Father John Rossiter Council #9385

Holmen, Wisconsin

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CHARITY, UNITY,

FRATERNITY &

PATRIOTISM

“Just fun—running in the rain, getting soaking wet ..……”

A nice drizzle keeps runners cool at 2016 KornFest FunRun ! Knights and families & friends hold 2 mile race and 10K Fun Run & Walk at St. Elizabeth’s Church.

Find all results at: http://www.seasholmen.org/uploads/6/1/3/6/61362969/2016_fun_run_registration_8.20_final_results.pdf

Thank you… Another Fun Run Success with help! …. 2016 Korn Fest Fun

Run was again another success. Runners & walkers enjoyed a cool light rainy morning. The

cooler temps with the nice light rain made for an excellent run. Thank you to all who came

through to help and probably didn’t enjoy the rain as much as the runners did. This is our

Council’s biggest and most demanding Fund Raiser and your help was appreciated. It’s nice to

have an experienced team mixing in a few new rookies to help each year. Special thanks to Joe

La Mere for arranging the Viterbo Cross Country team to help again this year. It’s really nice to

have those extra bodies to help out.

Big thanks to: Greg Corcoran, Jeff Wershoffen, and Richard Cantlon for being there at 5 am to get the road

set up started. Solid like a rock volunteerism awards goes to John & Joyce Popple, Terry Hubert, Joe La

Mere, Jeff Reiter, Brian, Jared, Sara Clements and Mike Paoli. Of course can’t say enough thanks to Janet

and Judy and all the gals who do the back room work of getting all the award recitipants in right categories

for the award ceremonial. Awesome help!

Two special notes. Thank you to Pete Tabor. Though he was not able to participate in

the actual day activities he kept our whole group informed and on a steady course for

success with constant reminders of steps needed to be done.

Special thanks to our Grand Knight David Hawes. Our council is fortunate to have

David in control and many do not realize the volunteer time he puts into our Councils events. He was on top

of everything needed for Saturday’s Fun Run and then taking on all the responsibilities of the Korn Fest

Breakfast early Sunday. Thank you, you’re a special Brother Knight!

Lastly to our sponsors and runners who make this event profitable so we can use the funds to help others.

Charity –Unity- Fraternalism

Brother Gary Dvoracek

VITERBO CROSS COUNTRY TEAM VOLUNTEERED TO HELP WITH FUN RUN.

HOLMEN KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS Monthly meeting schedule : Officers meetings

are held on the last Monday of the month at 7

p.m. at the PIZZA CORRAL on Hwy 53.

Regular Council meetings are held on the

second Sunday of the month at 7 p.m. at

St. Elizabeth’s Church in the gathering space

at entrance of church. All Knights of Columbus

members in good standing are invited to attend

all regular meetings and officers meetings.

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COUNCIL #9385 OFFICERS 2015-2016

