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The
 Knight
Watch
MARK MARVINAC – GRAND KNIGHT
The monthly newsletter of KC Council
9240
Volume #20 – Issue #12
DECEMBER 2005
ONE NATION UNDER GOD <> IN GOD WE
TRUST
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BUY AMERICAN
DATES TO REMEMBER
DECEMBER
2005 (Flower – Narcissus <> Birthstone – Turquoise)
Fri. 02
– FIRST FRIDAY
Sat. 03
- FIRST SATURDAY<> Children’s CHRISTmas Shopping Spree
Tue. 06
– Assembly 2467 meeting 7:30 PM <> Rosary 7:00 PM
1830 Naval Observatory Established
Wed .07 –
PEARL HARBOR DAY (Fly the flag half staff until sunset)
ORIENTATION NIGHT 7:30 PM (aka Information night)
Thu. 08
– The IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
1941 U.S. declared war against Japan
Sat. 10
- Human Rights Day
Mon. 12 –
Council 9240 Officers Meeting 7:30 PM <> OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS
Tue. 13
– National Guard Birthday (1636)
Wed. 14 –
1st. Degree 7:30 PM (CANDIDATES report for 7 PM)
Thu. 15 –
Bill of rights Day
Fri. 16
– OLL Teen Dance <> Chaperones needed, check with Parish Life Center
Mon. 19 –
Council 9240 regular meeting 7:30 PM <> ROSARY 7:00 PM
Wed.21 –
FIRST DAY OF WINTER
<>
Congress creates Navy Medal of Honor for Sailors & Marines
(1861)
Thu. 22 –
1775 Continental Congress okays first naval construction & first Naval
officers
SAT. 24 –
VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS
SUN.25 –
CHRISTMAS DAY <> FLY THE FLAG
SAT.31 –
NEW YEARS EVE <> Official end of WWII (1946)
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006
JANUARY
2006
Sun. 1
– New Years Day /// Navy SEAL teams established 1962<> FLY THE FLAG
Wed. 4 –
Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seaton <> Battle of the Bulge (1944)
Thu. 5
– Feast of St. John Neumann
Fri.
6 – First Friday <> Feast of the Epiphany
Sat. 7
– First Saturday
Mon. 9 –
Council 9240 Officers meeting 7:30 PM Council Hall – all members invited
Sat. 14
– Revolutionary War ends (1784)
Sun. 15 –
Pentagon Bldg. Completed (1948)
Mon.16 –
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day<> FLY THE FLAG
Tue. 17
– Ben Franklin’s Birthday<> Persian Gulf War Began (1991)
Wed.18 -
1st. Degree CANDIDATES report for 7PM, OLL Council Hall
Sun. 22
– Council FAMILY MASS 9 AM OLL Church. First 3 pews reserved for us.
Fri. 27
- Vietnam Peace Accord signed (1973)
Sun. 29 –
Ice Cream Sunday, Pontchartrain Guest House 3:30 PM – Ya’ll come
GRAND KNIGHT’S REPORT
Mark Marvinac 985/727-1358
mark.marvinac@juno.com
My Brother Knights:
I hope you and your families are
recovering well from the hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, The physical and emotional
devastations resulting from the storms were difficult to bear.
Congratulations to our Gumbo cook-off
team that finished in FIRST PLACE at both the DISTRICT
and the AREA competitions. Anyone who tasted the gumbo knows that the
results were never in doubt. “Thank you” to Tom Biggio, Mike Bernard, Jay
Helluin, Ron Geauthreaux, Billy Renton, George Probst, and Larry Fertitta
for your time and efforts.
The CHRISTmas Shopping Spree will be
held at the Super K-Mart, Mandeville, on Saturday, December 3rd,
2005. As you know, we will need all the help we can get, so please be there
at 7:00 AM so that we will be organized by the time the children arrive.
Our Council will begin a mentoring
program to help all new 1st. Degree Knights understand more fully
the happenings at our Council meetings and our activities. The mentors will
be our Trustees. During the meetings you will probably hear mentors
whispering to our 1st Degrees; don’t be alarmed, they are merely
explaining the goings on. Additionally, at the 1st. Degree
exemplification, the new Knights will be required to sign up for at least 6
different activities during their first 12 months. After their first 12
months there will be no additional required activities, but hopefully they
will feel more involved and they will volunteer on their own.
You can reach me at 985/727-1358 to provide
me with ideas, suggestions, or criticisms.
Vivat Jesu!
Mark
Mavrinac
FAMILY OF
THE MONTH
PHIL & SHERRIE FLEMING
KNIGHTS OF
THE MONTH
TOM BIGGIO, MIKE BERNARD, JAY HELLUIN
FAMILY OF
THE MONTH (OCTOBER)
JAY & STELLA HELLUIN
We congratulate
these outstanding members of our Council. It is due to them, and so many
others like them, that the Council is able to help the Parish and the
community.
PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY
DON’T LEAVE
HOME WITHOUT IT
CHAPLAINS REPORT
Msgr. J. L. Chotin 985/ 623-3632
jlchotin@charter.net
My Brother Knights
I hope that all
of you survived Katrina with that which is most precious, your lives!
Anything is just material. Katrina
delivered a severe blow to our area and now is the time to start building
again. It won’t be easy, but it can be happen because of who we are. This
storm brought out the worse in many people, but more importantly, it brought
out the BEST in most……….people becoming painfully aware of their brothers
who were less fortunate. This can only serve to make us stronger in so many
ways. I am sure that most of us suffered loss, some greater and some less,
but loss never the less.
We have already seen the ‘blame game’
starting, but let’s face it, what will this change? It happened, it was
ugly, devastating, maybe we COULD have been better prepared, but it
happened! Now we pick up the pieces and move on. Some of us are without
phones, power, food and water, put even as I write this crews from all over
are working to repair and restore what can be restored. I would imagine
Patience, Faith and Love are the Keys to a bright future.
I’m sure you have heard it being asked,
“Why did God let this happen?” I ask WHY are we surprised? Over the past
number of years we have seem organizations seeking to have God excluded from
our daily lives, our Schools, our Courts, even our private lives.
Maybe HE got the message. It’s food for
thought, not that I think it would be easy to get GOD to ignore His
Creation……..BUT IT IS FOOD FOR THOUGHT!
Vivat Jesu!
Fr. Joe
CHURCH
DIRECTOR Paul Borgatti
674-0398
paulnel@bellsouth.net
The Adoration Chapel is looking for a
few good people. Please pray for vocations and sign the vocation adoration
sign-up book. Pray for our priests. Mass is celebrated Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday at 9 AM and Monday and Wednesday at 6:30 PM in OLL
church……...…..….A mid-week
Visit may be just what is needed to give
peace a chance to help solve some of the challenges of the day.
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Thursday, December 8, 2005, is a Holy Day of
Obligation. Wear your name badge when you attend Mass. On Friday the 9th.
of December 2005 is the Feast of a new Mexican Saint, St. Juan Diego, to
whom the Blessed Mother appeared in 1531 near Mexico City. On Monday, 12th.
December 2005 we celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe. The birth of Christ is
celebrated on Sunday December 25 this year. CHRISTmas is the day to attend
Mass and rejoice for our salvation.
Fr. John has added a daily weekday Mass
at 9 AM in the Church, thanks to Fr. Kenny’s’ arrival to Our Lady of the
Lake. We welcome him enthusiastically.
Vivat Jesu!
Paul
My
Brother Knights we morn the death of Brother John M. Schlenker,Sr. who made
the badges for us, and many others.
This does no mean that we
will have to find someone else to get the badges from. NO, John’s daughter
is going to take over the business. It may take her a week, or so, to get
up to full steam so we’ll just have to be patient. I’ve offered to help her
as much as I can.
Vivat Jesu!
Al
“Lord, you know better
than I know myself that I am growing older and will some day be old. Keep me
from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something on every occasion.
Release me from craving to straighten out everybody’s affairs. Make me
thoughtful but not moody; helpful but not bossy. Keep my mind free from the
recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point. Seal my lips
on my aches and pains. They are increasing, and the love of rehearsing them
is becoming sweeter as the years go by. Teach me the glorious lesson that
occasionally I may be mistaken. Keep me reasonably sweet, for a sour old
person is one of the crowning works of the devil. Give me the ability to see
good things in unexpected places, and talents in unexpected people. And give
me, O Lord, the grace to tell them so. Amen,”
Unknown author
COUNCIL
ACTIVITIES
Mike Bernard 674-9746
mbernard@bellsouth.net
The month of October has historically been a
very busy month for our Council. This one was no exception. Considering the
displacements and reassignments of several of our Brothers, our Council
continues to maintain a very active presence in our Church and community.
There is no doubt that we inspire others by our actions.
A BIG THANK YOU
goes
out to all fellow Brothers, wives, and family members who worked at the
Beverage Booth before, during, and after the OLL Festival of the Lake.
Everyone who stepped up to our counter was well served by cold hands and
warm hearts. It was a great success and our efforts were most generously
rewarded by OLL. “Tip” collections for Hurricane Relief were $1,000. That’s
very comparable to last year, even though the Fair was shortened by one day!
Good news from the Gumbo team! The
drought is over! We’ve placed FIRST at BOTH THE DISTRICT AND AREA levels and
now it’s on to the Statewide competition in Lafayette! The “WINNER” was
served at the November meeting. That brings up a very good point:
The easiest way to participate in our
great Council is to come to the meetings. Not to belabor the point, but that
is the best place to find out, first hand, what’s going on and get involved.
