KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS JOHN F KENNEDY COUNCIL 1257 NEWSLETTER
Officers and Directors 2015-2016
Father GeorgeThayilkuzhithottu Chaplain
Bill Chrostowski Grand Knight
715.830.9371
Randy DeMars Deputy Grand Knight
715.832.1639 demarsrd@yahoo.com
Mark Aebly Financial Secretary
715.874.5574 m_aebly@yahoo.com
Bob Kortes Recorder 715.836.9248
setrok@charter.net
Jerry Whalen Treasurer & Council
Director whalen1981@charter.net
715.834.1981
Dallas Short Chancellor 715.828.3836
John DeLestry Advocate 715.835.1992
delesstree@charter.net
Paul Heinzen Warden 715.482.2843
heinzenp@gmail.com
Mike Sheehan Inside Guard 715.338.9470
Scott Stagliano Outside Guard
715.214.4334
James Stachura Field Agent 920.609.8615
james.stachura@kofc.org
Fran Koppa Bowling Secretary
715.835.8915
Kevin Friederichs 3 Yr. Trustee
715.215.0815 kfriederichs@charter.net
Bob Sieben 2 Yr. Trustee 715.834.4031
Tim Carroll 1 Yr. Trustee 715.834.5954
tcfromec54703@gmail.com
Knights of Columbus
John F. Kennedy Council #1257
P.O. Box 923
Eau Claire, WI 54702
Meetings & Socials at K of C Hall 2708 Thomas
Drive Eau Claire, WI
Grand Knight’s Comments
A big 1st Degree awaits on the 10th
dear brothers, as I write this on
Saturday morn 10/31, it appears
quite likely that we'll have
anywhere from 12 to 20 new
brothers joining our ranks at the
1st Degree exemplification
preceding our meeting at 6:30 on
Tuesday, Nov. 10th. PLEASE
make all efforts to attend as
nothing makes the ceremony more
special and the inherent fraternal
bonding intangibles more
meaningful and special as a good
turnout by the council. A lot of
productive work was put in by
many to make this come to
fruition, so try to attend to
welcome the new Knights properly
and renew old friendships.
We had over 30 express interest in
joining at our Immaculate
Conception blitz on Oct. 10-11.
Furthermore, Mark Aebly, Randy
DeMars, Jerry Olson, Tom
Kempen and myself all have
signed one or more to form 100's
aside from the blitz and there are
still 3 or 4 more left over from a
past drive at the Elk Mound/Rock
Falls parish looking to get in. It
should be a very festive
evening...all the more so if YOU
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November 2,
2015
are there. Also this month; on the
24th at 7:00 p.m. at our hall, new
chaplain Father George will
conduct our annual Memorial
Mass for deceased brothers from
the past year. Coffee and cake will
follow the service, this will be in
lieu of our 4th Tuesday
social/potluck. The souls of dearly
departed Knights: Sir Knight John
Wagenknecht 48 years of service,
Brother Knight Dr. Karl Walter 60
years of service, Brother Knight
Eugene Aumann 65 years of
service, Sir Knight Joseph Orfe 59
years of service, Brother Knight
George Garnett 69 years of service
and Sir Knight William Berman 40
years of service to the order will be
recalled and celebrated at the
annual Memorial Mass.
On Sunday, November 29th we'll
have Corporate Communion Mass
at 10:30 at Immaculate Conception
as it's the 5th Sunday of the month.
With this coming on the heels of
many new members coming in
from IC, this would be a great time
to revive/jumpstart this activity.
Details will be finalized at the
meeting, but Randy DeMars will
need some help around the 19th or
20th to help the Bolton Refuge
House tenants have a Happy
Thanksgiving.
Major Congratulations to Tim
Carroll who was bestowed by dear
friend and most recent past Grand
Knight Kevin Friederichs with
Knight of the Year honors at last
month's Columbus Day Banquet.
It was my pleasure and honor to go
through the 2nd, 3rd and 4th
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS JOHN F KENNEDY COUNCIL 1257 NEWSLETTER
Degrees with Tim starting back in
March of 2006. He's been a steady
source of inspiration to me during
ALL of that time and I feel it's safe
to say nobody has been more
integral to the many successes of
our council over the past decade
than Tim. Keep on going Brother
Carroll.
A sincere 'thank you' to Judi Teske
who has donated generously to our
causes since her husband and our
brother Bob passed a little more
than a year ago. Most recently
Judi gave us $200 for a new Santa
Claus suit which brother DeMars
will don this coming Yuletide
season.
We welcome Father George of
SH/SP parish our new Council
1257 Chaplain.
Congratulations to newlyweds
Hubert and Pat Fischer. Likewise,
congrats to the many Knights who
were honored for their
years/decades of service at our
banquet, in particular, Steve
Steinmetz, Bob Walter, Dave
Curley and Hubert Fischer who
were able to attend. And thanks to
Father George who led us in prayer
before a wonderful meal.
That's it for now, all the pieces are
in place for us to have a
'November to remember', make
sure you are a part of it!
November 2,
2015
helped get our first ever Slam Fest
Concession Stand off the ground
and also recently became an
assistant State KC Youth
Coordinator. Thank you Randy!
Vivat Jesus! Bill Chrostowski
From the Raffle Chairman: I
sent out the raffle tickets last week,
you should have gotten them by
now. I enclosed an envelope to
return checks and ticket stubs.
Please don't send money through
the mail. We are having problems
figuring out prize recipients
because the ticket is not filled out
fully. So if they just put "Joe" and
a phone number that is hard to
read. It takes a lot of work to find
them. As always, do not send
anything to the hall and don't
combine raffle money and dues
money in one check. By law, they
have to be separated and we have
two separate banks for the
accounts. If you need more
tickets, you can get more by seeing
me at meetings, socials or call me
715-874-5574. Remember, the
more we sell, the more we can help
people at council and State levels.
Thanks, Mark Aebly.
From Financial Secretary: We
are about one and a half months to
having dues sent out. Remember,
if you are not going to be in the
area, please prepay dues before
you leave or give us an address we
can send dues to where you will
receive the notice while you are
gone.
Thank you, Mark Aebly.
Our October Knight of the
Month is Randy DeMars who
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Order your own KC 1257 shirt
today. Kevin Friederichs is taking
shirt orders if you would like to
order the short sleeve Nike golf
shirt or long sleeve dress shirt.
Both shirts have the emblem of the
order along with our council name.
Contact Kevin 715.215.0815 or
kfriederichs@charter.net to order
yours.
Tuesday Nov 3 – Prospective
Member Meeting 6:30pm at the
Kennedy Hall.
Friday Nov. 6 – First Friday
Mass 7am Immaculate
Conception.
Tuesday Nov 10 – First Degree
6:30pm with business meeting to
follow at the Kennedy Hall.
Tuesday Nov 24 – Memorial
Mass for our departed Brothers
7pm at the Kennedy Hall. Father
George will celebrate the Mass and
coffee and cake will be served
after Mass. This will replace our
Nov Pot Luck.
Sunday Nov 29 – Corporate
Communion Immaculate
Conception 10:30 Mass. All
Knights and their families should
attend and sit together for Mass.
December 5-6 we will be
selling Keep Christ in
Christmas yard signs and other
Christmas items at the parishes.
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