fr. mcnelis council #1481 january 2019...

Grand Knight: Michael Morris — Deputy Grand Knight: Bob Dalecki — Financial Secretary: Kevin Strezo — Treasurer: Jeff Bacha

Fr. McNelis Council #1481 January 2019 https://kofc1481.org

I would like to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed New Year filled with Faith, Joy, and Prosperity. We received a very nice thank you note from Sister Deborah of Clelian Heights School for our donation and for the Christmas cards with cash gifts for some of their students and adults. She included pictures showing their excitement as they enjoyed the Christmas Season.

Thank you for the generosity of everyone who attended the 4th Degree pancake breakfast at St. Thomas More University Parish and to all those who helped. It was a great success.

At the December council meeting everyone voted in favor of supporting our youth by sponsoring a Little League baseball team and a girls soft-ball team for this summer.

Thanks to everyone who bought items from our Knights Apparel sale. As the football season winds down we are seeing some winners from our Football Sweeps tickets.

Our council looks forward to being very busy with the start of the new year. Bishop Malesic is always appreciative of our support to the sem-inarians and our Vocations collections will be at St. Bernard of Clair-vaux and the Church of the Resurrection parishes on 12/13 January and St. Thomas More University Parish on 19/20 January.

Continuing with our pro-life efforts, many Brother Knights will be going to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. If you are also interested, please don't forget to call Br. Bill Ager (724.465.4522) to make your reservation for this wonderful experience. There is also a great oppor-tunity for us to “pray for life” with the 9 Days for Life Novena (see the article in this edition of The de Sales).

Make sure you bring your appetite when you attend the AFC Champi-onship Game Party at our lodge on Sunday, 20 January.

I would also like to make an important request. Some of our older brothers are no longer able or willing to drive, especially when it's dark. They have worked hard for many years to help make our council what it is and still enjoy attending meetings. I'm asking anyone who knows a Brother Knight in this situation to please offer to take him to the meet-ings so he can enjoy our Catholic brotherhood and fellowship. Any Brother Knights who are in need of a ride, please contact me via phone (724.422.3905) or email ([email protected]) so we can make arrangements. You never know how much joy a small act of kindness can bring. Thank you.

Br. Michael Morris Grand Knight

Grand Knight’s Notes

F. Y. I.

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2019 Calendar

You can sync the KofC Calendar to your own Google Calendar! Follow this link:

https://goo.gl/vgf3tR

JANUARY

1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Holy Day)

2 Officer’s Meeting (Lodge—7p)

9 Council Meeting (Lodge—7p)

10 March for Life Reservations Due

12/13 Vocations Collections

(SBofC & CofR—All Masses)

14-22 9 Days for Life Novena

18 45th National March for Life

(Washington, DC)

19/20 Vocations Collections (STMUP—All Masses)

20 AFC Championship Party (Lodge—3p)

21 Greensburg Chapter Meeting

(Greensburg—7p)

30 4th Degree Assembly Meeting (Lodge—7p)

FEBRUARY



17 Pancake Breakfast

(SBofC—After 8a & 10a Masses)


(Greensburg—7p)

27 4th Degree Assembly Meeting (Lodge—7p)

MARCH

6 Ash Wednesday (Holy Day)




(Slickville—7p)

30 Catholic Men’s Conference

(Greensburg Cen. Catholic, Greensburg, PA)

APRIL

1 Sibley Scholarship Application Due



12-14 Men’s Retreat

(St. Paul’s Monastery, Pittsburgh, PA)


(Jeannette—7p)

19 Good Friday (Holy Day)

21 Easter Sunday (Holy Day)

MAY


4/5 PA State KofC Convention

(King of Prussia, PA)

8 Council Meeting & Elections (Lodge—7p)

11/12 Mothers Day Carnation Campaign

(STMUP, SBofC, & CofR—All Masses)


(Manordale Valley—7p)

