GUIDEPOST
Grand Knights Message
Greetings Knights and Ladies. Summer is about over. Too many hot days and not enough rain for me. Fall is around the corner with the start of school and football. The July 29 Golf Outing, despite a hot day, had a good turn out of forty-four golfers. Thanks to Vern Shereck for chairing this event. Also, many thanks to Jay and Sue Weidell for hosting, including preparing the food and beverages for the party after golf. The 1 st place team was Linda Ehlenbach, Kerry Almberg, Warren Kamps and Jim Bartelt. The Knights of Columbus day at the Dome, August 13, was attended by a few members from our council. The Mass was held under a tent during a rainstorm. That day the Twins won 5-0. Coming up in September, let’s support St. Tim’s Carnival by working a shift or attending. The men’s fishing trip is also coming soon. Bring a friend if you wish. Call Steve Silverdahl for more information.
Yours in Christ,
Dick Dols
Grand Knight
Prayer Concerns
Pray for Wayne Bromen, who had an angiogram on July 21, resulting in a stent being inserted.
Pray for Gerald Arel, who had an operation to remove calcium deposits and bone spurs from his right shoulder.
Pray for Gerald Korkowski, who had hernia surgery, knee replacement and is presently experiencing an undiagnosed source of pain.
Pray for Wally Fletcher, who is experiencing back pain.
Ladies Auxiliary
School is about to start. Hope everyone is ready for it. The summer has gone by too fast. Hope everyone enjoyed the summer.
Our first Meeting will be on September 20. It will be a pot luck with our Knights. All the ladies are asked to bring a dish to share.
Blaine / Coon Rapids (us) will be hosting the Ladies bowling tournament on September 16, at Blainebrook. Bowling starts at 9 AM, registration begins at 8 AM. All auxiliary members are asked to donate a $5.00 gift for the drawing. Any questions please call Gladys at 651-257-0692. Lunch will also be served. For bowling and lunch the cost is $25. For lunch only, the cost is $15.
Mary Hosford
President
St. Tim’s Carnival
The Carnival is fast approaching and St. Tim’s Grill could use more help. Anyone who is not signed up for a shift and wants to work please call Dan Otte . Not all jobs are grilling. There are jobs taking food orders, filling orders and cashiers. Please consider donating a few hours of time to help out.
Notes of Interest
The September 6 th Officers meeting will be held in the Annex starting at 7:30 PM. The September 20 th membership meeting will start at 7:30 PM in the Hospitality Center. There will be a Pot Luck starting at 6:30 PM hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary.
Congratulations to Milestone Members
This month I have been given some space to acknowledge the accomplishments of several of our brother Knights. These brothers have persevered, in some cases through hardship, to maintain their membership in our order for many, many years. The following Knights have been awarded Honorary membership by celebrating their 65 th year of age with continuous membership of at least 25 years. They are: Cryil Mrosla; William Breemeersch; Larry Mashuga; Jerome Hacker; Art Ohotto; John Streit; Wayne Bromen and Larry Zmuda.
The council has awarded the status of Honorary Life to the following Knights who have attained their 70 th year of age with at least 25 years of continuous membership: Ben Johnsen; Robert Hosford (just months before his death); LeRoy Kulla; Roger Robinson; Earl Rasmussen; Gerald Nelson; Giles Lensmeier (a charter member); Donald Ridout; Lenny Resler; Elroy Diers; Joseph Modesette; Philip Hallman; Gerhard Bannenberg; Ken Wallace (another charter member) and Wally Fletcher.
Membership Anniversaries:
Five Years: Lyle Lindberg; Kevin McCarty; Thomas Quigley and Pat Michurski.
Ten Years: Pat Chuinard; Bob Cuddigan; Paul Gaspersich; Robert Jensen; Donald Manderfeld; Bill Ohland and Steve Votrouba.
Fifteen Years: Tom Fluegel and Brad Hacker.
Twenty Years: Louis Dalzell; Ken Klisch and Wayne Knobbe.
Twenty Five Years: Richard Duevel; Ronald Frank; Bill Kleifgen; Lenny Resler and Thomas Thieschafer .
