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Brother Knights,

A continued thank you to all of you for doing what you do! Happy Belated Independence Day to all of you! I hope everyone had a safe and joyful Fourth of July. With many Knights and

their families taking vacations this month I also wish you all a safe, happy summer with your families.

First off a big thank you to Andy Robinson for the use of his house and property for our officer installation. It was well attended

and as you will see from the pictures, it was a beautiful day. Its official, you’re all stuck with me for another year!

Get ready Knights because here we go. Once again its fair time! As you all know this is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and

will set the tone for the budget and ministries we can support next year. Please be as generous with your time as you can, and

get out to the fairgrounds to help in the fish shack and Kirk Hall. As of a few short days ago we only have 54% of the slots filled,

so please get out and grab an extra slot or two so we can make this fair a success! Don’t forget wives are greatly appreciated

and always welcome as well.

Also, keep Reece’s roundup in mind this coming weekend, July 30. As you know Jeff Rubino is a Brother Knight, so we will do

everything we can to support his son Reece and his family with this important fundraising event. Please help out the Rubino’s

and have a good time this Saturday doing it.

Also look at the activities section later in the newsletter, and at the calendar on the website for all event information.

www.kofc8909.org

You are all a hardworking bunch, and for that I thank you, and I am sure our Lord will bless you for your charity of time and talent

during this busy activity season.

Vivat Jesus!

Cal Weatherly

Grand Knight

St Francis of Assisi Council 8909

www.kofc8909.org July 2016 Newsletter

Knights of Columbus Council 8909 – P.O. Box 2316, Castle Rock, CO 80104 St. Francis of Assisi Church, Castle Rock, CO 80104

Grand Knight’s Corner by Cal Weatherly

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Referrals Requested

Officer Installation

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St. Francis Men’s Ministry Corn Hole Tourney

CALLING ALL KNIGHTS!

Robert Kidd is in need of Corn Hole

Boards and Bags for the first Corn Hole

Tournament sponsored by our council.

If any of you have a set of Corn Hole

Boards and Bags that Robert could

borrow between August 22nd - August

29th please let him know via email ASAP

(robert.s.kidd@gmail.com).

If you have any questions or would like

to help out with the tournament please

contact me via email or call my

cell (720-917-5151).

Thank You Brother Knights!

As most of you will have seen in the weekly bulletin, there is an active Men’s Ministry here at St. Francis. The theme of the ministry is Men Strive

to be Saints, and it’s mission is to help men of every generation to strive harder to know Jesus, learn about his mission and teachings, and understand how we are all called daily to accept the Grace of The Holy Spirit in our lives. By doing so we will become better versions of ourselves, and by learning how to give control to Christ, we will actually be empowered by The Holy Spirit to become better husbands, parents, children, siblings, workers, and every other role we play in the world today. We meet weekly at 6:00 am on Friday’s in Assisi Hall. There is a half hour video presentation followed by 20 minutes of small group table talk. We break just in time for 7:00 am Mass or to go about the rest of your Friday. We’d love to see every Knight participate. All are welcome! For more information see the weekly bulletin or contact one of the core team members of Matt Coyne, Dom Cingoranelli, Mick Harper, Jeff Bennis, Andy Kilman, or Kevin Zink

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DC Fair Concession Mtgs -2nd

Wednesday of Month @ St. Francis of Assisi 7:00 pm

Monthly Council Meeting @ St. Francis of Assisi 7:00 pm

Reece’s Roundup @ Butterfield Park - http://www.reecesroundup.com

July 30 – Aug 7 - Douglas County Fair Concessions – Sign Up Genius for Shifts

Douglas County Parade

Special Olympics August 6 Lakewood – Contact Hick Harper

Monthly Council Meeting @ St. Francis of Assisi 7:00 pm

Family Bean Bag Tournament – 6 am North End of Founders Field – Contact Robert Kidd

October 14-16 Knights Annual Retreat @ Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House

Council 8909 Calendar of Events – Check Website for More Info

We have many Knights and family members that need your prayers. Please keep the following Knights, family members,

and friends in your prayers during their time of need.

