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COLUMBIAN CALL
Knights of Columbus Sacred Hearts Council 11262, Mineral, VA
Volume No. 21, Issue No. 8, February 2015
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COUNCIL 11262 OFFICERS
CHAPLAIN
Fr. Michael Duffy
(540) 894-4266
GRAND KNIGHT
Bob Wells (Dottie)
(540) 894-9597
DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT
Gene Rainville (Lana)
(703
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Jim Marstall (Elaine)
(540)
CHANCELLOR
Al Ptasznik (Mary Ann)
(540)
RECORDER
Jim Rothlisberger (Lisa)
(540
TREASURER
Steve Falkenthal (Joanne)
(804)
ADVOCATE
Bob Weiner (Mary Carroll)
(540
WARDEN
Larry Fridley (Kathie)
(540)
INSIDE GUARD
Jack Carr (Denise)
(540)
OUTSIDE GUARD
Joe Bocci (Shelly)
(540
TRUSTEES:
3rd Year - Vince Fischer (Pat)
(540)
2nd Year - Dennis Roerty (Brenda)
(540
1st Year – Harold (Butch) Conner (Lilliane)
(540)
Sacred Hearts Council Web Address URL:
www.kofc11262.org
IN THIS ISSUE
-
Grand Knight’s Message
Sweetheart Dinner
Pancake Breakfast
Red Cross Blood Drive
KOVAR
Message from Insurance Field
Agent
Minutes from January Meeting
(atch)
GrandKnight Message
Greetings Brothers! As we begin the
shortest month of the year, there is no
shortage of activities for our council.
Valentine’s Day approaches and we have
scheduled a Sweetheart’s Dinner at
Tavern on the Rail for Sunday evening
February 15th starting at 5:30pm. The
menu choices are Beef Tips, Chicken and
Salmon. Many thanks to Bob Harvey for
his planning, scheduling and ticket selling.
He has also come up with an after dinner
program that Bob Weiner will emcee in
his usual inimitable style. But Brother
Weiner assures me that this is absolutely
his last hurrah in this capacity.
Lent begins on February 18th and with
Lent comes our world famous Fish Fry
dinners on Fridays. Because of the Parish
Hall fire we cannot follow our former
dinner processes. The first major change
is that only carry-out meals will be
available. The second change is that the
meals will be prepared and distributed
from Verbeke Hall. The third change is
that we will initially be preparing meals
on the first two Fridays. After that we
will assess the profitability of the effort
and decide whether or not to continue for
the rest of Lent. Stay tuned and advise
your neighbors!!
I’d like to publically thank Brother Joe
Milkevitch for his generous donation to
the council!!
I sadly report the death of the Associate
State Chaplain Fr. Frank Ready. He has
faithfully served the Knights of Virginia
for many years. Father Ready has had a
huge impact on Virginia Knights, families
and the State Council throughout his years
of service here in Virginia. He formed
three new councils, served as the District
Friar for the 4th Degree and faithfully
served as our Associate State Chaplain for
ten years, providing wise and thoughtful
counsel to two State Chaplains and ten
State Deputies, as well as participating at
conferences for Chaplains at Supreme. He
frequently led our regular State meetings
and State Officers’ meetings in prayer and
reflection that provided focus and set the
atmosphere for productive sessions. Please
pray for the repose of his soul.
In January we tallied up the number of
volunteer hours that our members gave to
the council, church and community in
calendar year 2014. The total was 5627, a
10 percent increase from the prior year.
The most hours (3310) were tallied in
support of church activities.
The second state fundraiser for the
fraternal year is here. It is similar to the
football sweeps in the fall but is called the
Basketball Slam. Each ticket is $10.00
and the council keeps $2.00. Each ticket
has four college teams on it. If your set of
four scores the most points across the
entire NCAA tournament then you win
$500, the second highest $400, etc. The
question for the council is, shall we
participate? The answer is no, unless
someone comes forward to lead the sale of
tickets. If no one comes forward before
the end of the council meeting on
COLUMBIAN CALL
Knights of Columbus Sacred Hearts Council 11262, Mineral, VA
Volume No. 21, Issue No. 8, February 2015
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February 11th, then we will not
participate.
