Chaplain s Message. Volume 12 Issue 11 November 2012

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1 Volume 12 Issue 11 November 2012 Executive Chaplain Fr. Brian McColl Deputy Chancellor Barry MacMillan Recording Secretary John Nolan Financial Secretary Ray Bernicky Treasurer Bill Ressler Lecturer Peter O Donnell Advocate Larry McCaffery Warden Rick Borecki Inside Guard Richard Lenz Outside Guard Neville Johns Roy Ewart Trustee for 3 yrs Armand Matte Trustee for 2 yrs Bill Walker Trustee for 1 yr Jim Lumley Ladies Auxiliary President Carol Coveny Columbus Club President Jim McAnulty Fourth Degree Navigator Bob Beausoleil Squires Chief Councilor Peter Kuntz District Deputy, District #009 Robert Cloutier Fraternal Advisor Martin Evers Bulletin Editor Forbes Smith ruasmith2@gmail.com Web site Coordinator Martin Evers mevers@eversweb.on.ca Knights of Columbus Hall Manager - Roy Esbaugh Phone Epistle We are now entering the proclaimed Year of Faith (Oct to Nov. 2013). In his letter to the Diocese, Bishop Fabbro has encouraged those of the Catholic Faith to become more active participants in that faith. We are so fortunate in that our fraternal order has always been a clearly identifiable standard bearer for our Catholic religion. In the recent Columbian Service Day Brothers from our Council assisted at Mass of course, but also served breakfast to the needy, laid wreaths in St. Peter s Cemetery and at day s end happily joined with Brothers from the London Councils for a great meal. This month we are invited to be visible to our community supporting the work of the Legion POPPY CAMPAIGN and later in the month seeking public support for those in need through the Christmas KETTLE PROGRAM. Through these works and many others we are literally taking our faith from our altars into the streets. - Father Ernie Deslippe Council 1467 Chaplain s Message On Sunday, October 21 st we celebrated the canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekawitha, the first North American native to be canonized. She was born in Auriesville, New York and died at the tender age of 24 years at Caughnawaga, Quebec near Montreal, Canada. Her mother was an Algonguin who had been baptized at Three Rivers, Quebec, but during an Iroquois raid she was carried off to New York, where she was married to a pagan Mohawk Chief. Two children were born of this marriage but only Kateri survived. Her parents and her brother died in a smallpox epidemic when Kateri was 4 years old. Kateri s face was permanently disfigured and her eyesight was impaired by the disease. She was raised by an uncle who at one time housed three Jesuit missionaries on a visit. Kateri received instructions and was baptized Easter Sunday, The other natives were so opposed to her conversion that a missionary advised her to flee to Montreal where she could practice her religion. Near Montreal she led a life of great austerity and virtue. In 1679 she made a profession of virginity and she died near Montreal. Her death was the occasion of a great revival of religious fervor among Christian natives as we hope her canonization will be today. St. Kateri pray for us. Father Brian McColl Chaplain - Father Ernie Deslippe Council 1467

2 CHURCH PROGRAMS Director: Gord Smith Prayers for the Sick: Benny Clarke Oscar Thompson Gerald Elford John Ambrose Joe Moser Norm Mailhout Roger Cyr Rene Kosynski John Jakobi Sr. Cliff Marentette Bill West Italo Difilippo John Brown Ron Butters Tom Cassidy Cliff Maxwell Lino Beltrame Donna Brosnan, wife of David Brosnan Catherine Taylor, wife of Alan Taylor Pauline Morgan, wife of Patrick Morgan Maria Jach, and Zdzislaw Jach Ivana Brisson, wife of Mike Brisson Ted & Jean Burnham Gerry & Marion Costello John Evers, father of Martin Evers Annie Vanderhyden, wife of John Vanderhyden Jo Gibbons, widow of Jim Gibbons Marg Burger, widow of Jack Burger Margaret Ballantyne, widow of George Ballantyne Gisele Paquin, widow of Ray Paquin Norma Blackwell, widow of Bro. Charlie Blackwell Sarah Berger, 9 yr. old daughter of Bro. Harold Berger If there is anyone in your family in need of our prayer please call Bro. Henry Poirier There are many of our members having difficulties physical and otherwise. If you are aware of