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Lecture No. 35 – September 2016
First, let me preface this presentation with the comment that it was first written two months ago. Due to the length of our past few meetings, I have not had to prepare additional presentations. My wife and I thank you for the break over the summer. Second, I am well aware that Pope Francis canonized…
Family of the Month – September 2016
David and Clara Dybala David and Clara have been married since June 1971, not long after they met at a wedding dance themselves. They grew up in the small Czech community of Fairchild southwest of Houston. David joined the Knights in June 1978 and took his major degrees a few months later. He’s an engineering…
Knight of the Month – September 2016
Pete Perta Pete is in his fourth year as our Financial Secretary, having taken the baton from his long-time predecessor, Ernie Coy, in April 2013. Pete moved to the Dallas area in 2010. He joined our council in June 2011 and took his major degrees only a few months later. Pete is a charter member…
Prayers for the Alvarez Family
Brothers, Late yesterday afternoon Brother Knight Ernest Alvarez admitted his wife Carmen, who is suffering from a serious medical condition, into Methodist Hospital in Dallas on an emergency basis. This morning she was in the ICU and was scheduled to go into surgery at around 8:30 this morning. Brothers please keep Ernest and Carmen Alvarez,…
Family of the Month – August 2016
Ben and Renee Luna Ben and Renee met back at Mesquite High and have been married 21 years. They have a daughter, Sayla, who graduated from Red Oak High in 2014. Ben is a member of the Duncanville Police Department, and peace officers and first responders surely deserve our respect and appreciation now more than…
Knights host successful blood drive – August 2016
It’s time again for a tip of the hat for Pat. That would be Patrick Stepniewski, who has been organizing our council blood drives for years. Even before that, when Holy Spirit had a men’s club instead of a KC entity. The drive that was held in the community center dining room on Aug….
Let’s get ready for some Football?
Brothers, Our Council has been presented an amazing opportunity that will allow us to expand our ability to provide Charity work for our parish and our community. As most of you know by now, we are in talks with the Cedar Hill Football Association and Cheer to operate their Football fields Concession Stand during the…
KC Council 8157 Special Meeting Called
Council 8157 Grand Knight Jim Richardson has called a special meeting of all council members to be held on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM This special meeting will be held at our regular meeting room at the Holy Spirit Church Community Center. The purpose of this special meeting is to conduct a second…
Knight of the Month – August 2016
Efrain Ochoa Efrain quietly goes about his work as a weekly volunteer during our Cedar Hill baseball concession stand operations as a member of the Monday night shift. He went above and beyond during this summer’s multiple World Series, not only stepping up to work multiple shifts on short/no notice but also preparing 47 pounds…
Victor Zaragoza Jr. – July 2016
Victor was invited to join the council by La’Don Wright at one of our recent Friday afternoon snow-cone handouts under the church bell tower. He grew up in Dallas, graduating from Townview High, Mountain View College and getting a degree from the online University of Phoenix. Victor is employed by a law firm in Plano,…
Zachary Presas – July 2016
Zachary comes the latest “legacy” member of our council. He’s the son of Ramon Presas III, who joined 8157 in 2003. Zachary is a recent graduate of Midlothian High. He was involved in the school’s competitive entrepreneur program; three students were selected to participate from 500 hopefuls, and Zachary was the first one chosen. He’ll…
Sanka Jayasinghe – July 2016
Sanka and his family moved to Cedar Hill about a year ago. He and wife Thilini have been married eight years. They have two children, son Saren (6) and daughter Sanara (4). Sanka is a supervisor at a cement plant warehouse in Midlothian. He was invited to join the council by Bob Motta. Sanka is…
Jeff Miller Voted Knight of the Year!
At our Council’s Annual Awards Banquet this past Saturday July 16, 2016, the highlight of the evening was the announcement of the Knight of the Year. In his first official act as our Council’s new Grand Knight, Sir Knight Jim Richardson introduced and bestowed the honor of Knight of the Year to Sir Knight Jeff…
The Awards Banquet 2016
Council 8157 kicked off its new fraternal year this past Saturday, July 16, 2016 with a most eventful evening. First the Knights gathered to attend Corporate Communion Mass at Holy Spirit with celebrant Fr. Eugene, a Fourth Degree Sir Knight himself. Following the mass the Knights gathered at the church’s dining hall for the Installation…
Learn to Cook Art Senato’s Famous Spaghetti Sauce
ATTENTION ALL KNIGHTS Sir Knight Art Senato has volunteered to put on a cooking clinic to share his famous spaghetti sauce recipe and teach us to make it. This may come in handy for all future Spaghetti dinners whether at church or at home. At this point we just want to get an idea of…
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