Knights of Columbus Newsletter St. Patrick’s Council #7689

Celebrating 30 Years of Service to the Church and Community

Issue # 4 February 2011

In This Issue Team Activities Fall 2010 Recognition

*With Photos *VIP Awards

*Degree Advancements

Events

Retreat Invitation

*Markham Santa Parade

Out of the Cold

* Pieta & Padre Pio Replicas

*New Degrees

New Members

Texas Hold ‘em

Ministry Fair

Car Raffle

*Columbian Squires

*Basketball Free Throw

3 Month Calendar

Fetal Models

Messiah Concert

This Newsletter is a

product of the

Communications Team

with the assistance of

the Service Program

Team members.

Kerry Mendonca –

Team Captain

Del Hicke - Editor

Social Team – Jim Smith - Captain

Nov. 27 - Markham Santa Parade

Dec. 11 – Christmas Party

Community Outreach Team Arnold Kozik – Captain Nov. Friends of Dismus

Dec. - Out of the Cold

Good Shepherd

Church/Family Team Tim Flynn – Captain Weekly - Funeral Servers

Nov. 11 – Memorial Mass

Pro LifeTeam Pat Redmond - Captain Nov. – Pieta Installation –Pro Life

Nov – Fetal Models to Br. Andre H.S

Fetal Models to Fr. McGivney H.S

Fund Development Team Basil Gigliozzi – Captain Nov. - Christmas Card sale

Feb.5 – Texas Hold ‘em Tournament

Youth Team Brian Armstrong – Captain Jan. – Basketball Free Throw

March – Squires Circle

Membership Team Dan DiRocco – Director Nov. 1st Degree at St. Patrick’s

Jan. – Ministry Fair

Communications Team Kerry Mendonca – Captain Fall 2010 - Website design

Monthly – Planning Calendars

Very Important Proposer Award

Dan DiRocco

VIP Award

15 New members

Philip Rantisi

VIP Award

2 New members

Jim Sweeney

VIP Award 2 New Members

Moving Up

Kerry Mendonca

3rd Degree Knight

Eardley Adams

3rd Degree Knight

Albert Apostol

2nd degree Knight

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Welcome

New 1st Degree Members

Marlon Arenas

Peter Bruneau

Luis Lewis

Pieta Comes to St. Patrick’s An Invitation Markham Santa Parade

In the summer of 2010, a Markham sculptor, Dominic Aguila, donated two statues to St. Patrick's Church. they were the Pieta and Padre Pio.

The Knights were asked to receive and set up the statues.

Four strong and sturdy Knights, being Tibor Hary, Richard Schneider, Arnold Kozik and Pat Redmond went to Dominic's house and picked up the statues.

A few days after bringing them to the church, a team comprising Tim Flynn, Richard Schneider, Arnold Kozik, Tibor Hary and Pat Redmond, built a stand for the Pieta statue. Then four volunteers, comprising Tim Flynn, Sean Flyn, Richard Schneider and Pat Redmond, placed the statue on the stand. Tibor Hary has reinforced the statues with bolts to ensure their stability. Today the Pieta statue has its wooden form surrounding it. This will be removed after the cement has stabilized.

A stone memorial has been commissioned for the statue. When completed, it will be added beside the Pieta, commemorating it to a pro-life theme, as the statue in the front of the Church did earlier. Fr. Ed kindly selected the phrase to be used on the memorial. Attached are two pictures of the sculptor,

Dominic, and his son and daughter-in-law. The parishioner who contacted Fr. Ed re the donation stands with the family beside the statue of Padre Pio.

Pat Redmond

Bishop Hundt blessed the Pieta

Dear Brothers,

We are presented with an opportunity to

treat ourselves to a weekend spiritual

retreat, in the Ignation tradition (desiring,

seeking and finding God in the reality of

our daily lives), at the Manresa Jesuit

Spiritual Renewal Centre in Pickering,

Ontario. The theme of the retreat is “MY

CHRISTIAN FAITH:COMING TO MATURITY”

and our leader will be Fr. Keith Langstaff,

S.J.

You arrive on Friday evening between

7:00pm and 8:00 pm. Silence begins and

lasts until retreat closing on Sunday with

lunch at 12:30pm.

Car pooling will be provided for those who

wish to share a ride.

Retreatants are invited to consider that the

basic cost to Manresa for a weekend is

$165 (meals and accommodation). If you

cannot afford this offering, you can offer

whatever you can afford. Those who can

are invited to make a larger donation which

will help those who are unable to meet the

basic cost. Money should never keep

anyone away from a retreat!

As a start, Brothers Vern Chaves and Jim

Sweeney have stepped forward as our first

candidates.

