Family of the Month – September 2018
Jorge and Eva Barragan Two generations of Barragans have figuratively rolled up their sleeves at our Valley Ridge concession stands this year, 6-year-old Jorge Jr. at the baseball stand and 10-year-old […]
Jorge and Eva Barragan Two generations of Barragans have figuratively rolled up their sleeves at our Valley Ridge concession stands this year, 6-year-old Jorge Jr. at the baseball stand and 10-year-old […]
Ken and Patty Rarick The Raricks have long been involved in Holy Spirit activities, as was the case this past July when they were among a couple dozen parishioners who […]
Keith & Mary Archer arrive to work their shifts at the concessions stands during the July 2018 Little League World Series at Valley Ridge Park in Cedar Hill. Keith and […]
Larry and Sheila Balagna The Balagnas were again here, there and everywhere among council activities during the past three months. They were part of the 8157 contingent that drove up […]
Victor Jr. and Valerie Zaragoza The Zaragozas just finished another year of youth Faith Formation teaching, providing instruction to a class of fifth graders. “It’s fun to teach the kids […]
Tom Greco and Helen Beggane Tom can tell you the date that he joined the Knights — Nov. 13, 2007 (back us up on this, Tom), and he took his […]
Jim and Mary Russell Jim has pulled KC double duty for years, so to speak, as an officer in both Council 8157 and Fourth Degree Assembly 2799. He is in […]
Mike and Karen Moloughney Mike and Karen have long established a strong faith foundation at home for their four children and have also shared that as Holy Spirit youth faith […]
Elvis and Thelma Fajardo Elvis Fajardo mentioned to wife Thelma that the parish’s annual “Breakfast with St. Nicholas” would be held the following day, and she said she planned to […]
Jim and Sharon Stavinoha Married for 48 years, Jim and Sharon met on a blind date that was arranged by one of his fraternity brothers at St. Mary’s University in […]
Jeff and Frances Miller The Millers have been Holy Spirit parishioners since early 1988, a few months after Jeff began regularly attending Mass here after taking a job at The […]
Allen and Linda Reitmeier KC “business” for Allen and Linda Reitmeier extends well beyond what we’re become so familiar with through the years – primarily, the extensive time and energy […]
Russell and Tricia Gully Don’t look now, but another Gully is headed to the University of Texas. This is the youngest of the three Gully daughters, Rachel, who was Bishop […]
The Migala family Les Migala and one of his five children, Arthur, are both members of our council. Les, who was born in Poland, took his First and Major Degrees […]
Dan and Pat Murphy The Murphys wonderfully exhibited the Knights’ belief that charity begins at home with their devotion to Pat’s father, Robert Moore, during his final months before passing […]
The Tony Gonzalez family Tony and his wife and children were a major part of the council’s fish fry dinners during Lent. Simply put, preparing and serving his fish tacos […]
Pete and “Bimbo” Perta The Pertas will celebrate their seventh anniversary on Sunday, April 9. Pete has been our Financial Secretary for four years. That calls for him to keep […]
Mike and Susan Fitzgerald Mike recently joined Susan in retirement, and the long-time Ovilla residents are ready to see more of the world. They’ll spend nine days in late March […]
Andy, Susan and Madison Goza The ever-active Goza family celebrated another milestone in their faith life when Madison was confirmed by Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly at Madison’s school, St. Elizabeth […]
Larry and Sheila Balagna The Balagnas are enjoying retirement, thank you, and the parish and our KC council are the beneficiaries of their increased opportunity to give their time and […]
Jose and Isabel Montoya Much of the Montoya family was involved in an extensive project recently undertaken by a contingent of Knight Hands volunteers. It involved almost 100 man hours […]
James and Judy Smith James signed on as one of the charter members of our new football concessions committee this fall, and he was supported in grand style by Judy, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Carlos and Melisa Limones The council’s recent Lenten fish fries provided another opportunity for brother Knights to watch the energetic and dedicated Limones family in action. In baseball parlance, they’re […]
Freddy and Milly Vazquez Freddy’s ascension through the KC ranks has been a rather quick one. He joined the order in August 2015 and, on the final Saturday of February, […]