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Sunday, October 17, 2021
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Join the Knights of Columbus for Free!
Join the Knights of Columbus for Free! October 31st isn’t just a day for tricks and treats. It is also the first anniversary of the Beatification of our beloved Founder, Blessed Fr. Michael J. McGivney. Help us continue his legacy by joining the Knights of Columbus. Eligible men can join on-line for free (normally $30) until December 31st. Every man who joins online at kofc.org/joinus will pay $0 first-year dues by entering the promotion code MCGIVNEY2020. If you’ve been thinking about joining the Knights, now is a good time to take advantage of this special offer. Becoming a member has never been easier or faster!
For more information on becoming a Knight, find additional information on our site then emailPaul Lewis
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Sunday, October 10, 2021
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How did the name Knights of Columbus come about?
With Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day just around the corner, the Knights look back to the Order's founding in 1882. Father Michael J. McGivney and the founding members debated, eventually settling on "Knights of Columbus." The aspirational title "Knights" combined with the name of the very popular Italian explorer commissioned by the Catholic King and Queen of Spain drew people together at a difficult time for Catholics in America. The fraternal community dedicated to charitable and civic causes continues to promote virtue and protect the vulnerable. Our Fr. Philip O'Hern Council lives out the guiding principles of charity, unity, and fraternity day in and day out. Learn more about the
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Sunday, October 3, 2021
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"In service to one, in service to all." Early on September 17th, four Knights helped a parishioner who was retrieving the remaining engraved pavers from the courtyard. Equipped with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows, we finished the job in short order. Other recent activities included joining with another council to do a cookout for the residents at the Austin State School and helping at the UCC council recruiting drive."In service to one, in service to all." Early on September 17th, four Knights helped a parishioner who was retrieving the remaining engraved pavers from the courtyard. Equipped with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows, we finished the job in short order. Other recent activities included joining with another council to do a cookout for the residents at the Austin State School and helping at the UCC council recruiting drive.
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Sunday, September 12, 2021
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Educational Grant applications are now being accepted! The Texas State Council of the Knights of Columbus will award several needs-based grants of $1000 each to students in the Austin diocese. The applicant must be a Knight in good standing or his spouse, child or grandchild. Descendants of a deceased Knight are also eligible to apply. Any graduating senior of a Catholic high school in Texas is eligible when sponsored by a local Council in Texas – even if the student’s parent or grandparent is not a Knight. The deadline for application is March 1, 2022 - but don’t delay! Use the button below to download the fillable application and instructions.
Grant Application
Join the Knights of Columbus for Free! Eligible men can join online for free at kofc.org/joinus and pay $0 first-year dues by entering the promotion code MCGIVNEY2020. Becoming a member has never been easier or faster! Contact Paul Lewis (plewis5340@sbcglobal.net) for more information on educational grants and/or membership.
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Sunday, August 22, 2021
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Friday the 13th is often associated with bad luck but it was our good fortune on that day to provide the wonderful teachers and staff of
St. Austin Catholic School with our annual SACS Appreciation Lunch, this year at the San José campus. With an abundance of gourmet sandwiches, drinks and other goodies set out by the Knights, the teachers and staff were able to take a break from preparations for the start of the new school year.
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Pictured (left to right) are Larry Schroeder, Paul Lewis, George Pratte, Dennis Moraw and Eric Nichols. (Photo by Matthew Lipina, SACS)
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Sunday, August 15, 2021Knightly News
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This week has two dates significant to the history of the Knights of Columbus. Our founder, now Blessed Fr. Michael J. McGivney, was born on August 12, 1852 - Happy 169th Birthday! Unfortunately, his life was cut short by illness on August 14, 1890, just eight years after founding the Order. This week Council members have been praying the Blessed Fr. Michael McGivney Beatification novena. Friday the 13th we celebrated
Fr. McGivney’s feast day at the morning Mass and later celebrated the teachers and staff of St. Austin Catholic School with our annual Appreciation Lunch.
Our Star is shining! Council 10776 has received the Star Council Award for our activities in 2020-2021 Fraternal Year. This award recognizes excellence in program activity, membership growth, insurance promotion, fraternal reporting, and Safe Environment compliance. We thank the Council members and the great community at St. Austin for helping us achieve this status. Here is a listing of Faith In Action and other activities resulting in the award:-
Faith Programs: Sacramental gift to Fr. Paolo; conduct the Fr. McGivney Prayer hour.
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Family Programs: Good Friday Family Promotion; Keep Christ In Christmas poster contest; Food For Families.
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Community Programs: Helping Hands; Global Wheelchair Mission donation; St. Austin’s Trash & Treasure project; Meals for Micah-6 Street Youth.
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Life Programs: Novena for Life; Gabriel Project & St. Louise House donations; Special Olympics donation.
We aren’t sitting on our laurels! Just six weeks into the new Fraternal Year, we've helped in various capacities with the Move It Sale and hosted our Paulist priests and deacons at the annual Clergy Appreciation Dinner.
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Move It Sale – Ready to Work: L-R Larry Schroeder, Eric Nichols, Michael Debner, Dennis Moraw, Chris Campana, Paul Lewis.
Clergy Dinner: L-R Grand Knight Eric Nichols, Dcn. John de la Garza, Dennis Moraw, Fr. Paolo Puccini, CSP, Dcn. Billy Atkins,
Fr. Bruce Nieli, CSP. Not shown – Fr. Chuck Kullmann, CSP, Paul Lewis (behind the camera).
