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Shepherd's Watch
Knights of Columbus Good Shepherd Council 11672

Volume 13,  Issue 10                                                                                   October  2009

Grand Knight   Bob Spuhl    426-0030    robert-spuhl@us.army.mil
Deputy Grand Knight   Ed Gniadek    880-9037    kgniadek@aol.com
Newsletter Editor   Mike Rose    213-2876    sfmedic1970@bellsouth.net
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING     October 5, 2009 7:30 PM
PARISH BREAKFAST October 11, 2009    8:30 - 10:30 AM  
OFFICERS MEETING October 22, 2009   7:00 PM  
 
NOVEMBER COUNCIL MEETING     November 2, 2009 7:30 PM
NOVEMBER PARISH BREAKFAST November 8, 2009 8:30 - 10:30 AM  
NOVEMBER OFFICERS MEETING November 17, 2009   7:00 PM  
Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween - October 31!
 

October's Attendance Award - $10.00

Each Month one council member is selected to receive an attendance award. The only requirement is to be present at the monthly meeting. The attendance award accumulates until a member wins. Come out to the monthly meeting for a chance to win. October's Meeting Attendance Award is $10.00.

GRAND KNIGHT'S COMMENTS

Brother Knights,
Fall brings our most important event of the year É our campaign for the intellectually handicapped - more commonly known as the Tootsie Roll Drive! We call upon all our Knights to support our breakfasts and this most important event. This year both weekends we'll be collecting from Kroger on S. Memorial Parkway (vicinity of Lily Flagg Road and S. Memorial Parkway).

We need you to volunteer for at least one two-hour block of time. We'll first try to put two people per time period before we stack up more. I ask that you please reserve your preferred two-hour block sooner than later...to get the time you'd like. The windows are indicated below with the blocks beginning at the first time indicated and running in two-hour increments. I emailed a roster to everyone we have emails for.

16 Oct 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Fri)
17 Oct 8:00 am - 8:00 pm (Sat)
17 Oct After 1730 Mass
18 Oct 1200 pm - 4:00 pm (Sun)
18 Oct After 8:30 am Mass
18 Oct After 1100 am Mass
23 Oct 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Fri)
24 Oct 8:00 am - 8:00 pm (Sat)
25 Oct 1200 pm - 4:00 pm (Sun)
Please contact Jay Carroll, our campaign chairman via email with your requested time at sniper9901@comcast.net or by phone at 529-2802 (CC me on your emails to Jay at robert-spuhl@us.army.mil).

Other upcoming events include:
October 5: Monthly Meeting.

October 11: Monthly Breakfast. We've been coming up short on clean up help and the burden on the few is heavy. Please consider supporting this second most important event as it funds the scholarships we offer to Holy Spirit and Catholic High School, and many other ministries in the parish.

October 19: We will host our fall social and invitation to interested catholic gentlemen while we eat snacks/ beverages and watch Monday Night Football in the Parish Life Center. Plan to join us and bring someone you know who might remotely be interested in the Knights. I joined only 4 years ago because someone just asked me.

Special acknowledgements:
  • Our Council's Knight of the Month for September is Paul Shea
  • Our Council's Family of the Month for September is the Tony Kasagroh Family
    • Ceremonies: None this past month. Next degree ceremony is planned for February 2010.

    New Transfers into our Council: None this past month.

    Attendance Award: Your gracious Grand Knight was the attendance award winner at last month's meeting winning $ 10,000!...you ought to come to one of our meetings (well, actually it was $30).

    Vivat Jesus,
    Bob Spuhl

    DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT'S COMMENTS

    Brother Knights,
    You might recall during your 1st Degree exemplification ceremony that charity was mentioned being the main principle upon which the Knights of Columbus was initially established. It was also mentioned that charity was the virtue that "gladdened the heart" of the giver.

    As I listened to Sister Rosem ary Fonck, from the Good Shepherd Catholic Center in Mosses Alabama, speak after Mass this past weekend I was taken back by the poverty that existed within our own back yards. At the same time, while Sister was speaking, I began to draw a parallel in my mind of the charitable efforts of the Knights of Columbus and the Good Shepherd Catholic Center. While thanking our parish for its generosity and kindness and while sharing some of her stories regarding the charitable efforts of the mission center, I could see the joy and appreciation that gladdened her heart.

    While we are blessed to be living in conditions that are completely opposite to those of our neighbors to the south, as members of the Knights of Columbus we should strive to share our time, talents, and treasures to the extent that our hearts will truly be gladdened. If we avoid practicing the virtue of charity, we would not be considered a good subject in the eyes of heaven as we were reminded during our 1st Degree ceremony.
    Vivat Jesus,
    Ed Gniadek, Deputy Grand Knight

    EDITOR'S COMMENTS

    I am concerned that some members are not getting the newsletter. This may be do to the fact that I may not have your correct email address, or because I am sending you an email with multiple addressees with an attachment. Some home or work ISP's firewalls presume that the newsletter is spam or may contain a virus and re ect the email.

