Brothers, some of you may have already heard, but our brother Phil Ward lost his beloved wife, Glenda, late last week. Glenda and Phil have been long time fixtures at OLF, and she will be greatly missed by all of us.

Knights are encouraged to show their support to brother Phil and the Ward family during this difficult time by attending the funeral (and as appropriate) wearing their blue council vests. The funeral Mass will be this Thursday (July 23rd) at 10:30 am at OLF. I hope to see many of you there.

Please check out this video from the Supreme Council.

On Sunday, June 14th, our council lost one of its charter members as Brother Knight Andy Bryce passed to his eternal reward.  He was 90 years young.  As our council noted in a resolution passed the week before, “Council 9597 is proud to recognize Brother Knight Andy Bryce for a long history of efforts to move our council forward.  3rd Degree Knight Andy Bryce has provided the council invaluable service over the history of the council, being one of the charter members of our council, as well as a member of the Knights since 1958.  His brothers of Council 9597 wish to ensure that he knows of our high regard, respect, and that it is a blessing that he is a member of our council and parish.  Andy lives out the order’s principles of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity as he has served as an outstanding model of Knighthood and is most worthy of our high esteem and regard.”  Andy was one of the forward-looking men who formed our council, after almost 20 years as a knight in other councils.  He served his country honorably in both the Navy and the Army, as well as a distinguished career as a chief surveyor.  The Bryce family remains a fixture at our parish, and his widow, Olga, is in our prayers. Continue reading →

The end of this month will be very busy.

On Tuesday, June 23rd, we will be holding a 1st degree exemplification with 2 candidates. We are planning on starting that at 6 pm. Immediately following that, we will move upstairs for our monthly social meeting, during which we will be installing the newly elected officers or the 2015-16 fraternal year. While they cannot attend the exemplification, families are welcome, even encouraged, to attend the social meeting and officer installation. Snacks will be provided.

Then on Saturday, June 27th, we will be kicking off our annual “Peaches For Seminarians” campaign after the 5 pm Mass. Immediately following that, we will be helping the parish celebrate at its annual picnic. Knights will be needed to man the grill, as well as pour drinks. Contact Brother Woody Ritchie if you can help with that.

Finally, please remember to pray for Brother Andy Bryce who is very ill

As you know we will be hosting our annual Beer Pairing Dinner on April 11th at Our Lady of Fatima for the benefit of the Knights statewide ultra sound program. Due to the success of last year’s event and the demand generated thus far, we have significantly expanded the event. Based on the anticipated number of attendees, our venue has had to be moved from the parish center to the school gymnasium. With the increase in the number of attendees, the need for participation and support by the council members is even more critical and I would ask each of you to consider lending your time and talents to the effort in guaranteeing the event’s success.

No offer of support is too small and there are many ways in which you can support the event. Brother Brent Schuller is coordinating the volunteers for the 2015 event and he has many opportunities available across a number of positions where we could use your help. To that end, I would ask each of you to personally reach out to Brent and offer your support and assistance in whatever way you can.

We will again be selling tickets after all the masses for the Beer Pairing Dinner this weekend and we are looking for volunteers to man the ticket table. The weather should be much more mild than this past weekend, so we have that going for us.

As you will see in the flyer insert in the bulletin for the event, we have expanded the event now to accommodate up to 200 folks. We sold 80 tickets in our first weekend and counting this coming weekend, we have four weekends left before we cease ticket sales at the end of March. Please reach out to friends and family to attend this wonderful charity event to make it a huge success.

My thanks in advance for all you do to make Council 9597 such a meaningful part of our parish community and for your support of this very important event in support of the church’s pro-life ministry.
Also please let me know if you will be able to assist with manning the ticket sales this weekend as well.

We begin selling tickets today after the 5pm mass. Brothers Phillips, Klispie and Martinez will be covering sales this evening. I will be covering sales after the 7:30, 8:30 and 10am masses tomorrow and wanted to ask if any Knights would be available to cover sales after the 11:30 and 5pm masses tomorrow.  We will also need knights to cover after Mass shifts other weekends in March

Please let me know if you are able  (woody@tritchey.com) and I will coordinate delivering the ticket packet to you. Many thanks.

In Christ