Moving to November, we have an election coming

up. I urge every Knight and their family to get out

and do your civic duty…VOTE! Our fore fathers

shed their blood to give us this right. Let’s make

sure we get to the poles.

We will be hosting a spaghetti dinner in November

at St Theresa. If you can’t help with the dinner,

please come eat the dinner. Bring your family out

for a home cooked meal , and good conversation

with fellow Knights and parishioners.

Vivat Jesus,

Jim Arns Sr.

Grand Knights Corner

Dear Brother Knights,

We have just finished our ID Drive street and store

collection weekend. We’re at $21,000, and we still

have more tootsie rolls to sell! Give yourselves a

big round of applause. I have never witnessed the

number of volunteers that we had this year.

Thanks again to everyone that participated.

We held the ID Drive picnic the following Sunday.

We had about sixty people in attendance, and a

good time had by all!

October is a busy Month for us we have two

membership drives where we will be selling tootsie

rolls. We are also teaming up with the right to life

group on the 15th for a March from St Theresa to

Hicks and NW Highway. We have a pancake

breakfast on October 30th as well as the Past Grand

Knights dinner.

The Knightly News Knights of Columbus | Holy Ghost Council 4977 | www.koc4977.org | October 2016

Chaplain: Father Thomas Rzepiela

District Deputy: Leroy Dziewulski

Grand Knight: Jim Arns, Sr.

Deputy Grand Knight: Bruce Alesi

___________________________________________________________________________________

Advocate: Rick Deyhle

Chancellor: Bob Novak

Inside Guards: Tom Mullen, Layne Gabiner

Outside Guards: Tom Heidenfelder, Jim Schroedl

Warden: Tom Nicholas

Trustees: 3 year: Jim Arns Jr., 2 Year: Jack McCarthy, 1 Year: Larry Ruff

Financial Secretary: John Breit

Treasurer: Conrad Bertz

Recording Secretary: Tony Nix

Lecturer: Bill O’Brien

___________________________________________________________________________________

Officers Meeting: First Monday of the Month, starting at 7:30 pm

Business Meeting: Second Monday of the Month, starting at 7:30 pm

Lead Me

Guide Me

Lord

October 30th is Priesthood Sunday Priesthood Sunday is a special day set aside to

honor Priesthood in the United States. It is a call for

parishioners to honor Christ as Priest and the men

who were called to be His priests on earth.

Since its founding by a parish priest, Fr. Michael J.

McGivney in 1882, the Knights of Columbus have

always stood in solidarity with our priests. On this

Priesthood Sunday, the Knights of Holy Ghost

Council #4977, offer our sincere appreciation to the

priests of St. Theresa and St. Thomas of Villanova for

the sacrifices they have made to be our spiritual

shepherds.

Our thanks and admiration goes to our priests at:

St. Theresa: Fr. Timothy Fairman, Fr. Matthew

Jamesson, Fr. Tom Bishop and Fr. Ron Lewinski

St. Thomas of Villanova: Fr. Tom Rzepiela, Fr. Marcin

Zasada, Fr. Martin Luboyera, Fr. Ray Yadron, and

Fr. Mirek Kulesa

Say a prayer of Thanksgiving for our current priests.

And at the same time pray for all current

seminarians and postulants, and for those

contemplating joining the religious vocation.

Chaplain’s Corner October is the month of Respecting

Life! It is also fittingly the month of

domestic violence!

The October Sunday Scriptures

focus a lot on the necessity of prayer in our life! We

can never pray enough! But before we can pray,

we must have the faith and belief in our Lord God.

What are you praying for? Who are you praying

for? Are you praying for yourself?

I want to share with you the following prayer:

Praying for Myself

I asked for health, that I might do greater things

I was given infirmity that I might do better things…

I asked for riches, that I might be happy;

I was given poverty, that I might be wise…

I asked for power, that I might have the praise of

people; I was given weakness, that I might feel the

need for God…

I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life;

I was given life, that I might enjoy all things…

I got nothing I asked for, but everything I hoped

for; almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers

were answered.

I am among all – most richly blessed.