Grand Knight … David Hawes

Deputy GK… .. Jeff Hammes

Chancellor— Gary Dvoracek

Recorder… Jerry Glentz,

Treasurer….. Jeff Reiter

Advocate… Tom Bertram,

Warden….. Matt Englerth,

Inside Guard - Greg Corcoran

Outside Guard…… John Stubler,

Financial Secretary…..... Anthony Villare,

Lecturer…… Pat Stephens,

Chaplain… Father John Paar,

Trustees …….. Pat Barlow, Joe LaMere,

and Mike Bruha,

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FROM OUR OFFICER’S AND

REGULAR MEETINGS CAN BE

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Knights of Columbus Mission

Statement: To provide a means by

which Catholic Men could support the

Catholic Church, To provide Financial

Protection to Protect their Families and To

engage in works of Charity to Benefit the

Less Fortunate.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Sept. 11, Sun. ….. Regular council meeting, 7 p.m. St. Elizabeth’s/Patriot Day ….Never Forget Sept. 17, Sat. …… La Crosse Diocesan Meeting—Sparta—St. Pat’s—9 am Sept. 22, Thurs. …. Fall begins Sept. 26, Mon. …. Officers meeting at Pizza Corral—7 pm Oct. 9, Sun. …. Regular meeting Father John Rossiter Council @St. Eliz.—7 pm Oct. 10, Mon. …. Columbus Day –Federal Holiday Oct. 22 Sat. …. Men of the Cross-Marshfield, WI-Starts at 9am Oct. 31, Mon. … “All Saints Eve” / regular officers meeting (subject to change) Nov. 9, Wed. …… Set-up for Christmas Bazaar- at 6:30pm Nov. 11, Fri. ….. Veteran’s Day—Federal Holiday Nov. 12, Sat. …. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Bazaar-(help with tear-down at 1pm) Nov. 13, Sun. …. Regular Council #9385 meeting at St. Elizabeth’s @ 7 pm Nov. 24, Thurs. ….THANKSGIVING—Federal Hoiday Nov. 25, Fri. … Set-up with Nativity Set- (meet at Church at 9:00am) Rotary Lights Parade-Friday, November 25th (more info to follow) Nov. 27, Sun. … 1st Sunday of Advent Nov. 28, Mon. …. Officers meeting @ Pizza Corral Dec. 3, Sat. …. Christmas Party-(after 5:00 pm Mass) Dec. 8, Thurs. … Immaculate Conception –Holy Day Dec. 11, Sun. …. Regular Council meeting (subject to change because of Christmas party) Dec. 25, Sun. … CHRISTMAS DAY—Holy Day Dec. 26, Mon. … Christmas Day observed Federal Holiday / regular officers meeting (subject to change) Dec. 31, Sat. … New Year’s Eve Jan. 1, 2017, Sunday …. Happy New Year ! / Solemnity of Mary

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CORCORAN

FAMILY … Caleb Corcoran

received the rank of Eagle Scout on August

21st. His project was the shelving for the Holmen

Area Food Pantry at SEAS. He is the

youngest son of Brother Knight Greg and Bobbie

Corcoran Brother Knight Joe LaMere won the “hidden number”

drawing at the August meeting, and won wonderful

prizes because he was in attendance. Will you be next?

Find the hidden number and come to the September

meeting. You could win “one million dollars”!

Grand Knights Report …

I hope everyone was able to enjoy some or all of Kornfest this year. We had another

successful Fun Run-thanks to our KC members, Parish, Youth Group, and the Viterbo Cross Country

Team. Numbers were down a bit due to the threat of rain and some pesky WIAA rules for high school,

but still a success none the less. Thanks to Gary Dvoracek and Pete Tabor for all their hard work and

efforts to make it so successful. With Pete backing off of duties due to health issues, it took 3-4 of us to

fill in for him and everything he had done in the background for so many years!

Thank you to all the volunteers who also helped out with our Biscuits & Gravy breakfast. We had great

support from the parish and community. We served over 235 people a great tasting breakfast. Special

thanks to Len Beranek and Pizza Corral for providing and cooking the sausage. And another great

thanks to our Youth Group members who did an awesome job hustling around! And for Joe L for

showing me how to make coffee !

As has been often stated, these are very important fundraisers for our group and everyone’s help and

cooperation is greatly appreciated. These fundraisers help us to keep our youth programs going, help

with the food pantry, church projects, promote our Catholic faith, and help those during illness or

disaster. It is important not to lose sight that these events not only are bringing in money to fund our

ability to provide Charity, but they also help bring us all closer as a group-Unity and Fraternity. Yes,

these events take a lot of work, but if you step back and take a look around it is fulfilling to see so many

members talking and working together.

I would like to touch on membership a bit. We’re always looking at ways to bring in new members to

our council. I think each and every Knight should make it a point to talk to another new face at our

Parish. We have many new faces at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton which means many new opportunities to

talk to them about the great things we do! There is a lot of great info for men interested in knowing

what we’re about in the bookcase by the entrance.

