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Knights of Columbus Council 8521St Joseph Catholic Church - Honey Creek25781 Hwy 46 WestSpring Branch TX 78070-3613KC Officers for 2021-2022Grand KnightRicardo Garcia210-843-7157Deputy Grand KnightTomas Rubio650-922-2326Financial SecretaryJoe Vocks830-885-4340ChancellorDave Evans830-438-2806TreasurerMatt Wohlfeil830-388-6296RecorderEloy Uresti210-389-2050AdvocateGreg Canfield830-438-8266WardenDave Fletcher830-885-6515Inside GuardLarry Koteras210-508-6339Outside GuardGeoffrey Young830-388-0994ChaplainMsgr. Peter Flood830-438-2807Trustee 1st YearHal B. Lane III830-980-9848Trustee 2nd YearRudy Gonzales210-488-5431Trustee 3rd YearMax Engle830-431-7387LecturerScott Anderson409-344-1124May 2022 NewsletterMay: Month of MaryIt is a centuries-old custom of Catholics to dedicate themonth of May to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The month of Mayis always part of the Easter season, the fifty days wecelebrate in the liturgy the Resurrection of Our Lord, atime also of awaiting the outpouring of the Holy Spirit atPentecost. The celebration of May as a Marian month fitswell with the liturgical celebrations of Easter and Pentecostas we recall Mary’s great joy in her Son’s victory over deathas well as her presence with the apostles in the upper roomprayerfully awaiting the descent of the Holy Spirit atPentecost.In this Year of Faith, it is good to consider the faith of Mary.At the Visitation, Elizabeth said to Mary: Blessed are youwho believed that what was spoken to you by the Lordwould be fulfilled. When we think of our Blessed Mother,we recognize that she is indeed blessed, not only becauseshe was the Mother of Jesus, but because she believed inthe Lord’s words. She believed with all her heart and said“yes” to become the Mother of the Messiah and Son of God.She allowed herself to be led by God’s grace throughout herlife, a life rooted in a deep faith in God. She became herSon’s first and most perfect disciple. CONTINUED

In our pilgrimage of faith, we walk always with Mary at our side. She is ourmodel of faith and she helps us with her prayers to live by faith. She teaches usto believe as she believed.During this month of May, we pay special honor to our Blessed Mother. In 1965,Pope Paul VI wrote a short encyclical on the month of May. He wrote that May isan occasion for a “moving tribute of faith and love which Catholics in every partof the world pay to the Queen of Heaven. During this month Christians, both inchurch and in the privacy of the home, offer up to Mary from their hearts anespecially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. In this month,too, the benefits of God’s mercy come down to us from her throne in greaterabundance.”I recommend the observance of May as a Marian month. Many churches andschools have celebrations of the crowning of images of Our Lady. This is abeautiful custom that expresses our love for the Mother of God as our Queen.Other Marian devotions are particularly fitting in the month of May. Of course,the holy rosary is always a wonderful prayer to enter more deeply into themysteries of Christ’s life with Mary. It is a Gospel prayer.All honor that we give to Mary is ordered to, and leads to, the adoration of God.Devotion to Mary fosters within us a faithful adherence to her Son. When wecrown images of Mary, we are honoring her. In honoring Mary, we are ultimatelypraising God for the grace He bestowed on her.We all probably have our favorite images of Mary as well as our favoritedevotions: Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Lourdes,Mother of Perpetual Help, the Miraculous Medal, etc. The many images anddevotions express various aspects of Our Lady’s vocation and mission. They helpus to know the virtues of Mary and remind us to turn to her for her intercession.I invite you to pray with Mary during this Marian month. Let us especiallycommend to her our prayers for life, marriage, and religious liberty. Let us allplace ourselves in the school of Mary to learn from her how to love God morefervently and to love one another as her Son has loved us.May the Blessed Virgin Mary intercede for us and draw us closer to Christ herSon!

Brothers,Memorial Day is May 30, 2022-- Here at St. Joseph-Honey Creekwe will have a Memorial Day ceremony. Watch your email forthe exact date, time, and volunteer request. The Brothers incharge are SK Ron Janak and Cesar DeJesus.

Knights of Columbus Council 8521Council Meeting April 13, 2022Knight of the Month for March 2022Brother Donald Zaiontz without his dedicationto the Church and Council, our 2022 Fish FryFridays during Lent would not have been suchbig success.CongratulationsTo Council 8521 newest 3rd Degreed Knights who receivedtheir certificates from our Grand Knight.Brother Robert A. LiraBrother Michael B. BochatBrother Christopher J.Jurica

Brothers,The 2022 scholarship program will be getting under way. If you havea High School senior graduating this year 2022. They are eligible. TheScholarship Award will be for a total of 10,000.00 for the year 2022,granted to five (5) individual qualified graduating High Schoolstudents in the amount of 2,000.00 for each studentHere is a direct link to the application:May 9. 2022 is the deadline for the applicationClick here for 2022 scholarship applicationApril 23, 2022 Knights of Columbus Council 8521 Special OlympicsVolunteer's.Spring Clean-upApril 23, 2022, Thank you, to the volunteers who participated for theSpring-cleanup here at St. Joseph's Catholic Church-Honey Creek. Sorryno pictures available. But, just admire our beautiful campus and churchgrounds.

