LaGrange-Hostyn-Plum 968-5117 • www.lagrangekc.com MARCH 2018

GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE:The Season of Lent is a very special time of the year to reflect on the 40 days

Jesus spent in the desert fasting and giving up material things during that period. Always remember that Christ gave his life to save yours.

The next council meeting will be held in Plum at the Plum Dining Hall on Tuesday, March 13th.

The hall is moving along and will near completion in April. We are working hard at updating and modernizing the hall, kitchen and restroom areas.

If you have someone going off to college in the fall, it is time to submit a scholarship application. Applications are due April 2018. Council #2574 will award scholarships to eligible students. You may contact Jody Supak or your high school counselor for more information.

As always we need to mark our calendars for the MS 150 Bike-A-Thon which is on April 27-29. We will need as many people as possible to help out. We will be loading and hauling equipment to and from the Fair Grounds. We will be preparing, serving and cleaning up for two meals, dinner and breakfast. More information will be sent in the April newsletter.

In closing I would like to thank everyone for all of the behind the scenes and hard work that members have been volunteering to help the council with as well as the continued support and donations. With all of this continued support and help we have been able to get the hall up and running in the near future. Without this support both financially and physically, we would be unable to have the hall ready therefore causing a loss of revenue for the council and community center for a much longer period of time than six months. Thank you so much.

I would also like to wish you and your families a very Blessed Easter.

GRAND KNIGHT, Arlin Keilers

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The Church speaks of Lent as a “Spiritual Springtime”. The original meaning of the word has all to do with

springtime. When Lent begins, it is winter. But by the time Lent concludes, the days are growing longer and the

forsythias are in bloom. In our spiritual lives, it is a time when the darkness of sin gives way to a new light of grace.

We can renew our lives by observing the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Once we look at Lent as

the herald of a new springtime in our spiritual lives, these Lenten practices are no longer unwelcome intrusions.

Our first call is to Prayer. There are many ways to pray but one important way is silent, mental prayer, when

we are alone with God. Such prayerful solitude requires us to turn off all our electronic devices and other distractions.

Then simply ask the Lord to let us see ourselves as He sees us. Such prayer leads one to seek the Lord’s mercy and

make an unburdening confession of our sins. Reconciliation is a first and essential step in spiritual housekeeping.

The next Lenten practice is Fasting or some other form of self-denial. It is a way of uprooting our deep-seated

habits of sin or endless desire for comfort, convenience, power and esteem. This leads to the final Lenten practice of

Almsgiving. This includes the giving of ourselves and our resources to those who are in need. The practice of charity

is how we open the windows of our souls to God’s love, forgetting our own wants and needs and concentrating on the

needs of others. For us as Knights, this practice of charity should be second nature.

Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are in fact inseparable. As St. Peter Chrysologus (+450) taught: “Fasting is the

soul of prayer, almsgiving is the lifeblood of fasting…”

Peace and Blessings this Lenten Season,

Father Dan Kahlich

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ATTENTION KC MEMBERS Our next council meeting is Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Social begins at 6:30 pm with a meal and meeting

to follow at the Plum Dining Hall.

SACRED HEART SPRING FESTIVAL On Sunday, March 25 (Palm Sunday), the Sacred Heart Spring Festival is to be held in Hostyn at Holy

Rosary Church. Volunteers are needed to cook the meal of Chicken Fried Chicken. You may let Stuart know if you would like to volunteer to cook and wash dishes.

MONTHLY KC OFFICERS MEETING There will be a KC Officers meeting beginning at 6 P.M. on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at the Knights of

Columbus Hall.

KC BBQ CHICKEN There will NOT be a BBQ Chicken Drive Thru in March.

CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

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Happy Birthday To You!

APRIL KC MEETING The April Council Meeting will be Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 6:30 pm.

APRIL 23-27 On April 23-27, prepare for Bike A Thon. More information and workers schedule will be sent in April.

BIKE-A-THON The 2018 Bike-A-Thon will be held April 28-29.

APRIL KC OFFICERS MEETING There will be a KC Officers meeting on April 24, 2018 at 6:00 pm.

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