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K N I G H T SOF COLUMBUS

ST. PaTrICK’S CaTHOLIC CHUrCH1501 TrOTTer rd, LarGO, FL 33770 COUNCIL 4892 Fr. McGivney

March 2019

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From around the world

The president of the Univer-sity of Notre Dame in South Bend an-nounced that in consulta-tion with other school officials he has decided to cover 19th-century murals in a prominent campus building that depict the life and exploration of Chris-topher Columbus. The works by Luigi Gregori that adorn the building's ceremonial were painted in 1882-84, not long after a devastating fire and reconstruction of the structure. The paintings "reflect the attitudes of the time and were intended as a didac-tic presentation, responding to cultural challenges for the school's largely im-migrant, Catholic population," he ex-plained. "In recent years, however, many have come to see the murals as at best blind to the consequences of Columbus' voyage for the indigenous peoples who inhabited this 'new' world and at worst demeaning toward them." So the murals will be covered by a woven material "consistent with the de-cor of the space, though it will be possi-ble to display the murals on occasion," he continued. "I will establish a commit-

tee to decide on the place to display the murals and the a p p r o p r i a t e commun i ca -tion around the display. We will begin soon the making of cov-ers for the mu-rals."

The paintings themselves cannot be moved because Gregori painted them "directly on to the plaster of the walls, and so any attempt to move them would damage and likely destroy the works," Father Jenkins said. He noted that since the 1990s, a brochure has been provided "that explains to viewers the context of the murals’ composition and some of the historical reality of the events depicted." "However, because the second-floor hall of the main building is a busy throughway for visitors and members of the university community, it is not well suited for a thoughtful consideration of these paintings and the context of their composition," Father Jenkins said. Therefore, the university will cre-ate a permanent display for high-quality, high-resolution images of the murals in a campus setting to be determined, which will be "conducive to such an in-formed and careful consideration."

Christopher Columbus Murals at Notre DameWill Soon Be Covered

St. Patrick’s Dinner Saturday, March 16, in the Msgr. McCall HallSt. Patrick’s Dinner Sunday, March 17, in the St. Jerome Parish HallSock Hop Saturday, April 13Spaghetti Dinner the 2nd and 4th Fridays during LentEaster Egg Hunt to be held on Easter Sunday at St. Pat’s.

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If you would like to be a part of our Booster club, your first donation (you, for example) would be $5.00; each additional name (your wife, for example) would cost $3.00. Also, this would be a wonderful way to remember loved ones by posting their names for all to see. Please fill out the form below to submit names.Here are our names for the Booster list:Bob Anderson,Vice Supreme Master PSDBob LamelleEdgar LecuyerAnne LecuyerDave Dumont, PFNThelma DumontDavid RuppelPatty RuppelHenry J. CajiaoTom and Mary WalshHenri and Judy BellavanceBob Dasch PGK PFN and Stephanie DaschRichard LaLuzerne PSD PFN PGK and Joyce LaluzerneDick McCarthyKelly McCarthyPatricia PomianowskiDavid St. MartinIn Memory of Earl D. Lochner, Henry Cajiao, Sue Anthony, Henri Bel-lavance Jr., David McConnell, Carol Anderson, Bob Dasch Jr.Al Pomianowski, Lloyd St. Martin

FROM THE DESKOF THE GRAND KNIGHT

FIRST NAME____________________________________

SECOND NAME_________________________________

IN MEMORY OF_________________________________

AMOUNT ENCLOSED____________________________

Please mail this form to Dave Dumont 2638 Oakwood Dr. Largo, FL. 33771 727-531-0905

Danny McConnell GK

Greetings Brother Knights,St. Patrick’s dinner at St.Patrick's church is March 16. After our last meeting it was suggested to make this a fund raiser for the church. Please support this efffort.The next day will be St. Jerome’s dinner from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m..My 2nd. term will end July 1st. I know there are Knights in our council who can fill this position better than I have, so please consider taking on this role. Our

council needs good Knights for a few positions. At our next meeting we will need a nominating committee. Anyone inter-ested in being on it should let me know.Until next time keep our distressed members and our priests in your prayers.Your Grand Knight Danny McConnell

Each day we make choices: Should I eat an extra donut? How much should my tithe be? Should I trust my doctor who says I need sinus surgery? Is it time to trade cars? Should I buy or lease? Should I get an abortion?

We know what the answer to the last question is. All we need to do now is try to convince others who think other-wise that life over death is always the better choice.

SUNDAYMARCH 10

2019Turn your clocks ahead one hour.

