THE COUNSELOR A Monthly Newsletter for the members and supporters of:

Our Lady of Fatima Council # 3228 - Knights of Columbus

1040 N. Post Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46219-4222

www.kofc3228.org

Volume 67, No. 11 Phone: 317-897-1577 E-Mail: fatima3228@sbcglobal.net May 2017

RECORDER: Larry Lathrop

ADVOCATE: Louis Kopernak III

WARDEN: Chris Wagner

INSIDE GUARD: PGK Ron Bowman

OUTSIDE GUARDS: Chris Love

Jack Fisher

LECTURER: Terry McGinley

One YR. TRUSTEE: PGK Eric Struewing

Two YR. TRUSTEE: PGK Dave Spanke

Three YR. TRUSTEE: PGK Jeff Emminger

EDITOR: PGK Stephen Day

INSURANCE: David Cyborski, 317-667-4481,

E-mail: david.cyborski@kofc.org

HALL MNGR: Danny Gallos 317-897-1577

CHAPLAIN: Fr. Juan Jose Valdes

DISTRICT DEPUTY: Lee Ashton

GRAND KNIGHT: Joseph Ritter

DEPUTY GK: Bil McLaughlin

CHANCELLOR: David Thomas

FINANCIAL SECR.: Walt Linne

TREASURER: Dave Andres

Council Officer Slate for 2017-18 It is hard to believe another year has gone by, but here it is time to start thinking about who will lead our be-loved Council into its 68th year. The current trustees and officers have attempted to assemble a worthy slate of officers for the upcoming year. Unfortunately, not all the spots are filled, they could use your help. This is the first of two publications that are required by our Council constitution to alert the membership of the im-pending election. The election of officers is held the first Monday of June every year. (June 5th this year) Our fraternal year for the Council expires on June 30th and the officers elected in June assume office at that time. The officer installation, mass and dinner will be announced in June issue of this newsletter.

Any 3rd degree member of our Council is encouraged to add himself to the ballot for any officer position in the Council. In fact, we are still looking for persons who willing to serve the Council as DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT, WARDEN and OUTSIDE GUARD for next year. If this sounds of interest to you, please contact either GK Joe Ritter, PGK Eric Struewing, or GK Jeff Emminger to get your name on the ballot. There is no limit to the number of names that may run for a Council office. For any contested position, there will be run-offs on election night until a 50% majority candidate is selected for the office in question. As we go to press, the current members willing to tackle the responsibilities of our Council for 2017-18 are:

Grand Knight: Bill McGlaughlin, Deputy GK: OPEN, Chancellor: Dave Thomas, Treasurer: Dave Andres , Recorder: Louis Kopernak III, Advocate: Chris Wagner, Warden: OPEN, Inside Guard: Jack Fisher, Out-side Guard #1: Chris Love , Outside Guard #2: OPEN, 3rd Year Trustee: GK Joseph Ritter , 2nd Year Trustee: PGK Jeff Emminger, 1st Year Trustee: PGK Dave Spanke.

Check back again with our June issue for updates and additional details.

May 13th 2017 marks 100 years since Our Lady of Fatima appeared to three chil-dren of Portugal in 1917 and revealed many prophecies of the 20th century. Our Council was named after this event honoring her at its founding. To recognize this historic mark of her apparitions, Our Lady of Fatima Council will hold a spe-cial ceremony and dinner on Monday evening, May 15th. The Council entryway statue of Mary will be adorned with flowers and maintained the rest of May. At 6:00 PM, all will be invited to recite the rosary in thanksgiving of the many favors answered through Our Lady of Fatima over the past century.. Dinner will begin at 6:30 PM. The cost will be $5 per person, children under 12 free. After the meal, but before dessert, (around 7:15), there will be a short presentation by Rev. Richard M. Ginther, Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Indi-

anapolis.. The evening will conclude with dessert and general camaraderie. All are welcome, please join us.

