Holmen Knights of Columbus Newsletter

Father John Rossiter Council #9385Holmen, Wisconsin 54636Chartered July 13, 1986Volume 16 Issue 5 November 2018

CHARITY UNITY FRATERNITY PATRIOTISM

Grand Knight’s ReportHey Brother Knights.

We are going to be making some small modifications to our meeting structure based feedback that was given to us at our last General Meeting. We will be providing more education and faith experiences to to our general meetings. Our first topic will be a review of the Annual Men of the Cross Conference which was held last month at Logan High School. In addition Tim Emerimann will provide us some highlights on his pilgrimage to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina . Please come and join us Sunday November 11 at 7 pm at our Parish.

You are cordially invited to join us as we visit some of our diocesan seminarians at St. John Vianney Seminary in St. Paul on Friday, November 30. Last year our council went on this trip and It was a wonderful evening hanging out with them and finding out how they received their calling to choose the seminary. It was truly a wonderful experience and one that is near and dear to my heart. The next page of the newsletter has the itinerary.

In the Church's Liturgical Year, November is dedicated to the Souls of Purgatory. Please remember to keep the Souls in Purgatory in your prayers.

Thank you to all of our Veterans for your love, sacrifice, and dedication to ensuring we can live in the best country ever!

God Bless,

iViva Cristo Ray! (Long Live Christ the King) Brian Clements, Grand Knight

Calendar Upcoming EventsFriday November 11 : Veterans DayFriday November 11: General Meeting at SEAS at 7 pmFriday November 23: Nativity Setup, 9:30 pmFriday November 23: Rotary Lights Parade, see below for detailsFriday November 30 : Visit St. John Vianney in St. PaulSaturday December 1: Blessing of Nativity, and Christmas Party

Check out our Google Calendar on our website.

Here is our itinerary for visiting St. John Vianney:

2:15 pm - Car pool at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish parking lot in Holmen4:45 pm - Arrive at St. John Vianney Seminary (2110 Selby Ave, St Paul, MN 55104)5:00 pm - Evening Prayer5:15 pm - Mass w/ Father Whitlock5:45 pm - Historical Tour of Campus6:30 pm - Dinner at Davanni’s (Pizza)8:30 pm - Night Prayer8:45 pm - Make our way back to Holmen, with a potential stop along the way for some fraternal funMidnight - Arrive back at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish parking lot

Please let me know if you are interested in attending by calling me at 608.304.1470 or email me at jnc3daddy@gmail.com.

Knight of the Month

Patrick is always helping out at the church events and helps provide our council with events to participate in like Country Boom and Wine Beer and Cheese, just to name a few. Thanks Patrick!

Family of the MonthPhil and Jenny Brochhausen Family

Patrick Stevens

Phil and Jenny helped out at the Sportsmens’ Knight Out. Thanks for volunteering!

Trip to St. John Vianney Seminary (St. Paul MN)

You are cordially invited to join us as we visit some of our diocesan seminarians at St. John Vianney Seminary in St. Paul on Friday, November 30. Last year our council went on this trip and It was a wonderful evening hanging out with them and finding out how they received their calling to choose the seminary. It was truly a wonderful experience and one that is near and dear to my heart.

Rotary Lights Parade

Gary needs help decorating his truck and to participate in Parade. Meet by Wells Fargo Bank in La Crosse at 4:00 pm on Friday November 23.

Holmen Dance Team DonationOur council gave the Holmen Dance Team $250 for all of their help at the Kornfest Fun Run.

Please call Brian Clements at 608.304.1470 or jnc3daddy@gmail.com to volunteer for open positions or if you have any questions.

We need some Brother Knights to step up and help with a few positions. Let Brian Clements know if you are interested.Deputy Grand Knight

Super Bowl Breakfast Coordinator

Kornfest Breakfast Coordinator

Kornfest Fun Run Co-Coordinator

Tootsie Roll Co-Coordinator

Open Positions

Get Involved

Grand Knight - Brian Clements Chaplain - Father John Parr Chancellor - Mike Paoli Recorder - Jerry Glentz Treasurer - Michael Bruha Lecturer - Fred Lanzel Advocate - Patrick Barlow

Warden - Matt Englerth Inside Guard - Greg Corcoran Outside Guard - John Stubler 1st Trustee - Joe La Mere 2nd Trustee - David Hawes 3rd Trustee - Dan Nelson Financial Secretary - Tim Eimermann

2018 Officers

FaithEducation

ExperiencesFun

Come join our meetings and see it for yourself!

