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May 2003 Newsletter
Recognition
The following were recognized at the April 9, 2003 business meeting for their outstanding service.
March 2003
Knight of the Month Family of the Month
Paul Brassard John Drane Family
Grand Knight's Report
Our
focus this month will be on the following events:
º
Spring Clean Up, Saturday
May 3rd, 7-11 AM
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First Communion, Sunday
May 4th 10 AM & 1 PM
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Plant Sale, Saturday, May 10th, 8 AM - 3 PM
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Senior Dinner, Saturday, May
10th, 1:15 Serving time
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St. Vincent’s Dinner, Saturday,
May 17th, 7 PM
º
Confirmation, Wednesday, May
21st, 7 PM
See
individual articles for specific details
Help Needed for Events
We
are still looking for help with the following upcoming events:
º
Breakdown of Bingo for 1st
Communion, Senior
Luncheon
&
St. Vincent’s Dinner – A schedule will be available at our next business
meeting
º
Honor Guard and Ushers for 1st Communion and Confirmation
º
Spring Clean Up, bring your family,
friends and rakes
º
Servers needed for Senior Dinner
and St. Vincent’s Dinner
Elections
Please
plan on attending our May and June business meetings
as
our election process starts this month. At our May meeting, officer names are
listed
for the next fraternal year. Any brother can suggest a name for any officer position, including
his own. Anyone interested in an officers position, should contact the search committee as
soon
as possible. At our June business meeting, we will vote on the new slate of
officers.
Comments
As
we finally move into the warmer weather, let us not forget several significant
events
in
the month. Sunday, May 11th
is both Mother’s Day
and World Vocations Day. Monday, May
26th is Memorial Day, so as we enjoy a long weekend leading us into summer, let us not
forget our troops who have given their lives and defended our liberty not only in Iraq but
also
all over the world in all conflicts in our short history.
Vivat Jesus, Paul Grenier
State Free Throw
By
Paul Grenier
C
ongratulations to Ryan
McAuliffe who won the 13 year old age bracket at the state finals. Ryan,
representing Norton, won with 25 baskets of out 25 shots. Congratulations, Ryan.
Trailer Clean Out
By
Paul Grenier
O
n Saturday, April 26th, we emptied
the trailer of all wood products and brought to New England Recycle in Taunton
for recycling. According to NER, we had 50 yards of wood and negotiated a price
of $600 for the disposition. By the time the newsletter goes to press, we should
have the trailer moved to the Little League site, and another problem will be
solved. I would like to thank Jim McEnaney, JP Sirois, Frank McLaughlin, John
Kilroy, John Golden,
Peter Pino, Fred Pope, Norm Corriveau and Paul Grenier who showed up in the rain
to help clean up this hugh mess. A special thanks to JP Sirois and Jim McEnaney
for the use of their trucks, and to Mark Bowditch and Joe Travers for
negotiating the transfer of the trailer to the Norton Little League.
Volunteers Needed
By
Norm Corriveau
W
e have two meals to
serve for the benefit of our Council; the Annual Senior Luncheon at 1:00 PM on
Saturday, May 10th, and the St. Vincent
DePaul Banquet at 7:00 PM on Saturday, May 17th, the latter being
a fundraiser. GK Paul Grenier and Frank McLaughlin will chair both events as
cooks. In addition, we need volunteers to help in serving both meals. We hope
that friends and family members of the Knights join us in helping out. Thanks.
Lenny Silvia
By
Norm Corriveau
B rother Knight Lenny went home to his Creator on Good Friday, April 18th. Those who knew him will confirm that he was a true Knight at heart. He strongly believed in being of service to his community and to his parish. He served on different town committees and about 17 years as selectman. He joined our Order of Knights at the age of 83 and made all 3 Degrees. I felt that he would have soared to the patriotic Fourth Degree if his health had been more stable. He was a man committed to being of service. I still remember when he would let me know that he needed more books of raffle tickets to sell for our Council. I also enjoyed visiting him to collect them; he wanted to help out as much as he could, always with a smile, even in his moments of ailing.
Slate
of Officers Fraternal Year 2003
-2004
Grand
Knight - Norman Corriveau
Deputy
Grand Knight - Norvel Cason
Chancellor
- Frank McLaughlin
Warden
- James McEnaney
Advocate
- Peter Pino
Recorder
- Robert St. Martin
Inside
Guard - Jean Paul Sirois
Outside
Guard - Paul Schleicher
Council Activity Award By
Norm Corriveau
A
s Delegate of our
Council 11690 at the State Convention, I was more than pleasantly surprised, in
front of some 800 people, to receive from State Deputy Tom Ledbetter the Council
Activity Award for
our St. Mary’s Council of Norton. The award was granted to us, based on the
successful membership drive we held in January 2003. Our gratitude goes to all
those who worked hard and got involved in this membership drive, especially our
cochairs PGK Tom Castello and Bob Smith. Thanks also to our Publicity Director,
PGK Tom Jarbeau. The plaque will be shown at the May 14th
business meeting.