Thirty Years: Kevin Cole and Art Ohotto.
Thirty Five Years: Duane Arett; Ed Kidrowski; Marty King; Jack Lightner and Father Harry Tasto.
Forty Years: Gerhard Bannenberg; Jerome Fischer; Michael Klaers; Jerry Korkowski; Donald Ridout and Timothy Virnig.
Forty Five Years: Ivan Barthel (charter member); James Burlager (charter member); Gerald Hadzima; Marcus Haeg (charter Member) and Father John Mitchell.
Fifty Five Years: Arthur Krych.
Sixty Years: LeRoy Primus.
Here are some membership tidbits for you:
Jim Ackermann
Financial Secretary
Reflections on the International Supreme Convention
In early August I returned from Orlando, Florida where I had the honor and privilege of representing Minnesota as a voting delegate to the Knights of Columbus 124 th Supreme Council Meeting.
As one of ten delegates, I had no preconceived ideas of what was to take place. The first day was for just getting settled in, and dinner. On the next day, an excursion by bus routed us to St. Augustine, on the east coast of Florida; we visited the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine, and exchanged our first pin. Then with a quick stop for lunch at a quaint Irish Pub called McKnight’s… Outdoor Mass on the coastal shore, sea breezes, and bus ride to hotel, and dinner. This was the extent of our non-business pleasure.
By 1 PM on Monday the hospitality rooms were opened, and pin trading began in earnest. Pin trading is a method of introduction, requiring traders to seek out visitors of other states and countries, and then explaining their state pin before moving on in search of more. By the end of our stay, Jean and I had collected all fifty states, all Canadian provinces, all Philippine states, and several other countries. This was the first Supreme Council meeting attended by the Polish delegations, and they traded beautiful prayer cards for pins.
I was most impressed by the opening Mass on Tuesday, the first day of the convention. More than 75 priests and 60 cardinals, archbishops and bishops from around the world concelebrated the liturgy. The Homily was delivered by Cardinal Edmund Szoka, president of the Governatorate of Vatican City State. We were honored with the presence of four of six diocesan bishops from Minnesota. In attendance were Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Bishop Victor H. Balke of Crookston, Bishop John C. Nienstedt of New Ulm, and Bishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Duluth, and Minnesota State Chaplain Fr. Martin Siebenaler. The Fourth Degree Honor Guard which provided escort was 127 members strong. Indeed it was a very impressive procession.
The business session on the opening day consisted of 1 ½ hours of speeches in the morning, a 2 hour lunch break, followed by 2 more hour of speeches. We needed to vacate the room as hotel personnel needed the time to prepare for the States’ Dinner, the only formal affair of the convention. Attended by nearly 2000 guests, the keynote speaker Cardinal Seán O’Malley, OFM Cap of Boston, the newest Cardinal in America, told Knights and family members that “despite being portrayed by the secular press as a Church that restricts its believers, Catholicism is truly liberating.”
After the business session of day 2, our State Deputy, Dr. Larry Mottl hosted the Minnesota Delegate Dinner for the states ten delegates, their wives, and guests of the state. We shared the banquet room with delegates of the State of Oklahoma.
The business session of day 3 was the most productive, in my opinion. With 137 resolutions to be read and voted upon, Jim Terwedo couldn’t have done a better job pushing to conclusion. With a few more speeches, the 124 th meeting of the Supreme Council had ended.
Jean and I had the good fortune of being extracted Thursday afternoon from the hotel by Jean’s niece, and having the opportunity of unwinding at her home in Kissimmee before our flight home two days later.
This convention was truly an experience to remember, and I am grateful to Council #5141 for sending me as a delegate to the state convention in Moorhead, where I was nominated to represent the state as a delegate to the 124 th Meeting of the Supreme Council.
My sincere thanks are extended to my bride of 20 years, Past State President of the Ladies Auxiliary, Jean. She is the real reason I was sent to the Supreme Convention, and I thank her for her many years of generous and selfless service to the council as well as the state Ladies Auxiliaries.
Jim Ackermann