Agustin Perez Sr – February 2014
It is always a particular joy to this Council when we have the opportunity to induct two members of the same family into the Knights of Columbus. This past […]
It is always a particular joy to this Council when we have the opportunity to induct two members of the same family into the Knights of Columbus. This past […]
Ten members of our council earned their Major Degrees among a group of 19 North Texans who went through the ceremony held in Holy Spirit’s community center on Saturday, Feb. […]
Jim and Mary Russell Faith Formation’s annual “Breakfast With St. Nicholas” held in the community center gym in early December was an occasion to see Jim and Mary Russell doing […]
Art Senato Maybe we should retire the February Knight of the Month award for Art Senato since he has repeated in earning that distinction for the second consecutive year. […]
The Duncanville Knights and Meals on Wheels [dropcaps] N [/dropcaps] early every man who joins the Knights of Columbus states that they “want to give back to the community” or “want […]
Faith Review On Saturday, February 15, we will host a major degree ceremony. I was looking over Brother Peter’s latest roster and counted 75 first degree knights who are […]
[dropcaps] M [/dropcaps] ore than 200 parishioners were treated to another enjoyable Winter Welcome celebration in the community center gym on Friday night, Jan. 31. Knights were again front and […]
Eleven Knights were in attendance at the recent Catechist Appreciation dinner to cook (warm actually) and serve a wide variety of appetizers and a full Mexican/American dinner with all the […]
Abel is new to the parish – he joined Holy Spirit parish 3 years ago when he moved into the area, but already he is helping as a parking lot […]
Trevor is the 18 year old son of Chris Edwards–former Grand Knight of Council 8157. Trevor felt “a sense of need to return something to my church”, and chose the […]
Stephen heard about the Knights of Columbus from his wife of 15 years – Jessica – and friends and because his “faith is in the church” and because he wanted […]
La’Don and Ivonne Wright La’Don joined 8157 in late November and was busy recruiting new members only a few weeks later while helping out at Children’s Faith Formation’s “Breakfast With […]
Jesse Radillo Jesse followed a family tradition when he took his First Degree in October. His father, Eduardo, was a Knight in the 1950s, when the Radillo family lived in […]
All the Council 8157 events and activities of the past quarter, gathered into one newsletter. [button type=”churchope_button” url=”http://kofc8157.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Newsletter-8157-4Q-2013.pdf” target=”” ]Download Newsletter December 2013[/button]
At the January 2014 general membership meeting District Deputy Bill Dover presented our council with the following awards: Diocese Award to Degree Team Presented award on diocese’s behalf to […]
[dropcaps] I [/dropcaps] began as your lecturer outlining that the first series of talks would be about the four principles of our Order. I took a detour for the last […]
Shawn enlisted in the U.S. Army in the mid-1980s after graduating from high school in Philadelphia and was seriously injured during maneuvers in Germany. While in a coma for about […]
Brothers: It is with deepest regret that we inform you of the passing away of Mrs. Sally Alonzo, BK Al Alonzo’s wife. Sally passed away at 4:00 PM Sunday, December 29th, […]
Introducing our new Polo shirts: “Sport-Tek” by Port Authority® We’re starting the New Year in style. These Polo style shirts are elegant enough to wear to a dinner social gathering […]
Another “season” of KC breakfasts came to a successful close on Sunday, Dec. 15 as more than a dozen brother Knights stepped forward and served more than 350 guests in […]
Ray Rivera You could have hardly blamed Ray Rivera if he snickered or at least breathed a sigh of relief during the recent icy spell here in north Texas. Ray […]
Bob Motta’s Italian roots stem from Palermo, Sicily, from where at age 16 his father emigrated to America. Bob grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, not far from where the […]
Raul owns a degree in aerospace engineering, worked for NASA on the space station and hopes to develop a cost-efficient system of solar panels that could be used at Holy […]
Jason works for a human resource consulting firm and is also a 1st sergeant in the Army reserves, which he has been a member of for 21 years. He moved […]
Juanita and Jack Ramsden The Ramsdens are in the midst of closing out yet another busy year with the Knights and multiple Holy Spirit ministries. They recently helped at the […]
The Honorary Life Membership Card Award In recognition of long-term dedication to the Order, after 25 years of continuous service (at the age of 70), or 50 years of continuous […]
La’Don has become quite active in Holy Spirit ministries since recently going through RCIA. He is a Zone Shepherd (Zone 6), a Eucharistic Minister and also an EM to patients […]
We welcome new Knights On Tuesday November 26, 2013, our degree team inducted 7 new members into the order of Knights of Columbus. Four of them came into our own […]
[dropcaps] A [/dropcaps] s a species, we humans seem to have an inordinate propensity for violence. It began when Cain slew Able and has escalated from there. Yes, we […]
[teaser url=”http://kofc8157.org/th_gallery/va-medical-center-dallas-cookout-2013/” title=”VA Medical Center-Dallas Cookout 2013″ post=”6095″ ]SEE FULL PHOTO GALLERY[/teaser] [dropcaps] A [/dropcaps] s Americans we are extremely fortunate to be able to enjoy certain freedoms which many […]