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Grand Knight’s Message
January 2004
by Norm Corriveau
Hope
you all had a wonderful Christmas. Another
year has gone by and a new one is upon us with all its hopes.
We can ask for the Lord’s blessings to make it a happy, healthy and
fruitful year, all for His greater glory.
Kudos:
Thanks
to all who helped make St. Mary’s Christmas Bazaar the great success that it
was. Marie Pino and Jane Steeves,
our Bazaar co-ordinators, were well pleased and deeply appreciative of your
generous efforts and time of volunteerism.
Special recognition goes to PGK Mark Bowditch who stepped forward and
took on the organizing of kitchen help and food service during the Bazaar.
Thanks
also to all who participated in the “Giving Tree” and in preparing the
“Turkey Meal” for the Homeless at Samaritan House in Taunton. Special recognition goes to our co-ordinators,
PGK Tony Medeiros, DD, PGK
Tom Castello, and SK Donald Thibeault.
Thanks to all their helpers in reaching out to our less fortunate
brothers and sisters.
January
7th:
All
members are invited to attend our Planning Meeting of Wednesday, January 7th,
at 8 PM, at the Parish Center. We
need your input of brainstorming for the upcoming events: the Free-Throw Championships,
the Annual State Raffle, the
K of C Essay Contest, the Pro-Life
Mass, the P-Bruins Game,
the Bowling Party, and an Appreciation Dinner for all the volunteers of St.
Mary’s Parish.
Reminders:
Our
annual dues for 2004. You can make
your check of $30 payable to: St.
Mary’s K of C, and mail it
to: Glenn Ringer, 19 Essex St., Norton,
MA 02766. You will then receive
your 2004 Membership Card.
The 2003
Survey of Fraternal Activity Worksheet, sent
to you in the December newsletter. Please
return it to Norvel Cason, no later than January 14, 2004.
Vivat
Jesus, Norm Corriveau
Special
Recognition For November 2003
The
following were recognized at the December 10, 2003 business meeting for their
outstanding service:
Knight
of the Month
Ed
Groden
Family
of the Month
The
Jean Paul Sirois Family
Pro-Life
by Mary Jo & Donald
Spencer
Letter
from an Unborn Child
(From
Priests for Life website)
Dear
Christian,
I
was very much looking forward to my life in this world.
I
wanted to have dolls, ride a bike, go to the circus, and see the zoo.
I
looked forward to celebrating Christmas and receiving Jesus in Holy Communion.
I'm
very sad I never got to do any of these things. My parents did not let me be
born.
But
I just don't understand one thing -- why didn't any of you help me? I wish you
had. Nobody heard my crying voice.
From,
An unborn baby
Please
join your fellow parishioners on Sunday, January 25, 2004 for the annual
Pro-Life Mass celebrated by Fr. Robert Oliveira at 11:00 AM. Come together to
pray for an end to abortion, euthanasia, and all other acts against the precious
gift of life.
Please
continue each day with your families to pray for LIFE through Our Lady's
intercession.
Fourth
Degree News
by Paul Grenier
It’s
not too late to join the 4th degree lottery of the Cardinal
O’Connell Assembly. 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.
On
January 4th, the Assembly will celebrate its 712th Monthly
Corporate Mass at 8:00 AM, at the Immaculate Conception Church in North Easton.
The breakfast will follow at the K of C hall, located on route 106 in
South Easton.
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 will be held on June 6th
in Chicopee, MA.
The
Master of the Fourth Degree, Anthony V. Manzelli, will be present at our
business meeting on January 28th to present our Assembly with two
awards. An Achievement Award for membership and a Patriotic Award for our 700th
Monthly Corporate Mass. I encourage
all fourth degree members to try to attend this meeting. On behalf of the Cardinal O’Connell Assembly, I wish all
brother knights, family and friends a Healthy and Happy New Year.
Norton’s
Humanitarian Award
It
was with great honor that our St. Mary’s Council 11690 of Knights has received The Humanitarian Award at the Town of Norton “Night
of a Thousand Stars”, on December 11, 2003 at the Norton Middle School.
The Award was presented by the Norton Board of Selectmen
in appreciation for our humanitarian efforts to the physically
handicapped, to the homeless, to our Senior Citizens, and to the youth of
Norton..
We were
among 15 recipients to be honored on Norton’s “Night of a Thousand
Stars”. Those present
from our Council were: GK Norm
Corriveau; Fr. Bob Oliveira; PGK Tony Medeiros, DD; DGK
Norvel Cason; Peter Pino;
Robert Smith; and Ed Groden.
The
Massachusetts Legislature also sent us a Certificate of Achievement,
congratulating our Council 11690 of Norton for our dedicated service within the
Norton Community. The Certificate
is signed by:
·
State Senator Jo Ann Sprague
·
State Representative Elizabeth Poirier
·
State Representative Michael J. Coppola
· State Representative Philip Travis
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Preparing
a dinner for the homeless of the Samaritan House; From left to right are PGK
Tony Medeiros, DD; Henry Comerford; Frank McLaughlin; Donald Thibeault and PGK
Thomas Castello.
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2003 Top
Events
We
thought of outlining the 2003 Top Events of our Council.
This is not an easy task because we held so many good events, some very
important to some members and not so for others.
Isn’t
it more important to focus on upcoming events and make them of better quality?
This is why our Planning Meetings on the first Wednesday of each month
take on a greater importance. We
need everybody’s individual brainstorming to achieve that better quality.
Calendar
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
Sat,
Jan 10 — DD/
GK Conference, Framingham
Sun,
Jan 11 — Council’s
Free-Throw Contest,
5 PM, Parish Center
Wed,
Jan 14 — Business
Meeting, 7:30 PM
Sun,
Jan 25 — Pro-Life
Mass, 11 AM
Wed,
Feb 4 — Activities-Planning
Mtg, 8 PM
Sun,
Feb 8 — District
Free-Throw Contest,
5 PM Parish Center
Wed,
Feb 11 —
Business Meeting, 7:30 PM