Knights NewsDeacon Wally Kullman Council – 14479

Conifer CO Mar 2017 Issue

Upcoming EventsCouncil Meeting 3/9

Officer Meeting 3/23

Assembly Meeting 4/6

Council Meeting 4/13

3/10 Fish Fry

Grand Knights CornerBrother Knights

I hope you are having a great lent so far. Our

council sure has had a great and busy one so far.

Thanks to everyone to has helped out with all of

our meals. The pasta dinner was a great

success, serving over 100 people, and we made

a great impression on the State officers that

were there. And thanks to those hardy soles

who cooked pancakes at 4am on Mardi Gras.

Then we have our fish fries, our largest fund

raiser of the year. The first fish fry went well,

and we’re already in the black. We still have 5

more fish fries to go, so we’ll still need lots of

help every week. And remember to invite

anyone and everyone to come, the more money

we make the more we can do for our church and

community.

AED PurchaseAt the Pasta Dinner in Feb, the council

presented Father with two checks for

AED’s. Our council purchased a

complete AED for the church for $1,352.

The Conifer Newcomers donated $1,000

to buy a 2nd AED for the parish hall.

Our council made up the balance and

donated an extra $352 so Father could

buy both units at the same time. Look

for them soon at the church!

Father is also working towards hosting a

training class for parishioners on how to

use these new AED’s.

Star Council AwardFor the 2015-2016 fraternal year, 14479

earned our first ever Star Council Award.

Knight of the Year 2016Congratulation to Lyle Dierks for winning our

council’s Knight of the Year award for 2016!

Lyle has been a big help at our meals in the

kitchen as Doyle and Tom’s assistant chef and

with cleanup. We usually don’t see Lyle

upstairs during our meals because he’s always

working hard down in the kitchen. Lyle also

helps with maintenance work around the parish

including installing the church’s new security

system.

Lyle was Knight of the Month last March for his

work for our 2016 Lent fish fries. The Knight of

the Year award comes also comes with a $50

check, and the Trustees will coerce you into

being a council officer.

3/10 Fish Fry

3/17 Fish Fry

3/24 Fish Fry

3/31 Fish Fry

4/7 Fish Fry

4/15 Easter

4/29 Confirmation Pancake

breakfast

4/30 5th Sunday Rosary

I’d also like to especially encourage those of you

who are unable to make it to our meetings or

other events, to come and help for at least one

of our fish fries this lent

Finally, you’ve all probably heard of the passing

of Father Tim’s father. I’d like to thank everyone

who took the time to attend the wake and

funeral. We had a good turnout and Father

appreciated the support from the Knights.

So let’s continue our march on to Easter, and

make this the best lent it can be.

Doyle

Grand Knight

Knight of the Month

Feb – Tom Oliver

Knight of the YearLyle Dierks

earned our first ever Star Council Award.

At the Feb Pasta Dinner, our State

Deputy Jim Caffrey with our District

Deputy Dick Thomas presented the

award to our Grand Knight Doyle.

We’re close to achieving this award for

the 2nd year running, we’re only two

new insurance members short. Contact

our council’s insurance field agent Dave

Trenton if you’d like to help our council

get Star Council.

Council Website and FacebookCheck out our new council website and

facebook page.

www.kofcconifer.wordpress.com

Let us know if you have something to post,

it can be anything relating to the Knights

or the Church in general. Contact Brian

O’Reilly or Dave Verlindi.

And remember to Like us!

Funeral for George GainsThe funeral for George Francis Gains was held 2/27, Father

Tim’s father and 4th degree Knight. Thanks to all the Knights

who took time on a Monday to attend the funeral mass. Our

4th degree assembly provided

a large Honor Guard and

pallbearers to send off

Brother George Gains.

The prayers and support of all

the Knights of the council and

assembly are with you Father,

and your family.

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MembershipHelp Recruit New Members!

It’s every Knights job to help the council grow by recruiting,

and all of our fish fries are great opportunities to show

parishioners what we do and encourage them to join the

Knights.

It’s everyone job to get out and recruit! We still need one

Pasta DinnerOur annual pasta dinner was a big hit! We passed out checks to our 5

local schools’ special needs programs and to our local ARC. In addition

to a packed house, we also had the State Tootsie Roll Chairman and our

State Deputy in attendance. We took in a total of $900 for the meal!

Thanks to everyone who helped make it a success by helping out or just

coming to eat! Especially our clean-up crew! Our chefs were

exhausted by the end of the day and were thrilled to see the kitchen

already cleaned by the time they finished eating.

Food BitesFood Bites

1st Degree Team

The 1st Degree Team continues rehearsals, but we still need a

few more Knights as understudies. If you’re interested in

being a part of our 1st degree team contact Dick Thomas at RKTHOMAS@Q.COM. The team meets for rehearsal at

5:30pm before the monthly council business meeting.

There’s no obligation to attend every rehearsal or 1st degree.

Upcoming Major Degrees2nd and 3rd Degree

May 20th St Mary, Littleton

4th Degree

Apr 29th St Joan of Arc, Arvada

June 24th St Frances Cabrini, Littleton

It’s everyone job to get out and recruit! We still need one

more new member to meet our annual quota.

We also still need two more insurance members to fulfill our

quota to earn our Star Council award for the 2nd year running.

Knights’ ClassroomArchive of Worthy Lecturer Mark Graas’s recent presentations:

�The original Lord’s Prayer

http://www.thenazareneway.com/lords_prayer.htm

�The Eucharistic Miracle of Buenos Aires youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXkVlTXTVBs

�Science Proves Shroud Is Jesus BEST NEW VIDEO!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MMOAV-xYFs

�Angels (Part 1, 2) - Archbishop Fulton Sheen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW7Ti9bkqi8

Shrove Tues Pancake BreakfastWe kicking off our Mardi Gras partying with our annual shrove

Tuesday free pancake breakfast for the Parish. Our chefs came in at

4am, and we served about 50 parishioners by 8am. Sharron also handed

out Mardi Gras beads to all.

Fish FriesWe have now officially

begun our lent fish fry

series! At our first fish fry

we served 60 parishioners

and had two dozen also

attend stations. We have 5

more fish fries to go.