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Fr. McNelis Council #1481 OCTOBER 2018 Ed. https://kofc1481.org
Grand Knight: Michael Morris — Deputy Grand Knight: Bob Dalecki — Financial Secretary: Kevin Strezo — Treasurer: Jeff Bacha
Firstly, I would like to express my deepest condolenc-es to Fr. Tom Federline and his family on the passing of their father, SK Jim Federline. Jim was a Brother Knight (a Sir Knight at that) in our Council, the father of our Council Chaplain (Fr. Tom), and a great friend who will be sadly missed by many people in the Indi-ana community. Rest in Peace, Brother Jim.
It is hard to sound excited while grieving the loss of a great friend, however SK Jim was always excited about his faith, so what better way to honor him then by carrying on in his memory.
We have started with a busy and productive year and have much more to look forward to. Let's extend a warm welcome to our first new brother knight of the year, Br. Mike Shero. I sincerely feel that Mike will be an asset to our council. In addition, I’d like to extend a congrat-ulations to Br. Charles Spadafora on receiving his 2nd Degree last month!
Wow, what a great job our new editor, Br. Michael D. Kostick, has done with the newsletter. Please keep articles flowing to him so we will all be informed of everything going on.
I would like to give a special thanks to Br. John Hardesty for accept-ing my invitation to be the C.O.A.L. program chairman. Please help with selling C.O.A.L. and Football Sweeps tickets as they are great fundraisers for our council.
Please see our calendar for the following upcoming events:
The Life chain on Philadelphia Street
40 Days for Life Prayer Vigils at Planned Parenthood in Pittsburgh
Baby Bottle Campaigns at all the churches of our council
Life Choices Banquet
November will bring the Hoss's Fundraiser, selling St. Anne's Home calendars, and our council's annual Memorial Mass to honor our de-ceased brother knights.
This month's meeting of the Greensburg Chapter K of C will be held Monday, 15 October, in Lucernemines. Rosary will begin at 7:15p followed by the meeting. I pray you will take advantage of this oppor-tunity to enjoy fellowship with other knights from the Greensburg Dio-cese and hear the things that their councils are doing.
Lastly, all brother knights of our council are invited to our council meeting Wednesday, 10 October at 7p. A lot of information is shared at the council meeting, along with great Catholic fellowship. Please come out to support your council and share your thoughts and ideas.
Br. Michael Morris Grand Knight
OCTOBER
3 Officers’ Meeting (Lodge—7p)
6/7 Baby Bottle Distribution
(STMUP & CofR—after all Masses)
7 Life Chain Indiana, PA
(Philadelphia Street—2-3p)
7 K of C Columbus Day Dinner
(Aliquippa—5:00p)
10 40 Days for Life Vigil
(Pittsburgh—8:30a-3p)
10 Council Meeting (Lodge—7p)
12 First C.O.A.L. collection due
13/14 Baby Bottle Distribution
(SBofC— after all Masses)
15 Greensburg Chapter Meeting
(Lucernemines—7:15p)
18 Life Choice Banquet
(Indiana Country Club—6p)
21 3rd Degree Ceremony (Greensburg-1p)
20/21 Baby Bottle Distribution
(CofR—After all Masses)
*C.O.A.L. Tickets, Football Sweeps*
NOVEMBER
1 All Saints Day (Holy Day)
3/4 Hoss’s Cash Cow Fundraiser
(STMUP, SBofC, & CofR—After all Masses)
7 Officers’ Meeting (Lodge—7p)
11 K of C 1481 Memorial Mass (STMUP—10a)
14 Council Meeting (Lodge—7p)
19 Greensburg Chapter Meeting & Memorial
Mass (Clelian Heights—7p)
24/25 St. Anne’s Home Calendar Sales
(STMUP & SBofC—After all Masses)
*C.O.A.L. Tickets, Hoss’s Cash Cow, St. Anne’s
Calendars*
DECEMBER
1 Final C.O.A.L. collection due
5 Officers’ Meeting (Lodge—7p)
8 Immaculate Conception (Holy Day)
9 4th Degree Pancake Breakfast
STMUP—after 10a Mass)
12 Council Meeting (Lodge—7p)
17 Greensburg Chapter Christmas Party
(Youngwood—7p)
31 State Scholarship Applications due
2018 Calendar Grand Knight’s Notes
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Please consider joining Fr. Tim Kruthaupt for a peaceful prayer vigil in front of Planned Parenthood in Pittsburgh. These vigils are held to pray for an end to abortion and can be a very rewarding experience. The vigils are held every day during the 40 days between 26 September through until 3 November from 7:00a to 7:00p. Anyone is welcome to go and peacefully pray during these times. Planned Parenthood is located at 933 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA. Scheduled trips to the Planned Parenthood Clinic during this Fall’s 40 Days for Life are listed below. Pickup times may vary by location (Indiana, Lucernemines, Latrobe, etc.) so please contact Brian or Lisa Buggey via cell (724.840.1163) for Indiana County times and locations.
