A Publication of the Knights of Columbus Council 9924 Grand Knights Message September 2019 Dear Brothers of Council 9924: Council 9924’s 2019-2020 Quota from Su- preme is 18 new members and 7 new insur- ance members – tough target for a somewhat aging council such as we have. It is imperative that we get some fresh input for recruiting new members. Sam Mattoni leads this pro- gram, John Chiumento is working up an initia- tive for youth and young knights and a Schol- arship program that will be preferential to children of knights. Joe DellaPenna heads the Retention Committee. Ron Bowes is active with a Diocesan Radio Program that will target Catholic Education & Youth. We are budgeting money to help other OLL ministries and trust that they too will help in our recruitment efforts. It’s one of my goals to achieve interaction with all of the above and our Insurance Agent, Dan Stanton. I am therefore calling on all the brothers to give us your ideas as to what we can do to achieve our goal – you may contact any of the six of us and please give us your input by October 15, 2019. I am pleased to announce and thank the brotherhood for reaching the $500 Scholarship Matching Challenge – this will add $1,000 to that program. Equally as important but with less time remaining is the $500 Golf Matching Challenge, which, when met will add $1,000 to the bottom line for that fund-raiser; it cur- rently stands at $205 paid and $55 pledged, which means that we’ll have to come up with $240 more by the October Regular meeting. If you have pledged some money to either of the above, please check the sign-up sheets and pay for your pledge. We certainly don’t want to miss out on this ‘free money’ so please help us out. Additionally, I want to extend an early personal invitation to all the brothers for you to participate in this year’s Show of Shows, on Sunday, November 10, 2019, and our Annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 1, 2019 – all told, last year, these two events raised a combined $45,000 to aid families and their chil- dren – I’d like us to hit closer to $50,000 this year. If you can’t do both, please at least attend one of them Council 9924 Board 2019-2020 Grand Knight Robert Smith 426-9807 Deputy Grand Knight Ron Bowes 412-965-1983 Warden Nick Catone 717-818-3167 Chancellor Sam Mattoni 239-220-0876 Recorder Bob Burhoe 941-460-6546 Treasurer Robert Rueger 941-493-4927 Advocate Peter Spagnoulo 941-786-6638 Inside Guard John Chiumento 941-426-9043 Outside Guard Larry Fisher 941-480-0214 Trustee 3 Year John Yaglenski 941-408-7558 Trustee 2 Year Joseph DellaPenna 941-406-4402 Trustee 1 Year John Harrison 941-408-4955 Chaplain Fr. Martin Financial Secretary Dr, Phil Bender, PhD 708-834-8498 Field Agent Dan Stanton 941-830-1189 District Deputy Michael Costanza 941-426-4267
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A Publication of the Knights of Columbus
Council 9924
Grand Knights Message
September 2019
Dear Brothers of Council 9924:
Council 9924’s 2019-2020 Quota from Su-
preme is 18 new members and 7 new insur-
ance members – tough target for a somewhat
aging council such as we have. It is imperative
that we get some fresh input for recruiting
new members. Sam Mattoni leads this pro-
gram, John Chiumento is working up an initia-
tive for youth and young knights and a Schol-
arship program that will be preferential to children of knights. Joe DellaPenna
heads the Retention Committee. Ron Bowes is active with a Diocesan Radio
Program that will target Catholic Education & Youth. We are budgeting money
to help other OLL ministries and trust that they too will help in our recruitment
efforts. It’s one of my goals to achieve interaction with all of the above and our
Insurance Agent, Dan Stanton. I am therefore calling on all the brothers to give
us your ideas as to what we can do to achieve our goal – you may contact any of
the six of us and please give us your input by October 15, 2019.
I am pleased to announce and thank the brotherhood for reaching the $500
Scholarship Matching Challenge – this will add $1,000 to that program. Equally
as important but with less time remaining is the $500 Golf Matching Challenge,
which, when met will add $1,000 to the bottom line for that fund-raiser; it cur-
rently stands at $205 paid and $55 pledged, which means that we’ll have to
come up with $240 more by the October Regular meeting. If you have pledged
some money to either of the above, please check the sign-up sheets and pay for
your pledge. We certainly don’t want to miss out on this ‘free money’ so please
help us out.
