Lecturer Bob Honzik has scheduled the following programs and speakers for council meetings through January, 2012:
July 5 – Changes to Hot Springs Village Declarations by Tom Arwood
August 4 – An Evening with Monsignor Friend and Seminarians
September 6 – Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival by Dan Anderson, Director
October 4 – Human Side of Casa: How Aid is Awarded and Who Receives It byDianne Brady, Director of Stewardship and Development, Diocese of Little Rock .
November 1 - Memorial Mass and Dinner, no special program
December 6 – Difference in Today’s Veterans vs Those of Previous Wars by Leotis Nichols from Central Arkansas Veterans’ Health Services
January 3 – St. Stephan Charitable Fund by Founder, Steve Hotho from St. John’s Parish in Hot Springs
Remaning 2012 programs are not yet set, but the DVD Padre Pio da Pietretcina - A Saint of Our Time will be shown during an open month.
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The primary activity that took place at this meeting was the installation of the new officers for the 2011-2012 Fraternal Year.
Other key items of interest were:
- Father Bill Elser was named Knight of the Month for May, and was presented with a $500.00 check from the Council to be given to a seminarian in honor of Father's 25th Anniversary as a priest.
- Family of the Year, for the second time, was Ed and Claudia Keearns.
- John Bodensteiner was named Knight of the Year.
- Ron Boudreaux presented the Second Place Trophy, won by our Council at the State Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament.
- The new Grand Knight Dave Johnston presented outgoing Grand Knight Bill Welch with a plaque, a Past Grand Knight pin, and a Council 10208 Knights of Columbus cap.
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| Pictured with Miss Arkansas International (l-r): Bill Welch, Dub Green, Bob Rodgers, Tony Shields, Bill Nosek, Roger Witcraft, Milt Spaniel, and John Bodensteiner. (not pictured - Jerry Bertrand, Dick Biddle and Father Elser.) |
The Knights of Columbus has long been a supporter of this event, not only financially, but most visibly with an honor guard leading the athletes into Bison Stadium and by sponsoring the Olympic Town, which consists of a number of games and activities for the athletes when they are not competing in their scheduled events.
Brother Knight Lee Borne, a charter member of local Council 10208 and Past State Deputy, was instrumental in getting Olympic Town established as a supportive function of the Summer Games, and the knights from Hot Springs Village have been an integral part of the games ever since. Unfortunately, the 55 other councils in Arkansas have not chosen to support Olympic Town. This year, for example, there were only two other knights in attendance, one of whom, Ray Patrick, is the coordinator.
Of the 23 volunteers from Sacred Heart of Jesus, there were eleven Council 10208 knights with eight of their spouses in attendance. Led by Dub and Geri Green, many arrived Thursday afternoon to help set up the games, and several stayed through Saturday noon to take down. For prizes the council donated 3,500 tootsie rolls left from the 2010 Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities.
To view pictures from the Special Olympics, click on Photos and the Special Olympics gallery.
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St. John’s School, as we all know is experiencing financial problems and needs help in order to continue as the only Catholic School in this area. The Churches and the Knights of Columbus in the area are currently running a campaign to solicit money to aid in the elimination of the large deficit they have experienced this fiscal period.
At the meeting Rosemary Miller presented the School with a check for $450.00 from the Donnie Miller Memorial Fund. A like amount from the Memorial fund was donated by our 4th Degree Assembly to the State Seminarian Program. A check in the amount of $2000.00 from the Council was also presented to the school.
These donations were greatly appreciated by the school, but they only represent approximately one percent of the total amount required to cover their current deficit. I know our Parish and our fellow Knights especially, will do all that is possible to make the current drive to aid the school a success.
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| Pictured following a clean-up effort at Elizabeth Barry's residence: (front l-r) Pat Perilloux, Ed Miller, Don Levac, John Bodensteiner; (back l-r) Jim Passe, Dave Witchger, Tom Auel, Bob Bowman, Mike Frantz; (not pictured) Tom Thornton and Marvin Young. |
While most of the work has been done in the Village itself, the case management requests have come from outside of the Village following the “One Stop Assistance” event, which DRT case managers and one interpreter helped staff. The case manager coordinator also visited a number of individual households outside the Village to assess damage and evaluate requests for assistance. Also, the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) has asked the Sacred Heart Team to investigate several requests for assistance near Royal, west of
Hot Springs.
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| Grand Knight Bill Welch and Past Grand Knight John Bodensteiner display the award to the membership. |
This award covers a period from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 which means that it takes into consideration the input from two of our Council periods (2009-2010 and 2010-2011). To all the Officers, Directors, Chairmen, Volunteers, this is your award, in recognition of what you accomplished during this period.
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The title of the retreat was The Manhood of Jesus of Nazareth, and the Retreat Master was Father Joe Tetlow S.J. a favorite among those men who had previously attended one of his retreats. He was assisted by Father Edmundo Rodriguez.. Tom Yerina served as captain of the local group.
St. Alberto Hurtado S.J. stated, "Retreats are a call to our deepest generosity. They do not move us through fear, nor do they try to frighten us. Retreats are for souls that wish to go higher, and the higher the better." A Montserrat retreat will ask you to look at your relationships with God and your family, friends, Church, own life world, and own self. It is a time of listening to the whispers of God, heard only when you grow quiet.
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PARISH DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY HOLY HOUR
This Holy Hour is special time of prayer, praise and thanksgiving to our Merciful Savior! It begins at 3 pm on Mercy Sunday, May 1, in the church. There will be song, prayerful time and quiet time.
In private revelation, Jesus told St. Maria Faustina: “The first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy. On that day, all the Divine floodgates, through which graces flow, are opened.
The soul who will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. There must also be acts of mercy. I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me.
You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of My Mercy.”
Your prayers are needed – please come and participate with family and friends in the Holy Hour!
In addition to the promises of Jesus, the Holy See has granted a plenary indulgence (under the usual conditions) that may be gained by the faithful for themselves or be applied for a soul in purgatory.
In private revelation to St. Maria Faustina, Jesus told her that He wanted a Novena to the Divine Mercy to be made before the Feast of Divine Mercy. He said: "I desire that during these nine days you bring souls to the fount of My Mercy . . . I will deny nothing to any soul whom you will bring to the fount of My Mercy.”
Jesus also revealed to St. Faustina a powerful prayer that he wanted everyone to say – the Chaplet of Mercy. He said: “Encourage souls to say the Chaplet which I have given you . . . Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death.”
The Chaplet can be said anytime, but the Lord specifically asked that it be recited as a novena, especially on the nine days before the Feast of Mercy. He promised, “By this Novena (of Chaplets), I will grant every possible grace to souls.”
Pamphlets with the Novena and Chaplet are available in the Narthex.
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| Ed Cudworth, Jim Salter, Mike Welch |
A special thanks goes out to Tom Yerina and his Team for taking the time to hold an unscheduled exemplification on such a short notice.
His sponor, Ed Cudworth deserves a big hand for bringing in three new members this period.