April 25, 2022 Major Fundraiser in the Books. The 11th Annual GolfTournament was met with on/off rain showers. Thank you to the golfcommittee who organized and executed a great day of brotherhood andfun. Big Thank You to all our volunteers, golf participants, and supporters.

May 25, 2022 Color Guard activated for the 11th annual Knightsof Columbus Council 8521 Golf Tournament opening ceremony.L-R, SK’s Eloy Uresti, Dave Fletcher,Gerald Beckmann, and Dick Stuart.Do you have gluefor golf club grips?Asking for a friend?A big Thank You to all the volunteerswho helped make this a success.Pictures by SK Tom Brod and Eloy UrestiBother Rudy (Take my Picture)Gonzales, so happy to see you“God is Good”!

Lent April 2022 Fish Fry Fridays# 5,6Thank You to all the young volunteers, Brotherswho helped and supported this major fundraiser.

FINANCIAL SECRETARY REPORTFORMay 1, 2022246 Members which includes 100 Insurance, 6 Honorary,43 Honorary Life and 7 InactiveThe dues invoices for 2022 were mailed in December to 205 Knight along with2021 Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity Individual Member Worksheet. Emailreminders were sent on February 1st to 66 Knights. 2nd Notices were sent onFebruary 15th to 46 Knights. Reminders were mailed to 27 Knights on April 15th.There are 18 Knights who have not paid their dues for 2022 for a total of 517.25. Please make checks payable to Knights of Columbus Council 8521and mail to Joe Vocks, Financial Secretary, 923 River Way Spring Branch, TX78070. Payments were due December 31, 2021.SK’s FYI: Our Assembly has a WEB site click on the link below to accessAssembly 3439 WEB page:Assembly 3439 WEB SiteNOTE: See the Knights of Columbus Council 8521 WEB Site for the mostcurrent calendar events. Link:Council 8521 WEB SiteBLOOD DRIVEMay 14, 2022 at the Parish HallBrothers: Below is the registration link and info for our next drive onMay-14. If you can donate please register. Currently we have 22registered with 80 slots remainingSouth Texas Blood - Donor Portal

About 105 years ago, on this same day, May 13, 1917, in the small village ofFatima in Portugal, Lucia (9) and her cousins, Francisco (8) and his sister Jacinta(6) saw an apparition of “a woman all in white, more brilliant than the sun,indescribably beautiful, and who wore a white mantle edged with gold and held arosary in her hand.”On her 6th and last apparition to the children, on the 13th of October, 1917, shetold the children “I am the Lady of the Rosary.”During the October 13th apparition, 70,000 people witnessed “the sun make threecircles and move around the sky in an incredible zigzag movement in a mannerwhich left no doubt in their minds about the veracity of the apparitions” approved asauthentic by the Church by 1930.Our Lady asked the children “to pray, to devote themselves to the Holy Trinity andto say the Rosary every day, to bring peace to the world and an end of the war.”The first two of Our Lady’s prophetic ‘secrets’ were later revealed to refer to “thevision of hell and the souls languishing there, the request for an ardent devotion tothe Immaculate Heart of Mary, the prediction of the Second World War, and finallythe prediction of the immense damage that Russia would do to humanity byabandoning the Christian faith and embracing Communist totalitarianism.”In 2020, her third ‘secret’ was revealed and “referred to the persecutions thathumanity would undergo in the last century: The good will be martyred; the HolyFather will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated.”“The suffering of the popes of the 20th century has been interpreted to include theassassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981, which took place on May 13,the 64th anniversary of the apparitions.”Continued

When our Lady appeared to the children, her 1917 messages mentioned herconcerns about “the violent trials that would afflict the world by means of war,starvation, and the persecution of the Church and the Holy Father in the twentiethcentury if the world did not make reparation for sins. She exhorted the Church topray and offer sacrifices to God in order that peace may come upon the world,and that the trials may be averted.”It is of utmost urgency to note that until now, war, starvation, persecution of theChurch and violent trials that Our Lady mentioned in 1917 are still present.The pandemic is this world’s present greatest trial and challenge. Wars are stillcontinuing in many countries and even in certain areas in our country. Hunger,poverty, joblessness are affecting millions and the end of continuing, simultaneouscrises still so remote and uncertain.Should the whole world be reminded now to hurry and heed Our Lady’s 1917exhortation “for the Church to pray and offer sacrifices to God in order that peacemay come upon the world and that the trials may be averted?”Did Pope Francis remember Our Lady’s messages when he made his recent callfor all in the world to pray the Rosary throughout the whole month of May?Last May 1, 2021, Pope Francis led the world in praying the Holy Rosary “for anend to the coronavirus pandemic, imploring the Virgin Mary to intercede forhealing for the sick, comfort for the grieving, and hope for the future.”With Pope Francis, together, and with penance, shall we and our families pray theRosary this May and seek refuge under Mary’s protection, in the midst of “thepresent dramatic situation, full of sufferings and anxieties that grip the wholeworld.”