more appropriately that he was a man just right for our time. Vivat Jesus ! kofc.org