Additionally, I want to extend an early personal invitation to all the brothers for you to participate in this year’s Show of Shows, on Sunday, November 10, 2019,
and our Annual Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 1, 2019 – all told, last year, these two events raised a combined $45,000 to aid families and their chil-
dren – I’d like us to hit closer to $50,000 this year. If you can’t do both, please at
least attend one of them
Council 9924 Board 2019-2020
Grand Knight
Robert Smith 426-9807
Deputy Grand Knight
Ron Bowes 412-965-1983
Warden
Nick Catone 717-818-3167
Chancellor
Sam Mattoni 239-220-0876
Recorder
Bob Burhoe 941-460-6546
Treasurer
Robert Rueger 941-493-4927
Advocate
Peter Spagnoulo 941-786-6638
Inside Guard
John Chiumento 941-426-9043
Outside Guard
Larry Fisher 941-480-0214
Trustee 3 Year
John Yaglenski 941-408-7558
Trustee 2 Year
Joseph DellaPenna 941-406-4402
Trustee 1 Year
John Harrison 941-408-4955
Chaplain
Fr. Martin
Financial Secretary
Dr, Phil Bender, PhD
708-834-8498
Field Agent
Dan Stanton 941-830-1189
District Deputy
Michael Costanza 941-426-4267
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History of the Change in the Rosary
In 1569, the papal bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices by the Dominican Pope Pius V officially established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church. Saint Peter Canisius, a Doctor of the Church, who is credited with adding to the Hail Mary the sentence "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners", was an ardent advocate of the rosary and promoted it (and its Marian devotion in general) as the best way to repair the damage done to the Church by the Reformation.
From the 16th to the early 20th century, the structure of the rosary remained essentially unchanged. There were 15 mysteries, one for each of the 15 decades. In the 20th century the addition of the Fatima Prayer to the end of each decade became popular. After Vatican Council II, Msgr. Annibale Bugnini, architect of the liturgical reform, proposed further changes to the structure of the Rosary, but Pope Paul VI refused to implement the proposal on the grounds that changing such a well-established and popular devotion would unsettle the piety of the faithful and show a lack of reverence for an ancient practice. There were thus no other changes until 2002 when John Paul II instituted five new Luminous Mysteries.
God calls each of us to specific tasks. This week I learned that God does not so much choose the gifted ones but rather
chooses and then gifts that one.
If this is true, then our excuses for not answering His call are useless. God knows our strengths and our weaknesses. If
despite all that, He chooses us, it can only mean that He has a plan to make us able to do what He asks.
The plan may be to strengthen us, give us wisdom. Or perhaps send us just the companion or resources we need to
work for the goal he is asking of us.
Our response must be the one Mary gave, “Be it done to me as You have said”.
928 pounds of food & $933
September 28 & 29
August Collection
German Gutierrez Thomas Nicholson Joyce Caniff Ryann Kopacka Ron Scalla
Pray for the Sick and Distressed
Our Brothers Birthdays
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HONORARY LIFE
Michael Debitetto 55
William Marcoux 32
Kenneth Schiller 30
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Louis Beaulieu 48
Robert Burhoe 29
Michael Didyk 21
David La Liberte 20
Herbert Ziefel 20
John Le Duke 16
Marvin Missig 14
Matthew Schiavone 11
Robert Cordero 11
Antonio Cardenas 6
Patrick Ewing 6
Stefano Ragozzino 6
Perry Patete 6
Stephen Delany 5
Our Brothers
Anniversaries
Necrology
Dick Swetonic
Please keep all the faithfully
departed in your Prayers
Isabelo Sanchez 84
Terrence Grogan 84
John Powers 84
Charles Mc Gowan 83
Robert Young 82
John Horgan 81
Hugh Mac Donald 80
Joseph Brigham 79
Thomas Reno 76
William Welch 79
Victor Romano 74
Daniel Lanktree 74
Wayne Miller 74
Daniel Birck 73
James Palermo 73
Dennis Strittmatter 73
Vinnie Ferris 72
John Harrison 72
Paul Krause 71
Stanislaw Pierog 68
Marvin Bumb 61
Carl Brown 59
Charlie Murdock 56
Key or Membership
Just as Father McGivney personal asked men to assist him in establishing his mission, so too must members of our council continue that mission and ask every eligible Cath-olic man in our parish and community to join our council.
