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K of C News Father McNelis Council #1481 Indiana PA
WEB SITE: http://kofc1481.org
NOVEMBER 2017
Grand Knight’s Message
* Grand Knight: Don Hogan
* Deputy Grand Knight:
Michael Morris
* Financial Secretary:
Kevin Strezo
* Treasurer: Jeff Bacha
Thankful for Thanksgiving,
C.O.A.L. Tickets and Foot-
ball Sweeps winding down
— Thank you, Ben D and
Bernie L for chairing these
programs.
The Baby Bottles have
been distributed — Thanks to Tom P and all
our speakers. Life Choices banquet was well
attended by our Brother Knights — helping
and supporting Pro Life causes. A “Well
Done” to Jeff B for all his efforts in our first
Hoss’s fundraiser. We’ll have a Membership
Drive December 2 and 3 at St. Thomas
More. Thanks, Chauncey R. Our Council
Memorial Mass, organized by Warden Bob
D., will be on November 12 at St Bernard —
9:30 Mass. And Special Congratulations to
Br Tom Pearson as the recipient of the
Greensburg Diocesan Chapter “Fr Henry J.
Marcinek" Award. As was mentioned at our
October Chapter Meeting, "Tom teaches
Schmoozers how to Schmooze!." Well de-
served, Tom. We're proud of you and all
you do for our Council and the Diocese.
Thanks to Joe Bobick for his Church bulletin
efforts and to Chauncey for taking over the
bulletin duties. Also Thanks to P J Belin for
all his years of chairing the Knight of the
Year initiative — and to Tom Bresnahan for
taking over those duties.
To Jim Dalecki, thanks for all your dedica-
tion as Council Treasurer — and to Jeff
Bacha for stepping in to that role ...
God is Great … God is Good It's the Year of
the Volunteer!
Keep the Faith, G K Don Hogan
MEMBERSHIP APPEAL DEC. 2 & 3 AT ST. THOMAS MORE Brothers, You all know the drill. Halloween is passed, Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye. What other time of year is so busy with anticipation, prepa-ration and celebration?
Among all the events activities, please keep in mind our daily commitment in our service as Knights of Columbus. We don’t lose sight of our missions in support of church, family and country. Let’s remem-ber, too, that our brotherhood sustains us and unites us, no matter the month or week or holiday season.
Mark on your calendar the first weekend of Decem-ber, when we will conduct a membership appeal at St. Thomas More University Parish. With Advent underway, spirits will be high. It is our opportunity to invite and welcome Catholic gentlemen to carry that spirit of goodwill with them the year around.
Our membership team will be in need of Knights to speak on behalf of our council during the Masses or to greet and answer questions from interested men (and women) following the service. Please check the volunteer sign-up sheet at the Nov 8 meeting.
The appeal will take place at the 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2; 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3 (bring your appetite, as we also will serve a pancake breakfast); and at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3. The right words said at the right time to the right men could mean an additional celebration in
2017-18 CALENDAR (November—February) _______________________________________
NOVEMBER 2nd—Officers Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
8th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
12th—Council 1481 Memorial Mass (9:30 AM, St. Bernard)
(Deadline for COAL Tickets)
_______________________________________
DECEMBER 2nd/3rd—K of C Membership Appeal (St. Thomas More, after all Masses)
3rd—4th Degree Pancake Breakfast (St. Thomas More, after 10 AM Mass)
6th—Officers Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
13th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
31st—State Scholarship Applications Due to the State Chairman (Deadline for State Scholarship Applications) _______________________________________
JANUARY 3rd—Officers’ Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
10th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
13th/14th—Vocations Collection (St. Bernard & St.Thomas More, all Masses)
19th—March For Life (Washington, DC)
21st—NFL Conference Championship Game & Party (Lodge) _______________________________________
FEBRUARY 7th—Officer’s Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
14th—Ash Wednesday
14th—Council Meeting (NOTE 8 PM Start, Lodge, following Mass)
23rd—Knights’ Night—Helping at St. Bernard School Fish Fry (St. Bernard Church Hall)
25th—Pancake Breakfast (St. Bernard Hall after 7:30 & 9:30 Masses)
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December – the Exemplification of the First Degree. For some men, it could be the most important gift they receive this season.
Fraternally,
Br. Chauncey Ross, Membership Chairman
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Report of the 4th Degree Father McNelis Assembly #968
Father McNelis Assembly 968 pre-
sented a Chalice and Paten to Father
Andres Gumangan for his support
and dedication to the Knights of Co-
lumbus. The names of our 4th De-
gree Brothers who passed away dur-
ing the fraternal year are inscribed on
the Chalice—so they will always be
remembered during any Masses Fa-
ther Andy uses the Chalice. Our As-
sembly donates a Chalice and Paten
to a priest each year.
Reminder: The Assembly will NOT
meet during November and December. Our
next meeting will be on Wednesday, Janu-
ary 24, 2018, at the Lodge. I would like to
wish all my Brother Knights and your fami-
lies are safe and blessed holiday.
