He has been a member of our council for a year. He is an assistant teacher for the Religious Education program at his church. He is the outside guard and the Knight Letter editor for our council. He is the chairman of the Property Committee at his children’s school. Even before she became Catholic his wife Laura attended church and saw to it that her children were brought up in the Catholic Church. He has 4 children ages 12, 6, 4 and 11 months. His oldest daughter Katlyn sings with the choir at church. November’s “Family of the Month” is the Adam Struck family.
The council will be holding a 1st degree exemplification on Monday, November 11th. Any and all members are invited to attend to observe the ceremony and welcome our new members. The door to the council hall will open at 6:00 pm, and we are requesting that all candidates arrive no later than 6:30. The exemplification will start at 7:00 pm (or shortly thereafter). Refreshments will be served following the exemplification.
In the Western Church, November 1st is the Feast of All Saints and November 2nd is the celebration of All Souls. And so each year, on the first Sunday in November, our council remembers the souls of our brother knights who have fallen asleep in the Lord during this past year. This year our memorial service will be held on Sunday November 3rd at St. George Melkite Catholic Church located at 1620 Bell Street, Sacramento. The Divine Liturgy begins at 10:30 am and the memorial service is held immediately after. I encourage you to come and pray for the souls of our fellow knights. It is also a great opportunity for you to experience the spirituality of the eastern church.
I want to thank all of you helped out at our Tootsie Roll drive, Membership Drives and German Night. What was really impressive to me it that we had all this happening on the same weekend, with recruiting taking place at three different churches at the same time. German Night was a lot of fun and the food was great. Further information on the results of these events will follow.
Don’t forget that our Shrimp Dinner is on Saturday, November 16th. This is a fundraiser for the many charitable works we do throughout the year. I encourage you to contact Al Piccardo to see how you can help out at this event. Make plans to come to the dinner and bring some friends. This is a great event and always a lot of fun.
Thank you.
Go! Make a difference…
Fred Struck
Grand Knight Council 953
On Saturday and Sunday, October 19th & 20th, members of the council conducted our annual Tootsie Roll Drive at St Mary’s Church to raise funds for the intellectually disabled. Members who participated in the drive are: Terry Corcoran, Ricardo Saldana, Bryan McKrell, Tom Nulk, Dominic Ielati, Dale Edwards and Dale Walton.
Thank you, Brothers, for your help. You raised $588.00. Congratulations!
George Mills
Also, special thanks to Dick Cutting for organizing the similarly successful Tootsie Roll Drive at Sacred Heart Church, which was held on Saturday and Sunday, October 26th and 27th.
The council had its annual Oktoberfest on October 26 and a good time was had by all. A big thank you goes to all the brothers who attended the event and also to those who helped by working at the event. Special recognition goes to The Bread Store and Andy Smith, Dave Carboni, George Mills, John Watling, Terry
Corcoran, Anthony & Erin Reinas, Wendy Mills, Joe Davis, Murph, Fred Struck, Ricardo Saldana, Mike Mooney, Jack Ingram, and Andy Thielen.
A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday November 3rd immediately following the 10:30 AM Divine Liturgy at St. George Melkite-Greek Catholic Church, at 1620 Bell Street in Sacramento. All Knights are encouraged to come and pray for our brother Knights who have fallen asleep in the Lord this past year. The Memorial Service just takes a few minutes. Following the Memorial Service there will be coffee hour in the Parish Hall.
This is also a great recruiting opportunity. It is also a great opportunity for you to see the beauty and spirituality of our Eastern Catholic Church. The Divine Liturgy and the Memorial Service will be led by our chaplain, Fr. Brendan McAnerney.
Please remember to pray for the repose of the souls of Rev. John J. Folmer, Steven J. Fusick, Jr., Carl Apostolo, Don Nagel, Harold Hill and PGK Carl Pernichr.
