18
Jun
FORTNIGHT for FREEDOM
FORTNIGHT for FREEDOM June 21 to July 4th The second annual Fortnight for Freedom will take place from June 21 to July 4, and will consist of national and local […]
18
Jun
A Call to Conscience
The rights of health care workers, individuals, and businesses are at stake as ObamaCare moves closer to full implementation. On August 1st, just weeks from today, religious and nonprofit groups […]
17
Jun
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797) Please urge your Representative to oppose all weakening amendments and to support this bill. Please click or copy this link to your browser […]
16
Jun
RSVP request for Corporate Communion Dinner
Mark your calendars for the second quarter Corporate Communion coming up on Saturday June 29, 2013. We need your RSVP by Monday June 24 so we may prepare for dinner […]
13
Jun
ALERT: Council Change of Schedule!
June First Degree Rescheduled The June 25th First Degree ceremony has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, June 18, 2013 due to the heavy staffing needs required to run the concession stands […]
10
Jun
Cancer Survivors Day Cookout Methodist Dallas
On June 9, 2013, ten Knights from Council 8157 and three of their spouses generously donated their time to help the cancer survivors of Methodist Dallas Medical Center celebrate National […]
03
Jun
Baseball Night Tickets For Sale
Reminder [one_half] This is a reminder to all baseball fans out there that we still have 24+ tickets left to sell at the unbelievable discounted rate of $18.00 per ticket. […]
28
May
Our Council Gains 5 New Knights
Council 8157 had the good fortune of gaining 5 new members tonight at an outstanding 1st Degree Ceremony. They are listed in alphabetical order: John Hammonds Ryan Hammonds Elidio Marcelino […]
21
May
Major Degree, Major Success
[dropcaps] O [/dropcaps] ur first ever Major Degree turned out to be a major success. A total of 8 councils and 36 Knights participated in the 2nd and 3rd Degree […]
20
May
Knights Running Concession Stand at Valley Ridge Park
[dropcaps] A [/dropcaps] s many of you know by now our council has been awarded the contract to continue operating the concession stand at Valley Ridge Park in Cedar Hill, […]
20
May
Annual Church Picnic
The Knights of Council 8157 helped set up tents and cooked hot dogs and hamburgers for the Holy Spirit Catholic Church annual picnic on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The […]
14
May
St. Joseph’s Residence, Spring 2013
[dropcaps] A [/dropcaps]s we gathered this Saturday morning at Holy Spirit Catholic Church to collect our cooking equipment and food supplies, we realized we couldn’t have picked a better spring […]
13
May
Reminder: Major Degree This Saturday
Attention all 1st Degree Brother Knights: The Knights of Columbus Holy Spirit Council 8157 Invites all 1st Degree Knights to Complete your 2nd & 3rd Degrees In our first hosted […]
09
May
Andy Goza Receives Texas Recruitment Award
Congratulations to Andy Goza! At the May 7th council general meeting Andy Goza received the State of Texas Knights’ Recruitment Award. This recognition was announced at the annual state convention […]
23
Apr
Newsletter Jan-Mar 2013
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20
Apr
A letter from the Grand Knight of Council 2305 in West, Texas
The following letter was forwarded by our District Deputy Bill Dover and it is published here at his request: My Brother Knights, I want to thank each of you […]
13
Mar
Habemus papam: Pope Francis
Papal conclave elects Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, who has chosen to go by the name of Francis. Pope Francis was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17 December 1936 and becomes […]
03
Feb
Welcome Our New Brother Knights
Please welcome our new brother knights. From left to right: Arturo Bernal, Noe Saenz, Celestino Rios, Brad Lamb, Juan Perez, John Balasa & Greg Warr. All became Knights on […]
17
Jan
Take the Knights’ Quiz – Online!
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 […]
16
Jan
Newsletter Oct-Dec 2012
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19
Dec
A Christmas Message
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 […]
05
Nov
Council Grill Missing
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 […]
25
Oct
Email Addresses Created
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 […]
25
Oct
New Website Under Construction
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 […]
23
Oct
Bill Neilon
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 […]
06
Oct
Charlie Ruelas: October 2012
Charlie will be ordained as a Deacon in February and has been assigned to Holy Spirit, a pleasant surprise given the presence of Deacons Al Evans and Paul Wood (also […]
01
Oct
Knight of the Month – October 2012
Doug Skierski Doug Skierski, the council’s Knight of the Month for October, is engaged to George Steinbrenner’s daughter from New York. No, not that Steinbrenner. But Terri Steinbrenner’s father is named […]
01
Oct
Family of the Month – October 2012
If there was a Holy Spirit decathlon, our Family of the Month for October – Jack and Juanita Ramsden – would at least be among those worthy of earning a […]
01
Oct
Fall Festival Time
“Heavy lifting” is an apt phrase both figuratively and literally when describing the Knights’ involvement at the parish’s annual Fall Festival held during the final weekend of September. And that’s […]
30
Sep
James Vu
James Vu was a 9-year-old living in Vietnam when he was simply told to “get on the boat,” and his life changed dramatically. James, his mother and four siblings sailed […]