General Meeting - Not All Business

Liturgical Focus This Month

During November, as in all of Ordinary Time (Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy signifies and expresses the regenerated life from the coming of the Holy Spirit, which is to be spent on the model of Christ's Life and under the direction of His Spirit. As we come to the end of the Church year we are asked to consider the end times, our own as well as the world's. The culmination of the liturgical year is the Feast of Christ the King. "This feast asserts the supreme authority of Christ over human beings and their institutions.... Beyond it we see Advent dawning with its perspecitive of the Lord's coming in glory."— The Liturgy and Time, A.G. Mortimort

This month the main feasts are the Solemnity of All Saints (November 1), All Souls (November 2), St. Martin de Porres

(November 3), Lateran Basilica (November 9), St. Leo the Great (November 10), St. Josaphat(November 12), St. Frances

Xavier Cabrini (November 13), St. Albert the Great (November 15), Sts. Margaret of Scotland and Gertrude (November 16),

St. Elizabeth of Hungary (November 17), Presentation of Mary (November 21), St. Cecilia (November 22), Sts. Clement I

and St. Columban (November 23), St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions(November 24), the Solemnity of Christ the King

(November 25) and St. Andrew (November 30).

The feasts of St. Charles Borromeo, (November 4), St. Martin of Tours, (November 11) and St. Catherine of Alexandria

(November 25) are superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.

The month of November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory, whose feast is celebrated on November 2. The entire month of November falls during the liturgical season known as Ordinary Time and is represented by the liturgical color green.

If ¼ of our District 25 membership approached a friend or a stranger at church about membership in the Knights of Columbus; and if only 1/4th of those were successful: we would exceed our membership goal for this year!

Let’s all go out and commit ourselves to approach one individual in the next month and just see what we can accomplish.

Tom Ludwig, District Deputy

Think About It!

Francis BrownMichael BruhaGregory CorcoranRickert DurstPaul FiskJohn FreiJeff HammesGerald HeiderscheitGaylord HerbertThomas HundtErnest ModjeskiMichael ParemskiJohn Popple(If we missed you let us know to update our records.)

Thanks to our Veterans!

$513.70 – Holmen School District – Project Live

Tootsie Roll Drive Supporting The Community!This is a major charity fundraiser to assist those with intellectual disabilities in the Coulee Region. This is an annual event around the end of April. Thanks for all of the knights who helped with the Tootsie Roll Drive this year! Here are pictures of Francis delivering the money in our area. Thanks Mike Bruha, Dick Cantlon, and Todd Knudtson for leading the drive and all of the other knights and family members who helped out!!

$513.69 – Coulee Children Center

$513.69 – Independent Living Resources, Inc.$513.69 – La Crosse Association of Responsible Citizens

$513.69 – La Crosse Deanery

Vietnam Memorial SupportOur council voted to donate $500.00 towards the Veterans Memorial due to the fact that all the clean-up help were veterans and they put in many hours. For more information about the memorial visit :

https://www.facebook.com/Vietnam-Memorial-161509321360052/

Pictured: Brian Clements, Jordan Brisky, Jordan’s Dad Johnny, and Tom Hundt

Knights of Columbus Mission Statement: To provide a means by which Catholic Men could support the Catholic Church, To provide Financial Protection to Protect their Families and To engage in works of Charity to Benefit the Less Fortunate.

Happy Birthdays Paul and Tami.

Thank you to all the veterans and Happy Thanksgiving to all!

From F & C

Pray for Pthe faithfully departed

The Barlow Family

Stewardship of your time, talent, and treasures: What would your community be

without it?

Happy Birthday Brayden!

Come and have fun at KornFest!

Mike Bruha

In memory of all Veterans

1 Ken Williams3 John Degenhardt Doug Wesley4 John Newman12 Chris Fry17 Shawn Handland David Henderson18 Tom Ryan19 Jay Clark26 Brenner Bertelsen28 Ken Vargas

HappyBirthday!