If you are interested in
leading this effort, let me know at 540 894
9597 or e-mail at [email protected] or
in person. Keep warm and dry!! (Bob
Wells)
UPCOMING EVENTS
2/11 – (6:15 PM) – Monthly Council
Meeting (IC)
2/14 – (8:30-1:30) – Red Cross Blood
Drive (Verbeke Hall)
2/15 – (5:30 PM) Sweetheart Dinner
(Tavern On The Rail)
2/20 – (4:30 – 7 PM) Fish Fry (SJ)
2/27 – (4:30 – 7 PM) Fish Fry (SJ)
2/21 – (9 AM) – 4th Degree Color Corp
Certification (Yorktown)
2/22 – (6 PM) – Officer Meeting followed
by family social (IC)
2/24 – (6:30 PM) – 4th Degree Meeting (St
Isidore-Orange)
-------------------3/1 – (Immediately following 9 AM Mass)
- Pancake Breakfast (IC)
3/11 – (6:15) – Monthly Council Meeting
(IC)
3/22 – (6 PM) – Officer Meeting followed
by family social (IC)
3/24 – (6:30 PM) – 4th Degree Meeting (St
Thomas Aquinas-C’ville)
COUNCIL PROGRAM DIRECTORS
General Program Director: DGK Gene
Rainville (703)
Vocations: Al Ptasznik (540)
Membership& Recruitment: PGK Butch
Conner (540 for SJ and PGK Jim Marstall
for IC – (540
Retention: Wayne Gordon (540) 872Church & Pro-Life: Deacon Al Benet (540
Council: DGK Gene Rainville (703) 489Community: Bill Kliner (540)
Family: PGK Bob Harvey (540) 894Youth: PGK Lee Barta – (540)
KOVAR: Al Ptasznik (540)
KCIC: Jim Hogan (540)
Public Relations: PGK Ron Canada (540)
Lecturer: Joe Lucas (Refreshments) (540)
and Bob Weiner (Programs) (540) 854Benevolence Committee Chairperson:
Parker Northrup (540)
COUNCIL ACTIVITIES
KNIGHT OF THE MONTH FOR
JANUARY
Lee Barta
FAMILY OF THE MONTH FOR
JANUARY
Barry and Evelyn Cole
Sweetheart Dinner - 15 February
You are invited to purchase your tickets
for the Sweetheart dinner to be held on
Sunday, February 15, 2015 at Tavern-OnThe-Rail. The event will begin at 5:30
P.M. Dinner will be served at 6:00 P.M.
There is limited seating and all
parishioners are invited. The cost of the
dinner is $26.00 per person. The dinner
choices are beef, chicken, or salmon. See
one of the Knights who are selling tickets
after each Mass. Make checks payable to
the Knights of Columbus Council 11262.
The deadline for purchasing tickets is
February 11, 2015. (PGK Bob Harvey)
Pancake Breakfast – 1 March
The Knights of Columbus will offer a
Pancake
Breakfast
at
Immaculate
Conception church hall following the 9
AM mass on March 1, 2015. Pancakes,
sausages, juice, milk, coffee and tea will
be served. Church members and guest are
invited to attend. Brother Knights are
requested to contact Gene Rainville at
"[email protected]" or 703 489-7321
to prepare and serve the breakfast. Those
who have volunteered for previous
breakfast know that this is an enjoyable
and rewarding event for the council.
Thank you. (DGK Gene Rainville)
BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES
Birthdays
2/06 Jim Marstall
2/08 Peter Davis
2/09 Louis Alexander
2/09 Evelyn Cole
2/10 Fran Verjinski
2/10 Richard Dye
2/12 Barbara Brown
2/13 Daniel O' Connell
2/13 Shawn O'Connell
2/14 Annmarie Sewell
2/16 Joe Seubert
2/17 Al Gutekenst
2/18 Robert Becker
2/20 Frank Donald Luther
2/20 Lilliane Conner
2/21 Michael Ayres
2/22 Mary Weiner
2/22 Deacon Bob Esposito
2/23 George O'Connell
2/26 Robert Tahaney
2/27 Sue Hennegan
2/28 Joe O'Connell
2/28 Paul Muldoon
Anniversaries
2/27 Bill and Moira McAveney
Editor’s Note: If I missed your birthday or
anniversary, or the birthday of your spouse or
minor child, please let me know so that I can
update my records: phone (540) 854-6130 or email:
[email protected]
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Red Cross Blood Drive
Our Council and the American Red
Cross will conduct a Louisa County Blood
Drive on Saturday, February 14, 2015,
from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Verbeke
Hall at St. Jude.