    I you are not getting the newsletter, please send me, the editor, an simple test email so I know I have your correct email address and can capture it. I will then send you an email asking you to respond so I know that the emails are working both ways. I then will send you the newsletter to see if it get through.

    By the way, some of you need to make sure that your inbox is emptied periodically as I do get rejections of the email with the newsletter, because the ISP sends me a rejection notice indication that the recipient's inbox is full.
    Vivat Jesus,
    Mike Rose, The Editor

    FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR'S COMMENTS
    Sir Knights,
    I recently sent out an email to everyone on my office distribution list. It was very successful and I want to share it with you as guidance to help in our efforts to not pollute the environment. The Pope declared pollution as a deadly sin. The email is below:

    "Hi All,

    "I want to thank you for your support in the past and mention to our new comers something important to me, recycling. It is what makes America great. Whoever would have thought that a plastic bottle or can could be worth so much? For some reason, each throw away reminds me of the Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty quote that has welcomed so many of our ancestors to America with the words:

    'Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!'

    The idea of the disregarded given value reminds me of the One who is willing to take our hopelessly wasted lives, pay the ultimate price for the mess we give him, and then tell us that he cares for us with a boundless, unending love and commitment (Isaiah 57:15).

    Please place your discarded cans and plastic bottles in the designated recycle box in the break room and I will put them in my blue bin at home where they will become new again."
    Vivat Jesus,
    Paul Adams, Faithful Navigator

    MEMBERSHIP AND EXEMPLIFICATION EVENTS

    Council Social and Recruitment Event Update

    The Fall Social and Invitation Event is scheduled October 19.

    Personal Information Update

    Please check to ensure that your contact information is updated with the Financial Secretary. This includes an email address (if you have one) for the sending the Monthly Newsletter. The Shepherd’s Watch subscription is available only through e-mail, it can be also downloaded or read off the Parish website.

    New Council Members

    No one this month.

    Exemplifications Schedule Information

    Please note that the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th degrees are typically offered once or twice a year in North Alabama. When they occur it is an opportunity to complete your journey to full Knighthood at a very convenient location. Please reflect on this and consider participating.

    If you have any questions, please contact Bob Spuhl or Ed Gniadek.

    First Degree Exemplifications

    None scheduled for this month.

    Second Degree Exemplifications

    None scheduled for this month.

    Third Degree Exemplifications

    None scheduled for this month.

    Fourth Degree Exemplifications

    None scheduled for this month.

    NEWS OF INTEREST

    Birthdays

    Officers and members of Council 11672 want to extend a Happy Birthday to the following members whose birthday falls in September:
    Joseph D. Aiello 10/3
    Raul E. Alonso 10/13
    Ben D. Cumbie 10/9
    Philip G. Dombrowski 10/16
    Brian J. Finzel 10/22
    Rolando P. Gentolizo 10/13
    Jose Gonzalez-Tablada 10/8
    Christopher J. Nascone    10/18
    Harry M. Renfroe 10/14
    Carter A. Robinson 10/20
    Gary M. (Mike) Rose 10/17
    Timothy L. Sullivan 10/8
    Tracy Wagner 10/8
    Robert J. Zimmermann 10/17

    Knight and Family of the Month

    The Council and members want to congratulate Brother Paul Shea, the Knight of the Month, and the Family of the Month is the Tony Kasagroh family.

    Rosaries for our Soldiers

    Our Brother Knight Merv Eberhardt is also spearheading an effort to make corded rosaries for the military. If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Merv by email or 256-882-6819 (home) or 256-457-4881 (cell). Please consider supporting our troops in this worthwhile activity. Some background information is available at the “How To Make A Rosary” link on the Our Lady’s Rosary Makers home page.

    St. Vincent de Paul Society

    The following is a brief description from the web. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a worldwide organization founded in 1833 by six university students in Paris under the patronage of St. Vincent de Paul. Today the Society includes almost 900,000 members spread among 46,000 confraternities in 130 countries of five continents.
    The Society's purpose is to provide direct aid to those who suffer, and to help individuals reduce and even eliminate the causes of their suffering, themselves. Society members use their own resources, sharing not only possessions but also the valuable gift of their presence.
    Recently there has been an inquiry about establishing a St. Vincent de Paul group at Good Shepherd. Both the Knights and the St. Vincent de Paul Society have a strong focus on charitable works. The Holy Spirit Parish St. Vincent de Paul group is well established and has been active for many years. If you have an interest in learning more about this society and possibly help establish a group at our parish, please contact John Bellono at 256-882-6767 for more information.

