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Newsletter of the Knights of Columbus Good Shepherd Council 11672.

S HEPHERD ’S W ATCH

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GK Message 1

Special Prayers 2

Calendar Looking Ahead 2

Council 11672 Officers 2

Knight/Family of the Month 3

Happy Birthday 3

Member Recognition cont. 4

News of Interest 4

Monthly Breakfast 5

Can Drive 5

News of Interest 5

KC Insurance Info 5

1st Reconciliation Breakfast 6

Knight's Night Fish Fry 7

Short Story Corner 8

Holy Family 8

Questions of the Mind 9

Feb. and March Calendars 10

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: GR A N D KN I G H T ’S ME S S A G E

Brother Knights, Catholic Gentlemen,

I would like to start my comments this month by thanking all of

the members of our Council who have volunteered this past (2014)

year at council activities, parish ministries, with the boy and girls

scouts, youth groups, and at various community activities and

events. At the writing of the these comments, members had re-

ported some 6,500 hours volunteer hours to the Deputy Grand

Knight. This was a great amount of time, effort and treasure. As

your Grand Knight I thank you all!

Our next major effort for this year is the Lenten fish fries that our Council is doing in

conjunction with Assembly 0004. If you can cook or wish to learn, or you are able to,

please volunteer at one of the Friday nights in lent. The dates are as follows: February

20, February 27, March 6, March 13, March 29 and March 27. The Lenten fish fries in

February and March will require a tremendous effort on our part this year, as we will

also be conducting Council Parish Monthly Breakfasts these months. That means by

the end of the breakfast in April the Council will have needed a tremendous number of

volunteers from our membership. We are asking that if every member of our Council

does a few hours during this time frame, we will have all the help we need. The fish

fries and breakfasts are a major part of our source of funds for our charity giving. Last

year our Council members were tremendously generous with their time and efforts to

make this a success. Thank you in advance for your time and effort.

The Deputy Grand Knight and the three trustees are the election committee that is put-

ting together slate of officer candidates for the 2015 – 2016 fraternal year. If you are

interested in becoming an officer, please contact one of the committee members (Steve

Gentz - rdrulesmom@gmail.com, Ed Gniadek - kgniadek@aol.com, Rick Hycoop -

rick.hycoop@gmail.com, Michael Parker - michaelparker178@yahoo.com) or any of

the current Council officers.

Many of our members do a lot of great things. So if you know of a Council member

who deserves recognition or a Knight’s family please let one of our Council officers

know. That includes anyone who reads this newsletter and thinks a Knight or a Knights

family should be recognized for efforts or generous acts that improves our Parish or

community.

Last but not least please remember to bring a non-perishable food item to any Knight

meeting or event!

Vivat Jesus,

Mike Grand Knight

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 2 February 2015

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LOOKING AHEAD

February 2015 Calendar Highlights

Feb 2 - Monthly Council Business Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

Feb 8 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Feb 12 - 4th Degree Assembly Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

(Holy Spirit Catholic Church)

Feb 17 - Monthly Officer's Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

Feb 18 - Ash Wednesday

Feb 20 - First Friday Fish Fry in Lent

Feb 27 - Second Friday Fish Fry in Lent

March 2015 Calendar Highlights

Mar 2 - Monthly Council Business Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

Mar 6 - Third Friday Fish Fry in Lent

Mar 8 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Mar 12 - 4th Degree Assembly Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

(Holy Spirit Catholic Church)

Mar 13 - Fourth Friday Fish Fry in Lent

Mar 17 - Monthly Officer's Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

Mar 20 - Fifth Friday Fish Fry in Lent

Mar 27 - Sixth Friday Fish Fry in Lent

Mar 29 - Palm Sunday

April 2015 Calendar Highlights

Apr 2 - Holy Thursday

Apr 3 - Good Friday

Apr 5 - Easter

Apr 6 - Monthly Council Business Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

Apr 9 - 4th Degree Assembly Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

(Holy Spirit Catholic Church)

Apr 12 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Apr 21 - Monthly Officer's Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.

Avery Quinn Bishop

Clark and Carrol Boles

SSGT Scott C. Bowen Marion Calvo

Christopher Dollman

Becky Ellingwood

Shirley Fuller Pam Godwin

Jim Handerhan

Sherill Korin

Cora Kuhlman Chrystal Lewis

Randi Long

Katie Lewis

Diana Stutz Saundra Tomasella

Our sponsored seminarians: Jeremy Winter and

Josh Altonji

Fr. Kevin and his parish in Anapra, MX Our Members of the Armed Forces

Our First Responders

Family and Friends

SPECIAL PRAYERS

Keith Erdmann - in Remeberance

Delmar Gore

Vince Gurain

Lamar Jackson

John Matras

Joe Nascone in Rememberance

Michael Parker Family

Ray Wesley

All our brothers in distress

Knights

Shepherd’s Watch Newsletter Submissions

Anyone can submit information that may be about

the Church, any Knight of Columbus council event or activity, or any activity that may be of interest to

our readership about our community at large.

