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COUNCIL

#10243

COUNCIL OFFICERS Chaplain Fr. Mark

Vander Steeg

Grand Knight Robert Kulesa 715-853-2007

Deputy Grand Knight Wes Swisher 920-265-1200

Financial Secretary Rick Noe

920-468-3194

Treasurer Mike Vanden Busch

920-655-8625

Recorder Kelly Watzka 920-366-0674

Chancellor

Mike Lamere

Warden Terry Van Lieshout

Advocate Ken Sevcik

Inside Guard Gerry Piontek

Outside Guard

David Garthwaite

Lecturer Terry Misfeldt

Trustee 1st Year

Tom Capelle

Trustee 2nd Year Rob Rivera

Trustee 3rd Year

Richard Balch

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COUNCIL HONOREES

Knight of the Month Family of the Month Joe Mastalir Mike & Mary Delvaux

WEB LINKS

K of C Council 10243 www.kofc10243.org

K of C State K of C Supreme www.wikofc.com www.kofc.org

GRAND KNIGHT

Newsletter Editor—Wesley Swisher Page 1 September 2017

NEXT MEETING IS:

Thursday September 21,

2017 7PM,

Preceded by a Rosary.

9/16 Jonathan Juckem 9/18 Thomas Marquardt 9/21 Roger Shaha 9/22 Rev Michael Seis 9/22 Jennifer (Wesley) Swisher 9/22 Grant Turner 9/23 Bill Bartelme 9/23 Marilyn (Bill) Waerzeggers 9/24 Joseph Mastalir 9/24 Rev. Mark Vander Steeg 9/26 David Carew 9/26 Fay (+James) Janssen 9/27 Sue (+Tim Kloida) Harper 9/27 Robert Wirth 9/30 Jed Schacht 10/01 Barbara (Doug) LaFrombois 10/01 Robert Last 10/02 Daniel Barrington 10/03 Roy C Johnson 10/07 Kay (Patrick) Ellis 10/09 Robert DeGrave 10/10 Randall Schmitz

9/21 Richard & Mary Noe 9/22 Jason & Mary Vandermause 9/24 Gary & Roxanne Nimmer 9/27 Vince & Amy Michalski 10/01 Forest & Catherine Faufau 10/01 Joseph & Lisa Mastalir 10/01 Timothy & Susan Nixon 10/07 Bill & Sandy Bartelme 10/09 Ordination – Deacon John Laurant

BIRTHDAYS

ANNIVERSARIES

Newsletter Editor—Wesley Swisher Page 2 September 2017

Norbert J Grenchik K of C Insurance Field Agent

CONTACT ME - LETS TALK

(W) (715) 330-5178 or (C) (920) 421-1032

Email Norbert.grenchik@kofc.org 8563 S. Highland,

Fish Creek, WI 54212

2017 Officer Installation

Newsletter Editor—Wesley Swisher Page 3 September 2017

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sep 19, 2017 – Council Officer’s Meeting – Tuesday at 6:30 PM at the home of Wes Swisher, 318 N Van Bu-ren St, Green Bay, WI 54301. Sep 21, 2017 – Council Meeting/Rosary – Thursday at 7:00 PM at Bishop Hall, St. Bernard Parish preceded by a Rosary. Sep 26, 2017 – Recruitment Dinner – Tuesday at 6:00 PM at Mackinaws. Bring a prospect and the council will pay for your prospect’s meal. $15 per person. Oct 17, 2017 – Council Officer’s Meeting – Tuesday at 6:30 PM at the home of Wes Swisher, 318 N Van Bu-ren St, Green Bay, WI 54301. Oct 19, 2017 – Council Meeting/Rosary – Thursday at 7:00 PM at Bishop Hall, St. Bernard Parish preceded by a Rosary. Oct 28, 2017 - 4th Degree Exemplification, Sacred Heart College and Seminary, Franklin, WI. Get your can-didates ready now! Please advise the Faithful Navigator of your candidates as soon as possible. You will be advised of changes in candidate uniforms as soon as the District Master informs us. Nov 11, 2017 – Booyah Vegi Cutting – Saturday 8:00 AM at the kitchen, St. Bernard School. Nov 12, 2017 – Booyah Sales – Sunday starting at 7:00 AM at the hallway outside of Bishop Hall, St. Ber-nard Parish. Nov 13, 2017 – First Degree Exemplification – Monday at 7:00PM at Bishop Hall. Have candidates arrive by 6:45PM. Dec 19, 2017 – Council Officer’s Meeting – Tuesday at 6:30 PM at the home of Wes Swisher, 318 N Van Bu-ren St, Green Bay, WI 54301. Dec 21, 2017 – Council Meeting/Christmas Social – Thursday at 6:00 PM at Bishop Hall, St. Bernard Parish Christmas Social to follow meeting.

