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Elections Nominating Committee Named
To All KofC Council 8157 Brothers: I have appointed the Nominating Committee of Council 8157 brother knights who will have the responsibility of preparing the slate of eligible candidates for the election of officers who will take office on July 1, 2018. The Nominating Committee will be chaired by our worthy advocate SK Russell Gulley who will…
Lecture No. 53 – April 2018: We are called – Chapter 2
We Are Called Yes, my brother knights. We are called. From the founding of our order in 1882, our order has been based on three principles: charity, unity and fraternity. We have not wavered from these principles but have developed specific means to meet the challenges each principle presents. Initially, we were called to perform…
Family of the Month – March 2018
Jim and Mary Russell Jim has pulled KC double duty for years, so to speak, as an officer in both Council 8157 and Fourth Degree Assembly 2799. He is in his fifth fraternal year as the council’s Lecturer, a role to which he devotes great time and effort. He’s also director of the retention committee….
Knight of the Month – March 2018
Howard Bohlin Howard joined our council in May 2016 and added his major degrees the following April. He’s a member of membership director Tom Greco’s relatively-new admission committee. The members meet with perspective new inductees and determine whether their names should be brought forward for a vote at the next monthly council meeting. Howard has…
Help Your Council During the Coming Baseball Season
To all Council 8157 brothers: Our Concession Committee has reached out to every brother who has access to our website with the notice of the start of our Baseball Season this coming weekend at both Valley Ridge and Dot Thomas fields. We have full schedules for both fields and some of you have already volunteered…
Attention: April 3rd Meeting rescheduled to Apr 10
The April 3rd General Membership meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday April 10th due to the church being closed. The Degree Team will be rescheduling their meeting originally set for April 10th for another night as well.
Lecture 52 – March 2018
We Are Called It was early January. The church’s Christmas season had just ended. I was getting ready for the start of Mass when the cantor announced that Jan. 14 was the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. I thought for a moment that I might have missed something: like, maybe, the First Sunday in Ordinary…
The Holy Spirit Golf Tournament
Download Official Entry Form Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Duncanville welcomes you to participate in the 30th annual Holy Spirit Golf Tournament & Awards Dinner, on Saturday, April 14, 2018. All members of Holy Spirit plus family and friends are invited to participate. GOLF TOURNAMENT The golf tournament will be held at The Golf…
The 2018 Lent Season Fish Frys Kick Off
A well attended dinner event marked the start of our 2018 Lenten Season Fish Frys this past Friday evening February 16. Once again this year our Church Activities Director Jim Stavinoha continues to surprise us with new menu features and his addition of the Po Boy shrimp sandwich was a welcome culinary delight. To ensure…
District 2018 Free Throw Competition
Council 8157 Knights conducted the District Free Throw Competition at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church on Monday, February 12 at 6 PM. The event was led by District Deputy Andy Goza who was assisted by fellow Knights, Larry Balagna, James Smith, Tom Greco, Jeff Miller, Jim Stavinoha, Jim Russell and Jorge Ruiz. The winners…
Pro-Life Raffle Tickets On Sale Now
Brother Knights, I will be selling Pro-Life raffle tickets at each of the K of C fish fries during Lent. Also, I will be selling raffle tickets in the Narthex after all Masses on March 17-18, April 1st, April 7-8 and April 14-15. 25th Annual Bishop’s Pro-Life Dinner Raffle proceeds go to benefit the Catholic…
Julian Rios – February 2018
A transfer from Council 14549 at St. Maria Goretti parish in Arlington, his first name is pronounced “HOO-lee-on.” Julian grew up in the South Texas town of Crystal City (spinach capital of the world!) and joined the Knights in 2010 in the San Antonio-area town of Helotes because he wanted to be part of a…
Family of the Month – February 2018
Mike and Karen Moloughney Mike and Karen have long established a strong faith foundation at home for their four children and have also shared that as Holy Spirit youth faith formation catechists — Mike for 20 years, Karen for 15. They came here in 1997 from Jersey City, N.J., where they met while working in…
Knight of the Month – February 2018
Art Senato Never doubt Art’s devotion to the Knights of Columbus, which he joined in 1974. “The Knights of Columbus are very important to me because of the work that we do around the world and in the community,” Art said. “Like the military, we’re a band of brothers.” And he knows the military, too,…
Mike Lewis – January 2018
“One of these days … One of these days.” That’s what Mike thought about joining the Knights beginning with when he went through RCIA at Holy Spirit in 2012. The time finally arrived last year, after he attended an ACTS retreat and acted on the advice of our Tony Gonzalez. Mike went through exemplification in…
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