Rev. Thomas R. Rzepiela, Pastor

St. Thomas of Villanova Church

1201 E. Anderson Drive, Palatine, IL 60074-4155

847.358.6999

fathertom@stov.org

Information incorrect in the 2016-2017

Council Directory?

Did you come across an error in the 2016-2017

Council Directory? If so, please send corrections

to Deacon John Breit at: John.breit@gmail.com

and the electronic version will be updated.

Thank you!!!

Holy Family Knights Café Our brothers at Holy Family Parish, Council #11981,

have a breakfast once a month and you are

welcome to attend anytime.

The Knight's Café is open after the 7:30, 9:00 and

11:00 AM masses on Sunday, once a month. They

typically start serving breakfast at 8:45, 10:15 and

12:15 PM, respectively. Hope to see you soon!

Dates of our Knight's Cafe for the fraternal

year 2016 – 2017:

Sunday October 30th

Sunday November 20th

No cafe in December

Sunday January 29th

Sunday February 19th

Sunday March 26th

Sunday April 30th

Sunday May 28th

Sunday June 25th

Something to Think About this October Shared from the Book:

Reflections from Pope Francis

An invitation to Journaling, Prayer, and Action

8. Let Jesus Carry You

Let us follow Jesus! We accompany, we follow

Jesus, but above all we know that He accompanies

us and carries us on His shoulders. This is our Joy, this

is the hope that we must bring to the world. Please

do not let yourselves be robbed of hope! Do not let

hope be stolen! The hope that Jesus gives us.

Deputy Grand Knight’s Report Vocation Raffle Tickets – Books are $1.00 each.

Please turn in to Tom Nicholas (see article KOC 2016

Vocations Drive Raffle).

Right to Life: Tom Mullen reported that the Right-to-

Life Committee’s March for Life will be October 15th

(approx. 2:00pm) at St. Theresa. Asking for help

from the Knights of Columbus to supply paper

goods, water, coffee, 4th degree in regalia for the

Bishop, passing out buttons and bracelets plus

“man” the route. Helpers need to arrive at 1:30pm.

The plaza rally will start at approx. 3:15pm.

ID Drive Update: 3 Days to go: Sept 16 - 17th.

Please see captains to find a spot. Both parishes

will be selling Tootsie Rolls in October during the

recruitment weekends and will need your help.

Can Collection: Hymnals $129 and St. Thomas food

pantry $137.50.

Kairos Prison Ministry: The next weekend is October

20 - 23rd. Plese make cookies (MUST follow the

directions/recipe).

Newman Fund: No report.

Christopher Club: The group will meet once the

Lower Dolan Center is re-opened.

Blood drive: Oct 16th from 7:45am to 1pm @ lower

Dolan Center.

Past Grand Knight Dinner: Will take place October

30th at Giani’s in Palatine. Cost is will be $25 per

person. Money goes to John Breit.

Pancake Breakfast: Takes place October 30th. At St.

Thomas of Villanova.

4th Degree Exemplification: The next opportunity

to get your 4th Degree is October 29th in Rockford.

Please Contact Jim Hajost for details.

Chicago Chapter Dinner: TBD, the chapter

helps out councils when needed. There will be

a fundraiser sometime in March (TBD).

Charlie talked about the role the Knights of

Columbus played during 911, The Knights were the

first to deliver checks to those in need.

Upcoming Activities

Kairos Weekend: The next Kairos weekend is

scheduled for October 20th - 23rd at Stateville Prison.

If you are interested in getting involved with this

ministry, please contact Joe Raducka or DGK Bruce

Alesi for more information. The next team will be

forming soon!

2nd and 3rd Degree: There is an opportunity to

receive your 2nd and 3rd Degree on Sunday Octber

23rd. This event will take place in Algonquin, IL from

1:00 - 5:00 PM.

1st Degree Cermony: There is a 1st Degree

Ceremony scheduled for Monday, October 24th at

St. Theresa, Lower Dolan Center. Start time 7:30 PM.

October 30th Events: The following events will take

place all on the same day. Rest up and join us for

one or more!