someone in need of attention please give them a call or a visit. Your thoughts and consideration are needed. Calendar of Events Nov 3rd ~ Poppy Sales Nov 5th ~ Bishop Cody :00 pm at the K of C Hall ~ St. Thomas Nov 12th ~ Executive Meeting - 7:30 pm at the Hall Nov 19th ~ Columbus Club General Meeting - 7:30 pm. at the Hall Nov 25th ~ General Business Meeting at the Hall - 7:30 pm Nov 30th ~ Turkey Raffle at the Hall Upcoming: *After 4 Socials every Friday at the Hall 4-6pm. For These We Pray For The Deceased: For all our Canadian Soldiers who have lost their lives while serving overseas. For the Good of The Order If you are aware of any brother who is sick or in distress, please contact one of the following brothers as soon as possible: At Holy Angels Bro. Peter O Donnell Bro. Bernie Sheridan Bro. Gord Smith At St. Anne s Bro. Martin Evers Bro. Larry McCaffery Bro. Barry McMillan Bro. Bill Walker THE TIME IS CRITICAL, PLEASE PRAY FOR DEDICATED VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND RELIGIOUS LIFE, EVERYDAY, EVEN IF ONLY A SHORT PRAYER... SINCERELY JOHN LOEHNDORF CHURCH DIRECTOR REPORT Gord Smith Thanks to Brother Ron McCormick and his group for continuing to provide pall-bearer services for families in need. If you think you could help him out with this volunteer activity, Bro. Ron would be happy to add your name to his list. The next KofC Roundtable breakfast at Holy Angels will be Nov. 18 th. The Christmas Billboard project is well underway. Thanks to Bro. Rick Kay for looking after the details. Our Council has ordered 1000 Christmas buttons of the kind we sold last year. They are to be sold at $2.00 each. One of our local businesses has bought 100 pins, which they will give away in their store with a request for a donation to Christmas Care. Each of our parishes will be approached about placing a bulletin announcement regarding the KofC website: fathersforgood.org/en. This website is open to anyone and contains lots of useful information for growing happy and spiritually healthy families. Check it out! Page 2

3 COUNCIL PROGRAMS: Director: Jim Lumley FS Chat from Raymond Bernicky: November 2012 Happy Birthday!!!! As we approach the festive season our rentals are on the rise, the club is becoming more popular amongst our members for family dinners and special occasions. We have one of the finest and best locations in Elgin County. The automatic door opener has now been installed at the main entrance to the hall, which makes us wheel chair accessible. Fridays after 4pm is the day to come out and meet your fellow members, and try your luck on the toonie draw, just sign in have a light libation and who knows you could be the lucky winner. Kindest Regards Jim McAnulty President The Christmas Trees will go on sale Dec Sat 1. PHONE COMMITTEE NOTICE BROTHERS If you have any changes in your phone number, address or address or if you are new to the council or have recently acquired an address PLEASE let me know by phone or . These addresses are only used for K of C business only. I need two members to volunteer for the phone committee. If interested please contact me. Thanks Phone jklumley@rogers.com Knights of Columbus Holy Angels Parish Monthly Breakfast The Knights of Columbus Roundtable at Holy Angels Parish, along with the men of the Parish, will be holding its regular Sunday breakfast on November 18th. Proceeds go to support the Parish s Restoration Debt Repayment. Sample menu includes: juice, fruit cup, eggs, sausage, ham, potatoes, toast and coffee, all for only $6.00 adults, $3.00 children under 12, and $20.00 for families (2 adults and 3 or more children under 12). Come out, support your Brother Knights and enjoy a great breakfast and fellowship in our Church Hall. While we welcome all Brothers and their families as partakers, call Jim if you would like to join with 26 of your brothers and men of the parish in serving food or washing dishes. Page 3 The following Brothers will be celebrating Birthdays in November: Allen Benoit, Eugene Burge, Terry Carroll, Ed Cibulka, Mark Gilmour, Kevin Grantham, Neil Harris, Neil Harris, Tom Intven, John Jones, Bill Laverty, Mike Lukasik, Larry McCaffery, Tim McFadden, Fred Molinaro, Ettore Rapposelli, John