Knights of Columbus – Council 3205

The First Degree Team for Council 3205 will exemplify candidates into the First Degree on Wednesday, May 18, in Zurek Hall at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.  Potential new members should attend a short orientation session beginning at 7:00 p.m.  The First Degree exemplification will follow immediately at 7:30 p.m.

Our Council has a new member goal of 17 this fraternal year.  Through April 30, we have recruited 9 new members and suspended 3 members for a net gain of 6 new members.  Our new insurance member goal is 6.  Year to date we have acquired 2 new insurance members and lost 1 insurance member for a net gain of 1 new insurance member. 

If you have a potential candidate for the First Degree on May 18 contact Brother Ron Gay, FSD, at 979-412-2750, or rgay@ims-securities.com.

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayer on behalf of your priests.  Give them a deep faith, a bright and firm hope and a burning love which will ever increase in the course of their priestly life.

In their loneliness, comfort them.  In their sorrows, strengthen them.  In their frustrations, point out to them that it is through suffering that the soul is purified, and show them that they are needed by the Church; they are needed by souls; they are needed for the work of redemption.

O loving Mother Mary, Mother of Priests, take to your heart your sons who are close to you because of their priestly ordination and because of the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much.  Be their comfort, be their joy, be their strength, and especially help them to live and to defend the ideals of consecrated celibacy.  

Council 3205 will elect new officers for the 2016-2017 fraternal year at our next business meeting on June 1, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in Zurek Hall at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.  The nominees are as follows:

• David Lamme – Grand Knight
• Ray Thomas – Deputy Grand Knight
• Richard Darnell – Chancellor
• Recorder – Vacant
• Elmer Schneider – Treasurer
• Emmett Smith – Warden
• Gus Romano – Advocate
• Art Barry – Inside Guard
• Ralf Trujillo – Inside Guard
• Ron Gay – Trustee
• Darrell Lovelette – Trustee
• David Gerling – Trustee

Jayson Naiser is appointed by the Supreme Knight as our Financial Secretary

Our Council has had a number of successful fundraisers during the 2015-2016 fraternal year.  We kicked off our fundraising with a gun raffle in the fall chaired by Brother Ed Styduhar.  This years raffle featured an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle as the grand prize which helped us raise $5,200.00.  Later in 2015 our Council constructed and sold outdoor manger scenes at St. Thomas Aquinas.  Sales were brisk, and we netted $5,800.00 for our charity account.  This project was ably led by Past Grand Knight David Gerling, and with the help of many of our brother knights we made and sold 68 manger scenes.  We followed manger scenes with our ever popular Chili Sale on Super Bowl Sunday which netted another $3,322.00 thanks to the leadership of Gary Richardson and Leonard Muesse.  Our traditional Lenten Fish Dinners that we serve every Friday in Lent had only 4 Fridays this year because of Spring Break.  We still managed to clear $1,216.00 in profits this year.  Finally our 6th Annual Wine & Cheese Tasting held on April 16, raised $2,738.00.  In total our Council has raised $18,276.00 to spend on our various charity projects this fraternal year.

On behalf of our Council 3205, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all of you that worked so diligently to make our Super Bowl Chili Cook Fundraiser another great success! We made an estimated 440 quarts this year and sold out. The estimated profit for this year’s Super Bowl Chili Cook fundraiser is $3,081.71 .

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