Knights’ Korner – November 8, 2008

Knight of the Month: Your Knights of Columbus have awarded several Brothers with the Knight of the Month Award. These men are recognized for their outstanding leadership and participation in our council activities.

Knight of the Month: February 2008: Lt. Col. John Amberg II on his retirement from the US Army; for his long and distinguished military service to our country.

March: Jack Meister for his leadership as chairman of the pancake breakfast; our most successful breakfast ever.

April: Steve Orzech for chairing and leading the Memorial Day parade for the Naperville tri-council sector.

May: Tom Galenziewski for long and dedicated service to our council as treasurer and blood drive food/kitchen coordinator. Tom and Paula, his lovely wife, are moving to Arizona.

June: Rey Russo and Doug Deutsch for successfully leading our first ever golf outing and fundraiser.

July: Vince Nirtaut for leadership in attaining the elusive Star Council Award as our Grand Knight.

August: Deacon Andy Cirmo for outstanding effort in coordinating the hugely successful “Praise in the Park” event.

September: Jeff  Sweeney in the directing of our council’s Tootsie Roll fundraiser, for our charities, to exceed our goal.

October: Don Lesher and Greg Vos for coordinating another successful blood drive where 42 pints were donated.

WOW: Congratulations and nice job guys!

Knights’ Korner – Nov 1, 2008

Vote Vote Vote: The Knights of Columbus urge everyone to vote.

Do you know where your polling place is?

Do you know who to vote for? There are lots of options at the local, county, state and national level.

This is one of the most important elections we will ever have in our lifetime. Are your candidates pro-choice? What are their views on military spending? How will they fix the financial crisis on Wall Street and with the mortgage sector? We get to vote for whoever we want. This great country allows us the freedoms to vote.

But you must vote. If you don’t vote you don’t get to share your opinion about the problems and opportunities facing this great country. Please don’t answer the question “Did you Vote?” with a no when the election is finally over.  Who will be the next President of the United States? The pundits all have their opinions. But it is us that will decide. President McCain? President Obama? We will know soon enough; Tuesday night. Don’t waste your vote by skipping this election. Remember, the last President was elected based on just a few votes. Every vote counts. Vote Vote Vote

Knights’ Korner – October 26, 2008

MR/LD Drive:

To date we have raised over $8,800! Thank you, thank you, thank you  to the over 60 volunteers that had a hand in our largest fundraising drive of the year. Whether it was by making phone calls, working the store fronts, risking your lives on the street corners, after Mass sales, manning the booth at the Parish picnic, by private donations, or by offering a prayer, we really appreciate your efforts.   It was a tremendous success and could not have been done without ALL of your support. Also, thanks to Naperville and specifically the St. Elizabeth Seton community for your generous outpouring of support.

 

Fundraiser Co-Chairs: Ron Jarvis and Jeff Sweeney

Knights’ Korner October 25, 2008

Membership Drive: The Major Degree on October 5, 2008, at Benedictine University was an enormous success! There were 25 men from seven councils earning the First Degree of our order. A total of 40 Brothers earned their Second and Third Degrees. Wow. Three men began their journey to Knighthood and joined the St, Elizabeth Seton Council. Pictured above with Grand Knight Vince Nirtaut are Billy Buchholz, Bob Pavelchik and Abel Bermudez.

recently advanced

Furthering their journey into our order, Tom Benton and Joel Stava earned their Second and Third degrees and are pictured here with Grand Knight Nirtaut.