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Council 10373 Newsletter

1520 N. Railroad Avenue, Pflugerville, Texas 78660

February, 2016 Volume: 23:8

COUNCIL OFFICERS

Grand Knight Kevin Marek Service Program
Personnel
Deputy Grand Knight Ramiro Martinez
Service program Personnel for the
Chancellor James Arzola fraternal year are:

Financial Secretary Robert H. Davis Chaplain: Rev. Efrain Villanueva

Recorder Javier Perez Associate Chaplain: Rev. Craig
DeYoung
Treasurer Joe Sanchez
Program Director: Ramiro Martinez
Advocate Pete Lara
Church Director: Hector Martinez
Warden Joe Jezek
Vocations Chairman: James Arzola
Trustee 1st Year Michael McConnell
Community Director: Jorge Casanova
Trustee 2nd Year Ed Tydings
Council Director: Robert Tamayo
Trustee 3rd Year Ed Zamora
Family Director: Hector Martinez
Inside Guard Ruben Estrada
Youth Directors: Gerard Perches
Outside Guard Davey Castro
Membership Director: Ramiro
Lecturer Lino Vera Martinez

Newsletter Editor Joe Panketh Health Chairman: Ed Tydings:

Insurance Representative Louis Barron Retention Chairman: Jean Andre

(512) 750-7491 Pro-life: Brian and Amy Kinney

Council Activities Well, everyone will have a chance to
participate in one of our annual fund raising
Wow!!! There were 52 brother knights at the event starting up this Wednesday. Our
February 1business meeting. This was the annual Lenten Fish Fry as a community
highest participation ever. Please keep it service for our parish as well as a great
up. Hopefully many of you made a New fund raiser for the council. We will be
Year’s resolution to get more involved in starting our preparation on Ash Wednesday
council activities and be an active part of at 10 a.m. so that we will be ready for
our great order. serving fish plates by noon. After a short
break around 2 p.m. we will get ready for
the evening meal to be served starting at 4
p.m. We will need a lot of help for setting

up, cooking, and serving the fish plates. A major degree is scheduled in La Grange
Please come out and help. on Sunday, February 21. All first degree
members who would like to continue their
Lenten fish fry will continue on every Friday journey to full knighthood, please contact
of Lent except Good Friday. Even if you our Membership Director Ramiro Martinez
cannot help every time, pick a day you are as soon as possible so he can make the
able and show up. In addition to being this reservations.
a fund raiser, there is a lot of opportunity for
fellowship among brother knights. Our Worthy Chancellor Jim Arzola and a
committee is planning a camping trip for
Our quarterly Corporate Communion will be members sometime in March or April.
held at the 9:30 am mass on Sunday, Families will be invited to join the knights
February 14. After the mass we will have a during the day. The overnight stay will be
family breakfast with the KJT in the parish only for brother knights. You may also invite
hall. This being the Valentine’s Day, KJT any of your friends or family members who
has special events planned. So, bring your might be interested in joining our order. If
whole family to the mass and then attend you are interested in participating please
the special breakfast. The council is paying contact Brother Jim at
for it. So, you can treat your special [email protected].
Valentine at council’s expense! Please plan
to arrive for the mass at least 15 minutes Please make a note that our March meeting
before so we can all sit together at the will be on Tuesday, March 1 instead of our
reserved pews. We are asked to wear K of regular first Monday of the month. The
C vest, K of C shirt, or any church clothes. parish will be having a Lenten Mission on
Please wear your name tags also. March 6 -10 and no other activities are to
be scheduled during that time so that
The fourth Annual Catholic Men’s everyone can attend the Lenten mission.
Conference will be held on Saturday,
February 20 at San Jose Catholic Church. If you have not paid your annual dues
Bishop Vasquez will say Mass. The event ($36), please make sure you do it promptly
starts at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude at 4 in order to avoid follow-up mail and cost
p.m. Tickets are $35 per person which associated with it. You can do that during
includes lunch. the fish fry or at the next meeting.

On February 21, another important event is 4th Degree Assembly
taking place at our parish. It is called
“You’re Amazing! Family Event.” It is Fourth degree assembly at St. Elizabeth
sponsored by Young Church. Event will meets on third Thursdays of the month in
start with 9:30 a.m. mass in the Church. the parish hall. February meeting is on
You’re Amazing event starts at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 18. If you wish to join
in the parish hall. After a lunch break at the fourth degree, please contact our
12:30 p.m. internationally known speaker Faithful Navigator, Pete Lara or talk to any
Justin Fatica will present “Be A Man” men’s of the fourth degree members. Next fourth
event for men 14 and up. This event is free degree exemplification will take place on
and open to all. Please plan to attend this Saturday, April 9 in Bryan. It is going to be
life changing event.

a shorter event and you wouldn’t have to Ladies Auxiliary meets on the second
spend a night at hotel. Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the
new Religious Education building. Please
If any third degree members are interested encourage your spouses to join them for
in joining the First Degree team that meets fellowship and spiritual growth.
the second Wednesday at St. William
council, please contact our District Deputy If you have an e-mail address and/or if
Blake Krass. They are in need of backups your e-mail address has changed,
for speaking roles. please send it to our Financial Secretary
Robert Davis at [email protected] so
Ladies Auxiliary that he can send you all the
communications by e-mail.

Happy Birthday to all the brother knights who are celebrating
birthdays in February!!!

Jose Ancira Jude Epke Thomas Irwin
Cary Laird Joseph Meister Rod Reyna
Chuck Sparks David Tran Edward Tydings
Sam Bernard Bill Thomas Steve Perez
Mark Bennet Craig Solis Joseph B Testa

Coming Events

February 10, 10:00 a.m. Fish Fry Parish hall Robert Tamayo
2016 2:00 p.m. Robert Tamayo
February 12, 9:30 a.m Fish Fry Parish hall Hector Martinez
2016
February 14, 2:00 p.m. Corporate Church & Robert Tamayo
2016 8:00 a.m. Communion Parish hall Ray Gonzalez
6 a.m. and family Ramiro
February 19, 9:30 a.m. breakfast Parish hall Martinez
2016 2:00 p.m. Fish Fry Fr, Craig
February 20, Robert Tamayo
2016 Catholic Men’s San Jose
February 21, Conference Church
2016 Major degree La Grange
February 21,
2016 You’re Amazing Church and
February 26,
2016 Family Event parish hall

Fish Fry Parish hall

March 4, 2016 2:00 p.m. Fish Fry Parish hall Robert Tamayo
March 11, 2016 2:00 p.m. Fish Fry Parish hall Robert Tamayo
March 12, 2016 9:00 a.m Annual K of C St. Mary Blake Krass
mass for Cathedral
March 18, 2016 2:00 p.m. families Robert Tamayo
March 22, 2016 10:00 a.m. Fish Fry Parish hall Blake Krass
Chrism Mass St. Vincent de
March 24, 2016 7:00 p.m. Paul Church Fr. Efrain
Holy Thursday Church
March 25, 2016 7:00 p.m. Mass Fr. Efrain
Good Friday Church
March 26, 2016 TBD service Fr. Efrain
Easter Vigil Church
service