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Grand Knight’s Message
April 2004
by Norm Corriveau
Lent
is a good time to do our “Spring Cleaning” in preparation for
joyfully celebrating Easter. Our
faults and failings have probably cluttered up the temple of the soul:
the cobwebs of selfish attitudes, the
smudges of impatience, and the dust
of negligence.
The Lord
loves us so much, and He comes to
us in the Eucharist. Let us spruce
up and decorate for His “visit”.
Hope you
and your family can attend the Holy Week Services;
Holy Thursday commemorates Our Lord’s Last Supper when He instituted
the Eucharistic Sacrifice of His Body and Blood, so that He could remain with us
throughout our journey of this earthly life.
Thanks to
our 15 Knights who gave of themselves on Wed., March 24th to help
those in medical need. Thanks also
to six relatives of our Knights who donated blood. Thanks to Fred Pope who chaired this Community Activity and
to the volunteers who helped out.
We did
well in getting 62 pints of blood, since Solmonese School held their Blood Drive
just 4 weeks earlier.
On Sunday
April 18th, our St.
Mary’s Council 11690 will gather together at the 8:00 AM Mass to celebrate our
Corporate Mass as described in our Council By-Laws, Article VIII, Section 4.
This is Divine Mercy Sunday. Let
our hearts be filled with hope. Breakfast
will then be served at the Parish Center, following this Mass.
Tickets are $5 per person, with no charge for children aged 7 and under;
and with a cap of $20 per family. Tickets
will be sold after each Mass on the weekend of April 3-4th and on
Easter Sunday, April 11th. Or,
you may call me @ 508-285-3755 before April 14th to make
reservations.
To honor
Our Blessed Mother on starting the Month of Mary,
our State Council officers have organized this event at nearby LaSalette
Shrine in Attleboro, on Saturday, May 1st.
The Rosary will be recited at 3:00 PM, followed by the Mass at 4:30 PM.;
the Presider and Homilist is the renown Father Tom DiLorenzo.
Let us make a serious effort to join our Brother Knights from all
Councils of Massachusetts; the Shrine is only 4 or 5 miles from us.
Vivat Jesus,
Norm Corriveau
Special
Recognition
The
following were recognized at the March 10, 2004 business meeting for their
outstanding service:
Knight
of the Month
Robert St.Martin
Family
of the Month
The
James McEnaney Family
On Sunday, March 21st, our St. Mary’s Council had the K
of C Divine Mercy Icon, which was personally blessed by Our Holy Father Pope
John Paul II. At each Mass, the
Divine Mercy Icon was carried by a Knight in procession with the Celebrant and
placed in the Sanctuary for all to venerate.
This Icon of Divine Mercy, as revealed to Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska in the 1930’s for the serious conversion of souls, is being circulated by the Knights of Columbus since October 2003. Each Council has the opportunity to bring the Divine Mercy to their Parish and spend an Hour of Prayer.
At 3:00 PM, GK Norm Corriveau led the Divine Mercy Prayer
Hour along with our Chaplain Father Bob Oliveira before the exposed Blessed
Sacrament. Each person in
attendance was given the Prayer Program Booklet, prepared and sponsored by the
Supreme Office of Knights. The
service included lectionary readings, a homily, the recitation of the Divine
Mercy Chaplet and of the Praises of the Divine Mercy.
By
PGK Mark Bowditch
On March 13th, our Council once again held our now famous
corned-beef-and-cabbage dinner, serving up a great meal to about 125 guests.
As always, this was a great event for our Council and Parish.
To pull off a dinner like this takes a lot of work.
And, I want to thank all the Knights and their families who helped out.
We had a tremendous showing of volunteers;
it made this event easy to chair. So,
thanks for all your help. I want to
especially thank Maurice Soares, Mark Switzer, and the rest of the kitchen crew
for the outstanding job they did; the
food was really great.
I also want to thank Marianne Travers and Suzanne Keane for
their great Irish Step-dance performance. It
really topped the night off.
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For the benefit of our youngsters, we are planning a Sunday
afternoon at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, RI , on Sunday May 16th.