Pancake Breakfast at St. Thomas of

Villanova from 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM. Please

plan on helping out before for set up, during

to serve, or after for clean up. Thanks in

advance for your help! See newsletter

article for more information.

75th Anniversary Celebration at St. Theresa

Parish beginning at 2:00 PM.

Past Grand Knight Dinner at Giani’s in

Palatine. Cocktails at 5:00, Dinner at 6:00.

Tickets are $25.00 per person.

Spaghetti Dinner: There is a spaghetti dinner

planned for Saturday, November 12th. The event

will be held at St. Theresa, Lower Dolan Center. See

newsletter article for mor information.

Football Party: St. Thomas will be hosting a football

party at Durty Nellies on Sunday, November 13th.

Contact the parish office for more information.

Knights of Columbus Open House: We will host an

open house on Monday, January 13th, 2017. The

theme for the evening is “Each one, bring one.”

Stay tuned… more details to come.

Silent Retreat for Men We have openings available for the

upcoming Silent Retreat for Men preached by

the Priests of Miles Christi.

When: Friday, October 28 - Sunday, October 30

Where: Marytown Retreat Center, Libertyville, IL

The retreat begins on Friday at 4pm and ends on

Sunday at 5pm.

The cost is $250 per person for a double room and

includes 2 nights lodging, 6 meals, facility fees and

a small portion for the Priests’ transportation and

accommodations. A limited number of single

rooms are available for $270.

God is able to do great things when we give Him

time to work in our souls in silence and

recollection! We encourage you to take

advantage of this great opportunity to grow closer

to our Lord! For more information and to reserve

your place for this retreat, please contact Pierre

Zermatten or Br. Andrew Bisio, MC at (248) 596-9677

or chicago@spiritualexercises.net. For more dates,

please visit our

website,www.spiritualexercises.net. We look

forward to seeing you at the Spiritual Exercises, and

encourage you to bring a friend or relative!

May Our Lord and His most Blessed Mother bless

you and keep you in their Hearts.

Prayers for requested for the following Brothers

and other individuals – Paul Isherwood, Ron and

Roberta Sowizrol, Tom Harvey (99+), Nancy Miklieus,

Bill Nicolson’s daughter Maureen Mullane, potential

candidate James Dmello’s brother Freddie Dmello,

Bishop Doran and Mike Raume Jr.’s grandmother,

Arlene Ann Thornley who recently passed.

Recruitment Weekend Success

Worthy Brothers,

The October 2016 recruitment weekends at both St.

Thomas and St. Theresa are in the books! While

recruiting and growing our Fraternal Order can be

personally testing, 35 Brother Knights stepped up to

the recruiting challenge! We were able to

complete Form 100s for 6 new candidates while

receiving a good number of prospects for follow-

up. My sincerest thanks to the following worthy

Brothers who assisted with our recent recruitment

blast. Most of these Brothers assisted with 2 or more

masses! (Please accept my apology if I have

overlooked your contribution in the following list of

October’s recruiting volunteers. Sorry!)

Vivat Jesus! Chancellor Bob Novak

Recruitment volunteers: Jim Arns, Lou Akins,

Conrad Bertz; Bernie Borjarski, Deacon John Breit,

Matt Chambers, Joe Drabot, Charlie Foos,

Layne Gabiner, Bill Kaman, Frank Leo, Steve Lundell,

Bob Madsen, John Mahoney, Brian McHugh, Tom

Mullen, Mark Nannini, Bob Niersbach, Tom Nicholas,

Bob Novak, Bill O’Brien, Mark Orr, Joe Pagani ,

Cas Paprocki, Dick Parsons, Brian Peterson, Joe

Raducka, Frank Rehberg, Andy Ruff, Larry Ruff,

Jim Schroedl, George Tibus, John Ward, Ron Willer,

Pierre Zermatten

Past Grand Knight Banquet Dinner The Past Grand Knight Dinner, Honoring Jim P. Arns

will be held October 30, 2016. Reservations are due

October 26th 2016.

