last Lenten Fish Fry

Brothers, tomorrow night is our last fish fry of the Lenten season. We will need a lot of  help, I believe this will be a very busy night. I plan to get there at 2pm to start getting things ready. 

Bishop Rice has accepted our invitation and will be coming to the fish fry. He will be sticking around for Stations of the Cross, it is my understanding he will lead them. 

 St. Vincent DePaul will also be having thier dessert auction, so if you are a baker or if your wife is a baker please make something to sell. If you both bake bragging rights goes to the one that sells for the most. 

Please keep John Tieskotter and family in your prayers. He will not be at the fish fry as he is in Iowa for his sister's funeral. 

Grand Knight 

William Arehart 

Death of John Tieskotter's Sister, prayers are requested

New Hampton, Iowa

On Sunday, March 22, 2026 at 09:54:45 PM CDT, William Arehart <arehartwilliam@gmail.com> wrote:

Brothers, John Tieskotter contacted me the other day to let me know that his sister Edna Stiefel had passed away unexpectedly. The family is not sure exactly as to how she passed but they believe it was related to her diabetes.  Edna was John's younger sister she was 73 and would have been 74 on March 30. She lived in Hampton, Iowa so John and Carm will be traveling there, possible the end of this week. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Edna and keep her family and John in your prayers. Please pray for a safe trip for all that will be traveling to Iowa for the funeral.

May the love of God and the peace of the Lord Jesus Christ
bless and console her family
and gently wipe every tear from their eyes:
in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

Grand Knight

William Arehart

March Council Meeting

Brothers, tomorrow night is our monthly meeting at 7pm. Confession and Adoration starts at 5pm with Mass at 6pm. I have attached notes from the last meeting and the agenda for this meeting.   

 

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Stations of the Cross tonight

Brothers, we are to lead the Stations of the Cross tonight at Holy Trinity if our Knights in Conway can lead there to that would be awesome. I would like to have a few Knights that are willing to lead, take turns doing so. Mike had to go out of town on business this week so he will not be there and I am fighting a sinus infection. I will be, but with fighting this off I want to keep my distance just to be safe. I would still like for many of the Knights to go to soup and support the PCCW.  They are really good to us between support at the fish fries, the funeral dinners, and any other event that there is, they are always involved with making them a success. 

We also have our monthly meeting coming up this Tuesday March 10.  I look forward to seeing you all there. 

Our second Lenten fish fry is next Friday night, make sure to come.  You can make it early great, you can't make it till later fantastic, you can only stay for half an hour wonderful, you can be there and help the whole night amazing. It doesn't matter if you can do a lot or just a little, when you join your brothers in these activities you make our council stronger and better. We had a great turn out at the last fish fry and I want to thank everyone that was involved. I am not going to name people because I will forget someone but all of you made the fish fry a huge success. 

See you tonight.

Grand Knight 

William Arehart

Stations of the Cross

Brothers, I spoke with Mike Weigand this last Sunday and we would like for the Knights to lead Stations this upcoming Friday. Soup starts at 6pm with Stations at 7pm. Please come and support the ladies that support us.  Lets pack the church full of Knights for Stations. 

I also want you say thank you to everyone that came out and  made the fish fry a great success. We had such great help come out it was awesome. 

Russell Rouse called me the other day and asked if we were going to do 40 cans for Lent. I believe this is a great initiative and one that helps our communities. Father Jobi is on board with it so this weekend I will get the barrels out for Holy Trinity and Russell will start collecting out in Conway. 

Grand Knight 

William Arehart 

Lenten Fish Fry

Brothers, we have a fish fry tomorrow night. We will need all hands on deck, please bring a dessert as well. 

On another note St. Vincent DePaul does want to do a dessert auction at our third fish fry on March 27th. 

I can't wait to see everyone tomorrow night. 

Grand Knight 

William Arehart 

Agenda Feb Council Mtg

Important Dates:

February 12 – Religious Appreciation Dinner

February 18 – Ash Wednesday

February 19, 6:30pm – 7:30pm Bishop Rice is having a

Holy Hour at Sacred Heart Bolivar

February 21, 8am-3:30pm – Men’s Conference

2/27, 3/13, and 3/27 Fish Fry Dates

March 7, 7pm – Fellowship night

March 29 – April 5 - Holy Week

August 15 - Eucharistic Congress

Grand Knight Report:

- Brothers, our council, lost one of its founding members and one amazing individual, in Jerry Nehl. I

greatly appreciate everyone that helped with the visitation, funeral, and dinner. Thank you to

everyone that went and saw Jerry these last few months.

