Volume 3, Issue 3

I l l i n o i s S t a t e C o u n c i l

CALENDAR OF

EVENTS

July 8-10, 2011

District Deputy Meeting

Westin Hotel, Lombard

December 2-4, 2011

Winter District DeputyMeeting-

April, 2012

Knights of ColumbusState Convention,

Westin Hotel, Lombard

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUSSTATE CONVENTION

LADIES AUXILIARY

AWARDS

STATE OUTSTANDING

Ladies Auxiliary of the K of C

#6710 Warrenville

STATE LADY OF THE YEAR

Joan Riffel

Highland #1580

CHURCH

Mary’s Millenium Ladies

Auxiliary #12801 Streamwood

COMMUNITY

Holy Ghost Ladies Auxiliary

#4977 Palatine

KC COUNCIL/LADIES

AUXILIARY JOINT

FUNCTION

Lady Knights Auxiliary

#4179 Chatham

CHARITY/FUNDRAISER

Ladies Auxiliary of the K of C

#6710 Warrenville

PUBLIC RELATIONS

1st-#14562

Daughters of Isabella, Steger

2nd-#4977 Holy Ghost, Palatine

3rd-#3540 Columbian Ladies

Lansing

The independent judgeswere not affiliated withLadies Auxiliary.

Collectively these judgesdeliberated for severalhours.

SCRAPBOOK

A—1-50 members

1ST PLACE–#4179 LadyKnights, Springfield

2ND PLACE-#14562Daughters of Isabella,

Steger

3RD PLACE-#4977 HolyGhost, Palatine

AA-51-99 members

1ST PLACE-#6710 LadiesAuxiliary of the St. Irene

K of C, Warrenville

2ND PLACE-#1704, Newton

AAA-100 + MEMBERS

NO ENTRIESScrapbook judging criteria:

1. List number of members on insidecover

2. Mission of your auxiliary

3. City, Diocese, and District

4. 1 year book (May 1, 2010-April 15.2011

5. Content (neatness), creative, Pictures,label pictures

6. KC & LA joint functions

MEET & GREETLADIES SESSION

The session opened withan Our Father and thenthe Pledge of Allegiance.There are now 72auxiliaries in Illinois. TheLadies Auxiliary is aFamily Life Activitiesprogram under theKnights of Columbus.Please send articles forthe newsletters to Sandyand make copies ofnewsletters you receive toshare with yourmembers. Arepresentative spokefrom each auxiliary andgave their name andcouncil #.The judging for theawards was doneindependently. StateChair was not part of thejudging.The Chair recognized afew presidents to speakabout their auxiliaries.#1704 Newton auxiliarywas just created last yearand it’s grown from 12 to60 in no time. Deborahhad us play a 3 minutebingo game. There weremultiple items on thebingo cards. We had to goaround the room and talkto as many ladies as wecould and find out if theycompleted the bingocards. We had to havetheir initials in theboxes..The point of the game

July, 2011

Sandy DeckerEditor3 South 585 Haylett Ave.Warrenville, Il. 60555mabear1234@aol.com630-393-1891

Deadline for nextPublication isSeptember 1, 2011Website:www.illinoisknights.org

LADIES AUXILIARY

PAW PRINT EXPRESS

The State logo outline of Ladies Aux-iliary is the accepted one only.

Certificates of Appreciation weregiven to:

Past President Nancy Stock, Presi-dent Debra Matson, PresidentPatricia Kippes, Catherine Lawrence,member, Joanne Fricke, and CathyBerkos.

HONORABLE MENTIONCERTIFICATES

Church-#4977 Holy Ghost, Palatine

Community-#4688 Lady KnightsBethalto

Auxiliary/Council-#3540-Columbian Ladies, Lansing

Charity/Fundraising#14562 Daughters of Isabella, Steger

Special Presentation

Past State Deputy’s wife, TheresaPietruszynski presented a certificate

to Daughters of Isabella #14562,Steger for their contribution to the

Center or Hope & Healing

A final memorial presentation byPresident Debra Matson was viewed

by the membership to honor theirdeceased members

Thank you President Debra Matson.

We ended the session with a prayerby Joanne Fricke.

was now we know something abouteach other. We all need to be therefor one another.

