Christ Our Redeemer Council # 13527
- “DOUBLE-STAR
COUNCIL“-
March 2007 Newsletter
Executive Committee meets the last Thursday of each month. General Membership meeting is the first Thursday of each month. Both meetings are in the sanctuary.
Please give Newsletter inputs to Ron Rabiansky by the 15th of each month.
Officers
|
Grand Knight |
Tim Stapleton |
Deputy Grand Knight |
Jack Starr |
|
Chancellor |
Gregg Muntzner |
Warden |
Phil Fralix |
|
Recorder |
Larry Falk |
Treasurer |
Steve Sadowski |
|
Advocate |
Kevin Knebl |
3 year Trustee |
Jack Brennan |
|
2 year Trustee |
Frank Liberatori |
1 year Trustee |
Ron Rabiansky |
|
Inside Guard |
Ignacio Zermeno |
Outside Guard |
Zigmas Krasauskas |
|
Financial Secretary |
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Assistant Chaplain |
Deacon Bill Schaal |
Council
History
Our
council was established in June of 2004 and held its first official meeting on
1 July. The majority of charter members
transferred from the Father Lesch Council 7667.
With the support of Father Roy Marien and a lot of hard work by the district deputy and a
committee of Knights, the council has become a reality. Our Council is now 117
strong and growing! We continue to work hard to establish ourselves as
a charitable fraternal organization within the Christ Our Redeemer community.
Awarded Star and last year Double Star Council under PGK Len Casey and PGK Ron
Rabiansky.
Grand Knight’s Column
I have been fortunate over the last several weeks to attend and participate
in several events with other Knights that clearly illustrated the Unity and
Fraternity within our organization.
Please avail yourself to the strength of character and commitment to
Knights of Columbus.
Our
Secondly,
I participated in a rosary and service for Our Lady of Victory in Crestview’s
pastor, Father O’Connor on Friday night 2/16/2007. We had 5 different Assembly’s supporting the
Honor Guard duties, with over 40+ Knights in regalia. The reverence and support of the Knight’s
during this solemn event in the Panhandle of Florida was overwhelming to the
community and to our priests and the bishop.
Finally,
I was extremely proud to be a part of the 4th degree ceremony with 9
of our Brothers took on the title, “Sir Knight” of the 4th degree
Assembly in
God Bless all of you,
Tim Stapleton
Grand Knight Council #13527
Cell-850-582-4044
tim@ec-execs.com
Welcome back Frank Ott after
deployment in the
February 11th General
Membership Meeting Minutes
Grand Knight, Tim Stapleton opened the meeting at
Prayers for the 4th Degree candidates were offered by Assistant
Chaplain, Bill Schaal.
Minutes from meeting on January 4th were approved as printed.
Roll call of officers- all present except Ignacio Zermeno, and Phil Fralix who
were excused.
Attendance was- 30 Knights.
Grand Knight’s Report-
Tim Stapleton thanked all for attending on such a rainy night. He
thanked Jack and Pat Brennan for all the hard work at the Clergy
Appreciation Dinner, and all in attendance agreed.
COR 1st degree will be held on March 1, at our general meeting at
Note was read from the Pavilion thanking the KOC Council for the Christmas
Party gifts.
Knight of the Month- Steve Sadowski
Family of the Month- Adam & Sarah Dieterich
The GK proposed that on the 3rd Thursday, that the Knights host, for the
Parish, a monthly speaker from our community and have an open house with a
light snack. This idea was proposed at the Executive Board Meeting and
followed up with the idea brought before the general meeting. After
discussion the idea was put into a motion to start this in March. The
motion was passed.
The Handicapped
Chaplain Report- no report
Treasurer Report- Steve Sadowski reports a balance of
$10470.74 as of
Income of $1576.50- Total of $12102.81. Expenses of $905.49. New
balance is $11,197.32.
Financial Secretary Report-
Membership is 118.
Annual Fraternal Survey Report- Activity Expenses- $6,522,
Disbursements-Church, $1094, Community, $4490, Youth, $1108, total
Charity $6,692. Fraternal commitments
visit sick- 338 hours, bereaved- 78 hours, visits- 416 hours, blood donors- 22.
Estimated hours of volunteer
Estimated hours of fraternal service sick/disabled members and their
families-190.
Chancellor Report- Vocations- no report
Ron Rabiansky ask for volunteers to help with Special Olympics
basketball tourney to be held on base at Eglin on Feb. 16-17. More info
to follow.
Marty Marler is working on the audit and all is going well.
