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Page 1 Grand Knight Thomas V. DeMars Deputy Grand Knight Anthony A. Panek Brother Knights There will be no Business Meeting held during December – we will resume with our Business Meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2019 at 6:30pm. Before our Business Meeng in November we welcomed Ryan Heid as our newest Brother to our Council. Pictures of the event are in the newsleer. Please welcome Ryan and help him feel the brotherhood. This past month we unfortunately bid farewell to our Brother and Sir Knight Charles Vincent he will be missed. Please pray for his recepon into the Kingdom of God. Many of our Knight answered the call during the year to volun- teer. I want to congratulate all of you for your service and the results that benefied many. The volunteer acvies covered service to the Church, Council, Community, Fundraising for the Intellectually Disabled, Family, Youth Programs, Coats for Kids Pro- Life and Building the Domesc Church while strengthening our Parish. Well done and a round of applause – lets finish the year strong and kick of the new year of service in the same fashion. Congratulations to our awardees for November 2018; they are shining examples the values of both our Church and the Knights of Columbus. Youth of the Month Angela Mataya Family of the Month The Papineau Family Knight of the Month Kevin Carroll During this time of faith and family, may the true meaning of Christmas fill you with joy. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. Vivat Jesus, Tom DeMars, [email protected], (843)437-1021 Brother Knights, One of the four principles of the Knights of Columbus is charity. Our Council responded to that principle this past month in our efforts to collect coats for kids in need and collecng aſter Masses for our Veterans residing at the Vic- tory House in Walterboro. We collected 32 coats for kids during this drive. Our Coats for Kidsorganizer Andrew Folz delivered those coats to the Dorchester County Chil- drens Advocacy Center. We met with Aaronee Talton and Alexis Aiken of the Advocacy Center who assured us the coats are vitally important and will go to children in need. Knights collected aſter two weekend Masses in November for our Veterans at the Victory House. Overall, it was a wonderful showing of support from our parish in providing undergarments, toiletries, sundry items, reading material, games and over $300 cash for our vets. Lucien Bois- sonneault our Victory House organizer delivered the items. Aſter delivering the coats for kids this past week, I had a thought about this upcoming Advent and Christmas season. As grandparents, parents and family members we purchase many material giſts for the youngsters in our lives. What is the longevity or value of those giſts in the hearts of our youth? What lesson do they learn from the giſt? Maybe this year you purchase a giſt or two for someone in need. Possibly a coat for a child, or a nice story book or a deck of cards. Give the giſt and then make arrangements to deliver the giſts with your grandkids or kids to a homeless shelter to deliver a coat, maybe visit a hospice to read a story to some- one suffering, or visit the Victory House and play a game of cards with a Vet. I bet your grandkid or child will remember that experience more than any material giſt they receive and will gain a true understanding of giving. God Bless and Merry Christmas. Tony Panek, [email protected], 843 330-5449 Council 11910 Shield of Honor December 2018

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Grand Knight

Thomas V. DeMars

Deputy Grand Knight

Anthony A. Panek

Brother Knights

There will be no Business Meeting held during December – we will resume with our Business Meeting on Thursday, January 18, 2019 at 6:30pm.

Before our Business Meeting in November we welcomed Ryan

Heid as our newest Brother to our Council. Pictures of the event

are in the newsletter. Please welcome Ryan and help him feel

the brotherhood.

This past month we unfortunately bid farewell to our Brother and

Sir Knight Charles Vincent he will be missed. Please pray for his

reception into the Kingdom of God.

Many of our Knight answered the call during the year to volun-

teer. I want to congratulate all of you for your service and the

results that benefitted many. The volunteer activities covered

service to the Church, Council, Community, Fundraising for the

Intellectually Disabled, Family, Youth Programs, Coats for Kids Pro-

Life and Building the Domestic Church while strengthening our

Parish. Well done and a round of applause – let’s finish the year

strong and kick of the new year of service in the same fashion.

