First Annual St. Agnes Men's Retreat
Registration for the First Annual St. Agnes Men's Retreat - The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring the first
annual retreat for the men of the parish to be held at the PriestField Pastoral Center on Saturday, May 20 from
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a closing Mass at 4:30 p.m. The theme for the retreat will be "Embracing the
Presence of God". During the weekend of May 6th and 7th, the Knights will be available after each Mass to
register those wishing to attend. The cost is $12 per person payable that weekend and includes lunch and morning
and afternoon refreshments. If you have special dietary requirements, please advise the Knights when you register.
In the meantime, if you have any questions please contact Dick Super, John Griffith or Frank Bielicki.
Knights of Columbus and Social Concerns Committee Advocacy Evening
Join the Social Concerns Committee and the St. Agnes Knights of Columbus in an Advocacy Evening, Friday, May
19 at 6:00 p.m.
We'll have a covered dish supper along with letter writing material: stamps, stationery, pens, and sample letters.
We hope to send letters to Congress persons to tackle the problem of hunger and poverty, both abroad - Darfur-
and at home in West Virginia.
Make plans to join us. Just come and eat, write a letter and enjoy the partnership of fellow parishioners.
This will be our social meeting this month.
Car Raffle
As of May 10th we have deposited $5545 which covers 1116 tickets sold. What a great story this is, we can all
be proud of the efforts we put forth. The parish supported us fully and they will receive at least $3327 towards
the building fund.
Thanks to Paul Young for all of his hard work organizing the raffle.
FREE THROW COMPETITION
The free throw competition has been rescheduled for March 4th, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Shepherdstown Middle
School.
Meeting schedule:
Business meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM in the Parish Center.
Social meetings are the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 PM in the Parish Center, unless otherwise noted.
Our Past events:
Feb. 18
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Paul Young and Mike Vojtasko, sell refreshments at the St. Agnes Yard Sale. Proceeds going to the building fund |
Oct. 23 Second and Third degree exemplification
Congratulations to Frank Bielicki, Tom Conlan, Michael Davis, John Griffith, Jack Lantzy, and Paul Young on
attending both exemplifications.
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Oct. 16 First Annual Chile
Cook Off:
The cook off was very successful.16 pots of Chile were entered, including 1 from Betty's Restaurant. Approximately
55 people attended, and $248 was collected in donations.
A portion of the donations will go to the Knights of Columbus, who will match our contributions, for Katrinia
relief.
Congratulations to Terri Griffith, the winner, Ron Preuit, 1st runner up, and Rosemary James, 2nd runner up.
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| Aug. 24 We had a great potluck last night, with 25 people attending. Including family members. We
also received 2 more applications, one for a new member and one for a reinstate. This brings us up to 33 members
and 6 applications for new members. All but 1 form has now been turned in for the new council, and this should
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Aug. 20 We would like to welcome two new members, Jim Bauer, and George Fisher. Jim and George attended
a First Degree exemplification at St. Agnes; this was performed by the St. Leo's First Degree team ( thanks to
them). This gives us 32 members, and 5 applications for new members.
Aug. 9 Our first business meeting, and we're off to a good start. We picked a name, "St.
Agnes - Shepherdstown", which still needs to be approved by supreme. Several projects are already underway,
including a Chile Cook Off, tentatively scheduled for October. Our first social meeting is scheduled for Aug. 23
at 7:30, anyone interested in joining should plan to attend, bring your family and a dish to share, and meet us.
We now have 28 members, 6 applications
for membership, 1 promise of a transfer, and the promise of 3 or 4 more applications for membership. We are trying
to schedule another First Degree exemplification for the applicants.
Aug. 6 Formation meeting. Although we are well on our way we still need two more members. Officers
have been elected, Grand Knight: Lyle Rush, Deputy Grand Knight: John Griffith, Chancellor:
Bill Donahue, Recorder: Michael Davis, Financial Secretary: Bob Rizzo, Treasurer: Paul Young,
Advocate: Bill Hansbury, Warden: Chuck Pierpont, Inside Guard: Ron Preuit, Outside Guard:
Gene Falck, Board of Trustees: Dick Super, Jack Lantzy, and Bill Hansbury. Meeting times have also been
set, business meetings will be the 2nd Tues. of each month.
July 26: Knights from St. James performed a First Degree exemplification for our new council. Nine new
members were inducted.We would like to welcome William Preuit, Maury James, Joe Talago, Paul Young, Michael Davis,
Chuck Pierpont, Steve Gorman, Tom Conlan, and Scot Stewart, to the Knights of Columbus. This gives us 25 members,
and 6 applications for membership. There will a formation meeting August 6 at 1:00 PM, at the Parish Center. District
and State officials will be on hand to help us with the details of starting a new council. Please attend if you
are able.
July 25: Yesterday we received our 30th application for membership in the new council. 14 of these are
new to the Knights and will need to attend a First Degree exemplification. The next First Degree is scheduled
for July 26 at 7:15, at the parish center. If you want to join and are planing to attend, but have not applied,
please come a little earlier to fill out an application. We would like to welcome Frank Bielicki to the
Knights, he attended his First Degree in Martinsburg yesterday.
July 13: We now have 28 applications, and still several promised, so we have tentatively scheduled a
First Degree exemplification (the ceremony through which new members are admitted). It is currently scheduled for
Tuesday July 26, at 7:15 PM and all prospective members are invited to attend. All current Knights are also invited
to attend (remember your membership card, you will not be admitted without it) and show your support for
the new members . If this is inconvenient, the Martinsburg K of C is also offering a First Degree exemplification
on Sunday July 24. Contact Lyle Rush, John Griffith, Bob Rizzo,
or Dick Supper for details.
July 11: We now have 27 applications, and several that have been promised. But there is still time to
become a charter member. You can find "MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT's", as well as information materials, in the
back of the church. Or check with John Griffith, Bob Rizzo, Lyle Rush, or Dick Super.
July 10: To date we have received 19 applications to join, this includes new members, inactive members,
and transfers from other councils. There are several more parishioners that have committed, and there are some
from the Mother Teresa Council (St. Agnes & St. James) who have said they would transfer. So the good news
is with all of these commitments we have 23 to 25 of the thirty members needed to start a new council. We are almost
there!
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