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Chartered January 25, 1989 |
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
FRIDAY NIGHT ADULT BINGO
ADULT FRIDAY NIGHT K. of C. BINGO
LOWER PRICES. NEW BIGGER PRIZES.
$100.00 BLACKOUT, if won in required numbers.
If not, prize is 70% of BLACKOUT games sold.
ADULT Parish members,
Council members
and the 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 Apr 29, 2008 13:27 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
SUNDAY ROLL & DONUT SCHEDULE
Sunday donuts, or rolls, coffee and juice,
are again available for a free will offering.
Enjoy a family treat, after Sunday Masses,
starting Sunday, September 24.
The program continues until next spring.
Br. Knight Andy Mikes and his wife Maryanne are in charge of the program for the council.
If your Parish group would like to sponsor a Sunday, contact the Parish office to reserve your Sunday.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Sunday Feb 10, 2008 16:16 MST
Category: General News
CHRISTMAS TREE SALE
THE 2007 BILLINGS/ST. PATRICK'S COUNCIL 1259
AND ST. PIUS X COUNCIL 9976
CHRISTMAS TREE SALE IS COMPLETED.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE WORKERS FROM BOTH COUNCILS THAT MADE THIS ACTIVITY A SUCCESS.
ANOTHER THANK YOU TO THE GREAT CUSTOMERS THAT PURCHASED THEIR CHRISTMAS TREE FROM OUR LOT OVER THE YEARS.
BEAUTIFUL WREATHS, TRIMMED BOUGHS AND LARGE TREE STANDS ARE ALSO ON SALE.
BOTH COUNCILS USE THE PROCEEDS FOR THEIR OWN PARTICULAR COUNCIL CHARITIES.
SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR!
Posted by: Site Administrator on Sunday Dec 23, 2007 21:33 MST
Category: Council News
NOTE FROM THE GRAND KNIGHT
July 2007
Brother Knights,
Thank YOU for electing me Grand Knight. We have a great council, and we can do great things
this year if we P.U.S.H.
P ROMOTE
U NITY (Brotherhood)
S HARING (Charity)
H ONOR (Degrees)
Following are a few things I would like us to focus on this year:
• PROMOTE UNITY - I would love to see more of my Brother Knights at our meetings.
Please, try to come the 3rd Thursday of each month. And, are you on a committee?
We have a lot of committees to choose from and need new ideas.
• PROMOTE SHARING - Among other fund-raisers, we need help with weekly Bingo. If you don’t have a lot of time to be involved, this is for you.
Just one night a month is all it takes.
Bring your spouse, or a friend, to help and have a little fun at the same time.
And, the Christmas tree sale is coming up.
• PROMOTE HONOR - I would like to see us build a monument to honor and protect the unborn in the St. Pius cemetery. With the anniversary of the church and cemetery, this year would be the time to ”get ‘er done”.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank those of you that stepped up to be Officers and/or a Committee Chair.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank our Past Grand Knight Art Loendorf for a job very well done. Lucky for me, you will be here to help me.
So lets get off the “someone else will do it” attitude and start the “what can I do to help “get ‘er done” attitude.
Let’s P.U.S.H. it this year!
God Bless,
Steve Geiger
Grand Knight
Posted by: Site Administrator on Tuesday Aug 14, 2007 19:24 MDT
Category: Council News
2007 - 2008 COUNCIL OFFICERS
The officers for St. Pius X Council 9976 were elected for the 2007 - 2008 Columbian year at the June 21, 2007 council meeting.
St. Pius X Council 9976 Officers are:
CHAPLAIN, Fr. Steve Tokarski
GRAND KNIGHT, Steve Geiger 406-655-4294
nsgeiger@yahoo.com
DEP-GRAND KNIGHT, Chuck Legerski 406-656-5754
chasleg@aol.com
CHANCELLOR, Clayton Kuntz 406-656-4302
ckuntz@myfoodbroker.com
WARDEN, Bob Knight 406-259-3063 (H)
690-3429 (Cell)
RECORDER, Andy Mikes 406-652-5594
Andyamikes9950@aol.com,
FINANCIAL SECRETARY, Ken Kingman 406-256-4975
kenkingman@hotmail.com
TREASURER, Ken Koerber 406-252-2141
kenkoerber@bresnan.net
ADVOCATE, Nilo Cabrera 406-652-1252
cabreras@bresnan.net
INSIDE GUARD, Don Baxter 406-656-4993
dnldbaxt@aol.com
OUTSIDE GUARD, Jared Keller 406-256-6327
3 YEAR TRUSTEE, Art Loendorf 406-656-6761
aloendorf@aol.com
2 YEAR TRUSTEE, Rich Palmer 406-655-818166
rpmp@9mt.net
1 YEAR TRUSTEE, Victor Frank 406-656-6979
flour7child@msn.com
Im. PST-GRAND KNIGHT, Art Loendorf 406-656-6761
aloendorf@aol.com
St. Pius X Council 9976
http://www.stpiuscouncil.org/
All 2007 - 2008 ACTIVITY DIRECTORS
have not been selected as yet.