Newsletter Editor—Wesley Swisher Page 4 September 2017

Knights of Columbus Council 10243 Meeting Minutes for August 17, 2017 Call to Order by DGK Wes Swisher at 7:20 P.M. Meeting was preceded by a Rosary Opening prayer for the intentions of the Council: – Brothers let us now invoke the divine blessing by reciting the Opening Prayer on the prayer cards Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call of Officers: Chaplain Fr. Mark Vander Steeg, Treasurer Mike Vanden Busch, GK Bob Kulesa, Recorder Kelly Watzka, Lecturer Terry Misfeldt, Outside Guard David Garthwaite, Trustee 1st year Tom Capelle were all excused. Advocate Ken Sevcik and Trustee 3rd year Richard Balch is absent. Tonight’s attendance: 13 Chaplain’s Report: None District Deputy Report: Our own Brother Grillo discussed the multi-council installation at the Woods on 8/28. State Secretary Jack Wrbanich will be in attendance along with Council 16333 and Council 4505. During the DD training weekend, they agreed to host a monthly DD conference call “Huddle” and the first one will be this Sunday. This will help to get updates out to everyone quicker. 1st degree (multi-council) is set for Sept. 11th. Please try to attend if possible. He also discussed that he motioned SS Jack Wrbanich to include consistency in the Lectur-er’s report so that each council has the portion of the same report coming directly from State. He will keep us posted on that. Field Agent Report: The new Field Agent assigned to Our Council is Norbert J Grenchik. His address is 8563 S. Highland, Fish Creek, WI 54212. His office phone i is 715-330-5178. His cell phone i is 920-421-1032. His email is Norbert.grenchik@kofc.org. If anyone needs anything or contact information has changed or if you are looking for insurance, please reach out to Norbert. Minutes: Minutes of last month’s meeting were approved as printed. Membership: None. Grand Knight’s Report: None Treasurer’s Report: Read by Financial Secretary Rick Noe. $2,602.29 in regular account, $7,690.52 in charity account ($5000 set aside for wishes of a single donor). Financial Secretary Report: Read By Financial Secretary Rick Noe – 160 members - 119 associate, 35 insurance, 6 inactive. Money coming in: $13.00 from 50/50 raffle; $40.00 from Coins for Caroline; There is money going out: $100 Approved Charity Donation; $92.55 Food for Summer Social; $597 Annual Insurance payment on equipment; $49.00 Stamps; $100 4 Compass Ads for 2017 As always remember if your contact information has changed, mailing address, email address, or phone number, please let Brother Rick know. Unfinished Business:

• 4th Degree Corner – FN Bob Reich informed members that the next meeting will be September 12th at Wertel’s Tap – 6pm social, 7pm dinner. He also spoke about the new 4th

degree uniform for Honor Guard. The specifics for the uniform are online. The cost is $500 for the uniform however there is a 25% discount if you order before the end of Septem-ber. The 4th degree candidates now have to wear a black suit, white shirt, black shoes and blue tie. The next 4th degree exemplification is on October 28th in Franklin, WI. Location TBD.