Debra Matson, President #1704

Auxiliary Member of #4400, Jolietmentioned that her auxiliary startedin 1957 and they are calledColumbianettes. They have less than25 ladies and the youngest memberis 52. They assist at the Fish Frywith bake sales. They help withBingo, Spaghetti Dinners, and theChristmas Party.Their charities are Battered Woman,Will County Services, Cornerstone,St. Jude and also helped with pur-chasing playground equipment.They have a sunshine club.

Cathy Lawrence, Member #4400

Patricia Kippes, President of #12801Streamwood said they were formed 6years ago and they have 44 mem-bers. She has been president for twoyears now. She appoints team lead-ers and creates committees. Theyhave a Knight who serves as a liai-son. They took a written survey tosee what the needs were. They havea very enthusiastic spiritual group.They hand out monthly awards.They perform a lot of charity work.They have many talented membersand officers who contribute to thegroup in numerous ways. They haveuniforms they wear in processions.

Pat Kippes, President #12801

Thank you for sharing your inputabout your auxiliaries.

As Presidents of your Auxiliaries weshould not be using the Knights ofColumbus logo on anything for yourLadies Auxiliary presentations.

We are so glad you could attend.Thank you to all auxiliaries thatentered the 2010-2011 awardcompetition.

Past President Nancy Stock,

#5918 Woodridge/Lisle

STATE AUXILIARY LADY OFTHE YEAR—Joan Riffel

#1580 Highland

Thank You to the following

volunteers at Meet & Greet

Session:

President Debra Matson 1704

Cathy Lawrence 4400

Past President Nancy Stock

Joanne Fricke 5918

Cathy Berkos 6710

President Karen Ernst 6710

Immediate Past StateDeputy’s Wife

Alice Barone 8002

President Penny Klama 14435

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Auxiliary News

#1551 LADIES OF SANTA MARIACHICAGO

Congratulations Santa MariaLadies Auxiliary on the celebra-tion of 25 years as an Auxiliary!

Mary Muller, President

#12014 REVEREND GORDONMICHELS LADIES AUXILIARY

JOLIET

The Ladies Auxiliary of the ReverendGordon Michels Council of St. Paulthe Apostle Parish in Joliet, Illinois iscurrently sponsoring our “Change forLife” Drive. It is a fund raiser that wehave been doing for the last 5 years atSt. Paul’s and at St. Jude’s (also inJoliet) and have raised a total of morethan $25,000. We have donatedmainly to Birthright, but have do-nated to several other organizationsas well. Some of those are Deaf Apos-tolate, Day Break Shelter, AlternativeLife Styles, and Child Care Resourcesand Referral. Our mission with thisproject is to help women and childrenin our community who may be strug-gling for one reason or another. Theidea came to us from one of our mem-bers, Frances Seaton, who was intro-duced to this at another parish. Wehad been doing fashion shows beforeas our main fund raiser, but found wecould raise a lot more money withfewer costs this way. That way moreof the money we raise can go directlyto the charities.

#1025 CENTRALIA LADYKNIGHTS

The Centralia Lady Knights Auxil-iary assist the Knights of Columbusas well as helping with variousschool and parish activities by pro-viding spiritual support, membersvolunteer, and financial donations.Our main goal the past year hasbeen to help make life a little easierfor senior citizens.We have approximately 20 membersat any given time. Our fundraisersfor the past year was a “LadiesNight Out”, A “Soup and BuncoLuncheon, A “Christmas CookieSale”, A “Gift Certificate RaffleTree” and the one that made themost money was a “Gun Raffle”.Yes, we raffled a pistol and made$1,170.00 on it.

As far as donating all the money wemade the most unusual donationwas $100 to a funeral home to helpget a man buried. We donated to theFood Pantry, Relay for Life, Preg-nancy Center, Grandparents Rais-ing Grandchildren, Marion CountySenior Citizens. We also assist theschool and church with neededitems. We donated to a young manwho was going on a mission trip,purchased First Communion booksand gave a generous donation to asummer school lunch program. Inaddition we help with any churchmember or family that is goingthrough a crisis.

We assist the Knights with theirfundraisers and are there for themwhen they sponsor a meal.