GEN. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, Chuck Legerski 656-5754
chasleg@aol.com
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR,
CHURCH DIRECTOR,
COMMUNITY DIRECTOR,
COUNCIL DIRECTOR,
FAMILY DIRECTOR,
YOUTH DIRECTOR, Mikes, Andy I. 652-5594
AMikes9950@aol.com
Assnt. YOUTH DIR., Frank M. Tonkovich
fmtonkovich@worldnet.att.net
Bingo Chmn. & Historian, H. Harold Kelso 259-2270
oldknight59@tgrsolution.net
Newsletter and PR Chmn. JP Pendleton 697-9860
jp@pendletoncommunications.com
PRO-LIFE COUPLE, Ken & Mary Kingman 256-4975
kenkingman@hotmail.com
K. of C. INSURANCE AGENT
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 Aug 14, 2007 19:23 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 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 Sunday Jun 3, 2007 16:44 MDT
Category: Council News
A TIMELESS MESSAGE
FROM SUPREME KNIGHT CARL A. ANDERSON
A TIMELESS MESSAGE
I recently came across this article from the March 1925 edition of the San Salvador Council No.l 1 bulletin. Though it was written more than 80 years ago, its message is still as relevant today.
Quote: The Knights of Columbus owes its origin to the fact that Father McGivney and the small band of pioneers who formed the nucleus for this great Order realized the necessity of insurance protection for the Catholic. Many times in their experience they had seen the breadwinner of a family called by his Creator and the wife and little ones left destiture.
It was to educate Catholic men to the necessity of carrying adequate insurance that the Order was primarily formed. The other benefits were added after the insurance feature was decided opon.
And if we stop to reflect a moment we can realize how necesary it is that every man with dependents, whether they be a wife and children, or a father and mother, brothers or sisters, should provide an estate for them in the event of his death. The average man cannot hope to earn such an estate and therefore life insurance offers him the only opportunity to provide it.
Every member of the Knights of Columbus should carry insurance. The rates for Knights of Columbus insurance are very reasonable and it is absolutely safe insurance.
Young men particularly should take insurance now. Many feel that they have no responsibilities now and that they will add insurance when they get married.
Sometimes to their sorrow, they find that when they desire to take on insurnce, a physical disabiity bars them from the insurance feature, or that they must necessarily pay a higher rate for their protection. The safe way is to take insurance now, when you are young. Later years will prove the wisdom of your act.
If you are now an associate member, seek informatin about the insurance features of our Order. You will be doing your loved ones a real favor. Enquote.
Supem Knight Anderson ends with, "What more is there to say? Good advice then, good advice today.
Vivat Jesus"
Contact area Knights of Columbus Insurance Agent
Steve Shupak at 1-406-855-6685 (Cell) or e-mail at
totalbelief@hotmail.com
Posted by: Site Administrator on Monday Aug 21, 2006 10:04 MDT
Category: Supreme Council News
WAITING CHILD GOLF TOURNEMENT
Pictured: Loendorf, Kelso, Scott & Ryan.
District Deputy Wayne Beaner said Greg McDonald of Wendy’s reported about $35,000.00 was raised by the “Waiting Child Golf Tournament” at the Yellowstone Country Club on Monday, August 7. “Waiting Child” is an adoption program started by the late Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s. PSD Beaner recruited eight Knights from the four councils in the Billings area to be “the par-3 hole” judges.
Council Trustee Vic Frank, DD Dave Scott, GK Art Loendorf and PR Chmn. Harold Kelso represented St. Pius X Council 9976. FDD George Dunbar, Billings Council 1259, PGK Ken Silvernagle & Br. Jim Small of Heights Council 8345, and PGK Don Ryan from Fr. Powers Council 13050 worked the event.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Monday Aug 21, 2006 10:04 MDT
Category: Council News