The Knights Tale

Davis Lambright Council #4101 Fort Worth, Texas Newsletter for July 2017

Grand Knight’s Report To My fellow Officers and Members of Council 4101

I wanted all members to know what a great honor it is to serve as your next Grand Knight. There is a lot of work and projects to be completed in the next year, and with your loyal support, of which I’m confident of, all will be completed.

I want to encourage all Officers, program directors and members, especially

new members, to get involved with your council. If we all work together, we

can have a very successful year.

I want to thank the Past Grand Knight, Lorenzo Mendez Jr., for his support and guidance during the

transition period. I also want to thank SK George Zizzo for his support. I requested many things from

him; they were handled professionally and without any hesitation. Thank you very much.

James N Shehan Jr

Grand Knight

Meeting Change This month’s business meeting has been moved from July 4 to July 11.

Pope Francis: Teamwork and fair play needed off the field as well as on (this story originally appeared on June 21)

Pope Francis welcomed a contingent from the Pro Football Hall of Fame to the Vatican on Wednesday for what the Hall calls the first such meeting for an American sports organization.

The group, which included Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Hall of Famers Curtis Martin, Chris Doleman, Ronnie Lott, Jim Taylor, Franco Harris and Floyd Little, presented Pope Francis with a Hall of Fame jersey and a gold helmet. The pontiff opened his remarks with thanks to the group and a joke about being a lifelong fan of what much of the rest of the world calls football before moving on to share what he thinks society can learn from football.

“Teamwork, fair play and the pursuit of personal excellence are the values — in the religious sense, we can say virtues — that have guided your own commitment on the field,” Pope Francis said. “Yet these same values are urgently needed off the field, on all levels of our life as a community. They are the values that help build a culture of encounter, in which we anticipate and meet the needs of our brothers and sisters, and combat the exaggerated individualism, indifference and injustice that hold us back from living as one human family. How greatly our world needs this culture of encounter!”

Doleman called meeting Pope Francis “one of those life-changing moments” and Jones called it “magnificent” to have the pontiff “recognize pro football.”

4 cardinals press pope to clarify divorce-remarriage stand (this story originally appeared on June 21)

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Four conservative cardinals who publicly questioned Pope Francis' opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics are pressing their case and arguing that the issue is dividing the Catholic Church.

In a new letter, the cardinals ask Francis for an audience, noting he never responded to their written request for clarification in September.

Francis published "Joy of Love" last year, opening the door to letting civilly remarried Catholics receive Communion. Church teaching says these Catholics must either obtain an annulment of their first marriage or abstain from sex, if they want to receive Communion.

Since then, bishops and bishops' conferences around the world have issued different interpretations of what Francis wrote. More conservative bishops have reaffirmed traditional church teaching on the indissolubility of marriage; others have taken Francis' opening and gone further. The bishops of Malta, for example, said sometimes it might be "humanly impossible" for the new couple to abstain from sex.

In the new letter, published by the blog of veteran Vatican journalist Sandro Magister, the cardinals lamented: "How painful it is to see this — that what is sin in Poland is good in Germany, that what is prohibited in the archdiocese of Philadelphia is permitted in Malta."

"Faced with this grave situation, in which many Christian communities are being divided, we feel the weight of our responsibility, and our conscience impels us to ask humbly and respectfully for an audience," said the letter, dated May 6 and signed by Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, emeritus archbishop of Bologna, on behalf of the other three.

Francis hasn't responded, though he has made clear that he wants his church to show a more merciful and less rigid face for Catholics facing difficult family situations. That said, on Wednesday he made clear that marriage is forever.

In his weekly Wednesday catechism lesson, Francis noted that the nuptial Mass invokes the help of saints to help newlyweds live as a married couple forever. "Not like some say 'as long as love lasts.' No: Forever! Otherwise it's better to not get married. Either forever or nothing," he said.

We Have A Chaplain!!!

On June 8, 2017, Bishop Olson officially appointed Fr. Manuel Holguin as the Chaplain for our Council.

Also in June, Fr. Manuel celebrated 5 years of being an ordained priest. Congrats!

Installation Ceremony for the 2017-2018 Officers

On June 11, 2017, an Installation Ceremony was

held at St. Peter’s to install the officers of our Council for the 2017-2018 fraternal year. The

event was catered by Spring Creek BBQ.

Also at the Installation Ceremony, the following awards were given for the previous year:

Knight Of The Year – Jack McGeough Family Of The Year – Bill & Connie Mechura

Birthdays 1st Carlos Villanueva 4th Bobby Vanden 5th Bill Barrett 6th Lonnie Brown Esa Garcia 7th Raymond Haney 8th Orencio Zamarippa

9th Stanley Schneider 16th Daniel Andrjeski 18th Daniel Fitzgerald 20th Alejandro Castro, Jr. 22nd Robert Martinez 24th Bertram Mullan 31st Peter Gilson

Prayer Requests All military personnel, Police, Fire, & EMTs Katalaia Briseno Pauline White David Lopez Marcella Martinez Ray Martinez Dora Simpson Shehan Family Jeannette Emery Gary Nollar Valerie Johnson Johnny Johnson

Repose of Souls All military personnel lost in past and present conflicts Linda Siebold Joe Mendez Ramon Mendez Clarence Phillip James Shehan, Sr. Georgia Shehan Fr. Jim Pemberton Lucy Johnson

Upcoming Events July 2 – Welcome Sunday July 4 – Independence Day August 6 – Welcome Sunday and Blood Drive August 12 – Fr. McGivney’s Birthday August 15 – Assumption Day

Meetings Business Meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of every month and Planning Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month, both at 7:30pm in the KofC Hall located at the back of the church property.

Membership If there are any changes to your address, phone number, etc., please notify the Financial Secretary at zizzog@sbcglobal.net or by calling 817-249-2637.

Get noticed… Our Membership Director has advised all current members of Council #4101 to wear their plastic name badges to church and all Knights functions, especially ones where we interact with the public. This will gain much needed visibility for our organization. If you don’t have a badge, please contact the Financial Secretary for information on how to obtain one.

There’s An App for that… Having trouble remembering the Mysteries and various prayers of the Holy Rosary. There are numerous apps to help guide you through saying the Rosary available for download to your mobile device. Try one out today!

Council Officers for the 2017-18 Fraternal Year Chaplain

Fr. Manuel Holguin

Grand Knight Jim Shehan, Jr.

Deputy Grand Knight

Jack McGeough, Jr.

Chancellor George Aurelio

Recorder

David Siebold

Financial Secretary George Zizzo

Treasurer

Adrian Romero, Sr.

Lecturer & Advocate Dick Arena

Warden

Dave Kaczmarski

Inside Guard Nick Siebold

Outside Guard Bobby Vanden

3 Year Trustee

Lorenzo Mendez, Jr.

2 Year Trustee Brad Ekstrom

1 Year Trustee

John Woelry, Jr.

Directors & Committee Leaders Membership Director & Retention Chairman

Robert Martinez

Recruitment Committee 1 (Unassigned)

Recruitment Committee 2

(Unassigned)

Recruitment Committee 3 (Unassigned)

Insurance Promotion

(Unassigned)

Culture of Life Chairman Brad Ekstrom

Program Director

Jack McGeough, Jr.

Church Director Brad Ekstrom

Vocations Director

(Unassigned)

Community Director Adrian Romero, Sr.

Council Director & Health Services Chairman

Jim Shehan, Jr.

Family Director Dave Kaczmarski

Youth Director & Columbian Squires

Dennis Jettun

Public Relations Director Nick Siebold