Repose of the Soul

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• P.A. Shafer • M.E.Shafer • Sean Shafer • Tom Beeler • Eva Onda • Mandy Onda • Reece Rubino • Leonard & Barbara Zink • Grady Rusignola • Lillian Cucarola • Tom & Bill Robinson • Jeff Tarr • Andy Muniz • Ann Richards • Bea Kidd • Tracy Riedel • Deacon Tom Liotta

Prayers for those in need

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Knights of Columbus, Council 8909 Minutes of General Council Meeting

June 22, 2016 7:08 pm

1. General Meeting called to order by GK, Cal Weatherly at 7:08 PM. Roll Call, absent officers: Deputy Grand Knight (excused), Treasurer (excused), Lecturer, Trustee 2

nd Year (excused, Trustee 1

st Year (excused). May Meeting

Minutes were approved as published. Chaplin Report Deacon Jake briefed the Council on the Fortnight for Freedom Rosary to be held after the 9:30am Mass on Sunday, June 26

th in Assisi Hall. The U.S. Bishops are placing the

emphasis on Religious freedom rights as set out in the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the attempts at

abridgement of these rights by various political forces in recent years. The “Patriotic Rosary” will be offered with a focus on 6 threats to Religious freedom: 1. HHS mandate for sterilization, contraception, and abortion inducing drugs, 2. Penalties on Catholic foster care and adoption services, 3. State laws forbidding Christian charity and pastoral care to immigrants, 4. Discrimination against small church congregations by barring them from renting public buildings for church services, 5. Discrimination against Catholic humanitarian services based on their refusal to provide or refer for contraceptive and abortion services in violation of Catholic teaching. 6. Denial of student organization status for Christian based groups on college campus. Applications and Admissions Financial Secretary, Alex Onda reported that we have 4 pending applications to be voted on in our next meeting, Charles Wennogle, Larry Cardman, Bill Langhe, Kyle O’Donnell. Grand Knight Report – Sunday, June 26

th is set for officer installation at Andy Robinson’s house.

Arrive at 11:30 am to set up for the installation and dinner. Bring a covered dish to share. Kids can swim in the pool but must be supervised as there will be no lifeguard on duty. The DC Fair is near (move in and set up on 7/27/16 and Fair starts on 7/30/16) and we need to get fully staffed up now! Special Olympics and Reece’s Roundup are in the same approximate time frame as the DC Fair so it is a very busy time for us and we need all hands on deck! Dean Rushing will coordinate our Fair Parade participation on August 6

th. Treasurers Report Checking balance as of 5/31/16 is

$52,760 and, due to low operating expenses, we are $8,000 positive to Budget. Financial Secretary Report Three checks presented for approval: Supplies $64.75, Chamber of Commerce renewal $ 325.00 and 5

th Sunday Rosary feed

$195.85. There are 64 members in arrears for dues payment (7 at 5yrs, 9 at 4yrs, 7 at 3yrs, 11 at 2yrs and 30 at 1 year). Chancellor Report No Report. Committees Report Fred Aesquivel reported that 28% of the DC Fair time slots have been filled. No volunteers have signed up for the cleanup time slots. On the Bean Bag Tournament, Rob Kidd reported that we are waiting for the insurance coverage to clear for the event and we have applied for a permit to serve food. The event will be held at Founders on 8/27/16. Need members to donate the Boards, as 80 total Boards will be needed. Jason Faylor reported that Reece’s Roundup is set for July 30

th and that about 26 Knights are needed to staff the event.