    Insurance News

    For your insurance and investment needs, please contact our K of C Field agent, Brother Yosway.
    Serving Families for Over 125 Years
    "A man who dies without adequate life insurance should have to come back and see the mess he created" --Will Rogers
    Brother Mark P. Yosway, FIC
    Field Agent
    Knights of Columbus
    P.O. Box 96
    Madison, Alabama 35758
    Tel/Fax: 256-772-7666
    Cell: 256-679-5632

    Canned Goods Drive

    Don't forget those canned goods. Each Knight is asked to bring just one canned good or money to the monthly Council meeting. The food or money goes to the Church pantry for support of the poor and hungry in our community. Remember charity is a Knight's duty, not a courtesy.

    Volunteer Hours

    Volunteer Hours are due in January of each year to State Office. Please keep a running total of your hours during the year. It would be nice to report them on a monthly basis to the Deputy Grand Knight, as to not make this a major data collection effort at the end of the year. Please tally your volunteer hours for Council, Church, and Community activities and forward them to the Deputy Grand knight as soon as possible but no later than January 15 of each year. It's a time consuming activity to accumulate responses from all our members and summarize them as required - the sooner you can provide them to the Deputy Grand Knight the better. We often overlook community activities such as CASA, Burrett Museum, Habitat for Humanity, Harrison Hardware, and neighborhood swimming associations, etc. Please include these types of community organization activities in your totals. As you compile your volunteer hours, reflect how your time spent in the past year and prayerfully consider how you might better serve those in need in the future. May God Bless all volunteers everywhere no matter where in the world they are.

    PRAYER LINE

    Taking care of our Brother Knights in distress is one of basic principles espoused by our founder, Father McGivney. Please remember our sick Brother Knights and those deceased in your prayers. If anyone knows of a Brother Knight in distress, contact Grand Knight Bob Spuhl by telephone (426-0030 or email).

    Remember the Prayer Line also includes family members and friends. Being Catholic is not a requirement to have a person's name placed on the prayer Line.

    A good person regardless of his or her religious beliefs should have our prayers offered to hopefully relieve their distress.

    Please remember the following individuals in your prayers:

  • Bob Sullivan
  • Dave & Judy Aiello
  • Jerry Dombrowski's grandchild
  • Rita Lukens - eye problems
  • Hugo Hart - Melanoma
  • Sandra Hart - Full time oxygen
  • Ed K. - Mother - fell and fractured vertebrae
  • CW5 Benson & his co -pilot- Shot in the leg while flying in Afghanistan. His co-pilot was shot in the head and remains in critical condition.
  • Frank Tomasela's granddaughter - Newborn

    • AREA MASS SCHEDULES

    Catholic Church Masses       Reconciliation (Confession)
      Saturday Sunday Week Day Holy Day Saturday Sunday
    Good Shepherd,
    882-1844
    8:30 a.m.
    (1st Sat.
    only)
    5:30 p.m.
    8:30 a.m.
    11:00 a.m.
    M None
    T 6:30 p.m.
    W 8:30 a.m.
    Th None
    F 8:00 a.m.
    8:30 a.m.
    7:00 p.m.
    4:30 – 5:15 p.m.
    None
    Holy Spirit,
    881-4781
    5:00 p.m.
    7:30 a.m.
    9:00 a.m.
     11:30 a.m. 
    M-F 7:30 a.m.
      M, T, TH 12:00 p.m. 
    W 7:00 p.m.
    6:30 a.m.
    9:00 a.m.
     12:00 p.m. 
    6:00 p.m.
    4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
    None
    Military Chapel
      Redstone Arsenal, 
    842-2175 0r
    842-2178
    5:00 p.m.
    9:15 a.m.
    M None,
    T-F 12:00 p.m.
    12:00 p.m.
    5:00 p.m.
    4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
    8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
    Our Lady
    Queen of
    the Universe,
    852-0788
    5:00 p.m.
    9:00 a.m.
    11:30 a.m.
    M None
    W–F 12:00 p.m.
    T 6:30 p.m.
    12:00 p.m.
    7:00 p.m.
    3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
    None
    Saint John
    the Baptist,
    722-0130
    5:30 p.m.
    7:00 a.m.
    8:30 a.m.
    11:30 a.m.
    5:30 p.m.
    M,F 8:30 a.m.
    T 6:15 a.m.
    W, Th 6:30 p.m.
    7:00 p.m.
    Vigil
    8:30 a.m.
    7:00 p.m.
    Th 6:00 – 6:25 p.m.
    S 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
    None
    St. Joseph,
    534-8459
    8:00 a.m.
    5:00 p.m.
    8:15 a.m.
    11:15 a.m.
    M, W - F
    7:00 a.m.
    T 7:00 p.m.
    7:00 p.m.
    Vigil
    7:00 a.m.
    8:45 p.m.
    4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
    None
    St. Mary,
    536-6349
    5:30 p.m.
    8:00 a.m.
    11:00 a.m.
    M-F 8:00 a.m.
     As Announced 
    4:00 p.m.
    None

    The Short Story Corner

    This month's Short Story comes I found while looking for a short story. This is a very interesting a way to look at mortality for oneself or may to explain it to someone who ask.