Congratulations to our awardees for November 2018; they are shining examples the values of both our Church and the Knights of Columbus.

Youth of the Month – Angela Mataya

Family of the Month – The Papineau Family

Knight of the Month – Kevin Carroll

During this time of faith and family, may the true meaning of Christmas fill you with joy. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.

Vivat Jesus,

Tom DeMars, [email protected], (843)437-1021

Brother Knights,

One of the four principles of the Knights of Columbus is charity. Our Council responded to that principle this past month in our efforts to collect coats for kids in need and collecting after Masses for our Veteran’s residing at the Vic-tory House in Walterboro. We collected 32 coats for kids during this drive. Our “Coats for Kids” organizer Andrew Folz delivered those coats to the Dorchester County Chil-dren’s Advocacy Center. We met with Aaronette Talton and Alexis Aiken of the Advocacy Center who assured us the coats are vitally important and will go to children in need. Knights collected after two weekend Masses in November for our Veteran’s at the Victory House. Overall, it was a wonderful showing of support from our parish in providing undergarments, toiletries, sundry items, reading material, games and over $300 cash for our vets. Lucien Bois-sonneault our Victory House organizer delivered the items. After delivering the coats for kids this past week, I had a thought about this upcoming Advent and Christmas season. As grandparents, parents and family members we purchase many material gifts for the youngsters in our lives. What is the longevity or value of those gifts in the hearts of our youth? What lesson do they learn from the gift? Maybe this year you purchase a gift or two for someone in need. Possibly a coat for a child, or a nice story book or a deck of cards. Give the gift and then make arrangements to deliver the gifts with your grandkids or kids to a homeless shelter to deliver a coat, maybe visit a hospice to read a story to some-one suffering, or visit the Victory House and play a game of cards with a Vet. I bet your grandkid or child will remember that experience more than any material gift they receive and will gain a true understanding of giving. God Bless and Merry Christmas.

Tony Panek, [email protected], 843 330-5449

Council 11910 Shield of Honor

December 2018

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Financial Secretary

Joseph F. Gubeli Jr.

Treasurer’s Report David I. Tibbs

Brother Knights, Total Assets of the Council, as of 11/13/18: ASSETS STATEMENT Assets: Checking: $ 4,243.73 Savings: $ 5,077.10 TOTAL: $ 9,320.83 David Tibbs - Treasurer Council 11910 [email protected] 843-330-2004 *** Please note that this balance includes all checks that have been approved, written, cashed, and yet to be cashed.

Brother Knights, Our membership as of the first of December now stands at 171 including 21 Honorary Life Members, 5 Disabled and 11 Inactive Insur-ance members this leaves us with a total of 133 members that pay dues. Important dates to remember in December 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 25th Christmas, and the 31st New Year’s Eve. This is just a re-minder that I will be sending out your council dues this month, our annual dues are $40.00 payable annually or quarterly. Please remember that your council dues are what keeps our council in good stand-ing with the Supreme council. Thank you for your kind attention to this detail –Council have KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS with the Holy Family, cost is $4.00 each if you would like to purchase any of them please either contact me. The next 3rd de-gree will be in Bluffton, SC. at Council 10668 on the 27 of January. If you would like to at-tend these degrees, please let me know be-cause I must inform council 12263 as to how many are attending and provide you with your new membership cards of the 3rd degree. District 5 will be holding a 2nd Degree on 19 January 2019 in Summerville, SC. at Council 6629. If you have any questions, I can be reached at [email protected] or 843-209-6716 also you may contact our Grand Knight Thomas DeMars at 843-757-0889 or

843-209-7475. There will be no Business Meeting held during December. Joseph F. Gubeli Jr., F S Council 11910

