Volume 61 | August 2022
Grand Knight’s Report
Brother Knights,

The first month of our Fraternal year has been a successful one. We had one of the best results in a long time at our Family Breakfast in support of the Walking with Moms in Need ministry who help support the Culture of Life Pope John Paul II
envisioned for our Church. Thanks Breakfast Crew!
Our Installation of Officers went smoothly thanks to District Deputy Mark Davis and Chaplain Father Suny, who was named Chaplain of the Year for the State Council of Georgia. He was presented a plaque for this honor at the State meeting to much deserved applause.

The State Meeting was also a success for the Council. They have asked us to do host again in January. Thanks to Frank Swider and his crew for a great job.

Vivat Jesu

Jim McHugh
GK7923
Council's Charitable Contributions - July 2022
Walking with Moms in Need:

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Total: 
$1050.00

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$1050.00
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. 
  • Steve Brischler – Kevin Lewis, out of rehab and recovering from heart disease and cancer.
  • Glenn Klein – Leo Schiltgen, recovering from broken ankle.
Monthly Awards
TBD– Knight of the Month.

TBD – Family of the Month.

BK Derrick (Janet, Michael and Patrick) Smith - Family of the Year
50/50 Drawing
  • 50/50 Drawing
  • No Drawing in July
Lecturer's Reflections
BK David Werve provided an excerpt from "Good of the Order":
 
"If it had teeth it would bite you.”

This was the phrase my elders used when something was right in front of my face but I couldn’t see it. Of course, as we get older this becomes a more frequent occurrence: where did I leave the keys? I know I had my eyeglasses a few minutes ago. What drawer did I put my checkbook in?

These days our worries are a bit more cynical because all of us are tempted to deliberately not see things that we don’t like, or else to obsess on only those things. Our Paulist community had a big meeting last month; the biggest topic was “polarization”—how we have become a culture that cannot see what the other person is saying. We call it being “woke” or “alternative facts,” but Americans are going to see what they are determined to see, and not much else.

Jesus puts a powerful parable in front of our faces today to make sure that we see what he’s talking about. He tells the parable of the Good Samaritan. We could also call it the Parable of the Overlooked Victim. There he is, in the road, crying out for help. And you tell me you can’t see him?

I suppose we all have reasons for our selective blindness, including the priest and the Levite in the parable. But selective blindness will not be an excuse when it comes to what God wants us to see. God wants us to look upon each other with the same compassion that God has for every person. God wants us to love with the same care he shows everyone.
Sometimes our faith can be all the exalted language about Jesus being the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of the dead, the fullness of everything. This keeps our eyes titled upward, toward a heaven we can barely penetrate. That is why it is important to always remember that our faith in Jesus arises from the way the Son of God came so close to us, became one of us, entering our lives, becoming our brother, becoming our neighbor.

“And who is my neighbor?” the wise-guy scribe asked Jesus. Because he wanted to be selectively blind, to have compassion on the ones he felt sorry for but have no compassion for the rest. Jesus makes clear that it isn’t only the victim that is his neighbor. It is also the people who disagree with him. It is also the people that irritate him. It is also the Son of God, made flesh, standing in our common flesh, showing us how to love, who has become neighbor to all.

We all want to set up sacred cows and fight about them, dismissing each other as red or blue, as left or right. But our faith in Jesus demolishes every sacred cow except this one: God has come in our flesh, teaching us how to see each other as brothers and sisters, as neighbors and friends. He has become our neighbor so we may see him in all the neighbors that surround us.
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Reflection Question: Who is the most difficult for me to claim as my neighbor? And why?
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

Paul Scibona 8/4
Harvey C. James 8/4
Casey Eaton 8/5
John M. Gallagher 8/7
Thomas Weinthaler 8/7
Gary Gombala 8/8
Ivan Elias 8/9
Deacon Manuel Echevarria 8/11
Felix Calles 8/12
Scott R. Krill 8/13
Thomas Bruton 8/13
Bradley C. Burnett 8/18
Alejandro Aponte 8/19
Larry M. Hoffman 8/19
Robert A. Gesuelle 8/20
Jerry Demerly 8/21
Lazaro Alveno 8/24
James Ollick 8/24
Nhan T. Tran 8/25
Cesar Hernandez 8/26
Dr. Kevin Lacour 8/28
Mario Santos 8/30
Joke of the Month

Upcoming Council Events

August 1st @ Houston Feaster Center - Officer/Planning Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

August 2nd @ Mah Jong 1905 Scenic Hwy S - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

August 7th @ Reynold's Hall - Monthly Breakfast - 9:30am - 1:00pm

August 8th @ Houston Feaster Center - Business Meeting - 7:00pm, Rosary - 6:30pm

August 9th @ Mah Jong 1905 Scenic Hwy S - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

August 16th @ Mah Jong 1905 Scenic Hwy S - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

August 21st @ St. John Neumann Church - Knight's Mass - 8:30am, Rosary in Chapel - 8:00am

August 23rd @ Mah Jong 1905 Scenic Hwy S - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

August 25th @ Feaster Center - 4th Degree Meeting - 7:00pm, Dinner - 6:00pm

August 30th @ Mah Jong 1905 Scenic Hwy S - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

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

September 6th @ TBD - Knight's Lunch - 12:30pm

September 11th @ Reynold's Hall - Monthly Breakfast - 9:30am - 1:00pm
Knights in Action
2022-2023 Council Officers
Fr. Sunny Punnakuziyil, M.S.F.S receiving the nomination from the Georgia State Council from our State Deputy James Clifford for the Father McGivney Chaplain of the Year.
GK Glenn Klein presenting BK Derek Smith and wife Janet with Family of the Year Award
Come out for the next Family Breakfast on Sunday, August 7th
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