September 2020 Newsletter

Volume 25 Issue 3 - September 2020

THE CROSS and COMPASS

"Faith in Action!!!"

Grand Knight's Report

Brother Knights,

This issue of the Crown and Compass marks a new beginning for our monthly newsletter. Starting with this issue, we will focus on our council and our parish, St. Matthew.

We’ll include a new monthly column from our council chaplain, Fr. Peter, to both keep us up-to-date with the activities at St. Matthew Church during the pandemic and provide us with spiritual guidance to support us during this time; recognition for our brother Knights celebrating birthdays; a list of those to remember with our prayers in “For the Good Of The Order”; and news of council activities and activities from other councils that we can support. If you have any input for the newsletter, send it to me.

For the articles and activities that you can read about in the KofC State Newsletters, The Tar Heel Knight and The Golden Plume (KofCNC.org); the Supreme newsletter, Knightline (KofC.org); or our monthly magazine, The Columbian, or subjects that are sent in monthly email blasts, there is no need to repeat them here. If you have an idea for an article for any of those outlets, please submit it to me and I’ll submit it from our council.

This newsletter is for news about our council – Council 10852 – and to keep you informed about our activities and events, and to ask you for your support to both lead and support them. If you have an upcoming event that you would like included, or a question about anything in this newsletter, please send me a note.

Let us know if you like this new format. We’ll summarize them in our next issue.

In our Council News section, you’ll see a call for volunteers to support several of our activities. We’d like to have a golf tournament and need someone who both knows how to run one and has the time to do it. If you can help with this, please call me (704-281-6737). The same goes for Bingo and our council raffles. It takes a good group of volunteers to keep our council moving forward and any contribution on your part is gladly welcome.

We’ve been looking at ways to start meeting together again. It’s difficult, especially after the experience at UNC Chapel Hill and our other universities, but we still want to see if there is some way to actually have an in-person meeting. One idea is to have a meeting in the common area outside the banquet center. Another is to have it inside, but in both cases, masks required and we have to limit participation to under 50. Let us know how you feel about this – yea or nay so we can start to work with the banquet center to have an in-person meeting. Send me your input – rwall@tivasoftware.com.

Our Treasurer and Outside Guard, Tom Larkin and Bob Mrkus, put together our first fund raiser for a Chromebook. We hope you enjoyed seeing the Installation Ceremony of your officers. We’re here to serve and support you and our council. We all look forward to more activities together as the year progresses and as the development of a vaccine comes closer.

Vivat Jesus!

Rory Wall, GK

COUNCIL NEWS

ChromeBook Raffle – Our first Council Raffle, for a ChromeBook, was a resounding success. Congratulations to Leo and Pat Tosto, our first raffle winners!

Thank you for your participation and support. We have launched our new 50/50 Raffle to be drawn Halloween eve, October 30^th, at 7 pm. Tell your family, friends and neighbors about this opportunity to have some fun while supporting our charitable giving. The link to the raffle is:

https://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=gh8lhasab&oeidk=a07eharcurce059f64b

Copy the link into an email and send to family, friends, neighbors - anyone with $5! Any questions, contact Brother Tom Larkin (twlarkin39@gmail.com)

Welcome to our New Brothers:

Fr. Earnest Nebangongnjoh

Larry Richmond

Philip Giordano

Golf Tournament – We need a Program Chairman for a Golf Tournament in the Spring. If you can organize this activity and would like to volunteer to run it, let me know.

South Charlotte Banquet Center - Ongoing Maintenance – We are always in need for help maintaining the Banquet Center. If you can volunteer a few hours, please let Chuck Elgin know. (Celgin01@earthlink.net).

Bingo Chairman – We need a new Chairman for Bingo when it returns. Please let me know if you can lead this program.

Newsletter Editor - We have an urgent need for a brother to step-up and take over the Cross and Compass from Steve. He is available to help his replacement with a smooth transition. Knowledge of Publisher or any other formatting software would be preferable.