Gianni’s Cafe

18 W. Station Street, Palatine, IL 60067

(847) 991-1416

Doors Open at 4:00 P.M.

Cocktails at 5:00 P.M.

Dinner at 6:00 P.M.

Cost: $25.00 per person (Cash bar)

For reservations, call or email Deacon John Breit:

(847) 359-2870 or john.breit@gmail.com

Payment is required before reservation will

be confirmed.

You can drop off your check or mail payment to:

Deacon John Breit

756 E. Carpenter Drive

Palatine, IL 60074-3710

Pancake Breakfast in October Join us for breakfast after mass! We will be serving

Pumpkin and regular pancakes, eggs, sausage,

corned beef hash, coffee and juice.

When:

Sunday, October 30, 2016

8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM

Where:

St. Thomas of Villanova Parish

1201 East Anderson Drive, Palatine

Costs:

$8.00 per person, $20.00 per family, and $6.00 for

seniors

Out of work? Money tight? Come eat free.

All are welcome!

For more information call George 847-991-0738

Spaghetti Dinner Coming Soon Come and enjoy a great meal and Italian music

while bonding with family and friends. Dinner

includes Salad, Minestrone Soup, Spaghetti and

Meatballs, Sausage, Garlic Bread, Desserts and

Beverages.

We will also have a

children’s craft corner,

so come on out and

bring the family!

When:

Saturday November 12, 2016

5:00 PM TO 7:30 PM

Where:

St. Theresa Parish, Lower Dolan Center

455 North Benton Street, Palatine

Costs:

Adults: $10.00, Children under 12: $5.00, Families of

4: $28.00

Questions:

Contact Bruce Alesi 847-394-2154, James Arns Sr.

847-934-9896 or Conrad Bertz 847-359-8173

October is Right to Life Month.

Let’s all pray for life!

May Jazlene “Rest in His Arms”

On Tuesday, October 4, 2016 nine members of

various councils volunteered their time to form an

honor guard for the funeral of 6 week old baby

Jazlene, who had been abandoned.

Quoting from their website:

“Formed in September 2005, the men and women

of Rest in His Arms have provided the final act of

dignity and respect for over 32 children in the

Chicagoland area.

By spiritually adopting these infants and becoming

guardian, Rest in His Arms arranges final services

that proclaim that these children are precious -

even if they only lived for one minute. Providing

each child with a name, none of “our babies” are

labelled as a “John Doe.” Each child is lovingly laid

to rest and sent home to the open and comforting

arms of our Creator.

Sadly, Rest in His Arms is a much needed

organization as there are several babies illegally

abandoned each year in the state of Illinois. But it

does not have to be this way. The Illinois Safe

Haven Law (www.saveabandonedbabies.org)

allows a parent to leave infants 30 days or younger

and unharmed, in the arms of staff at any hospital,

24 hour emergency care facility, police station, or

manned fire station or college campus security

office. Parents cannot be prosecuted for

abandonment, and in fact, no questions will be

asked. Babies left in Safe Havens receive medical

care and then can be adopted into loving families

and given a chance at life.”

Feed My Starving Children

The Holy Ghost Council #4977 extend their thanks

to their members, families, friends and our fellow

Knights of Hoffman Estates Council #6964 that

came out to the Feed My Starving Children on

Tuesday, September 27. 2016.

Working with other organizations and volunteers

the total output for that session was 94 boxes which

meant that 20,304 meals were packed. This

equates to feeding 56 children for a year.

A job well done!

Check out Our Facebook Page

All Council #4977 members are encouraged to

check out our Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/kofc4977

You can also search for "Knights of Columbus Holy

Ghost Council #4977" on Facebook. Give it a go

and let us know what you think. Thanks!

Council Service Contacts Please make note of the individuals responsible for

various activities within our council. In the event

you have any questions related to any of these

activities, please reach out to this individual and

copy the Grand Knight on all emails. Doing this will

help avoid duplication of efforts and inconsistent

messages going out from the Council. Thank you!

