Knights of Columbus

Joseph I Driscoll Council 4497

El Paso, Texas

The WThe WThe WThe Woooordrdrdrd May 2015

FROM THE GRAND KNIGHT -- Brother Knights,

Two of the many activities our Council gets involved with that are very important and necessary in order to

maintain our pledge to be IN SERVICE TO ONE, IN SERVICE TO ALL are 1) the Special Olympics which comes under

Community Activities, and 2) a Family Picnic which come under Family Activities.

Council 4497 members will again be volunteering to work with the Special Olympics’ Track and Field Events

held on May 2nd

at Burgess High School. Members will begin at 7:00am helping to build the many booths that will

be used to house the different activities that will be offered throughout the day. Once the booths are set up and

ready, Knights will then be asked to help with running the different games, much like the carnivals we are all

familiar with. Food and drinks will be offered to all who attend, and of course that will also require Knights to step

in and help. Ours, along with many other Knights’ Councils play a big part in helping to make this annual activity a

success. A great deal of work and time is devoted to making this event successful, but the satisfaction of having

participated in such a worthwhile activity is very gratifying.

The other activity our Council will be active in this month will be our family picnic scheduled for May the

17th

, right after our Corporate Communion Mass at 10 am. The menu promises to have a big verity of food for all

to enjoy, from hamburgers and hot dogs to brisket and fajitas. The picnic will be held at the parish park area

located adjacent to the grade school. Make plans to attend the picnic after our Corporate Communion mass and

enjoy a day of good food and good company with your fellow Knights and family members. These activities are

only two from a long list that help to identify the Knights of Columbus, Catholic men and their families serving our

Church, community and our fellowman. May GOD Bless us all… Fraternally, Carlos Samaniego, GKGKGKGK

May Birthdays 1 - Ramon Coote 1 - Glenn Springer 2 - Father Kim 4 - Aurelio (JR) Hernandez 5 - Domingo Olivas 7 - Andy Lujan 18 - Saul Gutierrez 19 - Keith Hemmitt

Council Contacts; GK Carlos Samaniego, 755-7188 – DGK John Bricker, 742-2723 – FS Richard Garcia, 751-3241

PD Larry Rubalcaba, 249-6152

Religious Fulfillment Classes

Council 4497 is offering Catechism lessons on our Catholic Faith on Monday evenings at 7 PM in the Council Hut. The classes

are open to Council members and their wives who wish to learn more about the teachings of the Catholic Church since

Vatican II. Anyone interested in attending - just go - no prior notification or registration is necessary. All are welcome!!!

A PRAYER FOR OUR SERVICEA PRAYER FOR OUR SERVICEA PRAYER FOR OUR SERVICEA PRAYER FOR OUR SERVICE MEMBERSMEMBERSMEMBERSMEMBERS

I do not cease to give thanks and

appreciation for you in my prayers. I

pray that God, the Father of glory, may

give you a spirit of courage, wisdom and

revelation as you come to know Him.

Knowing that whatever good we do, we

will receive the same again from the

Lord. Amen

What's Coming

National Right to Life - http://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/

MayMayMayMay

1111 = First Friday, 8;15am mass, Adoration to First Friday, 8;15am mass, Adoration to First Friday, 8;15am mass, Adoration to First Friday, 8;15am mass, Adoration to follow (KCs 5 to 6pm)follow (KCs 5 to 6pm)follow (KCs 5 to 6pm)follow (KCs 5 to 6pm)

1 1 1 1 = Special Olympics Opening Ceremony, BurSpecial Olympics Opening Ceremony, BurSpecial Olympics Opening Ceremony, BurSpecial Olympics Opening Ceremony, Burgess HSgess HSgess HSgess HS 6pm6pm6pm6pm 2 = 2 = 2 = 2 = Special Olympics Field Events, Burgess HS, 7amSpecial Olympics Field Events, Burgess HS, 7amSpecial Olympics Field Events, Burgess HS, 7amSpecial Olympics Field Events, Burgess HS, 7am 3 3 3 3 = MHT School Scholarship Brat Sale, after all massesMHT School Scholarship Brat Sale, after all massesMHT School Scholarship Brat Sale, after all massesMHT School Scholarship Brat Sale, after all masses 3 = Crowning of Mary with RAS, 3pm 3 = Crowning of Mary with RAS, 3pm 3 = Crowning of Mary with RAS, 3pm 3 = Crowning of Mary with RAS, 3pm 5555 = = = = KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30 9 = Clean up day aroun9 = Clean up day aroun9 = Clean up day aroun9 = Clean up day around the Hut, 8amd the Hut, 8amd the Hut, 8amd the Hut, 8am 10 = 10 = 10 = 10 = Mother's DayMother's DayMother's DayMother's Day 17 = Corporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberra17 = Corporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberra17 = Corporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberra17 = Corporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberra & gray slacks & gray slacks & gray slacks & gray slacks 17 17 17 17 = Council Family Picnic, following CC Mass, Parish= Council Family Picnic, following CC Mass, Parish= Council Family Picnic, following CC Mass, Parish= Council Family Picnic, following CC Mass, Parish Park (next to the rectory), Pot Luck, the council Park (next to the rectory), Pot Luck, the council Park (next to the rectory), Pot Luck, the council Park (next to the rectory), Pot Luck, the council will proviwill proviwill proviwill provide hamburgers, hotdogs & buns. More de hamburgers, hotdogs & buns. More de hamburgers, hotdogs & buns. More de hamburgers, hotdogs & buns. More info to follow via email.info to follow via email.info to follow via email.info to follow via email.

