The Ship’s Log The Newsletter of Orange Park Council, No. 7399

Knights of ColumbusFebruary, 2017

Serving St. Catherine’s ParishCouncil Meetings: second and fourth Thursday of each month in Haut Hall

This month’s meetings will be on the 9th and the 23rd

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The first-ever Knights of Columbus sponsored Family Game Night was a great success, and fun was had by all.Joe Caso

Council 7399 Officers and Directors 2016-2017Chaplain Fr.AnthonyBasso DistrictDeputy DaveCounts 264-0146 thefootaz@aol.comGrandKnight TomScherch 614-4009 Troubleshooter01@comcast.netDeputyGrandKnight RichCarey rich@careysmail.com 298-1967Chancellor BobCulp 269-2219 rcculp@gmail.comFinancialSecretary TomO’Brien 272-1648 Tjob1940@att.netTreasurer EricGedultvonJungenfeld 406-4443 LOREC43@YAHOO.COMRecorder WolfgangKraus 213-0947 W.KRAUS@XORAIL.COMWarden JimPilliod 269-2693 pilliodop@bellsouth.netLecturer VincentReilly 298-1967 vreilly@stcatherineop.comAdvocate JoeCaso 269-0760 j.m.caso@gmail.comTrustees1Year MacMcDonald 264-6788 Macplus1@bellsouth.net2Year JayHeather 298-1906 heatherfamily@comcast.net3Year JessePalmer 264-2356 Jesse.palmer@comcast.netInsideGuard DwightWetherbee 262-7590 kialing@bellsouth.netOutsideGuard BillAbell 269-7667 10motor2368@bellsouth.netProgramDirector CharlesBoggs 401-3628 CHARLESWBOGGS@ATT.NETDirectorsChurch WylieHartwell 264-1904 coyotekoc@comcast.netVocations LarryHart 264-2960 dcnlarryhart@att.netFamily Open

Community JuanToole 647-7610 juan.toole@gmail.com

Council DennisAbbott 215-2059 heyabbott@bellsouth.netPro-Life JoeCrawford 269-3968 jccii@comcast.netHealth Dr.GeneHarris 278-0705 Marnav214@att.netYouth Director Raul Gutierrez 703-3397 88gutierrezr@gmail.comMembershipDirector RichCarey 298-1967 rich@careysmail.comPublicRelationsDirector RichCarey 298-1967 rich@careysmail.comMembershipCommittee MacMcDonald 264-6788 Macplus1@bellsouth.net DanCostello 637-9223 Daniel.Costello@KOFC.ORG DanWehby 375-2047 WEHBYDL@COMCAST.NETFaithfulNavigatorAssembly3154 GregDonaldson 655-4106 gregin49@yahoo.comFoodCollectionChairman MacMcDonald 264-6788 Macplus1@bellsouth.netFieldAgent DanCostello 637-9223 Daniel.Costello@KOFC.orgWebMaster AlexOlis 278-0735 aolis@bellsouth.netEditor JoeyCaso 269-0760 joeycaso@gmail.com

The Ship’s Log is the official newsletter of the Knights of Columbus Council 7399 in Orange Park, Florida. It is published monthly. Articles and pictures should be E-Mailed to the Editor, Joey Caso at joeycaso@gmail.com Articles of any reasonable nature should be sent as an Attachments in WORD format. Any member, or person connected with a member, is encouraged to submit articles and/or pictures, usually not later than the twenty fifth of the preceding month for inclusion.

The Ship’s Log is available, usually on the first day of each month, in the Council’s website at www.kofc7399.org. It is mailed to religious with past or present connections with St. Catherine’s, widows of Council members, and Council members who do not have or use E-Mail. Copies are also available in the Narthex of the Church

From the Grand Knight

In keeping with the spirit of our Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson, we must join together now more than ever in prayer and action for the preservation of all human life no matter the stage, especially when there appears to be a friendlier receptiveness and atmosphere toward it by the new administration. The March for Life in Washington this weekend will receive more publicity this year than in previous years simply because of that. Maybe Our Father has signaled that enough is enough. Please be mindful of the many events our council and parish support throughout the year.

Another of our Supreme Knight’s pronouncements has been to be more inclusive with our parish. To that end, we of 7399 have been proactive, and even integral, in this endeavor. Our sponsorship and success of the first parish family party was, to our amazement, quite unexpected. Nearly 200+ parents, children, knights, and ladies joined in a Haut Hall packed gala of food, fun, and games. A continuous in-and-out-flow of guests began at 5pm and didn’t let up until 7:30pm. The knights made several trips to BJ’s that evening as we continued to run out of food and snacks, a very good thing indeed, and a wonderful testament to our planning and management team, Rich

volunteers that cooked and manned the games.So many happenings this past month, busy, busy, busy. We had a spelling bee, a poster contest, an essay contest, a free throw contest (The winners of each have all moved on to the regionals), a Kingsley cleanup in the rain, a chalice transfer, and a corporate communion. Thanks to contestants Alyssa Ranieri, Matthew Stratton, Robert Morris, Anthony Guthrie, Elizabeth Tremble, Peyton, and Angel Huertas. Special kudo’s to Xavier Crosby, Brother Dan Costello’s grandson, for winning the regional spelling bee. Xavier was honored for this achievement at our social this past Thursday, and he will soon move on to the state finals.

