February The Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney

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1 February 2017 From the letter to the Hebrews: Since we for our part are surrounded by this cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every encumbrance of sin which clings to us and persevere in running the race which lies ahead. (Hebrews 12:1) You have been running the Christian race for miles, even for years of your life. Sometimes you were the hare and sometimes the tortoise, but nonetheless, you ve run the race. Now you may be tempted to stop running. The love of Christ that impelled you for so long seems weaker. You don t know what happened, but you re slowing almost to a stop. You feel as if you can t take another step. What can you do to keep on running? In this month of February, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, Who inspires and perfects our faith. Lift your eyes to Jesus on the cross and to Jesus on the throne. Jesus will draw you to Himself. Fear is useless. What we need is to trust Him. He will give us the ability to run once again and not to grow weary. Jesus is the Source of our strength, we have everything in Him. Taken from One Bread, One Body Publication, Presentation Ministries, 3230 McHenry Ave. Cincinnati, OH The Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney

2 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page 2 Worthy Knights Another shout out to the leaders of our Parish Youth Mass and #AfterMass programs. It is amazing to see the continued growth, development and evolution of this program which includes a 60 strong contingent of Adult Parishioners and youth leadership from both Brother Knight D Arcy Murphy and my daughter Molly Fisher. Our February meeting will be preceded by a Halton Crime Stoppers presentation. I encourage everyone to join with us at 7:30 pm on Tuesday night and then stick around for what promises to be one of the shortest meetings our Council has ever held. Both myself, your Grand Knight, and our Worthy Deputy Grand Knight, Rory Facca, will be missing from action. Our Worthy Chancellor, Tony Zimbalatti, who is articulate, direct and incredibly efficient will be hosting the meeting. I wish to send a special thank you to the organizers of the Knight of Columbus Games Night at Council 3881, Brother Andrew Eckstein, Henry Thissen and Grand Knight Giuseppe Peritore. They shifted the time of their regular monthly Gaming event to open the doors to us, the members of Council 14446, to participate. While a bit rusty in my card playing, both Brother Frank D Aurora and myself tried our hand at Euchre and held our own before being outplayed by Art and George from Council The fraternity was sincerely appreciated and hopefully we can have other Knights join us for Poker and Euchre if they consider opening their doors to us again in the future. What can we say about our February Valentines Dance? Those who participated were given multiple gifts: an amazing room, a table filled with incredible Auction items, a meal that was both delicious and filling, fraternity with family, friends and new acquaintances, harmonious and inspiring performances from Blistered Fingers and Freedom Train. The dance floor was never empty. Don t miss the next event from our seasoned team of party planners, led by Past Grand Knight, Rob Castonguay and his wife Teresa. Look for pictures later in this Newsletter. Another special thank is due to Brigitte Hughes, our Catholic Woman s League President, who organized and hosted a screening of the movie, Mother Teresa: The Legacy with special guest host and award winning cinematographer, Ann Petrie, the film s Producer at Mary Mother of God church on February 19 th. The event was a huge success, with Ann answering questions about her experience travelling and producing the movie with Saint Teresa, whom she still affectionately calls Mother.