Submit your information before the 20th of each

month to the Editor (Albert Dillman) at 256-883-

7909 or email to: al1ann2@aol.com

COUNCIL 11672 OFFICERS (2014—2015)

Grand Knight................. Mike Rose 256-213-2876

Deputy Grand Knight .... Steve Gentz

Financial Secretary ........ Ben Cumbie 256-783-9627

Treasurer ....................... Lane Mousel

Recorder ........................ Steve Nelson

Warden .......................... Bob Godwin

Chancelor ...................... RyanVann

Chaplain ........................ Deacon Paul Kiel

Advocate ........................ Michael Weist

Inside Guard ................. Danny Nelson

Outside Guard ............... Kevin Osterbauer

1 Year Trustee ............... Michael Parker

2 Year Trustee ............... Rick Hycoop

3 Year Trustee ............... Ed Gniadek

Lector ............................ Rob Godwin

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 3 February 2015

To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.

— Mother Teresa

MEMBER RECOGNITION & NEWS of INTEREST

January Family of the Month

The Knight Family of the

Month is the Merv Eber-

hardt family. The Brother

Eberhardt family has been

very active in the Council and with Assembly 0004.

He and his family support

the periodic K of C activi-

ties and events. The family

has been very supportive in conducting the annual

Soccer Challenge and the

annual Free Throw Con-

test. The Brother Eber-

hardt family was particu-

larly supportive of the

2014 Annual Tootsie Roll Campaign for the intellec-

tually disabled. His family

sets an example of what

the best values of a Knight

of Columbus family should be.

Knight of the Month for

January 2015, is Brother

Steve Nelson. Brother Nel-

son has served several

years as a Council Officer, and he is currently serving

as the Worthy Recorder. He

has continued the tradition

of recording in detail the

progress of the monthly meeting, and has create a

high level method of re-

viewing the minutes at the

meeting to expedite the

reading to the member-

ship. Brother Nelson has been very active in our

monthly breakfast fund

raisings and has volun-

teered at numerous K of C

activities and events dur-

ing the year. Brother Nel-

son exemplifies the three tenets of the Knights of

Columbus.

January Knight of the Month

Grand Knight Mike Rose presenting Brother

Rodolfo Chavez the December 2014 Knight of the

Month Award at the January meeting.

Grand Knight Mike Rose presenting Brother Henry

O'Beirne the 2014 Knight of the Year Award at the

January meeting.

Donald Hamblett Feb 08

Daniel Douglas Nelson Feb 08

Paul Rainosek Feb 09

Thomas Geoffroy Feb 10

Timothy Sebastian Feb 11

Raymond Warner Feb 11

John Zimmer Sloan Feb 14

John Arthur Feb 18

Gary Taylor Feb 19

Delmar Gore Feb 20

Frank Tomasella Feb 21

Douglas Fees Feb 22

Frederick Bisch Feb 25

Glendon Anderson Feb 27

Michael Edward Weist Feb 27

Knights of Columbus Council 11672 wishes

Happy Birthday to the members who have their birthday in February.

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 4 February 2015

MEMBER RECOGNITION & NEWS of INTEREST

Grand Knight Mike Rose presenting the award to

Brother Frank Tomasella for the December 2014

Family of the Month.

Grand Knight Mike Rose presenting the award to

Brother Danny Nelson for the November 2014

Family of the Month.

The Knights of Columbus Council

11672 presented a check from the

2014 Tootsie Roll Campaign to

the Arc of Madison County at

their January Board meeting in the amount of $2,039.87. Present

from the Council were Ben

Cumbie, Rodolfo Chavez, Benny

Concepcion and Grand Knight

Mike Rose. Following the check presentation the Knights of Co-

lumbus received thank you rib-

bons from the Arc of Madison

County and Ribbons Unlimited.

Susan Klingel the Arc Executive

Director said they cannot truly thank the Council enough, not

only for the financial support but

also for the Council's advocacy.

Last November members of Rib-

bons Unlimited received polo shirts with their names embroi-

dered on them along with the

Knights of Columbus Logo. The

shirts were presents to the em-

ployees by Council 11672 for their

excellent customer service in the making of ribbons for the Council

and the Community. Ms. Belinda

Sandovol-Cabanillas of Valley Tro-

phies, allowed Council members

to purchase the shirts at cost and

she donated the embroidering and her time.

