Michael Sangregorio, GK. Brothers,

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3 Brothers, Further into this month s newsletter you will find more information on our annual Golf Tournament. Mark your calendar for Saturday August 18 at Duntroon Highlands. Please come out for a round of golf, and/or dinner or to help with the event. This is our council s premier fundraising event, so please do what you can. Also mark on your calendar our council executive installation ceremony held after the 7 PM Mass on Tuesday August 21 at St. Mary s Church. If you are an executive member, you must attend or have someone stand in for you should you not be able to attend. Of course, all members are welcome. As you may have heard, all of us are on the membership committee in that we all need to keep recruiting a new member at top of mind. To this end there are two initiatives now in place to help encourage membership growth. At a prospective new member can join on line. It is an easy process whereby the new member has access to the benefits and resources of our order just as we all do. This is a good first step that in most cases leads the new member to join his local council in the regular way we all did. Ctrl+click to watch this brief video that explains what the program is and how it can be used as a powerful tool to help our council recruit. There are also various financial incentives benefitting our council should we have membership growth. So far we have one new member eager to join our council as soon as we schedule an admission ceremony. We have had one degree team practice last week and one more this week as we prepare for this ceremonial. I will send an as soon as we schedule this event so that our members can attend, participate and enjoy the company of your fellow Knights. If you are an executive member and or a program director, please watch for an regarding officer training on line as well as a new initiative called Safe Environment Training. All officers should take advantage of the officer training, but ALL directors and program chairmen MUST complete the safe environment training. The on-line module is about an hour in length and can be paused and completed in short segments if need be. So please watch for an from Praesidium, the order s safe environment partner, that will send notifications to the program directors and chairs who are required to complete safe environment training and to provide authorization for a background check where necessary. Directors and chairs should look for notifications from Praesidium in their inbox or spam folder. These will provide assigned username and password to complete the required training and the link necessary to provide background check authorization. The Knights of Columbus covers all costs associated with these requirements. notifications are unique to each recipient and cannot be forwarded or used by another director or chair. The time-sensitive notification requires the recipient to complete training and background check authorization within 30 days of receipt. Please call me should you need more information or come out to our next meeting. Thank you. Michael Sangregorio, GK

4 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL st ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT DATE : SATURDAY AUGUST 18, 2018 PLACE : Duntroon Highlands Golf Club YOU GET 18 HOLES OF GOLF, POWER GOLF CART, USE OF DRIVING RANGE, LUNCH & DINNER Cost - $ per Golfer all Included Lunch at 11 AM - SHOT GUN 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM "BEST BALL FORMAT" "ALL GOLFERS WELCOME" FOR TICKETS & MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING DOMENIC domenics@sympatico.ca LORNE lbwinks@rogers.com PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ANNUAL TOURNAMENT

5 Well make sure you enjoy time with family and friends through this great weather. Each of you are part of a family, when was the last time you were at a family reunion or had all the kids home for a BBQ or luncheon. The Knights of Columbus is about Church and families and you are the ones we look at and say yes he is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Have you ever been ask to attend a meeting? We have heard a library of reasons why you can t be there and surprising most of them are good reasons. One of the best is I don t have time?? Well every time you attend church, come to a breakfast, let someone know you are a member, give to the poor, give to the church, wear a Rose for Life, buy Christmas cards that speaks of our faith and attend our Annual Golf Tournament. There are many more things you do that states loud and clear I am a member of the Knights of Columbus. Do you know that by playing a game of golf is one of the best ways of supporting your local Council of the Knights of Columbus? Yes bring you family, friends and neighbours and enjoy a round of golf. Did you know that our Annual golf tournament is and has been the largest supporting event of our Council each year? Yes the money we raise all goes towards CHARITY. We have many great workers on this committee, think about this $ gives you 18 holes of golf with a cart and wonderful meal that you enjoy with those of your choice. So don t wait contact Brother Domenic or Brother Lorne and make sure you are registered August 18 for a day of fun that will be second to none through your summer. Well our Budget is ready and we ll be voting on it at our general meeting August 7 upstairs in our Chambers. Putting this budget together is a lot of work Thank you Brother Harry. Our budget is based on our programs going forward if they don t happen then a lot of our budget will not happen so if you have time please help where you can or at least support these events and programs. Often we write things and they could be taken as a negative, nothing could be further from the truth we have great support thanks to you our members and our parishioners. It is just that sometimes we are looking for your ideas and direction. Please come and join us at one of our General meetings the 1 st Tuesday of each month your input is a necessary part of our future. Read our Take 5 Newsletter please share your thoughts these are mine. Respectfully Michael Dynes FS =========================================================================== Golf Report Our golf tournament is coming along well. All the information you need about the tournament you can find on the flyer that is in this newsletter. Any questions you may have please let me know and I will get back to you with an answer. We have a good number of hole sponsors and the prizes are coming in. We do need more golfers and people to add to our numbers for the tournament. It is hard to believe that the tournament is as close as it is, just a few short weeks away. If you are interested in joining the tournament as a player or for dinner only I need to know as soon as possible. I ask that you please consider participating at this annual event and be a part of the success that makes this our most important fundraising program of the year. Please feel free to contact me by phone or domenics@sympatico.ca anytime. Thank you, Domenic Sanfilippo