Gay Quandt, Vice President

As well, next week we will be sponsor-ing a membership drive in conjunctionwith coffee and donuts after our 9:00a.m. service. Any Christian woman 18and older is invited to join ourgroup. Our monthly business meetingis held on the third Wednesday of eachmonth at one of the member’shouses. We also organize the SchoolSupply Drive and the Undy SundayDrive for our parish in July and Octo-ber respectively.

Nancy Lagger, President

#12801 MARY’S MILLENIUMLADIES AUXILIARY

STREAMWOOD

The auxiliary donated 13 pieces ofCookware to Catholic Charities “NewHope” Apartment program (Used forthe Homeless).Ladies Auxiliary, Knights of Colum-bus members, parishioners andfriends have donated 1000 stampsfrom the Jewel Stamp Saver programin order to buy the Cookware for onecent.

Elaine DePaepe wasthe Chair- lady for thisevent. Millicent Ntiahoah (MSW ofCatholic Charities, Program Directorof New Hope Apartments-NorthwestRegion and Ladies Auxiliary andKnights of Columbus members.

Patricia Kippes, President

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Right now, we’re collecting new andgently used toys for the children up to18 years of age at Heartland HumanCare Services in Chicago.

Thanks for the teamwork!

Jenny Hartnett, President

#14562 DAUGHTERS OFISABELLA STEGER

November ended our Baby Bottle“Change for Life” campaign for the Fr.Michael J. McGivney Center of Hopeand Healing. The Daughters of Isa-bella collected #3653.70 through thegenerosity of the parishioners of St.Liborius. When Theresa Pietruszyn-ski, one of the Center’s Directors cameto accept the check, she said themoney would be used to pay twomonth’s rent on the new facility.

The fourth Knights and DaughtersHeartland Blood Drive of the calendaryear was held in November. This drivewas especially well attended since itwas dedicated to the St. Liborius firstgrade teacher who is suffering fromcancer. Daughters manned the regis-tration table as well as the snackarea.

The same day as the blood drive, theKnights and Daughters sponsored aGreen Mass in honor of all the mili-tary personnel past and present. TheDaughters served the food at the re-ception.

#14284 MATER CHRISTILADIES AUXILIARY CHICAGO

In December, the Knights and La-dies gathered for our annual Christ-mas Party. Many thanks to EdWeyna, Carmen Rizzo, TrineHerrera and the others who helpedmake it a special family event. OurGrand Knight, Camilo Trujillo, keptus laughing with his grab bag. Ihope that there is at least one pic-ture of Trine with her blanket! Wealso had enthusiastic caroling ac-companied by Joe Urbaszewski andhis keyboard.

In January, some of the Knights andLadies passed out toiletries, hotchocolate and cookies to the resi-dents of Central Nursing Home.More caroling was involved. In Feb-ruary, Ed and I took 5 trash bagsfull of comfort items to the HinesHospital for the Veterans. We wereoverwhelmed by the generosity ofour Ladies who donated the items.The Ladies Auxiliary voted to spend$100.00 to buy more items whichwere included in the donation. Vio-let Galang donated handmade rosa-ries which were gratefully acceptedto be given to the priest at the hos-pital. We’ll keep collecting. Also inFebruary, the weekend before Val-entine’s Day, we sold Fannie Maycandy bars with the Knights at St.Ferdinand.

In December, the Daughters andKnights decorated a Tree on theBoulevard. This was an event spon-sored by the Steger Chamber of Com-merce. Our tree was right acrossfrom the main entrance to St. Li-borius for all parishioners to see.

The monthly Fish Fry sponsored bythe Knights and Daughters hasgrown each month since it first beganin May. Many of our Knights, friendsfrom other Councils frequently at-tend. Congratulations to PresidentSue Mazur as she and her husbandCraig were named DecemberKnights’ Family of the Month.

In January, the Daughters and theKnights sponsored their Third An-nual Blue Mass in honor of all publicsafety personnel. The Daughtersserved the food at the reception.

In February, the Daughters andKnights sponsored their Second An-nual Wedding Renewal Mass on Val-entine’s Day weekend. After themass couples enjoyed a meal and fel-lowship at a local restaurant.

