Congratulations for December

PRINTED MONTHLY January 2008 COUNCIL 11211 · ST. PAUL CATHOLIC CHURCH · TAMPA 92th EDITION Hotline to the Grand Knight Phone : 813- 9 6 2 - 6844 e - mail : billmkofc@yahoo.com Newsletter Director / Editor Fred Baryol Phone: 813- 367- 6418 e - mail : fbaryol@yahoo.com Field Reporter Tom Wilson Phone: 813- 309- 0786 e - mail : Tomwilsonkofc@aol.com Charity · Unity · Congratulations for December Council 11211 Ambassadors of St. Paul Fraternity · Patriotism Council 11211 Officers Grand Knight Chaplain Dep. Grand Knight Chancellor Recorder Financial Secretary Treasurer Lecturer Advocate Warden Inside Guard Bill Miller ................................ 962-6844 Rev. Joy Colina ........................... 508-3233 Frank Mazzie ............................... 961-4210 John Hoyt ................................ 932-4078 Bryan Salek................................ 382-2526 Jim Lieb................................ 960-2473 Sam Leto................................ 933-2323 Tom Malouf ................................ 933-9296 Tony Romano .............................. 920-6981 Jack Papesch .............................. 933-6669 Merrill Olson ................................ 968-0507 Steve Olson ................................ 431-1507 Peter Demzak 792-9111 Steve Stone................................ 963-7671 Scott Benninghoff....... 919-9125 PGK John Bennis ........................ 920-4558 PGK John Bobak ........................ 265-1698 PGK Steve Kasson ...................... 920-2130 Joe Grazlavich ............................. 857-5301 Dennis Kute .............................. 961-7936 Dave Milroy.............................. 962-0473 Bill Miller ................................962-6844 Jack Papesch ............................. 933-6669 Frank Mazzie ............................ 961-4210 Gerry Hartke .......................... 269-9598 Gerry Hartke ............................. 269-9598 OPEN ........................................ ? Tom Malouf .............................. 933-9296 Peter Demzak............................ 792-9111 OPEN ........................................ ? Don McDonald ......................... 963-2245 Bill Miller ................................962-6844 OPEN ........................................ ? Tom Wilson .............................. 309-0786 Dennis Wakley.......................... 299-4595 John Bennis............................... 920-4558 Joe Grazlavich ....................... 857-5301 Bryan Salek............................... 382-2526 Sam Beauregard........................ 948-1307 Outside Guard Fr. Joy Tony and Louise Romano Knight of the Month Program Dir Church Dir Community Dir Council Dir Family Dir Youth Dir Membership Dir Communications Chair Vocations Chair Pro-Life Chair Co Chair Newsletter Chair Website Chair Co Chair Photographer Hospitality Chair 50/50 Chair Co Chair Setup/Takedown Sp. Events Spaghetti Dinner Chair Co Chair Family of the Month 961-4210 932-3169 348-0742 ? 962-7188 269-9598 920-4558 ? 265-1698 932-4078 265-1698 367-6418 930-6685 382-2526 367-6418 933-6669 961-4210 264-6353 968-0507 920-6981 792-9111 1 Year Trustee 2 Year Trustee 3 Year Trustee District Deputy Golf Tournament Chair Co Chair Spelling Bee Chair Christmas Dance Chair Breakfast with Santa Chair Free Throw Contest Chair Soccer Event Valentines Dance Chair Fish Fry Chair Co Chair Tootsie Roll Drive Chair Co Chair Special Olympics Chair Annual Benefit Chair 4th Degree Liaison Commander / Honor Guard Recruitment and Welcoming District 30 Deputy District 30 Warden Insurance Rep Service Committee Directors and Chairs: Frank Mazzie ............................ Jim Kissane............................... Ed Seepersad............................. OPEN........................................ Gerry Moore ............................. Gerry Hartke ............................. John Bennis............................... OPEN........................................ John Bobak ............................... John Hoyt.................................. John Bobak ............................... Fred Baryol ............................... Brett Peterson ........................... Bryan Salek............................... Brett Peterson/Fred Baryol....... Jack Papesch ............................. Frank Mazzie ............................ John Bernick ............................. Merrill Olsen............................. Tony Romano ........................... Peter Demzak............................ The next General Council Meeting will be held: In the St. Paul Family Center 7 :3 0PM, January 17 Always keep a Form 100 Handy What’s happening with the Knights of Columbus? Our Council Web Site: www.kofc11211.org Knights of Columbus www.kofc.org Florida State Council www.floridastatecouncil.com The Vatican www.vatican.va If you know of any Brother Knight who is in the hospital or recovering from an illness, contact Gerry Moore so he can send a card and let the Council know. Prayers and Love go a long way in aiding recovery. Gerry can be reached at: (813) 962-7188 or e-mail at: rgdgmoore@verizon.net Dear Brothers in Christ, January Happy New Year. I wish everyone a very healthy and prosperous 2008. We just completed another successful year for our Council and I am looking to 2008 to be just as successful. We closed out 2007 by serving over 500 breakfast goers at our “Breakfast with Santa” event. I would like to express my appreciation to the 25 Brother Knights who participated along with a number of wives who volunteered and assisted in the face painting, and making crafts with the children. What makes it so rewarding is that we all had fun and St.Vincent DePaul will benefit as they will be the benefactors in the amount of $1100.00. The Advent Reconciliation Service again went smoothly. Thanks to the Knights who participated and making this such a smooth running function. During January we have our Basketball Free Throw Competition scheduled for January 27 at Northdale Recreation Center. We have been asked to participate in the Santo Nino Procession again later this month. Our three winners from the Council Spelling Bee won the District competition and will be participating in the Regional Competition later this month. Congratulations and let’s keep routing for them as they compete for the State Competition. Our next General Business Meeting is scheduled for January 17 at 7:30 p.m. Hope to see you all there. Vivat Jesus Your Grand Knight Bill Miller We have changed the calendar format: Page 7 sports a new calendar format. Fr. Len mentioned that we did not receive 2008 calendars this year. It seems that local funeral homes are reluctant to provide the calendars; cost savings was mentioned. So we are picking up the slack with a calendar page that includes Feast days and Holy days…. Insurance: Meet Sam Beauregard new to our council An introduction taken from one written by Michael A. Aun, General Agent. “I am pleased to introduce Sam Beauregard as your new Supreme Council Representative. Sam was born in Connecticut but has lived in Florida since the age of 5. He served in US Navy and was stationed in Southern Spain during the Franco dictatorship. He has a degree in Business from Hillsborough Community College, and a BS in Computer Technology from USF. Sam has been married to Maureen for 36 years. They have two adult children and two grandchildren.” “ Sam retired from TECO thirteen years ago to join the Michael A Aun Agency of Knights of Columbus.” January “ Sam has covered the North Tampa, Lutz and Loan O Lakes area throughout his long career as an insurance agent with the Knights of Columbus. However he has supported a number other geographical areas as well, including Clearwater, Tarpon Springs, New Port Richey, Zephyrhills, Dade City and Plant City. Sam was instrumental is starting several councils – namely St. Aquinas 11497 in New Port Richey, St Lawrence 11830 in Tampa, Msgr Kevin S. Mullen 12956 in New Tampa, and Dr. Gilbert Ortiz in Lutz. Sam has taken several courses to better support the membership and has earned the designations LUTCF, FICF, and CSA. He’s an insurance professional dedicated to serving members, of the Knights of Columbus and their families. He is competent in helping you evaluate your life insurance needs, retirement planning, estate planning, long term care planning, maximizing pension income and a whole host of other services.” January It was with great pleasure that the Ambassadors of St. Paul - Knights of Columbus Council 11211, presented the proceeds of the 2007 Golf Tournament to Sr. Jackie Kingsbury, CDP, at our annual Breakfast with Santa event; held Sunday December 16. The purpose of Everyday Blessings is to ensure stability and permanency not only in the lives of children whose biological parent(s) recognize their inability to care for them, but also for children who have been permanently removed from their families due to neglect and abuse children who otherwise would likely spend their childhood in the unstable, impermanent and frequently abusive foster care system. Everyday Blessings offers an alternative to abuse, neglect