Birthdays & Weddings Page 03 Assembly Faithful Navigator Page 03 Community Director Page 04 Kitchen Corner Page 04 Council Recorder Page 04 Degree Team Captain Page 04 District Deputy Page 05 Service Programs Director Page 05 Pot of Gold Page 06 Lecturer’s Report Page 06 Council Chaplain Page 06 Faithful Comptroller Page 07 Columbus HOPE Page 07 Insurance Agent Page 07 Newsletter Editors Page 07 Awards Page 08 Recognition Page 11 Deceased Brothers Page 09 Knights in Action Page 10 Council Officers Directory Page 12

December Calendar of Events

Dec 2 Service Sunday Ministry and Coffee and

Donuts @ St Theresa the Little Flower

Catholic Church

Dec 20 General Business Meeting, 6:30PM @

McManus Hall

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December Birthdays 07 Justin Bond 13 Michael Diewald 16 Robert Keith 18 David McDonnell 21 Edward O'Leary 24 John Passarello 25 Newton Henry 25 Christopher Beumel

December Wedding Anniversaries 07 Anthony & Rebecca Nuzzi 13 Irwan & Sri Dilla Tanu Hidajat 15 David & Paula Griffard 15 Michael & Denise Ellegood 20 Anthony & Kendra Linkowski 28 Chester & Bonnie Lynge

Faithful Navigator Joseph Friend

Sir Knights and Brothers We had our Ladies Appreciation Dinner on Novem-ber 10, 2018 with 32 Sir Knights and their wives in attendance. A good time was had by all. Our couple who had the longest marriage was Sir Knight JW. Garvin and his wife Joan with 60 years. I would like to welcome Sir Knight Mike Underhill to our Assembly as of October 27, 2018 at the 4th Degree Exemplification in Myrtle Beach. If any of you would like to become a Sir Knight please contact myself or our Comptroller Sir Knight Lou Bodony. There will be an upcoming Exemplifi-cation on March 30, 2019 in Fort Mill, South Caroli-na at St. Philip Catholic Church 292 Nunn Road E. Candidate and Banquet Reservations are due by March 16, 2019. Our next Officers meeting for Assembly will be at Perkins on Trolley Road on December 5, 2018 at 6:30pm. If you are not an Officer in our Assembly you are still welcome to come and join us. On December 2, 2018 we will be having a Flag Fold-ing Ceremony in honor of Pearl Harbor day Decem-ber 7. We will need some Sir Knights to help with the Ceremony. I want to thank you for all of your help with our As-sembly this year and I hope Jesus blesses you and your families during this Christmas season and I hope you all have a blessed 2019. God bless you all. Joe Friend Faithful Navigator

St. Theresa the Little Flower Assembly 3009

To Access COUNCIL MINUTES

On UKNIGHT web site

1 kofcknights.org/councilsite/?cno=11910

2 On left side MEMBERS ONLY

3 Inter your membership #

4 mmddyyyy

5 On home page scroll down to

6 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES LI-BRARY

Andy Rooney Quote

I’ve learned: That under every-one’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

Andy Rooney Quote

I’ve learned: That one should keep his words both soft and tender, be-cause tomorrow he may have to eat them.

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Council Recorder Brian Donnelly

Dear Brother Knights

As we all know, one of the primary reasons we were drawn to the Knights of Columbus were the many charitable endeavors of our organization. I think it is very important to remember that principle when we are asked to contribute to our council's pro-grams.

" The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ---Mahatma Gandhi

Respectfully, Brian Donnelly, Recorder Council 11910 843-771-4401

COUNCIL MINUTES are POSTED on our council’s web site

Just copy and paste the below url.

kofcknights.org/CouncilSite/?CNO=11910

Then click on NEWSLETTER LIBRARY

Brother Knights,

We wrapped up two activities this month that I wanted to share with you.

The first was the Coats for Kids coat drive. Thanks to your generosity we collected 32 coats that were delivered to the Dorchester Children's Advocacy Center on Monday the 19th. The advocates at the center expressed to Tony Panek and myself that the coats were greatly needed and appreciated. Apparently with the recent cool temperatures they had just received calls from some of their families ask-ing if coats were available - so the timing of the donation was ideal.