Also, in February we saw two Daugh-ters become Ladies. Secretary SusanMurphy’s husband Tom and Presi-dent Sue Mazur’s husband Tom andPresident Sue Mazur’s husbandCraig became Sir Knights of theFourth Degree at the Exemplificationceremony.

Sir Knight Tom and Susan Murphy

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LADIES AUXILIARYPAW PRINT EXPRESS

TAKE CARE OF YOURAMERICAN FLAG

It’s Your Duty

All citizens should know howto display their country’s flag,since owning a flag and dis-playing it properly are marksof patriotism and respect. Thefirst code on the proper displayof the U.S. flag was passed byCongress in 1942, and hasbeen amended several times.Most recently, it was changedto prohibit the displaying ofthe flag on the floor or ground.

The U.S. flag may be mended,dry cleaned or washed. An oldflag may be displayed as longas it is in respectable condi-tion. When a flag is no longerfit for display, it should be de-stroyed in a dignified manner~most commonly, by burning inprivate without ceremony.

Compliments of Senator KyleL. McCarter, 51st District

ATTENTION PRESIDENTS’!

Ladies Auxiliary Motto for

2011-2013

“Our Past and Future isLiving the Eucharist”

Knights of ColumbusMotto:

“Preserving Our Past~Forging Our Future ~ Cen-

tered on the Eucharist”

____________________

Did you know that the auxiliary nowhas “Lady of the Month’ and “Lady ofthe Year” certificates? These certifi-cates are to be presented by you atan auxiliary meeting. It is yourchoice of a special lady that is de-serving of this honor. Get onboardand join your other presidents’ thathave started this program. The cer-tificates available by contacting Illi-nois State Office or Sandy Decker.

Membership cards are free. Auxil-iary pins are $2 each.

Illinois State CouncilIllinoisKC@Illinoisknights.org

Ladies Auxiliary logo stickersare available from Sandy Decker10 for $1.10. E-mail or call foryour supply.

Congratulations go out to Parliamen-tarian Gretchen Sullivan and herhusband Dennis as they were namedMarch Knights’ Family of the Month.

In March, the Daughters andKnights sponsored their first BloodDrive of the 2011 calendar yearthrough Heartland Blood Center.The Daughters manned the snackarea and recruited new DaughterAnn Shutts.

St. Liborius Parish holds Stations ofthe Cross every Friday during Lent.A different ministry chooses the ver-sion of the Way of the Cross andleads it. On March 18th the Daugh-ters chose to lead the Stationsthrough the eyes of Mary, theMother of God. It was a very movingrendition for all involved. Beforeeach night of Stations, the Daugh-ters and Knights sponsor a LentenBread and Meatless Soup Dinner.Daughters and Knights take turnspreparing homemade soup. The ideais to provide a light meal for parish-ioners attending the Stations.

At the March Fish Fry and LentenBread and Soup Dinners the Daugh-ters and Knights sported their newaprons purchased by the Daughters.The Daughters were happy to pro-vide this assistance to all the chefs.

Sue Mazur, President

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LADIES AUXILIARYPAW PRINT EXPRESS

to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups andstew.18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spill-ing when you add fluids to your car.19. Use them as a spoon rest whilecooking and clean up small counterspills.20. Can use to hold dry ingredientswhen baking or when cutting a piece offruit or veggies. Saves on having extrabowls to wash.21. Use them to wrap Christmas orna-ments for storage.22. Use them to remove fingernail pol-ish when out of cotton balls.23. Use them to sprout seeds. Simplydampen the coffee filter, place seedsinside, fold it and place it into plasticbaggies until they sprout.24. Use coffee filters as blotting paperfor pressed flowers. Place the flowersbetween two coffee filters and put thecoffee filters in phone book.25. Use as a disposable "snack bowl"for popcorn, chips, etc.

OH YEAH THEY ARE GREAT TOUSE IN YOUR COFFEE MAKERSTOO.