This event is being coordinated by Bro. Tim

Flynn. You are invited to give this matter

your due consideration and give Tim a call

(905-642-5250) or sending him an email

(marieflynn@rogers.com) as soon as

possible and in any event, no later than

January 15th

, 2011.

Your offering may be enclosed in a sealed

envelope which will be delivered to the

Manresa Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre to

assure your privacy. A receipt for tax

purposes will be issued.

KERRY MENDONCA

Communications Team Captain

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Messiah Presentation Hosted by St. Patrick’s Council and the Music Ministry of St. Patrick’s.

Sunday April 10 at 7:30 PM at St. Patrick’s Church.

Adults $20, Seniors $18, Children $10

Invite your family and friends

Bros. Richard and Jim build a float.

They received help from the youth

group .It was bitterly cold.

Texas Hold’emTournament

St. Patrick’s Hall was the casino like setting on February 5th for

the annual Knights of Columbus Texas Hold’em Tournament. A $50 entry fee entitled 55 players to each receive $1000 in poker chips and a delicious pasta and veal dinner. The Knights of Columbus Charity fund net receipt was $1446. In all $1550 was paid out in Prize money.

Special thanks to Father Ed for the use of the hall on Saturday night. Event organizers were Basil Gigliozzi and Brian Armstrong

Arthritis Society Raffle All Brother Knights are asked to

participate in the sale of ticket. If you have not received your supply, please contact Basil at : 905-851-2851 or giggy1@rogers.com Expect a phone call to participate in a community wide campaign during April and May at various

locations in Markham. Our council receives a share of the ticket sales. Your help is required

The Child in the Womb Project

Basketball Free Throw

Upcoming Events

The Knights, in co-operation with

York South Right to Life, donated a foetal model set to Fr. McGivney High School, in November 2010. The foetal model set consisted of four models of an unborn child, aged 1 month, 3 months, 5 months and 7 months. These four all represent critical stages of the development of

a child. School staff and students were very pleased to receive the models. The Vice Principal, Rod Simmons, the Chaplaincy Team Leader, Christine Gomes, the Dean of the Science Department, Joe Alphonso, and members of the School Right to Life

Society, all attended the presentation. The display was placed in the main corridor of the school, behind a glass wall, to allow all students to view it.

Everyone agreed that having this set would provide a strong reality check for all students on the implications and responsibilities of pregnancy and would reduce the number of abortions that occur. The students plan to make the models the

centrepiece of the annual Right to life week at the school. This is the second set the Knights have donated. The first went to Brother Andre High School. It was donated in 2009.The money for both sets came from Rose Sunday sale of rose lapels.

The Knights pro-life team has now started promoting the sale of the models to all councils of the Knights of Columbus in Ontario. We will do a mailing and encourage councils to buy, then donate, foetal model sets to their high schools to promote the

culture of life in Ontario. The council will be assisting this initiative financially, through a donation of $500 in the budget. This will cover the costs of mailing to the councils in Ontario.

Pat Redmond ProLife Team Captain

Council 7689 hosted the annual Basketball Free Throw Championships for boys and girls ages 9 -14.

Twenty knights from the St Patrick Council helped out during the two night competition on consecutive Thursdays, January 27th and February 3rd. This competition is based on over twenty local elementary Catholic and

Public schools sending their winners in each age category to Br. Andre Catholic High School to compete for the council championship on the first evening and then the winners returning for the district championship on the second Thursday evening.

The winners of the District championship will then proceed to a final round in a GTA Final held in Oshawa in March. Brian Armstrong Youth Team Captain

Announcement At the January Meeting

Council approved the formation of a Columbian Squires Circle.

Logo →

February, 2011

Feb. 28- 2nd degree – Brampton

March

March 6 - Pancake Sunday

March 7 - Out of the Cold

March 9 – Ash Wednesday March 11 – Columbian Squires

March 14 – Executive Meeting March 15 – fetal Model Promo

March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day

March 18-20 Retreat at Manresa

March 26-27 – Bottles for Life March 28 - Founders Day Dinner

March 29 – Good Shepherd

April

April 4 – Out of the Cold April 10 – Messiah Concert

April 11 – Executive Meeting April 17 Palm Sunday April 22 – Good Friday April 24 Easter Sunday

April 25 General Meeting April 28 – Membership Comm.

April 30 – Recruitment Blitz

May

May 1 – Recruitment Blitz

May 4 – New member info nite

May 7-8 Rose Sunday

Arthritis raffle tickets

May 9 – Executive Meeting May 13 – March for Life

May 17 – Card Party May 23 – Victoria Day Holiday

May 24 – General Meeting May 29 - 1st degree

May 31 – Good Shepherd

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