A direct result of successful recruiting is our council’s ability to increase it charitable impact in our parish and community.
Please step up and help us achieve our goal this year of 18 new members.
God Bless
Sam Mattoni
Membership
BLOOD DRIVE
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Steve Delaney Maria Harrison Deacon Lin Penny- packer
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
September, 2019
Sunday, September 8
Blue Mass—10:00
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Tuesday, September 10
Rosary, 6:30
General Meeting, 7:00
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Sunday, September 15
Blood Drive 8:30—10:00 AM
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Thursday, September 19
Assembly 1818 Meeting
at Council 7052
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Saturday, September 28
5th Sunday Rosary
Food Collection
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Sunday, September 29
5th Sunday Rosary
Food Collection
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Service Programs
Director
Ron Bowes 412-965-1983
Lecturer
Bill Morris 214-244-9464
Community
Jack Kosiorek 423-3865
Faith Director
Bill Sanchez 492-4666
Membership
Sam Mattoni 239-220-0876
Retention
Joe DellaPenna 496-4402
Culture of Life Director
Joe Yaglenski 408-7558
First Degree
Patrick Ewing 306-8238
Second Degree
Bob Burhoe 460-6546
Cross & Compass
Dick Maier 496-8181
Publicity
Jim Palermo 493-3424
Family Director
Nick Catone 717-818-3167
Insurance Promotion
Dan Stanton 830-1189
Vocations Chairman
Greg Walsh 941-681-2438
Health Services
Henry VonSalzen 631-672-1803
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If you know of a homebound brother or is residing in a nursing facility please contact Joe Maguire at 493-2784 or [email protected]
Joe heads up our Visitation Group. A visit can mean so
Officers Meeting, 5:00
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 9924
COLUMBUS DAY RETREAT OCTOBER 14, 2019
MY BROTHERS WHAT BETTER WAY TO START OUR NEW FICAL YEAR THAN WITH A RENEUAL OF OUR FAITH
ON MONDAY OCTOBER 14TH WE WILL BE HOSTING A ONE DAY RETREAT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP RETREAT CENTER
THE DAY BEGINS WITH A CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST FOLLOWED BY A 1 HOUR SEMINAR CONDUCTED BY THE PRIEST OF THE CENTER, THEN LUNCH FOLLOWED BY ONE HOUR PRIVATE TIME, WHERE YOU CAN GO TO CONFESSION AND RECEIVE RECONCILATION. THEN A SECOND ONE-HOUR SEMINAR FOLLOWED BY MASS AND COMMUNION. SPOUCES OF OUR COUNCIL ARE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND, COST AT THIS TIME WILL BE BETWEEN $15 TO $25 DOLLARS PER PERSON. THE BREAKFAST WILL BEGIN AT 9AM AND THE DAY WILL CONCLUDE WITH MASS AT 3PM. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT PETER SPAGNUOLO AT
GK Bob Smith presents Richard Nemke with his First Degree Certificate
Richard Nemke received his First Degree certificate after taking the Admissions Degree before the regular
Council meeting. Richard, or “Rich”, as he likes to be called , retired from General Electric and is a recent
“transplant” from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rich lives with his wife, Joi, in Gran Paradiso.
Rich expressed a desire to be involved with the youth of the parish.
Special Olympics Bowling
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Volunteers from Our Lady of
Lourdes Council 9924 and Our
Lady of Mr. Carmel Council 15821
getting their instructions prior to the
opening of the tournament
Special Olympisc athlete getting
ready to “send on down the alley” for
a strike.
Special Olympics athletes watching their team mates bowl. These ath- letes are competing to see which will advance to the Regional competition in
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FINANCIAL SECRETARY
The financial secretary’s important role is underscored by the fact that he is not elected by the membership but, his appointment – upon the recommendation of the grand knight and trustees – is approved by the supreme knight for a period of three years. His work has a direct effect on council members, his fellow officers, the state council and the Supreme Council.
Basically, the financial secretary’s duties revolve around two key areas of council activities: financial records and membership records. The financial secretary collects and receives all moneys that come into the council from any source. He then turns that money over to the treasurer for deposit in the council account.
One main function of the financial secretary is to collect money, in the form of dues, from members. He sends out billing notices before the start of the billing period and initiates retention measures to prevent members from being suspended for nonpayment of dues.
