Fall Festival 2018 Photo Gallery
Fall Festival 2018 Photo Gallery
Fall Festival 2018 Photo Gallery
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 […]
Rest in Peace – 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, […]
Safe Environment Program Training 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 […]
Congratulate our latest Sir Knights 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
Keith is one of those new members who has hit the ground running. That can happen when someone joins while we’re staffing the Cedar Hill youth baseball concession stands during […]
John was first attracted to the Knights of Columbus as a child in his hometown in Nigeria, where he saw Fourth Degree members participating in their ornate attire. When John […]
John Espree It was another successful effort in staffing the council’s youth baseball concessions stands across Cedar Hill this spring. Much of the credit goes to John, who again served […]
Our new monogrammed Council 8157 caps are available for purchase. Contact Andy Goza if you would like to order yours. Shirts are also available in various styles and sizes. Andy […]
Nel Mancenido wondered how Knight Hands could possibly remove all the rotted lumber from his gazebo deck and replace the rotted portions with new treated 2” X 6”’s in such […]
FAITH IN ACTION In the coming 2018-2019 fraternal year, Faith in Action will be the new program model for the Knights of Columbus, replacing Surge…with Service. The new model seeks […]
The Knights of Columbus Dallas Diocese Chapter (DDC) is the organization that represents 61 Councils, which are divided into 15 Districts (#101-115), and 13 Assemblies that represent the 4th Degree; […]
Newsletter July 2018 Edition 35 All the Council events and activities of the last quarter. [button type=”churchope_button” url=”http://kofc8157.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/July2018-newslwtter.pdf” target=”” ]Download Newsletter July 2018[/button]
Roberto keeps a busy schedule – operating a neurology clinic in Mansfield with two daughters in college and one in high school – but decided it was a good time […]
First of all, the first name is pronounced with a short “a” sound, like former SMU football coach Mike Cavan. Kavin and his family have lived in Duncanville since 2009, […]
Frank has lived in Duncanville for most of his life. But during his high school years, his family apparently lived in a sliver of the city that sent its children […]
Wendell turned heads during his meeting with the council’s admission committee when he revealed doing lots of research on the Knights before pursuing membership, which was informally extended to him […]
Roberto recently reactivated at the urging of Frank Salazar and Tom Greco. He retired as a master sergeant following 24 years in the U.S. Army in 1997 and most recently […]
Larry and Sheila Balagna The Balagnas were again here, there and everywhere among council activities during the past three months. They were part of the 8157 contingent that drove up […]