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Dick McCarthy PGK announced that our annual pancake breakfast is up and running. Naturally he needs volunteers to help prepare the pancakes and then to help clean up when the breakfast is over. If you you able to help, please contact Dick at 644-3638.

Time is fast approaching to unite in another Tootsie Roll drive. It’s always a well-received endeavor by Publix customers. A sheet for volunteers will soon be available.

Welcome to our AnnuAl St. PAtrick’S / St. JoSePh’S DAY Dinner

SunDAY mArch 17th 2019 At 2:00 P.m.DoorS oPen At 1:30 P.m.

PleASe Join uS for An Afternoon of

fun, frienDShiP & Sing-A-long

trADitionAl iriSh Dinner

Along With greAt entertAinment

ticketS go on SAle feb. 23rD

AnD Will be SolD After All mASSeS

AS Well AS in the PAriSh office until mArch 10th

no ticketS SolD At the Door

the menu Will conSiSt of

corneD beef & cAbbAge, cArrotS & PotAtoeS

AnD ASSorteD itAliAn DeSSertS

chilD’S menu iS corn DogS AnD chiPS

beer for the SuggeSteD DonAtion of $3.00 Per SerVing

iriSh coffee for the SuggeSteD DonAtion of $3.00 Per cuP

DonAtion for Dinner ticket iS $15.00 eAch

AnD $5.00 for chilDren unDer 12

ANNUAL DINNER Saturday, March 16, 2019

At St. Pat’s Parish HallDoors open at 5:30 p.m.

Corned beef and cabbageand all the fixin’s.

Tickets are $15.00 per person.Cash bar.

Tickets can be picked up at the parish office during regular hours

or from the Knights of Columbusor call 727-458-4811.

St. Joseph


"When you call Me, when you go to pray to Me, I will listen to you. When you look for Me, you will find Me. Yes, when you seek Me with all your heart…."

Jeremiah 29: 12-13

Please join in the Solemn Exposition of the Holy Eucharist in The Holy Family Chapel at St. Jerome Church

10895 Hamlin Boulevard, Largo, Florida

Sunday, March 31, 2019: Mass at 12:30 pm, followed by Solemn Exposition, with Benediction at 4:30 pm.

Monday, April 1, 2019: Mass at 9 am, followed by Solemn Exposition, with Benediction at 3:30 pm. Lenten reconciliation services are at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019: Mass at 9 am, followed by Solemn Exposition, with Benediction at 8:00 pm.

Questions? Call St. Jerome 727-595-4610

For St. Pat’s Eucharistic Adoration, the Knights have been asked to bring our banner and Knights as a group for 1 hour of adoration at the end of March.


Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Sat-urday. Lent comes from the Anglo Saxon word lencten, which means "spring." The forty days represents the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, enduring the temptation of Satan and preparing to begin his ministry.

Lent is a time of repentance, fasting and preparation for the coming of Easter. It is a time of self-examination and reflection. In the early church, Lent was a time to prepare new converts for baptism. Today, Christians focus on their relationship with God, often choosing to give up something or to volunteer and give of themselves for others.

Sundays in Lent are not counted in the forty days because each Sunday represents a "mini-Easter" and the rever-ent spirit of Lent is tempered with joyful anticipation of the Resurrection.

ASH WEDNESDAY IS MARCH 6 THIS YEAR

1. Make a commitment to read the Sunday scriptures before you go to Mass. In the same way that reading up on football players, opposing teams, and coaching strategies will help you experience a game more fully, familiariz-ing yourself with the readings ahead of time will help you experience them in a deeper way on Sunday.

2. Try a new spiritual practice. Sign up for an hour of Eucharistic Adoration. Attend Mass at a parish that’s made up of people from a different racial/ethnic group. Sign up for a silent retreat or spend at least one hour in silent meditation each weekend.

3. Think about what you usually spend your money on. Do you buy too many clothes? Spend too much on dinner out? Pick one type of expenditure that you’ll “fast” from during Lent, and then give the money you would usually spend to a local charity.

4. When you first sit down in front of your computer at work, or at the very end of your workday, try a 10-minute guided prayer from Sacred Space based on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius.

5. Go to a weekday Mass one day during the week. Many parishes offer them early in the morning, at noon, or after work. Daily Masses are often more intimate and shorter than Sunday Mass.

6. If you don’t have a cross in your apartment or house, buy a simple one and put it in your bedroom.

7. Read the entire Gospel of Mark in one sitting. As the shortest Gospel, it is the most concise story of Jesus’ life, and the cross, a central Lenten symbol, plays an even more prominent role than in the other Gospels.