Chaplain: Fr. Tom Rzepiela

Program Director: Jim Arns, arns134@comcast.net

Church Director: John Breit, John.Breit@gmail.com

KOC 2016 Vocations Drive Raffle

If you haven’t already received your raffle books,

there are still plenty of ways you can assist Knights

of Columbus Council #4977 through our annual

Vocations Raffle.

Books of 10 tickets run $15.00 each. Purchasing two

books for $30.00 enables us to assist five seminarians

or oblates in pursuing their call to their respective

vocations. Our goal for this drive is to raise $2,600,

which would enable us to offer each recipient a

$500 scholarship to help defray materials costs and

living expenses. We can only do this if each of our

members generously supports this worthy cause.

Please mail your check and completed

raffle books to:

Mr. Thomas Nicholas

188 E. Cedarwood Ct.

Palatine, IL 60067

Or you could bring your check and completed

raffle books to our next general council meeting on

November 14th. I have additional raffle books if you

could purchase or sell more.

Please keep our priests, seminarians and oblates in

your prayers. Here is a prayer in support of our men

and women called to their vocations:

Jesus, you are the Good Shepherd.

You know each of us.

And you call us by name to serve in faith.

Help us respond generously to your voice.

Give courage and guidance to those you call to

the priesthood and the diaconate, to religious life

and lay ministry, so they may respond

wholeheartedly and serve devotedly.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Thanks and God Bless!

Tom Nicholas

Vocations Director

KOC #4977 Council

(847)496-4430

tgnicholas@msn.com

Please join us for our Monthly

Business Meetings the

second Monday of each

month, 7:30 – 10:00 PM.

Upcoming Business Meetings

November 14, 2016

St. Theresa Dolan Center, Lower Level

December 12, 2016

St. Theresa Dolan Center, Lower Level

January 9, 2017

St. Theresa Dolan Center, Lower Level

February 13, 2017

St. Theresa Dolan Center, Lower Level

March 13, 2017

St. Theresa Dolan Center, Lower Level

April 10, 2017

St. Thomas, Meeting Rooms A and B

May 8, 2017

St. Thomas, Meeting Rooms A and B

June 12, 2017

St. Theresa Dolan Center, Lower Level

Upcoming Officer Meetings

November 7, 2016

Festle Board Room

December 5, 2016

Festle Board Room

January 3, 2017

Festle Board Room

February 6, 2017

St. Thomas, Meeting Room C

March 6, 2017

Festle Board Room

April 3, 2017

Festle Board Room

May 1, 2017

St. Thomas, Meeting Room C

June 5, 2017

Festle Board Room

Full calendar attached as a separate document.

Council Service Contacts Continued

Vocations Chairman:

Tom Nicholas, TGNicholas@msn.com

Community Director:

Mike McMahon, MMcMahon172@comcast.net

Culture of Life Director:

Tom Mullen, TomMullen20@gmail.com

Public Relations:

Frank Rehberg, frehberg@sbcglobal.net

Family Director:

James Kelligrew, jim.killigrew@comcast.net

Youth Director: Dave Tuegel, DTuegel@comcast.net

Membership Director:

Bruce Aelsi, alesibruce@gmail.com

Recruitment Committee:

Layne Gabiner, CJGabi@sbcglobal.net

Bob Novak, SaxonBob@gmail.com

Jim Hajost, JHajost@comcast.net

Retention Chairman:

Jim Arns, arns134@comcast.net

Insurance Promotion:

Pierre Zermatten, pierrezermatten@yahoo.com

Field Agent: Pierre Zermatten FIC, MDRT, PGK,

Pierre.Zermatten@KofC.Oorg

Lecturer: Jim Hajost, JHajost@comcast.net

Culture of Life Chair People:

Jim Baur, JNG3306@gmail.com

Geniveve Baur, JNG3306@gmail.com

Facebook Administrator:

Matt Mitchell, statmattmitchell@gmail.com

Website Administrator:

Bernie Bojarski, bjboarski@sbcglobal.net

Knightly News Editor:

Steve Lundell, stephenlundell@sbcglobal.net

Knights of Columbus website:

http://www.kofc.org

Please send any corrections or updates to

stephenlundell@sbcglobal.net