Jack Starr, Deputy Grand Knight- reports that Corporate Communion is on
Feb. 11 with the rosary starting at
Membership- Tom Webb asked for help after all masses on Feb.
10-11 for our membership drive. He is looking for Knights to do a short talk (3
minutes) before all the masses to promote our Council.
Church- Jack Brennan reports Corporate Communion on Feb.
11. 4th Degree Knights will wear Regalia. Jack suggested that on
Holy Thursday, April 5, for the Knights to give one hour to be with the
Blessed Sacrament.
Community- Frank Liberatori reports that the blood mobile
will be at COR on Feb. 25,
Council- Larry Falk recapped last years Handicapped Citizens
Drive and asked for help for this year’s event to be held on March 15-17.
Sign up sheet was passed around and members were asked to give at least an hour
during the weekend.
Larry also mentioned a memo that he sent the media for our membership drive.
Family- Ron Rabiansky reports that next months meeting we will
vote on Knight of the Year and Family of the Year.
Youth- Greg Muntzner reports that the basketball free-throw
contest will be held at NHS on Feb. 10, report time is
Scholarships will be awarded in May. We have 3 to give of $500 each.
Traveling toilet for Relay for Life is being done by the youth of our
parish. This will be from Feb. 1-28. Fees will be charge of $10,
& $15 for insurance, with these proceeds going to Relay for Life.
Sid Howard talked about the possibility of a Squires Club for
youth. He introduced two of our new members in attendance, Bayani
Fajardo & Andy Edwards.
Unfinished Business- None.
New Business- Jack Brennan talked further on the Mardi Gras party to
be held COR on Feb. 16.
4th Degree Report- Dave Halupowski reports
that our 9 Knights going to
He will be traveling to Pensacola Abortion Clinic on Friday, anyone wishing to
offer their support and attend, let him know.
District Deputy Report- Rich Walcheck discussed the 5 CD’s that
Kevin Kelley of Destin has to use to defend our faith. He will have info
on how to obtain those CD”S.
He also discussed the Columbian Homes purchase opportunity per State Advocate.
He wanted support to have the State Advocate come to our area and asked us to
be one of the councils to pay $60 to house the State Advocate. A motion
was made to pay up to $100 in order to make sure he could attend. Motion
was passed.
State reports are due at the end of March. Altar server of the year is
also due in March.
Prayers were offered for the sick and distressed by Bill Schaal.
Letter was read by
Good of the Order- Dave
Halupowski discussed the life of St. Mathew, filling in for Ryan Krietsch.
Final Prayers were offered by Bill Schaal.
Meeting was adjourned at
Abortion
Clinic Report-
Report made by Dave Halupowski. Friday is the
day abortions are performed at the
Just as Sir Knight Walton knelt down on the
sidewalk to pray the Rosary, an escort came up to him immediately and started a
conversation. He got real friendly asking how he was and other chitchat. His
actions were to stop him from praying. (How the devil hates The Rosary!)
Just then the policeman stopped the busy traffic on
We moved back to the entrance of the clinic with
another Pro-life worker there, and we prayed the Sorrowful Mystery followed by
the Joyful Mystery in honor of that day’s feast of the Presentation. The next
was to be a Chaplet of Divine Mercy but I was shivering from the cold by now
and excused myself. I had a 200-mile drive to do that day for the Fourth Degree
exemplification and I might have started to feel warm by the time I passed
DeFuniak Springs going to
Insurance
Corner
A wise man once told me that time surely flies in the life insurance business. Without doubt, time flies for you, our fraternal leaders, as well. Even though our fraternal year is not yet half over, June 30 will be here before we know it. Since we all have our sights set on the Star Council Award, now is the time to work towards that goal. The purpose of my column in this issue is to remind you of the wonderful opportunity we have to help our Order grow, and to offer a couple of suggestions on how we can best do that.
The month of February is our membership recruitment
campaign. Now is the time to follow through with all interested prospective
members we spoke with. Let’s make them
members during March.
I can help, not only in explaining to prospects our
outstanding insurance products, but also on the many other benefits of joining
the Order. Even better, I can help you
feel more comfortable in making the membership “sale” yourselves.
Call Sid Howard today
to discuss these needs. He wants to hear from you.
Saint of the Month
Apostle Matthew, also known as Levi, was a Jew who
worked for the Roman occupying force as a tax collector. Because of this
profession, and because many tax collectors extorted money to improve their own
fortune, Matthew was regarded by his people as a sinner. When Jesus personally
called this sinner to be one of his closest followers, he definitely made a
statement.