Our next general meeting is on Sept. 11th at 7:00pm (no worries-the Packers play at

noon). I look forward to seeing you all there to discuss new opportunities for our

council.

Again, thank you all for your help, generosity, and support for all that we do as a

council for the Knights of Columbus.

Vivat Jesus!

David Hawes, Grand Knight

Claustrophobic people are more productive thinking outside the box.

Happy Birthday

Brant & Roz!

Tom & Roz Hundt

IN MEMORY OF HAROLD & BETTY

MATHEWS

The Lanzels

Our great crew behind the scenes tallys the runners, times and

awards. Thanks everyone ! Can’t do it without you.

FunRun chairman Gary Dvoracek charges up the crossing guards with an electrifing speech. Find all results at: http://www.seasholmen.org/uploads/6/1/3/6/61362969/2016_fun_run_registration_8.20_final_results.pdf

KC Soccer Challenge

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you … Our KC Soccer Challenge was

a great success. We had 74 youth participating and many volunteers.

Without them this event wouldn't have been a success!

Our Champions are: Girls: 9 yrs - Isabella Cromheecke, 12 yrs -

Emily Nelson, and 13 yrs - Alexis Jeffers Boys: 9 yrs - Parker Burns,

10 yrs - Lucas Martin, 11 yrs - Caleb Lori, 12 yrs - Jason Palmberg,

and 14 yrs - Jayden Carley.

Thank you Volunteers! La Crosse Diocese Seminarians: Jared (my

son), Matthew, Phillip, Andrew, and John. Brother Knights: Tom

Hundt, Mike Paoli, Herb, Eric Wink, Matt Berns, and Tim

Emermann. Family and extended Family: Sara Clements (my wife),

Jacob Clements (my son), and Jillie Davis (my niece).

Special thanks goes out to Bruce Jerue (Diocesan Program Director)

for attending our event! Also, I would like to thank Andy Olson for

helping us with promoting this event with the VYSA Organization,

without his help we wouldn’t had as many participants.

I would like to give out one final thank to Eric Wink for co-chairing

this event with me!

Soccer Challenge Chairman—Brian Clements

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED: 1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats..

2) When your Mom is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair. 3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always Catch

the second person. 4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato. 5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food. 6) Don't sneeze

when someone is cutting your hair. 7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time. 8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a

glass of milk. 9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts. 10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandma's lap.

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED: 1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jello to a tree. 2) Wrinkles don't hurt.

3) Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts. 4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside. 6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD: 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. 2) Forget the health food. I need all

the preservatives I can get. 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there. 4) You're getting old

when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. 5) It's frustrating when you know all the

answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. 7) Wisdom comes with

age, but sometimes age comes alone.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE: 1) You believe in Santa Claus. 2) You don't believe in Santa Claus. 3) You are Santa Claus.

4) You look like Santa Claus.

SUCCESS: At age 4 success is . . . . Not piddling in your pants. At age 12 success is . . . Having friends. At age 17 success is . . Having a

driver's license. At age 35 success is . . . . Having money. At age 50 success is . . . Having money. At age 70 success is . .. . Having a

drivers license. At age 75 success is . ... . Having friends. At age 80 success is . . .. Not piddling in your pants.

Did You Know… According to Wikipedia, soccer is played by over 13 million people in the U.S., making it the

third most played sport in the U.S., more widely played than ice hockey and

American football.

Q: What is a ghosts favorite soccer position? A: Ghoul keeper.

“Holmen Knights—Keep

up the good work!”

Ken & Nancy Proctor

In loving memory of

George Hammes

The Hammes Family

Remember

Patriot Day ! Pete Tabor

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created

equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain

unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the

pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are

instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of

the governed….”

