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Chartered January 25, 1989 |
2009 - 2010 St. Pius X COUNCIL
The officers for St. Pius X Council 9976 were elected for the 2009 - 2010 Columbian year at the June 18, 2009 council meeting.
St. Pius X Council 9976 Officers are:
CHAPLAIN, Fr. Steve Tokarski 406-652-5195
steve@stpiusxblgs.org
GRAND KNIGHT, Chuck Legerski 406-656-5754
chasleg@aol.com
DEP-GRAND KNIGHT, James Conwell
406-799-0676 Cell
james_conwell@mtd.uscourts.gov,
CHANCELLOR, Ken Kingman
406-256-4975 (H) 406-696-4081 Cell
kenkingman@yahoo.com,
WARDEN, Clayton Kuntz, 406-656-4302
ckuntz@myfoodbroker.com,
RECORDER, Andy Mikes 652-5594(H)
amikes@live.com,
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, Dave Scott
406-248-3814 (H) 406-698-9248 Cell
dfscott@bresnannet
TREASURER, Art Loendorf
406-656-6761 (H) 406-672-3556 Cell
aloendorf@aol.com
ADVOCATE, Nilo Cabrera 406-652-1252 (H)
cabreras@bresnan.net
INSIDE GUARD, Jared Keller 406-256-6327 (H)
jarang6@aol.com
OUTSIDE GUARD, Jim Borer, 406-679-2974 Cell
jim.borer@yahoo.com,
3 YEAR TRUSTEE, DD Steve Geiger
406-655-4294 (H) 406-670-0657 Cell
nsgeiger@yahoo.com,
2 YEAR TRUSTEE, Victor Frank 406-656-6979 (H)
flour7child@msn.com
1 YEAR TRUSTEE, Boniface Frank, 656-7738 (H)
lbfrank310@aol.com,
Im. PST-GRAND KNIGHT, Steve Geiger
406-655-4294 (H) 406-670-0657 Cell
nsgeiger@yahoo.com,
St. Pius X Council 9976 Web page
http://www.stpiuscouncil.org/
All 2007 - 2008 ACTIVITY DIRECTORS
have not been selected as yet.
GEN. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, James Conwell
406-799-0676 Cell
james_conwell@mtd.uscourts.gov,
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR,
CHURCH DIRECTOR,
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR,
COUNCIL DIRECTOR,
FAMILY DIRECTOR,
YOUTH DIRECTOR, Mikes, Andy I. 652-5594
Assnt. YOUTH DIR.,
Bingo Chmn. & Historian, H. Harold Kelso
259-2270 (H) 406-591-6242 Cell
oldknight59@swmbits.net
PRO-LIFE COUPLE, Ken & Mary Kingman 256-4975
kenkingman@hotmail.com
K. of C. INSURANCE DISTRICT AGENT
Don Hartman, 406-234-1118 (W)
122 Balsam Dr. Miles City, MT 59301-4946
tcgolfman@hotmail.com or donald.hartman@kofc.org
Contact any of the above members
for more information concerning
St. Pius X Council 9976, the
'Men's Club' in St. Pius X Parish.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 20:06 MDT
Category: Council News
FOURTH DEGREE 2009 - 2010
Father Pauwleyn Assembly #587 meets at 7:00pm, the fourth Thursday of the month in the St. Pius X Church Day Chapel from October to June.
All Fourth Degree Sir Knights are welcome to attend those nine months.
No meetings, July, August and September.
Following are the newly elected officers of the Assembly for the 2009 - 2010 Columbian Year.
Faithful Navigator - Robert J. Murphy
406-248-6535 rmurphy555@bresnan.net,
1650 Natalie St. Billings, MT 59105
Faithful Comptroller - Art Loendorf
406-656-6761 aloendorf@aol.com,
3119 Lampman Billings, MT 59102
Faithful Friar - Fr. Daniel J. Wathen stbenedict@midrivers.com, djwathen@gmail.com,
1438 Cascade Ave. Roundup, MT 59072
Faithful Captain - Steve Geiger nsgeiger@yahoo.com,
1033 28th. St. W. Billings, MT 59102
Faithful Admiral - Ken Kingman kenkingman@hotmail.com,
1023 Harvard Ave. Billings, MT 59102
Faithful Purser - Wayne Beaner wjb.kofc66@yahoo.com,
2009 Patricia Ln. Billings, MT 59102
Faithful Pilot - Edward J. Cooney (No e-mail)
1519 Linda Ln. Billings, MT 59105
Faithful Scribe - Kenneth W. Brown (No e-mail)
2040 Ridgeview Dr. Billings, MT 59105
Inner Sentinel - Ken Stockton (No e-mail)
Outer Sentinel - Peter A. Mion lil_tony@bresnan.net,
One Yr. Trustee - Charles Legerski chasleg@aol.com,
Two Yr. Trustee - David D. Scott dfscott@bresnan.net,
Three Yr. Trustee - Arno Wetsch ans566@aol.com,
Posted by: Site Administrator on Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 20:06 MDT
Category: Council News
FRIDAY NIGHT ADULT BINGO
ADULT FRIDAY NIGHT K. of C. BINGO
LOWER PRICES. NEW BIGGER PRIZES.
