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Council 10373 Newsletter

1520 N. Railroad Avenue, Pflugerville, Texas 78660

March, 2016 Volume: 23:9

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 Congratulations and welcome, Brother
Knight Paul.
Because of the change in day and date of
our March meeting we had a low turnout. The last Lenten fish fry for this year is this
Hopefully this was an exception and hope Friday. If you have not had a chance to
to see everyone at our April meeting on participate, please make it a point to show
Monday, April 4. Paul Detzel was approved up this Friday. Participation of brother
to join our order and our council at the knights to help and the community to
March meeting. He was initiated into first purchase was really great this year. A big
degree on Wednesday, March 9. “thank you” to all brother knights who have
been helping with this major activity of the
council. Our Worthy Grand Knight reminded

everyone to participate in the 40 cans for our council allotment of state charity
lent project. You may bring the non- assessment. He has also 2016 State
perishable food items to the Fish Fry or to Special Olympics pins for $5 donation to
the next meeting. SOTX.

As you may know, we had to postpone our Congratulations: Our own brother
annual Casino Night to April2. Tickets are
$25 per person and are ready for you to knight Ed Zamora was awarded a
purchase or to sell. Please tell all your Congressional Commendation Award by
family and friends about this fun filled event. Honorable Bill Flores on February 19 at a
We will also need people to deal at black Pflugerville City Hall ceremony.
jack tables for the casino night. If you are
interested to help please let brother knight Insurance Corner
Jorge Casanova or Robert Davis know so
we can be sure we have enough workers to Founders Day March 29th
put on this event. On April2 in the morning
the Ladies Auxiliary will be decorating the In celebration of the Knights of Columbus
hall and we will need people to help with birthday reaching 134 years old on March
preparing the chips, door prizes and 29th, I am providing an excerpt from page
cooking. Brother knight Carlos Garza is 10 in February’s Columbia Magazine. This
cooking the meal. He will surely need help emphasizes the Vision of Father McGivney
in the kitchen. If you have items we could and our mission. What is needed by our
use for door prizes, please bring to the fish Brother Knights today has not changed
fry this Friday. from its humble beginnings in 1882.

Texas State Convention of the Knights of Father McGivney sent a letter to all the
Columbus will be held in Corpus Christi on parishes in the diocese, introducing them to
April29 through May 2. Our Deputy Grand this idea (Knights of Columbus). “By
Knight Ramiro Martinez and brother knight permission of our Rt. Rev. Bishop and in
Robert Tamayo will be the official delegates accordance with an Act of the Legislature of
to the convention in addition to our DD the State of Connecticut, we formed an
Blake Krass and State officer Ed Tydings. organization under the name of the Knights
of Columbus,”, he wrote. “Our primary
The First Degree team at St. Williams is object is to prevent people; from entering
looking for brother knights interested in Secret Societies, by offering the same, if
joining their team for back up speaking not better, advantages to our members.
roles. You need to be a third degree knight Secondly, to unite the men of our Faith
to be part of the team. Also the Fourth throughout the diocese of Hartford, that we
Degree team is looking for a couple of Sir may thereby gain strength to aid each other
Knights for the Color Corps and for one of in time of sickness; to provide for decent
the speaking roles. If you are a fourth burial, and to render pecuniary assistance
degree member interested in joining the to the families of deceased members.”
team, please contact our DD Blake Krass.
Also our DD has some 2015-2016 State Father McGivney focused on the insurance
Charities pins for a $20 donation to State component of the Order’s mission. “We are
Charities. Your donation will count toward advancing slowly, but surely,” he wrote in

the summer of 1883. “Unity and Charity is Fourth degree assembly at St. Elizabeth
our motto. Unity in order to gain strength to meets on third Thursdays of the month in
be charitable to each other in benevolence the parish hall. March meeting is on
whilst we live and in bestowing financial aid Thursday, March 17. If you wish to join the
to those whom we leave to mourn our loss.” fourth degree, please contact our Faithful
Navigator, Pete Lara or talk to any of the
Louis C. Barron, FICF fourth degree members. Next fourth degree
Field Agent exemplification will take place on Saturday,
[email protected] April 9 in Bryan. It is going to be a shorter
(512) 750-7491 event and you wouldn’t have to spend a
night at hotel.
Announcing a historical milestone reached
by the Knights of Columbus Insurance Fourth degree knights are invited and
program, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson encouraged to participate in Holy Thursday
said that in early November 2015, Knights and Good Friday liturgies with special roles.
of Columbus passed $100 billion life Please plan to attend the meeting on
insurance in force making the Knights of Thursday, March 17 when the details will be
Columbus one of the largest life insurers in discussed.
North America and cementing our position
as the premier Catholic Life Insurer. As he Ladies Auxiliary
pointed out, in 1882, Father Michael
McGivney founded the Knights of Ladies Auxiliary meets on the second
Columbus with the primary goals of Monday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the
strengthening the faith and protecting the new Religious Education building. Please
financial security of Catholic men and their encourage your spouse to join them for
families. He continued that through the fellowship and spiritual growth.
years we have remained true to Father
McGivney’s founding vision. We are 1.9 If you have an e-mail address and/or if
million strong around the world and are your e-mail address has changed,
renowned for our volunteer, charitable and please send it to our Financial Secretary
spiritual programs that support Catholic Robert Davis at [email protected] so
families and the Church. that he can send you all the
communications by e-mail.
4th Degree Assembly

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

Jean Andre’ Wayne Fulton Kevin Kinney
Jonathan Martinez Lino Vera Daniel Villarreal
Tony Paidle Rodolfo Dekerarty Joshua Luttrel
Ernesto Martinez

Coming Events

March 17, 2016 7:30 p.m. 4th degree Parish hall Pete Lara
meeting
March 18, 2016 2:00 p.m. Fish Fry Parish hall Robert Tamayo
March 22, 2016 10:00 a.m. St. Vincent de Blake Krass
Chrism Mass Paul Church
March 24, 2016 7:00 p.m. Church Fr. Efrain
Holy Thursday
March 25, 2016 7:00 p.m. Mass Church Fr. Efrain
Good Friday
March 26, 2016 8:30 p.m. service Church Fr. Efrain
Easter Vigil
March 29, 2016 service Pflugerville Ramiro
April 2, 2016 10:00 a.m. Founder’s Day Nursing Home Martinez
Parish Hall Jorge
April 2, 2016 10:00 a.m. Nursing Home Casanova
bingo Parish Hall Jorge
April 2, 2016 6:00 p.m. Preparation for Casanova
Casino Night Bryan, Texas Pete Lara
April 9, 2016 8:00 a.m. Dinner and
Casino Night St. Jerome Ramiro
April 16, 2016 7:00 a.m. 4th degree Council, Waco Martinez
Various exemplification Corpus Christi Ramiro
April 29 – May 9:30 a.m. Major dgree Martinez
2, 2016 Church Hector Martinez
May 8, 2016 Texas State
Convention Parish hall Hector Martinez
May 8, 2016 10:30 a.m. Corporate
Communion
Mothers’ Day
Family social