Our Fourth Degree Assembly 1094

Fourth Degree members of our St. Vincent de Paul KofC Council 10390 belong to Assembly 1094.  In all, Assembly 1094 has 14 councils under its wings.  Over the years, the assembly has had great management and been active in promoting and exhibiting the principles and values of the Knights of Columbus.  Assembly 1094 Business & Officers meetings since the COVID pandemic are being held at Holy Rosary Church at 3617 Milam Street near midtown Houston.  Business Meetings are on the 1st Tuesday of each month. Dinner is served at 6:45pm. Meeting starts at 7:30pm.  Officers Meetings are always the 3rd Monday of each month starting at 7:00 PM.  SK Thomas Pielech Faithful Navigator navigator@kofc1094.org.

The History of Assembly 1094

The first Fourth Degree Assembly in Houston, Texas was chartered in 1910 and was originally known as Houston Assembly 803, because their initial membership came from Houston Council 803. The first organized official meetings began in 1911 with the first elected Faithful Navigator being T. J. Donoghue (1911-1912). The Assembly was re-chartered as Monsignor George A Wilhelm Assembly on May 1, 1945 in honor of past Faithful Friar, Monsignor George A Wilhelm, Pastor Pro-Tem of Holy Name Catholic Church. Monsignor Wilhelm was born on December 15, 1879 in Columbus, Ohio and was ordained to the Priesthood on June 18, 1906 at Josephinum Papal Seminary, Worthington, Ohio. He served as a missionary through out Texas and finally settled in Houston where he died on February 19, 1960.

A total of 67 Faithful Navigators served the assembly since the 1910 charter. The Faithful Navigators names and years served are as follows:

1. Thomas J. Donoghue 1911-1912
2. M. Sweeney 1912
3. Thomas Kehoe 1912-1913
4. John Young 1913-1914
5. William McCarthy 1914-1916
6. W. A. Schoeffer 1916-1918
7. Thomas M. Scoggins, Sr. 1918-1920
8. John Tucker 1920-1921
9. W. J. Binyon 1921-1922
10. Louis Tuffly 1922-1923
11. H. L. Nicholson 1923-1924
12. Gustave A. Mistrot, Sr. 1924-1926
13. William Quinlan 1926-1928
14. P. A. Angenand 1928-1929
15. E. J. Christman 1929-1931
16. Gustave A. Mistrot, Sr. 1931-1932
17. Vincent Chiodo 1932-1935
18. Henry Selke 1935-1936
19. Dr. W. H. Eaton 1936-1938
20. J. B. Earthman 1938-1940
21. J. J. Bellew 1940-1943
22. R. A. Balsam 1943-1945
23. Ernest Brown 1945-1947
24. Jack LaBarge 1947-1949
25. Claude Kurtin 1949-1951
26. Don Hagan 1951-1953
27. R. D. Donlin 1953-1955
28. George Sheltz 1955-1957
29. Frank Gatlin 1957-1959
30. Ben Kidder 1959-1961
31. Robert L. Wise 1961-1963
32. Leonard B. Golasinski 1963-1964
33. William Evans 1964-1966
34. Martin J. Morales 1966-1968
35. Robert G. Schneider 1968-1970
36. Stanley J. Kabzinski 1970-1971
37. R. L. De La Houssaye 1971-1972
38. Henry J. Murphy, Sr. 1972-1974
39. Kenneth L. Harpster 1974-1975
40. Louis J. Amorelli 1975-1977
41. Malcolm L. Boren 1977-1979
42. Michael H. Lash 1979-1980
43. Cruz C. Ortiz 1980-1982
44. Edward H. Rhodes 1982-1983
45. Robert K. Thornton 1983-1984
46. Patrick L. Peavy 1984-1986
47. Andrew J. Restivo 1986-1988
48. Sidney H. Sony 1988-1990
49. C. W. Van Dyke 1990-1992
50. William L. Mudry 1993-1994
51. James L. Connor 1994-1996
52. Dominic A. Psencik 1996-1998
53. Fred A. Racey 1998-2000
54. Alfredo D. Vasquez 2000-2002
55. Robert W. Cage 2002-2004
56. James C. Gaitens, Jr. 2004-2005
57. Joe M. Escalona 2005-2006
58. Jerry A. Jones 2006-2007
59. James E. Urbanovsky 2007-2009
60. Paul ‘Yogi’ Ybarra, Jr. 2009-2011
61. William D. Florez 2011-2012
62. Donald G. Payne 2012-2013
63. Johnny Salinas 2013-2015
64. Shawn Reichhardt 2015-2017
65. Clint Mendonca 2017- 2018
66. Rafael Canamar 2018 – 2020
67. William Elliott 2020 – Present