Dr. Anthony D Villare. Beth H. Villare, Daniel & Sarah

HAPPY SEPTEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

BROTHER KNIGHTS

David J. Wolf September 2

David P. Imgrund September 8

Danny V. Miles September 8

Dean G. Nugent September 10

James L. Heiderschiet September 11

Mark J. Lakmann September 11

Eugene L. Van Roy September 12

Kenneth E. Martin September 13

Patrick J. Stephens September 16

Francis . Deichelbohrer September 17

David J. Lamb September 17

John F. Walske September 17

Thomas L. Hundt September 24

Steven L. Albitz September 25

Jerome J. Vacek September 27

(If we have missed your birthday or have the wrong date

please let us know at: holmenknights@yahoo.com)

COUNCIL #9385 KNIGHT AND FAMILY OF THE MONTH

AUGUST 2016

Sir Knight Richard Matushek is the August Knight of the Month. Dick

recently completed his Fourth Degree exemplification

and is a charter knight of our council. He handed out

tootsie rolls during the recent charitable drive and helps

us as he can. Thank you Richard for your years of service

to council and parish!

Sir Knight Dave Hawes, wife Resa, and

son Jake are our August KC Family of

the Month. Serving as our current Grand Knight, Dave

has many council duties, but also makes time to work at

Freedom Fest, organize the recent KC picnic and

Kornfest breakfast with the help of Resa and Jake.

Congratulations and thank you to the Hawes family for

your service to council and parish!

Random photos from the 2016 Holmen Knights Korn Fest “Biscuits & Gravy” Breakfast

In Loving Memory

of

John K. McHugh

MONSIGNOR DELBERT J. MALIN

“our priest is someone’s son.

Your son could be

someone’s priest.”

IN MEMORY OF

WILLIAM and EMMA DVORACEK

Gary Dvoracek

FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR’S REPORT …. Dear Sir Knights: With summer coming to an end I hope all

of you had a chance to experience a good time outdoors with your activities. The Old Farmer’s Almanac give us a look

ahead and predict bitter cold weather for January and February so enjoy what is left of this season. The installation of

officers was on August 10 and we had 58 in attendance from assemblies in La Crosse, Arcadia and Tomah. A couple of

dates have been set for two social gatherings, November 17 will be Widow’s Night and will be held at Schmidty’s, Michael Haight,

the bishops master of ceremonies, will be our guest speaker. On December 10 we will meet at the Shrine for our gathering and our

guest speaker will be Cardinal Burke. More in formation to follow in the next couple of months, I hope we can have a

good turnout for both events. There is a very interesting video that I saw on a news broadcast a couple of months ago

and have found in on line. It is called The Spark of Life at Conception. It can be found with a simple google search. I

would encourage you to take a minute to view it, and read some of the stories around the video.

Richard Lepsch FN

FAITHFUL FRIAR’S REPORT … Sir Knights, It is hard to believe that September is upon us, where has the summer gone. Pope Francis reminds us, "Rest is so necessary for the health of our minds and bodies, and often so difficult to achieve due to the many demands placed on us. but rest is essential for our spiritual health, so that we can hear God's

voice and understand what he asks of us". So as we enter into this final month of the summer, let us not forget to get so rest in the Lord.. so that we may be attentive to his voice.... For the Lord is always calling... but are we listening… God Bless, SK Msgr. Kachel

DISTRICT DEPUTY’S REPORT …. Brother Knights; Summer is nearly over

and we can now look forward to the beautiful Fall Season we have around here. It is

also a time for our Councils to begin laying out Program Plans for the fraternal year,

and to submit Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. It would be nice if we

could get more Councils to participate in the Youth Programs ( Soccer, Punt Pass

Kick, Free Throw etc.). I had to defer Installation of Officers to September for some

Councils. We had a 2nd & 3rd Degree Ceremony on Sunday, August 14 at St. Pats

Church in Onalaska, and seven candidates advance to the Knighthood Degree, one from 839, one from 10914

and five from 16444. We also had three 1st Degrees in August and have 5 new members in the District. The

September 17 La Crosse Diocesan Meeting in Tomah is an important one and all Councils should have

representation at this meeting, specifically Grand Knights, Financial Secretary. The meeting will include

training and all but one of District 25 Councils are eligible for awards. Let me know if you have any

questions or did not receive the meeting notice and agenda. So I hope to see you there.