We sponsored the Challenge Enterprise Dance again this year, with well over 80 attendees all having a great time dancing to the DJ music and eating assorted hoagie sandwiches, cheese, meat, and fruit trays. Special thanks to Brother Dan and Diane Costello, our family of the month as well.

Our knights cooked breakfast on the 14th and 15th of January for those 50 parishioners on confirmation retreat down at Lake Asbury Retreat Center. Thanks to Brothers Jay Heather and Joe Caso for heading that up.

Our 4th degree brothers, in regalia, participated in a once in a lifetime event over at Holy Family. We carried the special statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the Mass dedicated to her. A great honor indeed.

Upcoming:

1. Hopefully a new Miss Piggy. We are in the final birth pangs of building this thing, and maybe, just maybe, it will be ready for March.

2. Please support our spaghetti dinner on the 4th. You can purchase your tickets through PayPal on our website.

3. A BBQ on the 26th of Feb.

Tom Scherch Grand Knight Council 7399

Carey and Robyn Spencer, plus the many

Those in Need of Our Prayers

All Priests and Religious.

For All Military and their families.

Please Pray for the unborn children.

Please Pray for all those who are being persecuted in the name of Christ.

Please pray for the spiritual health of our country.

For the repose soul of Brother Rick Uhrie's mother. 30-Jan-2017

Please pray for Brother Dennis Hall's sister in law, she had a stroke and heart attack. 20-Jan-2017

Please keep Brother Rick Uhrie's family in your prayers, his father-in-law passed on earlier this week. 17-Jan-2017

Please pray for Doug Termilliger for inoperable cancer, next door neighbor of a Brother Knight. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for Amalia Filipkowski injured in an auto accident, grand daughter of Brother Tom Filipkowski. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for Imogene Sullivan, declining in health, mother of Brother George Roberts. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for Lisa Mathews who is grieving the loss of her husband, friend of Brother Tom McNicholas. 12-Jan-2017

wear a brace on hips, grandson of Brother Phil Robbins. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for Agatha & Michael Caso health issues, parents of Brother Joe Caso. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for Bill Culp for heart bypass, Brother Bob Culp's brother. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for Sharon Galbo, sister of Brother Jay, for her heart condition. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for Brother Jessie Palmer. 12-Jan-2017

Please pray for JoAnn Pilliod, spouse of Brother Jim Pilliod, for she is having Parkinson Disease symptoms. 10-Nov-2016

Please pray for Robert Counts, has bi-polar disorder due to PTSD. Son of our Brother Vanoy Counts. 10-Nov-2016

Please pray for Beth Hamilton, she has liver disease. 10-Nov-2016

Please pray for Shelby Collins, daughter of Brother Jack Davitt. She is having serious lung problems. 9-Nov-2016

Please pray for Billy Finegaw, has cancer. Friend of Brother Jack Davitt. 9-Nov-2016

Most merciful Father, your beloved Son showed special compassion to lepers, tenderness to those long sick, and healing to the infirm laid before him. We place before you all those who are ill and in need of healing grace. May the love and mercy of the Divine Physician raise up all who suffer from sickness and restore them to health and peace. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P.

Please pray for Clark Mclnnis he needs to

Knights’ Calendar

February

04 Sat Annunciation Spaghetti Dinner

06 Mon Officers’ & Directors’ Meeting – 7:00PM – Upper Room

09 Thu Council Business Meeting – 7:00PM – Haut Hall

12 Sun Monthly Breakfast – After 8:00AM and 10:00AM Masses – Haut Hall – Team B *All Knights' widows eat free

23 Thu Monthly Social – 6:30PM – Haut Hall

26 Sun BBQ Sunday

28 Tue Assembly 3154 Meeting – 7:00PM – Moses Room

March

01 Wed Ash Wednesday Souper Supper / Easter Food Basket collection starts and runs all month

05 Sun Chalice Transfer

06 Mon Officers’ & Directors’ Meeting – 7:00PM – Upper Room

09 Thu Council Business Meeting – 7:00PM – Haut Hall

11 Sat Kingsley Avenue Cleanup – 8:00AM / Membership Drive

12 Sun Monthly Breakfast – After 8:00AM and 10:00AM Masses – Haut Hall – Team A *All Knights' widows eat free / Membership Drive

23 Thu Monthly Social – 6:30PM – Haut Hall

28 Tue Assembly 3154 Meeting – 7:00PM – Moses Room

Reminder: Good of the Order prayer minute – every night at 9pm.