30 Ascension of the Lord (Holy Day)

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January 2019

*KNIGHT —YEARS*

JOHN WAY—66 WALLACE COOK—50 CARL KOLOGIE—50

RONALD LOWMAN—50 CHARLES SAVUKAS—50

SILVIO TEA—50 JAMES WILSON—50

ROBERT SNYDER—43 WILLIAM SPADAFORA—43

EUGENE THOMAS—28 RONALD LESNESKIE—26

DAVID SHARER—26 LOUIS TATE—26

DAMIAN KORDELL—22 PATRICK M

cDEVITT—22

WILLIAM RUNCO—22 RAYMOND YARNELL—18

DENNIS MONTANI—15

Council Website

The annual KofC 1481 AFC Champion-ship Game Party will be held again this year on Sunday, 20 January 2019, at 3p in the Lodge. Along with various snack foods, sausages and “Messy Jo-seph” sandwiches will also be served. Feel free to bring some hors d’oeuvres to share with everybody! As in the past, we will be showing the AFC Champion-ship game on several big screen televi-sions!

All are welcome and encouraged to at-tend, PLUS this would be a great oppor-tunity to invite some prospective Brother Knights to socialize with our council! The cost of the event is $10/person (or $15/person at the door). You can make your reservation be sending a check to: Br. Bob Dalecki AFC Championship Party 401 Elm Street Indiana, PA 15701 Please make your checks payable to Knights of Columbus #1481.

Br. Dicky Kurimsky and I thank you for your past support and pray that you will join as again this year!

Br. Bob Dalecki AFC Championship Chairman

MARIAN ICON SERVICE The Knights of Columbus are continuing to build upon a decades-long tra-dition with the commissioning of the 18th Annual Holy Icon. Since the in-ception of this prayer program in 1979, more than 20 million faithful Catho-lics have participated in the Knights of Columbus' internationally spon-sored holy hours. We recently were blessed to have the beautiful Icon of Our Lady Help of Persecuted Christians, which was proudly displayed for more than a week on the altar of St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church. A religious icon (sometimes referred to as “a window to heaven”) is a piece of art that is used in prayer. Icons often depict Christ, a saint, or another significant religious figure or event in a very spiritual way. The Our Lady Help of Persecuted Christians icon shows the Blessed Virgin Mary with stars on her forehead and shoulders symbolizing her perpetual virginity. The various people gathered under Our Lady's mantle are men, women, and children who have died as martyrs for their faith.

On Monday, 3 December 2018, nearly 40 knights and fellow pa-rishioners gathered at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church for a beautiful holy hour. Our Council Chaplain, Fr. Tom Federline helped to raise our awareness of the plight of Christians being per-secuted for their faith, even to this day. He reminded us of our need to stand in prayerful solidarity with our Christian brothers and sisters and to be thankful for the religious

freedoms that we are able to enjoy in the United States. I would like to thank Fr. Tom for presiding over this beautiful service.

I would also like to thank those who were able to attend even though the weather was adverse and that we had such short notice. It is my hope that the icon will be return to our area of the Greensburg Chapter so that more of our Brother Knights and fellow Catholics can share in the prayer-fully moving experience. Br. Michael Morris Grand Knight

Notable Anniversaries (15+ YEARS OF SERVICE)

Knights in the News

The K of C #1481 website has been updated with all current information that is discussed at our monthly council meetings and that is mailed in your monthly The de Sales newsletter. Please visit kofc1481.org to view the website! Information that is contained on the website includes:

List of current council officers

List of committee chairmen

Related webpages such as K of C Supreme’s webpage

Recaps of recent council events

Council calendar complete with upcoming events and deadlines.

The calendar on the website is a Google Calendar, so if you have a Gmail account you are able to connect the council events with your own sched-ule! If you have any suggestions or if you would like to see something added to the website, please email me at [email protected].

