Ken takes care of all the cooking for the events the Knights Sponsor. In July, he and his team cooked for 300 people providing them with Burgers and Hot Dogs.

July 2019 Knight of the Month - Ken Silvers

Work Crew Pictured from L-R: Randy Godwin, Shane Clark, Mike Miller, Terry Hopson

                  SACRED HEART CIRCLE RENOVATION PROJECT

The Knights of Columbus Daniel P. Sullivan Council 10208 of Hot Springs Village is so blessed to have the caring Brother Knights as a part of this council.

A group of Knights saw a need to clean up and improve the Sacred Heart Circle.  This is the area just in front of the Lower Hall where there is now a Feature Stone placed and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Statue installed.

On June 4, 2019 at the monthly Council Meeting, a discussion between Brothers Bob Honzik, Ed Doyle, David Witchger and Jim Anderson took place concerning the condition of the Sacred Heart Circle.  It was agreed that Brother Jim Anderson would be the point man on the project on behalf of the Council.

On June 12 the Guide lines were established with Preliminary sketches and material lists sent to Bennet Brothers Contracting for estimates and further discussion on how to proceed.  Then on June 14, an estimated budget was presented to the group, Father Bill Elser; pastor for Sacred Heart, Grand Knight Ed Doyle and the Administration and Finance Council.

With the budget approved by all parties involved, the work started to clear and prepare the area on June 25.  Once this was done, the real work followed with the area being cleared, the Feature Stone placed, the Heart of Jesus Statue installed, New Irrigation and Sprinklers installed, Stone and Mortar work, Plantings with top soil and mulch beds completed.   The next step was to lay the weed barrier cloth, finish gravel, site cleanup and solar lighting.   

Much Credit goes to Bob Honzik who pushed for this project and GK Ed Doyle for supporting it.  The Council provided $2,000.00 being held in escrow to help pay for the project, however an Anonymous Brother Knight stepped up and paid for the entire project of $5,410.00.  God Bless this Knight!!  He requested the $2,000.00 in Escrow be used for future maintenance of the circle. 

You can visit the 3rd Degree Photo section for all the photos as the project progressed from Start to Finish.

2018-2019 Daniel P. Sullivan Council 10208 of Hot Springs Village Family of the Year Bob and Mary Anne Honzik

A well deserves award for Bob and Mary Ann!! 

They are huge contributors to the success of Council 10208:
Spearheaded Council 10208's  "Share-a-Chair" program, in which more than eighty living-room style chairs were donated, refurbished and delivered to the diocesan retreat center at Fletcher Hall in Little Rock; organized and ran the council's annual "Taste of Faith" seminarian fundraiser for eight years with this year's event raising $29,500.00; Bob is a past Grand Knight, current council Trustee and current Arkansas State Council Vocations Director; Mary Anne is the co-chair of the pricing committee for the council's biennial "Treasure Sale" that benefits St. John's School in Hot Springs and Our Lady of Fatima School in Benton raising over $8,000.00 for each school.  Bob is a high energy recruiter playing a big role in the steady growth of this Council's membership in recent years; in this fraternal year with his initiative, council 10208 has sent $5,000.00 to the State Council for the Bishop's newly announced "One Church" program to aid poverty stricken parishes in the Diocese of Little Rock; Bob and Mary Anne were the main drivers in our council's "Priest's Circle Initiative" motivating our members to raise over $7,000.00 to completely renovate the burial area.

Bob has been an active member of the Sacred Heart Parish Administration Council and an Usher for 16 years while Mary Anne is an Altar Server and Eucharistic Minister.  Bob sits on the Diocesan Board of Director's for Seminarian Endowment Funding.  With his close relationship to Bishop Taylor, Bob and Mary Anne have hosted a Gala Christmas Party for the past nine years at their home that allows our parish members to develop a closer relationship with our future priests. Bob has been instrumental in organizing a very successful parish men's retreat at the newly renovated diocesan retreat center at Fletcher Hall in Little Rock.  The Second Annual Retreat was held this past March.

In addition to all of the above, their involvement in the community includes: Sending cards and messages of sympathy to shut-ins, prepare and deliver meals to the sick, visit the sick at their homes or in the hospital and deliver food baskets to needy families at Christmas and Thanksgiving.

Bob and Mary Anne have been retired many years and could be spending their time relaxing.  Instead, they constantly look for ways to use their leadership abilities to help other people in so many ways.  Council 10208 is a high-performance council, but this level of success doesn't just happen.  It is a family like Bob and Mary Anne that inspires other Knight's to extend themselves and go the extra mile for their fellow man.  Doing this every day eminently qualifies them to be honored as "Family of the Year?

2018-2019 Daniel P. Sullivan Council 10208 of Hot Springs Village Knight of the Year – Colonel Thomas (Tom) Donnelly, USMC (retired) Ed.D.

Wow, where do you even start to show how much Tom has done for the Council.  Sir Knight Tom Donnelly has been a member of the Knights of Columbus Daniel P. Sullivan Council 10208 since 1999.  He has been a member of the 4^th Degree Fr. Victor A. Bieberle Assembly 2316 since 1999.

He has held the positions of Council Community Director, Deputy Grand Knight, Grand Knight twice, Membership Committee, Retention Committee, Recruiting Committee, State Council CPID Director, Warden for the District 10 Formation Degree Exemplification Team, 1^st Trustee and is currently the Faithful Captain of Assembly 2316, Honor Guard member, and 2^nd Trustee for Council 10208.


Not only has he done so much for the Knights, he takes a tremendous amount of time for the Church.

Perpetual Adoration, serves as an Usher, participates in Parish and Knights of Columbus Retreats annually, attends daily mass most days, attends the Catholics Men’s Conference annually, and either organizes or helps in most Parish and Knights of Columbus Activities.

I could go on and on about how much Sir Knight Tom does in the community and continues to help wherever there is a need.  His philosophy is to lead by example with the strongest emphasis on servant leadership; Leaders serve and lead from the Front!!  He lives the four tenets of our fraternal order: Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism.  In every and all endeavors he pragmatically encourages all of us to “be the best we can” with what God provides us.  He sets the achievement bar high, never asking anyone to do what he is not willing to do himself.  He demonstrates daily a sense of duty to his Church, his community his brothers.

An award well deserved!!  Congratulations Sir Knight Tom on being selected as the Knight of the Year.