LIVE CALLER. NEW EQUIPMENT.
$100.00 BLACKOUT, if won in required numbers.
If not, prize is 70% of BLACKOUT games sold.
ADULT Parish members,
Council members
and the Adult Public are invited
to come join the fun at
7:00pm for FRIDAY NIGHT BINGO
in the Parish Fellowship Hall.
Bingo is canceled if a funeral vigil, wedding, or church holiday or activity occurs.
FREE COFFEE AND POPCORN IS PROVIDED.
Cold soft drinks are available for .50 cents.
Daubers are for sale for $1.00 each.
Bring adult friends and come join the fun on Friday.
We welcome Senior and other adult groups
Posted by: Site Administrator on Tuesday Jun 23, 2009 20:05 MDT
Category: Council News
20th. ANNIVERSARY OF COUNCIL
St. Pius X Council 9976 celebrates its 20th. Anniversary as a council on January 26, 2009.
The following article appeared in the Billings Gazette on July 15, 1989.
"Roger V. Gustin was installed as Charter Grand Knight OF St. Pius X Council 9976 Knights of Columbux. Other Charter Officers are: Deputy-Grand Knight Matt Heinert; Warden Robert Knight;
Recorder Don Baxter; Financial Secretary Harold Mueller; Advocate Tom Kelly; Inside Guard Victor Frank; Outside Guard Rick Ross; Treasurer Dave Wilcox; and Trustees Joel Loerndorf, Vern Oswald and Harold Kelso.
The Rev. Timothy Struckman is Chaplain."
"The new council charter was presented by State Deputy Ken Colman of Bozeman. The officers were installed by District Deputy Steve Day of Hardin."
Of the original Charter officers, Victor Frank, and Harold Kelso are still active in officer, or chairman, positions in 2009.
The forty-three Charter members were: Louis H. "Lou" Adler, Donald E. Baxter, Stuart J. Beagles, Nilo P.A. Cabrera, Louie F. Cucciardi, William L.
Enslow, Anton C. "Tony" Focht, Darin M. Frank, Nicodemus V. "Nick" Frank, Victor Frank, Norbert J. Frigge, Ronald F. Gowin, Roger H. Gustin, Edmund W. Hartl, Jr., Matt J. Heinert, Eugene E. Heinz, Victor H. Kammer, C. H. "Kampy" Kamperschreor, Thomas J. Kelly, H. Harold Kelso, Joseph P. Kennedy, Robert C. Knight, Vernon L. Koelzer, John L. LeFevre, Joseph G. Loendorf, Willard R. McNeely, Andy I. Mikes, Harold B. Mueller, Antone F. "Tony" O'Dea, Lloyd E. Odermann, LaVern Otto Oswald, James O. Pickett, Brian J. Ross, Rickard A. Ross, Charles. R. "Chuck" Sauvageau, Adam J Schafer, Philip J. Schwehr, Ralph G. Snodgrass, Gene V. "Corky" Staudinger, Paul G.Tarman, William R. Tooley, Jr. and Peter J Zagorda.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Wednesday Mar 18, 2009 19:12 MDT
Category: Council News
SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP STARTED
Thanks to the proceeds from the 7:00pm Friday Night Adult Bingo in the St. Pius X Church Fellowship Hall, and council share of the proceeds from the annual Christmas tree sales with Billings/St. Patrick's Council 1259 - St. Pius X Council 9976 was able to recently establish a ST. FRANCIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP on the St. Pius X campus. This year $1200.00 will be shared with one or more students that school officials determine need financial assistance.
The first scholarship check was presented by Council Trustee Rich Palmer, at a student mass at St. Pius X. The scholarship amount may vary from year to year.
St. Pius X Council last year purchased some computer equipment for the school Special Ed program. This year the council purchased some needed software programs dealing with Special Ed.
In addition St. Pius X Council 9976 also recently donated $100.00 toward the new processional cross for the church.
The public is invited and welcome to join the bingo players Friday evenings in support of these and other worthy causes
Posted by: Site Administrator on Saturday Mar 14, 2009 18:50 MDT
Category: Council News
WELCOME TO COUNCIL 9976
Welcome to the website of St. Pius X Council 9976 Knights of Columbus in Billings, MT.