Br. Bob Dalecki

Website Chairman

AFC Championship

https://kofc1481.org

mailto:[email protected]

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The PA KofC Educational Foundation, Inc. is offering 50 Grants for Catholic Education. These grants are worth $1,000.00 each, and are intended to offset tuition costs at Catholic grade school institutions. Please see the following guidelines for application consideration:

The student’s father must be a 3rd Degree Knight in good standing of a KofC Council within PA, for at least six months prior to the date of application OR

The student must be the son or daughter of a deceased 3rd Degree Knight who was a member in good standing of a KofC Council within PA at the time of death.

The student must be enrolled in grades 1 through 12 at a certified Diocesan Catholic School

The grant application is to be sent to the Educational Foundation Secretary postmarked between 1 January 2019 and 31 March 2019. No applications will be accepted after the 31 March date. Each grant will be processed on a first-come-first-serve basis as applications are received by the Educational Foundation Secretary. For more information, please visit www.pakofc.us, then choose PA Programs and Student Grant. If you are interested in this grant opportunity please contact me via email ([email protected]), as applications must be signed by certain council officers.

Br. Michael Morris Grand Knight

March for Life 2019 Washington, D.C. Friday, 18 January 2019

Seat Reservation Form *Deadline for seat reservation is Thursday, 10 January 2019*

Trip Information:

Meet at Indiana Alliance Church (2510 Warren Road, Indiana, PA 15701) for departure at 6:30a

Rally begins at 12p in Washington, D.C. March begins approximately 1p towards the Capitol building,

Return to Indiana Alliance Church at approximately 10:30p

Seat reservation is $45.00 (Financial assistance is available for those in need)

Name: ________________________________________________________________________________

Financial Assistance Requested? (please circle one) YES NO Amount Requested: _______

Balance Due: _____________

*Cash payments will not be accepted. Please make payments via check only, made out to Indiana March

for Life. You may mail your check along with this form (front AND back) to Br. Bill Ager, 561 Philadel-

phia Street., Indiana, PA 15701. If you have any questions please contact Br. Ager via phone at

724.465.4522!*

Please be sure to complete the reverse side of this form!

Catholic School Grants

Applications are now available for the Knights of Columbus Council 1481’s Frank Sibley Memorial Scholarship. Any high school senior who is a child or grandchild of a Council member in good standing or deceased is eligible for

up to $1,500 scholarship.

Applicants must be a member of the Catholic Church and a May/June 2019 graduate from a rec-ognized 4-year high school. Proof of acceptance to an institution of higher education, an official high school transcript with a GPA of at least 2.75/4.0, two letters of recommendation, and an autobio-graphical manuscript identifying career goals are among the requirements for consideration.

Complete details for consideration are included in the application packet, which is available from Br. Dennis Regan ([email protected]), Br. Michael Morris ([email protected]), or in the guidance offices in local high schools. The application dead-

line is Monday, 1 April 2019.

Br. Michael D Kostick

The de Sales Editor

Sibley Scholarship

Sir Knights, as Faithful navigator of the 4th Degree I would like to invite you all to attend our monthly meet-ing on the 4th Wednesday of each month (except for the months of November and December). This means that January’s meeting will be held on Wednesday, 30 January at 7p in the Knights of Columbus lodge. If you are in need of assistance in travelling to the meeting, please contact me via phone (724.388.4034) or email ([email protected]) so that we can get you to the meeting. SK Bernie Liscik

Faithful Navigator

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With the Annual March for Life fast approaching, we have an opportunity to join thousands of other Catholic men and women in praying for an end to abortion and to respect all human life from con-ception to natural death. This special novena, called 9 Days for Life will be held between 14-22 January, and is made available to us by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Each day will include a new intention, a brief reflection, related materials, and suggested life ac-tions. There are several ways for you to join the novena. You can receive daily messages by email, text, or from the free mobile app. Please visit 9daysforlife.com to sign up. Additionally, the novena can be printed directly from the website. You can also contact me via phone (724.422.3905) for a copy if you don't have access to a computer. This novena counts towards our required Knights of Columbus Pro-life programming so the more Brother Knights we have praying, the more active our council is seen. Please let me know if you participate by phone (724.422.3905) or email ([email protected]). Let's all “Live Our Faith” by praying this novena, for an end to abortion and respect of life! Br. Michael Morris Grand Knight

