Newsletter
March 2009
St. Luke the Evangelist
Knights of
New
2nd and 3rd Degrees
Council
Teams
Job
Network
Marriage
Amendment
Council
Meeting
Knight/Family
of Month Men’s Retreat
Pancake Breakfast. Sunday, March 1, after
First Degree Exemplifications. Tuesday,
March 3 at St. Francis.
Council Meeting. Wednesday, March 4,
Highway Pickup. March
14,
St. Patrick’s Day Party.
Saturday, March 14,
Public Policy Meeting. Wednesday,
March 18,
First Degree Exemplification. Tuesday,
April 7 at St. Francis.
Third Degree Exemplifications. Saturdays,
May 2 at Price Council and June 6 at St. Mary’s in Garner.
Fourth Degrees. June 27 in
Ignatian Retreat. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, June 12-14 at
Social Outings. Durham Bulls Outing , Friday night June 5, Jersey Boys
Concert, Friday night, June 26. Contact Terry Whalen.
Brothers
David Boyer, Paul Criscuolo, Bernie Dawson, Frank DeMarco, and Angel Figueroa received
full Knighthood in the 3rd Degree on Saturday, February 14. The exemplification took place at St. Thomas
More in
On February
7, Brothers Paul Crisculolo, Bernard Dawson and Angel Figueroa, James Flint,
Tayor Mc Keller, and Joe Smolenski became 2nd Degrees at Price
Council. This exemplification was
observed by Brothers Tom Colopy, Larry Opanasenko and GK Terry Whalen. On
February 19, Brother Randy Wilson became a 2nd Degree Knight at St.
Raphael’s, observed by Brothers Whalen, Kupec and Haag.
Participation
We need your involvement in a Council Program of your
choice. Perhaps you are already participating on a team but have not yet signed
up. Attached is the latest Council team
volunteer listing. Please call or e-mail Terry Whalen or Jim Haag to add your
name. Become more involved in your Council
and get to know your Brother Knights.
Job Network
Council’s Jobs and Skills Networking
Group has these goals:
·
Creating
an online database of member professions, skills, and hobbies
·
Job
networking to learn about open positions.
·
Seminars
to learn about growing professions and required training.
·
Ability
to identify members that have unique or specialized tools and equipment.
Marriage Amendment
At our
February 4 business meeting, Council adopted a proposal to join the NC4
Marriage Coalition as part of our on-going public policy initiative to support
“traditional” marriage in our State. By
doing so, we lend our voice to the many other religious and secular
organizations and groups across our State, including our Catholic Bishops, that
are seeking to amend our State Constitution to define marriage as the “union of
one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others”.
Mark these
very important dates on your calendar and participate, if possible, to protect,
defend, and promote traditional marriage.
At
Our K of C Council will present our
signed petitions to our respective State Representatives and Senators at this
rally.
If
you can only attend one of Tuesday’s programs, choose the Marriage Rally.
Council meets
Please consider offering to bring food and refreshments for pre-meeting socials -- reimbursements made! Let Terry Whalen, GK know if you can volunteer for this.
Knight/Family of the Month
Congratulations
to EB Moore who received the Knight of the Month award and to Jim and Terri
Haag, Family of the Month for January.
Do
you know of a worthy Brother or a Knight family who deserve of special
recognition from our awards program? Send
nominees to John Bilhmeyer (jatnc@mailcity.com) with a short
justification paragraph.
“Stewards of What Has Been Entrusted to Us”
The theme
of the 2009 Men’s Ignatian Retreat is:
How we use and share the many gifts and blessings God gives us. Through mass and familiar devotions, through
brief talks and personal prayer – and general retreat silence – Fr. Proterra,
S.J. will lead us through an understanding and appreciation of
STEWARDSHIP.
Stewardship
is the process by which we, individually and together, return to God his gifts
to us through generous service of our neighbors. St. Luke’s Knights of Columbus
and the Journeymen are jointly sponsoring this retreat for men at
Fr.
Michael Proterra, S.J., stationed
at St. Raphael’s, will direct the retreat, using the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
For
information contact Jim Haag at 841-5817.
Or, reserve your slot today by completing the
form below and remitting it with a $50 check to K of C Council #12455.
Send Retreat Registration and $50
deposit to Jim Haag,
Name: ______________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________
City, State Zip Code:
___________________________________
Phone:
_____________________________________________
E-mail: _____________________________________________
*The
deposit is refundable up to two weeks prior to the retreat.
Calling Tree Key Contacts: Abell, Dubis, Cicchetti, Egan, Kupec, T/J. Lindsey,
Leija, Bailey, Whalen, Rothengast
First Degree Team: Cochran, Kupec, Haag, T. Lindsey, Benigno, Rothengast, Cicchetti
Raffle/Fund Raisers: Sancineto, Whalen, Benigno,
Dasher, Rothengast, Egan
Scrapbook/Program/Newsletter: Rothengast, Haag
Communication/Awards:
Rothengast, Kuszaj
Membership/Retention: Kupec, Whalen, Benigno,
Rothengast, Egan, Burkett
Mentors (Buddy Program): Rothengast,
Kupec, Whalen, Aremia, Burkett, T. Lindsey, Herhold, Cuda
Barbeque Construction/Maintenance: Cox,
Corsmeier, Cuda, Fober, Kupec
Barbeque Cooking:
Corsmeier, Fober, Kupec
Keep Christ in Christmas: Whalen, Haag,
Sander
Kitchen: Fober, Aremia, Dougherty, Corsmeier,
Opansenko, R. DeMarco, Rombout
Decoration and Set up: Williams, Rombout
Vocations/Seminarians: Fober, Rothengast, Egan
Take Fr. Joe to Lunch: Aremia,
Sancineto, Rothengast, Fober, Whalen, Ewbank, Bihlmeyer, Dasher, Burkett,
Benigno, Kupec, Eshelman, Dougherty, Corsmeier,
Haag, Mitta, Juda, Beasley, Rombout, Stanson, Rich DeMarco, Frank DeMarco,
Kraehenbuehl
Corporate Mass: Ewbank, Kuszaj, Rothengast
Vita Nova: Aremia, Bihlmeyer,
Boy Scouts: Burkett, Bihlmeyer
Alter Servers: Kuszaj
Adopt a Highway:
Abell, Cox, Juda, Sofra,
Bihlmeyer, Tomczak, Benigno
Habitat: Herhold, R. DeMarco
Operation Lamb:
Opansenko, Lindsey,
Pro Life:
Lindsey, Juda, Schultz, Dasher, Abell, Dougherty, Haag
Public Policy Initiatives and Actions: Dougherty,
Benigno, Burkett, Rothengast, Aremia, Whalen, J. Lindsey, T. Lindsey,
Corsmeier, Haag, Stanson, O’Donnell, Eshelman, Schultz,
Relay for Life: Whalen, Irving, Boyer
Catholic Parish Outreach: Whalen, Dougherty
Assist Those in Need: Cicchetti, Phillips, Whalen, Ewbank
Veteran’s Day: Tomczak
Peter Visitation Team:
Abell, Aremia, Beasley,
Benigno, Corsmeier, Cox, F. DeMarco, R.
DeMarco, Dobner, Egan, Ewbank, Haag, Kupec, T. Lindsey, Whalen
RBC: Corsmeier, Terry Whalen
Church Picnic: Sancineto
Dances and Parties:
Sancineto, Kuszaj
Miniature Golf Outing:
Rothengast
Pancake Breakfast: Cochran,
Aremia, Bihlmeyer, Whalan, Corsmeier, Sancineto, Dubis, Fober, Herhold,
Rothengast, Egan