LADIES AUXILIARY

COMMITTEES

Church

Membership

Charity/Fundraising

Sick & Welfare

Public Relations

By Laws

Nominating

Refreshments

These are suggested committees that

you might consider if your member-

ship is a fair size.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

HOUSEHOLD HINTS-COFFEE FILTERS

Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 atthe Dollar Tree for almostnothing even the large ones.1. Cover bowls or dishes when cookingin the microwave. Coffee filters makeexcellent covers.2. Clean windows, mirrors, andchrome. Coffee filters are lint-free sothey'll leave windows sparkling.3. Protect China by separating yourgood dishes with a coffee filter betweeneach dish.4. Filter broken cork from wine. If youbreak the cork when opening a winebottle, filter the wine through a coffeefilter.5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place acoffee filter in the skillet to absorbmoisture and prevent rust.6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-freecoffee filter.7. Recycle frying oil. After frying,strain oil through a sieve lined with acoffee filter.8. Weigh chopped foods. Place choppedingredients in a coffee filter on akitchen scale.9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make con-venient wrappers for messy foods.10. Stop the soil from leaking out of aplant pot. Line a plant pot with acoffee filter to prevent the soil fromgoing through the drainage holes.11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping.Poke one or two holes as needed in acoffee filter.12. Do you think we used expensivestrips to wax eyebrows? Use strips ofcoffee filters.13. Put a few in a plate and put yourfried bacon, French fries, chickenfingers, etc on them. It soaks out allthe grease.14. Keep in the bathroom. They makegreat "razor nick fixers."15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter asan easy-to-tear backing for embroider-ing or applique soft fabrics.16. Put baking soda into a coffee filterand insert into shoes or a closet tochase away the odors.17.Use them to strain soup stock and

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LADIES AUXILIARYPAW PRINT EXPRESS

LADIES AUXILIARYPAW PRINT EXPRESS

DUMP CAKE

2 cans Cherry Pie Filling,

Spread on bottom of pan

1 can Pineapple Chunks withjuice

Spread evenly over cherries

1 box White or Yellow Cake Mix (yellow is best)

Sprinkle cake mix on top of fruit

Sprinkle cocoanut and nuts on top of cake mix

Melt 1 cup of butter

Drizzle over top.

9 x 13 cake pan

Bake 325 degrees 1 hour 10 minutes

Sandy Decker

CHICKEN CASSEROLE

3 cups Cooked Chicken (inchunks)2 cups Cooked Rice

1/2 can Cream of MushroomSoup

1/2 can Cream of Celery Soup

1/2 can Cheddar Cheese Soup

2 cups thick white sauce

Mix all together and put in a 2 qt. casserole. Top with

Other half can of cheddar cheese soup.

Bake 1/2 hour 350 degree oven

Gurlie Swanson

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CRÈME CHEESE DIP

1 8oz. Cream Cheese

1/2 t. salt

1 t. minced onion

1/2 c. milk

Beat together until creamy and smooth

Katie Senese

PAT’S DIP

7– 8 oz. Cream Cheese (Philadelphia)

8 oz. Sour Cream

1 pkg. Chipped Beef (cut up)

Salt, Pepper, Garlic Salt to taste

Bake at 350 deg. 1/2 hour

Pat Verschore

STATE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUSCONVENTION/LADIES AUXILIARY

MEET & GREET SESSION

WANTED!Please send articles on what you’reauxiliary is doing. It needs only tobe 1 or 2 paragraphs. Check thefront page for the deadline on arti-cles. Please send pictures as attach-ment and subject—for Paw PrintExpress.

Sandy Decker3 So. 585 Haylett Ave.Warrenville, Il. 60555

mabear1234@aol.com

PRESIDENTS’

The State Ladies Auxiliarynewsletter will be available

only online under Ladies Aux-iliary Knights of Columbus

website:www.illinoisknights.org

Thank you,Sandy Decker

State Ladies AuxiliaryChairlady

LADIES AUXILIARY MOTTO 2011-2013

“OUR PAST AND FUTURE IS LIVING THE EUCHARIST”

Thank you to the following for door prize do-nations for our Meet & Greet Session

for Ladies Auxiliary.

Tri-Cities/Granite City 1098

Newton 1704

Nina-Park Forest 3602

Holy Ghost-Palatine 4977

Warrenville 6710

Streamwood 12801

Hanover Park 14435

Ladies Luncheon

Additional Meet & Greet pictures will be in the next issue.