We also need someone to keep the website up-to-date. Currently, it does not have the latest newsletters and could use an individual to ensure it has all the latest info.

Council Awards and Recognition:

The Grand Knight and Council Officers are pleased to announce that Fr. Peter Ascik was selected as Knight of the Month for August.

Along with his advocacy for an end to abortion, Fr. Peter is a guiding hand for our council to ensure that the principles of our Catholic Faith are reflected in all that we do as Knights of Columbus.

Our Family of the Month for August is Diane and Dean Kiradjieff.

Diane is director of faith formation at St Matthew and has done stellar work directing the massive First Communion and Confirmation operations in July, August, and September. Dean, her husband, helps during events as well.

Congratulations to Fr. Peter and Diane & Dean Kiradjieff!

Culture of Life Corner

Right to Life

The right to LIFE is so basic that all other rights emanate from and are dependent on it. You have to have LIFE in order to have the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The right to life from conception to natural death is often debated but remains a non-negotiable fact for Christians. Other negotiable issues like health care, immigration, jobs, etc. can be influenced by a number of strategies and factors, but are not proportional to the single issue of abortion, which is a direct and immoral attack on the life of one of God's wonderfully made creations. Catholics must continue to advocate for an end to abortion and vote responsibly to remove it from our nation’s character.

As Catholics, we need to resist the liberal ideology that does not recognize that life begins at conception and further devalues human life. For example, in 2016, Canada legalized euthanasia. Last year that law allowed 5,631 Canadians to kill themselves, accounting for 2% of all that nation’s deaths, double the previous year. In the U.S., we already have states that allow assisted suicide. This is yet another way that the insidious erosion of our beliefs and morals is occurring in our society.

Right now, there is an urgent, and specific need to stop the abortion industry from making one of the biggest killers of innocent children, the abortion pill, accessible by mail and over-the-counter. Put your beliefs into action and join in the fight. Write your congressmen and senators. Remind them that the complication rate for chemical abortions is 4 x the rate for surgical abortions. Fight against the attacks on our values, our culture and our religion.

Along with your participation in Right-To-Life demonstrations, use your most powerful voice to vote responsibly in November.

Go online to Party Platform Comparison 2020 at FRCACTION.org and EWTN.COM/VOTE for the Catholic moral framework for voting. An online source for Pro-Life news is LIFENEWS.com.

Sidewalk Advocates and prayer partners needed at the Hebron Abortion Facility

The Hebron Abortion facility performs abortions from 9 AM to 1 PM on Fridays and Saturdays. The defenseless unborn babies need us there. Email me at ngemignani@gmail.com if you need directions. The Sidewalk Advocates training course for Sidewalk Advocates will be available on-line. To get started, fill out an application at www.sidewalkadvocates.org/trainingapp. For questions contact our Charlotte chapter at: Prolifesignup@gmail.com

Pray

Let us pray for COVID-19 victims and their families who suffer, let us also remember the littlest victims who died in the last five months: the unborn. Are we doing enough to end abortion?

Submitted by Norman Gemignani, 803-415-2979

Respectfully,

Norman Gemignani

205-547-7919

ngemigani@gmail.com.gemigani@g

mail.com.

Least Among My Brethren

To everyone who participated with the LAMB Foundation Charity Night on July 14 at Burger 21, thank you so very much. Our thanks, too, to the folks at the restaurant who provided this opportunity. The total amount raised was $242.28. Considering that there are many folks who for a variety of valid reasons could not participate we are pleased with the amount raised.

If you have other ideas on fundraising during this pandemic time, please let me know. Just send me an email at deschr@bellsouth.net .

Respectfully,

Bob Desch

Managing Partner, Dan Argabrite, outside Burger 21and the window

advertising our fund raiser! Thank You Dan!