Plan to arrive at 5:30 am – 6:00 am for set up work. Jason needs input on the dates for the 2017 DC Fair so that the Rubino family can avoid a conflict in scheduling next year. Steve Gottula has scheduled the “Shroud of Turin” program for 4/4/17 -4/6/17 and he donated $1,000 of his own money to secure the dates. Alex Onda reported that 16 Sir Knights were on hand at Ave Maria for the ordination of Sean McCann and 21 Sir Knights participated in the Memorial Day honor guard at Parker Cemetery. The “Hike to Help Homeless Veterans” was well attended and several opportunities for improvement were identified for future events. Bart Keller reported that 6 Knights were on hand to cook for and serve about 100 kids at the VBS lunch. One student, Jeffery Jensen, met all the requirements for the Knights Scholarship program. Gary Craven announced that the Knights Annual Retreat will be at Sacred Heart Jesuit Retreat House from 10/14/16 – 10/16/16 and will concentrate on the 4 Degrees of Knighthood - Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. 4th Degree Report Installation Dinner on 6/10/16 – Todd Chwialkowski is new Worthy Navigator. The 4

th degree picnic will

be held in August. Field Agent Report No Report. District Deputy Report No Report. Grand Knight Prayer Grand Knight, Cal Weatherly invoked the prayer for all Knights of Columbus.

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Wish the following brothers a happy birthday if you see them.

Michael Kilman

Timothy Bradley

Wayne Turner

Jason Curl

Richard Dinkel

Gary Clement

Jeffrey Neuman

Shannon Segall

David Carney

Matthew Coyne

Jason Breed

Ronald Cihak

Aaron Alwell

Michael Townsend

Garry Lawrenz

D. Scott Newbauer

Emmanue Gabel

Henry Carabelli

John Hammett

James Styers

Kenneth Hall

Raymond Schieferecke

Michael Zahn

Ron Van Bruwaene

Jeff Bailey

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July Birthdays

• Chaplain

Deacon Jacob Shafer • District Deputy

John Lynn 303-723-5287 home 303-888-3367 cell johnlynnsemail@gmail.com

• Grand Knight Calvin Weatherly • Deputy Grand Knight Dean Rushing • Chancellor

Leonard Churchill

• Recorder Ed Coleman

• Financial Secretary Alex Onda FinancialSecretary@kofc8909.org

• Treasurer Matthew Alderman

• Lecturer Dominic Cingoranelli

• Advocate Rick Dinkel

• Warden Robert Kidd

• Inside Guard Fred Aesquivel

• Outside Guard Mick Harper

• Trustee 1 Year John Hayes

• Trustee 2 Years Todd Chwialkowski

• Trustee 3 Years Matthew Basalla

• Membership Director Richard Eddy 303-814-0165 home 303-910-0170 cell r.eddy@yahoo.com

• Council Shirts/Caps Alex Onda

• Insurance Representative Jayme Sanford 720 384 6090 Jayme.sanford@KOFC.org

• Newsletter/Website Kevin Zink 303 884 7871 zinkev99@gmail.com

Council 8909 Contacts

God gave us the gift of life. It is up to

us to give ourselves the gift of living

well.

~ Voltaire

July Wedding Anniversaries

Joseph & Susan Castellano

Javier & Sarah Hoggard

Andrew & Danielle Storevik

George & Carol Rider

Zig & Diane Gadziala

Donald & Christine Billings

Timothy & Rosemary Kilzer

Joseph & Bonnie Sajczuk

Hal & Miki Goldwire

Patrick & Candice Brannan

Wayne & June Turner

Kent & Judy Frueh

Larry & Cindy Callin

Matthew & Lisa Basalla

Raymond & Carmel Devlin

Greg & Ann Marie Ursetta

John & Coleen Berens

Patrick & Jacqueline Searle

Ted & Lisa Manzanares

Glenn & Nicole Thibault

Kevin & Karen Zink

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May the good Lord see and bless you on your anniversary day. May he always be your companion and guide you on your way. ~ Unknown

Happy Anniversary to our brothers who were married in July!