Novena for Life The 4th Degree

Fr. McNelis Assembly # 968

March for Life 2019 Friday, 18 January 2019

Adult Consent/Release Form I, ____________________________, do hereby consent to attend the 2019 March for Life trip on Friday, 18 January 2019, from

Indiana at 6:30a to approximately 10:30p travelling by bus to Washington, D.C. and back.

I do hereby release and forever discharge the Indiana march for Life, their successors, assigns, or third-party administrators, in-

surers, representatives, and agents, including their designated chaperones, and any and all other persons, firms, corporations, asso-

ciations, of and from any and all liability, claims, causes of actions, joinders for sole liability, contribution, indemnity or other-

wise, damages, costs, court costs, expenses or demands of any kind whatsoever in law or equity which I ever had, now have, or

which I may have in the future, by reason of bodily or personal injury, property damage, contract or the consequences thereof,

known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, arising out of, or in any way connected with the 2019 March for Life trip on 18 Janu-

ary 2019 from Indiana, Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C., and back.

In case of emergency, I give consent to be treated at a hospital and/or by a medical doctor.

Participant Signature: ____________________________________________ Date: ______________________________

Emergency Contact Information

Name: ______________________________________________ Phone Number: (______) _________________________

Name: ______________________________________________ Phone Number: (______) _________________________

My Health Insurance Company is: ______________________________________ Policy #: ___________________________

Contact Information

Printed Name: _____________________________________________ Primary Phone: (______) _______________________

Street Address: _________________________________________________ City: ___________________ Zip Code: _______

Church Affiliation: ___________________________________________________________ City: ______________________

Please indicate any illnesses or allergies of which we should be aware: ______________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

As part of our Pro-Life programming, I would like for our Council to revive our food pantry collection in support of the St. Thomas More University Parish Food Pantry. Not only can this can help us to meet the programming re-quirements and meet eligibility for a possible rebate from Supreme councils, but it also gives us the opportunity to practice our corporal works of mercy by feeding the hungry within our Indiana community. I ask that you please bring non-perishable food items to our council meetings every 2nd Wednesday of every month. Please contact me via email ([email protected]) or phone (724.422.3905) for more details. Br. Michael Morris

Grand Knight

Brother and Sir Knights, nominations for the 2018-2019 Knight of the Year for Fr. McNelis council #1481 are now open. Each year, our council recognizes one of our brother knights for their conviction to the four core principles of the Knights of Columbus: Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. If you know of a Brother or Sir Knight within our Council who is doing exemplary work as a Catholic Gentleman and Knight of Colum-bus, please contact me via cell (724.422.9053) or email ([email protected]). Br. Tom Bresnahan

Nominations Chairman

Historically, this special feast referencing Jesus’ name is closely associated with the Feast of the Circumcision of Jesus. According to Jewish law, on the 8th day after his birth, a male child was circumcised, received his name, and became a full member of God’s covenant people. This is what happened to Jesus, in fulfillment of the law, as we read: “And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.” (Luke 2:21)

According to the old Roman liturgical calendar, the feast of the Circumcision was celebrated on 1 January, eight days after his birth on Christmas, the same day that he was given his sacred name. Today we celebrate the So-lemnity of the Mother of God, the Theotokos, on 1 Janu-ary and honor the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus on 3 January.

For Catholics, Jesus’ sacred name is the object of a spe-cial devotion. Devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus was popularized by St. Bernardine of Siena, a 15th centu-ry Fransiscan, often symbolized by the monogram “IHS” (sometimes called a Christogram), which is the first three letters of the Greek spelling of Jesus’ Name

Br. Michael D Kostick The de Sales Editor

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