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 5 February 2015

Volunteer Hours

The Council Volunteer

Hours during a calendar

year are reported to Su-

preme after the end of the

year in January. To make it

easier and make sure we get

all of our volunteer work reported, please

report your volunteer hours

at the end of each month to

our Deputy Grand Knight

Steve Gentz.

In addition reporting the

regular volunteer hours for

activities involving the com-

munity, church, council and youth, please identify if you

have donated blood and

number of visits to the sick

and bereaved. This addi-

tional information is needed in our annual reporting on

fraternal activities.

Shepherd’s Watch

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Council’s website:

http://council11672.weebly.com

Council Shirts and Hats

Contact Michael Weist for

information about shirts

and hats at

mweist63@gmail.com.

At each business and offi-

cer’s meeting hats and shirts can be purchased

and ordered.

Note: Brother Weist also

is able to order 4th Degree

shirts and hats.

Knights of Columbus Insurance General Agent:

John Stice

85 Hunter Ridge Lane

Pell City, AL 35128

205-338-0207 (Home), 205-908-1253 (Cell),

john.stice@kofc.org

Our assigned field agent:

William H. (Bill) Schultz

2411 Quail Ridge Lane, SW

Huntsville, Alabama 35803

Cell: 256-653-0642

william.schultz@kofc.org

Yearly

Profit to

Date

$ 310

Number

Meals

Served

135

Monthly Parish Breakfast The following is a summary of our 2015 breakfast activity

beginning this January:

Avg. Profit per Breakfast

$310

Avg. Meals Served per

Month

135 KC Breakfast Workers

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES & NEWS of INTEREST

Council Meeting Can Drive for the Good Shepherd Pantry

Don’t forget those

canned goods. Last year

the Supreme Council gave

a donation of $100 for

each 500 pounds of food

collected. However, this

Year Supreme requires 1,000 lbs. for the $100

donation. For the remain-

ing 5 meetings this year

our New Goal will be no

less than 800 pounds of food or equivalent dollar

donation, an average of

160 lbs per meeting. If

each member brings 4 lbs.

or $4 to each remaining

meeting we can meet our new goal and our council

can again receive the $200

donation from Supreme.

The following is a sum-

mary of our can donations

for this new fraternal year

starting in July through

our Jan. 2015 meeting:

Number /

Pounds of

Can Goods

298/273

Dollars

Donated

Equated to

Pounds

$935 = 935

TOTAL POUNDS

To date

1208

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 6 February 2015

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES & NEWS of INTEREST

The Council Breakfast

Team served a special

First Reconciliation

Breakfast for the Good Shepherd parish children,

their families, and the

staff on January 24. Serv-

ing started at 10:00 a.m.

for about 80 attendees.

Served were eggs, bacon, pancakes with and with-

out chocolate, grits, fruit

cocktail, biscuits, coffee,

hot tea, orange juice and

milk.

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 7 February 2015

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES & NEWS of INTEREST

Assembly 0004 hosted a Knights’

Night Out at Holy Spirit Catholic

Church from 5:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m.

on January 24. It was free to all members of Councils 764, 4080,

and 11672, and their families. The

Assembly put on the event to thank

the Knights in Huntsville area for all

the good things they have done this

past year.

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 8 February 2015

SHORT STORY CORNER Submitted by the Grand Knight

Four-year-old Diego is play-

ing in the local community

wading pool. His mother,

Darlene, is sitting in the sun

beside the pool. She is read-

ing a book. At least, she is

trying to read a book.

"Hey Mom! I am swimming!"

"Yes honey, you are swim-

ming."

"Mom, are you watching

me?"

"Yes, honey. Of course I am

watching you!"

Diego is trying to splash wa-

ter onto her book. She is

trying to ignore this.

"Mom! I am holding my

breath under water."

The book is getting really

exciting. The police are solv-

ing a crime. Diego’s mother

is trying to concentrate.

"Mom! You are not even

watching me!"

"Yes, Diego! I am watching

you and I am reading a book. I am doing both

things at the same time."

"Mom, are you paying atten-

tion? I am doing a hand-

stand."

In the book, the police offi-cer is chasing a suspect.

Diego’s mother is hardly

breathing.

Diego is being quiet for once.

Too quiet. Suddenly,

Diego’s mother is looking

around for Diego. She can-not find him. Suddenly,

time is standing still. Sud-

denly, she isn’t breathing at

all.

"Diego! Diego! Are you hid-ing from me? Diego! You are

not being funny!" She is

trying not to panic. She is

walking around the pool,

looking in the water.

"Boo!"

Out of nowhere, Diego is

standing right behind her.

"Diego! What are you do-

ing?" Suddenly she is crying

and hugging him tightly.

"I am making sure you are

paying attention, Mom!"

"Well, now I am totally pay-

ing attention to you!"

