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CHARITY UNITY FRATERNITY PATRIOTISM
December 2015
The Messenger
“We are here to serve, not to be served.”
Vol. I, Issue 2 Archbishop James V. Casey Council #9349
CALENDAR
of Council Activities
December 2015
2nd- Assembly Social Brecken-
ridge Brewery on Santa Fe
2nd- Ladies Auxiliary Christ-
mas Party
11th- Mid-Year Tng Registra-tion 5:00-7:00 pm Crown Plaza Hotel 11th- Mid-Year Training w/ 1st Degree Exemplification 6:30-8:00 pm 12th- Mid-Year Tng Registra-tion 7:00am-4:00pm; General Tng starts 8:00am 12th- Christmas Party Social w/State Officers starts 6:30pm 13th- Mid-Year Meeting Pro-gram Wrap Up 16th- Officers/Directors Meeting and Council Meeting 27th- No Parish Breakfast due to Christmas Holiday 28th- No Council Meeting due to Christmas Holiday (See the 16th for meeting)
Members of Council #9349 served Thanksgiving lunch to approximately 155 members of the
St. Frances Cabrini Silver Strands Seniors Group on Thursday, November 19th. This also included the Parish Office Staff.
The Silver Strands is for seniors and is a monthly lunch gathering at St. Frances Cabrini. The event is coordinated by Judy Conrad who has been organizing the monthly function for
several years. The coun-cil provided the turkeys and the trimmings. Fifteen (15) members of the coun-
cil prepared the turkey and all of the trimmings which included bread stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans. The council members personally served each of the parishioners in attendance. Council members participating
in the event were: Paul Basquez, Jack Bettinger, Raymond Durbala, Tony Giuliani, Jerry Hayes, Al Heroux, Dave Kathman, Vern Krier, Jim Noel, Bob Patterson, Jim Penta, Tony Schaffhauser, Jack Sullivan, and KC Van Nieman. (More photographs on page 5 and 6)
The council members person-ally served each of the parishioners in attendance.
The Messenger
Published monthly by the Knights of Columbus
Archbishop James V. Casey Council #9349
P.O. Box 620954 Littleton, CO 80162
SK Ernest Joas Grand Knight 303-740-7514
SK Joseph O. Marquez,
Editor 303-933-8672
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St. Frances Cabrini Shrine
Prayer Requests
Paige Mowery Colleen Schumacher Marie May Adrienne Pettit Charise Pettit Pat Handel Judy Dalla Sheila rose Carol Kennon John Kerns Meredith Mulford Carol Johnson Josh Steffen John Kelly Pat Dean Jay Cardosi Marcy Martinez Alex Garcia Cameron Chavez Adam Guinn Jeff Williams Vikki Farrel Cyl Hunter Steve Hunter Bob Newman Laura Lahen Alan Hoffman Angie Ramirez
Photograph by Octaviano
2015
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Knight of the Month: Joe Birge Council Officers 2015-2016
Chaplain Father Sean McGrath [email protected]
Grand Knight Ernest Joas
[email protected] 303-740-7514
Deputy Grand Knight Richard Simpson
Chancellor Mike Schmisek
Financial Secretary Joe Birge
Treasurer Curt Siroky
Advocate Bill Lahey
Recorder Doug Cook
Warden Ed Dean
Outside Guard Richard Mann
Inside Guard Robert Newman
Web Master Tino Martinez
Lecturer Art Hinkel
1st Year Trustee Tino Martinez
2nd Year Trustee Mike Smoody
3rd Year Trustee
Frank McGinley
S ince joining the Knights on April 15, 2015, Joe has progressed on to receive his 2nd and
3rd Degrees and was nominated to Supreme to be the Financial Secretary of Council 9349 and has performed admirably in that position. In addition, he is an enthusiastic participant in service program activities such as street clean-
ups, serving at Ciderfest, church usher, yard work for Seniors and Culture of Life activities such as putting up and taking down white crosses.
He has attended almost all of the council business meetings, met with our insurance representative and has actively and success-fully recruited for the council. In addition, his prompt and accurate handling of the Council's financial matters takes a great deal of time.
Brother Knight’s Birthdays
December 2015
12/1 William Krempasky 12/2 Jerry Gomez 12/2 Edwin Dean 12/4 Robert O'Connor 12/6 Anthony Castillo 12/7 Allen Becker 12/8 Jerome Boswell 12/9 Eloy Gonzales 12/9 Paul Scarponcini 12/10 Donald Moniak 12/11 Nicholas Patrick 12/14 Marcel Savoie 12/15 Gerard Beigel 12/19 Jeremy McCombs 12/22 Stephen Funk 12/23 George Hutchison 12/24 Christopher Bullotta 12/24 Gregory Homer 12/27 Julius Cardosi
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND
BEST WISHES!
