Precious Blood Assembly Chalice Recipient

Precious Blood Assembly Faith Captain Dale Bottoms Presents Chalice to Transitional Deacon and Seminarian Matt Montag

Worthy Brothers, one of the benefits of being a Knight of the Fourt Degree is that upon your death, you can have your name inscribed on a chalice that is bequeathed to a priest or parish. This is a good way to be remembered and prayed for at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Last month, in memory of Richard “Dick” Wysong, Precious Blood Assembly gave a Chalice with his name to Seminarian Matt Montag who will be ordained this May. Matt, and his dad Al, are members of Abp. Elder Council. Dick Wysong served as Past Grand Knight of St. Michael Council, Past Faithul Navigator of St. Isaac Jogues Assembly, District Deputy, Community Chapter Secretary and Vice President, Master of Southern and Western Ohio Districts, and was a Charter Member of Precious Blood Assembly. He was also a recipient of the Cincinnati Chapter William Rieckelman Award as Greater Cincinnati Knight of the Year for 2010.

Elder Council 5th Annual Chili Cookoff – Recap

The 5th Annual – Elder Council Chili Cookoff was an absolute success. Fifty (50) brothers, family members, priests, and novices attended. Twelve (12) competitors took the challenge, went for the Gold, and competed for the coveted title of ‘Elder Council Chili Champion’!

The ‘Elder Council Chili Champion’ for 2024 is Worthy Brother Joe Sharpshair.

  • 2nd Place – Brother Philip Mary
  • 3rd Place – Dominic Pappalardo
  • The winners for the Youth Division:
    • 1st Place – Claire Farwick
    • 2nd Place – Beatrice Sharpshair
    • 3rd Place – Max Farwick

Thank you to our esteemed judges, Fr. John Paul, Fr. Darren, and Br. Ambrose Marie, whose distinguished palates facilitated judging some mighty fine-tasting chili. And to everyone who made chili to feed the masses. The food was delicious and plentiful.

Thank you to Worthy Brother Jim Pappalardo for his vision and leadership. Thank you also to the Sharpshair family, Worthy Brothers Craig Babcock, Jim Hook, and John Leventis, for helping set up the Parish Center, and Worthy Brother Mike Ries for helping procure the refreshments.

Thanks to everyone for helping to clean up when the event was over.

And finally, thank you to Worthy Brother George, our resident photographer, for capturing the day’s excitement. You can go to the link to see the pictures:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UskEjBybC4VrXina7

2023 Abp. Elder Council Christmas Party

Worthy Brothers, family members, and friends,

What a spectacular Christmas party. We had 69 attendees, including 32 family members and four friends. This was the largest party since I began attending these festivities in 2016.

We were honored to have our Pastor and Worthy Chaplain of the Council, Fr. John Paul Walker, O. P., our Faithful Friar of the Precious Blood Assembly, Fr. Joachim Kenney, O.P. and our Prior, Fr. John Langlois, O.P.

In tribute to the strength of our Council, Brother Knights ranged from one of our senior Knights, Brother John Holden, to our youngest member, Brother Joseph Brecount, to two of our newest members, Brothers Bill Laverty and Jim Swift.

The food was delicious and plentiful, and Patti and her team did a marvelous job providing excellent service.

Our revered auctioneer, Brother Jonathan Pearson, did his usual conjuring at the White Elephant Auction, pitting brother against brother, against priests, against family members.

Worthy Brother Fred Bowling recognized the current inflation rate and finally raised his usual minuscule bid from $1.00 to $1.25.

After Jonathan, the auction’s three most popular ‘individuals’ were ‘Mr. Stein’, ‘Mr. Craig’, and former ‘President Trump.’

Finally, thank you to each of you for the gift of your presence. You made this evening one that will be long remembered.

Thank you to Brother George Kimura, who captured many of the party’s highlights. See the pictures below.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/XaGnzxELg7XnGpBa8