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New Member – June 2024
Marco Pinon Marco Pinon is a very impressive person. He learned the building trades (foundation repairs to roofing) from his dad and uncle. And with his life’s philosophy of “getting […]
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New Member – June 2024
Jose Valles Jose was born and raised in Durango Mexico. Coincidently this is also where he met his wife Jessica. They have been married for 24 years and have 4 […]
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Knight of the Year 2023-2024
David Ybarra Congratulations to David on his selection as the Knight of the Year for fraternal year 2023-2024. When announced as this Years’ Knight of the Year by Efrain Ochoa, […]
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In Memory
Arthur Benedicta Senato Six Sir Knights and two Sir Knight Honor Guards escorted and accompanied Art Senato to his final resting place at Memorial Garden in Arlington this past Monday […]
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An Eventful evening
Saturday evening June 29th was filled with prayer, ceremony, awards and food. It all started about 4:50pm as Knights and their families gathered in the church Narthex and processed as […]
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Spring Baseball Ends with a Flourish
The spring little league baseball season came to an end on Tuesday June 25th with the conclusion of the World Series. Over 50 Knights agreed to work during this event […]
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In Memory
Ernest Divin Ernest “Ernie” Divin passed away surrounded by love and family on Saturday April 6, 2024. Born on September 10, 1941 in Itasca, Texas, Ernie’s life was one of […]
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In Memory
Louie Olsovsky Louie Olsovsky (Oly) died peacefully at home on May 25, 2024 at the age of 96. He was born in Elm Mott, Texas on January 27, 1928. At […]
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New Member – Feb. 2024
Juan Ruiz Juan Ruiz was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. His wife, Silvia, was also born in Mexico but they were married in Arkansas. Together they have four children […]
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Knights Were Everywhere
Saturday April 27, was an unusually busy day for the Knights of Council 8157. The first event Knights participated in was Special Olympics. From a backyard summer camp for people […]
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Final Lenten Fish Fry of 2024
Last Friday, March 22nd, marked the culmination of Holy Spirit Catholic Church’s annual Lenten fish fry tradition. For the sixth consecutive week, parishioners and members of the community gathered together […]
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Knights Hands Respond Quickly
Knight Hands on the job Knight Hands are never short of responding to those who ask for help. When Jessica Huckabe asked the Knights for help with repairing their water […]
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Knights and Meals on Wheels
Knights Delivering Meals on Wheels How can you be the hands and feet of your faith in our parish community? One way is to be a driver for the Meals […]
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Knights Supporting the Community
Many Knights of Columbus of this Council joined in this Friday afternoon and evening to support our priests and our parish community by preparing a fish dinner at a very […]
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New Member – Dec. 2023
Joel Lopez Joel Lopez joined our fraternal order on December 10, 2023 because he “wanted to give back and become closer to the Lord”. For sure, he has come to […]
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Family Fun Day
On Sunday February4, 2024, Deborah Pearson, Children’s Faith Formation Coordinator for Holy Spirit Catholic Church, proclaimed this day Family Fun Day. And so all the youth in children’s faith formation […]
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24. Jim Russell, PGK 2022-2023
Jim Russell was born (an only child) and reared in Rochester New York but traveled to Stillwater Oklahoma to study and receive his degree (after much debate) in marketing. He […]
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23. Jorge Ruiz PGK 2020-2022
23. Jorge Ruiz PGK 2020-2022 You might not know that Jorge often wore a cycling helmet years ago. He was a serious rider, traversing hundreds of miles on weekends. These […]
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20. Nick Kleinhaus, PGK 2014-2016
Nick took the traditional council journey from Grand Knight to becoming one of our three Trustees for the 2016-17 fraternal year. Nick is from Cincinnati, Ohio and has been a […]
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Knight of the Month – Nov. 2023
Frito-Lay’s loss is our gain, for sure. Once David retired he gave more and more of his time helping other through the Knights of Columbus. He joined the Knights in […]
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New 4th Degree Knights
Who are these guys? They are Gamaliel Hernandez, Adan Luna, Allen Reitmeier and Jesse Radillo. These are the latest Knights from Council 8157 to be inducted into the 4th degree […]
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Knight of the Year 2022-2023
During the past fraternal year (July ’22 – June ’23) it seemed like every time the Knights had an event or a job to be done, there was Efrain with […]
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Busy Times for Knight Hands
On Saturday November 18, 2023 Knight Hands were completing projects at two different locations. David Dybala, Director of Knight Hands, was busy at the home of Roy Cormier as he […]
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Fr. McGivney Would be Proud
As is often the case, Knight Hands has repeat clients – I suggest Knight Hands does complete and neat jobs. And so it was at 8am on Saturday Nov. 11, […]
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Knights and Property Improvement Program
Each spring and fall residents of Duncanville are encouraged to submit applications to the City of Duncanville for consideration of the Property Improvement Program. The accepted applicants receive assistance to […]
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Fall Baseball Begins
The fall little league baseball season kicked off this past weekend – Sept. 2and 3,with a tournament featuring 24 Sport. 24 Sport is a new organization bringing their tournaments to […]