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Knightly NewsJuly 18, 2021
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During the Officer Installation ceremony in June, our Chaplain Fr. Bruce Nieli, CSP, recounted some of the highlights of his service with the Knights. In preparing for the Big Move, we came across a timely piece of history: the March/April 1992 edition of the Texas Knight, the official publication of the Texas State Council. Fr. Bruce was a two-column feature story on the front page! He was the convention speaker for the 88th annual K of C State Convention to be held in Austin that year. Our Council had been founded just months before, with Fr. Bruce as a charter member. That year also marked the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage and Fr. Bruce was involved in the celebrations. The article stated:
“Father Nieli has been very much a part of the State Council’s Quincentennial Program efforts that includes the Pilgrimages: America segment, the El Camino Real Trail, and the Order’s nationwide effort on the V Centenary Crosses. He spent many hours on the El Camino Real Trail, appearing at various locations for the celebration of the liturgy and special prayer services.”
Grass doesn’t grow under Fr. Bruce’s feet!!
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Knightly NewsJuly 4, 2021
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A Very Special Honor forA Very Special Man
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Between Two DatesA Life of Honor & Service
Fr. Phil is buried at Austin's Assumption Cemetery.
Find Fr. Phil's photo and more about him below.
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Recognition of A Dedication toCharity, Unity, Fraternity & Patriotism
Rediscovered after years in a file cabinet, this special certificate reminds us that Fr. E. Philip O’Hern was more than the namesake of our Council. His service to the priesthood and the Knights was recognized at the highest level of the Order. All Knights at St. Austin should look to Fr. O’Hern as an example of true dedication as we start the new Fraternal Year. We look forward to the day we can proudly display it in our new facility. The certificate reads:
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
SUPREME KNIGHT’S CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION
To Whom These Presents May Come, Greetings.
Whereas, Rev. Edward P. O’Hern at the age of 95, has attained 63 years as a Priest, and as a member of
Council 10776 has discharged his responsibilities and obligations faithfully as a Knight of Columbus, and
Whereas, he has at all times demonstrated a dedication to the exemplary exercise of Charity, Unity,
Fraternity and Patriotism, and has conducted himself as a true Catholic gentleman.
Be It Now Known that he is hereby awarded this official expression of our special Commendation.
Signed, this 16th day of May, 2001
Carl A. Anderson
Supreme Knight
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Knightly NewsJune 27, 2021
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The Council installed new officers on June 17, for Fraternal Year 2021-22. Our District Deputy Pat Ortiz, District Warden Rudy Gonzales, and Chaplain
Fr. Bruce Nieli, CSP officiated. Knights and families celebrated afterwards with a BBQ dinner and a special cake.
Join the Knights of Columbus on-line for FREE! Contact Paul Lewis for information about the Order or go on-line at Knights of Columbus. Join Today – this special offer lasts only a few more days! The celebration will continue with a family picnic this weekend.
After our BBQ dinner, we still had room for dessert! This cake was prepared especially for us by Judy Smith.
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The newly-installed officers of Council 10776 lined up
in Hecker Hall on June 17th.
L-R: District Warden Rudy Gonzales, District Deputy Pat Ortiz, Financial Secretary David King, Past Grand Knight Mark Worman (back), outgoing GK Paul Lewis,
Deputy GK George Pratte, new GK Eric Nichols,
Recorder Charles Vernor, Chaplain Fr. Bruce Nieli CSP,
Treasurer Darrell Pargmann, Trustee Dennis Moraw,
and Chancellor Jorge Garcia.
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Fr. Philip O'Hern Council 10776
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The Knights of Columbus is an international Catholic fraternal service organization. Membership is open to all men of the parish over the age of 18. Members put our faith into action with acts of charity, unity and fraternity to strengthen our parish, school and community, and beyond. Learn more about the Knights in this video (less than 5 min).
Our Knights meet on 1st Wednesdays, from 7-9 p.m.
For membership information contact Paul Lewis at 512-302-4722.
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About Our Council's Namesake
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Fr. Philip O'Hern, CSP
Father E. Philip O'Hern, CSP, was born August 6, 1906 at West Point, New York, where his father, Colonel O'Hern, had taught Generals Patton and Eisenhower as cadets. As a boy, he expected to follow the military career of his father and maternal grandfather (O'Hara), but a physical injury turned his thoughts to the priesthood of his uncle, Paulist Father Louis O'Hern. In 1924 at the age of 18 Phil was received into the Paulist community. He was in the first class to make a canonical novitiate at Ridgefield, Connecticut. He completed his college and theological studies at The Catholic University where he received the BA, STB, and MA degrees. He was ordained a Catholic priest on June 11, 1932, by his uncle John Francis O'Hern, Bishop of Rochester.
Father Phil's first assignment was to Old St. Mary's parish in San Francisco, followed by appointments to Good Shepherd in New York and Winchester, Tennessee. In 1942, he became an army chaplain, serving from Alaska through the European Theatre of Operations at forward field hospitals. Upon the liberation of the Nazi death camp in Ebensee, Austria, he saw the gas chambers and the furnaces; he buried hundreds and prayed over the sick and the dying. He probably participated in more combat action than any other Paulist during World War II, as indicated by his reception of four battle stars. (From Findagrave.com)
Read more about Fr. Phil.
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