Br. Knights, Thank you for your excellent turnout at our December Business Meeting and the Fraternal Evening which followed. A big thank-you to Br. Mike Kiernicki and his wife Hazel for shopping for the event and for cooking up the delicious pot of chili. Thank you to Frances Stelman and her crew for the wonderful job of preparing, setting up and serving the wonderful meal and, a thank you to Br. Robert Moroz for looking after the refreshment table. Br. Larry has indicated that he is inundated with work involving the Grey Cup and Super Bowl raffle tickets so I am helping him out for another few weeks as Grand Knight. Br. Larry will serve as our Council’s Grand Knight for the remainder of this Columbian year. Now that we have completed the first half of this Columbian year, although we have some items to finish, we can look forward to new challenges in the New Year. Our next event is the Fish Fry which begins on Friday, February 12th and continues to March 18th. This is our Council’s biggest event of the year which not only serves our parish but our community at large. Many volunteers are required to make this event successful and we encourage some of our younger Knights to volunteer to help as some of our older Knights will be seeking warmer climates to ease their ailments. By the way, Phoenix, Arizona had a high of 1C today, so don't be in a big hurry to get there. See you at the January 11th Council Meeting. This is also my chance to express to you and your families my best wishes for a Happy New Year! FR. SHYSHKOWICH COUNCIL #8925 GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE Grand Knight Br. Norris Pawlychka January 2016 Page 1 of 6 EXECUTIVE MEETING Thursday, January 7 7:00 p.m. The Knights of Columbus Order was founded by Father Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. Fr. Shyshkowich Council #8925 was granted a Charter on March 27, 1985. COUNCIL MEETING Monday, January 11 7:00 p.m. Christ is Born! Glorify Him !
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Br. Knights,
Thank you for your excellent turnout at our December Business
Meeting and the Fraternal Evening which followed. A big thank-you
to Br. Mike Kiernicki and his wife Hazel for shopping for the event
and for cooking up the delicious pot of chili. Thank you to Frances
Stelman and her crew for the wonderful job of preparing, setting up
and serving the wonderful meal and, a thank you to Br. Robert Moroz for looking after
the refreshment table.
Br. Larry has indicated that he is inundated with work involving the Grey Cup and Super
Bowl raffle tickets so I am helping him out for another few weeks as Grand Knight. Br.
Larry will serve as our Council’s Grand Knight for the remainder of this Columbian year.
Now that we have completed the first half of this Columbian year, although we have
some items to finish, we can look forward to new challenges in the New Year. Our next
event is the Fish Fry which begins on Friday, February 12th and continues to March
18th. This is our Council’s biggest event of the year which not only serves our parish
but our community at large. Many volunteers are required to make this event successful
and we encourage some of our younger Knights to volunteer to help as some of our
older Knights will be seeking warmer climates to ease their ailments. By the way,
Phoenix, Arizona had a high of 1C today, so don't be in a big hurry to get there. See
you at the January 11th Council Meeting.
This is also my chance to express to you and your families my best wishes for a Happy
New Year!
FR. SHYSHKOWICH COUNCIL #8925
GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE Grand Knight Br. Norris Pawlychka
January 2016 Page 1 of 6
EXECUTIVE MEETING
Thursday, January 7
7:00 p.m.
The Knights of Columbus Order was founded by Father Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. Fr. Shyshkowich Council #8925 was granted a Charter on March 27, 1985.
COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, January 11
7:00 p.m.
Christ is Born! Glorify Him !
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CHAPLAIN’S MESSAGE Look for Chaplain Fr. Dmytro Dnistrian’s message in our February Bulletin
Deputy Grand Knight’s Message
Br. Mike Kiernicki
Brother Knights,
Here we are at the end of another calendar year, it has gone by
so quickly. However if we look back we realize that we have accomplished a great deal
in what seems to be such a short period of time. Most recent being the Wine Tasting
event fundraiser, Light Up for Christmas, helping with the Saint Nicholas Concert, the
distribution of the “It’s OK to Wish Me A Merry Christmas” badges, and the donation
of sales of the “Cross of Christ” to the Christian Refugee Relief fund to assist displaced
Christians in the Middle East. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all those who partici-
pated in these events.