The demand for blood continues to
outpace donations. About 5% of the
people, who are eligible to donate, do so.
Please consider joining this wonderful
group of contributors. When you donate,
your blood is broken down into three
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components. That’s why you often hear
that when you donate blood, you can help
save up to three lives. Red blood cells
(45% of your donation) can go to people
who need blood transfusions in traumas or
surgery. White blood cells and platelets
(1% of your donation) can be used for
people suffering from cancer or anemia.
And Plasma (55% of your donation) can
help primarily burn victims. YOU CAN
HELP if you are at least 17 years old;
weigh a minimum of 110 pounds; are in
relatively good health; and have not
donated blood in the past 56 days. For
further information or to make an
appointment to give blood, please call
Larry Fridley at 540-894-8375 or email
him
at
[email protected].
PLEASE CONTRIBUTE!
If you cannot contribute, please help
your Council prepare for and conduct the
blood drive. We will need volunteers to
take sign-ups after Masses, make reminder
telephone calls to our past contributors, set
up the Verbeke Hall before the event, and
put the Hall back the way it was after the
event. If you can help in any way, please
contact Larry Fridley.
KOVAR
You can help KOVAR raise money just
by shopping Amazon and designating
KOVAR as a recipient of their donations,
with NO cost to you. Sign up for Amazon
Smile and KOVAR will get .5% of all
sales.
Two easy steps:
1. Go to http://smile.amazon.com
2. Select KOVAR as the charity to receive
funds.
Then, each time you shop on Amazon go
through the smile.amazon.com portal and
KOVAR will get .5% of your purchases.
Or you can add the Amazon Smile quick
link, available when you register, and
click right to Amazon Smile. (Al Pasznik)
NEXT 4TH DEGREE (FATHER
JUSTIN CUNNINGHAM ASSEMBLY
#2518) MEETING
Feb 24 – St Isidore - Orange
SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES
Joe Wiedel
Bob Kreamer
Jim Canada
If you or any family members are in need of prayer,
or if you want to remove a name from our council’s
prayer list, please contact me by return email or
telephone 540-854-6130. This prayer list will be
updated monthly as I receive your requests and/or
quarterly – Ron Canada
Prayers for Beatification of Fr.
McGivney
Please offer your prayers for the beatification of
our founder, Venerable Servant of God, Fr. Michael
J. McGivney. You can also help promote the cause
by becoming a member of The Father McGivney
Guild. See your monthly Columbia magazine or
access: www.fathermcgivney.org for details on how
you and your family can join. There is no charge for
membership in the Guild.
REQUEST FOR PRAYERS
Fr. Frank Ready – For the Repose of his
Soul
Patricia Conforti (For the repose of her
Soul)
U.S. Armed Forces personnel and their
families
Romko Jaciuk
Gene Rainville
Larry Fridley
PSD Bill McCarthy
Bernadette Michel
Marriane Claxton
Henry Arrett
Joann Bossi
Samuel Epps
Debbie Blankenship
Bob Smart
Paul Brown
Debra Canada
Greg Fuller
Al Gutekenst
Dave Gerhardt
Dennis Hennegan
Don Hurd
Joe Milkevitch
Sr. Anne Schwarzenboeock
Howard Smogor
Your Field Agent: Chuck Popik
804-377-9110
[email protected]
Worthy Brothers,
Happy New Year! As we start 2015,
hopefully, one of your resolutions is to
meet with your Knights of Columbus field
agent to get a “no charge” financial
checkup”.
With programs that include Life
insurance, Long Term Care, Disability
Income and Retirement Planning, we have
the products that could give you the peace
of mind you seek. I will answer your
questions, explain to you, in an easy to
understand way, your options and let You
make the decisions that fit your needs…all
with complete confidentiality.
Please call me at 804-467-3225 or email
me at [email protected] to set up an
appointment. Don’t be afraid to meet with
me! There’s no obligation and it could be
the best New Year’s resolution you make.
YBIC, Chuck Popik
BUILDING A BETTER WORLD ONE
COUNCIL AT A TIME
Every day, Knights all over the world are given
opportunities to make a difference, whether it’s
through community service, raising money for their
parish or prayer. We celebrate each and every
Knight for his strength, his compassion and his
dedication to building a better world.
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Knights of Columbus Sacred Hearts Council 11262, Mineral, VA
Volume No. 21, Issue No. 8, February 2015
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