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It’s Fall Festival Time
It’s Fall Festival Set Up Time It is Fall Festival set up time again and this is our call for all hands on deck to help put on a festival. The festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, September 29-30, 2018. Please take a look at the work schedule below and see how much help is needed…
Rest in Peace – Howard Bohlin
Rest in Peace – Howard Bohlin Howard Bohlin It is with deep sadness we inform you that our Brother Knight Howard Bohlin died of a heart attack last night, Tuesday, September 11, 2018. May God bless his soul. Let us keep his wife Elaine, their two sons Christopher and Andrew and the entire Bohlin family in our…
Safe Environment Program Training Offered
Safe Environment Program Training Carl A. Anderson, Supreme Knight In response to the recent revelations of sexual abuse by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and others in Pennsylvania, on August 21, 2018 Supreme Knight Carl Anderson wrote a letter addressed to all Chaplains and Knights. If you have not yet read his letter click here. In the letter Carl…
Congratulate our latest Sir Knights
Congratulate our latest Sir Knights Wendell Jean Pierre, Lou Lemons, Keith Archer This past weekend three of our finest knights went through the fourth Degree exemplification in Dallas and became Sir Knights. They are: Lou Lemons, Keith Archer and Wendell Jean Pierre; our most sincere congratulations to you all. SK Wendell Jean PierreSK Lou LemonsSK…
Family of the Month – September 2018
Jorge and Eva Barragan Two generations of Barragans have figuratively rolled up their sleeves at our Valley Ridge concession stands this year, 6-year-old Jorge Jr. at the baseball stand and 10-year-old Jimena at the football location joining their father. Jorge and Eva have three other children: Galilea (13), Lucia (5) and Mariana (born this year on Holy…
Knight of the Month – September 2018
Wendell Jean Pierre Wendell joined our council in May, became the retention director in July and is scheduled to join the Fourth Degree later in September. He was recruited to the Knights at an ACTS retreat by an 8157 member (Tony Gonzalez) and has, in turn, recruited an attendee of that same retreat. Wendell quickly learned…
AAP Issues Flu Vaccine Recommendations
AAP issues Flu vaccine recommendations for 2018 The new flu shot is now available. I know some of my brother Knights don’t get an annual flu shot for various reasons. I won’t try to debate anyone’s reason for not getting the flu shot except ………. As of Aug. 18, 2018, a total of 179 children…
In Memoriam: Ira Stroughter (1947-2018)
Ira Stroughter Ira Anthony Stroughter, who first joined the Knights of Columbus when he turned 18 years old, died on July 31 at the age of 71. Ira was a Dallas native, first attending St. Anthony Catholic Church near Fair Park, and moved to DeSoto and was a Holy Spirit parishioner beginning in 1999. He…
Blood drive – August 2018
Bonnie Espree’s blood donation could contribute to saving as many as three lives. Blood drive – August 2018 Lou Lemons jumped right in as the council’s new director of health activities by overseeing the blood drive that was held in Holy Spirit’s community center dining room on Sunday, Aug. 19. The drive collected 40 donations….
Doug Maddox – August 2018 transfer
Doug Maddox Doug and his family moved to Cedar Hill in July from Florida when he became an assistant director of the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery just up the road from Duncanville on Mountain Creek Parkway. He joined the Knights in 2014 in Lake Worth, Fla. He retired from the U.S. Army as a lieutenant…
Family of the Month – August 2018
Ken and Patty Rarick The Raricks have long been involved in Holy Spirit activities, as was the case this past July when they were among a couple dozen parishioners who spent a Sunday afternoon helping to prepare Fall Festival raffle envelopes to be mailed to thousands of Holy Spirit families. Ken joined our council in…
Knight of the Month – August 2018
Jack Ramsden Our council is filled with brothers who are tireless workers, and Jack is certainly among. He’s regularly involved in Knight Hands projects, is often among those are help with breakfasts and cookouts both at the parish and offsite and offers a thoughtful and respectful opinion at many a monthly general membership meeting. Jack…
Lecture No. 54 – August 2018
Several weeks ago, maybe a few months ago, the church observed Vocation Sunday. I usually associate the word “vocation” with a call to the priesthood or possibly the religious life. Members of the religious orders all share a special vocation. Certainly, our Deacons are engaged in a special vocation. The homilist explained that the word…
Family of the Month – July 2018
Keith & Mary Archer arrive to work their shifts at the concessions stands during the July 2018 Little League World Series at Valley Ridge Park in Cedar Hill. Keith and Mary Archer How many Council 8157 members met their wives at Holy Spirit? OK, how many did so in the community center gym? While playing…
Warning Signs and Symptoms of Heat-Related Illness
Heat-related illnesses are preventable. Learn the symptoms and what to do if you or a loved one shows signs of having a heat-related illness. For more information contact: Lou Lemons, Health Activities Director
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