—Tom Pearson, Faithful Navigator
$25,000 FOOTBALL SWEEPSTAKES UPDATE Thank You and "Good Luck" to everyone who pur-chased and/or sold football sweeps tickets. We had a
very successful season, as we sold a record 294 tickets for a profit to our council of $1,060. Congratulations to our high sellers, Brother Chuckie Chiplis, Brother Larry Miller and Brother Pat Williams who each sold over 30 tickets. You can track the weekly winning tickets by logging on to www.fundcrazr.com Tuesday of each week. —Bernie Liscik
NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES
15 YEARS+ OF SERVICE
NOVEMBER 2017
KNIGHT / YRS
JOSEPH F. MARCOLINE—65
WILLIAM A. VITALIE—63
MICHAEL T. QUINN—62
WILLIAM E. AGER—48
ROBERT J. CHAUBY—48
MICHAEL F. POPSON—48
MICHAEL J. MILNER—42
JOHN J. VARESCAK—39
BERNARD J. LISCIK—36
GREGORY STRITTMATTER—36
RICHARD VEREB—35
ARTICLE DEADLINE for the December newsletter is
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28
E-mail articles to [email protected]
Baby Bottle Campaign Our Baby Bottle Committee is currently very busy collecting
and counting the money from full baby bottles from St. Ber-
nards and St. Thomas More Parishes. Please return any bot-
tles to the churches or bring them to the Council meeting. All
money collected goes to support the My Choice Pregnancy
Center next to the IUP campus. At this center last year, 26
lives were saved when the mothers
were considering abortion. I thank
all my Brother Knights for support-
ing this wonderful program.
Tom Pearson
Baby Bottle Chairman
Win a 2018 Chevrolet Spark, one of 11 vaca-tion packages (for 2) or another great prize in this COAL Sweepstakes. See the complete list of prizes for this year’s sweepstakes on
your ticket booklet.
Your C.O.A.L. ticket book was included with the Septem-ber newsletter. It’s important that every Brother in our Council purchases or sells ONE BOOK OF 8 ONE-DOLLAR TICKETS.
Proceeds from the sale benefit the PA State Council Schol-arship program and allow our Council to continue its sup-port of programs—protecting life, marriage, families, voca-tions as well as Catholic missions and education.
Bring your sold ticket stubs and payment to the November
Council meeting or send them to me or drop them off. Pay
with cash or check (made out to “K of C Council 1481”).
The drawing of C.O.A.L. winners will take place Friday, December 8.
My address for mailing or dropping off ticket stubs and payment is:
Ben Dadson 366 Heritage Run Indiana, PA 15701-2453 —Ben Dadson, C.O.A.L Chairman
“Chance of a Lifetime” (C.O.A.L.) Tickets!!
PLEASE BRING FOOD ITEMS Nonperishable food items will be collected at each Council meet-ing beginning in November and delivered to the St. Thomas
More Food Pantry to help feed needy fami-lies in our community.
______________________________
MARCH 2nd—World Day of Prayer
7th—Officer’s Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
14th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge) ______________________________
APRIL
1st—Sibley Scholarship Application Deadline
4th—Officer’s Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
11th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
20-22—Mens Retreat at St. Paul’s Monastery, Pittsburgh
28th/29th—Arc Measure Up Campaign after all Masses ______________________________
MAY
2nd—Officer’s Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
4th/5th—Arc Measure Up Campaign
9th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
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11th—Setup for Carna-tion sale at Lodge
12th—IUP Graduation
13th—Carnation Sale, Mother’s Day _________________________
JUNE
6th—Officer’s Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)
13th—Council Meeting & Picnic (6 PM, Lodge)
22nd—Charity Golf Outing
Faithful Navigator Tom Pearson presented a Chalice and Paten to Father Andres Gumangan in October.
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COUNCIL 1481 MEMORIAL
MASS—NOV. 12 Our annual Memorial Mass to re-
member Brother Knights from our
Council who passed away during
the past year will be honored on Sunday, Nov. 12, at the 9:30
AM Mass at St. Bernard Church. All Brother Knights and their
families are encouraged to attend this Mass to pray for these
men and show support for their families. Please wear your
Knights of Columbus pins and attire to show how proud we are
to be Knights. There will be a social event afterwards.
Deceased Brother Knights who will be remembered at the Mass
include John Zbur, Myron Nehrebecki and Donald
Steckmeyer. Please contact Bob Dalecki at 724 840-2829
([email protected]) if you know of any other Brother
Knights who passed away since November, 2016. This will be
a special event with our Knights participating in the ministries
of the Mass, including our Color Guard.
OCTOBER COUNCIL FUNDRAISER Thank you Brother Knights, friends and family for your participation in the Hoss’s Council fundraiser held on Sunday, October 22. 59 families participated. We hope everyone had an enjoyable meal. —Jeff Bacha
Thank you to everyone who volunteered
and made our September pancake break-
fast at St. Bernard Church a success. We
are grateful to Fr. Tom Federline and St.
Bernard Parish for hosting the event and
also ARAMARK for helping with supplies.
The next breakfast will be held Sunday, Dec. 3, at St.
Thomas More University Parish. It will be sponsored by
Fr. McNelis 4th Degree Assembly. We are asking all
Brother Knights of the Council to help us and volunteer
once again as cooks, servers, and set-up and cleanup
crew members. There will be a signup sheet at the
November 8th Council meeting—or you can con-
tact Greg Zawrotny at 724-349-2509.
4th Degree PANCAKE BREAKFAST December 3 St. Thomas More
2018 MARCH FOR LIFE HOLD THE DATE—FRIDAY, JANUARY 19
Buses to/from Washington D.C. will be available for the trip on January 19. See complete details in the December and January Council newsletters.
The PA State Council of the Knights of Columbus will offer scholarships of
$3,000 to 10 sons or daughters of Pennsylvania Knights who will graduate
from high school in 2018. Applications are due December 31. For details,
contact Grand Knight Don Hogan or visit the PA state K of C web site:
http://www.pakofc.us/programs/youth/scholarship/
Applications can also be downloaded from the web
site. Our C.O.A.L. fundraising program funds this pro-
gram, so please be sure to have your college-bound
high school senior apply! One of the 10 scholarships
will be awarded to students in our district. Our Council
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