Columbus Club of South Charlotte

Updates to the SCBC

Columbus Club of South Charlotte

Update: Current Activities

The Columbus Club of South Charlotte (CCSC) membership consists of Council 10852 Brother Knights in good standing (e.g. current dues paying members). The Columbus Club of South Charlotte owns the South Charlotte Banquet Center (SCBC), a for-profit business whose aim is to raise funds for local charities.

The South Charlotte Banquet Center reopened for business in June. All State guidelines are being be followed such as Social Distancing, Sanitizing, and appropriate signage to protect our Clients and Employees.

Financially, the South Charlotte Banquet Center has been able to weather the storm thus far thanks to the prudent fiscal management of the current and past CCSC and SCBC Board Members. Business is building back slowly.

We have a monthly Board Meeting on the 2^nd Wednesday each month (currently via ZOOM). We ask that Board Members also help out at the SCBC when they can (setups, maintenance, etc.)

If you would like to learn more about the CCSC/SCBC Board, please contact CCSC President Chuck Elgin at celgin01@earthlink.net or 704-614-0504.

Freshly painted bar and rearranged pictures on the Knights wall.

New double wide door into the bar, new dance floor and new carpet in the Banquet Room.

A Message from our KofC Field Agent

Matthew J. McKinley PGK/SK

Dear Brothers,

First and foremost, I hope and pray that you and your families are safe and well! As we face these unprecedented times, the Knights of Columbus is in the forefront making sure that our members and their families are cared for. I want to continue to provide you with the service and the products available to you and the challenge is to do that in a way mindful of our duty to preserve the health and well-being of our members and their families.

The Supreme Office has developed a way for us to meet virtually over the internet to be able to continue to take care of all your insurance needs. I am now able to meet with you virtually using the Skype meeting application. This platform is familiar to many consumers and it is easy to connect to, even for those who have not used it before. It can be used with a variety of devices. In addition to being able to see each other, Skype allows me to share my screen with you so you can see forms and other graphics as needed.

While this way for us to meet may be new, my commitment to you and your family remains the same. My goal is to see Fr. McGivney's vision of protecting all Catholic families become a reality.

As always, I stand ready to help. If you or anyone you know are in need of assistance of any kind during these trying times, please feel free to contact me at: 818-731-6387.

50/50 Raffle - Drawing Halloween Eve - Oct 30, 2020 at 7 pm

Support the

Charities of KofC

St. Matthew Council 10852!

The pandemic has severely hampered our Council's ability to raise funds for the Charities we support. No car raffle; no All-You-Can-Eat breakfasts nor Lenten dinners. But the needs of our Charities continue, increasing every day.

YOU can help by buying a ticket (or 2 or 20) to our 50/50 Drawing - Winner gets 50% of the net proceeds or $500, whichever is more!

Live ZOOM drawing Halloween Eve - October 30, 2020 @ 7 pm!

All proceeds go to helping the Charities we support, like Holy Angels, SPRED, St. Matt Youth Ministries, UMAR, MiraVia and many more!

Click on the Button Below to Enter

our 50/50 Drawing and Have a Chance to Win $500 or MORE!

50/50 Raffle!

AMERICAN FLAGS FOR SALE

The George L. Gettier Assembly 780 is selling 3 ft x 5 ft. American Flags for $25. These flags are made in the good old United States of America. When flags are purchased by a St. Matthew Knights of Columbus Council 10852 member, $5 of the proceeds is returned to Council 10852.

Past Faithful Navigator Chuck Elgin, will have the flags available for sale at Council 10852 and Assembly 780 Business Meetings. Cash, Checks and Credit Cards are accepted. If you cannot attend an Assembly 780 or Council 10852 Business meeting but are interested in a flag, please contact Chuck at Email: celgin01@earthlink.net; Call/Text: 704-614-0504.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS BINGO:

Unfortunately, due to the COVIDS-19 pandemic, BINGO has been canceled. As soon it is safe for Bingo, we will let you know!

CALLING KNIGHTS TO HELP:

We group our volunteers into 5 teams. Each team is scheduled to work once every 5 weeks. Holidays nights are covered by a volunteer team, so a team may work once every 6 weeks on occasion. We can use more callers (we can train). We record all items on a computer and if interested, we can train you for that process also.