I would like wish all Brothers and their families a Blessed, Prosperous, and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
AWARDS PRESENTED AT DECEMBER 14th MEETING
Leadership: Br. Dennis Wawrykow - Past Grand Knight Appreciation: Br. Steve Prokop - Kitchen, Drop-In Center Br. Les Dubowits - Drop-In Center Br. Rick Kendall - Operations Br. Jim Keller - Operations Br. Wendall Kolsun - Squires & Community Service Br. Ed Faseruk - Community Service Br. Don Gulchak - ICCD, Sport Raffle Br. George Hayes - Fundraising - Organization Br. Larry Trach - Fundraising - Organization & Sales Merit: Br. George Gaba - Bulletin, Publicity Br. Bohdan Wowczuk - Service (Recording) Br. Dave Gnutel - Annual/Parish Picnic, Welcome Home Dinners
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PAST GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE Br. Dennis Wawrykow
A CULTURE OF LIFE
Cultivating a Culture of Care and Compassion in Today's Society
What do we mean by the word “culture”? In this context, culture means the system of beliefs and practices that guide people. For instance, if we believe that others deserve our respect, then we will not harm others, and moreover, will take steps to help them.
The term “Culture of Life” is fairly new. Most of us have heard very little about it, and what we have heard for the most part centres on issues of life and death. But Culture of Life is about so much more. It is a system of beliefs and practices that focuses on eve-rything that is positive about life....love, compassion, concern for one another---- or, to put it another way, on the first principle of the Knights: Charity. In a Culture of Life, we would seek to help others, not to put them down. We would readily reach out to those in distress rather than say that they should look after themselves. We would gladly assist oth-ers even if it involves a sacrifice of our time and finances.
COMPASSION
But today's society makes it difficult to do these things. “Looking after Number 1” is the message that we hear over and over. But fortunately there is another message as well. For example, the Catholic Health Corporation of Manitoba has launched a compassion project, and teaches us that com-passion is showing empathy, love and kindness to others. The incredible power of compassion is that it renews the receiver and the giver.
BEING, CARING, DOING
The Catholic Health Corporation teaches that compassion happens when three simple but important things take place:
When we each find the inner strength and take the time to notice how we and other people around us are feeling, we are truly being present. When we focus our attention and emotions on the other person’s needs, we are truly caring. And when we move to act in a way that is helpful we are doing something compassionate.
With all of this in mind, we face the challenge of being compassionate in our me-first society, and of showing love and life to those who need it. We must do these things because we have been taught and commanded by Christ to do so. It will not be easy. It will take courage and sacrifice. But we will have divine help...and it will be worth it. In actions that are small, and in ways that are grand, we must rise to that challenge....for we are the Knights of Columbus, the strong right arm of the Church. Brother Dennis Wawrykow Past Grand Knight Culture of Life Director
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Tickets returned from the Orange series are 900 tickets how-ever, only 897 were returned from the Blue series. Of the 3 missing tickets 2 were sold & lost while 1 was unsold and lost. Therefore 899 tickets from the Blue & 900 tickets from the Orange series were sold equaling (899+900) 1799 tick-ets. Fortunately none of the missing stubs were winners avoiding any complications in paying out the prizes due to lost tickets. The Gross Revenue including both series is$8,995.00. All scores were verified through the CFL Box Scores statistics for the Grey Cup Game. 20 prizes worth $2,300.00 for the Blues Series and 19 prizes worth $2,200.00 from the Orange totaling 39 prizes for $4,500.00have been paid out by cheque via Canada Post. Note; not all cheques have been cashed to date. One ticket from the Orange Series 2nd Quarter Reverse score E17 W16 worth $100.00 has not been paid out as we have not been able to contact the winner. The winner is, near as we can determine from the stub Pierre F. 403 Pacific Ave. Wpg. , MB . R3N 0V4, Phone: 204-612-5089 (Cell message states “the Cell customer is away from the phone or out of the service area”). If anyone recognizes this individual or it ap-pears like you may have sold the ticket to them please con-tact the Raffle Chair immediately. See attached ticket .