Saturday, 6 October 2018: 8:00a—10:00a
Wednesday, 10 October 2018: 11:00a—1:00p
Saturday, 20 October 2018: 08:00a—10:00a
Wednesday, 24 October 2018: 11:00a—1:00p
Saturday, 3 November 2018: 08:00a—10:00a
Additionally, as was announced in last month’s newsletter, Br. Bill Ager will be taking a group on Wednesday, 10 October, leaving from the St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church parking lot. Please contact Br. Ager via cell (724.465.4522) for more information.
Br. Michael Morris
Grand Knight
October 2018
*KNIGHT —YRS*
RICHARD G. SHARBAUGH—35 WILLIAM D. HUGHES—31 JAMES F. LUKEHART—30
JOHN G. HUGHES—29 MARK A. STUPIC—29
WILLIAM P. VESHINFSKY— 29 DAVID G. MILLER, SR— 28 DOUGLAS M. STEVE— 22
PAUL A. ZOLOCSIK, JR— 22 GEORGE A. KUZILLA—21 EDWARD F. ROLLING—20 CLIFFORD W. RUPERT—20 TIMOTHY W. TAYLOR—19 THOMAS C. BECKER—18
NFL Sweepstakes tickets are still available for purchase and are valid for the last 10 weeks of the regular NFL season! Each week there are 25 winners… that's 250 winners for a total of $25,000 in cash prizes for the entire 10-week sweepstakes. Prizes are awarded for the 17 highest and eight lowest scores.
The sweepstakes starts Sunday, 28 October and runs through Sunday, 30 December. During the 10-week sweepstakes period, you can check results weekly at www.fundcrazr.com. These tickets are easy to buy and sell and all proceeds help the Council as a fundraiser.
The hard deadline for all tickets and monies to be returned is Wednesday, 10 October! You can return these items to me at the 10 October Council meet-ing or contact me via cell (724.388.4034).
SK Bernie Liscik
Football Sweepstakes Chairman
Our annual Memorial Mass to remember Brother Knights
from our Council who passed away during the past year
will be honored on Sunday, 11 November, at the 10:00a
Mass at St. Thomas More University Parish. All Broth-
er Knights and their families are encouraged to attend this
Mass to pray for the repose of the souls of these men and
show support for their families. The officers ask that you
please wear your Knights of Columbus pins, attire, or blue
and gold in solidarity with your Brother Knights. There
will be a social event afterwards. If you know of any
Brother Knights who have passed away since November
of 2017, please contact Br. Tom Pearson via email
([email protected]) or cell (724.467.2991). This will
be a special memorial event with our Knights participating
as color guard and in the lay ministries of the Mass.
Br. Michael D Kostick
“The de Sales” Editor
SIR KNIGHTS, our Assembly meet-ing this month will be held on Wednesday, 24 September at 7p at the Indiana lodge. Please keep our meetings on your schedule as we meet on the 4th Wednesday of every month (except November and December). Your presence and input is requested and needed for us to be successful. Thank you (as always) to all of our Knights in the 4th degree!
SK Bernie Liscik
Faithful Navigator
The 4th Degree Fr. McNelis # 968
K of C #1481 Memorial Mass
NFL Football Sweepstakes
Notable Anniversaries (15 YEARS+ OF SERVICE)
Guardians for Life
On Thursday, 18 October, Life Choice Pregnancy Center will be holding their annual Fundraising Banquet at the Indiana Country Club in Indiana, PA. The doors will open at 6:00p, with dinner beginning at 7:00p. K of C #1481 has always supported this fundraiser since 2013, when the My Choice Medical Center opened its doors next to the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus. There are still a few seats available but you must act quickly because they will be sold out very soon! A few of our brother knights are already planning on attending this pro-life fundraiser, but if you are interested in attending please contact me via cell (724.467.2991) as soon as possible! With the help of the K of C, this wonderful organization can continue to save lives! SK Tom Pearson Baby Bottle Campaign Chairman
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Council Website
The Knights of Columbus have demonstrated in many ways our support for the protection of life, including through the annual Baby Bottle Campaign. All mon-eys collected go to support the "My Choice Pregnancy Center" next to the IUP Campus. This pregnancy center receives no state or federal funding to keep their doors open. Since this cen-ter opened in 2013, 94 lives have been saved in situations where the mother was considering abor-tion. Brothers, your help is need-ed to be speakers and to distribute the Bottles after the Masses at St. Thomas More University Parish [6-7 October], St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish [13-14 Octo-ber] and Resurrection Parishes [6-7, 13/14, & 20/21 October]. Contact me via email ([email protected]) or cell (724.467.2991) to serve the Coun-cil for this worthy program.
SK Tom Pearson Baby Bottle Campaign Chairman
Next month we will once again be hosting a community night fundraiser at Hoss’s Restaurant in Indiana, PA on Sunday, 4 November. A portion of the cost of meals will be donated to the K of C #1481 Coun-cil for any group that uses the Cash Cow Card on this date.