Always the third Monday of each month. Make the effort….you won’t regret
it. And the food is good too.
Vivat Jesu!
Mike
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
SPREE Bill Renton 727-1187
rentonw@bellsouth.net
Mark your calendars for Saturday, 3rd.
December, 2005 which will be the day we conduct our Annual Children’s
CHRISTmas Shopping Spree. We will need a large number of Brother Knights,
and their families, to help facilitate the children as they shop at The Big
K-Mart in Mandeville and join us for the wrapping of the presents and
refreshments in the OLL cafeteria.
This is our biggest charitable event of
the year and well worth your time and effort. Please try to participate in
this most worthy of causes. You’ll enjoy your CHRISTmas even more.
When I first joined the Council I was
told that if I participated in only event during the year, this should be
the one. Please help on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 at the Big
K-Mart on Highway 190 in Mandeville.
Vivat Jesu!
Bill
MEMBERSHIP
Chris Bean 626-9373
clbean@hotmail.com
Brother Knights,
Many thanks to all Brothers who
participated in the Fall Membership Blitz. The most effective way of
recruiting members is still by personal contact. The next prospective member
ORIENTATION NIGHT, aka Information Night , will be held on Wednesday
December 7th. 2005, at 7:30 PM in the Council Hall. If you have
a prospect that is unable to attend this meeting please contact me and I
will schedule an appointment with him prior to the next Council meeting so
that he may be presented for membership. Proposing members should accompany
their candidate to the Orientation Night (information night) and the 1st
Degree Exemplification. Please plan on attending the Council meeting when he
is voted upon, as well as the one following his exemplification, to welcome
and introduce him. You may be to only member of the Council that he knows.
We welcome the newest members of our
family; Edward P. & Joan Lyons and Robert & Shannon Holland.
Thanks,
Vivat Jesu!
Chris
COMMUNITY
ACTIVITY
Ray Riecke 985/ 626-9261
mpeg100@aol.com
TRASH BASH -
Due to hurricane Katrina, the City of
Mandeville is still not cleaned up as it was pre Katrina. Public Works has
all the prisoners from the Mandeville area in the Slidell area for the next
few weeks. Public Works will contact me when we will be able to continue to
clean up in our designated area as the prisoners usually pick up the big
stuff before we get there. We did deliver meals to the shut-ins the first
week of October 2005. If anyone would like to be a substitute driver during
the year, for a week or a day, please contact me. It is very rewarding to
see the faces of the elderly when we deliver these meals.
Vivat Jesu!
Ray
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
DECEMBER 2005
01 -
Rev. Msgr. Joseph L. Chotin; Robert
Contreras; 06 – Sidney Johnson, Cyrus Vernaci; 07 – Frank Webster; 12 –
Gregory Wanko; 13 – Joseph Ferrara;16 – Timothy Couch, Raymond Lepine, Jr.
Mark Pecoraro; 19 – Stephen Peterson;
21 – Craig Cancienne, Sr., Jim Lark, Jr.;
22 – Matthew Stillwell; 25 – Paul Hymel, Jr., Louis Mire;
26 – Paul Giambrone, Danny Pastor;
27 – Randy Becnel; 30 – Michael Mayeux; 31 – Walter Hammett.
Many Happy Returns to
one and all, we look forward to seeing you at the meetings. Third Monday of
the month at 7:30 PM. You owe it to yourself
to see what YOUR
Council has done, is doing and plans to do. We can use your input. (The
after meeting food is good also.)
To anyone who does not see his birthday PLEASE
call me, I WANT to recognize ALL the members of Council 9240. I still do
not have the birth dates of all the membership.
Pray For;
The men and women of
our armed services regardless of where they serve, or which branch they are
in. Also for all those affected in any way by Hurricane Kartina & Rita.
They were not “ladies”.
Dorothy Anderson, Jack
Archer, Earline Austin, Dottie Baker, Arthur Bakeler,
Fr. Robert Cavlier, Fr.
Clair Cazayoux, S.J., Fr. Rhenne’ Cervantes, Betty Cordes, Willis Couch,
Jr., Msgr. Joe Chotin, Ellis Coutee, Juanita Coutee, Claude Daviet, Fr.
Cyprian Devold, Steven & Elsie Fleming, Loretta Fluitt, , A. J. & Claire
Frye, Gabrella & Matt Gaines, Dustin Gary, Evlyn Geautreaux, Vance
Geautreaux, Catherine Gensler, Paul & Elizabeth Giambrone, Dan Haydel, ,
David Hymel, Deacon Dwight & Visa Johnson, Mary Kern, Charlotte King,
Ellen Kinsler, Agnes Kobitz, Dolores Lapotairie, C.J. Lightell, Amelia
Marquez, PSD Tommy McGuire, Theresa Munden, Richard Murley, Michelle Nader,
Benjamin Joseph Nader, Wade Olsen, Fr. Anton Perkovic, Alli & Beverly
Picou, PSD Joe Polito, Mary Pribyl, George Probst Jr, Virginia Probst,
Andrew Rastino, Al Ramirez, Jr.,Paulette Reimonenq, Gary Rhoden, Audrey
Seghers, Jimmy Seghers, Jr., Blanche & Ed Stauss, Pat Tetreau, Cyrus
Vernaci, Rose Vernaci, Amy Watts.