Look here for information on meetings, activities, and Council 9976 news.
On the left-hand side, there are links related to the Council, the State and Supreme Knights of Columbus and to the Catholic Church.
Look for this list to grow as we add sites.
Feel free to e-mail the site administrator with any suggestions or comments.
In case you find broken links, or things that do not work, please send the information, along with any error messages along to the site administrator.
Thank you, and we hope you find this site to be useful! Here is a little information about our parish council.
In 1989, a charter was issued by the Knights of Columbus Supreme Council in New Haven CT for the 9976 Council of the Order, named for the patron Saint of the parish, St. Pius X. The goal of the new Council was to become the "Men's Club" of St. Pius X Parish.
The Council immediately became active in Church, Community, Council, Family and Youth Activities within the parish and community, winning top State Council and Supreme Council Awards for achieving goals set by the Order in the above activities.
Over 160 Council members invite Catholic men of St. Pius X Parish and all Catholic men, over 18 years of age to consider membership in St. Pius X Council 9976.
Come join over 1.7 MILLION Catholic men in over 14,000 councils in our Order in our work for Church, Community, Council, Family and Youth.
Call 252-8003, 256-4976, 248-3814, 259-2270 or 656-6979 for more information.
The Knights of Columbus recently moved into England and Europe and chartered the first six councils in Poland, where the Kights are known as Rycerzy Kolumba! Nearly 250 Polish Knights have joined the Order since January, 2006.
Councils have been formed in Krakow, Ludzmierz, Lomianki, Lomza, Radom and Starachowice
St. Pius X Council 9976 officers meet at 7:00pm on the 2nd. Thursday of the month.
The General Council Meeting starts off with a bit of "Food and Fellowship" at a 6:30pm dinner meeting in the Parish Fellowship Hall. After dishes and cleanup, the meeting starts at 7:30pm.
Of course when a Church, or National, Holiday occurs on meeting day, the meeting may be moved or cancelled.
All First, Second, Third and Fourth Degree Brother Knights are invited to attend. If you are a former Knight and wish to renew or reinstate, just stop in at one of the above meetings and we will prepare a Form 100 with you to get you back home with the Knights.
The same invitation is extended to Brother Knights of other Councils that have moved to Billings and may want to transfer into St. Pius X Council 9976.
Currently membership dues are $25.00 per year.
If you are a practical Catholic man, over 18 years of age and wish to join the Knights and St. Pius X Council 9976, just ask any of our over 160 members of the Council for information and a form 100 application, or call Financial Secretary Ken Kingman at 256-4975.
If you know of a Catholic young man, 10 to 18 years of age, ask for information concerning the Columbian Squires. These young men have had their own organization since 1925, patterned after the Knights, where they learn growing reponsibilities and organization while having fun
Posted by: Site Administrator on Monday Oct 6, 2008 13:12 MDT
Category: Council News
BE PROUD TO BE A CATHOLIC
Be Proud of Being Catholic
(Excerpts of an article
written by Sam Miller,
prominent Cleveland Jewish businessman -
NOT Catholic)
Submitted by Dee Lynd
Why would newspapers carry on a vendetta on one of the most important institutions that we have today in the United States , namely the Catholic Church?
Do you know - the Catholic Church educates 2.6 million students everyday at the cost to your Church of 10 billion dollars, and a savings on the other hand to the America taxpayer of 18 billion dollars. Your graduates go on to graduate studies at the rate of 92%, all at a cost to you. To the rest of the Americans it's free.
The Church has 230 colleges and universities in the U.S. with an enrollment of 700,000 students.
The Catholic Church has a non-profit hospital system of 637 hospitals, - not just Catholics - which account for hospital treatment of 1 out of every 5 people in the United States today.
But the press is vindictive and trying to totally denigrate in every way the Catholic Church in this country.
They have blamed the disease of pedophilia on the Catholic Church, which is as irresponsible as blaming adultery on the institution of marriage.
Let me give you some figures that you as Catholics should know and remember.
For example,
12% of the 300 Protestant clergy surveyed admitted to sexual intercourse with a parishioner;
38% acknowledged other inappropriate sexual
contact in a study by the United Methodist Church ,
41.8 % of clergywomen reported unwanted sexual behavior;
17% of laywomen have been sexually harassed.
Meanwhile, 1.7% of the Catholic clergy has been found guilty of pedophilia.
10% of the Protestant ministers have been found guilty of pedophilia This is not a Catholic Problem.
