Council 4442 Knightly News

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1 Knights of Columbus Council Main St. Salem, NH Officers Grand Knight Deputy GK Chaplain Chancellor Recording Sec Warden Advocate Treasurer Financial Sec Lecturer Inside Guard Outside Guard Trustee 3 Year Trustee 2 Year Trustee 1 Year Dave Thompson Paul St.Amand Fr. Tom Frink, SJ Mike Banks Norman Comeau Paul David Dan Norris, Esq. Bob Fournier Charlie Walsh Ron Bourque Jay Cappello Richard Botti Thomas Campbell Don Simmons Bruce Silver (Editor: Paul St.Amand -ed) Council 4442 Knightly News From the desk of the Grand Knight As I sit here with the picture of these spring flowers, we are yet in the throes of another cold, raw, wintry mix heading our way guess Spring will by-pass us and turn into summer weather instead. Now that all of our Easter obligations have ended doesn t mean we forget the reason for the 40 days. JESUS IS ALIVE. Please send articles to the editor: KnightlyNews@kofc4442.org Issue April 16, 2018 Bishop Peterson Council #4442 Bishop Peterson Assembly #0641 Insurance Agent: Matthew DiCalogero Field Agent 8 Stiles Road, Salem, NH Cell: ; Office: Matthew.DiCalogero@kofc.org Highlights inside this issue: Meeting Review p2-6 Old and New Bu$ine$$ - p4 Notices of Motion p4-5 Election of Officers p6 Sir Knight Wilfred Boutin p8 Support our advertisers - p9 Our Council was honored to be the recipient of the Pillar Award from the Greater Salem Chamber of Commerce acknowledging a non-profit entity. This was only made possible by our donations to various charitable organizations, events we support and our devotion to those I need. This by no means is an easy task, but each and every one deserves a huge thank you for no man is an island and this recognition cannot be attained without the involvement of all of our members. (P.S. Wonder how Paul is going to hang that award!!!!!!) Don t forget the State Convention is scheduled at the end of April. If anyone wishes to attend, even for the Saturday evening banquet, please let me know. There is going to be a collection at the convention for the Food Pantry at the State Chaplain s (Fr. Aggie Jean s) church, Parish of the Assumption. If you want to make a donation let me know. I will make sure the donations get delivered. As we are being honored by the Parish for our volunteer work at the appreciation dinner on April 25, but please remember we have been requested to help with the set up of the school auditorium. Many hands make light work. Start time on the 24th, the day before, is at 10:00 AM. As always, I leave you with Safe Travels, Good Health and God Bless. VIVAT JESUS David C. Thompson, Jr., GK