19191919 = = = = Council Officer’s Meeting, 7pm, all members are Council Officer’s Meeting, 7pm, all members are Council Officer’s Meeting, 7pm, all members are Council Officer’s Meeting, 7pm, all members are welcomewelcomewelcomewelcome

22220000 ==== First Degree Team Practice, 7pm, @ the HutFirst Degree Team Practice, 7pm, @ the HutFirst Degree Team Practice, 7pm, @ the HutFirst Degree Team Practice, 7pm, @ the Hut

22221111 = = = = District Fraternal Breakfast, 9am, Tejas Cafe, Dyer District Fraternal Breakfast, 9am, Tejas Cafe, Dyer District Fraternal Breakfast, 9am, Tejas Cafe, Dyer District Fraternal Breakfast, 9am, Tejas Cafe, Dyer & & & & Manila Manila Manila Manila

24 24 24 24 = Pentecost SundayPentecost SundayPentecost SundayPentecost Sunday

25 = 25 = 25 = 25 = Memorial Day, remember those that have passedMemorial Day, remember those that have passedMemorial Day, remember those that have passedMemorial Day, remember those that have passed

JuneJuneJuneJune

2 = 2 = 2 = 2 = KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30KC business meeting, 7pm, Rosary 6:30, Officer, Officer, Officer, Officer ElectionsElectionsElectionsElections 13131313 = = = = Clean Up Clean Up Clean Up Clean Up around the Hut, 8am,around the Hut, 8am,around the Hut, 8am,around the Hut, 8am, 14 14 14 14 = Flag Day, Fly your flagFlag Day, Fly your flagFlag Day, Fly your flagFlag Day, Fly your flag

16161616 = Council Officer’s MeetingCouncil Officer’s MeetingCouncil Officer’s MeetingCouncil Officer’s Meeting, 7pm, all members are , 7pm, all members are , 7pm, all members are , 7pm, all members are welcomewelcomewelcomewelcome

17171717 = KC First Degree Team Rehearsal 7 pmKC First Degree Team Rehearsal 7 pmKC First Degree Team Rehearsal 7 pmKC First Degree Team Rehearsal 7 pm

21212121 = Corporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberraCorporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberraCorporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberraCorporate Communion, 10am Mass, White guyaberra & gray slacks & gray slacks & gray slacks & gray slacks 21 21 21 21 = Father's DayFather's DayFather's DayFather's Day

THERE IS NO FUND RAISER PLANNED FOR JUNE

KC Member's Anniversary

May GALE MATHIASEN 01-1965

KEITH HEMMITT 03-2004

TOMAS GONZALEZ 09-2006

CHARLES NOERR 09-2006

PRAY THE ROSARY - PRAY FOR THE UNBORN

Please pray for the Repose of the Soul of our deceased members from past years.

May 02/81 - Leonard Jacobson, 05/87 – Henry Trottier, 05/97 – John Rubocki, 12/07 – Joseph Johnson, 18/93 – Wallace

Grimaud, 19/86 – Father Edward Hyatt, 19/01 - Robert (Pappy) Whitcomb, 22/70 - James Rhoddy, 22/93 - Justin

Kolas, 22/09 - Castulo Luna, 24/71 - Joseph Demulling, 24/01 - MSGR James Milano, 29/79 - Jose Rios

F R O M T H E M E E T I N G – May 5th 1) GK Samaniego thanked all that participated in the Special Olympics and Brat Fund Raiser activities. 2) The council

will host a Pot Luck Family Picnic following the Corporate Communion Mass on May 17th in the Parish Park next to

the rectory. Hamburgers, bratwurst, & buns. Food will be served at 1pm. Please let the GK or PD know if you will

attend & if so; how many in your party, and what you plan to bring. 3) May 20th will be the MHT School award

ceremony. 4) We will be removing & storing the crosses (probably after the 24th). Good of the Order - (for

members and others in need) Patricia Navarro, John, Eppie & Larry Bayer, David Burger, Father Don Van Alstyne, Nat

De Rosso, Charlie Noerr, Toni Lee, Ramona Garcia, Edna Holguin, Liz Villanueva, Ben & Sonia Barraza. Award; George

Lee was presented his recently earned ACE Wings. The door prize drawing; a strange phenomenon, no one had the

winning ticket number (I suspect the purchaser forgot to deposit his stub in the can) so the amount of $25.00 went to

the Deceased Brother Mass & Flower Fund.

