December 2015.pub - Waterloo Knights of Columbus Council 5135

The Councillor
Fr. Theobald Spetz
Council 5135
Waterloo, ON
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Issue 2016—1
Dec 2015 — Feb 2016
Scheduled Council
Meetings
Council Executive
Meeting
4th Monday of every
month at 7:00 p.m.
Corporation Meeting
3rd Monday of every
month at 7:30 p.m.
Council General
Meeting
4th Monday of every
month 7:30 p.m. sharp.
Retired Members Club
2nd & 4th Thursday at
1:30 p.m.
Grand Knight’s message
We have decided to re-instate our
newsletter, to better keep you
informed of both current & upcoming
events that are happening within our
council.
We still hold our weekly Friday Night
Fish Fry / Meat Draw, which is very
successful & enjoyed by all who
attend. The support of this event is
very much appreciated. I would like
to say a huge thank you to everyone
who helps out in anyway. As the old
adage goes, many hands make light
work. We would not be able to
continue this event without you.
In the near future we will begin
having Bingo Nights at the hall which
will be looked after by our Deputy
Grand Knight, Alan Wood. We are
also planning a Casino Night.
It’s that time of year again!! Time for
our annual ‘New Toys For Needy Kids’
toy drive. On December 10th the
Noteworthy Singers will be
performing their annual Christmas
Concert. This year it takes place at
the Waterloo Pentecostal Assembly,
located at 395 King
Street North,
Waterloo,
beginning at 1:30
p.m.
Admission:
donations (cash or
cheque) to New
Toys for Needy Kids
or an unwrapped
child’s toy.
Richard J. Collins
Grand Knight
What a wonderful way to kick off the
Christmas Season, all the while
supporting a great cause that began
from an idea that our late brother
knight Chuck Waurechen had many
years ago.
I’d like to wish each of you and your
loved ones a very Merry Christmas &
a Blessed New Year!!
Please remember amid all the hustle
& bustle of the upcoming holiday
season to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’.
After all He is the Reason for the
Season.
Vivat Jesus
Officers for 2015-2016 Fraternal Year
Chaplain
Grand Knight
Deputy Grand Knight
Chancellor
Recorder
Advocate
Financial Secretary
Rev. Ray Reitzel, C.R.
Richard J. Collins
Alan Wood
Peter Guinta
John Gilhuly
David Haid
Bryan Van Engelen
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Treasurer
Trustee Year 3
Trustee Year 2
Trustee Year 1
Warden
Inside Guard
Outside Guard
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George Dube
Jamie Jewer
Sebatian Malton
John Nguyen
John Healy
Andrew Malton
Felix Nwaishi
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Spiritual Director’s Message
Dear Knights and friends.
to stop lying. The point is
clear. The truth sets you
free.
WAKE UP! This is the focus on the first
Sunday of Advent. Jesus in the gospel
urges us, “Be on your guard!...Be alert at
all times!”
When you stop lying, and
face, and speak the truth,
you change, the world
changes, you get healthy,
no matter what you have
done, and no matter what
Fr. Ray Reitzel, C.R.
issues you are struggling
Chaplain
with. To lie, in any of area
of life, is to be somehow sick in every area
of life.
Advent is set aside to commemorate and
celebrate Jesus’ coming in the flesh. The
Church designates Advent as a time to be
mindful and responsive to the Lord’s
coming. It is time to be aware of the
Lord’s presence to us now, and in so many
ways, until the Lord welcomes us to our
final home.
Is not this the point of the Sacrament of
Reconciliation, to experience the generous
love and mercy of God? To be set free, and
rejoice?
It is time to recommit to the “Advent” Way
of life, the “coming” of Christ each day.
The experience of His presence can be as
ordinary as a visit by a friend, or a
moment in prayer, or the birth of the child,
or the death of a loved one, or…each is an
extraordinary revelation of God’s presence.
And may you all be blessed with a very
Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Healthy,
and Holy New Year!
The focus of the:
2nd week of Advent is SHAPE UP! John
the Baptist, “Prepare the way of the Lord!”
3rd week is CHEER UP! This is Gaudete
Sunday. St. Paul: “Rejoice in the Lord
always!”
4th week is HURRY UP! “Mary went with
hast to visit Elizabeth.” The birth of Jesus
is imminent! (reflect on this passage as
you prepare to “SHAPE UP!” in the 2nd
week of Advent.)
In Ron Rolheiser’s book, Against an
Infinite Horizon, “You are as sick as
your sickest secret!” That’s a phrase
some AA groups use to challenge people to
understand what, at its roots, sobriety
really is. We are sober, truly sober, when
we stop lying.
We don’t have to be sinless, bright, or
even religiously interested to find Christ
and eventually, give ourselves over to him.
We just have to be honest. We just have
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19th Annual New Toys for Needy Kids Report
It is that time again, as right after the
Santa Claus Parade, we begin the
wonderful duty of distributing
thousands of toys and movie passes to
our receiving agencies in the Region of
Waterloo, and in Emergencies beyond.
This year marks the 19th year that we
will have the privilege of helping Needy
Kids.
When we remember back and how all
this started with Brother Chuck
Wauerchen 19 years ago with the
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distribution of 175 Toys, and after his tragic
demise, Brother Jim Lehman picked up the
torch, expanded the Toy Drive and our toy
distribution just keeps on growing.