2 Quickie CALENDAR Council Meeting Notes April 11 UNOFFICIAL (Taken from notes of the worthy recorder, Norm Comeau.) Call to Order at 7:30PM. 33 members attending. All officers present except Dan Norris and Bob Fournier, each excused. Minutes were read and accepted with no corrections. Fr. Tom speaks at April meeting Set Up for Volunteer Appreciation Set up chairs and tables at gym Tuesday, April 24, 10:00AM (Dave Thompson) State KofC Convention April Nashua, NH (Dave Thompson) White Clover Drive May (Rico Casaletto) Blood Drive Thursday, May 17, 1-7PM hall (Butch Kealey) Deceased Members Mass Sunday, May 20; 11:00 Mass MQP Church (Dick Collopy) Tootsie Roll Drive June 8,9, 10 all over Salem! (Pete Klecan) College Scholarship Awards Applications Due July 1 (see article) Joe Stafford Family Day Picnic Sunday, July 29, 1:00PM hall (Joe Stafford) Chaplain's Time: Fr Tom spoke of his own youthful experience when he started driving and how he survived daring (i.e. stupid ) events with the help of God. God wants to save us from our stupidity And when we sin, are we not being stupid? We cannot claim where God is, or to claim where or with who God is NOT. Let the Holy Spirit guide us. The Pope delivered an exhortation titled Rejoice and Be Glad (GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE ) When somebody has an answer for every question, it is a sign that they are not on the right road. They may well be false prophets, who use religion for their own purposes, to promote their own psychological or intellectual theories. God infinitely transcends us; he is full of surprises. We are not the ones to determine when and how we will encounter him; the exact times and places of that encounter are not up to us. Someone who wants everything to be clear and sure presumes to control God s transcendence. Nor can we claim to say where God is not, because God is mysteriously present in the life of every person, in a way that he himself chooses, and we cannot exclude this by our presumed certainties. Even when someone s life appears completely wrecked, even when we see it devastated by vices or addictions, God is present there. If we let ourselves be guided by the Spirit rather than our own preconceptions, we can and must try to find the Lord in every human life. GK Opening Remarks: We received the Pillar Award from the Chamber of Commerce for the Nonprofit category. A job well done. The State Convention will be held on April at the Radisson Hotel in Nashua, NH. If interested see me for more details. Pathways Pregnancy Care Center invites us to a fund-raising banquet on May 11, 2018 in Bethlehem, NH. Tickets are $15.00 each. See me for more info. Received a letter from Celebrations Catering (whom we have used in the past) offering his services in the future if needed. I have his phone number if anyone is interested. Received a card from Catholic Charities USA for a grace filled Easter. Received a Newsletter from Liberty House. We have been asked to set up the gym on Tuesday the 24th for the Parish Appreciation Dinner. Set up time 10:00AM. Dinner is after the 6:30 Mass on Wednesday the 25th. Thank Yous received from: Salem Boys & Girls Club for being at the Ganley Awards dinner. Granite United for our support of the Night to Shine. Pennacook Pregnancy Center in Manchester for our donation Camp Fatima for our donation Dartmouth Hitchcock for our donation to Karen's Climb Fund. Tip of the hat to: All the brothers and wives that were able to attend the wake and funeral of Brother Will Boutin, 2

3 Treasurer's and Financial Secretary's Reports: Charlie Walsh Charlie presented both reports tonight. 15 checks written last month and that the headcount is down to 241. Reports accepted as read. Committee Reports Mike Banks conducting: Culture for Life No report tonight. Veterans Activities Rico Casaletto White Clover Drive-May 11th & 12th. The dedication for the Council Bench will be on Sunday May 27th at 2:00PM in Boscawen Veterans Cemetery. The date was changed for the cook-out at the Tilton Veterans Home to June 2nd. Members will meet at 9:45 at the Council Hall. The date for the Veterans Breakfast at the Woodbury School is Nov 2nd at 7:45. Bingo Ron Bourque: The multiple snow cancellations continued this past month, so we are behind last year's total at this point, but Bingo is doing well. The Eagle Tribune had an article about a child of one of the bingo folks who is fighting leukemia. We have donated to that person as a show of support. Thanks to Paul Simard, Lou Stella, and the bingo crew, and of course, Thanks be to Almighty God for granting us these funds to use for charity. Texas Hold-em Larry Belair: We have a string of 7 nights coming up in May. Larry guesses that based on what he has seen with other charities and the action so far at this new start-up location ( Chasers Poker Room on Geremonty Dr. at the former China Blossom ) we may surpass our budget for 2018 by maybe 25%. Blood Drive Butch Kealey We collected 51 pints in March. The next Blood Drive is Thursday May 17. Later Blood Drives are July 12, Sep 13, and Nov 15. Butch Kealey is looking for volunteers. A volunteer doesn't have to work all the hours of the drive (1PM 7PM). If you can help for just a few hours, that would be appreciated. Just show up! Tootsie Rolls Drive Pete Klecan The Tootsie Roll Drive is Wednesday June 6th at the land fill and June 8,9, &10 at designated locations in town. The charts are ready. Sign up for your favorite location. This can be a simple commitment of just 2 hours of your time. Relay for Life Stan Gorgol Stan, in memory of his dad and his brother, and with help from Mike Banks, is going to restart our Relay for Life effort. Let us all support his efforts for this cause. More info in the months to come. The Relay event in Salem is on June 23 3