100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima Apparitions

Our Good Samaritan: by PGK Bill Karandos

Our Good Samaritan this month is Bro. Chris Wagner. Chris and his lovely wife, MaDonna have one son, Kevin. Kevin graduated Southport High School and currently attends Wa-bash College in Crawfordsville, IN. Chris currently serves as Warden and has been in this position for several years. He faithfully works at our monthly breakfast each month and has done this for several years as well. He volunteers to clean up the kitchen after many of our Council activities. Chris is one of those individuals that makes our Council function without you knowing he is there. Thank you for all you do Chris! It is much appreciated by us all!

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Rosary List: We Pray for: Our military, firefighters, police, medical personnel. The end of abortion, respect for all life, Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus Benedict, Archbishop Emeritus Buechlein, Our Seminarian, Jeffrey Dufresne, all Clergy, Religious, and Seminarians, for all Knights and their families.

Intentions for: Nancy Ryan - wife of deceased Bro. Jim Ryan, Bro. Sam Ajamie, Bro. Dave Moran, PGK Ken Taylor, Bro. Jim Bowman, Larry Davis, Jim Kennedy, Jim Cummins, Eduardo Valdez, Fr. Bill Munshower, Bro. Jack Doyle, PGK Ron Bowman, Ron Bowman’s grandson, They Meyer family

Deceased: none this month

Thursday Afternoon Movies:

Spring is in the air. . How about celebrating with some friends by catching a movie at the Council? No Cost! Come on out and enjoy a great time!

May 11th 1 PM That Midnight Kiss (1949) Starrin: Mario Lanza, Katherine Grayson

May 25th 1 PM Charade (1963) Starrin: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, James Coburn

June 8th 1 PM Top Hat (1935) Starrin: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers

Relevant revelations by PGK Eric Struewing

“Draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil” Ephesians 6:10 – 11 Now, during Easter our spiritual renewal is at its peak. Joy-ous, yes, but let’s be real, the devil is still present. His plan is to break up unity, and this starts with the family. There are so many distractions to make our families irrelevant. Many reli-gious leaders including Popes, priests, even you as a parish-ioner, see declines in Christian family life. As we celebrate 100 years since the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima, let us consecrate our lives to the immaculate heart so there will be peace. Our future faith and families depend on it.

Gibault News: by Envoy Walt Linne

I recently experienced "one of those moments" when I met this wonderfully polite and astound-ingly young eight year old lady from the Gibault school. I ask her where she was from and she replied, "I have no home, my home is in my heart." And, "you are a nice man and you are in my heart." Wow!......... I was momentarily speechless...between how polite she was and her astounding words...words that were more poetic then sad...I fully realized how important the Gibault School is to the boys and girls. We are so blessed to be able to support this school through our Order. God bless Gibault and the children of Gibault. Please keep the chil-dren of Gibault in your prayers and thank the staff and teachers for all they do for these boys and girls. Seeing Gibault's campus first hand is another great way to realize how you can benefit the lives of these children. Tours are available Monday thru Friday (10:00AM - 2:00PM) and last 90 minutes...please contact the Council if you would like to go on a tour.

Financial Secretary News: by FS Walt Linne

I hope everyone had a beautiful and happy Easter. Christ has risen, Alleluia! (Why did the Easter egg hide? ** It was a little chicken!) **** We still have a few members that have not paid their membership dues. In the event you have not received your bill, please contact us...we may have the wrong address. And, please keep in mind that part of our membership fee goes to help other non-profit organization e.g. Special Olympics, Gibault School...so your membership is greatly appreciated by many. God bless you. **** Please wel-come new Honorary Brother Robert P. Shanahan.

Grand Knights Report by GK Joseph Ritter: The State Annual Convention went very well. It was nice to see all the fellow brothers together again from across the entire State at the Indianapo-lis Marriott East. Thanks to all who bought the green tick-ets for Gilbualt raffle. We donated over $1100.00 to the cause.