IF there are ANY changes to this list PLEASE
call me (985/626-3471) so that I may make the corrections. A visit or phone
call to any of the above would be appreciated.
IN CASE OF DEATH OR SERIOUS ILLNESS OF A BROTHER OR
MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY PLEASE NOTIFY GEORGE PROBST (626-9771). For those who
are homebound and wish to receive communion contact George Probst.
CARRY THE ROSARY WITH YOU ALWAYS!
PRAY IT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY
TO JESUS
THROUGH MARY
OUT OF STATE MEMBERS
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HAPPY AND HOLY
HOLIDAYS!
I would like to extend to you my sincere best
wishes for a holy and happy holiday season. I imagine you feel the same way
about the Christmas season as I do ---- such a peaceful, happy time.
But just take one moment to ask yourself what
your family’s Christmas would be like if you weren’t there. This year, why
not give them the most precious gift of all – a life insurance plan that
will allow them to have, always, the kind of Christmas you want them to
have.
We have plans that will guarantee income for
your family’s future -- for just a few dollars a month.
Enjoy this season of celebration. Please call
me for an appointment and we will discuss a gift of security and protection
from you to your loved ones.
Vivat Jesu!
Dave
THIS MAY BE OF INTEREST TO SOME.
The Louisiana State
Council has a web page which contains all sorts of interesting information,
as well as The Charger and The Knight Watch. Go to :
www.louisianakc.org
Manresa House Convent,
La. Al Herron, 985/ 626-3471
My Brother Knights,
what better way to spend a week-end than at Manresa Retreat House on the
Mississippi River in Convent, La.? This is a SILENT RETREAT, no talking at
any time during the retreat. For more information and how you might get to
attend call me, anytime. If you make one retreat you’ll come back year
after year. It is an experience you’ll cherish the rest of your life.
Vivat Jesu!
Al
BOOKS, BOOKS ………PLEASE HOLD THE BOOKS FOR
NOW. Katrina did a number on the Gulf Coast so I can not deliver books for
the time being. If you will, please hold them until I can once again bring
them to the hospital and veterans home.
Thanks,
Al
C. Y. L.
A
Al Herron, PGK 626-3471
Brothers, for the past few years I have had the
honor and pleasure of being your chairman for CYLA, but time is catching up
with me and I now feel it is time for me to step aside and let a younger man
have to pleasure of being CYLA chairman. If you are interested please
contact me ASAP as I’ll soon be getting the paper work and I’ll need the
name of co-chairman. I’ll work with you this year and give all the guidance
and assistance you feel you need to take over next year.
Vivat Jesu!
Al
Stella
Helluin, President – 674-1609
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of
Columbus Council 9240 would like to thank all those who participated in the
Bunco game held on Saturday, November 12th, 2005. We would also
like to thank the Knights for their assistance in the setup, serving, and
clean-up. Approximately 120 people participated in the game. The top prize
was $100. Everyone ate spaghetti, meatballs, salad & desert and had a
wonderful time playing Bunco. Our next Bunco game will be on Saturday, March
11th, 2006. For more information about the Bunco game, or about
joining the Ladies Auxiliary, please contact Stella Helluin at 985/
674-1609.
The main purpose of the
Auxiliary is to assist the Knights of the Council in any and every way they
can. Any female 18 years or older, who is related to a member of the Knights
of Columbus, living or deceased, is eligible to join the Auxiliary. For more
information on how you may become a member of the Auxiliary contact any
Officer.
May the Blessed Mother be
with you always,
Stella
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ANNIVERSARY
DATES Al Herron, PGK 626-3471
aldokc9240@charter.net
Brother Knights, I’d like to start a new feature in
the Knight Watch. I’ll call it ANNIVERSARY DATES in which I publish your
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY the month BEFORE the event, as a reminder to you. I need
your help with this if it is to succeed. If you think it is a good idea and
you’d like to be included send me the MONTH and DAY of your wedding. I do
NOT want the year, I will not publish it. Here is the first attempt.
Wedding Anniversaries in DECEMBER are:
9th. Ed & Shirley Pribyl; 16th.
Terry & Debbie Pfister
Congratulations guys (and gals)!
I know there must be more guys who got married in
JANUARY but I have only one name. Send me
the MONTH AND DAY of your wedding anniversary and I’ll
remind you here the month before.
Vivat Jesu!Al
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