4 Family Day Picnic and Scholarship Drawing: - Joe Stafford Mark your calendars for July 29th, 2018, as our date for the annual Family Day Picnic and Scholarship Drawing. The picnic will take place at our meeting hall at 1:00 PM, where there will be food, beverages, entertainment and lots of fun! Bring your whole family and friends and enjoy a wonderful day together with us. Also on the day of the picnic, we will have the drawing for the college scholarship awards. (The family picnic is just that, a FAMILY PICNIC, open to all members and the families and friends of our council! The scholarship drawing is just one event of the picnic, held at that time for convenience - ed) The deadline for candidates to get their scholarship application to the Scholarship Committee Chairman (Joseph Stafford) will be July 1st, Applications are available at the Council Hall and on the Council's website. << Click THERE! This year, there will be twenty $1,000 scholarships awarded. Please send your applications in as early as possible. Any questions? contact Chairman Joe Stafford at New Member Transfer Dave Thompson / Charlie Walsh A transfer request was approved into our council. We welcome Jean Lavoie, father of member Paul Lavoie. Welcome!! Old Business Prior Notice of Motions were removed from table and opened for discussion. (Details of each motion were printed in the March newsletter for review by the members prior to this vote.) NOM by Larry Belair. Requested $15,000 for the Salem Boys & Girls Club meals for kids. A good presentation by Larry; no further discussion. Approved unanimously. NOM by Bruce Silver. Requested $1,500 for Stand-Up Salem for a start up substance abuse program. No discussion beyond the presentation in the printed newsletter. Approved unanimously. NOM by George Masciarelli: Requested $5,000 for St. Jude's Children Research Hospital. George presented the information. There was some discussion about a preference for giving locally. Approved by 31-2 vote. New Business Trustees: Tom Campbell requested $300 for Angel Flight. Don Simmons requested $200 to fund the attendance at the State Convention for our seminarians whom we support, (requested by the State Deputy,) $100 for the Field of Dreams concert series and, $250 for Sophia's Cancer Research Fund. (requested by Alan Phair) All accepted and approved. From the floor: Stan Gorgol requested $500 for food, raffle tickets, & supplies for Relay for Life. Motion approved. Charlie Walsh requested $3,100 to be transferred out of the parish capital fund to repair a hole in the driveway, at the request of the parish. Funds were already approved for capital improvements for the parish; no notice of motion was needed. Motion approved. Gene Bryant made a motion to rescind the approved $15,000 for the repair of the parking lot and to return the allocation back to the operating budget. (See new Notice of Motion below. ed.) - Approved. New Notices of Motion #1 By Gene Bryant: This Notice will use the $15,000 previously earmarked for repairs to the St Joseph campus parking lot to pay for removal costs for an old, large underground fuel oil tank. This oil tank was discovered during the surveys associated with the sale of the prior yellow convent house west of St Joseph Church. The existence of the fuel tank was previously unknown and must go back decades, and contained approx gallons of fuel oil. The tank has been disconnected (as far as we know) from all the buildings at St Joseph, and the right thing to do is remove this potentially hazardous situation. The diocese has a contractor that will empty and remove the tank, test for soil contamination, and restore the parking lot surface. Any contamination discovered would need remediation, and that work should be covered by a State of NH Trust Fund that exists for such purposes. 4