and lengthy stays in the foster care system. One woman who spent her childhood in the foster care system expressed that when she was a little girl being “thrown back and forth from one foster home to another,” she “always dreamed that someone could adopt me and I could have a real family. But my parents kept getting custody of me, and then sending me away again. It was a very strange childhood to say the least!” How can you help as an individual? Become a regular donor, matching gifts from your employer; including Everyday Blessings in your will- leave your insurance, property, stocks, etc. for the children. For more information: 813 982 9226 x 227 or www.everybless.org. P.S. A special Thank you to all the Knights and parishioners who made “Breakfast with Santa” such a huge success. As a result we will be donating approximately $1,100 to St. Vincent DePaul Society. Congratulations to the following District Spelling Bee winners who won their respective age groups on December 15th: 5 th/6th Grade – Philip McElroy 7 th/8th Grade – Jacqueline Lawson 9 th/10th Grade – Kaitlyn Miccichi I Remain Respectfully Yours, Your Brother in Christ, Tom Wilson, PGK,FDD Faithful Navigator Pope John XXIII Assembly, #2984 4TH DEGREE CORNER My Dear Brothers in Christ, January BOUN L'ANANO! AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! Welcome to Pope John XXIII Assembly 2984 where something is always happening right here in Tampa, Florida! What a great way to start the new year by joining our Filipino brothers and their families in the Celebration of the feast of Sto. Nino at St. Paul's Catholic Church on Sunday, January 20th at NOON. We will wear full regalia (except swords). We are invited to join in the festival after Mass and enjoy some wonderful food. Please call Commander Dennis Wakley@ 727 781- 0291 and let him know that you will be there for this great celebration. Let us, as Sir Knights of Columbus honor Jesus by wearing our regalia and join in this great celebration. What better way to start the New Year off right as Sir Knights of Columbus than by renewing your 4th Degree vowels. Remember how proud you were when you were at your 4th Degree Exemplification? Remember how patriotic you felt? Remember that warm feeling that went thru your entire body? It can all be renewed on Monday, January 28th, 2008 at Incarnation at 7:30pm at our first general meeting of the New Year. This is a formal affair. All Officers of the Assembly please wear you tux. All Sir Knights please wear your tuxedo or coat & tie. At our first Assembly meeting of the New Year, we will also be electing Delegates to the District Assembly Biennial Meeting to take place at 12:00pm on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 at the Radisson Hotel in Cape Canaveral. Expenses for our two Delegates will be paid by our Assembly. This will be a great honor and experience for you to represent our Assembly. If you can only attend one Assembly meeting this year, I ask that you make it this very important meeting on Monday, January 28th at Incarnation @ 7:30pm. Who knows, you may like it. Coming soon! Mark your new 2008 calendars now! Our first Annual Pope John XXIII Assembly Captain's Ball on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at the Marriott Westshore, right here in Tampa, Florida. Remember to show your Patriotism on Tuesday, January 29th, and vote in the Florida primary. And, also remember, the best is yet to come in Pope John XXIII Assembly! Let's have a GREAT year! A special thanks to all those who made the Breakfast with Santa such a huge success… Congratulations to Brothers Glen Wegman and Dennis Kehoe who made their 2d Degree in the Knights of Columbus on Dec 11, 2007. Degrees will resume in January 08 in preparation for a 3d Degree which will be held in April 08 For those interested in advancing to their next Degree; please contact: Brother John Bennis: 920- 4558 Another Famous Knight of Columbus Did you know that Ronald Ames Guidry is a Brother Knight of Columbus? January Ronald Ames Guidry (nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator") (born August 28, 1950, in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a former Major League Baseball left- handed pitcher. He played 14 seasons for the New York Yankees from 1975 through 1988. Guidry was the pitching coach of the New York Yankees from 2006 to 2007. Guidry began his career pitching briefly in the 1975 and 1976 seasons. In 1977, he began as a relief pitcher but was moved into the starting rotation. He helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Series