8. Attend the Stations of the Cross somewhere. Many parishes offer these during Lent and often on Fridays. Or check out Busted Halo’s Virtual Stations of the Cross.

9. Get some friends together and attend a Friday fish fry at a local parish. It’s not the healthiest thing in the world, but a fun Catholic tradition to help you abstain from eating meat on Fridays during Lent.

10. Unplug from your iPhone or turn off your car radio on your commute. The silence may be jarring at first, but you may find that you are able to concentrate better and will be more observant of your surroundings.

11. Buy a book of daily reflections and keep it by your bed. Local parishes often offer these for purchase during Lent, and there are some good ones available online. Try the Magnificat or a book by Edward Hays.

12. Think about a habit that has kept you from being who God is calling you to be. Consciously give up that habit.

13. Spend at least one weekend or evening volunteering during Lent. Serve a meal at your local soup kitchen. Visit the elderly. Stock shelves at a food pantry.

14. Make a commitment to fast from insensitive, cruel comments about others.

15. Pray for somebody. As you’re walking the streets, driving the highways, or sitting in your cubicle at work, pick out a person who appears to be in need and pray for that person. Be mindful of the words of philosopher Philo of Alexandria, who said, “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.”

15 IDEAS TO HELP YOU ENRICH LENT....besides giving up chocolate

Financial Secretary Jim Blackwell intro-duced members to an idea he has had to help the homelss with a gift bag. Items such as socks, gloves, a coupon for Mc-Donald’s and a bus ride, toothpaste, etc. are put in a bag to be given to any home-less a Knight should see. He hopes that members will be willing to take a bag, give

it to a homelless person, and join a prayer circle.

From the council meeting of February 14, 2019

Faithful Navigator Henry Cajiao announced that there will be meatless spaghetti dinners on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of Lent. Proceeds will go to the church.

GK Danny McConnell announced that it will be soon be time to nomi-nate officers for the new fiscal year.

One-year trustee Bob Dasch reported that this year’s audit was completed in time for the February 15 deadline. All accounts turned out fine.Our council is OK for another year.

Advocate Tom Walsh proposed an Easter egg hunt for St. Pat’s Parish to be held on the church grounds. He plans to buy plastic eggs which are filled with good-ies.The council voted to allow this and gave Tom and limit of $350 to spend.

PGK Henri Bellavance noted that as soon as Supreme desinates that it’s time to switch to the new Knights’ regalia he will resign as our council’s commander. There was some discussion about when that time would be, but no one was sure, so DD José Carrera said he would look into it and let us know at the next council meeting. He also said that there would be a training session for the Color Guard at St. Catherine of Siena Parish Saturday, February 15. He did not know if more ses-sions would be held.

PGK Henri Bellavance announced that there will be a sock hop Saturday, April 13. The parish hall has been reserved and he hopes to find a band.Tickets are now available at $10.00 each.


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St. Patrick’s February 9, 2019


Photo by Suzanne McConnell


SPOTLIGHTon

Bob Dasch

“I have always loved people and enjoy being around them.” Bob Dasch was born in Rochester, N.Y. In Monroe County he was a sheriff’s deputy until 1964. Another job he had was to train school bus drivers for the school district. He did this until 1964. From 1980 until 1997 he drove an Empire Trailways Motor Coach doing tours and charters east of Mississippi and Canada. He spent a total of 30 years in the motor coach industry. “I drove over a million miles with those busses,” he said. He moved to Largo in 1997 and be-gan going to St. Pat’s Church. Soon he met Al Pomianowski who became his sponsor for the Knights of Colum-bus. “I joined the Knights on Sept. 16, 2001,” he said. On November 9, 2003, Bob decid-ed to become a 4th degree Knight. He was Faithful Navigator for two terms, from 2016 to 2018.Over the years, Bob has held the offices of Deputy Grand Knight, Recorder, Trustee, and Grand Knight in 2008 and 2009. “We were recognized as a Star Council in 2009,” he said. He was also the chairman for the Tootsie Roll drive for 14 years. Bob married Stephanie in 2005. They live in Pinellas Park in the Mainlands. He had 4 children: 3 boys, 1 girl. He now works for Publix as a cashier. He has worked there for 5 years.“I have to keep active,” he said.

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As we put our faith into action and charge headlong “Into the Breach,” we need more men to join us.Inside this issue you’ll find information and tips about welcoming new Knights at every opportunity. Holding a membership drive

at your parish (see page 2) is a great way to grow your council, raise awareness about Faith In Action (page 3) and spark interest inyour good works in the local community.

Together, let’s make membership drives a staple of our spring activities. The world is counting on us.See inside for details.