5 #2 By Gene Bryant: To donate up to $12500 to reimburse Saint Joseph Regional Catholic School for loss due to asbestos remediation in January The heating system in the gym failed over the New Years holiday period during extreme low temperatures in Salem. Numerous pipes in the system froze and ruptured, but fortunately the new gym floor was not damaged. The $30,000 plus repairs were covered by insurance, but during the repair process some pipes were discovered to be sheathed in asbestos-containing insulation. Repair efforts were halted while asbestos was professionally removed, but that removal is not covered by insurance. The only money the school had readily available was from the capital campaign now underway, and this donation will restore the fund balance back to previous level, so that the ongoing improvements in the school may continue. #3 By Butch Kealey and Mike Petrilli: To allocate up to $20,000 for the replacement of the building's air conditioning system. One of the two units is dead; the other is already five years beyond its expected service life. Competitive bids were received and reviewed by the corporation board of directors. The cost of this project cannot be covered by the council's monthly rent payments. The cost includes all installation and parts and disposal of the existing non-compliant refrigerants. No changes to the existing duct work because of the earlier furnace conversion to gas need be made for the air conditioning. Donation to the Parish GK Dave presents a donation to Fr. Tom from our approved budget. The checks are for the general support of the parish and for the parish community needs (such as the food pantry.) District Deputy Report Bill Richards I bring greetings from our State Deputy, Glenn Camille. Apr K of C State Convention Nashua, NH Apr 30 St Joseph Cathedral Manchester, NH 8am to 5 pm. Display of relics from Padre Po Celebration mass at 6 pm Apr 30 Financial and Estate Planning Summit 7 pm Immaculate Conception Spiritual Center 216 Unstable Road Nashua, NH fraternalbebefitsnight@gmail.com May 19 Camp Fatima Work Day 7:30 am to 7:00 pm Sept 7 9 K of C State Men s Retreat Weekend Camp Bernadette. Fr Chris Martel is the spiritual director Reports/Program June 30 Sp7 Report Submission Deadline (Columbia Awards) June 15 Deadline for the election of council officer and the form 185 needs to be submitted immediately after the election Exemplifications Apr 13 1 st St John the Evangelist Church Hudson, NH Apr 14 2 ND /3 rd Milton NH Apr 16 1 st St Elizabeth Seton Church Redford, NH Apr 20 2 ND St John the Evangelist Church Hudson, NH May 19 2 ND /3 rd St Joseph School Keene, NH June 16 4 th St Jude Church Londonderry, NH State council is actively pushing all councils in recruitment. We have a parish wide recruitment drive scheduled at the end of April and I would encourage all in the council to actively recruit that weekend. 5

6 GOOD OF THE ORDER Reminder by Dave that the membership drive for the KofC is April 28 th & 29th after all Masses. Election of officers for We will have elections for new officers of the council by June 15. Larry, along with Chanel Simard and Alan Phair, has begun the quest for members to fill a slate of officer roles. A member who wishes to become an officer, please contact Larry Belair ( ). Members may self-nominate at the election, but by expressing your desire to run now to Larry, you allow him time to prepare ballots as needed. Your council really needs your help! All you new members and all you not-so-new members, please, please consider stepping up to help our council. Larry Belair - Please be a candidate! Lecturer Report: Ron Bourque Ron recounted the power of Psalm 91. C.B. Morelock, a war correspondent in World War II, reported an unexplained and miraculous occurrence: sixty German aircraft strafed more than four hundred men who were pinned down on the sandy Dunkirk beaches without the benefit of any place to take cover. Although the men were repeatedly attacked by machine guns and bombed by enemy aircraft, not one single man was hit. Every man in that group left the beach without a scratch. Morlock stated, I have been personally told by Navy men who picked up those particular survivors from Dunkirk that the men not only recited Psalm 91, but they shouted it aloud at the top of their lungs! Click Here for Psalm 91. That Psalm is the basis for the Responsorial Psalm known as On Eagles Wings. Corporation Hall Rental Policy For hall rental call George Masciarelli at Or, go to the council web site and contact him through . George will match your needs with available dates and send you a rental agreement for your signature and deposit. You must be a member of Council 4442 and/or Assembly 0641 to rent the Corporation Hall, and, you must remain at the hall during the rental period. Full details of fees and policies are available on the web site: Corporation Hall Rental. (Any charity wishing to use the hall must have a sponsoring Knight sign for it.) George can also arrange for members to get a personal key to the corporation hall. Veterans Activities 2018 Rico Casaletto Rico's schedule for our council's activities for 2018 in support of the Veterans. As each event date approaches, he will give the details. These events are also on the Council web site EVENT CALENDAR. < Click here. White Clover Drive - May 11&12 VAMC Bingo - May 31 Pizza Party at Tilton VA Home - June 02 Veterans' Breakfast - Nov 2 VAMC Christmas Visits - Dec 9 We thank Rico for organizing these events. He does a great job keeping our council active in support of our veterans. 6