3 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page 3 On the personal side, my life is still rather busy with both work and volunteer activities. On the service front, my wife Margie and I have just completed the Marriage Preparation course at Mary Mother of God with 6 couples who will be getting married at MMOG within the next year. Special thanks to the three sets of graduate couples who joined us to share their marriage stories and recommendations. If you see any of the following folks joining us for Mass, (yes, they are all committed to joining us for Mass), please say both hello and congratulations! details; Father rarely asks us for help, so this is a chance for us to aid him by volunteering our time to address his explicit needs. Bruno Santia has suggested that we support the Youth programs at Mary Mother of God, by supplying portfolios that are branded with the Knights of Columbus logo. These could then be used by both the youth band for music and the youth participants. Bruno suggested that we let our Parish and the youth know that we support the youth program through our prayers, our financial assistance and this type of visible support. Vivat Jesus David Fisher Grand Knight Brother Knights, Alain Cayer, our Ontario State Deputy, held a training session in Oakville on February 25 th, at Marian Hall. Thanks to our State Deputy for sharing his time with us to bolster our recruiting efforts. We are half way through our Fraternal Year, our council has been very busy and we should be very proud of what we've accomplished so far. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you Brother Knights who have worked so hard in supporting our Council's successful events and programs. Please consider joining in our upcoming events: All Star Reading Program has started up; Brother Joe Luciani is looking for extra volunteers Valentine's Day Dinner & Dance - Feb 11 Let's all please help out and be an active Knight of our Council! Please ask a brother Knight to reach out to one of our Program Directors to ask how they can help: Church Programs Angelo Spadafora Community Programs Tony Saturno Council Programs Ron Civitarese Family Programs Steve Germann Youth Programs Mario Peluso Pro-Life Programs Iskandar Massis Ideas and upcoming opportunities: Father John has asked for the assistance of the members of the Knights of Columbus at Mary Mother of God to help stain the fence at the Rectory. Grab a brush and stay tuned for more The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Vivat Jesus Rory Facca Deputy Grand Knight

4 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page 4 What is your Temperament as a Knight? I have customized the following chart for the needs of our Council; (where the ideas and temperament theory are in reference to the original work of Carl Jung and Don Lowry.) Adventurer Controller Organizer Collaborator Preferred volunteer tasks Nonpreferred tasks Motivation: What motivates these Knights? Working Environment: In which environment does this Knight work best? Challenges: What challenges would this Knight face in his volunteer work? Construction, repairs and fixes Enjoys being active and doing things in and around our Parish Training and leading others Detailed work and report analysis Inventory or inventory control (which will require attention to detail) Routine work and repetitive cleaning Receiving recognition and approval Opportunities for interaction with others Opportunities to please others (in order to get recognized) Opportunities for recognition and prestige Surrounded by friendly relationships; opportunities to influence/inspire others Chance to verbalize/express ideas Being logical and thinking through to possible consequences Following through, completing tasks and being consistent Committing to one task at a time Being quiet and setting boundaries Giving clear direction to others (volunteers) Scheduling volunteers, Detailed record keeping, creating checklists, report analysis, safety delegating procedures Enjoys taking responsibility Cleaning, repetitive tasks, for Council Administration detailed work or Programs Checklist completion Problem solving and managing Team communications and teamwork Customer service Coaching and training Challenge, creating results in less time Choice and being in control (or perceived control) Directing others to create specific results Create their own environment and opportunity for advancement In a position of authority and able to define own structure and plans Difficult or challenging assignments Showing empathy, understanding and being considerate of others feelings Expressing emotions Being wrong and remaining neutral; they let their opinions be known Submitting to other opinions; they prefer to be in control Operating within strict structures Verbal communications and teamwork Customer service and direct volunteer interaction Provides quality answers Link to excellence Illustrate value for effort Tasks and explanations are clearly defined Sufficient time and resources to accomplish tasks Limited risks (highlight risk of NOT implementing) Assignments that require planning and precision Flexibility, spontaneity, taking risks Implementing decisions (may get stuck in analyzing detail and the impact of executing) Social settings (is better in smaller groups or one on one) Being wrong Training other staff (not leading) Volunteer interaction Team communications Detailed office-type work and report analysis Independent work and decision making Sense of security, assurance and appreciation Opportunities to serve others Friendly relationships Identification and involvement with a team Stability, established work pattern and routines Familiar environment Dealing with change, risk and conflict Taking initiative, making decisions and working independently Knowing when to stop supporting/giving rather than delegating As your Grand Knight, I would like to host a session where we can work through this information together. If interested in participating, please send me an at grandknight@kofc14446.ca and we can find a date a time to meet.

