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Jan
Knight of the Month – January 2013
Marce Tebbe Marce Tebbe displayed a wide range of skills and interests during December and January alone. When the parish’s annual Breakfast with St. Nick was in need of a […]
28
Jan
Winter Welcome – January 2013
Procuring and preparing a tasty barbecue meal for almost 200 parishioners was another relatively routine assignment for the Knights during the parish’s annual Winter Welcome hoedown in the community center […]
28
Jan
Catechist Appreciation Dinner – January 2013
An impressive number of Knights was sufficiently recovered from the council’s annual Appreciation Dinner on Saturday night, Jan. 19 (many of whom also volunteered the following morning at 8157’s winter […]
28
Jan
Winter Blood Drive – January 2013
Patrick Stepniewski has been coordinating blood drives at Holy Spirit since before there was a Knights of Columbus council. His well-oiled machine was on display Jan. 20, when he was […]
21
Jan
Appreciation Galore
This past Saturday night, January 19, 2013, was a night to remember for those Knights of Columbus and their guests in attendance at the 4th annual Appreciation Dinner and party […]
17
Jan
Take the Knights’ Quiz – Online!
At our last general membership meeting on Tuesday Jan 15th, Jim Kowalski challenged us with a Knights of Columbus Quiz which consisted of 16 questions relating to the history of […]
16
Jan
Newsletter Oct-Dec 2012
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Dec
A Christmas Message
Merry Christmas from the Officers & Directors of The Knights of Columbus Council 8157 [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/30045271″ params=”auto_play=true&show_comments=false” width=”100%” height=”80″ iframe=”true” /] [one_half] [thaudio href=’https://8157.mytreatmentmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Pavarotti-O-Holy-Night.mp3′]Luciano Pavarotti – O Holy […]
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Dec
Knight of the Month – December 2012
Jim Richardson Jim was one of the thousands of people who came to our area in 1990 when the Super-Collider project was getting started in Waxahachie. For Jim and wife […]
09
Dec
St Nick in the House
On December 9, 2012, St Nick (played by Marce Tebbe) made his appearance in the gymnasium at the Community Center at Holy Spirit Church for the annual “breakfast with St […]
07
Dec
Council Receives Prestigious Awards
Bill Dover, District Deputy of District #86, presented our Grand Knight, Frank Salazar, two very prestigious awards this past December 4, 2012 as the regular general business meeting. The ceremony was […]
07
Dec
District Deputy Seeks Help
During the general business meeting of December 4, 2012, Bill Dover spoke of the many happenings during the mid-year meeting and presented the Council with three wards. What Bill failed […]
01
Dec
Family of the Month – December 2012
Al and Sally Alonzo Al and Sally Alonzo capped off another busy year in which they were selected as the council’s Family of the Month for December. At least those […]
18
Nov
Corporate Communion
Some one once asked, “Who are the Knights”? This past Saturday evening, Nov. 17, 2012 at the 5:30 p.m. Mass, you could see who the Knights are. There was a […]
17
Nov
The GRILL
On Thursday evening, Nov. 1, 2012, someone or a group of someones saw fit to steal the Knights’ grill from church property. Fr. Joe Lee actually saw the grill leaving […]
17
Nov
Pancake Breakfast
Nineteen Knights worked this past Sunday morning November 10 at the Community Center to set up the gymnasium, cook breakfast fare, serve the guests, and clean up everything when the […]
16
Nov
Drivers Needed
NCBC Transportation Needed for Bishops We are in need of drivers for about 200+ Bishops, Cardinals and other dignitaries coming to Dallas on February 4– 7, 2013 for the National […]
16
Nov
Special Olympics Bowling
Many volunteers joined together from October 30th to November 9th at the USA Bowling alley in north Dallas near Walnut Hill Lane to help over 1,100 Special Olympic athletes from […]
16
Nov
40 Days For Life Wrap Up
The “40 Days For Life” campaign was held from September 26th – November 4th with 24 hours a day prayer vigils in front of the Southwestern Late Term Abortion Center […]
12
Nov
Greetings from Fr. Augustine
We received the following e-mail “thank you” from Father Augustine through Gabi Hardin regarding the recent Knight donation to Fr. Augustine for his school: Loving greetings and prayerful wishes from […]
10
Nov
Hospitalized Veterans Honored
What a show of strength by the Knights of Council 8157 as they honored the men and women who served their country and are now paying the price. This past […]
05
Nov
Council Grill Missing
Urgent Call to All Knights: The council grill is missing from its mooring as of this morning and it’s assumed stolen. The chain was found cut. This has been reported […]
03
Nov
Baseball
The fall little league baseball season finished with a “thud”. The last two tournaments were cancelled – one due to weather and another due to lack of interest. And so […]
01
Nov
Family of the Month – November 2012
Jorge Ruiz discovered his appetite for art and creativity at a young age, soon after emigrating from Ecuador to New York City and reuniting with his parents and six siblings. […]
01
Nov
Knight of the Month – November 2012
Chris Edwards For Chris Edwards, the council’s Knight of the Month for November, membership as a rank-and-file Knight these days is a relatively new experience. He joined the council soon […]
27
Oct
Knight Hands on the Job
David Dyabla joined Hector Lopez and Allen Reitmeier in completing the latest Knight Hand project at the home of David and Barbara […]
25
Oct
Email Addresses Created
Gents, FYI: I created a couple of email addresses that you should know about: info@kofc8157.org forwards to fransa1217@yahoo.net & alonzobt@att.net membership@kofc8157.org forwards to andygoza@msn.com to & alonzobt@att.net The first one […]
25
Oct
New Website Under Construction
Hey guys, I just installed a new “template” over our WordPress website and it has a lot of options that I have to go through and set defaults for, so […]
23
Oct
Bill Neilon
Bill and wife Toni are among the founding families of the parish. He was the first head of the parish council and led the choir at Masses at Reed Junior […]
13
Oct
Knights Cook for St. Joseph Residents
Eleven Knights from this Council spent the Saturday morning of October 13th, 2012 cooking and entertaining the residents of St. Joseph’s assisted living residence located on West Prembroke Avenue in […]
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