championship in 1977 and 1978. In those two years combined, Guidry went 4- 0 in the postseason with 3 complete games in 5 starts, allowing only nine earned runs in 37 1/3 innings pitched. In 1978, Guidry posted a career year, one of the best in the modern era. Against the California Angels on June 17, he struck out a Yankee- record 18 batters. Guidry's 18strikeout performance is usually cited as the launching pad of the Yankee Stadium tradition of fans standing and clapping for a strikeout with two strikes on the opposing batter. For the season, Guidry went 25- 3, in a season that is among the top 10 in baseball history. He led the league with a sparkling 1.74 ERA, 25 wins, a .893 winning percentage, 9 shutouts, 248 strikeouts, and 6.15 hits allowed per 9 innings pitched. He held batters to a .193 batting average, .249 on base percentage, and .279 slugging percentage. He was even tougher with 2 outs and runners in scoring position (.152/.221/.253), and in the 9th inning of games (.119/.200/.136). He claimed the American League Cy Young Award. Guidry also finished second in American League Most Valuable Player voting to Boston Red Sox slugger Jim Rice. Guidry's 25th win of the regular season was his most significant, as he was the winning pitcher in the Yankees' 5- 4 win over the Boston Red Sox in a one- game playoff at Fenway Park in Boston to decide the American League East division winner. The game is best known for Bucky Dent's seventh- inning, three- run home run off Mike Torrez (who, as a Yankee pitching mate of Guidry's just the year before, had been on the mound for the final out of the 1977 World Series) that gave the Yankees a 3- 2 lead. Earlier in the game, Guidry had given up a home run to Carl Yastrzemski— the only one hit by a left- hander off him all season. No American League pitcher posted an ERA as low again until Boston's Pedro Martinez in 2000. His magical 1978 year, when isolated, is arguably the most dominant year ever by a pitcher. Coincidentally, in all three of Guidry's losses in 1978, the winning pitcher on the opposing team threw left- handed and had the first name "Mike." He lost 6- 0 to the Milwaukee Brewers and left- hander Mike Caldwell on July 7, lost 2- 1 to the Baltimore Orioles and left- hander Mike Flanagan on August 4, and lost 8- 1 to the Toronto Blue Jays and left- hander Mike Willis on September 20. Over the next seven seasons, Guidry amassed a 113- 57 win- loss record. Guidry also won the Gold Glove Award five straight times (1982- 86). As well as winning the 1978 Cy Young Award, Guidry was named The Sporting News AL Pitcher and Major League Player of the Year. Guidry was named Lefthanded Pitcher on The Sporting News AL All- Star Teams in 1978, 1981, 1983 and 1985. Guidry also finished in the top 10 in the American League Cy Young voting six times (1977- 79, 1981, 1983 and 1985) over a nine- year span. “The Holy Father’s Intentions for January 2008 ” As a show of our solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI, we are printing his monthly prayer intentions: General: That the Church may strengthen her commitment to full visible unity in order to manifest ever more clearly her nature as a community of love in which is reflected the communion of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Mission: That the Church in Africa, preparing to celebrate the second Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa, may continue to be a sign and channel of reconciliation and justice in a continent still suffering from war, exploitation and poverty. "Roe v. Wade Violates the American Way" "The State or a person can never justify the intentional killing of an innocent born or pre- born human in existence after fertilization. No exception! No compromise!" Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tebow Could Have Been a Victim of Abortion New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first sophomore in the history of the NCAA to win the coveted Heisman Trophy as the best football player in the nation. However, Tebow's accomplishments may never have been supported had his mother followed a doctor's recommendation to have an abortion. With 29 passing touchdowns and 22 rushing touchdowns, Tebow displayed the kind of versatility that has become more valued at the quarterback position. Pam Tebow and her husband were Christian missionaries in the Philippines in 1985 and they prayed for "Timmy" before she became pregnant. Unfortunately, as the Gainesville Sun reports, Pam entered into a coma after she contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in a contaminated food or drink. The treatment for the medical condition would require strong medications that doctors told Pam had caused irreversible damage to Tim -- so they advised her to have an abortion. As the Sun reported, Pam Tebow refused the abortion and cited her Christian faith as the reason for her hope that her son would be born without the devastating disabilities physicians predicted. Pam ultimately spent the last two months of her pregnancy in bed and, eventually, gave birth to a health baby boy in August 1987. As she told the newspaper, Pam was not surprised that her son would be up for the Heisman despite no underclassman receiving the award since its inception in 1933. "The combination of Timmy's God- given talent, hard work, character and leadership have made a mark on and off the football field," she said. As prominent researcher Joel Brind writes in a new LifeNews.com editorial, doctors are frequently telling women they should consider abortions when confronted with various medical situations affecting their health. Yet, as he notes, physicians can successfully treat both mother and child without suggesting that the baby be killed to spare a mother's life. Because Tim Tebow was spared, he's wowed a nation by his athletic skill and, at his younger age, has an opportunity to become the second person to win two Heisman awards. Make This Season a Blessing, Help a Child in Need Charity is the first principle of the Knights of Columbus and throughout its 125 year history the Order has worked to help those who are suffering and in need. Last year, Knights of Columbus donated more than $143 million and 68 million hours of volunteer time to charity. As part of its charitable initiatives, the Knights of Columbus introduced a “Help a Child in Need” Christmas campaign in 2006. Following on that successful effort, the Order worked with several individuals involved in the production of the hit movie Bella to create a television message to promote its 2007 campaign. Lead actor Eduardo Verástegui, producer Leo Severino (both Knights of Columbus) and Writer/director Alejandro Monteverde contributed to the making of the 60- second TV ad, which is being broadcast on the major networks in the run- up to Christmas. Alejandro Monteverde, left, and Eduardo Verástegui (seated) chat during a break in the filming of the 2007 Knights of Columbus “help a Child in Need” Christmas message. Monteverde was the writer/director of the hit movie Bella, in which Verástegui was the lead actor. For Florida charities we support go to : www.kofc.org/eb/en/utility_pages/yule_2007/florida.html January Birthday wishes Peter Bwayo Dewayman Brown Dennis Talavera Joselito Reynes Ralph De Domenico Steve Stone Raymond Dever Joe Gasper Jason Leto Terrence Sowada Tony De Jesus 1 3 3 4 10 12 16 16 16 16 17 January Gilbert Munoz William Helms Edward La Rose Tony Almengual Aristides Fernandez Jose Rodriguez Robert Skoglund Steve Kasson Antonio Rodriguez Michael Casey Leonard Jagielski 17 19 20 22 25 26 28 30 30 31 31 February 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Month of the Passion of Our Lord Thursday Friday 1 St. Bridgid of Ireland; Presentation of Child Jesus in the Temple Saturday 2 Wednesday January S M 6 7 13 14 20 21 27 28 T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 29 30 31 3 St. Ansgar; St. Blaise 4 St. Veronica 5 St. Agatha 6 St. Paul Miki & Companions; Ash Wednesday 7 St. Richard of Lucca 7:30PM Officers' Mtg (St. Paul Parish Center) 8 St. Jerome Emiliani 9 Bl. Marianus Scotus Abstinence 10 St. Scholastica; First Sunday in Lent 11 Our Lady of Lourdes 12 St. Saturninus & Companions 13 St. Catherine de Ricci 14 St. Valetine; St. Cyril 15 St. Claude de la Colombiere 16 St. Onesimus Abstinence 17 Founders of the Orders of Servites; Second Sunday in Lent 18 St. Simeon 19 St. Conrad of Piacenza 20 St. Eucherius 7:30PM General Business Mtg (St. Paul Family Center) 21 St. Peter Damian 22 Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle 23 St. Peter Damian; St. Polycarp Abstinence 29 S M 2 9 16 23 30 24 St. Ethelbert; Third Sunday in Lent 25 St. Tarasius; Bl. Dominic Lentini 26 St. Porphyrius 27 St. Leander; St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows 28 St. Hilary March T W T F 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 31 S 1 8 15 22 29 Abstinence This document was created with Win2PDF available at http://www.daneprairie.com. The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non-commercial use only.