Our council’s support and appreciation of our young men of faith who choose the path to the priesthood was demonstrated on Saturday, October 8th, 2016 with the annual cookout for […]
All the Council events and activities of the last quarter. [button type=”churchope_button” url=”https://8157.mytreatmentmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/knights-life-newsletter-edition-28-oct-2016.pdf” target=”” ]Download Newsletter October 2016[/button]
It took more than a downpour to dampen our spirits as the Knights made their annual indispensable contribution to Holy Spirit’s fall festival. The festival was again under the guidance […]
[dropcaps] O [/dropcaps] ur new football concession operation at Valley Ridge Park in Cedar Hill may have been off to a slow start due to weather delays and a slightly lower than […]
Sanka and Thilini Jayasinghe Sanka has been a member of council for less than three months, and we already know he can wield a mean spatula when preparing burgers at […]
Bob Motta Bob has been typically busy lately, from manning the cooking post in the back of the baseball concession stand every Saturday this fall to helping with the set-up […]
Prayer is an important part of our lives. As Catholics, we are taught to pray specific prayers. It starts almost at the cradle, with, “Now I lay me down to sleep. I […]
First, let me preface this presentation with the comment that it was first written two months ago. Due to the length of our past few meetings, I have not had […]
David and Clara Dybala David and Clara have been married since June 1971, not long after they met at a wedding dance themselves. They grew up in the small Czech […]
Pete Perta Pete is in his fourth year as our Financial Secretary, having taken the baton from his long-time predecessor, Ernie Coy, in April 2013. Pete moved to the Dallas […]
Brothers, Late yesterday afternoon Brother Knight Ernest Alvarez admitted his wife Carmen, who is suffering from a serious medical condition, into Methodist Hospital in Dallas on an emergency basis. This […]
Ben and Renee Luna Ben and Renee met back at Mesquite High and have been married 21 years. They have a daughter, Sayla, who graduated from Red Oak High in […]
It’s time again for a tip of the hat for Pat. That would be Patrick Stepniewski, who has been organizing our council blood drives for years. Even before that, […]
Brothers, Our Council has been presented an amazing opportunity that will allow us to expand our ability to provide Charity work for our parish and our community. As most of […]
Council 8157 Grand Knight Jim Richardson has called a special meeting of all council members to be held on: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 7:00 PM This special meeting will […]
Efrain Ochoa Efrain quietly goes about his work as a weekly volunteer during our Cedar Hill baseball concession stand operations as a member of the Monday night shift. He went […]
Victor was invited to join the council by La’Don Wright at one of our recent Friday afternoon snow-cone handouts under the church bell tower. He grew up in Dallas, graduating […]
Zachary comes the latest “legacy” member of our council. He’s the son of Ramon Presas III, who joined 8157 in 2003. Zachary is a recent graduate of Midlothian High. He […]
Sanka and his family moved to Cedar Hill about a year ago. He and wife Thilini have been married eight years. They have two children, son Saren (6) and daughter […]
At our Council’s Annual Awards Banquet this past Saturday July 16, 2016, the highlight of the evening was the announcement of the Knight of the Year. In his first official […]
Council 8157 kicked off its new fraternal year this past Saturday, July 16, 2016 with a most eventful evening. First the Knights gathered to attend Corporate Communion Mass at Holy […]
ATTENTION ALL KNIGHTS Sir Knight Art Senato has volunteered to put on a cooking clinic to share his famous spaghetti sauce recipe and teach us to make it. This may […]
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Following a week of violence across the United States, the Knights of Columbus has called for a novena of prayer to heal the wounds and divisions afflicting this country. Knights, […]
Frank and Lourdes Salazar Our thoughts and prayers are with Frank and Lourdes, who have each dealt with the recent death of a parent. Frank’s father died recently while in […]
Nick Kleinhaus Nick takes the traditional council journey from Grand Knight to becoming one of our three Trustees for the 2016-17 fraternal year. Nick is from Cincinnati, Ohio and has […]
Over the years, I have come to believe that there are a few basic truths that we all share. Many years ago, I learned that “history is written by the […]
E.J. doesn’t have to go far to bump into some fellow brothers. His father, Ernest Jr., joined the council in February and took his major degree about two weeks later. […]
Mario said he had been thinking for quite some time about joining the Knights. “It was time to join now,” he said. Al Alonzo was his sponsor, but Mario said […]
Jesse Radillo Jesse joined the Knights in October 2013 and took his major degrees at Holy Spirit in February 2015. He was born in Mexico and moved to El Paso […]
