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THE DESOTO KNIGHT COUNCIL 7120

Father Gregory Bezy Assembly 2195 MAY 2017

Volume 17, Issue 5

Serving the parishes of Christ the King, Holy Spirit, St. Gregory, and Good Shepherd

WHERE TO FIND WHAT

GK Article - page 1

Council activities page 2,3

Faithful Navigator page 4

Fourth Degree activities

pages 5,6

Calendar page 7

Birthdays page 8

Matt Hatch

Grand Knight

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Council Activities

Greg Henry

Program Director

This months activities consisted of the convention pictures and the awards:

Picture on left is our

Grand Knight Matt

Hatch accepting the

Picture above is of the men who went to the conven-

tion—3 young people and an old man l to R Lonnie

Treadaway, old Man Fred Ward, Ted Lander, and Greg

Henry—that leaves Matt taking

I think that this picture was of the Top Gunn Award Winners

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Here are the awards that this council earned

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Father Gregory Bezy Assembly 2195

Faithful Navigator

Ted Lander

Memorial Day Service At Twin Oaks Memorial Gardens

And Flag Display

In Desoto County, Catholics comprise less than 5% of our community but you would not know it

from the public activities of the Knights of Columbus Assembly 2195 and in particular the patriotic

activities we do for Memorial Day each year.

On May 29, 2017 approximately 300 members, including active servicemen and women, local civic

leaders and family members of deceased members of our military will gather at Twin Oaks Memo-

rial Gardens(290 Goodman Rd East). The memorial service begins inside the chapel at 10AM with

prayer and speaker presentations and then outdoor flag raising ceremony. Eight Sir Knights of As-

sembly 2195 participated last year in regalia during the indoor service and outside during the flag

raising ceremony serving during both parts as the Honor Guard. In 2016 one of the two guest

speakers was Allen Latimer, the current Mayor of Horn Lake, MS and a member of Council 7120.

Our participation in the Memorial Day service culminates our weekend activities which also in-

cludes setting up over 600 flags on the grounds of our four Catholic churches. Flags will be set up

at Christ the King on Saturday May 27th at 9:00AM and put away during the week following Me-

morial Day. We invite all family members and members f our Council to help with the flag display

so we can teach our youth to develop a love for our country and respect for the flag. Later this

month we will send out more information about setting up flags at other churches—anyone inter-

ested in helping please contact me so we can help make sure flags are displayed at Holy Spirit, St

Gregory and Good Shepherd.

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Fourth Degree Activities

Holy Thursday Honor Guard at Christ the King

On Holy Thursday the Fourth Degree Honor Guard of Assembly 2195 were at Christ the King for

the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 8PM to Midnight

Pictured above are those who participated: front row Don Coker, Matt Hatch, Tom Cusker

Second row Dan Bicknell, Terry Calvert and Francis Braniff

Back row: John Robinson, Fred Ward, and the Faithful Navigator Ted Lander

And Robert Purifoy

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Honor Guard at Good Shepherd Church

Holy Thursday

Picture on left is from Good Shepherd

Church - left to right Sir Knights Dwight

Woods and on right Robert Wilson

The Two Sir Knights pictured here are

( left to right) Field Agent Jim Priddy

and PFN Jim Tarver

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MAY CALENDAR

May 1 - Council Meeting — Rosary at 7:00PM -Followed by Meeting

May 7 - 2:00PM Officers Meeting

May 15 - Fourth Degree Meeting - Rosary 7:00PM Followed by Meeting

May 20 - 4th Degree Practice Session 10—Noon

May 21 - Pancake Breakfast

May 27 - 9:00AM Flags put out Christ the King

May 29 - Honor Guard at Twin Oaks — be there by 9:00AM

One of our members asked me to insert this wise old saying : “Don’t pend what

you don’t intend”.

DON’T FORGET THAT TWIN OAKS FUNERAL HOME HAS AGAIN THIS YEAR

REQUESTED AN HONOR GUARD FOR MEMORIAL DAY

IF YOU ARE ABLE— BE THERE BY 9:00AM

IN REGALIA

I BELIEVE THIS IS THE 6TH YEAR WE HAVE DONE THIS

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MAY BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

BIRTHDAY

Raul Hernandez 5/1

Eddie Granada 5/1

Stephen Frazier 5/3

William Shahan 5/3

Nate Clifford 5/4

Edward Orscheln 5/6

Carl Sanders 5/7

Francis Mc Cann Jr 5/10

Raymond Oltremri 5/11

Joseph Kinney 5/11

Rev Thi N Pham 5/14

Michael Webster 5/16

Kenneth Walker 5/20

Daniel Burr 5/20

Lonnie Treadaway 5/24

Leland Hill 5/27

German Romero 5/28

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

Mr & Mrs Flynn Clark 5/5

Mr & Mrs Jack Dolan 5/9

Mr & Mrs Robert Condoure 5/11

Mr & Mrs Stephen Orr 5/13

Mr & Mrs Robert Jolly 5/17

Mr & Mrs Robert Elardo 5/28

Mr & Mrs James Tarver 5/29

Mr & Mrs Kenneth Steed 5/29

Happy Birthday and Happy Wedding Anniversary to all the

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