June 2nd - Officer elections will be the first item under New Business - nominations accepted from the floor.

Individuals running for Officer Positions - Fraternal Year 2015 - 2016:

Grand Knight – Larry Rubalcaba

Deputy Grand Knight – John Bricker

Chancellor – Kenneth Parris

Advocate – George Lee

Recorder – No one as of this date

Warden – Richard Rivera & Ben Barraza

Treasurer – David Burger

Inside Guard – Jose Hernandez

Outside Guard – Alfredo Chavez

3 Year Trustee – Carlos Samaniego

Fraternal Training Webinar for Council Officers Please save the date and pass the word for our fraternal training webinar, which will be conducted for all officers on June 20, 2015, 2 p.m. (EST). The webinar will focus on how council officers set the tone for viable council activities, and will include tips to help councils finish the fraternal year and promptly start the next three months. All elected and appointed council officers are invited to participate in this live webinar from the comfort of their home or office computer. A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Build your fraternal leadership skills to: To participate, please register at kofc.org/webinar. Contact the Department of Fraternal Services at (203) 752-4270 or fraternalservices@kofc.org for further details. 5

• Plan ahead, keep on track and measure success • Establish programs and activities that involve high percentages of members • Use true fraternity for successful and effective leadership of your council officers • Set your council apart from other charitable service organizations

Pro-Life Times Three

For secularists, May is the month of flowers; the month of invigoration from April’s showers; the month of new life. For Catholics, May is the month of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the mother to us all! And because of all these reasons Mother’s Day is always

proclaimed in May. Each May we Knights of Joseph I Driscoll Council 4497 link arms in support of our sister ministry, the Rosary Altar Society, in honoring Mary at their annual crowning of Mary with flowers, ceremony and rosary for life in Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto. Council members traditionally cause our own Grand Knight to join their officers and lay upon the parish outdoor altar a bouquet of flowers in behalf of our extended Knightly family. This year, the month of May will be extra special not only for our Council, but for our Brother Onorio Villanueva and his wonderfully radiant wife Liz. Look at the photo and share the joy! Thanks to them the Council may soon honestly proclaim itself one of the most pro-life Councils in Texas. Toward the end of May our Brother and Sister will cause the birth of not one, not two, but three new angels to enter and brighten our world! PRO-LIFE TIMES THREE! Onorio and Liz are both educators with one of the

El Paso independent schools. They were instrumental in ensuring the council’s success when Most Holy Trinity School held their annual Halloween fests by helping operate our game booth. Brother Onorio is a nine year veteran of the Knights of Columbus and a member of the third degree. And no, they won’t be taking care of their new gifts alone. Liz’s Mom will be there to help as long as needed - much to Onorio’s relief. Mother's Day this year is Sunday, May 10th. Would it not be wonderful if a Brother stepped forward to volunteer as the Family Activity Director and coordinated our actions in this and other family programs? He would easily answer simple questions such as should flowers be obtained for each spouse and her husband to place upon the altar; or should we sponsor a small coffee call following the event. The Grand Knight and Program Director can only do so much, but together we become stronger and capable of much more. Are you willing to show your faith by doing good works? Talk to the Grand Knight today and give him your vision of things that could be during the new fraternal year. Brother Dave BurgerBrother Dave BurgerBrother Dave BurgerBrother Dave Burger

May 25th

CHAPLAIN'S CORNER

Father Kaupan, military Chaplain - HTTPS://www.youtube.com/embed/AZuPrQBSDCs

Pentecost (Whitsunday)

Pentecost ranks among the Great Feasts of Christianity.

It commemorates not only the descent of the HOLY SPIRIT

but also the fruits and effects of that event - the

completion of the work of redemption, the fullness of

grace for the Catholic church and it's children, and the

Gifts of Faith for all nations.

