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Grand Knight’s Message
June 2004
by Norm Corriveau
Since my term as Grand Knight ends on June 30th,
I want to take this opportunity to express my most sincere gratitude to
all of you for a very pleasant fraternal year.
I dearly appreciate the support and hard work you extended in reaching
out to others and being of service: the
living out of our knighthood for the greater glory of God.
I thank most especially my officers who were most valuable
to me for their input of ideas and for their unconditional dedication.
What a Team!
At the State Convention,
I proudly accepted for all of you, St. Mary’s Council 11690 of Norton,
the State Family Activity Award of the year, for the wonderful
work we did at the Parish Picnic of September 14, 2003.
It was acknowledged that our St. Mary’s Council 11690
received three Charity Fund Grants in the past year, in the total amount
of $15,000, the most given to any
council. This should motivate us to
work harder at the next Tootsie Roll Drive.
Last October, we presented
the State Council with a check in the amount of $4,221.17.
Twenty-one resolutions were passed.
The last one decreased our “per capita” levy by 10 cents, down to
$7.75 per member for the coming fraternal year:
thanks to the success of the Massachusetts State Raffle.
More information will be reported at our next regular
business meeting of June 9th, at which meeting we will elect our
Council Officers for the new fraternal year, starting July 1, 2004.
Hoping to see you there,
Vivat Jesus,
Norm Corriveau
Special
Recognition
For April 2004
The
following were recognized at the May 12, 2004 business meeting for their
outstanding service:
Knight
of the Month
Frank
McLaughlin
Family
of the Month
The Paul Grenier Family
Our
St. Mary’s Council is sponsoring a special Mass for our Armed Forces at the
11:00 AM Mass on Sunday, June 13, 2004, the eve of our National Flag Day.
We hope you and your family will attend this special Mass in honor and in
support of our Troops who are sacrificing so much for us and for our country.
The
Mass will be celebrated by our Worthy Chaplain, Father Bob Oliveira. The Norton
American Legion Post 222 will be present with a Color Corps.
Our own 4th Degree Assembly will also be present with its Honor Guard.
Refreshments
will be served immediately after Mass. We
look forward to seeing you and your family there.
by Jim McEnaney
On
Saturday, May 8th, 2004, our St. Mary’s Council held its 3rd Annual Mother’s
Day Plant Sale at the Parish Center. Several
Brother Knights arrived at 6:30 AM to help set-up the canopies and tables and to
unload the trailer full of plants. We
began selling the plants at 7:30 AM and finished around 2:30 PM.
There were many vivid and brilliant-colored hanging plants, flats of
annuals for transplanting, and large-potted patio tomato plants;
all very good gifts for Mother’s Day.
Again,
this plant sale was a huge success due to the support of many parishioners and
Brother Knights with their friends. Our
Council’s treasury was increased by an additional $1,000.00.
I
would like to thank the following Brother Knights for their assistance:
PGK Tom Jarbeau, PGK Tom Castello, John St. Martin, Peter Pino, Dave
Carnevale, Jim Coulter, Peter Levesque, Jim O’Neill, Glenn Ringer, and
especially J.P. Sirois for spending the entire day in helping out.
by Frank McLaughlin
Our
St. Mary’s Council ran its Seventh Annual Senior Luncheon at 1:00 PM on
Saturday, May 8, 2004. It was a
great success! Ninety-eight Norton
Seniors came to enjoy a wonderful meal of baked stuffed chicken, baked fish,
mashed potatoes, vegetables, tossed salad, and pudding for dessert.
It
was a pleasure for us to put this on for such a worthy cause.
Of course, as always, this would not be possible if not for the hard work
of our Brother Knights. I want to
thank GK Norm Corriveau, DGK Norvel
Cason, Chaplain Fr. Bob Oliveira,
PGK Paul Grenier, Don
Thibeault, Dave Carnevale,
Frank DelGiudice, Peter Pino and his wife Marie,
Mike Rota and his wife Judy, and
last but not least my good friend John Kilroy. John spent two days with me in buying food, cooking,
cleaning, and serving. I cannot
thank him enough.
By Field Agent, Jim Keady
Today you are giving your
children the best education you can buy. Today your wife is living comfortably
and not worrying about making ends meet. Will that be the scenario when you are
gone?
