Nov 2010 - Knights of Columbus St. Mary of Mokena Council #6993

ST MARY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 6993, PO BOX 2, MOKENA, IL 60448
Volume 5, #5
NOVEMBER, 2010
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
ST MARY COUNCIL CALL
Larry Jourdan
@ (708) 479 7021
or Jim Peppmuller
@ (708) 479 8715
WWW.MOKENAKNIGHTS.ORG
MOKENA
KNIGHTHOOD
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD FOR HE IS GOOD!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
NOVEMBER
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30:
VISIT THE SHRINE OF
CHRIST’S PASSION. The
shrine is located in St John, Indiana.
Relevant Radio is sponsoring a bus
trip/pilgrimage on October 30. Plan
to go to this great shrine! (article)
OFFICERS 20102010-2011
CHAPLAIN Fr. James Dvorscak
GRAND KNIGHT Jim Peppmuller
DEPUTY GK Mark Welch
CHANCELLOR Donald Bauc
ADVOCATE David Adams
RECORDER Michael Baker
TREASURER George StMarie
FIN. SECRETARY Dan Michalak
WARDEN Tom Lulinski
OUTSIDE GUARDS:
Carter Caul
Albert Sparks
INSIDE GUARDS:
William Farhat
Michael Doyle
TRUSTEES:
3 YEAR Peter Baker
2 YEAR Bob Strezo
1 YEAR Donald Zich
FIELD AGENT: John Cinkus
KNIGHT OF THE QUARTER:
Jeff Kozinski
MONDAY NOVEMBER 1:
JOLIET ASSEMBLY MEETS
At Council 4400, 7:30 PM.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 10:
MEMORIAL MASS. Knights and
their families from the 11 councils of
the Joliet Assembly together remember
at Mass the brothers, friends and family who returned to our Lord during the
past year. At the Council 4400 Hall,
1813 E, Cass Street, Joliet. Time: 7:00
PM Phone (815) 723 3827
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 16: OFFICER MEETING. In the Deacom
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6
James Fitzgerald Room of St Mary
AND SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7: School. 7:30 PM.
TURN IN BABY BOTTLES
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20:
FOR LIFE! You have had all
POKER NIGHT 7:00 PM at Tim
Cosgrove’s house, 1026 Stonegate
month to fill up your baby bottle.
Road, New Lenox. Call Tim at (815)
Now turn it in full of money to help
support the wonderful Woman’s
485 5599 for directions.
Choice Ministry. Call Cliff Peloquin at SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20:
(815) 464 7242 to help. (article)
WINE AND DINE. Not going to
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7:
play poker? Then go to the romantic
PANCAKE BREAKFAST. We
“Wine and Dine” at St Jude for a date.
work together at this fun fundraiser This will be a great evening out for discerning couples. Call Rosalie or Andy
for our council. All morning in Burnett Hall. Come and join the fun. Call Leitelt at (815) 469 9876 or email
Joe Kral at (708) 478 4543 to volun- them at liamaestra@sbcglobal.net to
teer.
reserve a place for two or learn more.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 9:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 25:
COUNCIL MEETING. In Burnett THANKSGIVING DAY Praise God
Hall at 7:30 PM.
for our many blessings.
October 12, 2010
THANK YOU FROM FATHER DENNIS
HELP CLIFF HELP DAYBREAK
Our tireless brother Cliff Peloquin sent us the note below. Cliff is helping to collect items for this very
good local charity. If you can help him, or if you have anything that will be useful to the needy, then
please contact Cliff or Phil as described below.
BABY BOTTLES FOR LIFE!
After all Masses on November 6 and 7 members of St Mary Parish will be
collecting the baby bottles that were collected in early October. The baby
bottles were distributed to raise funds for Woman’s Choice Services, a
Catholic organization dedicated by the Bishop of Joliet. Woman’s Choice
Services is a life centered network, founded as a concrete response to
Pope John Paul II’s Gospel of Life. The center focuses on showing women,
men and families that they have the choice of life for their families and it
provides them with counseling, information and support. Please visit
www.womanschoiceservices.com to learn more. Give generously. If you
have lost your baby bottle, cash donations are also accepted.
OUR NEWEST MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBER,
CHICKEN LITTLE, HAS SOME GREAT NEW IDEAS FOR A
FEAR BASED MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN!
