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Chaplain April 2024

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Dear Brother Knights, He is risen! Alleluia! Easter is the greatest celebration in the Church because it is the greatest event in the history of the world. The fact that Jesus resurrected from the dead changes everything. Our greatest fear, our death, has been put to death by Jesus. Through Jesus’ resurrection, God has power […]

Grand Knight April 2024

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Happy Spring Brother Knights!   Here we are already into April.  Hard to believe how quickly the Lenten season went, along with our fish frys.  What a VERY SUCCESSFUL fish fry season it was for our council.  I am not sure if you were able to read our FS Tony Schafers recaps every week, but we […]

Chaplain March 2024

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Brother Knights, As a lifelong baseball fan, there’s always a news report that is music to my ears: “pitchers and catchers report to spring training.” In the midst of the cold winter, the occasional snow showers and just some of the wintertime blues that we might feel, these are welcome words. Springtime is coming; they […]

Grand Knight March 2024

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Brother Knights, Happy March, Brother Knights! I would say that we are closing in on Spring, but with the February we had it seems as though spring has sprung. As you all know, Spring brings Lent, Lent brings fish fries, fish fries bring people and without many of you we wouldn’t be able to have […]

Chaplain February 2024

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Brother Knights, A few years ago, I was enrolled in a Master’s program through the Catholic University of America which was focused on teaching business principles for parish life, including: budgeting, accounting, fundraising and crisis management. And one class was in strategic planning and operational management. In the class we learned about how to conduct […]

Grand Knight February 2024

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Belated Happy New Year Brother Knights!   We were so busy as the calendar rolled over to 2024 that we didn’t have time to get a newsletter out for January.  Even though we started a new year, our council stayed steadfast in providing services to others! Brother Brad Behne is the Knight of the Month for […]