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Honoring Our Brothers:
Celistino Tino Martinez
S K Tino Martinez was born in
Monte Vista, Colorado in the San Luis Val-ley on May 22, 1953. His father farmed in the area of Alamosa. He attended elementary school in Thornton, Colorado at Holy Cross Catholic School. He continued at Mullen High School, and Highland High School. He graduated from Highland High School in 1971.
In 1971, a Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Compa-ny representatives came to Highland High School to recruit workers. He applied and was immediately hired. During his time with Mountain States, U. S. West, and Quest, he held several positions including in-staller, lineman, central office technician, test technician, union steward, 1st level manager, 2nd level manager, 3rd level manager and direc-tor.
In 2001, Quest offered a severance package to it’s eligible employees and he accepted. He was a Director of Service Assurance at the time
of his severance. Also, during his employment with the tele-phone companies, he was able to earn a college de-gree through the University of Phoenix with the company paying for the tuition. Since 2002, Tino has done consulting work with telecommunication industry companies. At present, he is working as an engineer for Sports Authority and is responsible for several stores in area.
Tino met his wife Denise where he was working. Both were tele-communication professional. Tino and Denise have been married for twenty-seven (27) years and have two children; Mariah and Camer-on. They also have two grandchildren. Tino and Denise enjoy motor-cycle touring. Their favorite tours are to southern Colorado and northern New Mexico where they enjoy the local food and the great scenery.
Tino credits his wife Denise for his strong spiritual beliefs. Tino joined the Knights of Columbus about ten (10) years ago at
Light of World Roman Catholic Church Council #12567 on West Bowles Avenue. About eight (8) years ago, he transferred to Coun-cil #9349 after consulting with Brother Jerry Lovato. Jerry helped him decide to make the move.
Since joining the Knights, Tino has held several positons in-cluding Guard, Treasure, Deputy Grand Knight and Grand Knight (2014-2015) and is now a Trustee for the council. He is also a Sir Knight.
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THANKSGIVING THANKSGIVING THANKSGIVING
LUNCHEON!LUNCHEON!LUNCHEON!
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THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON!THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON!THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON!
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Congratulations
to our new 3rd Degree Members!
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December 2015
John Barder Pat Coyne Andre Gbenado
Gerald Hardesty Gus Hartman Alan Sschanher
Death of Conversation
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Council Directors
Church Director Bill Krempasky
Family Director Jum Gunning
Culture of Life Director Richard Kositzke
Youth Directors Tom O’Neill
[email protected] Chris Bullotta
Membership Director Jack Sullivan
Council Activities Director Russ Tirella
Community Activities Director Ed Dean
Charity - Our Catholic faith teaches us to “Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
Members of the Knights of Columbus show love for their neighbors by conducting food drives and donating the food to local soup kitchens and food pantries, by volunteering at Special Olympics, and by supporting, both spiritually and materially, mothers who choose life for their babies. Knights recog-nize that our mission, and our faith in God, compels us to action.
There is no better way to experience love and compassion than by help-ing those in need, a call we answer every day.
Source: The Knights of Columbus
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 9349
Minutes of Council Meeting November 18, 2015 Opening
Deputy Grand Knight Richard Simpson (substituting for GK Ernest Joas) opened the meeting at 7:20 following the rosary. Forty members were present.
Inside Guard Bob Newman reported (for Warden Ed Dean) that all present were in possession of their current member-ship cards.
DGK Simpson led the opening prayer and Pledge of Alle-giance to the Flag.
The Recorder (Tony Schaffhauser substituting for Doug Cook) called the roll. All were present except for the fol-lowing officers who had been excused: GK Ernest Joas, Chaplin Rev. Sean McGrath, Warden Ed Dean, Recorder Doug Cook.
Approval of minutes of previous meeting: delayed because minutes were not published due to the Recorder’s comput-er problems.
Report of Admissions Committee and reading of Applica-tions, Reinstatements, and Transfers. The applications of three potential new members were approved: Andy Vieyra, Neil Norton, and Michael Vanotta. Also three Reinstate-ments were approved: James Bonato, Christian Riken, and Gregory Ryan.
Grand Knight’s Report
DGK Simpson welcomed District Deputy Frank McGinley
Tony Giuliani was thanked for chairing the VFW Dinner. It was a great success and the speaker was very interesting. Thanks also to great food prepared by Ray Durbala and crew and decadent Baklava baked by Adalia Simpson.
Thanks to Acting Membership Chairman Tony Schaffhau-ser and all who helped make the 2nd & 3rd Degree Exempli-fication Nov 7 at St Mark a huge success for our council.
Thanks to Ray Durbala and all who helped cook the Silver Strands Thanksgiving Dinner which will be served Nov. 19, rescheduled from Nov 17 due to the snow.
Thanks to Ernest Cushing for volunteering to take the job of Kitchen Manager.
Approval of minutes of previous meeting: delayed because minutes were not published due to the Recorder’s comput-er problems.