2016 Super Bowl Sports Raffle
We have 2 series of 2016 Super Bowl Sports Raffle tickets available for sale on Raffle Lottery License LGA-2942- RF. You may pickup your allotment of raffle tickets from Br. Larry Trach (phone 204- 633- 3304), or Br. Don Gulchak (phone 204-338-1030) at either of their homes. Brothers Don Gulchak & Mike Samec (Phone 204-339-4063) will have raffle tickets available at as many Divine Liturgies as possi-ble. They will also be available at our Monday, January 11th, 2016 Council Meeting for distribution and sales. Now that the NFL Playoffs are just on the horizon interest in raffle ticket is increasing and ours are part of the very few Super Bowl Raf-fle tickets out there. Reminder; we have 2 series of 2016 Super Bowl Sports Raffle tickets to sell this year instead of the 1 series we had last year so we need your help to ensure we accomplish that. Our Raffle License must be displayed at point of sale i.e. Malls, Church Vestibule on the Bulletin board and on the Parish Hall Bulletin board. At the date of this submission to the bulletin we have 95 Yellow se-ries tickets available for sale with 274 ticket stubs returned sold and in the Green series 230 tickets are available for sale with 149 ticket stubs returned sold. Please return any sold tickets & money ASAP to either Br. Don Gulchak , Br. Mike Samec or Br. Larry Trach at Sunday Liturgy or their respec-tive homes to ensure that the tickets and money are not mis-placed or lost. Ideally all tickets sold and/or unsold tick-ets should be returned at the January 11th, 2016 Council meeting. Super Bowl 50 will be played on Sunday, February 7th, 2016, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara , California , home of the San Francisco 49ers. Fraternally,
Br. J. Larry Trach Raffle Chair 204-633-3304
Two of Manitoba’s premier dance instructors who previously taught our Brother Knights and their wives in 2007, are again teaching dance at St. Josephs Ukrainian Catholic Church this year! To begin/continue your exercise and move-ment plans for 2016, Beginner Couples Dance Lessons will be offered each Tuesday evening beginning on Jan.19, 2016. Some of the dances are Cha Cha, Two Step, Rumba, Jive, Waltz and many more. No Experience Required. The cost is $9.00 per person. Time is 6:15pm to 7:15pm. Classes will fill up quickly so reg-ister today or for more information email: [email protected] Couples only Please! Compliment your exer-cise activity!!!!
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Little Things—Big Consequences
Not too long ago we had the opportunity to have a vaca-tion in Hawaii where, of course, there are many beautiful beaches. At one particular picturesque beach where the grandkids were snorkeling, close by was a rocky section. Here was a warning sign painted with large bold red let-tering that simply said, "Dangerous beach. When in doubt, don't." All too often in similar situations some daredevils tempt fate and alas, too late, they realize that they made a dras-tic mistake and have been hurt badly or even lost their life. "When in doubt, don't" is a handy motto to apply to every area of life—especially so in the area of relationships, morals and ethics. Many a person has started on a downward path in an ex-tremely small way saying to him/herself, "A little lie won't hurt; a little cheating won't be noticed; a little immoral slip isn't going to make any difference; one cigarette won't affect me; and one drug is meaningless. What they don't realize is that all too often little things lead to big things—either for good or bad. As a kid, I attended a tiny church in my hometown. I started serving God as a young teenager by picking up the hymnals after both church services on Sundays. Just a little thing, but one thing led to another, to another, and to another—until for the last four decades I have had the privilege of reaching multiplied thousands with the gospel around the world, first through a literature ministry and for the last decade via email and the Internet. The same principle applies to evil deeds. I imagine that the accountants at Enron, Arthur Andersen, WorldCom, etc., started in a very small way adjusting the books; here a small adjustment; there a small adjustment; next a little bigger adjustment; and so on until their companies col-lapsed. My former broker in Australia who handled my retirement fund—30 years of savings—stole my entire fund several years ago as well as those of at least eight other clients. He either hid all this money or spent it because, when he was ordered by the judge to pay up, he declared bank-ruptcy. It was only a short time before he started stealing that a large gambling center was opened not far from his office. My best guess is that he possibly started to gamble in a small way; began to lose money; then more money; then he stole from one client; lost more money; then stole from another client; and so on until he got caught. He has now spent some of his best retirement years in jail. When will we ever learn that sin has its own destructive pathway and that whatever we sow we reap—if not now, it will be later in eternity—unless we repent of our sins and turn to the Savior? The best advice is that which is painted on a sign on a rocky Hawaiian beach, "When in doubt, don't!" Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please help me to always live in harmony with life's principles as found in Your Word, the Bible. And, grant that our nation will realize that these are eternal and universal truths that cannot be bro-ken without dire consequences. Grant that we will confess our sins and waywardness and turn back to You. Thank You for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus's name, amen." 1. Song of Solomon 2:15 (NASB). A Week-day Devotional by Richard (Dick) Innes of ACTS International.