This month, we look forward to the 100th Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima Apparitions on Monday evening, 5/15. We will have Fr Rick from Lourdes giving a small talk about the apparitions. We will do a rosary at 6pm, dinner at 6:30, and Fr.’s talk with begin around 7:15 pm, all for our usual Dinner with the Knights price of $5.. We are seeking donations for the fresh flower we plan to decorate our entryway Marian statue with through the month of May. Either drop by the Council and see Walt or put a check in the mail to the Council. Thank you in advance for your support.

Ladies Auxiliary: by President Pam Donaldson

At our meeting this month, we finalized all the details for the Nun's Appreciation party and our Spring Rummage sale. We also donated four $100 gift cards to the parishes we serve for the Easter holiday. Our next meeting, May 10th, will be at a different location than the Council Come to the IHOP located at the Fort at 6:00 pm. This way, we can have some food, fun and have a very short meeting. If you are Catholic, over 18, or non-Catholic and married to a Knight and would like to join our group, contact Pam Donaldson, 317-431-5239 formore information. We would love for you to join us.

Editor Notes: Special thanks to Mary Kohout and Pam Donaldson, who are organizing and handling the mail-ing of this publication, thus saving the Council substantial postage fees.

Submit all articles or pictures you wish included in this publication in the Counselor mailbox at the Council or e-mail the Editor, PGK Steve Day at: fatimacounselor@sbcglobal.net. Submit Council Website updates to PGK Jeff Emminger at jemminger@sbcglobal.net or call him at 317-407-2465.

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Our Lady of Fatima Council # 3228 Knights of Columbus 1040 N. Post Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46219-4222

May Birthdays: We recognize our Brother Knights celebrating their birth-

day this month.

Address Service Requested

James Erlenbaugh 5/1

Donald Kidwell 5/1

Tom Redmond 5/2

Joe Smith 5/2

James Hodges 5/4

Melvin Lathrop 5/6

PGK M. Jim Tobin 5/6

Joseph McCormick 5/7

Steven Schilling 5/7

Joseph Stroude 5/8

Michael Ford, 5/8

Joseph Stroude 5/8

Lawrence Schlenz 5/10

Floyd Rennier 5/13

Michael Kanney 5/13

Carl Rennier 5/14

Thomas O’Donnell 5/15

Steven Rennier 5/15

Donald Lathrop 5/17

Patrick Dillon 5/18

1st Friday Monthly Rosary: PGK Ken Taylor spon-sors a monthly rosary in memory of all deceased Fatima Council members and friends the 1st Friday each month at 7 PM. All are welcome to join in for this lovely prayer.

Patriotfest V Car Show Sponsored by St. Joe

Council, 6/17/17

Enter your collectible car in the show sponsored by St. Joe Council Registra-tion will be Sat., 6/17, from 9am - 12am. Show will run from Noon - 2:30 PM. Entry fee only $10. It will be held at the VFW Post #7119, 6525 Lee Road, near the old Ft. Harrison. Live Music and Food!

Fatima Event Center

Facebook Page!:

Facebook users, please look up our new Face-book page. Please “Like” it to spread the word!

Harry Rail, 05/19

Joseph Hanley 5/20

Andre De Calonne 5/20

Steven McConnell 5/21

James Pfaff 5/23

William Brown, 05/27

Leon Waninger 5/27

PFS G. Julian Wagner 5/28

PGK Bill Karandos 5/29

Frank Rettig 5/30

PGK Carl Miller 5/31

Urban Ritter, 5/31

SAVE THE DATE! Central Indiana Chapter Baseball

Night, 6/29/17

Central Indiana KofC Chapter Baseball night at Victory Field to be held on Thursday evening, June 29th. Dinner before the game at Mater Dei Council 437's McGowan hall. Free bus ride from Mater Dei to the game and back afterwards with free parking available at Mater Dei. Dinner, ride and game ticket is $10 per person. Please RSVP tickets soon for your family and friends through FS Walt Linne.