February BirthdaysCharles (Mac) Mc Donald 01Gabrial Connor 02Terry Beechum 08Anthony McCabe 09Bruce Bullinger 10Juan Moreno 10Michael Miller 11Randall Coates 17Craig Moore 18David Kollasch 19Peter J. Sikora 19Daniel Allen 21

Anthony Santana 23Luis Diaz 24

Editor’s Note: In the past, The Supreme Council used to send our Financial Secretary a roster of members including the member’s name, the member’s spouse’s name and their anniversary date. Unfortunately, this is no longer done and the only way we can keep current on the following list is to have you, the member, give us the data. If you are missing from the following list or want to check your presence or absence from another month, please E-Mail or call me, Joey Caso Jr., the new editor. I’ll get the anniversaries updated with the data I have.

FebruaryAnniversariesDennis&LynHall 05Charles&JohannaEichhorn 08Craig&EvelynMacLeod 08Dave&VickiCounts 14

10 Fri Father Daughter Dance

From the Lady Knights

A new year and I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas holiday. All the masses were inspiring and the decorations were wonderful. I especially liked the trees at the entrance that were decorated by all our different Christian Communities. The one thing I love about Christmas at St. Catherine’s is how everyone enjoys the spirit together and is so welcoming to everyone, whether you come to mass regularly, or only on the holidays.

Don’t forget the Annunciation Spaghetti Dinner that will be held Feb 4. We will be helping to decorate the hall and also donating and serving the dessert.

At our next social, we would like to send out a special invitation to all our widows. They are all still part of our family, and we want to show them our love. Remember, the social will be February 23 at 6:30.

Now we are on the heels of our next celebration, which is Lent. A tradition we have at St. Catherine’s is our Souper Supper that happens every Friday during Lent. The Knights and the Lady Knights will be hosting the first Souper Supper, which will be March 3 in Haut Hall. If you would like to help cook, be at Haut Hall about 3:30, or about 4:00 if you’d like to serve. The Supper will end at 6:30, just before the Stations of the Cross. This is a great way to observe the Lenten season.

Vicki CountsPresident of the Lady Knights

The March for Life

I have watched the D.C. March for Life on EWTN for years. I have marched for Life in St Augustine and in Jacksonville. It's been a dream to March in DC with all the enthusiastic young people, and all the many Catholic organizations like the Knights. This year the dream came true, and how special it was! To see and hear Vice President Pence and his wife and Kelly Conway- in person! To hear their messages of hope, support, and concern for all: the unborn and their parents, the medical and other personnel involved, families, even concern for those opposed to ending abortions. Vice-president Pence seemed so gentle in quiet strength.

All the speakers, an array from many walks of life, were inspiring. The way President Trump turned the media toward the truth of this March was a gift from the Lord. Let us keep praying for the Lord to bless our country with many, many conversions to the cause of supporting life for all, from conception to natural death.

Bernadette CrawfordLady Knight

8 January Monthly Breakfast

Alex Kralj / Dan Wehby - GT Jacket

Wylie Hartwell / Dennis Abbott / Raul Gutierrez

Raul Gutierrez / Dr. Gene Harris

PGK Mac McDonnell / Scott Stininger

Dave Wiltsey / Raul Gutierrez

Kingsley Avenue Clean-up

For the odd-month-second-Saturday Kingsley Avenue Cleanup on January 14, 2017, our attendance was better than the weather. It started to rain soon after we started, although it was really just a sprinkle, and certainly not enough to make us call it quits for the day. A big thank you to the following volunteers: Richard Zastrow with children Syd & Zac, Joey Caso, Dan Wehby, Dennis and Cheryl Abbott, Richard Zerza, and Brian Schaefer. The next cleanup is scheduled for March 11, 2017.

Vivat Jesus,Wolfgang Kraus

13 January Challenge Enterprise Dance

Knights of Columbus Chalice Transfer

DJ = "The Deputy"

St. Peter PNC transfers to St. Bartholomew PNC

21 January Family Game Night

Jose Ramirez

GK Tom Scherch

Super Rich Carey Ana Aguirre

Chris Hutter Justin Pascoe looking at the top of Fr. Ignatius' head

Knight of the Month

We would like to honor our Deputy Grand Knight this month for continuously availing himself to the unremitting call to do God’s Work, and specifically, for his dynamic management of the first council sponsored parish family party, where nearly 200 parents and children joined in a fun filled evening of food and games. Brother Rich Carey is living the

do” with his involvement in so many activities around St. Catherines. To name a few, beside the many council events and DGK duties, Rich’s involvement includes: Usher, CRHP, Filipino community activities, helping design the new parish app, and maintaining the parish website, all while being an active father and husband. If one was to define the meaning of knighthood in our council, Rich Carey would be the poster-man.

Tom Scherch Grand Knight Council 7399

Family of the Month

This month, our insurance rep Brother Dan Costello, his wife, Diane, and their grandson, Xavier, get the nod for family of the month, in particular, for chairing the Challenge Enterprise Dance, which they do every year. The Costellos can always be counted on to help out in a pinch. While it is part of the job, Dan is not a hard sell. His soft approach, filled with insightful stories designed to make sense of a difficult subject matter, seems to work with the council. At some time during our knighthood, we should all consider having him look over the books for us, so to speak, and make sure we are as comfortable as we think we might be.

Tom Scherch Grand Knight Council 7399

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