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Grand Knight’s Message
December 2003
by Norm Corriveau
We
are reminded to keep Christ in Christmas.
The Wise Men followed the Star to find the Christ Child.
Our guiding star to Christ is also our Order’s major principle: Charity.
Jesus taught us to share and to reach out to others, sometimes forgetting
our own agenda. In that spirit of
charity, let us agree to remain united whether we can sometimes disagree on
certain issues at a meeting. In praying the “Our Father”, we promise to be
forgiving.
Thanks
to all the Knights who got involved in our Membership Drive.
It is really encouraging and inspiring to see so many come forward and
promote membership in our Fraternal Order.
Youth
Activities:
As
someone reminded me, we do need to do more for the children of our Council.
We have 32 members with a total of 67 children under the age of 15 years
old. Last year at this time, we were surprisingly disappointed to
have only 8 children present at our Christmas Social: so much had gone into the planning of this Holiday event.
We now
need to know what the parents would like to see in the future for more youth
socialization. I am inviting all
interested parents to talk to me about this issue, so that we can organize a
committee for planning future youth activities. It can be done if you really want this.
Dues
for Year 2004:
Our
annual dues for the Council 11690 are $30 per year or $7.50 per quarter.
You can make your check payable to:
St. Mary’s K of C. Glenn
Ringer, our Financial Secretary, will hand you your new membership card upon
receipt of dues, starting at the December 10th business meeting.
Pizza
Party:
We will
take time following our business meeting on December 10th to
socialize and express our Christmas wishes to each other.
We will do this with a Pizza Party.
Hope you can join us.
Fraternal
Survey:
Our
Supreme Council is requesting that we complete a worksheet that reports what
each individual K of C member has contributed in hours of volunteer service
throughout the year 2003. This
worksheet is found at the bottom of page 3 of this newsletter.
Please complete this form, detach it, and get it to me somehow, no
later than January 14th. Please
remain anonymous.
These
hours of service are compiled by our Council and sent to the Supreme Council
Office who, in turn, report the total number in hours of volunteer service
worldwide.
Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year to All!
Vivat
Jesus,
Norm
Corriveau
Special
Recognition
For
October 2003
The
following were recognized at the November 12, 2003 business meeting for their
outstanding service:
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Donald Thibeault receives Knight of the month award for October 2003. Norvel Cason receives certificate of merit for chairing the Tootsie Roll Charity Drive. From left to right: Donald Thibeault, GK Norm Corriveau and DGK Norvel Cason.
Our
Council 11690 gathered together at the 8:00 AM Mass on Sunday, Nov. 2nd,
All Souls’ Day, to remember our deceased Knights.
We were joined by the Fourth Degree Cardinal O’Connell Assembly with an
Honor Guard of 14 Sir Knights, who celebrated their 710th Consecutive
Monthly Mass and Holy Communion
The breakfast that followed took place at The Carriage
House of Easton, with 60 people in attendance.
GK Norm Corriveau took this opportunity of faith and fraternity to
present two awards: 1) the October
Knight of the Month Award to Donald Thibeault, our Director of Church
Activities; and 2) a Certificate of Merit to our DGK Norvel Cason for his
outstanding efforts in running a very successful Tootsie-Roll Drive, which
cleared $4221.17 for our Massachusetts Charity Fund.
On
Saturday, Nov. 1st, our Council served a Spaghetti Dinner for the
Norton Youth Sports Award Night. This
event was not brought up at any K of C meeting; it was decided as a fund-raiser
for the Council only after the October 8th meeting.
The dinner went very well, thanks to the many members who responded so
generously on a short 4-day notice. Besides
increasing our treasury by a sum of over $600, it proved to be a great community
activity for our youth.
This
year’s Turkey Raffle was a great success.
We cleared $1182. What
teamwork! Thanks to all who participated, and thanks to Ed Groden for
running this event. Please remember
that Roche Brothers in Norton donated 15 turkeys for our annual fundraiser.
The
winners of the raffle are: (seller in parentheses)
1.
Peter Pino (Peter Pino)
2.
Paul Grenier (Paul
Grenier)
3.
Kevin Weber (Kevin
Weber)
4.
Phyllis Andrade (Hilda
Silvia)
5.
Mark Barrett (Ed
Groden)
6.
Howard Warsofsky (Tony
Medeiros)
7.
James O’Neill (James
O’Neill)
8.
John Denehy (Dave
Carnevale)
9.
Jack Lank (Tony
Medeiros)
10.
Dave Warrop (Bob
St.Martin)
11.
Paul Grenier (Paul
Grenier)
12.
Alan Silva (Ed Groden)
13.
Lucile Drane (John
Drane)
14.
Hans Schwieger (Norm
Corriveau)
15.
Simonne Romero
(Norm Corriveau)
Christmas for the
Homeless
PGK
Tom Castello is the person in touch with the Homeless Shelter in Taunton, called The Samaritan House.