Welcome
By
Norm Corriveau
O
n Tuesday, April 29th, two parishioners
of St. Mary’s in Norton joined our Order of Knights in Council 11690, by
making their First Degree. They are Henry Comerford of Reservoir St. and Rob
Diestel of So. Worcester St. DD Tony Medeiros, DGK Norm Corriveau, and
Frank McLaughlin were there to support them in their becoming our newest
members.
4th Degree
News by
Norm Corriveau
T
he winner of the
contest for the Msgr Pitaro Scholarship of $500 is LeeAnne
Venuti of
Brockton.
She is an 8th-grader at Sacred
Heart School in Brockton and will attend Cardinal Spellman High School in
September. Our State Master Anthony Manzelli, accompanied by District Marshall
George Brodzinski, attended our Assembly business meeting of April 30th, presenting the RSVP Award (plaque)
for participation in the Vocation’s Program. Following the meeting came the
inspection of our Honor Guard members present, who received certification as “The
Visible Arm of the Order”.
Our 704th Monthly Mass will take place
at St. Mary’s Church in Randolph Center, on Mothers’ Day, May 11th
at 8:00 AM. Immediately following
the Mass, there will be a ceremony for unveiling the Memorial
to the Unborn Child.
Breakfast will then take place at the Vera Cruz Council Hall, located in the
Randolph Industrial Park. On June 7th, our Cardinal O’Connell Assembly
will be accepting 21 new members who will be exemplified into our Highest
Degree of our Order.
Our St. Mary’s Council of Norton has four candidates: John Kilroy, Frank
McLaughlin, Kevin Schleicher, and Paul Schleicher. The lottery winners of our
April 30th drawings
are:
#
99 – Maura Kane of Brockton; # 30 – Jeremiah Murphy of Stoughton
Congratulations!
Congratulations By
Norm Corriveau
F
rank McLaughlin of
Patten Road made his 3rd
Degree on Sunday,
April 27th. He thus qualified to
receive the Shining
Knight Award, since
he recruited a new member, took part in 3 Council activities, and received the
visit of a K of C insurance agent, all within his first year of membership. Not
only was this enough, Frank volunteered to be our Council Delegate at the State
Convention in Hyannis. There, he witnessed the various procedures of our State
Council in action. At the closing of the Convention on Sunday, May 4th, 6
he was the only Knight honored with the presentation of the Shining
Knight Award by our
State Deputy Tom Ledbetter. In addition, he will be making his Fourth Degree on
Sat., June 7th, soaring
to the highest Degree of our Order: dubbed a Sir
Knight of our Order
of Knights. Frank, you deserve our admiration!
Prayer Request By
Norm Corriveau
L
et us pray for the
repose of the soul of our dear Brother Knight, Lenny Silvia, 86, who was called
“home” to the Lord on Good Friday, April 18, 2003. Let us continue to pray
for our
St. Mary's of Norton, council 11690 present the Darling family with a charity award of $7,000.00 to convert a van for handicap access. Presenting a check to the Darlings' were Norm Corriveau, DGK, Paul Grenier, GK, and Tony Medeiros, DD.
Short Takes
If God is your partner, make your plans large.
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I
can do all things through Christ which Strengtheneth me. —–
Philippians 4:13
Massachusetts 2003 Raffle
The
winners were drawn at the State Convention:
$25,000
Karen Dupuis of Holyoke
$
3,000 the Devlin grandkids of Connecticut
$
3,000 Bill Bennett of Worcester
$
2,000 Olindo DeLollis of Westboro
$
2,000 Morini of Carver
$
2,000 Andrew Abate of Walpole
$
1,000 Lisa McDermott of Franklin
$
1,000 Joseph Haynes of Falmouth
$ 1,000 Claire Henderson of Haverhill
CALENDAR
May
7 — Officers’
Meeting — 8 PM
May
10 — Plant Sale
& Senior Luncheon
May
14 — Business
Meeting — 7:30 PM
May
17 — Living
Rosary—La Salette Shrine 2pm
May
17 — St.
Vincent’s Fund Raiser Dinner
May
21 — Confirmation
June
4 — Officers’
Meeting— 8 PM
June
7 — 4th Degree
Exemplification
June
11 — Business
Meeting — 7:30 PM
June
8 — Armed Forces
Mass — 11 am Mass
NEXT
MEETINGS
May
14, 2003
June
11, 2003