Volume 63 | October 2022
Grand Knight’s Report
Brother Knights,

We had another great month in September. We held our breakfast on September 11 and raised $423 for SJN Preschool scholarships.

We again hosted the Fourth Degree dinner meeting.

Our August Family of the Month was Jesus and Lori Lopez Ochoa and Knight of the Month was Eddy Reyes.

I want to thank Brother Joe Molyson for taking over as Membership Chairman. He has done a good job thus far and please introduce him to men who might be prospects for recruitment into our Order.
We will, hopefully, be holding an Exemplification in October to bring members directly to the Third Degree of the Order. If you have not participated in the new Exemplification please try to do so for the experience and to welcome new Knights.

I close with the same challenge made to our new Brothers: to live the principles of our order. Remember the first principle is Charity. Please take advantage any time you can of the opportunities provided to help out at events. Every month we have a Family Breakfast and typically one other event. The proceeds from these events go to various charitable causes. Helping out at these events means helping these charities and the opportunity to work in unity with brother Knights. On October 14 we will have an Octoberfest dinner. Thank you for your help in advance.

Vivat Jesu

Jim McHugh
GK7923
Highlights from the Business Meeting
Council's Charitable Contributions - September 2022
SJN Preschool Ministry:

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Total: 
$436

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$436
Prayers for Knights in Need
Please pray for the following Knights in need (list from the last meeting):

  • All BK’s - For all our military and first responders who keep us safe every day. 
  • Glenn Klein – BK Bob Lutz, son-in-law, recovering from auto accident.
  • David Werve – Wayne and Gale DeGray, for their comfort and healing.
  • Mark Dallas – Brenda Dixon, leukemia treatment.
  • Joe Molyson – Pray for Cathy Langhoff.
  • Ed Dantzer – Mrs. Obiorah, for quick recovery from knee injury.
  • Ed Dantzer – Pray for Mily Andrews.
  • Mark Davis – Pray for Mike Medensia
Monthly Awards
PGK Eddy Reyes – Knight of the Month.

BK Jesus and Lori Lopez Ochoa – Family of the Month.
50/50 Drawing
  • 50/50 Drawing
  • BK Brian Jeffers won $11.
Lecturer's Reflections
BK David Werve read an excerpt called the “Take Up Your Cross” from Father Landry who is a Priest at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Lawrenceburg, IN. 
 
Take Up Your Cross
 
“What is your cross?
 
Can you name it specifically?
 
Is what you named as your cross your actual cross or is it just the outward manifestation/symptom of the real cross you are supposed to carry?
 
Do you carry your cross or just drag it?
 
Do you hide your cross? Do you ignore your cross? Do you complain about your cross? Has complaining made it go away?
 
Who knows about your cross by name besides yourself? Does everyone, a select few or only you and Jesus?
 
Do you carry it daily or just during Lent or when it is bothering you?
 
Do you think others have easier crosses to bear?
 
Do you know other peoples crosses better than you know your own?
The hardest crosses are the ones we fail to recognize as a cross and thus we do not carry them.

Whatever cross you are carrying in your life at this time, claim it as your own. Name it as your own cross and talk to Jesus about what it is like to carry this cross?
 
I often look at my cross in the wrong way: a lazy heart, an angry heart, a selfish heart, a resentful heart, the heart of a victim. Often, I turn away from my cross. I ignore it and thus, also I turn away from God. I turn away from my truest self.
 
The cross isn’t bad. It isn’t wrong. It isn’t the problem. Jesus reminds me He is not calling me to fix it, or change it, or to make it go away…He is just asking me to carry it.
 
Until we see the cross as the solution to all of our problems, we will never see the cross for what it really is.
 
You are not your cross. You are carrying it – but it is not you.
 
Our world wants you to identify with your cross – God’s plan is the opposite. Jesus, after the resurrection, has the wounds, scars and marks of His cross, but He is no longer carrying it. It carried Him.”
Knight's Info
Council 7923 Officers

Chaplain
Fr. Sunny Punnaknziyil
Deacon Mike Hayward (Assistant)

Grand Knight
GK Jim McHugh

Deputy Grand Knight
BK Brian Jeffers

Chancellor
BK Harvey James

Recorder
BK Mike Madore

Treasurer
PGK Steve Brischler

Warden
BK Gil Abad

Advocate
BK Larry Hoffman

Financial Secretary
PGK Glenn Klein

Inside Guard
BK Francisco Espinoza

Outside Guard
BK Alex Naumis

Lecturer
BK David Werve

1st Year Trustee
PGK Michael MacFarlane

2nd Year Trustee
PGK Mark Dallas

3rd Year Trustee
PGK Hugh Gardnier

District Deputy
DD Mark Davis

Insurance Field Agent
BK John Paul (JP) Williams - 678-787-2201
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Happy Birthday Knights

Scott Runyon 10/3
Ken Fehner 10/5
Tracy Hill 10/6
Michael Everett 10/8
Robert Barthen 10/9
Louis T. Camerio, Jr 10/9
Rodrigo Caballero 10/10
Adrian DeSilva 10/11
Michael A. Clark 10/11
Fr. Christopher Monturo 10/11
William H. Bensel 10/12
Robert Marszalek 10/14
Louis Samaritan 10/16
Joseph V. Trettel 10/19
Bud Zebehazy 10/19
Angel Cardenas 10/19
Robert A. Lind 10/20
Philip J. Petzelt 10/22
Michael Jones 10/25
James E. Crotty 10/25
Alberto Aponte 10/26
Tom Gryzinski 10/30
Joke of the Month

Council Calendar
Upcoming Council Events

October 2nd @ Reynold's Hall - Monthly Breakfast - 9:30am - 1:00pm

October 3rd @ Houston Feaster Center - Officer/Planning Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

October 4th @ Metro Cafe Diner, 1905 Rockbridge Rd - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

October 10th @ Houston Feaster Center - Business Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

October 11th @ Metro Cafe Diner, 1905 Rockbridge Rd - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

October 14th @ Reynold's Hall - Oktoberfest Dinner - 5:30 - 8:00pm

October 16th @ St. John Neumann Church - Knight's Mass - 8:30am, Rosary in Chapel - 8:00am

October 18th @ Metro Cafe Diner, 1905 Rockbridge Rd - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

October 25th @ Metro Cafe Diner - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

October 27th @ Feaster Center - 4th Degree Meeting - 7:00pm, Dinner - 6:00pm

November 6th @ Reynold's Hall - Monthly Breakfast - 9:30am - 1:00pm

November 7th @ Houston Feaster Center - Officer/Planning Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

November 8th @ TBD - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm
Knights in Action
PGK Mike Marfalane and BK Alex Naumis at the Fall Festival
Helping out at the Fall Festival
Young Knights helping with clean-up
Deacon Mike relaxes after a successful Fall Festival
Come out for the next Family Breakfast on Sunday, November 6th
Come out for Oktoberfest on Friday, October 14th
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