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7 Saint of the Month Martyrdom of John the Baptist Feast Day August 29 The drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honour, a seductive dance and the hateful heart of a queen combined to bring about the martyrdom of John the Baptist. The greatest of prophets suffered the fate of so many Old Testament prophets before him: rejection and martyrdom. The voice crying in the desert did not hesitate to accuse the guilty, did not hesitate to speak the truth. But why? What possesses a man that he would give up his very life? This great religious reformer was sent by God to prepare the people for the Messiah. His vocation was one of selfless giving. The only power that he claimed was the Spirit of Yahweh. I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire (Matthew 3:11). Scripture tells us that many people followed John looking to him for hope, perhaps in anticipation of some great messianic power. John never allowed himself the false honour of receiving these people for his own glory. He knew his calling was one of preparation. When the time came, he led his disciples to Jesus: The next day John was there again with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he said, Behold, the Lamb of God. The two disciples heard what he said and followed Jesus (John 1:35-37). It is John the Baptist who has pointed the way to Christ. John s life and death were a giving over of self for God and other people. His simple style of life was one of complete detachment from earthly possessions. His heart was centered on God and the call that he heard from the Spirit of God speaking to his heart. Confident of God s grace, he had the courage to speak words of condemnation, repentance, and salvation. Each of us has a calling to which we must listen. No one will ever repeat the mission of John, and yet all of us are called to that very mission. It is the role of the Christian to witness to Jesus. Whatever our position in this world, we are called to be disciples of Christ. By our words and deeds, others should realize that we live in the joy of knowing that Jesus is Lord. We do not have to depend upon our own limited resources, but can draw strength from the vastness of Christ s saving grace. St. John the Baptist by Leonardo davinci

8 Our Council of the Knights of Columbus offers prayers for those who are sick or in distress. Please keep these Brother Knights, their families and their care givers in your prayers... Under Good of the Order: Bro. Sal Arrigo, Bro. Mackenzie Dynes. Dorothy Dynes, PGK, FDD Don MacDonald, Bros. Bruno Jacka, Jim and Delores Marshall, PGK Nick and Rika Huver, Bro. Nick Monid, Chelsea Cando, Jean Van Bethem, Geraldine Bondi, Nancy Greco, Our Chaplain Fr. Gerard, Leo Burger, Robert McDonald, John Dolan, Eva Sundqvist, Patrina Cannon, Martha Benoit, the Gervais family. Father Bill Scanlon and all of our Brothers who may be ill. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE AUGUST BIRTHDAY BOYS 1 st - Bro. Paul Duhamel 1 st Bro. Pierre Dumont 10 th - Bro. Jim Ironside 11 th - Bro. Pete Larose 15 th - Bro. Gene Cudney 16 th - Bro. Michael F. Dynes 23 rd - Bro. Dave Scoville 27 th - Bro. Dick Doughty HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO OUR AUGUST COUPLES 6th Bro. Jim & Lisa Harrison 9th Bro. Jerry & Heather Libryk 11th- Bro. Claude & Cora Clouthier 12th- Bro. Dean & Lisa Croker 17th- Bro. Kas & Anne Watroba 20th- Bro. John & Diane Ferraro 21st- Bro. Harry & Betty Cogill 24th- Bro. Chris & Lisa Crozier 29th- Bro. Jim & Marlene Ironside =========================================================== 5 THINGS TO TAKE AWAY FROM POPE FRANCIS GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE 1. Holiness means being yourself Pope Francis offers us many examples of holy lives throughout this document: St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the French Carmelite who found holiness in doing small tasks; St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Jesuit founder who sought to find God in all things; St. Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratorians who was renowned for his sense of humor. The saints pray for us and give us examples of how to live, but we are not meant to be cookie-cutter versions of them. We are meant to be ourselves, and each believer is meant to discern his or her our own path and bring out the very best of themselves. As Thomas Merton said, For me to be a saint means to be myself. 2. Everyday life can lead to holiness You do not need to be a bishop, a priest or a member of a religious order to be holy. Everyone is called to be a saint, as the Second Vatican Council reminded us a mother or a father, a student or an attorney, a teacher or a janitor. Saints next door, Francis calls them. All we need to do is to live our lives in love and bear witness to God in all we do. That also doesn t have to mean big, dramatic actions. Francis offers examples of everyday sanctity, like a loving parent raising a child; as well as small gestures and sacrifices that one can make, like deciding not to pass on gossip. If you can see your own life as a mission, then you soon realize that you can simply be loving and kind to move towards holiness. You also do not have to be swooning in mystic rapture to be a saint or walking around with lowered eyes. Nor do you have to withdraw from other people. On the other hand, you do not want to be caught up in the rat race of rushing from one thing to another. A balance between action and contemplation is essential.