The 2nd activity we completed this month was the Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest. We had 13 entries from the 8th graders at Summerville Catholic School. The essays were judged by Toney Pank, Chris Beumel, Mike Ellegood, and myself. (As I mentioned at the business meeting, I can't thank Tony, Chris, and Mike enough for their help with the judging.) The judging was difficult, because by in large - the kids did a great job with the essays. It was apparent that the students put a lot of thought and effort into them. I will be reaching out to the school to set up a time to recognize the participants, and to award the winning entrant with their first place prize. I will also be forwarding the winning entry to our State Council. Given the quality of essays, I wouldn't be surprised if our council followed up last years state champion entry with another state winner.

I hope you all enjoy the Thanksgiving holidayThanks,

Andrew Folz Community Director 812-430-0950

Community Director Andrew Folz

Kitchen Corner

Brother Knights,

For corner kitchen, I will need some help for the donut Sunday; the nest full breakfast will be the first February Sunday need volunteers for the kitchen thanks.

Andrew Kuffel <[email protected]>

Greetings Brother Knights,

Hopefully everyone is still remembering what they are thankful for as we begin the Christmas season. Welcome to our newest member, Ryan Heid, and thank you to all who helped put on the degree for the November meeting. As always, if you are inter-ested in helping out with the degree team, let me know and I can put you to use! Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Greg Mueller Legal Shield Independent Associate 843-860-9022 (cell) https://www.legalshield.com/hub/irnuke?hub=irnuke

Degree Team Captain

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Good evening Brother Knights, You are in good standing at this time with Su-preme. At this time it looks like you have 3 insurance members and 3 new Knights keep up the good recruiting in December. I would like to apologize for the lateness of your Star Award. The State Council wrote Supreme and they told me it would be sent out this week. You have all worked really hard last year to get it. I will get it to you as soon as I get it hopefully by the first week of De-cember. We are having our Midyear District Deputies Meeting in Hilton Head at the end of the month and our State Deputy sent out a request for a do-nation to the Felician Sisters who help the poor in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. The Sis-ters will be the guests at the Dinner in Hilton Head on December 1, 2018. Would your Council be able to make a donation and I will take the check on the 30th of November? Thank you all for what you have done for our Council. There is a wreath laying ceremony which will be happening on December 15, 2018 if you would like to purchase some wreaths please contact Jim Range. I sent a message about wreaths to Deputy Grand Knight and Grand Knight. Please sell your Raffle tickets that you receive so we can have all the money by the Grand Knights Workshop in February. Please keep our Church in your prayers and say a Rosary a day. Thank you and God Bless you all. Merry Christmas to you all. May Jesus be with you in your hearts. Joe Friend District Deputy #5

District Deputy #5

Joseph W. Friend

Brother Knights,

There are 4 Faith in Action program areas that we work on throughout the fraternal year: Faith, Community, Family and Life. The following is a summary of the proposed pro-gram plan for this year. Faith Director (Lucien Boissonneault) 1. Service Sunday Ministry/Breakfast - Monthly

2. Annual Joe Cole Prayer Breakfast - Completed

3. Baptismal Rosary and Rose Presentation

4. RSVP

5. Domestic Church Men's Lenten Reflection Education Event

Family Director (Joe Sosinski [email protected]; 253-653-

5007)

1. Family of Month Program

2. Consecration to the Holy Family

3. Family Reflection Education Event

4. Family Fully Alive

5. Marriage of the Church Education Event

6. 40 Cans for Lent 7. Divine Mercy Chaplet; Divine Mercy [Ice

Cream] Sundays after the 8:15 Mass (4/28/2019).

Community Director (Andrew Folz [email protected];

843-900-5980

1. Low Country Foodbank

2. Youth of Month

3. Soccer Challenge4. Catholic Citizenship Essay

5. Coats for Kids

6. Victory House Drive

7. Blood Drive

Life Director (Ron Jackson [email protected]; 843-

990-6225 1.