There are a few husbands and wives working on a team. In addition, we have wives that play while their husband works on a team. If you have a high school or older child that would like to help, we can use them also. If you work, all items from the Bingo kitchen are free. This can be a great family team event.

If you have questions or want to help please contact:

Ron Schumacher 704-618-2442 or reschu8@gmail.com

Mark your calendars!

KofC Council 10852 - Faith in Action!

September Calendar Events:

September 2 – Council Business Meeting at 7 pm *

September 9 – SCBC Board Meeting At 7pm

September 22 – Assembly 780 meeting *

September 23 - Officer's Meeting *

September– BINGO – TBD?

(* Virtual meeting may be required due to COVID-19 health concerns)

Happy Birthday!

The Grand Knight and Council Officers wish all Brother Knights with August,September and October birthdays a Very Happy Birthday! May God bless you with good health and much happiness for many more years!!!!

AUGUST

Paul Zeuner

Dwayne Fox

Thomas Mc Alpine

Stephen Eggles

Paul Zeuner

Peter Bertorelli

Thomas Glynn

John Hannon

Luis Cifuentes

John Mooney

Daniel Draia

Dennis Stergar

Timothy Conroy

Edmond Mesko

Philip Chukwueke

Timothy Gibson

William McKenna

Joseph Kolodziej

Joseph Aho

Glen Feltham

Richard Taddonio

William Wenger

Thomas White

John Keane

Charles Estalella

Robert Ferrigno

David Vacchi

Earl Hartenstine

Mark Mead

Ronald Schumacher

Mark Cordaro

Alfred Bevilacqua

Vincent Sardo

Aaron Kamenick

David Henderson

Gerard Carpenter

Michael Keely

Leonard Engel

Thomas Edwards

James Mc Intyre

Abram Henkel

Fr. Peter Ascik

Stanley Spiecha

SEPTEMBER

Michael Kitson

Josh Cavalier

Lawrence Perez

Donald Hodgens

Johannes Rief

Joseph Limongelli

Michael Hankins

John Sheehan

John Andrysick

Sean Mulhall

Jeremiah Linehan

Mark Mc Duffie

Michael Lenhart

Glenn Tatro

Michael Cabana

David Oster

George Sholler

Kevin Parrella

Wieslaw Huzar

Michael Barberi

Arthur Calabretta

James Robb

John Natoli

Christian Mrkus

Erick Ortiz

John Uche

Raymond Eveland

Mark Jerome

Luis Colon

Dennis Lazorcheck

Donald Johnson

Sergio Palacios

Charles Curtis

John Feathers

OCTOBER

Jorge Tarango

Piotr Jaskiernia

Michael Johnson

Stephen Edwards

Richard Hill

David Garlinski

Thomas Finke

Jeffrey McDonald

Albert Littmann

Cornelius Grace

Stephen Dey

Oscar Duran

John Coudriet

David Duvier

Christopher Wear

Pete Luksas

David Scibor

Michael Younger

Michael Blocker

Steven Marlier

Robert Rodite

Andrew Nowviskie

Andrw Ferkol

Daniel Strittmater

Keith Weber

Matthew Mouncer

Charles Menninger

Jonathan Fortier

Anthony Grano

John Corsi

John Stevenson

Ray Misiunas

Kenneth Henderson

Michael Lawson

Bill Kane

Gerard Eckhardt

Timothy Mc Culla

John Heagney

Gerald Mc Mahon

Craig Mazzucca

Tom Antolini

James Ewald

For The Good of the Order:

Please pray for your Brother Knights, their families, and friends, those who have died, are sick, or in distress.

Especially remember:

Don Gruno and his wife

Vince Coscia

We ask that in His mercy God may bless them, watch over them, and fill them and their families with the presence and comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen!

Mary, Queen of Knights Pray for us