Knights of Columbus
Newsletter
Gerhard Bentler Council 13702
Weyauwega WI, 54983
March 6, 2012
NEXT REGULAR MEETING
March 11, 2012 9:30 AM
CHURCH HALL
Volume 6, Issue 3
KNIGHTS HEADS UP
The Council’s Annual
Fish Boil will be held
Friday, March 30 beginning
at 5pm. Tickets are $11.00 in
advance, $13.00 at the door,
children age 5-10 are $5.00
and under age 5 are free.
Tickets are available from
Brother Knight Tom Cullen.
The Wisconsin State
Council Knights of
Columbus Charity Raffle is
a nice fund raiser for the
local council since funds are
returned to Council 13702 in
proportion to the amount of
sales done by the members.
Brother Tom Cullen has
tickets. Deadline for stubs
and money is the April
Council meeting.
The Monthly Parish
Meal served by the Knights
of Columbus Council will be
held after the 11 AM Mass
on March 25, 2012. K of C
Group # 2 will do the
preparation, serving and
clean up. There is no
charge.
Sunday, April 8 is Easter
therefore, the next Council
Meeting has been moved to
the third Sunday which is
April 15th
The history of groups like
Council 13702 is priceless!
At the present time no one is
compiling this information.
Grand Knight Don Planz is
asking for someone to offer
to be Council Historian.
COUNCIL NEWS
A Unique First Degree
Experience
In conjunction with the
Squires Big Event the
weekend of March 9-11 the
Squires leadership team is
providing a First Degree for
Knight candidates at 3:00
pm on Saturday, March 10th
in the Legends Room on the
fourth floor of the Lambeau
Atrium. Candidates, their
host and family members
can join the Squires for lunch
on the North Balcony of the
Atrium at 1:00 and or get
reduced price tickets for a
Lambeau Tour or for the
Packer Hall of Fame. The
other option is to join
Squires, Knights, family and
friends at the National
Railroad Museum later that
afternoon at 5:30 pm for
touring and a buffet dinner.
Contact John Young (920)
407-1775.
Grand Knight’s Report
Brother Don Planz seldom
checks his e-mail, therefore
he suggests a phone call is
the best way to contact him.
The numbers are home 715258-7883 and cell 715-4984763.
Council 13702 with the St
Ann’s Society presented a
yard Angel to Sharon Vande
Castle and her family in
honor of Brother Jim Vande
Castle, long time member of
the Council.
Membership, both retained
and new, are very important
to our Council’s success.
Our council, on the advice of
Brother Knight Jim Secura,
will be implementing some
new efforts to welcome new
Knights. Brother Knights
greeted all men coming to
Mass on Sunday March 4th
to invite them to learn more
about being a Knight.
School in Hicksville, L.I. “We
still have a lot of hope that it
could be revived in the
Senate.”
The Parish website
www.sspeterpaulchurch.org
along
with church news has
Council 13702 newsletter
and minutes.
The comments were Dolan’s
first about the issue since
returning last month from his
elevation to cardinal in
Rome.
The exemplification of the
Second and Third Degree
will be held at Our Lady of
Lourdes School in West De
Pere WI on March 18th
starting at 10 AM. See
Grand Knight Don Planz for
more information.
He framed the issue as an
“unwarranted government
intrusion” into the Church
and said constitutional
scholars and legal experts
suggested taking the fight to
court.
The April Officers
Meeting will be held on
Thursday, April 4, 6:30pm, in
the rectory.
“We’re going to take them up
on that because they know a
lot more about it than we do,”
Dolan said.
Chaplain’s News NA
Dolan said he was angered
by the administration’s
suggestion that the Church
follow its more liberal
members.
HEADLINE BISTRO NOTES
Cardinal Dolan: Battle with
Obama gets my 'Irish up'
Timothy Cardinal Dolan said
Saturday that the fight with
President Obama over birth
control has gotten his “Irish
up” and the church may
pursue legal action.
Democrats blocked an effort
by Senate Republicans to
block Obama’s order that
most employers, including
religious institutions, or their
insurers cover
contraceptives.
“I was disappointed but not
surprised,” Dolan said at the
Holy Trinity Diocesan High
“We kind of got our Irish up
when leaders in government
seemed to be assigning an
authoritative voice to
Catholic groups that are not
the bishops,” he said. “If you
want an authoritative voice,
go to the bishops.”
Pope’s visit to Cuba
shines light on religious
freedoms
By Frances Robles
Pope John Paul II’s 1998
landmark visit to Cuba left
evangelical pastors all over
the island wondering aloud:
What about us?
Thanks to the pope’s trip,
within a year the growing
evangelical religious
community made history of
its own by holding 18 public
services around the nation
attended by thousands of
people — including thenleader Fidel Castro. Even
now more than a decade
later the televised
“Evangelical Celebration” is
still considered a watershed
moment for Cuban
Protestants. .
“Everyone went to that
celebration waiting for
religious sermons, and they
got political sermons. Even
Fidel Castro looked
embarrassed,” said Carlos
Lamelas, a Church of God
pastor who fled to Texas last
summer after butting heads
with the government for
years. “I hope now that after
the new pope’s visit,
Evangelical churches can
come into their own.”
Pope Benedict XVI will travel
to Cuba March 26-28 to
mark the 400th anniversary
of the discovery of the statue
of Our Lady of Charity of El
Cobre, the island’s patron
saint, which was found
floating in the bay of Nipe.
The last pope’s visit was
considered fundamental in
the history of Cuba’s
Catholic Church, capping
years of modest reforms and
paving the way for prisoner
releases.
Dick Larsen, editor