In order to get group rates, we need to know how many families will be in
attendance. If you are interested, please call Norm Corriveau @
508-285-3755 as soon as possible.
It’s that time of the year to spruce up around the
church, rectory, and Parish Center.
We need all the help we can get, especially in spreading
the mulch. Please bring rakes, flat
shovels, and wheelbarrows on Saturday, April 24th at 7:30 AM.
Father Bob will most probably provide the coffee and donuts.
On Tuesday, April 20th,
St. John’s Council 404 of Knights in Attleboro will be hosting their
Annual Appreciation Dinner for the Priests and Religious of the Attleboro
Deanery. Their Council of Knights
would like us to attend in order to show our support and appreciation for the
many priests and consecrated religious who have inspired us with their gifts and
individual ministries.
Let us join our Brother Knights of Attleboro in this worthy
celebration of solidarity with our Priests and Religious.
There will be a Social at 6:30 PM, followed by a Chicken Cordon Blue
Dinner at 7:00 PM. The cost of the
dinner is $10.00 per person. Please make your reservations by calling GK Norm Corriveau @
508-285-3755 before
Saturday, April 10th.
By
PGK Mark Bowditch
All State Council raffle tickets MUST be returned by the
business meeting on Wed., April 14th. If
you need more tickets, please call me @ 508-226-8726 or Fred Pope @ 508-285-4567
Please do us a favor in removing the staples from the stubs
that you are returning with the money. Thanks
for your cooperation.
It was a great time for the kids, young & old, at 4:00
PM on Sunday, March 28th. After
everybody enjoyed bowling two strings, we
sat down to feast on plenty of Papa Gino’s pizzas and drinks.
Thanks to Bob St. Martin for organizing this fun-filled family event.
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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 April 4th, the Assembly will celebrate its 715th Monthly
Corporate Mass at 7:30 AM, at St. Joseph’s Church, located on route 37 in
Holbrook. The breakfast will follow
at The Country Buffet, located in the Westgate Mall in Brockton.
The window of opportunity is closing for those interested
in 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 lottery winners drawn on March 31st are:
# 45 Mrs. Robert Talbot of Randolph
# 18 Patricia Hatch of Avon
Let us pray for the repose of John Kilroy’s father who
was called home to the Lord, on Ash Wednesday, February 25th.
PGK John Drane was unexpectedly hospitalized on Sat. March
27th for a couple of days. Donald
Spencer has been stricken with some kind of infection that stirred up many
concerns. Let us keep them all in
our daily prayers.
By
Fr. Henri Nouwen
“Why, O Lord, is it so hard for me to keep my heart directed
toward you? Why do the many little
things I want to do keep crowding into my mind? Why does my mind wander off in so many directions?
Are You not enough for me?
Please accept my distractions, my fatigue, my irritations,
and my faithless wanderings. You
love me with a greater love than I can love myself.
Look at me; see me in all my
inner confusion. Let me sense Your
presence in the midst of my turmoil.”
Calendar
Wed,
Apr 7th —
Activities-Planning Mtg., 8
PM
Wed,
Apr 14th —
Regular Business Mtg, 7:30 PM
Sun,
Apr 18th —
Council’s Corporate Mass, 8 AM;
Communion-Breakfast,
Parish Center
Mon,
Apr 19th —
Lantern Award, Framingham
Tues,
Apr 20th —
Appreciation Dinner for Priests Religious Of Attleboro Deanery
Council #404 K of C Hall, 6:30
PM
Sat,
Apr 24th —
Parish Clean-up, 7:30–10:00 AM
Sat,
May 1st —
Mass. K of C Pro-Life Rosary &
Mass, 3 PM
Homilist: Fr. Tom DiLorenzo
LaSalette National Shrine, Attleboro
Sun,
May 2nd —
St. Mary’s First
Communion,
11:00 AM & 1:00 PM
St. Mary’s Parish Center
Wed,
May 5th -
St. Mary’s Confirmation,
7:00 PM, Parish Center
Thurs,
May 6th -
Basketball 7 PM;
Activities-Planning Mtg. 8 PM
Bingo setup at 8:30 PM
Sat,
May 8th -
Norton Senior Luncheon,
Parish Center ; Plant Sale