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Chartered January 25, 1989 |
FUND RAISING RAFFLE COMING.
St. Pius X Council 9976 is preparing to hold a raffle for a Billings man that is suffering from a devastating form of skin cancer that has resulted in the removal of his nose and other parts of his face and mouth. His insurance is running out and his treatments are at a clinic in Texas. Transportation, living and other expenses are needed by family members that accompany him.
Council members are out soliciting gift cards and other prizes for the raffle.
If you would like to contribute a prize, contact Council Warden Clayton Kuntz at
656-4302 or ckuntz@myfoodbroker.com.
Council Friday Night Adult Bingo will contribute a $150.00 cash prize to the raffle.
CHARITY is the First Degree of our Order.
More details on the raffle sale, when plans are complete.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Monday Jul 12, 2010 14:06 MDT
Category: Council News
2010 - 2011 Council Officers
Results of the council election of officers for the 2010 - 2011 Columbian year are as follows:
Grand Knight Chuck Legerski; Deputy-Grand Knight James Conwell; Chancellor Bob Holbrook, Warden Clayton Kuntz, Treasurer Art Loendorf; Advocate Nilo Cabrera; Recorder Andy Mikes; Trustees Vic Frank, Steve Geiger and Boniface Frank; Inner Guard Richard Wood
and Outer Guard James Holbrook.
Financial Secretary Dave Scott is appointed by the Supreme Office.
Chaplain Fr. Steve Tokarski is appointed by the Bishop.
Lecturer Ted Vargas is appointed by the Grand Knight.
Council Activity Directors for the coming year are as follows:
Church Bob Holbrook; Community Steve Geiger; Council Art Loendorf; Family James Conwell; Pro-Life Couple Don and Marilee Smith
and Youth Andy Mikes.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Monday Jul 12, 2010 14:05 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 "Mens 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 150 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 1.8 MILLION Catholic men in over 145000 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 Knights are known as Rycerzy Kolumba! Over 300 Polish Knights have joined the Order since January, 2006.
Councils have been formed in Krakow, Ludzmierz, Lomianki, Lomza, Radom and Starachowice. The Order now encompasses from Poland to the Philippines in area.
St. Pius X Council 9976 officers meet at 7:00pm on the 2nd. Thursday of the month.
The General Council Meeting starts off with recitation of the Rosary at 6:15pm and a bit of "Food and Fellowship" at a 6:30pm dinner 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 canceled.
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 Dave Scott at 248-3814.
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 responsibilities and organization while having fun
Posted by: Site Administrator on Monday Jul 12, 2010 14:04 MDT
Category: Council News
SUPREME SECOND PLACE AWARD
Posted by: Site Administrator on Friday Jan 15, 2010 13:19 MST
Category: Council News
TOOTSIE ROLL DRIVE 21st. YEAR
St. Pius X Council 9976 members will once again gave away Tootsie Roll candy in front of local stores on Saturday, March 27, 2010. Council members will also be at St. Pius X Church and Holy Rosary Church after the masses Saturday evening and Sunday morning March 28.
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 21st. 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 28 years.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Friday Jan 15, 2010 13:18 MST
Category: Council News
21st. ANNIVERSARY OF COUNCIL
St. Pius X Council 9976 celebrates its 21st. Anniversary as a council on January 26, 2010.
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 Friday Jan 15, 2010 13:14 MST
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.
Adult Bingo moves to 2:00pm, Sunday afternoons durnig Lent.
Bingo is canceled if a funeral vigil, wedding, church holiday, or other activity occurs.
FREE COFFEE AND POPCORN IS PROVIDED.
Cold soft drinks are available for .50 cents.
Daubers are for sale for $2.00 each.
Bring adult friends and come join the fun on Friday.
We welcome Senior and other adult groups
Posted by: Site Administrator on Friday Jan 15, 2010 13:07 MST
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
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
COUNCIL MONTHLY DINNER MEETING
The Council starts out the monthly regular Council meeting with a bite of food at 6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall on the Third Thursday of the month.
If you are a member of St. Pius X Parish,
a Knight of Columbus,
but not a member of our Council,
stop in and get acquainted.
Our Council of over 160 members will make you feel welcome.
Posted by: Site Administrator on Friday Aug 18, 2006 21:52 MDT
Category: Council News