5 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page 5 17 Mission Statement Knights of Columbus are Catholic gentlemen committed to the exemplification of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, Patriotism and the defense of the priesthood. The Order is consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Order is unequivocal in its loyalty to the Pope, the Vicar of Christ on earth. It is firmly committed to the protection of human life, from conception to natural death, and to the preservation and defense of the family. It was upon these bedrock principles that the Order was founded by Father Michael J. McGivney over a century ago and our Order remains true to them today. Council Executive Chaplain Grand Knight Deputy Grand Knight Chancellor Recorder Treasurer Advocate Warden Fr. John Van Hees David Fisher Rory Facca Tony Zimbalatti Jim Eichenberg Norbert Lee Robert Castonguay, PGK Mesiton Rivera Inside Guard Outside Guard Trustee 2014 Trustee 2015 Trustee 2016 Financial Secretary Lecturer Membership Director Gordon Rivera Frank D Aurora Brendan Wall, PGK, PFN Tony Karkheck Ron Civitarese Milt Cowan, PGK, PFN, FDD Joe Luciani Milt Cowan, PGK, PFN, FDD Front Row: (left to right) Milt Cowan PGK, PFN, FDD (Financial Secretary), Rory Facca (Deputy Grand Knight), Very Rev. John Van Hees (Chaplain), Steven Reynolds (District Deputy), David Fisher (Grand Knight), Tony (Fortunato) Zimbalatti (Chancellor) Back Row: (left to right) Norbert Lee (Treasurer), Bingo (Mesiton) Rivera (Warden), Joe Luciani (Lecturer), Frank D Aurora (Outside Guard), Ron Civitarese (Trustee 2016), Brendan Wall PGK, PFN (Trustee 2014), Rob Castonguay PGK (Advocate), Gordon Rivera (Inside Guard) Missing: Jim Eichenberg (Recorder), Tony Karkheck (Trustee 2015) Other Important Council Roles

6 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page 6 17 Communications Officer Ron Civitarese rcsr@sympatico.ca Knight News Editor Tony Saturno newsletter@kofc14446.ca Website Editor Steve Langendyk Benevolence Director Contact Grand Knight grandknight@kofc14446.ca Financial Benefits Adviser Mario Rodriguez mario.rodriguez@kofc.org District Deputy Steve Reynolds sreynolds@arbormemorial.com Mailing Address and Meeting Location Knights of Columbus - Mary Mother of God Church North Trail Ridge, Oakville Ontario L6H 7A3 Check and Update your Image From Member s Only section of the website, login with your member number (on your travel card) and birth date. Click Access Council Member s List. If your picture is missing, please click Update to change your picture, address or phone number in the Member s Only section. You may also send your picture to grandknight@kofc14446.ca and he will update the image for you.

7 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page 7 17 Church Program Director Angelo Spadafora As Needed Parish Assistance Manuel Medeiros Ongoing Vocations Seminarian Support (RSVP) Tony Zimbalatti (Chancellor) September 11, 2016 Rosary Sunday Martyrs Shrine Midland Milt Cowan November/December Keep Christ in Christmas Vacant January 1, 2017 Parish New Year s Day Breakfast Milt Cowan Date still TBD K of C Retreat Joe Luciani Community Program Director Tony Saturno As Needed Seniors Outreach (Northridge) Eric Gegeny Ongoing Pennies 4 Heaven Charity Committee November 2016 Remembrance Day Parade David Fisher (Grand Knight) February 11, 2017 Valentine Dinner & Dance Rob Castonguay April/May, 2017 K of C Charity Raffle Jim Eichenberg Date still TBD Spring Plant Sale Mark Miziolek Council Program Director Ron Civitarese May Awards & Recognition, Awards Dinner John Murphy / Rob Castonguay March 2017 Founders Day Program Milt Cowan November Memorial Mass Gerry Kupferschmidt Dates TBD Council Meeting Dinners Committee Date TBD Car Wash and BBQ Frank D Aurora Family Program Director Stephen Germann As Requested by Pastor Funeral Assistance Ron Civitarese As Needed Visitation of Sick & Widows Assistance Bob Dorey Ongoing October - June Breakfast Program Ron Civitarese Ongoing October - June All Star Reading Student Mentoring Joe Luciani June Scholarships Joe Luciani Date still TBD Family Christmas Dinner Rob Castonguay Date still TBD Pub Trivia Night John Murphy Youth Program Director Mario Peluso Ongoing all year-round Volunteers Bingo Rivera Ongoing all year-round Columbian Squires Circle David Fisher October 2016 Substance Abuse Poster Contest Eric Gegeny November 2016 Essay Contest Norbert Lee December 2016 Hockey Blast Frank D Aurora/Mario Peluso January 2017 Basketball Free Throw Championship Frank D Aurora/Mario Peluso April 14, 2017 Good Friday OCYO Walk Milt Cowan Pro-Life Program Director Iskandar Massis Ongoing Euthanasia Awareness Vacant Date still TBD Roses for Life Ken Lesperance October 2016 Respect Life Mass, Life Chain & BBQ Pio Gomes / Rob Castonguay October - November Oakville 40 Days for Life Steve Germann Date still TBD National March for Life Ottawa Steve Germann * Highlighted events or programs still need volunteers or additional attendance by our Knights.

