John Espree John captains our “leadoff shift” at the Valley Ridge baseball concession stand on Saturdays throughout both the spring and fall seasons. He joined our council in March 2012, taking […]
On Our Constitution and Election Day I know that a few of you are patiently waiting for this meeting to be over so you can go home and catch the latest […]
Sanka and Thilini Jayasinghe Sanka has been a member of council for less than three months, and we already know he can wield a mean spatula when preparing burgers at […]
Bob Motta Bob has been typically busy lately, from manning the cooking post in the back of the baseball concession stand every Saturday this fall to helping with the set-up […]
Prayer is an important part of our lives. As Catholics, we are taught to pray specific prayers. It starts almost at the cradle, with, “Now I lay me down to sleep. I […]
First, let me preface this presentation with the comment that it was first written two months ago. Due to the length of our past few meetings, I have not had […]
David and Clara Dybala David and Clara have been married since June 1971, not long after they met at a wedding dance themselves. They grew up in the small Czech […]
Pete Perta Pete is in his fourth year as our Financial Secretary, having taken the baton from his long-time predecessor, Ernie Coy, in April 2013. Pete moved to the Dallas […]
Ben and Renee Luna Ben and Renee met back at Mesquite High and have been married 21 years. They have a daughter, Sayla, who graduated from Red Oak High in […]
It’s time again for a tip of the hat for Pat. That would be Patrick Stepniewski, who has been organizing our council blood drives for years. Even before that, […]
Efrain Ochoa Efrain quietly goes about his work as a weekly volunteer during our Cedar Hill baseball concession stand operations as a member of the Monday night shift. He went […]
Victor was invited to join the council by La’Don Wright at one of our recent Friday afternoon snow-cone handouts under the church bell tower. He grew up in Dallas, graduating […]
Zachary comes the latest “legacy” member of our council. He’s the son of Ramon Presas III, who joined 8157 in 2003. Zachary is a recent graduate of Midlothian High. He […]
Sanka and his family moved to Cedar Hill about a year ago. He and wife Thilini have been married eight years. They have two children, son Saren (6) and daughter […]
Frank and Lourdes Salazar Our thoughts and prayers are with Frank and Lourdes, who have each dealt with the recent death of a parent. Frank’s father died recently while in […]
Nick Kleinhaus Nick takes 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 […]
Les Migala We know him as Les, which is short for his middle name. Marian Leschoslaw Migala was born in Poland a dozen years before his homeland was invaded by […]
Jeff joined the order shortly after the recent passings of his mother, Burma Wodek, and his stepfather, Ken Wodek. And he has since often asked a fellow member of the […]
Over the years, I have come to believe that there are a few basic truths that we all share. Many years ago, I learned that “history is written by the […]
E.J. doesn’t have to go far to bump into some fellow brothers. His father, Ernest Jr., joined the council in February and took his major degree about two weeks later. […]
Mario said he had been thinking for quite some time about joining the Knights. “It was time to join now,” he said. Al Alonzo was his sponsor, but Mario said […]
Jesse Radillo Jesse joined the Knights in October 2013 and took his major degrees at Holy Spirit in February 2015. He was born in Mexico and moved to El Paso […]
Ronnie is a 30-year Knight who just transferred in from Council 3593 in Oak Cliff. You’ve probably seen him at multiple events at Holy Spirit as a member of Assembly […]
Bill and Cindy Dover Bill is quasi-retired from his optometry practice, Cindy is 100 percent retired from working in his office, and Bill is now stepping aside as District Deputy […]
Charles is a hospitality minister at the 11:30 Sunday Mass. He is a retired teacher living in Duncanville. Charles is from Nigeria. He came to the United States in 1973 […]
The emotion in Nick’s voice as he introduced himself at the end of his First Degree ceremony was obvious. He described entry into the Order as a dream come true. […]
Howard has been a parishioner since 1991, when he retired from the Air Force and moved to the Dallas area – DeSoto, specifically – where is home for his wife, […]
Ernest Alvarez family Ernest and son Ernest III helped bring a new element to the weekly fish fries during the recently completed Lenten season. They prepared fish tacos at their […]
To say that the residents of St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff eagerly anticipate our semi-annual cookouts there is an understatement. As facility director Richard Hohman simply stated, “It’s a […]
It was about 4 a.m. one morning about six weeks ago that I woke up and discovered there was a question just penetrating there – what is a Knight? I […]