Tootsie Roll Campaign - Completed 2.

Oct Rosary Challenge for Unborn 3.

March for Life – Columbia, SC 4.

Novena for Life - Completed 5.

CHF Golf Tourney Fundraiser

Please volunteer your ideas and time for a service project! Contact the Service Area Directors or the Service Projects Leads with your ideas and ability to participate with your time and effort.

Service Programs Director– Tony Panek - 843-771-1532; [email protected]

Service Programs Director

Anthony A. Panek

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Brotjher Knights, .My father was born in 1894 and one of the great achievements

he spoke of was the change in transportation he witnessed. As he

grew up he drove a horse and buggy and then saw a man land on

the moon. It is hard to believe that this amount of change in tech-

nology would ever happen again.

As I look back at the development of computers in my workplace,

we were excited about a Univac 1004 that had 4K memory. As an

accountant, I saw in a short period of time, large computers that

needed many human resources to operate give way to personal

computers. What was once unimaginable in both operational

speed and storage has been surpassed. Today, it is not unusual

for a cell phone to have terabytes of storage and perform opera-

tions in milliseconds that took hours to accomplish with our early

batch processing systems.

Man’s ingenuity seems to have no limit as to what he can accom-

plish. He creates from an idea and with persistence he brings it

into existence. However; he can never create from nothingness

nor add a single new thing to what God has already fashioned.

For God, nothingness was a part of what he used for creation by

placing it in reality. For man, nothingness is only a concept and

impossible to use to create.

God created man whose life and existence is totally dependent

upon God. It seems to be a part of man’s nature to attempt to

free himself from this truth and be sufficient to himself. This

attempt is better known as sin. As experience has shown, our de-

cisions have taken us from the person who God created, to a per-

son who will experience death, the total separation from God.

God’s mysterious way will never leave man hopeless. As many

times as man said no to God, God always found new ways to en-

gage man trying to bring him back to the purpose of why he creat-

ed him. We know his final attempt as “The Word became flesh.”

The nothingness of which we were created becomes celebrated

through the birth of Christ.

As we prepare for Christmas we need to allow the “Word” to be

the basis of our decisions. Remember, Christ is both God and Man

and as such He overcame death by recreating man by giving him

rebirth through the atonement for our sin. .

Christmas is the birth of Christ, but also the promise of our rebirth.

We should prepare for Christmas because our life depends up it

Deacon Tom Church Director [email protected]

Lecturer Deacon Thomas

My Dear Brother Knights,

As we move into the Advent Season in the next week, I

would ask you to take up some special activates to

properly enter the season that calls us to prepare to cele-

brate the greatest event in human history, when our lov-

ing God’s son entered our world and became truly man.

Please avoid as much as possible the merchant’s Christ-

mas season, but be ready to celebrate the true Christmas

season that begins on December the 25th and goes to

January 13th. Perhaps you could leave up your nativity

set in a prominent place in your home until the Feast of

the Baptism of the Lord and explain to your family that

we celebrate a Christmas season which is not the same as

the merchant’s Christmas season. Don’t be afraid to

greet people with’ Merry Christmas’ or’ Blessed Christ-

mas’, and avoid the secular saying, happy holidays. If

you have the Keep Christ in Christmas car magnet, please

display it in the Christmas season. These are just a few

suggestions that we all can do to properly celebrate the

birth of the Christ, and remind society that the true gift

of this season, is the gift of the Christ Child.

Msgr. Edward Lofton, Chaplin 843-875-5002

[email protected]

Council Chaplain MSGR Ed. Lofton

November 2018

POT OF GOLD

No Winner

$34.25

Sorry Must be Present to Win

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Brother and Sir Knights,

FROM THE COMPTROLLER:

AS WE APPROACH THE END OF ONE YEAR WE BEGIN ANOTHER WHICH BRINGS THE OBLIGATION TO RENEW YOUR DUES FOR BOTH THE THIRD AND FOURTH DEGREE.. BEFORE ALL YOUR MON-EY IS SPENT ON HOLIDAY GIFTS SET ASIDE THE NEEDED AMOUNT TO MEET YOUR OBLIGATION. WISHING ALL A BLESSED THANKS-GIVING AND CHRISTMAS SEASON!!!