8 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page 8 17 PRE MEETING DINNER MARCH 28, 2017 Service starts 6 pm and will be finished by 7 pm MENU: CHILI, BUN, and a Drink for only $5.00 per serving Help us know how many are coming, Brother Ron Civitarese at rcsr@sympatico.ca Wives are welcome! I PAID MY DUES, TIME AFTER TIME I have sent out invoices to all members for the payment of this year s annual dues. Hopefully everyone has received them via . If not please give me a call and I will send out a separate invoice for your attention. Envelopes containing payment may be left in the MMOG Mailbox for the Knights of Columbus. Please address envelope to Milt Cowan. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Milt Cowan Financial Secretary Council miltcowan@cogeco.ca

9 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page Oakville Knights of Columbus Free Throw Special Olympic Champions 2017 Oakville Knights of Columbus Free Throw Aged 9-14 Participants & Champions

10 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page Look for highlights in the Oakville Beaver, Snapd, or the Halton Insider (Cogeco). Yes, it was a slam dunk! The 2017 Oakville Knights of Columbus Championship took place on Saturday, January 28th at St. Thomas Aquinas High. 138 athletes from seventeen Oakville Catholic Elementary schools and three high schools from ages 9-14 took part. All seven of our schools participated. The highlights included appearances and words of wisdom from Mayor Rob Burton, MP John Oliver, MPP Kevin Flynn, and Superintendent of Education Tim Overholt. The top two winners went on to the District Finals on Saturday, February 4th, at Corpus Christie High in Burlington. This year was the first of many Basketball Free Throw ventures with Council 3881, under their Chairman Andrew Eckstein, and Steve Montague who printed off all the Participation and winner certificates with help from a couple pretty ladies. On January 30 th, our team helped out with the Special Olympics Championship at St. Joan of Arc school and St. Paul s Church Gym. The athletes were provided with pizza after the winners were awarded medals. Thanks to all the brothers who came out to help at the schools, tournament,, and District Championship. We all looked good in our new shirts. Frank D Aurora Mario Peluso Basketball Free Throw Co-Chairman

11 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page Valentine s Day Dinner & Dance Brothers Your 2017 Dance Committee is pleased to provide you with the preliminary results of our 2017 Family & Friends Valentines Dance. We had a sold out crowd of 216 individuals which provided revenue of $13,800 and an additional $865 was raised from the 50/50 draw sales bringing the total dance revenue to $14,655. After expenses of $13, the Dance provided a profit of $1, for our Council. The Silent Auction and Donations to our Charity Corporation North Oakville Catholic Knights Charities came to a total of$7,963. This gives us a grand total of $ 9, raised, so far! These are preliminary results and are subject to change. Deposits and Expenses still need final reconciliation. We hope to have the final results at the March Executive Meeting. We are both pleased and proud with both the financial success and feedback from those who attended our event. We added a lot of flare this year, roses for every lady, hearts and center pieces on the table, best prime rib meal, and live entertainment. Hopefully this will bring in more ticket sales and donations for our Family & Friends 2018 Valentines Dance February Vivat Jesus! Brother Rob Castonguay-Committee Chairman