Pay for peace and stay safe.

Vivat Jesus!

Bill Jaekel, DD#25

REMEMBER PATRIOT DAY !

MIKE BRUHA

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Dear Brother Knights:

Summer is winding down and it is about time to head back to Saint John Vianney Seminary. This summer was great and super busy. This upcoming year will be packed like last year, only this year I have a few more responsibilities.

This semester, I will be one of the sacristans for the seminary daily masses. My job is to prepare the chalices, count out hosts, prepare the vestments, help father vest, and have everything ready for mass. I will be doing this 2-3 times a week.

Also, I am involved in the Knights of Columbus at St. Thomas as well. I am one of the officers: the treasurer. This will sizably increase my involvement in the KC’s throughout my time here at SJV. One of the projects that we are working on is renovating the Stations of the Cross walk that is on South Campus.

Being that I am into technology as well (I am triple majoring in Philosophy, Catholic Studies, and Computer Science), I am on what is called Vianney Media. Vianney Media is a group of seminarians that runs the website, keeps others up-to-date on what is happening in SJV, video tapes homilies, and takes pictures at all our big events. We are the people who allow everyone else to see what is happening.

On top of all that, I am taking 4 classes this semester: Ancient Philosophy, Ethics, Latin III, and The Catechism. These are the normal classes taken by those in their second year for their first semester. This is also known as the hardest semester because the Catechism class is known as the hardest class at St. Thomas and it is taught by our Rector, Fr. Becker and my spiritual director, Fr. Borrello. Along with that, Latin III is known as “Hell Latin”. It is the last Latin class that I need to take; however, it is also the hardest one as well.

I am also blessed to teach religious education this year. During my sophomore and junior years of high school I taught sixth graders with Laura Antony. This will be much like that. I really enjoyed teaching before and I cannot wait to do it again.

Being a sacristan, on Vianney Media, the St. Thomas Knights of Columbus Treasurer, teaching religious education, and taking classes along with all the other usual seminarian formation activities, this semester will be full to the brim. I hope and pray that you all had a fantastic summer and a blessed year to come. I also ask you to pray through the intersession of Fr. Joseph Walijewski for the healing of Suzy Meeham:

Holy and Good God, your servant and priest, Father Joseph Walijewski, through priestly zeal and heroic holiness,

defended innocence against the sadness of evil, especially to broken families and helpless children. Imaging the

Compassionate Christ, he led others to the font of sacramental life and the knowledge of Jesus Christ as their True and

Only Savior. Heavenly Father, we humbly pray You to raise up Your servant, Father Joseph Walijewski, whose joyful

priestly heart was resolute in the Heart of Christ Jesus, to the courts of heaven; and, through Your Holy Spirit, who

guides and leads the Church, give him to us as a saint and hero of this generation. Through his example may there be a

new urgency of souls for Christ. Through his intercession, I humbly ask (make your intention here) through Christ our

Lord. Amen.

Bishop William Patrick Callahan, OFM Conv. Diocese of La Crosse, Wis.

I will keep you all in my prayers and please continue to pray for vocations. We always need more good priests!! iViva Cristo Ray!

Jared Clements – Seminarian Diocese of La Crosse

Q: Why did the chicken get ejected from the soccer game? A: For persistent fowl play. Q: How do birds cheer for their

soccer teams? A: They egg them on. Q: Which soccer player has the biggest cleats? A: The one with the biggest feet.

The regular council meeting of the Holmen Knights of Columbus will be held at 7:00 p.m. at St. Elizabeth’s Church on

Sunday, 4219347 September 11, 2016. Items to be discussed are the Korn Fest FunRun / Breakfast wrap ups and planning

ahead for future events.

HOLMEN KNIGHTS

“BISCUITS & GRAVY”

BREAKFAST SERVES

LARGE CROWD FOR

KORN FEST !

THE HOLMEN KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS

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