We have come a very long way, over these
years, as last year, we distributed over 19
thousand toys and movie passes.
Your Waterloo Knights of Columbus is the
largest distributor of toys in the Region of
Waterloo, a fact that we can be very proud of.
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Marketing Manager News and Views
Coming up:
As we go to print with our December 2015
Councilor; we need to review what we have
done and of course where we are going in
2016.
December 4th, fish
dinner and sing along
with the choir of our Lady
of Lourdes, information
and tickets available at
our hall
What we have done:
March 2015, our Council 5135 Classic Car
Knight Crew and the 519 truck group raised
$8,300.00 with a silent auction, to assist in
the purchase of a specially rigged pickup
truck (used) for a disabled young man.
December 10th, the
PGK Martin Hickey
Noteworthy Singers
Marketing &
Christmas Concert at the Facilities Manager
Waterloo Pentecostal
Church, 1:00 p.m. Start
in support of our 19th Annual Toy Drive for
Needy Kids
Good Friday: over 330 people enjoyed the
best fish and chip dinner in town
April 2015: Alice’s Card Party, in support
of our Waterloo Knights Building Fund,
another great meal and good time.
Bingo: Deputy Grand Knight, Al Wood and
his crew will be starting the Waterloo
Knights of Columbus bingo games in our hall
very soon, as we go to print he is looking at
a December 2015 date to begin this
adventure.
May 2015, Friday Knights: the startup of
our classic car knights through to
September, with the BBQ, and good will
offering raised another $550.00 for the Toy
Drive for Needy Kids, we averaged 20 plus
cars per knight, and many new customers
for our famous fish and chip dinner.
February 12 or 13th, 2016, Casino
Royale raffle in support of our building
fund
August 26th, Annual Waterloo Knights of
Columbus charity golf tournament, 88
golfers participated with all funds this year
going to Pride Stables in the Region of
Waterloo, the good folks and the retired
horses and ponys are an intergal part in the
lives of the disabled in our region. $4,000
was raised and delivered on behalf of the
Waterloo Knights of Columbus.
Details to follow.
There is a great group of people to thank for
the successes of our council, our volunteers
in the kitchen, wow!! Our Waterloo Knights
of Columbus retirement group who won the
John Rodina Award in 2015 and of course
both our council and corporate executives,
but, we need more of you to make our
events prosper.
November 21st, Santa Claus Parade, we
are now approaching our 19th annual “Toy
Drive for Needy Kids“ our float, Frosty the
Snowman is ready, as well as all our
incredible toy drive helpers, last year
approximately 19,550 toys and movie
passes were distributed to various agencies
and individuals in our waterloo region. The
estimated dollar value (retail) of all the toys
distributed over the last eighteen years
exceeds $2.5 million dollars
Definition of Fun on a Friday Knight: fish
fry at your hall starting at 5:00 p.m.
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Last but not least, we are asking for the
support of all our members, young and
mature to assist in the happenings of
our council, we need you now!
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Awards and Achievements
Congratulations to Grand Knight Rick Collins
and all the members of Council 5135
Congratulations to Past Grand Knight and
Facility Manager Martin Hickey
Congratulations to all of our Officers for 2015 – 2016
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December 2015
SUN
MON
TUE
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WED
2
THU
3
FRI
4
SAT
5
Fish Fry
6
7
8
9
10
11
Immaculate
Conception
13
14
15
16
17
18
General Meeting
20
21
27
19
Fish Fry
22
28
12
Fish Fry
23
29
30
24
25
26
Christmas Eve
Christmas
Boxing Day
FRI
SAT
31
New Years Eve
January 2016
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
1
2
New Year’s Day All Souls Day
All Saints’ Day
3
4
5
6
7
Epiphany
10
11
12
13
18
9
Fish Fry
14
Executive
Meeting
17
8
15
16
Fish Fry
19
20
21
22
23
Fish Fry
24
25
26
27
28
General Meeting
29
30
Fish Fry
31
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February 2016
SUN
MON
1
TUE
2
WED
3
THU
4
5
8
9
10
Executive
Meeting
14
15
11
17
22
18
19
20
Fish Fry
23
24
25
26
27
Fish Fry
General Meeting
28
13
Fish Fry
Valentines Day Family Day
21
6
12
Ash Wednesday
16
SAT
Fish Fry
Groundhog
Day
7
FRI
29
March 2016
SUN
MON
TUE
1
WED
2
THU
3
FRI
4
SAT
5
Fish Fry
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Fish Fry
13
14
15
16
Executive
Meeting
20
21
22
23
17
18
St. Patrick’s
Day
Fish Fry
24
25
Palm Sunday
19
26
Good Friday
Fish Fry
27
28
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
29
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From Everyone at Waterloo
Knights of Columbus
Council 5135!
Knights of
Columbus
Prayer Service
When a Brother Knight passes away, please inform the funeral director that you
wish to have a Knights of Columbus prayer service when you are making the
arrangements. They will inform the Council.
A 4th Degree member may also wish to have a 4th Degree Honor Guard.
God our Father, your Son accepted our sufferings to teach us the virtue of patience in
human illness. Hear the prayers we offer for our sick brother/sister. May all who suffer
pain, illness, or disease realize that they have been chosen to be saints and know that they
are joined to Christ in his suffering for the salvation of the world. We ask this through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
If you or your spouse knows of a brother Knight or his spouse who is
ill, please inform the Grand Knight so that we may pray for them.
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