7 Knight of the Month for April is?? Attendance Drawing The $10 prize was not won by Jerome Bauder We will draw for $20 in May. Closing Prayer and Blessing was led by the Fr. Tom. Amen! Meeting adjourned at 9:02 PM. The secret identity of th KOM for April will be revealed next meeting! Some Contact Information for our Council Members' quick access If you have a question and need to talk and don't have , one of us should be able to get you an answer! links for GK, DGK, Chaplain, Corporation President are on the web site. Grand Knight Chancellor Admissions Trustee (3 yr) District Deputy Corporation Dave Thompson Mike Banks ??? (your name here!) Tom Campbell Bill Richards Mike Petrilli Deputy GK Financial Sec. Treasurer Insurance State Deputy Hall Rental Paul St.Amand Charlie Walsh Bob Fournier Matt DiCalogero Glen P. Camley George Masciarelli Birthday Wishes Happy Birthday to all our members getting another year older during April: Victor L Hatem Robert A Fournier Jay E Cappello Christopher V Robles Robert T McQuinn Mark F Alfano George A Camire Mark P Helinski Richard P Marchand Phillip R St. Cyr Joseph F Leonard Rev. Thomas J Frink Charles J Walsh Mark A Stella James L Stanton Larry E Weymouth Robert E Dupre Duncan P Kelly 7

8 Assembly 0641 News: Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Rosary at 7:00PM, meeting starts at 7:30PM. Snacks available at conclusion of meeting. We mourn the loss of our Brother Sir Knight: Wilfred O. Boutin May 01, March 28, 2018 Wilfred O. Boutin, 85 of Epsom, NH, formerly of Salem, NH, where he lived for many years, died March 28, 2017 at Concord Hospital, Concord, NH. Wilfred was born in Lawrence, MA, where he grew up and was educated. He worked in production for Western Electric in North Andover, MA for many years. Will was a 3rd degree member of the Knights of Columbus in Salem, NH, and a member of the 4th degree, Bishop Peterson Assembly. He was a former Boy Scout leader for Troop 267 in Salem, NH for many years and the Boy Scout Troop Marty s Marauders in Lawrence, MA. He loved to watch baseball and football and was an avid Red Sox and Patriots fan. He also traveled all over the world. Will is predeceased by his first wife Jane (Ivers) Boutin, and Sons: Stephen, Robert, and William Boutin. He is survived by his wife Tina (Thren) Boutin of Epsom, NH. Children: Michael and his wife Patti Boutin of Salem, NH, Claudia and her husband David Ferber of Concord, NH, and Nikki and her husband Terrance Gatlin of Salem, NH. Stepdaughter: Ginger Dole of Northwood, NH. Daughter s in Law: Millie Boutin of Salem, NH and Donna Boutin of Manchester, NH. Sisters: Theresa Root of Greenfield, MA and Mary Perron of Haverhill, MA. 17 Grandchildren, 17 Great Grandchildren, Several Nieces and Nephews. Friends and relatives are invited to calling hours on Monday, April 2nd from 4-8 PM at the Carrier Family Funeral Home, 38 Range Rd, Windham, A funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday, April 3rd at 9:30 AM at St. Matthew s Church, Windham, NH. Cremation will follow, and the urn burial will take place in Pine Grove Cemetery, Salem, NH. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Salem Animal Rescue League, 4 Sarl Dr, Salem, NH For directions or to send a message of condolence to the family, please view the obituary at 8

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