Joe Burge was presented the Knight of the Month award for November. DGK Simpson read Joe’s accomplishments for our Council since joining 4/15/15. He received his 2nd/3rd Degree 5/9/15, was approved by Supreme as our Financial Secretary in June, and has performed admirably in that position. He has also participated in many Council service projects and recruited a new member, qualifying him for the Shining Armor Award.
Upcoming activities:
Parish Breakfast Nov. 22: Event Manager Ken Sharp
Corporate Communion Nov. 29: The Assemble will coor-dinate and provide the Color Corps. Tony Schaffhauser volunteered to organize a luncheon after mass.
The Past Grand Knight’s Dinner will be rescheduled for a more convenient time at a more affordable location.
The highway cleanup will be rescheduled when we have a chairman for the activity.
Committee Reports Membership Committee:
Jack Sullivan congratulated the new 2nd/3rd Degree mem-bers present and Joe Marquez asked them to stay for pic-tures after the meeting.
Tony Schaffhauser, filling in for Jack in for the past month, reported that we had 16 new 2nd/3rd members at the Nov. 7 Exemplification at St Marks. Eight of the 3rd Degree members were new Knights within the past year. The other eight had been 1st Degree for 2-28 years.
Jack stressed that we all need to be active recruiters and he needs additional Mentors for the new members. Please con-tact him.
Retention Committee:
Mike Schmisek reported that several members in arrears that were contacted had not received invoices. Eight of those con-tacted have paid and an additional six said they wanted to con-tinue and were invoiced. Four delinquent members said they wanted to withdraw and were asked to send withdrawal letters. Several others could not be contacted due to incorrect email addresses and/or non-operating phone numbers. According to his list there were still 108 members in arrears and Mike asked that all those assigned to contact members in arrears continue their efforts. Charity Committee:
Recommended $100 for the St Frances Cabrini Respect Life Committee. Moved, Seconded, and passed unanimous-ly.
No recommendations on the following: Solidarity Cross Project of K of C, Chalices for the Congo.
Pending recommendations awaiting proposals for review: Guest House, Catholic Charities, and Pennies from Heaven.
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Curt Siroky reported a $22,863.42 balance in our main operating account including a $4,897 deduction in the Kitchen Account. Financial Secretary’s Report: FS Joe Birge reported he and Curt have been working diligently to resolve all the transactions and that all accounts are now in order. Report of Trustees: No report Chancellor’s Report on Vocations: No report Report of Service Program Director Richard Simpson:
Respect Life: no report
Church: no report 4th Degree Report: FN Richard Simpson reported the follow-ing activities:
VFW Dinner had 24 participants from the Littleton VFW Post and Assembly 2813. The talk by Sgt, Jeff Burke was very interesting.
Four Sir Knights participated in the rosary at Ft Logan on Veterans Day.
The Flag and Pledge of Allegiance presentation at St Ber-nadette Catholic School was greatly appreciated by the students and staff. Tony Giuliani, Ernest Joas, Walt Hunter,
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Minutes (continued from page 9) and Bob Patterson made the presentation.
Doug Cook became a 4th Degree member at the Nov. 15 Exemplification in Limon.
Field Agent Report: Jeff Smith was not present. Report of the District Deputy: DD Frank McGinley reported on the following items:
The Annual Fraternal Survey is due in January. We need to start planning for it.
State Mid-Year Meeting 12/11-13 at Denver Crown Plaza. 1st Degree on 12/11, Kids Christmas party 12/12.
Pennies From Heaven: we have a jar to collect $1 dona-tions for members not having their rosaries at the meetings.
The Council should look into the Hour of Prayer program. Unfinished Business: None New Business:
Jack Sullivan proposed starting a Corporate Communion Sunday breakfast for all members and their families. Broth-er Ray is willing to prepare breakfast casseroles and we could also have fruit, coffee cake and a kids menu. This could be funded from donations. This would be a good opportunity to meet other KC families, especially for new members and their families. The discussion focused on the need for advanced approval from the church for the facili-ties and planning with the Corporate Communion mass schedule. It is probably only feasible for the 7:15a and
9:15a Sunday masses. The proposal was approved by a vote of 38-2.
DGK Simpson asked if we need to have a meeting in De-cember in view of the Mid-Year and other KC activities. The consensus was that we do need a meeting for planning the Italian Dinner, Parish Breakfast and other activities coming up in January and February. The meeting is moved up on the schedule to December 16 to avoid conflicts with Christmas week.
Good of the Order: The Recorder read the names on the Sick and Distressed list and we prayed for their improved health. The names will be published in the newsletter. The Worthy Lecturer has prepared meatball sandwiches and other goodies for enjoy-ment after the meeting. Closing: After the readings and prayers, the meeting was ad-journed at 8:30p Respectfully submitted by Tony Schaffhauser for Recorder Doug Cook.