12 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page Annual Knights of Columbus Charity Raffle Dear Brother Knights and Friends, We are pleased to announce that this year s lottery will support Ontario to help promote a healthy and active lifestyle through sport to improve the wellbeing of individuals with an intellectual disability. We will also continue to support the Arthritis Society, to help fund research to cure this horrible and debilitating condition. This year there are 500 prizes with a grand prize of $200,000 cash!!! Other prizes include: cash prizes, 2017 Ford Mustang convertible, 2017 Chevrolet Colorado 4x4 Crew Cab and a 2017 Chevrolet Sonic as well as ten 2017 Jena E- bikes. That s a total of over $500,000 in prizes! Tickets are only $5 each and the draw will take place on July 13th 2017, at Best Western Hotel by Carmen's in Hamilton. Our Council has been issued books of tickets, for our membership to sell. A book contains 10 tickets for value of $50.00 A portion of the ticket sales are returned to our council, to support our charities and good works. Again, this year are asking for members to sell tickets for this worthy cause. Family, friends and co-workers are the usual buyers, but some members are reluctant to sell to them, and we respect that. However, explaining that the charities are the recipients, not the Knights, may help in selling tickets. Your Council Executive ask that you please sell at least one book of 10 tickets. To make it even easier a book of tickets can be delivered to your door and paid via credit card for a small administration fee. You can then just drop off the ticket stubs in our Knights mailbox at the back of Mary Mother of God church. Please arrange to receive your tickets. Rob Castonguay RobCastonguay@hotmail.com Thank you for your support.

13 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page To Our Birthday Boys February 2017 March Omar D. Ali 13-Alexander Stipcevic 17-Steven B. Koyulak 18-Milt Cowan 22-Carl J.S. Calilung 22-Joseph G. Wagner 05-Vince Farano 05-Edcelito A. Ong 19-Tim L. Mann 23-Robert Dorey 25-Mark Miziolek

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15 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page January Prayer List Please pray for the following Brothers and family members who are ill or infirmed: Deacon Jim Whittaker, Brother Manuel Medeiros, Brother Milt Cowan, and Brother Pio Gomes. Please continue to pray for the following individuals: Anthony Salvatore; Lady Janice Whittaker, and Brother Danny Foran. ON THEIR BEHALF WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER O God, You who are the only source of health and healing, the Spirit of calm and the central peace of this universe, grant to them such a consciousness of Your indwelling and surrounding presence that they may permit You to give them health and strength and especially peace at this time, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Please pray for the following Brothers and family members, who have recently passed away: Erna Kupferschmidt, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2016, beloved mother of SK Gerry Kupferschmidt, PGK. ON THEIR BEHALF WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING PRAYER Heavenly Father, look with love on these souls, and receive them into your heavenly kingdom. Bless them and let them live with you forever. Father, we ask this grace through Christ our Lord. Amen! Information regarding prayers should be directed to Grand Knight David Fisher at grandknight@kofc14446.ca (905) NOTE: Names have been removed from our active prayer list after appearing in two successive newsletters. Should prayers still be required for these individuals, please contact the Grand Knight and they will be included in future issues. Also, our Newsletter Editor will be checking our website at: for any new Prayer Requests each month to include in this publication. The website displays these prayer requests for up to one month and then they are hidden from public view. We ask that, before you submit prayer requests identifying individuals with health conditions, you obtain their consent and make sure that they are aware and okay with you posting something online that will be visible and discoverable to the public. Before posting your Prayer Requests, please consider the following: 1. Less is best - post only general and not specific information 2. DO NOT publish detailed, health related prayer concerns 3. Consider this, if you were ill or in the hospital, how much detail would you want released about your condition?

16 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page February 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Basketball 6:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Elementary Valentine s Dinner Dance 6pm. 19 K of C Founder s Day Basketball 6:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Elementary 20 Family Day Basketball 6:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Elementary Executive Meeting 7:30pm General Meeting 7:30 pm Notes: 25

17 KNIGHT NEWS, Council February 2017 Page March 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Basketball 6:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Elementary Basketball 6:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Elementary 14 Executive Meeting 7:30pm Basketball 6:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Elementary Basketball 6:30-8:30pm St. Joan of Arc Elementary 28 Pre-Meeting Dinner 6 pm General Meeting 7:30 pm Notes: 11 25