• Coins for Caroline – Brothers consider donating any loose change for Sr Caroline to use for bus fare, laundry, etc for the needy. These proceeds are put in $5.00 bags of quarters

along with a Knight’s Logo on the bag so the less fortunate know where the donations are coming from.

• Summer Social – 78 people enjoyed the cooking of brothers LaMere and Watzka. A great time was had by all and the winner of the 50/50 raffle was Jen Swisher $115.

• Advertising in Parish Magazine – Wes will notify Leslie that we cannot financially support this magazine advertising.

• Recruitment Dinner – Tuesday Sept. 26th at 6:00pm at Mackinaws. Cost will be $18/person. Council will pay for all candidates and their spouses. Knights will be responsible for

their and their wives meals. Brother Whitton will be sending emails out to update us. New Business:

• Form Subscription – DD Dan Grillo informed us that Fr Mark is looking for the Knights to pay for a subscription to the Form which is a subscription for books and articles for the

parish. The subscription is $1,800/year. DGK Swisher will follow up with Fr Mark about this.

• First Degree Exemplification Practice – Monday August 21st, 6:30pm in Bishop Hall. We will go through the exemplification twice so all will have a turn in their respective parts.

• Installation of Officers – Will be Monday August 28th at The Woods – 5:30pm social, 6:00pm installation, and 7:00pm dinner. Dinner will be $13/person. Once everything is con-

firmed, DGK Swisher will email out the details.

• Booyah – Set for November 11-12. Sign up to help out to cut veggies on Saturday morning and/or sell booyah on Sunday.

• Reverse Collection – September 16-17. Sign up to help collect and box up at all masses.

• First Degree Exemplification – Monday September 11th at 7pm. Have candidates here by 6:45pm to sign in.

• Trailer Insurance – Discussed the cost of the insurance of $597 to see if we should keep it. Past GKs informed us why we need it since it insures the product of the booyah, cata-

strophic injury, and many other things. They priced it out a few years ago and our rate has stayed the same for the past 3 years which is the cheapest we can get right now. It was decided to keep the insurance.

• Corporate Breakfast/Brunch – Discussed that we should have a brunch at Mackinaw’s after a 10am mass. DGK Swisher will talk with Fr. Mark to see what date would work best.

• Pancake & Porkie Breakfast – Discussed that we should look at doing a P&P breakfast in October. We will talk with Kelly Watzka to help us run it like the Boy Scouts since they are

successful with the one they run and we would like to run it similar to that.

• Columbus Day – October 9th – we discussed that we should do a district wide event. DD Grillo will follow up with us after his conference call “Huddle”

• Semi-Annual Audit – Financial Secretary Noe stated that everything checked out with the audit. There were a few errors in deposits that were now corrected in the charity and

general accounts. Charity Requests: None Knight of the Month: Joe Mastalir Family of the Month: Mike and Mary Delvaux Prayer for Life Cards: Distributed by GK Wes Swisher Lecturer’s Report. Brother Dan Grillo read a verse “The Way”, introducing “Opus Dei” which strives to show men and woman how to live according to Christ in everyday work and life. He then discussed this past weekend’s gospel where Jesus walked on water and asked Peter to do the same. He related it to our lives in how we should not take our eyes off of Jesus and get distracted by the world and its problems and pleasures. When we have proper focus each day, our ways of handling challenges doesn’t carry that negativity and include a positive experi-ence. Refocus your path every single day and see the difference in our lives. He also suggested that if anyone has ideas to share them with the group since we are more powerful as a group to serve in new ways. Good of the Order: None Correspondence: None 50/50 Raffle: Randy Barrett - $13 Next Meeting: Thursday September 21st at 7:00. It will be preceded by a Rosary. Closing Prayer and Adjournment: Closing Prayer on the Prayer Card. Meeting adjourned @ 8:24

Submitted by Michael LaMere