Sir. Louis Bodony 843-851-6424 Faithful Comptroller

Faithful Comptroller Lou Bodony

Columbus Hope Chairman Brian M. Donnelly

Brother Knights, This year's Tootsie Roll Campaign was a very satisfying and rewarding achievement. We raised $1,501.03 for intellectually disabled people in our community! At our last business meeting, our officers voted to contribute $6,000 from our council funds to the Dorchester County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs. Once again, thank you to those knights who gave their valuable time to our campaign. Council 11910 is making a difference in our community! in gratia cantante's!

Brian Donnelly 843-771-4401 [email protected]

Brandon Chambers KOC Insurance Agent

Note: Email all entries for the Council Newsletter in Word NLT 25th of each month to Newsletter Editor: Dave Guerin: Email [email protected]. 843-832-4774

Newsletter Editor David Guerin

True or false. We learn in the 1st degree during the Deputy Grand Knights speech that insurance with

our order is voluntary. The question I present to you is has insurance always been voluntary with the

Knights?

In 1952 insurance became a voluntary aspect with the Knights of Columbus. This was for several rea-

sons; One - The insurance side grew to over $1,000,000,000 at that time; Two - Because our numbers

were dwindling at that point for new members.

So. we will come back to this later… But a brother Knight recently asked me the concept of inactive

members and what they entail. After insurance was made voluntary, the Knights had to come up with a

different status for each member or associate. There are 5 different statuses for people associated with

the Knights of Columbus. There are Non-Members, which are typically spouses and children that have

insurance with the order. There are Prior Members who are associate members that have since been

dropped from the order. Then there are Inactive Members. these are members that have insurance but

have since been dropped from the council for Nonpayment of dues. However again since they have the

insurance policy, they technically cannot be dropped completely.

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What the home office does however is that they take part of the dividend for that policy each year and

that will pay for the per capita. If this person ever drops their policy, they immediately become a prior

member. The two most known membership statuses are the Associate and the Insurance Members.

Associate Members receive that term because they are considered associated with the Knights of Co-

lumbus, where as Insurance Members have that term because they have an insurance policy. Now why

is that? In fraternal organizations when you have an insurance policy with the order, you essentially

are a stockholder in that organization. You pretty much own the Knights of Columbus. When the or-

der first started…if you remember the story of the little black hat that was passed around, well it be-

came such that those contributions became dues each year a member would pay into the Knights and

those dues bought you a $1,000 Life Insurance Policy that paid out upon your passing. Again, this was

traditional in all fraternal societies, but as the order and the business side grew and insurance became

mandatory, that $1,000 benefit became something new yet old for the members. Who reading this

knows that when you join the Knights you and your spouse immediately have a $1,000 accidental

death benefit? That benefit grows $500 each year and will max out at $2,500. After the age of 65 it

begins to reduce each year by $500 where it levels out again at $1,000. that is what became of that

original Life Policy

Now there is a well-known issue that occurs between the fraternal and the business side of the

Knights of Columbus. One can look no further than the new “E” Member Program. And this is

where brothers are concerned that its nothing more than an insurance ploy. To those brothers I say

that you are correct and incorrect TOO! If we go back to our founding by the venerable Father

McGivney and for anyone that has read the book “A History of Fraternalism,” a 100-year history of

the Knights of Columbus. It states on page 13, “perhaps encouraged by Bishop McMahon to explore

various alternative paths rather than to establish a particular society. There is no doubt that he was

deeply interested in pursuing the topic of a Catholic Fraternal Insurance society among groups of

Catholic laymen of Newhaven. Thus, the Knights of Columbus did not originate out of some plan for

a national organization but developed from the simpler notion that some sort of local fraternal insur-

ance society was needed. And under our insurance history on the supreme website it states that Father

McGivney made an insurance organization out of it which was its primary purpose and it has never

been otherwise. So again, Father McGivney’s primary goal was to establish an insurance society. Stay

with me now - please don’t throw the tomatoes yet. The operating budget each year with the Knights

of Columbus is $2 billion dollars. This as I mentioned in previous speeches comes from the insurance

side of the Life Insurance, the Annuities, and Long-Term Care. $4 Million of that $2 Billion comes

from the per capita. That’s the monies that are due from councils each year for their membership.