STATE DEPUTY’S MESSAGE State Deputy Br. Carl Brosch
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My Dear Brothers in Christ;
Our recruitment efforts in November have been out-standing! We have more than doubled our membership numbers in one month compared with the first four months of this Columbian year. Manitoba finished FIRST in Canada in membership recruitment, a hearty ‘well done’ to all councils involved in recruiting this past month. Recently, the Supreme Knight, Carl A. Anderson, announced that the refund of supreme per capita for star councils would continue this year. This means that councils who reach star council status this Columbian year would be reimbursed Supreme per capita ($4.50) for every billable council member.
But membership is not a numbers game. To the council these new members can mean survival and assistance in the many programs offered to the church and commu-nity. To the members membership means belonging and a development of their faith.
We will need to continue this strong effort by continu-ing to hold church blitzes and recruitment seminars every month. All councils are urged to schedule a First degree each month either as a separate date or in con-junction with your regular council meeting. If your members know that a First Degree is regularly sched-uled each month, they will be more willing to recruit for that Degree. Don’t cancel Degree dates, but rather if no new members are initiated that month, use it as a practice session for your council.
On November 11, it was my honour, along with Brother Larry Kustra, Supreme Director and PSD, Brother Merlyn Onsychuk, PSD and Marcel Wozny, Former Vice Supreme Master and PSD, to conduct the First, Second and Third Degrees of our Order for His Grace, Metropolitan Lawrence Huculak, OSBM, Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan for Ukrainian Catholics in Canada that afternoon at his office. Please join me in welcoming His Grace to our Order!
At the State Deputy’s Mid-Year meeting last month, our Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson outlined the di-rection our Order must go in the future by Building the Domestic Church While Strengthening Our Par-ish. Councils must become more integrated into their parishes, moving away from the Home Corporation model to become a parish based council. Youth ac-tivities such as the Boy Scouts will no longer be a council sponsored activity, but rather Troops should be part of the Youth Ministry within the parish. Full details of Supreme Knight Carl Anderson’s remarks will be available in the December issue of Columbia.
On January 8, 9 and 10, 2016, we will be holding a Recruitment Drive Skills Workshop and Blitz with the goal of training 20 Super Teams of about 4-5 members each to go out that weekend to do parish membership blitzes. If you are interested in being a part of this exciting new initiative, please call me at 204-981-6390 for further information. The weekend Workshop and Blitz will be conducted by our Su-preme Membership and Program Consultant Brother Guy Precourt, PSD.
As we celebrate birth of Christ, Susan and I wish each and every one of you and your families a blessed and joyous Christmas! Merry Christmas! Vivat Jesus
Husband and Wife Christmas Shopping A couple were in a busy shopping centre just before Christmas. The wife suddenly noticed that her husband was miss-ing and as they had a lot to do, she called him on the mobile. The wife said " Where are you, you know we have lots to do" He said " You remember the jewelers we went into about 10 years ago, and you fell in love with that dia-mond necklace. I could not afford it at the time and I said that one day I would get it for you " Little tears started to flow down her cheek and she got all choked up;"Yes, I do remember that shop" she replied.. "Well I’m in the pub next to that." GK Norris Pawlychka & DD Gerald Pronyk
