"Dealing Our Way to the Hearts and Needs of Others"
The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Men's Club Raffle supports our parish, our youth and the Plano Community. Our annual Raffle has been critical in helping us to meet these commitment’s.
This year there will be FIVE winners - all in Gift Cards:
Monthly Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each
month 7:30 PM in Room 130B of the Seton Faith Formation Center
Meetings are currently Cancelled due to COVID-19
The Men’s Club of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton functions as a means of fellowship for the men in our parish community. We come together to share our God given talents and time.
The Men’s Club has an active agenda which includes supporting the parish, the community and our youth. Activities include raising funds by dealing Vegas Nights for other organizations, by hosting our own annual Vegas Casino Festival, and our annual car raffle.
We also find time for family picnics, golf and other sports outings. To fill the time between fund raising activities and socializing, we tackle church improvements, award scholarships and in general, support requests for assistance that come our way.
Fellowship
On the second Wednesday of each month, 50 to 80 motivated men get together at a ritual known as the Monthly Men’s Club meeting. Some are young executives on the way up. Others are older retired folk, maybe somewhat past their prime!! However, they are an excited an enthusiastic bunch (except the cranky one in the back row!) With that number of men in the room along with an ample supply of refreshments, there will be at least 120 different opinions on each topic. This requires some strong leadership which the Men’s Club fortunately has. Our key officers and leaders are listed below:
Click on any name below to contact that Men's Club member via email!
Current Men’s Club Officers:
Randy McGee - President
Pete Lenge - Vice President
John Stroh - Treasurer
Dan Wall - Secretary
Event Coordinators:
Casino Festival Coordinator: John Stroh
Raffle Coordinator: John Stroh
External Vegas Night Coordinator: Steve Stominger
Membership Committee Coordinator: Duke Martinez
Scholarship Committee Coordinator: Chris Beardsley
Golf Chairmen: Dick Gamble (Spring) Dick Belote (Fall)
Equipment Repair: David Abercrombie
Bowling Coordinator: Dave Steffel
Lone Star Race Track Coordinator: George Eldridge
Frisco Rough Riders Coordinator: Joe Schumacher
To Join: Contact any of the above or come to any Men’s Club meeting on the second Wednesday of the month starting at 7:30pm in the Faith Formation Center, room 130a/b.
Men’s Club Scholarship Program
The 2021 Men's Club Scholarship Program is now open for applications. Click here!
The Seton Me n’s Club is proud to announce their 2020 scholarship winners. Emily Schmidt and Orlaith Shave won the $2,000 Catholic High School Scholarships. Prarthana Dias, Macaela Gross, Hanna Guidry, Jordon Manworren, Haley Stroh, and Risha Valera won $2,500 College Scholarships. Amelia Jauregui won the Ed Wall Memorial Scholarship for $5000 for her excellent service to the church and community. The Seton Men’s Club would again like to congratulate all of their scholarship winners.
Family Activities
The Men’s Club plans and holds an array of activities for the members and their families. A favorite is the Annual Family Picnic usually held at the Country Place Clubhouse and Pool. Another is the annual Men's Club Appreciation Dinner, where the Knights of Columbus graciously come and deal for the Men’s Club Casino dealers, giving them a chance to sit on the other side of the table for a change.
With several Golf Tournaments, trips to Stars games, Maverick games and the Lone Star Race Track, the year gets pretty busy. But it is not so busy we can’t squeeze in the Frisco Rough Riders and a Rangers’ game.
The Men’s Club also sponsors and supports Boy Scout Troop 259 which meets every Monday evening in the Faith Formation Center gym.
If this is your bag, come to a meeting and sign up for your favorite activity. Once you attend an event, you will be deemed qualified to be an event coordinator!!! Someone’s got to do it!!
Parish Support
The Men’s Club has provided nearly a half of a million dollars to the parish in equipment and support including the following:
Computer equipment
Communications equipment
Audio equipment for the Faith Formation Center gym
$66,000 to the Capital Campaign
$12,500 to the Monsignor Henry V. Petter Endowment Fund for the Support of the Office of Peace and Social Justice
School furniture
Scoreboard for the new gym
Commercial Refrigerator & Ice Maker for the Parish Hall
24 passenger bus for parish use
Vans and trucks for parish use
The Men’s Club has also been proud to support the following programs:
The Seton Fund
Ark Adventure Preschool
Vacation Bible School
Boy Scouts
Plano Lion’s Club
High School and College Scholarships (over $400,000 to date)
Habitat for Humanity
Plano Youth Choir
Plano Rotary
Samaritan Inn
Girl Scouts
Collin County Women’s Shelter
American Heart Association
Collin County Big Brothers and Sisters
New York Police and Fire Departments Widow’s and Orphan’s Fund