That $4 million doesn’t even cover the cost of the Columbian Magazine that is sent out each month.

So, the insurance side is what funds the Knights of Columbus with all the materials that help make

councils succeed and grow. But here is where those that were correct earlier are now incorrect. Liter-

ally nobody joins the Knights of Columbus to buy insurance. It is through the amazing works of the

Fraternal Order that attracts New Brothers to want to join each and every year. When I joined in

2004, I didn’t ask Louis Meluso, hey do you guys sell insurance? No, I joined because of the charitable

works

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Please remember our deceased Brother Knights

Danny Lee. Agnew Thomas C. Balsoma Joseph B. Clarke

Joseph C. Cole Charles B. Connolly Edward F. Cullen

Charles E. Davis Stephen A. De Frank Robert E. Dudley

John J. Dunn James R. Elam Hugh R. Golden

John H. Guber Ernesto V. Guadalupe William B. Hansen

J. Joseph Mc Glynn William G. Moran Patrick Joseph Murphy

Kermit H. Nelson Daniel T. Powell Charles J. Reeves

Robert L. Ryan David J. Schiller Robert A. Schuj

Roger L. Shepherd Charles J. Vincent James W. Wells

Ask yourselves as you read this, why did I join the Knights of Columbus? I can assure most of you

will say it’s not because of the insurance, but of all the great things we do for the community, the

church and the world. The Fraternal and the business side of the Knights of Columbus have a very

symbiotic relationship. We cannot exist without the other. So, this gentleman, in a nutshell explains the

different status’ and the story of the fraternal and business side of the Knights of Columbus. There

should not be any division at all because in the end we are all one with one common goal. To take care

of the widows and orphans of a Departed Brother while leaving an impression upon the Church, the

Community, and the World as the largest and greatest Men’s Catholic Fraternal Organization this world

has ever seen.

yours in Christ

Brandon Chambers

843-224-3022

[email protected]

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Grand Knight Thomas DeMars presenting to Joseph Friend The Family of the Month Certificate for Joe

and his wife Laurie with Msgr. Lofton.

Grand Knight Thomas DeMars presenting Brock East-man with The Youth of the Month Certificate with Fa-ther also celebrating this especial occasion.

Grand Knight Thomas DeMars presenting Joseph and Maryann Valentino a Celebration Certificate for their 55

years of a beautiful marriage.

Msgr. Lofton sharing the wonderful 55 year celebration of Joseph and Maryann’s Wed-ding with our congregation.

Deputy Grand Knight Tony Panek presenting Kevin Carroll with the Knight of The Month Award for November.

Deputy Grand Knight Tony Panek presenting Ryan Heid with the New Member Admission Degree Certificate

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FAMILY OF THE MONTH 2018 January Family of the Month — McGowan Family 2018 February Family of the Month — Mario and Sonia Rosas 2018 March Family of the Year — Mario and Sonia Rosas 2018 April Family of the Month — Dan and Amy Lloyd 2018 May Family of the Month — Mike and Peggy Diewald 2018 October Family of the Month — Anthony Tosca Family 2018 November Family if the Month — Joseph and Laurie Friend

YOUTH OF THE MONTH 2018 January Youth of the Month — Maggie O’Brian 2018 February Youth of the Month — None 2018 March Youth of the Year— Perry O’Brien 2018 April Youth of the Month — Danielle Mercado 2018 May Youth of the Month — Eric and Roberto Machado 2018 October Youth of the Month — Brock Eastman 2018 NovemberYouth if the Month — Angela Mataya

