Category: New Members

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, […]

Benny Klein’s explanation for joining the Knights is a familiar one: “Jim worked on me,” he said, referring to Jim Kowalski. Benny and wife Ronda live in Cedar Hill and […]

Ernest Alvarez’s service to the council preceded his formal membership. He has prepared fish tacos for our first two fish fries this Lenten season and then went through his exemplification […]

Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Hector Rubio came to our area in the early nineties and has been living in Duncanville since 1992. After attending Our Lady of […]

Luis “Tony” Gonzalez was encouraged by his brother Elio Gonzalez to join the Knights of Columbus.  And so it was on Tuesday November 24th that Tony was inducted into the […]

Edmond Cordova III and his family have been a member of this parish for the past 7 years and have lived in Grand Prairie for the last 4 years. Edmond […]

At the conclusion of the 1st degree induction ceremony on October 27, Dan Keough said “you guys have been chasing me for 10 years”. And with the recruiting efforts of […]

Freddy Vazquez recently began the second year of his new adventure – teaching at Mark Twain Elementary School in the Dallas ISD following 34 years in the U.S. Army. He […]

Music has long been at the core of Charles Turner’s life. He studied music in college and was a band director and/or music teacher for 36 years before retiring in […]

Jeff comes to our council only months after completing Holy Spirit’s RCIA program. He’s originally from Louisiana, where his grandparents being Catholic was a significant influence on him. Jeff lives […]

The youth baseball concession stands in Cedar Hill has been the council’s primary source of revenue for years and also directly contributed to 8157’s membership rolls recently. Heleodoro – or […]

The council’s Kinard contingent continues to grow. Clint’s father, Rod, joined 8157 in 2010. Older brother Travis became a member two years ago. Clint lives in Duncanville just a few […]

Richard grew up in Dallas, moved to DeSoto in November 2013 and is looking forward to becoming more involved as a Holy Spirit parishioner – including with the Knights. He […]

Louis was invited to join our council by Arthur Rodriguez; the two of them have been involved in Catholic evangelization for decades. Louis is enjoying retirement after most recently working […]

Let’s hope Albert files his federal income tax return well in advance and can enjoy April 15 since that’s his birthday. He’s self-employed in a variety of fields – laying […]

Sorry that we can’t avoid future confusion here; Daniel says both he and his father, who joined the KC’s in October 2013, simply go by the name of “Daniel.” Young […]

Leslie’s entry into our council comes only a few years after he went through Holy Spirit’s RCIA program and was confirmed in October 2012. He grew up in the Episcopal […]

Bob and wife Patricia live in Grand Prairie. He transferred from the council at St. Michael’s parish there in December to begin his second stint in our council. His KC […]

[dropcaps] R [/dropcaps] obert joined the council on the penultimate day of the year as another step in his personal campaign to come home to the Catholic Church. Robert grew […]

[dropcaps] A [/dropcaps] search for brotherhood greatly influenced Brent to recently give up his career in sporting goods sales to pursue a new calling in law enforcement. It’s also what […]

[dropcaps] J [/dropcaps] osh recently became the third member of his family to enter the order, following father Chris (2010) and older brother Nick (2013). Josh is a senior at […]

  Alberto Torreblanca is a craftsman cabinet maker and supervisor for a custom cabinet manufacturer in Dallas. His wife of 17 years, Marlen, works for the City of Irving fire department. […]

“Junior” and his wife, Toni, have a young daughter, Gabryella, and are expecting their second child in February. He took over his father’s trucking business when his father retired. Junior […]

Gilbert and his son joined the council together, invited by John Espree. Gilbert was born in Kaufman but has lived in Dallas since 1946. He graduated from Crozier Tech and […]

To say Cris followed the path less taken to Knighthood is an understatement. He was hospitalized at Charlton Methodist recently. Two members of our council were among the Holy Spirit […]