Family of the Month – December 2019
Jorge and Eva Barragan The Barragans celebrated their 16th anniversary in November and are a fixture in that middle pew in Holy Spirit’s sanctuary in one of the front rows. […]
Jorge and Eva Barragan The Barragans celebrated their 16th anniversary in November and are a fixture in that middle pew in Holy Spirit’s sanctuary in one of the front rows. […]
Pete Perta Seems like just yesterday that Pete took over as our Financial Secretary. Actually, it was April 2013. And what a job he’s done. “I take great pride in […]
Jim and Lillian Kowalski The Catholic faith has been at the center of the Kowalskis’ relationship since the very beginning. Jim Kowalski and Lillian Skotak met in 1960 at a […]
Chris Kubin Chris can now look into the rear-view mirror at a rare achievement among Holy Spirit parishioners – having served as chairman of the fall festival for three straight […]
Tom Greco and Helen Beggane Tom and Helen were married on April 19, 1975 in Omaha, Neb., and have been Holy Spirit parishioners since 1982. “It’s been our spiritual home […]
Doug Maddox Jr. So there were Doug and Paul Ryan – a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and a retired Colonel in the U.S. Marines, respectively – holding […]
Steve and Denise Zehnder The Zehnders certainly aren’t unique among council families for having four grandchildren, but theirs arrived all at once. When Steve refers to “the quads,” he isn’t […]
Hector Rubio Hector has proved to be a versatile brother Knight since joining our council in January 2016 at the invitation of Jorge Ruiz. He’s a regular participant in Knight […]
Allen and Linda Reitmeier The Reitmeiers are a kinetic couple seemingly always involved in an activity related to their strong faith life. They grew up in small Minnesota towns that […]
David Dybala David, a Knight since 1980 and a member of our council since 1985, supervised the renovation of the parish dining hall into what’s now called The Upper Room. […]
Russell and Patricia Gully Russell joined the Knights and our council in March 1987, a few months after the newlyweds moved to DeSoto. They met in Austin, where Russell was […]
Dan and Pat Murphy The Murphys have been active parishioners for years. If you dropped by Holy Spirit’s recent Vacation Bible School, you saw Dan helping out. If you take […]
Jim Russell Jim has just about reached the figurative halftime of a challenging KC assignment – serving as a council officer and as the ultimate assembly officer. He’s one fraternal […]
Dan and Betsey Schneider You’ll recall Dan experienced a horrific accident at our April 5 Lenten fish fry during which he fainted, having donated blood earlier that Friday, and fell […]
Mike and Susan Fitzgerald Mike moved to Dallas from his native Minnesota, attending St. Thomas Aquinas in 1980 when a co-worker invited him out on a double blind date. The […]
Eric Conner Eric is second-generation Knight. He recalls the excitement of he and his brother staying in a hotel in Wichita Falls on the weekend that their father, Nathaniel Rex […]
Gerald and Toni Jacob The Jacobs have lived in DeSoto for 14 years and are enjoying semi-retirement. Gerald, who retired from the U.S. Navy in 2007 following 22 years, splits […]
Jorge Ruiz 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 days, we know […]
Doug and Diana Maddox At our February general membership meeting, Doug joined our officers group when he was voted in as the new warden. Doug and his family moved to […]
Greg Warr Greg admits that he enjoys working with “spread sheets and numbers.” So it wasn’t a stretch when Allen Reitmeier approached him years ago to handle the financials of […]
Some 30 years ago, Chris Edwards asked Cecilia Leigh Hookings out for a first date on a Wednesday, took her to Campisi’s on Mockingbird Lane on Friday and decided on […]
John Balasa Twenty-two years in the U.S. Army made John well acquainted with the upside of male camaraderie, John notes. So after years of helping at Holy Spirit’s 5:30 Saturday […]
Paul made the relatively “short trip,” in terms of transfer distance, from Council 7736 over at St. Jude in Mansfield. He joined the Knights eight years ago while in Maryland […]
Hector Rubio Hector is one of those 8157 members who’s rarely seen at the monthly meetings but makes his presence greatly felt “out in the field.” He enjoys contributing his […]
David and Veronica Ybarra The Knights of Columbus tenet of devotion to family is rarely more evident than in the Ybarra home in Waxahachie. For the past seven years, David […]
Dennis Hudson – December 2018 This past year has been a significant one in Dennis’ faith journey. He completed Holy Spirit’s RCIA program early in the year and was welcomed […]
Dan Schneider – November 2018 transfer The pullover Bears jacket is a tipoff that Dan is originally from greater Chicago. He and wife Betsey came to our area in January […]
Breakfast with St. Nick 2018 It was our own Chris Edwards who, as Grand Knight, got together with Deborah Pearson about a dozen years ago to replace Holy Spirit’s Children’s Faith […]
John and Bonnie Espree Running into a member of the Espree family at a Holy Spirit get-together or function is likely. They’ve been parishioners since 2000 and jumped right in […]
Mike Moloughney Mike has been the council’s director for Pro Life activities since when? One of the annual responsibilities is coordinating 8157’s Hike for Life, held at Duncanville’s Armstrong Park. This […]