If you have a better idea, or if you know of a candidate for membership in our order, then contact:
Larry Jourdan, Membership Director. (708) 479 7021
MICHELLE RUNS THE MARATHON!
Joe Sluis’ daughter Michelle challenged herself to run the Chicago Marathon to show that she “still has it” as she turns 40 years old. Michelle
completed the marathon in just under 6 1/2 hours two days before her
40th birthday. Sister Ann flew in from Minnesota for the event and the
family was present at trackside to cheer her on. The picture at left shows
Michelle as she passes the halfway mark of the race. Sister Ann ran alongside for a short while. Many of her coworkers at AT&T cheered her on
along the track. Mom and dad Sluis are very proud of her.
Michelle
Ann
Many of our brother knights from the Mokena and St
Jude councils have participated in the Men’s Fraternity.
None of the attendees have found it to be a poor program—all the negative criticism has come from those
who have not been involved in it. This ecumenical program teaches Christian values for men to help them grow
in relationships at home, at work and in the Church. You
will find that both programs help you to become a better
man, husband and Man of God. There are presently two
programs in session:
“Winning at Work and at Home” meets every Saturday morning at St Jude’s church from 6:15 AM until
7:30 AM in room 4 of the Franciscan Hall. Contact Art Novak at (708) 870 7441 or Ken Dufour at (815)
485 2938
“The Great Adventure” meets every Saturday morning 6:30 until 8:00 AM at Little Joe’s Restaurant on
the corner of Francis Road and Cedar Road in New Lenox. Contact Gary at (815) 717 2614.
Look into it—it is a great program. Joining late is not a problem.
MONUMENT TO THE UNBORN
As is customary at almost all Catholic churches in the United States, there is a large Monument to the Unborn at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs near Auriesville, New York. The monument was placed
by the Knights of Columbus and is shown above. The Mohawk River is in the background.
Vivat Jesus
SHRINE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MARTYRS
Our Lady of Martyrs
Auriesville, New York
Helen Sluis
The great church at Auriesville, known as “The Coliseum”, commemorates the deaths by continuous torture and eventual murder of three great Jesuits. The Priests were captured in the mid 1600’s by Mohawk
warriors of the Iroquois nation. The Mohawks captured them during their ministries to the Huron tribe of
the Algonquin who lived along the shores of Georgian Bay of Lake Huron. Mohawk warriors brought 22
captured Christian Huron warriors, women and children with several Frenchmen and Jesuit brothers to
their village located where the great church stands now. Captives were used as slaves and torturedusually until they died. Relief by being burned alive was rarely granted.
The most famous of the priests was Father Isaac Jogues who was able to escape from the Mohawk with
the aid of a Dutch merchant in what is now Albany. Father Jogues escaped while barely alive and after his
right index finger and thumb had been chopped and bitten off by his torturers. He was able to return to
his native France where he recuperated. He asked for and was granted permission by the Pope to consecrate the host without the use of the thumb and index finger of his right hand and then insisted on returning to the new world where he was eventually killed by the Mohawk on October 18, 1646.
A total of eight Jesuit priests were martyred while evangelizing the Algonquin and the Iroquois during the
seventeenth century—three at Auriesville and five near Midland, Ontario. Saint Isaac Jogues, Saint Rene
Goupil and Saint Jean DeLalande, along with the five priests murdered near Midland were canonized byPope Pius XI on June 29, 1930. “Our Lady of Martyrs” is the shrine of the “Americans”
Vivat Jesus
THE SHRINE OF CHRIST’S PASSION
Catholic “Relevant Radio” is sponsoring a trip to the “Shrine of
Christ’s Passion” in St John, Indiana on October 30. You will be
picked up by bus at the Annunciation Byzantine Catholic Church
at 146th and Will Cook Road at 11:00 AM. Lunch will be served
at 12:30 PM followed by a walk of the shrine trail, which is a
beautiful life sized “stations of the cross”. Attendees will pray the
“Divine Mercy Chaplet” at 3:00 PM and attend Mass at the new
St John the Evangelist church at 4:30 PM. Buses will bring you
home at 7:15 PM. The trip costs $30. Call (877) 291 0123 to register or ask for information.