In preparation for this fundraiser, we will need brother knights to help hand out fundraiser cards after all Masses at St. Bernard of Clairvaux [Sat. 4p; Sun. 8a &10a] and St. Thomas More University Parish [Sat. 6p; Sun. 10a] on Saturday and Sunday, 3 & 4 No-vember. All fundraiser cards will include information about the event. Please contact me via phone (724.422.5829) or email ([email protected]) for any additional information.
Br. Jeff Bacha
Cash Cow Card Chairman
Cash Cow Fundraiser
Baby Bottle Campaign
Life Choice Banquet
The K of C #1481 website has been up-dated with all current information that is discussed at our monthly council meet-ings and that is mailed in your monthly The de Sales newsletter. Please visit kofc1481.org to view the website! Infor-mation that is contained on the website includes:
List of current council officers
List of committee chairmen
Related webpages such as K of C Supreme’s webpage
Recaps of recent council events
Council calendar complete with up-coming events and deadlines.
The calendar on the website is a Google Calendar, so if you have a Gmail ac-count you are able to connect the coun-cil events with your own schedule! If you have any suggestions or if you would like to see something added to the website, please email me at [email protected].
Br. Bob Dalecki
Website Chairman
My name is Br. John Hardesty and I have been selected as the new C.O.A.L. Program Chairman for K of C #1481.
Your C.O.A.L. ticket booklet was included with the Sep-tember issue of the September The de Sales newsletter. Thank you to all brother knights who have already sent in payments and ticket stub booklets to this point! It’s im-portant that each brother in our Council purchase or sell at least one booklet of eight tickets. Proceeds from the C.O.A.L. program fund the PA State Scholarship from which council scholarships are awarded each year. By buying or selling the eight tickets at $1.00 each, you are enable the son or daughter of a brother knight from our Council to be eligible for the Pennsylvania K of C state scholarship. We all know that the children of our members need all the help they can get to cover their increasing college costs. Our council also receives a percentage of the proceeds from these C.O.A.L. tickets, which is in turn used to fund our many charitable initiatives.
Please try to sell as many books as you can before Fri-day, 12 October, since our Council receives a bonus per-centage on C.O.A.L. ticket funds returned to the State K of C by that date. We will, however, continue to sell books until the final deadline of Saturday, 1 December. The prize drawing will occur on Saturday, 8 December,
at 8p.
Please help! If you believe you can sell more books, please contact me via phone (724.388.0607) or email ([email protected]). Payments can be made with cash or check (made out to “K of C Council #1481). You can bring your ticket stubs and payment to any Council meeting or mail them to:
Brother John Hardesty—C.O.A.L. Coordinator
448 Morris Street
Clymer, Pennsylvania 15728
Br. John Hardesty
C.O.A.L. Ticket Chairman
Chance of a Lifetime (C.O.A.L.) Tickets
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BISHOP MALESIC BLESSES NEW ULTRASOUND MA-
CHINE
On Tuesday, 14 August, Bishop Edward Malesic blessed the 14th ultrasound machine that has been purchased by the Knights of Columbus in the PA Western Section (which includes the Greensburg and Pittsburgh Dioceses) since 2011. The ultrasound machine is a four-dimensional machine that will be housed in the My Choice Medical Clinic in Greens-burg, PA. This pro-life pregnancy center is the only one in Westmoreland County. As Knights of Colum-bus, and therefore practicing Catholics, we continue to support these pregnancy centers with our fundrais-ing and our prayers!
SK Tom Pearson
PA Western Ultrasound Machine Program Co-Coordinator
2018 C.O.A.L. Prize List
2019 Chevrolet Spark 4-Door Sedan
Best of Spain & Portugal (13 days)
Viking Explorer Scandinavia (12 days)
Historic Train Western United States (9 days)
California Coast & Wine Country (8 days)
Portrait of Poland (9 days)
United States National Parks (8 days)
New England Fall Foliage (8 days)
$2,000.00 cash prize
Elvis & The Southern Sounds (9 days)
Punta Cana *All Inclusive* (7 days)
Las Vegas Trip (4 Days and $300.00 cash)
Cancun *All Inclusive* (6 days)
$1,000.00 cash prize
60” HD Smart TV
256 GB iPad Pro w/ WiFi
Knights in the News
By decree of Pope Leo XIII in 1883, the month of October is to be dedicated to the recitation of the Most Holy Rosary before Mass or during the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
As Brother Knights, we are to carry our rosaries with us at all times and pray the devotion every day, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to remind each of us how to pray the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the four groups of mysteries, and each of their five decades.
1. Genuflection & Apostle’s Creed, 2. Our Father…, 3. Three Hail Marys for the gifts of Faith, Hope, & Charity, 4. Glory Be… & Fatima Prayer, 5. Annunciation of the First Mystery & Our Fa-ther…, 6. Ten Hail Marys while meditating on the Mystery, 7. Glory Be… & Fatima Prayer, 8. Re-peat steps 5-7 for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Mysteries, 9. Hail, Holy Queen…, Pray for us O Holy Mother of God… Breviary Prayer, Genuflection.
Br. Michael D Kostick
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Jesus Institutes the Eucharist at
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