A study of American priests showed that most are happy in the priesthood and find it even better than they had expected, and that most, if given the choice, would choose to be priests again in face of all this obnoxious PR the church has been receiving.
The Catholic Church is bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. The agony that Catholics have felt and suffered is not necessarily the fault of the Church. You have been hurt by a small number of wayward priests that have probably been totally weeded out by now.
Walk with your shoulders high and you head higher. Be a proud member of the most important non-governmental agency in the United States .
Then remember what Jeremiah said: 'Stand by the roads, and look and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is and walk in it, and find rest for your souls'. Be proud to speak up for your faith
with pride and reverence and learn what your Church does for all other religions. Be proud that you're a Catholic.
Reprinted excerpts with permission of the Buckeye Bulletin - courtesy of: Brookside Council #3297, Cleveland Diocese.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Saturday Aug 16, 2008 10:54 MDT
Category: Council News
KNIGHTS SERVE WORLD
CHARITY, UNITY, FRATERNITY, PATRIOTISM
The Montana Knights of Columbus recently announced that during the year 2003 members and their families gave $162,823.00 to a wide range of charitable, youth, community and church activities and programs.
"These totals represent a remarkable outpouring of generosity in money and, more importantly, in personal commitment on the part of the Knights," said John Glen, State Deputy of the Knights of Columbus in Montana.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic, family fraternal service, organization. With OVER 1.7 MILLION MEMBERS, over 18 years if age, in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Mexico and several other countries., it is the largest organization of Catholic laity in the world.
Internationally, state and local councils volunteered 56.7 million hours of service to programs serving the Church and their communities and contributed $130 million to charitable and benevolent causes during 2003.
In Montana the $162,823.00 in contributions breaks down $69,051.00 to youth activities $45,777.00 to community activities, $47,995.00 to Church activities.
During the year Montana Knights gave 203,750 hours of volunteer service.
Knights made 15,913 visits to the sick or bereaved and provided 1,041 blood donors.
In a statement issued at the Order's international headquarters in New Haven, Conn., Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight, Carl A. Anderson said, "the volunteer hours and dollars given by Knights in Montana added to those of their brother Knights throughout the world stand as a testimony to the remarkable generosity of these Catholic laymen who are committed to the highest ideals of service to the Church and their communities.
Following the 9/11 disaster the Supreme Office donated over $1 million to the 9/11 fund. After hurricane Katrina hit the Knights originally donated over $2.5 million to the cleanup fund. There are over 50,000 Knights that live in the hurricane hit areas. The cleanup fund has passed $11 million dollars by August 2006. Every dollar raised was donated.
Knights of Columbus are Catholic gentlemen committed to the exemplification of charity, unity, fraternity, patriotism, and defense of the priesthood.
The Order is consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The Order is unequivocal in its loyalty to the Pope, the Vicar of Christ on earth.
It is firmly committed to the protection of human life, from conception to natural death, and to the preservation and defense of the family.
It was on these bedrock principles that the Order was founded over a century ago and remains true to them today.
Expansion Into Poland Off to Enthusiastic Start
Nearly 250 Polish Knights have joined the Order since January, 2006.
Councils have been formed in Krakow, Ludzmierz, Lomianki, Lomza, Radom and Starachowice
The official home web site of the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus can be reached by clicking on Supreme Council link below.
Vivat Jesus!
http://www.kofc.org/index.cfm
Posted by: Site Administrator on Monday Jun 23, 2008 17:38 MDT
Category: Council News
NOT YET A KNIGHT? JOIN NOW!
Ask any member of St. Pius X Council 9976 for information and the next initiation date.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Tuesday Apr 29, 2008 13:28 MDT
Category: Council News
TOOTSIE ROLL DRIVE 19TH. YEAR
St. Pius X Council 9976 members will once again gave away Tootsie Roll candy in front of local stores on Saturday, March 15. Council members were also at St. Pius X Church and Holy Rosary Church after the masses Saturday evening and Sunday morning March 16.
Voluntary contributions will be gratefully accepted. We thank all our corporate sponsors that help pay for the candy, the voluntary contributors that dropped coins and even $20.00 bills in the canisters and especially all the members and their families that made this annual drive a success.
This will be the 19th consecutive year the council has been involved with this project that has, over the years, provided thousands of dollars towards activities of the Special Scouts, Special "K" Ranch, YARC, Eagle Mount and the local Special Olympics.
What started as a single council project in central Illinois to help a "special" child of a Grand Knight of a small Illinois council has spread country-wide.
Thousands of councils collect millions of dollars anually for this very worth while project.
The project has been in Billings for over 27 years.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Sunday Feb 10, 2008 16:17 MST
Category: Council News