Freddy and Milly Vazquez Freddy’s ascension through the KC ranks has been a rather quick one. He joined the order in August 2015 and, on the final Saturday of February, […]
Luis “Tony” Gonzalez Tony has wasted little time in becoming involved in the council. Wasted no time, actually. He was inducted in November 2015 at the urging of his brother, […]
Congratulations to Patrick Stepniewski and his brother helpers for what appears to be the most successful council blood drive in years on Sunday, Feb. 21. We had an official […]
Another great turnout for our first Fish Fry of the 2016 Lenten Season of both Knights and parishioners. As we gathered in and out of the kitchen at the start of […]
Ronald Peter Suriano October 12, 1936 – February 1, 2016 It is with great sense of sadness that we announce the passing of our Brother and Sir Knight Ronald Peter […]
Knights of Columbus council 8157 sponsored a Free Throw Championship for boys and girls between the ages of 9 and 14 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Dallas on […]
[dropcaps] T [/dropcaps] he annual celebration of the good works performed by the Knights of Columbus Council 8157 throughout the past year was held on Saturday, January 23, 2016. This is […]
Jim Stavinoha The council went looking for a new director of church activities late last year after Pat May earned a respite from the duties after many years. We couldn’t […]
Charles and Marina Turner Charles joined our council last August and wasted little time becoming involved in KC activities along with Marina. They pitched in at the Cedar Hill baseball […]
[dropcaps] T [/dropcaps] he Knights of Columbus donates millions of dollars to charitable and benevolent causes and millions of hours of volunteer community service to aid the less fortunate. To […]
Every Knight Hand project is unique and special to both those doing the job and those receiving the benefits of the labor of the Knights of Columbus. And so […]
Breakfast with St. Nicholas Dec 2015 [dropcaps] W [/dropcaps] hat a colossal effort by the Knights of Columbus during the “Breakfast with St. Nick” celebration this past Sunday December 13th at […]
The Daniel Rosales family For the sake of clarity, we’ll refer to the father-son council members here as Daniel and Junior. No matter the names, they are valued contributors to […]
Larry Balagna Larry is a tireless contributor to council activities. It seems like we don’t scramble an egg or set up and take down a room without him pitching in. […]
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The Fall little league baseball season concluded this past Sunday with the “Strike Out for Hunger” tournament benefiting the Cedar Hill food pantry held on November 14th and 15th at […]
The Knights of Council 8157 demonstrated our respect and appreciation for the Veterans’ military service at the VA Hospital in Dallas once again this past Saturday November 14. We served a […]
The Hike for Life 2015 managed to get off the ground thanks in large part to the efforts of Andy Goza and Jim Russell. Although the weather did not cooperate (it […]
Brother Knights, The new year is quickly approaching so it’s time to pay our 2016 annual dues. For every member in our council, we have to pay per year approximately $24 out […]
Andy, Susan and Madison Goza If you didn’t notice Andy, Susan or Madison hard at work at some point during the parish’s recent fall festival, you weren’t looking hard enough. […]
Ed O’Brien Ed is one of many past Grand Knights of 8157 who continue to be active in council activities. Before you know it, it will time for Lenten fish […]
October 2015 turned out to be a very busy time for Knight Hands; we completed 11 projects during the month. Most memorable was replacing a fence at Gabriele Hardin’s home; […]
[dropcaps] T [/dropcaps] he “Strong Right Arm of the Church” again had its considerable hand prints all over this year’s Holy Spirit fall festival, which took place during its traditional final […]
[dropcaps] O [/dropcaps] f all the community activities we perform in our council, the bi-annual St. Joseph’s Residence Cookout seems to be consistently one of the more spiritually rewarding for the Knights who participate. Maybe […]
[dropcaps] S [/dropcaps] election as Council 8157’s Knight of the Year is typically the result of outstanding commitment and service. Jim Richardson, our 29th annual honoree this past summer, sees it […]
Jack and Juanita Ramsden The Ramsdens again played a quiet-but-substantial role in the success of the parish’s recent Fall Festival. They coordinated pickups of furniture and other large and heavy […]
Dan Murphy Dan has been very active lately both within and beyond his duties as our director of community activities. He is organizing the next semi-annual cookout at St. Joseph’s […]
In the readings this past Sunday, St. James says it is not enough to hope those who are in need will find help. It is not ecough even to pray […]
[dropcaps] T [/dropcaps] his past Friday September 4th the Duncanville Knights headed out to Holy Trinity Seminary of Dallas once again to show our appreciation for the young men who are […]
Jim Richardson named Knight of the Year 2014-2015 At the Installation of Officers Ceremony this past Saturday July 11th, 2015, it was announced that the new Knight of the Year Award […]