After JESUS had ascended to Heaven, the Apostle's

returned to the Holy City and remained at the Cenacle

where JESUS had appeared to them previously. In the early

morning while together praying, the HOLY SPIRIT descended

to them. The descent upon the Apostle's was invisible

although accompanied by certain visible and audible

phenomena. There was a 'mighty roar' which came suddenly

from Heaven, but unlike any storm, this sound penetrated

and filled the room where the Apostle's gathered. It was

a miracle peculiar to the occasion. The second sign

consisted of tongues of fire that descended upon each one

present. These fiery tongues gave visible evidence that

the HOLY SPIRIT, had descended upon them.

At mass on Pentecost Sunday, particularly at HOLY

COMMUNION, the Power of the HOLY SPIRIT will come down

upon us. Pentecost is a Feast Day on which we commemorate

the coming of the HOLY SPIRIT and is the day upon which

the Church was founded. This is also true from a spiritual

perspective, since the SPIRIT brings the Church into

existence and enlivens it. Thus Pentecost is the 'CHURCH'S

BIRTHDAY'. Brother Jose Angel Rubio, Lecturer

"The

democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are

willing to work and give to those who would not."

--

Thomas

Jefferson

Seminarian Phillip Cong Vo Luncheon In January of this year, Council 4497 began supporting Seminarian Phillip Cong Vo. He is currently serving his pastoral

internship at Our Lady of Fatima parish in Van Horn and will be there until August. Phillip came to El Paso for a few

days to meet with Father Joe Molina and take care of some other business. While here, council members took the

opportunity to take him to lunch at the Great American Steak Burger where a great time was had by all.

Brothers George Lee & Dave Burger welcome Phillip to the luncheon as does

Brother John Bayer and GK Carlos Samaniego.

Also attending were David Babauta and his wife Gloria and Deacon Ignacio Torres.

"Boy's Town" is really a misnomer as there are children there of both sexes and all ages.

Take a minute and visit their web site - http://www.boystown.org/virtualtour

Special Olympics 2015 On May 1st, the Opening Ceremonies were held at Burgess High School. Unfortunately, there are no pictures available of the

ceremony or athletic events. Once again however, Council 4497 members were out in force to support the activities on May

2nd as shown below (L to R).

GK Carlos Samaniego and Domingo Olivas prepare "prize" bags for the booth. Angel Rubio and George Lee are "dancing" with

enthusiasm & ready for participants. Domingo looks on as a Special Olympics athlete takes aim and wins a prize.

The day ended with all the prizes being won and Carlos, Jose Holguin, Angel & George all having empty hands but full hearts with

the joy of providing a fun day for all! GOD bless you brothers!!!

05/09 Golf Competition, Underwood Golf Course, 9am to 4pm

Brat Sale - School Scholarship Fund Gentlemen, I would like to thank each one of you for coming out to lend a hand with our fund raiser this morning. It

is always a lot of work for all of us, but at the same time I believe we have a good opportunity to also share a few

hours together as Knights and enjoy each other's company. All our time and efforts are for a good cause, and we

should all be proud to be a KNIGHT. Net raised - $375.27. God Bless Us All... Grand Knight Carlos Samaniego

Participants shown; George Lee, Angel Rubio, Carlos Samaniego,

Gene Mason, Richard Rivera and Jose Hernandez. Also

participating but not shown; Alicia Hernandez, John Bayer, Larry

Rubalcaba, Kenneth Parris, Jose Holguin & Roger Strong,

Did you know????????? Many of our Council Brothers have time they

willingly give and talents they willingly share. They

range from lending you a hand with a home repair

too big for you to handle alone; to listening to your

tales of woe and wonder; to just sitting with a

homebound loved one while you take care of an

urgent matter like a medical appointment. One of

these services is free notarization of documents. The last

time the Council offered this service was to the entire parish

as part of our Pro-Life Living Will campaign. The service is

still available to you. Every Knight and his spouse should

have a will. If you don’t you should see a lawyer and get one

as soon as possible. Even Jesus reminded us we do not

know the day or time “Our Father” will call us. In a pinch a simple

notarized will is better than nothing. That said don’t put off until tomorrow

that which should be done today. Food for thought! Meanwhile, if you have

a need let the Advocate know. He will try to work with you. Conversely, if

YOU have a talent you would like to share, please let us know. What goes

around comes around. May God bless all these men called Knights!

~ Charity ~ Unity ~ Fraternity ~

H e l p i n g H a n d s

Are you in need of help, really in need, not something you would like others to do because

you don't want to. Maybe a light switch needs replacing or your swamp cooler set up or closed down.

The council members will try to help. If you have a need, contact JR Hernandez at 497-2136 or

747-7820, email; ahernandez14@utep.edu and let him know your plight. JR will put the word out

and if there is a Brother capable of taking care of your project, he will contact you. You will also be

contacted if there is no one that can help. Any expense will be your responsibility. Eventually we

hope to have a list of who can do what.

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