An impressive number of Knights was sufficiently recovered from the council’s annual Appreciation Dinner on Saturday night, Jan. 19 (many of whom also volunteered the following morning at 8157’s winter […]
Patrick Stepniewski has been coordinating blood drives at Holy Spirit since before there was a Knights of Columbus council. His well-oiled machine was on display Jan. 20, when he was […]
This past Saturday night, January 19, 2013, was a night to remember for those Knights of Columbus and their guests in attendance at the 4th annual Appreciation Dinner and party […]
At our last general membership meeting on Tuesday Jan 15th, Jim Kowalski challenged us with a Knights of Columbus Quiz which consisted of 16 questions relating to the history of […]
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Merry Christmas from the Officers & Directors of The Knights of Columbus Council 8157 [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/30045271″ params=”auto_play=true&show_comments=false” width=”100%” height=”80″ iframe=”true” /] [one_half] [thaudio href=’http://kofc8157.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Pavarotti-O-Holy-Night.mp3′]Luciano Pavarotti – O Holy […]
Jim Richardson Jim was one of the thousands of people who came to our area in 1990 when the Super-Collider project was getting started in Waxahachie. For Jim and wife […]
On December 9, 2012, St Nick (played by Marce Tebbe) made his appearance in the gymnasium at the Community Center at Holy Spirit Church for the annual “breakfast with St […]
Bill Dover, District Deputy of District #86, presented our Grand Knight, Frank Salazar, two very prestigious awards this past December 4, 2012 as the regular general business meeting. The ceremony was […]
During the general business meeting of December 4, 2012, Bill Dover spoke of the many happenings during the mid-year meeting and presented the Council with three wards. What Bill failed […]
Al and Sally Alonzo Al and Sally Alonzo capped off another busy year in which they were selected as the council’s Family of the Month for December. At least those […]
Some one once asked, “Who are the Knights”? This past Saturday evening, Nov. 17, 2012 at the 5:30 p.m. Mass, you could see who the Knights are. There was a […]
On Thursday evening, Nov. 1, 2012, someone or a group of someones saw fit to steal the Knights’ grill from church property. Fr. Joe Lee actually saw the grill leaving […]
Nineteen Knights worked this past Sunday morning November 10 at the Community Center to set up the gymnasium, cook breakfast fare, serve the guests, and clean up everything when the […]
NCBC Transportation Needed for Bishops We are in need of drivers for about 200+ Bishops, Cardinals and other dignitaries coming to Dallas on February 4– 7, 2013 for the National […]
Many volunteers joined together from October 30th to November 9th at the USA Bowling alley in north Dallas near Walnut Hill Lane to help over 1,100 Special Olympic athletes from […]
The “40 Days For Life” campaign was held from September 26th – November 4th with 24 hours a day prayer vigils in front of the Southwestern Late Term Abortion Center […]
We received the following e-mail “thank you” from Father Augustine through Gabi Hardin regarding the recent Knight donation to Fr. Augustine for his school: Loving greetings and prayerful wishes from […]
What a show of strength by the Knights of Council 8157 as they honored the men and women who served their country and are now paying the price. This past […]
Urgent Call to All Knights: The council grill is missing from its mooring as of this morning and it’s assumed stolen. The chain was found cut. This has been reported […]
The fall little league baseball season finished with a “thud”. The last two tournaments were cancelled – one due to weather and another due to lack of interest. And so […]
Jorge Ruiz discovered his appetite for art and creativity at a young age, soon after emigrating from Ecuador to New York City and reuniting with his parents and six siblings. […]
Chris Edwards For Chris Edwards, the council’s Knight of the Month for November, membership as a rank-and-file Knight these days is a relatively new experience. He joined the council soon […]
David Dyabla joined Hector Lopez and Allen Reitmeier in completing the latest Knight Hand project at the home of David and Barbara […]
Gents, FYI: I created a couple of email addresses that you should know about: info@kofc8157.org forwards to fransa1217@yahoo.net & alonzobt@att.net membership@kofc8157.org forwards to andygoza@msn.com to & alonzobt@att.net The first one […]
Hey guys, I just installed a new “template” over our WordPress website and it has a lot of options that I have to go through and set defaults for, so […]
Bill and wife Toni are among the founding families of the parish. He was the first head of the parish council and led the choir at Masses at Reed Junior […]
Eleven Knights from this Council spent the Saturday morning of October 13th, 2012 cooking and entertaining the residents of St. Joseph’s assisted living residence located on West Prembroke Avenue in […]
Sande is the head usher at the Sunday evening Mass. “The token adult” as he puts it, for the weekly youth Mass. He was born in The Bronx, N.Y., graduated […]
JOHN RIZO JR. is another “legacy” Brother Knight, his father having signed on in the late 1980s. John Jr. is an apprentice with an electrical union. He’s a 2006 graduate […]