IN SERVICE TO ONE. IN SERVICE TO ALL.

NEWS FOR KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS LEADERS

More About Church Drives

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Up Your Recruitment Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Also in This Issue

How Faith In Action Helps You . . . . . . . . . . 3

Our Greatest Humanitarian Effort . . . . . . . 4

In the Spotlight: Missouri Knights . . . . . . . 5

The World Needs Knights Now More Than Ever

More than 600 children in Forest Park, Ga., received new winter coatsfrom the Georgia State Council on Jan. 30 — making the largest

Coats for Kids single distribution event in Knights of Columbus history!A Coats for Kids distribution is a Knights of Columbus Super Bowl

tradition, with the Knights hosting the event in the Super Bowl host city. Check out the video of the event here: https://youtu.be/evgETgmEPCo.

The Knights have distributed more than 130,000 coats in the United States and Canada. Get involved and help more kids in need. Visit kofc.org/coats.

Largest Coats For Kids Event in K of C History

Kn ightl ine

Bob Dasch

The greatest gift the Knights of Columbus may have brought to a national gathering of 17,000 young Catholics in January was an opportunity to experi-ence a deeper silence.Held in Indianapolis, this gathering included something special, the incorrupt heart of St. Jean Marie Vianney. The major relic had a profound effect on the participating students, especially during adoration. It also touched the 350 seminarians and more than 400 priests on hand as Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, is revered by Catholic clergy as the model of priestly holiness.The silence was first felt on Friday evening when the relic arrived as part of a national pilgrimage that will stretch into the spring. The relic was to be carried in procession and placed in front of the main altar during Mass. But before the priests lined up for the procession, the relic was placed in the sacristy for the concelebrating priests to have time to pray with St. Jean Vianney.

St. John Vianney’s incorrupt heart was placed where the priests could see it. “Hearing confessions while knowing St. Jean was there praying for me, and for all those seeking God’s forgiveness, was incredibly powerful and something that will stay with me long into my priesthood,” one chaplain said. Over 6,500 confessions were heard over a two-hour period,

St. Vianney’s Relic Inspires Priests


"When you call Me, when you go to pray to Me, I will listen to you. When you look for Me, you will find Me. Yes, when you seek Me with all your heart…."

Jeremiah 29: 12-13

Please join in the Solemn Exposition of the Holy Eucharist in The Holy Family Chapel at St. Jerome Church

10895 Hamlin Boulevard, Largo, Florida

Sunday, March 31, 2019: Mass at 12:30 pm, followed by Solemn Exposition, with Benediction at 4:30 pm.

Monday, April 1, 2019: Mass at 9 am, followed by Solemn Exposition, with Benediction at 3:30 pm. Lenten reconciliation services are at 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019: Mass at 9 am, followed by Solemn Exposition, with Benediction at 8:00 pm.

Questions? Call St. Jerome 727-595-4610

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Council 4892 Officers for 2018-2019

What does the Catechism of the Catholic Church say about Indulgences?

Chaplain Fr. Dominic 727-584-2318 [email protected] Grand Knight Danny McConnell 812-993-1926 [email protected] Grand Knight Pete Grasso 727-223-4965 [email protected] Raymond Spurgeon 727-643-6364 [email protected] Jim Hand 727-501-3484 [email protected] Secretary Jim Blackwell 727-787-1590 [email protected] Brian J. Higgins 727-442-2060 [email protected] Thomas Walsh 727-215-2833 [email protected] Fred A. Meyers 727-595-1395 [email protected] David F. Dumont 727-531-0905 [email protected] Guard Gene Sanders 678-469-8600 [email protected] Outside Guard Henry Cajiao 727-465-8965 [email protected] 1-year Trustee Bob Dasch 727-400-1348 [email protected] 2-year Trustee Edgar Lecuyer 727-588-0393 [email protected] Trustee David Ruppel 727-595-9769 [email protected] Deputy José Carrera 727-688-8120 [email protected] Agent Frank Caruso 203-721-3699 [email protected] Editor Jim Hand 727-501-3484 [email protected]

1471 An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints. An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin. The faithful can gain indulgences for themselves or apply them to the dead.

1498 Through indulgences the faithful can obtain the remission of temporal pun-ishment resulting from sin for themselves and also for the souls in Purgatory.

1478 An indulgence is obtained through the Church who, by virtue of the power of binding and loosing granted her by Christ Jesus, intervenes in favor of individual Christians and opens for them the treasury of the merits of Christ and the saints to obtain from the Father of mercies the remission of the temporal punishments due for their sins.

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