KNIGHT OF THE MONTH 2018 January Knight of the Month — Andrew Kuffel 2018 February Knight of the Month — Deacon Tom Wolter 2018 March Knight of the Year — Joseph Friend 2018 April Knight of the Month — Tony Panek 2018 May Knight of the Month — Lucien Boissonneault 2018 September Knight of the Month -– Joseph Gubeli 2018 October Knight of the Month — Larry Taurence 2018 November Knight of the Month — Kevin Carroll

Recognition 2018—2019

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Reverend David J. Schiller Council 11910 was founded in 1997 and has been an active supporter of the Pastor and the

Parish since that time. The Council is based at St. Theresa the Little Flower Catholic Church in Summerville SC.

ST. THERESA THE LITTLE FLOWER ASSEMBLY 3009

Navigator Joseph Friend 843-296-2574 [email protected] Comptroller Louis Bodony 843-851-6424 [email protected] Friar Msgr. Lofton 843-875-5002 [email protected] Captain Sale Mathey 843-879-2244 [email protected] Admiral Gregory Mueller 843-695-1097 [email protected] Purser Larry Papineau 843-851-0488 [email protected] Pilot Ernest Rodriguez 706-358-2395 [email protected] Scribe Christopher Beumel 843-209-7475 [email protected] Inner Sentinel Raymond Picaut 843-832-9846 [email protected] Outer Sentinel Clay Leaphart 843-494-9437 [email protected] 1st Trustee David Griffard 843-835-8730 [email protected] 2nd Trustee David Hart 843-670-9776 [email protected] 3rd Trustee Albert Spahn 843-873-5173 [email protected]

Title Name Telephone Email Address

Grand Knight Thomas V. DeMars 843-437-1021 [email protected]

Chaplain Msgr. Edward Lofton 843-875-5002 [email protected]

Deputy Grand Knight Anthony A. Panek 843-330-5449 [email protected]

Chancellor Mario Rosas 385-226-3409 [email protected]

Financial Secretary Joseph F. Gubeli Jr. 843-209-6716 [email protected]

Recorder Brian Donnelly 843-771-4401 [email protected]

Warden Dale J. Mathey 843-469-5463 [email protected]

Treasurer David I. Tibbs 843-875-9298 [email protected]

Lecturer DEA Thomas Walter 703-670-2240 [email protected]

Trustee 1st year Christopher Beumel 843-209-7475 [email protected]

Trustee 2nd year Gregory W. Mueller 843-860-9022 [email protected]

Trustee 3rd Year Andrew Kuffel 843-607-2235 [email protected]

Advocate Paul J. Wade 843-901-1295 [email protected]

Inside Guard Raymond C. Picaut 843-832-9846 [email protected]

Outside Guard Clay F. Leaphart 843-494-9058 [email protected]

Admission Chairman Dale J. Mathey 843-469-5463 [email protected]

Insurance Agent Brandon Chambers 843-224-3022 [email protected]

Program Director Anthony A. Panek 843-330-5449 [email protected]

Community Director Andrew Folz 821-430-0950 [email protected]

Public Relations Thomas DeMars 843-767-0889 [email protected]

Family Director Joseph K. Sosinski 253-653-5007 [email protected]

Membership Director Ernest Rodriguez 706-358-2395 [email protected]

Recruitment Committee Andrew J. Folz 843-900-5980 [email protected]

Vocations Chairman Louis S. Bodony 843-851-6424 [email protected]

Hope Chairman Brian M Donnelly 843-771-4401 [email protected]

Faith Director Lucien Boissonneault 843-821-1937 [email protected]

Life Director Joseph R. Jackson 843-990-6225 [email protected]

Health Services David A. Massa 843-261-4779 [email protected]

Retention Chairman Ernest Rodriguez 706-358-2395 [email protected]