The moral here is that if you

take a small child to a pool

or any event or activities that will be a specific inter-

est to the child, leave the

book, or electronic device

turned off and not only pay

attention to the child, but

interact with her or him and go and get wet with the

child.

PAYING ATTENTION

By Tradition, the Catholic

Church dedicates the month of

February to the Holy Family,

the perfect example of family

life for all Christians. Christ

could have come to earth in

any number of ways, yet God chose to send His Son as a

child born into a family. In so

doing, He set the Holy Family

as an example for us all, and

made the Christian family

more than a natural institu-

tion. In our prayers to the Holy

Family, we meditate on the

example of the Holy Family

and ask the Holy Family to in-tercede on behalf of our fami-

lies. In this prayer, we ask

God to keep the example of the

Holy Family always before us,

so that we will imitate them in our family life.

In Honor of the Holy Family The Holy Family

O God, Heavenly Father, it was

part of Thine eternal decree that

Thine only-begotten Son, Jesus

Christ, the Savior of the human

race, should form a holy family with Mary, His blessed mother,

and His foster father, Saint Jo-

seph. In Nazareth, home life was sanctified, and a perfect example

was given to every Christian fam-

ily. Grant we beseech Thee, that we may fully comprehend and

faithfully imitate the virtues of the

Holy Family so that we may be united with them one day in their

heavenly glory. Through the same

Christ our Lord. Amen.

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 9 February 2015

Lord Jesus, once you spoke to

men

Upon the mountain, in the plain;

O help us listen now, as then,

And wonder at your word again

.We all have secret fears to face,

Our minds and motives to

amend;

We seek your truth, we need

your grace,

Our living Lord and present

Friend.

The Gospel speaks, and we re-

ceive

Your light, your love, your own

command.

O help us live what we believe

In daily work of heart and hand.

February's Questions

1. What is the name of

the first known European

thought to have been born

in North America?

2. What is logic?

3. In Logic, What is an

argument?

4. What are premises and

conclusions?

5. What is a valid argu-

ment

6. What is an enthy-

meme?

7. In logic, what is the

law of non-contradiction?

8. Who was Euclid and

what is he famous for?

9. What is Set Theory?

10. Who said, “Logic will

get you from A to B.

Imagination will take you

everywhere?

QUESTIONS OF THE MIND from the Grand Knight

January’s Questions and Answers:

1. What is one of the in-

gredients of bubble gum?

Rubber.

2. How many pounds of

coffee does one coffee tree

produce in one year?

One pound.

3. What is one of the in-

gredients of dynamite?

Peanuts.

4. How long does it take

light to reach the planet

Earth from the Sun?

Eight minutes and 17

seconds.

5. More than half of the

ocean coastline is located

where?

Alaska

6. In Nineteen Century

Britain you could be

hanged for stealing a par-

ticular item found in the

kitchen, what is it?

A spoon.

7. If you were caught

with soot on your face in

Nineteen Century Britain,

what could possibly be

done to you?

Hanged by the neck.

8. What was the original

color of Coca-Cola?

Green.

9. In what country did

the story of Cinderella

originate?

This Ancient Egyptian version of Cinderella is con-

sidered the oldest version of

the story, recorded by the

Roman historian Strabo in

the first century BC.

10. How long has current

Emperor of Japan’s family

has occupied the Japanese

throne?

The current Emperor of

Japan’s family has occupied

the Japanese throne since

the Sixth Century AD. The current emperor is the 125th

Emperor of his family. The

average length of time for an

Emperor of Japan is 12 years

and 41 days.

Benny Concepcion, Belinda Sandovol-Cabanillas, Rodolfo Chavez

and Grand Knight Mike Rose delivering appreciation ribbon from

the Arc to Valley Trophies. (cont. from p.4)

S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 1 0 February 2015

FEBRUARY 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 Council

Business Meeting

@ 7:30 p.m.

3 4 5 6 First Friday 7

8

Monthly Parish

Breakfast

8:30-10:30 a.m.

9 10 11 12

Assembly 0004 Business meeting

@ Holy Spirit

@ 7:30 p.m.

13 14

15

16 17 Council

Officer's meeting

@ 7:30 p.m.

18

Ash Wednesday

19

20

Fish Fry

21

22 23 24 25 26 27

Fish Fry

28

MARCH 2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 Council

Business Meeting

@ 7:30 p.m.

3 4 5 6 First Friday

Fish Fry

7

8

Monthly Parish

Breakfast

8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

9 10 11 12 Assembly

Business meeting

@ Holy Spirit

@ 7:30 p.m.

13

Fish Fry

14

15

16 17 Council

Officer's meeting

@ 7:30 p.m.

18 19

20

Fish Fry

21

22 23 24 25 26 27

Fish Fry

28

29

Palm Sunday

30 31