- Michelle Fritz received a thank you card from the Nehl family there was $100 in it which she donated

to our council. The Nehl family also gave $150 to the Knights as a thank you as well. Michelle asked

if we could dedicate the Hall kitchen to Jerry.

- I have asked St. Vincent DePaul if they want to do a pie auction at our third fish fry. No answer yet.

- We had the mid-year DD meeting; here are some high points.

o Bishop Rice wants every council to be involved with Eucharistic Congress. Including

helping with security such as watching the doors and helping people.

o Coats for kids – the chapter handed out 5292 new coats this year, that is about $57,000 worth

of coats. They need business sponsors also looking for people to help and eventually take it

over. We should collect used coats all year long and call them when we have a good amount.

OLD Business:

 Hats and Shirts, see John T. For Hoodies and t-shirts see Gary Gray.

 Coats for kids, sponsors for next year?

 Eucharistic Congress – Bishop’s appeal for a donation

 Fish fry dates, 2/27, 3/13/, and 3/27.

 Free Throw Challenge – how did it go.

New Business

 Allocating money to help with regalia, to assist our members who will serve as Honor Guard

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Agenda October, 2025

 Howard Mohn and his changing role

 A donation for The Men’s Conference, how many are planning on going

 Books for Easter

 Father and the Parish Council would like to have a fellowship night on March 7 th . They asked for

PCCW and us to come together and put it on.

Jerry's Funeral/Meal

Brothers, we have our monthly meeting coming up next Tuesday at 7pm. I look forward to seeing everyone there. Just a reminder we have fish fry dates set for 2/27, 3/13, and 3/27. The Religious Appreciation Dinner will be 6pm on February 12th at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish Hall.  The Men's Conference will be February 21 at Springfield Catholic High School. I will be sending an agenda out closer to the meeting. If you have something you would like to address at the meeting please message me ahead of time so I can add it to the agenda. 

I want to thank everyone that helped with Jerry's funeral. I want to give a special thanks to those of you in the Honor Guard that were there, you guys looked great. It would be awesome if we can get a few more from our council to join the Honor Guard. Also all of you that worked on the dinner from setup to clean up, you all did fantastic. Gary Gray thank you for coordinating the food with Nikki and the PCCW. Jerry has gone home to be with Christ but his memory and knowledge that he passed on will remain with us. 

Grand Knight

William Arehart  

Brothers, tomorrow morning at 9am Nikki Moore and the PCCW will be at the Hall behind Holy Trinity to set up for the funeral dinner for Jerry. If any of you can help I know it would be greatly appreciated. As for the food for the dinner the Knights are taking care of the meat, rolls, mash potatoes and gravy. All of which has already been taken care of thanks to SK Gary Gray. There is a request though for desserts and salads, if you can help with either one it would be great. The Hall will be open around 8am on Tuesday to drop off dishes before the funeral Mass. If you need to drop off tomorrow morning or at a different time it can be arranged. Thank you brothers for all your help.

As for the Knights at the visitation and the funeral, I spoke with our Worthy DD Andy Garcia tonight and it sounds like we will have the Honor Guard at both. Depending on how many Honor Guard members are at the visitation we may still need some Knights to rotate in and stand next to Jerry.  

Tomorrow night is the visitation at 6pm at Day's Funeral Home Marshfield. Jerry's funeral Mass will be Monday at 10am at Holy Trinity Marshfield. After Mass we will go to Marshfield Cemetery on White Oak where Jerry will be laid to rest. After there is a funeral dinner in the Hall behind Holy Trinity.

Grand Knight

William Arehart

Arrangements for Gerald Nehl Funeral

Brothers, Jerry's visitation will be Monday February 2 at Day's Funeral Home at 6pm. His funeral will be Tuesday February 3 at Holy Trinity Marshfield at 10 am. Please continue to pray for the repose of his soul and for piece for Annie and family.

This is the link for Jerry's obituary. 

https://www.dayfh.com/obituary/gerald-nehl

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Grand Knight 

William Arehart

Shook Elementary for Carnival

Hello,

Please join me tomorrow at Shook Elementary for Carnival from 5:30pm- 8pm, Friday

Hope to see you there!

Michael