Our meetings are
held at Saint Joseph Church located at 2935 Kingston Rd, York Pa.
The Officers'
Meeting is the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm.
The General
Meeting is the third Tuesday of each month. Rosary begins at 6:30 pm.
The meeting starts at 7:00 pm.
We invite you to
join our council if you are a practical Catholic male who is 18 or over.
Please contact one of the officers listed below or pick up an application in the
lobby of St. Joseph's Church, York.
GRAND KNIGHT’S CORNER (July 2014)
Greeting Brother Knights,
Let me welcome you to a new fraternal year. I want to start by expressing my
thanks for your support in electing me as your Grand Knight for the 2014-2015
fraternal year. I look forward to working with you to make this an outstanding
year for our Council. I also want to extend my appreciation to our
immediate Past Grand Knight, Paul Shellenberger, and all of the officers from
2013-2014, for their steadfast work and endless energy to deliver services to
our St. Joseph Parish and community.
The start of the new year is a time to reflect on what we have accomplished this
past year, but more important by what we hope to achieve in the future. As I
have thought about what our Council has done and where we are going, it is clear
the strength of our organization, the spirit that keeps us together, is that we
are a Fraternity of Service. As we go forward this year, I want us to focus on
what being a Fraternity of Service means and how we can strengthen this spirit.
As a Knight and member of Council #6353, we have a responsibility to be an
active part of the Council activities. What is this spirit that brings us
together? The first part of this spirit that unifies us as Brothers Knights is
that we are a fraternity, a unified Catholic band of brothers who come together
to provide the spiritual, personal and social support for one another. In this
fraternal year, we should continue to strive to bring in new members, but also
to develop the opportunities that will encourage our existing members to be an
active part of our organization.
I implore each Knight of Council #6353 to review the activities of the Council
over the next twelve months and to select an activity you would like to be a
part of. How about offering no less than 4 hours of your time over the course of
a year to assist in providing a service to St. Joseph Church and the community
with your Brother Knights in the Council? Our monthly meeting occurs the third
Tuesday of each month, starting at 6:30 pm with the rosary and followed by our
business meeting beginning at 7:00 pm in the St. Pio room. Our current
activities include praying the rosary, to end abortion, selling fruit tickets in
November, selling football tickets in October, helping at the Council's Carnival
booth, selling chicken barbecue tickets, support at the Annual Yard Sale, Annual
"Cruise for a Knight" event, etc. You can help your Brother Knights and
transform your life. These activities are necessary to support our real gifts to
the our community. Remember as a Knight, you have the opportunity to support
your parish, give back to your community and increase your faith. We need your
mind and energy to develop programs and activities that serve those in need. We
welcome and encourage your new ideas for activities; please call on any one of
the officers or me to share your suggestions. If you are new to the Council, or
if you just haven't been able to attend many meetings, let us know what would
inspire you to be a more active member of our Council. We can only make our
Fraternity of Service stronger if we are providing the experiences that are most
interesting and relevant to our members.
Can't leave you without saying something about 2014 Retreat at Malvern Retreat
House St. Joseph's in the Hills. Please, Please start planning today to join
your Brother Knights for 2015 Mid May. Our sincere thank you to Lou Cedrone and
Joe Spangler for their efforts making our weekend spiritual and blessed. What
can I say, you only must attend one year and you are booked for life.
Thank s to Charles Krause for bringing together a team of Brother Knights to
raise funds for ARC. We can always use a helping hand Thursday Nights at
St. Joseph Church Bingo Events, one of our major fund raisers. Thank you to
those who work at this event weekly.
1st Degree July 15th
New Officers August 19th
Fund Raisers:
Yard Sale August 28th
St. Joseph Scholarships by June 10th
C O A L Tickets
Football Tickets
God Bless Us All,
William (Bill ) A. Schreiber, Grand Knight
Newsletter Coordinator Report (July 2014)
The first of our principles is Charity: Our Catholic faith teaches us to “
Love thy neighbor as thyself “. Members of the Knights of Columbus show love by
conducting food drives and donating the food to local soup kitchens and food
pantries, by volunteering at Special Olympics, and by supporting , both
spiritually and mentally, mothers who chose life for their babies. Knights
recognize that our mission , and our faith in God compel us to action. There is
no better way to experience love and compassion than to help those in need , a
call we answer every day. These are just a few examples of how we give to our
church and community. ***** This is our first principal. How are we living it??
Brother knights, we have a first degree scheduled for July 15th at 6:00. We ask
all Knights to attend and welcome new members into our order. A tie and jacket
is preferred order of dress. If you recruited and are a sponsor of an incoming
knight , please attend . The first degree will be prior to our meeting and
following the degree the new Knights will be able to attend their first meeting.
There will be no Rosary on that evening.
Other Degree upcoming will be:
A first and second on August 3 at St. Rose School starting at 1:00
The third degree TBD
The Fourth Degree April 12, 2015 at the Holiday Inn Grantville.
New officer installation will be August 19th at our regular meeting. Coat and
tie preferred. Wives or significant other are invited as they will participate
in the ceremony. There will be refreshments after. There will be no formal K of
C meeting. All incoming officers are to be at the church by 6:30 PM. All other
brother Knights are asked to come to show your support of your new leadership.
Your New elected officers :
Grand Knight------------------Bill Screiber
Deputy Grand Knight-------- George Jahn
Chaplain----------------------TBD
Financial Secretary---------- Wayne Kurek
Chancellor--------------------George Burke
Recorder----------------------Pat Workinger
Treasurer---------------------Bill Fullerton
Warden------------------------Charles Holdorf
Lecturer----------------------Charles Krause
Advocate----------------------Don Desslyn
Inside Guard -----------------Dick Lyko
Outside Guard---------------- Ken Witmer
Trustee 3 year----------------Paul Shellenberger
2 year----------Jack O’Malley
1 year Frank Burkhardt
St. Joseph Yard Sale will be August 30. This id Labor Day weekend. Please plan
to attend and help brother knights make this a success. We will be selling food
again this year. In Addition the K of C will be helping with Parking.
Baptism’s For July and August:
Pat Workinger------------- July 6 at 1:45
Bill Screiber----------------July 20 at 1:45
Charles Krause------------ August 2nd at the 5:00 PM Mass
Chris Walsh---------------- August 3rd at the 10:30 Mass
Jim Boyle------------------- August 3rd at 1:45 PM
George Jahn--------------- August 17th at 1:45
Adoration Schedule:
Shay Cole--------------------July 5
Glen Falatovich------------- July 12
Robert Bertuccio----------- July 19
Joe Halza--------------------July 26
Jack O’Malley--------------- August 2
Bert Grentz------------------August 9
Jim Boyle--------------------August 16
Pat Workinger--------------- August 23
Jaroslam Smolinski-------- August 30.
Baseball for Babies will be August 17.
See attached Flyer.
This Fundraiser benefits The Pregnancy and Resource center
York Revolution vs Bridgeport Bluefish
Upcoming Meetings
Next officer------------July 1
General----------July 15 with First Degree
District Deputy Meeting—July 28
Officer------------August 5
General----------August 19 with Installation of Officers
Respectfully submitted
Pat Workinger
Newsletter coordinator
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