9 3. Two tendencies to avoid: Gnosticism and Pelagianism Pope Francis may send people racing to either dictionaries or their theology textbooks when asks us to avoid two dangers in the spiritual life. The first is Gnosticism, from the Greek word gnosis, to know. Gnosticism is the old heresy that says that what matters most is what you know. No need to be charitable or do good works. All you need is the correct intellectual approach. Today Gnosticism tempts people to think that they can make the faith entirely comprehensible and leads them to want to force others to adopt their way of thinking. When somebody has an answer for every question, says Francis, it s a sign that they are not on the right path. In other words, being a know-it-all is not going to save you. The second thing to avoid is Pelagianism, named for Pelagius, the fifth-century theologian associated with this idea. Pelagianism says that we can take care of our salvation through our own efforts. Pelagians trust in their own powers, don t feel like they need God s grace and act superior to others because they observe certain rules. Today s Pelagians often have, the pope says, an obsession with the law, an absorption with social and political advantages, punctilious concern for the church s liturgy, doctrine and prestige. It s a real danger to holiness because it robs us of humility, sets us over others, and leaves little room for grace. 4. Be kind Gaudete et Exsulatate is filled with Pope Francis trademark practical advice for living a life of holiness. For example, don t gossip, stop judging and, most important, stop being cruel. That goes for online actions, too. Francis comments on this topic are memorable. Online, he writes, defamation and slander can become commonplace since things can be said there that would be unacceptable in public discourse, as people look to compensate for their own discontent by lashing out at others. In claiming to uphold other commandments, they completely ignore the eighth, which forbids bearing false witness or lying and ruthlessly vilifying others. To be holy, be kind. 5. The Beatitudes are a roadmap for holiness As you might guess from the document s title, the Beatitudes, Jesus list of blessed ares, are central to this exhortation. The Beatitudes are not only what Jesus means by holiness, they are also a portrait of our Lord himself. So we re called to be poor in spirit, meek, peacemakers, to hunger and thirst for righteousness, and so on. But let me focus on one beatitude: Blessed are the merciful. Pope Francis says mercy, one of the central themes of his papacy, has two aspects: helping and serving others but also forgiving and understanding. Jesus does not say, Blessed are those who plot revenge! And what is Pope Francis overall summary of holiness? It s based on the Beatitudes: Seeing and acting with mercy.

10 NOTICE OFMOTION Moved that Father Lally Council 5793 approve the Budget for the Council Year as presented at the July General Meeting. ================================================= 2018 Charity Draw Winners sold by Council 5793 PRIZE# PRIZE WON WINNER CITY TICKET # 250 $150. D. Stevenson Collw d $100. Pat Smith Collw d $100. James Dalziel Collw d ================================== Special Invitation to ALL members - Please join us at St. Mary's Church 11:00 AM Mass Sunday August 5 - after Mass we will have our Fourth Degree Installation ceremony with a light lunch afterwards - please let the Grand Knight know that you will attend as we need to have a number to prepare for your light lunch.