The compilation of membership records is another of the financial secretary’s important roles. He must ensure that new members sign the constitutional roll of membership at the time of their First Degree. The financial sec-retary also applies to the Supreme Council office for honorary and honorary life membership cards for qualified members.
Besides these two major responsibilities, the financial secretary has several others. They include: handling supply orders for members with the Supreme Council Supply Department; filing the “Report of Officers’’ with the Su-preme Council office; and reporting all membership/insurance transactions to the Supreme Council office in a timely and correct manner.
The Supreme Council also makes available personal computer software and associated reports and supplies to assist financial secretaries to automate record keeping/billing tasks. Information on hardware requirements and ordering information for the software and supplies may be obtained by contacting the Supply Department or the Department of Membership Records.
TREASURER
The treasurer is the elected official in charge of handling all council funds. He receives money from the financial secretary and issues a receipt for such. He is also responsible for depositing all money in the proper council ac-counts and providing a voucher or certificate of deposit to the grand knight for each transaction.
The treasurer is also responsible for issuing payments to the Supreme Council on all assessments made by it to the council and for all orders of the council.
Finally, the treasurer is responsible for keeping accurate accounts of the monies in the general expense fund of the council and the amount of money in any special funds established by the council. He must be able to provide up to-date records on these accounts to the grand knight, financial secretary or board of trustees.
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Buy Raffle Tickets – 2019/2020
K of C Florida Council Raffle offers $45,000 in prizes!
Our Council was issued 213 books, containing 12 tickets in each book, for a total of 2,556 tickets. Tickets are $1.00 each, or a
book for $12.00. For every book sold, our Council retains $6.00. If we sell all 213 books, our Council retains $1,278 for our
Treasury.
The person who sold the book enters his name on the back flap of the book and turns the book in, with the 12 completed stubs
to raffle coordinators Bob Burhoe or Bill Sanchez, with the $12.00. Sellers names are needed because the seller is eligible for
cash prizes as well.
The $45,000.00 prizes are broken down as follows:
1st Prize - $25,000
2nd Prize - $10,000
3rd Prize - $ 5,000
(5) - $ 1,000 Prizes
A Quick Start drawing and an Early Bird drawing will be conducted for ticket book solicitors only.
The Quick Start drawing will be held during the Mid-year meeting in December, 2019. One ticket solicitor in each region will
win $250 from this drawing. Ticket books with backs must be returned by November 25, 2019 with the $6.00 per book to be
eligible. The above must be received by the above coordinators by the November 12th meeting so that FS Phil Bendercan mail
them into the State Office.
The Early Bird drawing will take place at the Florida State Council Board meeting held during March, 2020. One ticket solicitor
in each region will be awarded $450. Ticket books with backs must be returned February 22, 2020 with the $6.00 per book to be
eligible. Quick start tickets will be included in the Early Bird drawing. When this deadline approaches, an email will be sent to
advise you when these tickets should be returned to the above coordinators.
All raffle ticket distribution ends May 1, 2020. All raffle tickets and monies must be in by May 12, 2020. The coordinators will
notify you of the deadline to have everything returned to them so that the FS can have them timely returned to the State Office
by May 12, 2020. Final drawing will be held at the Florida State Council – Annual Convention Dinner, May 23, 2020 in Orlan-
do, Fl. The Donor does not need to be present to win.
Please remember, when filling out the stubs, complete each area shown with an asterisk. Remember to tear off your portion
of the ticket (right side ) for your records.
On the last stub ( solicitor’s stub ) , please fill out completely and leave attached to the book. Also, our region is Region 5.
Solicitors/Sellers Prizes:
1st prize winning ticket gets $1,000
2nd prize winning ticket gets $750
3rd prize winning ticket gets $500
4th through 8th winning tickets get $100 each.
Raffle tickets will be available starting at the September 10th Council meeting.
Please see Brothers Bob Burhoe or Bill Sanchez at the Council meetings if you would like to take a book or books to purchase
or sell to family, friends or neighbors. You can pay by cash or check. Checks are made payable to: K of C Council 9924. Al-
so, you can call Bob @ 941-716-3243 or Bill @ 941-492-4666 and we can make arrangements to get tickets to you. Tickets