    Ones Mortality
    What A Wonderful Way To Explain It.
    By Anonymous

    A sick man turned to his doctor as he was preparing to leave the examination room and said, 'Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the other side.'

    Very quietly, the doctor said, 'I don't know. 'You don't know? You're, a Christian man, and don't know what's on the other side?'

    The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on the other side came a sound of scratching and whining. As he opened the door, a dog sprang into the room, and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.

    Turning to the patient, the doctor said, 'Did you notice my dog? He's never been in this room before. He didn't know what was inside this room. He knew nothing except that his master was in the room, and when the door opened, he sprang in without fear.

    I know little of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing, and that is my Master is there and that is enough.'

    Quotes, Sayings, Puns and Facts

    October 1, 1908 - Henry Ford puts the Model T car on the market at a price of $825.

    October 9, 1776 - Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California.

    October 17, 1961 - The NY Museum of Modern Art hung Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down. It wasn't corrected until December 3.

    October 22, 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus at the Battle of Zama.

    October 26, 1664 - The British Royal Marines are organized.

    October 31, 445 BC - Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 9:1).

    14% of us eat the watermelon seeds.

    22% of people leave the glob of toothpaste in the sink.

    The typical shower is 101 degrees F. Koala bears are excellent swimmers. Maine is closer to Bermuda than Florida!

    Prior to the 1930's, diamond rings were rarely given as engagement rings!

    The average NFL player's career lasts only 3 1/2 years.

    At room temperature, the average air molecule travels at the speed of a rifle bullet.

    "Did people build this, or did Indians?" Tourist question at Mesa Verde National Park

    "They are not jackbooted Nazi thugs. They are merely German policemen in spiffy uniforms here to help us." Vichy Government

    "You can't just let nature run wild." Wally Hickel, former Alaska governor

    "Do Not Place Hand In Fan While Fan Is Running." Warning label on central air conditioning unit

    "My lord, we find the man who stole the mare not guilty." Welsh Jury Verdict

    "I really didn't say everything I said." Yogi Berra

    "Always go to other peoples' funerals, otherwise they won't go to yours." Yogi Berra

    The Poet's Corner

    An Untitled Poem
    By Emily Dickerson

    If I can stop one heart from breaking,
    I shall not live in vain;
    If I can ease one life the aching,
    Or cool one pain,
    Or help one fainting robin
    Unto his nest again,
    I shall not live in vain."

    Newsletter Submissions

    This is your Newsletter and that anything you would like to let the Officers and Council members be aware of, please submit the information to the Newsletter Editor, . His telephone number is 213-2876 and his e-mail address is sfmedic1970@bellsouth.net.

    The information submitted can be of a general interest to the Council members. It does not necessarily have to be directly connected to the Council, the Knights of Columbus, or the Church, e.g. a Boy Scout or Girl Scout event, or something the members might enjoy such as a play or art show. It can be of interest to the Huntsville community at large. Please submit text, photographs, etc. Anything submitted is subject to review and editing by the Editor.

    The deadline to have information included in the next publication of the Shepard's Watch is the 20th day of the month preceding the next publication.

    The Council is also always looking for material to submit to the One Voice and the Columbia.

    We ask you also to keep you mailing address, telephone numbers, and e-mails current.

    Questions for the Mind

    September's Questions:

  • Which war is considered the first modern war? The United States Civil War is considered the first modern war. It is also considered the first total war. That is because of weapon and tactic development. It is the first war in history where civilian populations were bombarded to break the will of the people and the enemy troops. Such items as the naval blockade, the destruction of enemy food growing areas and means of production that supported the enemy efforts were employed for the first time.
  • Who defeated Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Senate election of 1858 for the Senate? Stephen A. Douglas, a Democrat, defeated Abraham Lincoln
  • How many Lincoln - Douglas debates were there? There were seven debates held in Illinois.
  • Where were the debates held?
      Ottawa - August 21
      Freeport - August 27
      Jonesboro - September 15
      Charleston - September 18
      Galesburg - October 7
      Quincy - October 13
      Alton - October 15
  • Who did Abraham Lincoln beat for President of the United States in the 1860 election?
      John Bell, Constitution Union Party, Tennessee
      John C. Breckinridge, Southern Democratic Party, Kentucky
      Stephen A. Douglas, Northern Democratic Party, Illinois
    • October's Questions:
  • What is an isosceles triangle?
  • What is a right triangle and why is it called a right triangle?
  • Who was Pythagorean?
  • Who first measured the circumference of the earth at the equator?
  • What is the Pythagorean Theory?

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