If you have life
insurance, the answer is a definite yes.
With life insurance your
family is taken care of as if you are still with them. The family won’t have
the financial burden that comes with the passing of the breadwinner. Life
insurance will be there to handle all the family financial needs. There is no
undue stress on the family. Isn’t that how you would want it?
The
end result? Life goes on for your family almost as if you were still there. And
that’s a gift of love.
Fourth
Degree News
By
Paul Grenier
On
June 13th, the Cardinal O’Connell Assembly will participate as
Honor Guard, along with the American Legion, in our annual Armed Forces Mass.
The Mass is at 11:00 AM, and there will be a welcome reception held by
St. Mary’s Family Ministry following the Mass.
On
June 6th, the Assembly will celebrate its 717th Monthly Corporate
Mass at 8:30 AM, at St. Clare’s Church, located at 244 Liberty Street in
Braintree.
As
we prepare to close the fraternal year, I would like to thank the Assembly for
the opportunity to serve as your Faithful Navigator. A special thanks to all the Sir Knights within our Council
for their help, encouragement and prayers over the past fraternal year.
The
winners at the May 26th drawing were:
#
8 Santino Nicastro of Braintree
#
45 Mrs. Robert Talbot of Randolph
2004 State Raffle
Let
us thank our State Raffle co-chairs, PGK Mark Bowditch and Fred Pope, for a
successful drive that collected 71 books or 1065 tickets.
The State Council received $639.00,
and our Council kept 40% or $426.00.
The
12 winners were drawn on May 22nd, at the State Convention.
They are:
$10,000 -
Joseph J. Reardon of Centerville
$ 3,000
- Patrick Pilvines of Sharon
$ 2,000
- Jenny Walker of Southwick
$ 1,000
- Nancy Foster of Avon
$ 500
- Michael Roberts of Taunton
$ 500
- Stephen LaMarca of E. Sandwich
$ 500
- James Smith of
Blandford
$ 500
- Paul H. Chapman of Avon
$ 500
- Ruth L. Lamothe of Holyoke
$ 500
- William O’Brien
$ 500
- John P. Curley, Jr. of
Hyannis
$ 500
- Edna Flynn of Cumberland, RI
Election
of new Officers
The
election of new officers for the fraternal year of 2004-2005 will take place at
the business meeting of June 9, 2004.
Our Trustees have been
appointed as the Nominating Committee and are interviewing members for the
officer positions. If you are
interested in any officer position or would like to nominate someone, please
make it known to any Trustee. At
the time of electing our new officers, other nominations may be made from the
floor before the balloting.
The slate of officers at
this time is published in this newsletter.
Grand
Knight -
Norvel Cason
Deputy
Grand Knight -
Francis McLaughlin
Chancellor
- Paul Schleicher
Warden - James McEnaney
Advocate - Peter Pino
Recorder - Robert
St.Martin
Treasurer
- Joseph Daley
Inside
Guard -
Jean Paul Sirois
Outside
Guard -
James O’Neill
1st
Year Trustee -
PGK Norman Corriveau
2nd
Year Trustee -
PGK Paul Grenier
3rd
Year Trustee -
PGK Mark Bowditch
Roger Williams Park Zoo
St.
Mary’s Council 11690 made a group venture to Roger Williams Park Zoo in
Providence on Sunday, May 16, 2004. Eight
families (14 adults & 13 kids) came together at 1:00 PM to explore an exotic
world of more than 150 species of rare and fascinating animals.
It took us 3 hours to cover the major areas of the zoo. The kids, young and old, had a grand time observing the
mannerisms of each species.
Thanks
to Paul and Linda Schleicher for the 61 photos they took.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SOME KNIGHTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
Wed,
June 2 —
Activities-Planning Mtg., 8 PM
Sun,
June 6 —
4th Degree Exemplification,
Chicopee
Wed,
June 9 —
Regular Business Meeting, 7:30 PM
Election of new Officers
Sun,
June 13 —
Mass for Armed Forces, 11:00
AM
Wed,
July 7 —
Activities-Planning Mtg., 8
PM
July
9-11 —
S.E. Youth Conference,
LaSalette Shrine
Wed,
July 14 —
Regular Business Meeting, 7:30 PM
July
16-18 —
S.E. Youth Conference,
LaSalette Shrine