From the Gospel of Matthew it is written, “As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man named
Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up
and followed him.” Matthew (9:9).
Jesus saw Matthew, not merely in the usual sense,
but more significantly with his merciful understanding of men. This following meant imitating the pattern of
his life - not just walking after him.
There is no reason for surprise that the tax
collector abandoned earthly wealth as soon as the Lord commanded him. Nor
should one be amazed that neglecting his wealth, he joined a band of men whose
leader had, on Matthew's assessment, no riches at all. Our Lord summoned
Matthew by speaking to him in words. By an invisible, interior impulse flooding
his mind with the light of grace, he instructed him to walk in his footsteps.
In this way Matthew could understand that Christ, who was summoning him away from
earthly possessions, had incorruptible treasures of heaven in his gift.
There is little known about the life of Matthew
other than what is reported in the New Testament. The date he was born is not
known and neither is the exact date of his death. Tradition holds that he was
martyred while evangelizing in
February 2007 Knight of the Month
The Knight of the Month for February is Steve Sadowski. He has been a faithful and
diligent Knight for thirty years and a 4th degree for twenty-three years.
He
is a Past Grand Knight and presently serves as treasurer of our council. Steve
is the Color Corp Commander, serves on the 1st degree team as the
Grand Knight, works pasta night and is a cook at
Steve was born in Newark New Jersey, served in the Army during the Korean Conflict, worked for and is retired from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He and his lovely wife Marta have been married for 51 years; they have three daughters and three granddaughters. He is an avid golfer and enjoys bowling and an occasional card game.
February 2007 Family
of the Month
Family of the month for February is Adam and
Sarah Dieterich. Adam and Sarah are
both locals raised in
Sarah teaches piano and also does
occasional music jobs for weddings and provides recording help for
people. Sarah is known well as she plays between
Adam and Sarah have a long family history with the
Knights of Columbus.
Adam’s grandfather is a 4th degree in
Sarah’s brother-in-law is a 3rd degree stationed at
Warner Robbins, GA, and her father-in-law
is a 3rd degree w/4444 in
They expect their first child in June and are very
excited about starting a family.
They are also heavily involved in chastity-education
in the diocese w/a group called Chastity, Inc. They make presentations to
12-14 year olds and their parents on the Catholic Church's teaching on chastity
and John Paul II's Theology of the Body and do additional segments on
communications and peer pressure. They have been featured twice in the
Florida Catholic.
We are very proud of their involvement with our
Parish and KOC Council. Adam only made
his 1st Degree this past September and 3rd Degree in
November. He would have made his 4th
Degree this past month he didn’t have 6 months yet as a knight. They attend most every event at the parish from
Lenten soup nights to the parish picnic and obviously all the Knights
functions. They love our Parish and we are very fortunate to have them in
the Paris and KOC.
February 2007 4th Degree 3 February
The following Knights are now “Sir Knights” and made
their 4th Degree in
Brad Alvadj, Alex Connors, Jay Cockrum, Lt Col Eric
Fick, Marc Fournier, Mike Kramer, Phil Fralix, Maj Rich Pearson, and DGK Jack
Starr.
Special
Olympics Support 17 February
The following Knights and family members attended
the Eglin AFB Special Olympics: Chris Coombs and his boy and daughter,
Black
History Mass at St Mary’s 10 February
MARCH
Happy Birthdays
Happy Birthday to all of
the following Brother Knights for the month of March:
Wish them a great one!!! Larry Snyder, Rich Pearson,
Prayer
Chain
Please pray for the
following brother knights & family members who may be sick or in distress:
Ed
& Connie Ehring, and Len Casey’s Daughter-In-Law, Ethel Stakus, Paul-Ann
Carucci, Connard & Joyce Scovel, and Clovis Proulx.
I
AM The Resurrection!
Calendar of Events
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10 February |
Basketball Free-Throw |
NHS @ |
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10 – 11 February |
Membership Drive |
All Masses |
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11 February |
Corporate Communion |
COR 7 AM |
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11 February |
Black History Mass |
St Mary’s w/Bishop 3PM |
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16 February |
Mardi Gras Party |
COR |
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16 – 17 February |
Support Special Olympics |
Eglin AFB, FL (Base Gym) |
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17 February |
District Basketball
Free-throw |
NHS @ |
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22 February |
KOC Executive Meeting |
COR |
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1 March |
General Membership Mtg |
COR |
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14 – 18 March |
Tootsie |
Niceville and Destin area |
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Dec, Jan & Feb |
Bingo and Pasta Dinners |
HNJ Fridays and First
Saturday |
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