We will provide its residents with a hot turkey meal with all the
fixings, and bundles of gifts for
each, on Monday, December 22nd.
Tony
Medeiros, DD, and SK Donald Thibeault will set up a “Giving Tree” at
church, with white ornaments which
will indicate what gifts we could present to the residents of The Samaritan
House.
Those
who want to participate in this Christmas event should gather at the Parish
Center on Monday, December 22nd:
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at 12:30 PM for those preparing the meal;
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at 5:00 PM
for those delivering the meal and gifts to The Samaritan House.
Fourth Degree News
The
Cardinal O’Connell Assembly started its annual lottery last month.
The cost of the lottery is $50 and can be paid in full by check or $5
monthly payments for 10 months. For
all those who would like to join or have any questions, please see Norm
Corriveau or Paul Grenier.
The
Assembly will celebrate its 711th Monthly Corporate Mass at 9:00 AM
at St. Casimir’s Church in Brockton. The
breakfast will follow at the George’s Café in Brockton.
I would like to thank all brother knights that participated in last
months Corporate Mass at St. Mary’s and the breakfast that followed at the
Carriage House. The Mass was
dedicated to all our deceased members of the Knights of Columbus.
It’s
never too early to consider joining the Cardinal O’Connell Assembly.
The Assembly concentrates on its Corporate Monthly Masses, Honor Guards
at Masses, Wakes, and Patriotic events. For
all those who would like to join or have any questions, please see Norm
Corriveau or Paul Grenier. The
exemplification of the Fourth Degree is generally held in June.
As we
prepare for the season of Advent, lets remember to “Keep Christ in
Christmas” in all our daily activity, and to take the time to enjoy each
moment, during this busy and often-chaotic holiday season.
On behalf of the Cardinal O’Connell Assembly, I wish all brother
knights, family and friends a blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Our
lottery winners for November 2003 are:
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15 - Ralph Nee of Brockton
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31 - Harry Bates of Brockton
Congratulations
!
Congratulations
Johanna
Medeiros, wife of our District Deputy Tony Medeiros,
is the recipient of the prestigious Marian Medal
because of her outstanding devotion and service to St. Mary’s Parish in
Norton. The ceremony was conducted
by Bishop George W. Coleman at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River on Sunday,
November 23, 2003. There were over
100 recipients, one from each parish of the Fall River Diocese.
The sterling-silver emblem is embossed with the Miraculous Medal of Mary
on one side and the Fall River Diocese’s coat-of-arms on the other.
Prayer Requests
Let
us keep in our prayers the soul of William DeBaggis, who transferred to our
Council from the Mansfield Council this past year.
His wife, Mary, has recently informed us of his death on October 24,
2003. Let us also keep Mary in our
prayers.
SK Joe
Daley is progressing steadily in his rehab from a hip replacement.
Wed,
Dec 3 —
Activities-Planning Mtg, 8
PM,
Parish Center
Fri,
Dec 5 —
Bingo Break-down, 9:30 PM
Sun,
Dec 7 —
Christmas Bazaar
Wed,
Dec 10 —
Business Meeting, 7:30 PM
2004 Dues;
Christmas Pizza Party
Thurs,
Dec 11 —
Norton Award Presentation
Norton Middle School, 7:00 PM
Fri,
Dec 19 —
Bingo Break-down, 9:30 PM
Mon,
Dec 22 —
Christmas for the Homeless
Wed,
Jan 7 —
Activities-Planning Mtg, 8 PM
Parish Center
Start of 2004
K of C State Raffle
Start of K of C Essay Contest
Sun,
Jan 11 —
Council’s Free-Throw
Contest,
Parish Center, 5 PM
Wed,
Jan 14 —
Business Meeting,
7:30 PM
KNIGHTS
OF COLUMBUS
2003
SURVEY OF FRATERNAL ACTIVITY
INDIVIDUAL
MEMBER WORKSHEET
2003 ANNUAL SURVEY OF FRATERNAL ACTIVITY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER
WORKSHEET
Last year, the Knights of Columbus donated more than
$125.6 million to charitable and benevolent causes and 58.9 million hours
of volunteer community service to aid the less fortunate. To help prepare our
Fraternal Survey for the Supreme Council office, please complete the information
requested below and return it at our next meeting. This information will
assist us in determining the total number of hours of
community service volunteered by our members during 2003.
1. Number of visits you made during 2003 to:
Sick — caring for the sick/nursing homes/hospitals .........................._______
Bereaved — visits of condolence ...........................................________
2. Number of times you served as a blood donor
during 2003. ...........................
________
3. Estimated hours of community volunteer service during
2003:
Church Activities — service in all Church related
activities ......................
________
Community Activities — service in all community
related activities ................
________
Youth Activities — service in all youth related
activities .........................
________
Miscellaneous Activities — service in areas not
outlined above .................. ________
4. Number of hours of fraternal service during 2003:
Sick/disabled members and their families — household chores,
transportation, tutoring, counselling, etc.
________