Thomas, Peter Tabola, and Radovan Zovko. Invoices for 2013 dues will be sent shortly. Please watch your mail for your dues notice. Prompt payment is greatly appreciated. LOOK FOR US Nov. 3 will be at the K of C Zone Meeting. Nov. 3 as we offer Poppies to the community in support of the Royal Canadian Legion Nov. 11 at various REMEMBRANCE DAY Ceremonies Nov 18 at the Holy Angels Parish Breakfast Nov. 19th and beyond as we man the Christmas Kettles in support of the work of the Salvation Army. On Sat 24 as we set up our display in the Fantasy of Lights. NEW BROTHERS Brother Adrian Smith and Brother Wayne Krosniki completed their first degree at St. Andrew the Apostle Church last month. Bro. Adrian (son of Bro. Forbes) is enrolled at Fanshawe College where he is enrolled in studies centering on renewable energy. Bro. Wayne is well known to many of us as guitarist with our CELTIC KNIGHTS. You can catch him along with the band in their You Tube postings. Check out this very informative website.

4 Different life stages, changing needs You may have a long-range expense for which you are saving, such as college for your children. You may be concerned about a comfortable, worry-free retirement. You may want to protect your ability to earn a living. You may wonder if needing costly long-term care will deplete your hard-earned assets. You want to have something to leave for your wife, children or grandchildren. At some point you may have had all of these needs on your mind. Over time, these thoughts make way for others as your needs evolve, your finances change and you get older. What is important to you at age 20, may not be at 30, or 45, or 65. What is the best way to be prepared for these changes before they happen? One of the easiest ways to be financially ready for changes that come with different life stages is to meet annually with your professional Knights of Columbus agent, and address the needs that his analysis uncovers. This can help you be ready to face the financial challenges and issues on the road ahead. During that annual visit, I ll take the time to review your needs, goals and budget. I ll update all beneficiaries on your policies and be sure your coverage meets your needs. I ll recommend a program of life insurance, long-term care, disability income insurance and guaranteed retirement products that will help you rest easy at night. Whatever your needs, whatever your concerns, whatever your stage in life, I can help. Give me a call today to discuss how our products can bring that peace of mind to you and your family. I m at or martin.evers@kofc.org. Call me let s talk. Martin Evers, PGK, PFN, FIC Field Agent Councils 1467, 3212, 4189, 4502, and The first meeting of your new executive will be Tuesday, November 7, :00 pm at the Knights of Columbus Hall. All ladies and widows of the Knights are automatically members of the Ladies Auxiliary. Please come out to meet your new executive, share your ideas, a cup of tea or coffee and join in our sisterhood. Sincerely, Carol (519) Knights of Columbus - Council 1467, by hitting your pledge, you can save more lives. As a Partners For Life organization, your team is instrumental in providing immediate support during challenging times of year to collect blood, such as the upcoming holiday season. So far your organization has collected 80 units towards your pledge of 100 units. There is still time left this year to help give someone an opportunity to enjoy more holiday miracles. It's time to rally together to save lives. Thank you so much for firstly making a commitment to be a lifeline to many recipients and thank you secondly for now completing 80% of your pledge. It should go without saying that as we enter this season of the year, the demand on our blood supplies will unfortunately increase. Please consider giving the GIFT OF LIFE. Bingo Report Please find attached our Bingo schedule for the last half of the year We request additional persons to help out at bingos. If this is of interest to you - call Jim Dewan at or Otis Clifton at FATHER ERNIE DESLIPPE COUNCIL #1467 BINGO SCHEDULE JULY 1 ST TO DECEMBER 31 ST, 2012 DATES/TIMES CO-ORDINATOR PAY-OUT SALES SALES THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 TH= 12:30 Jim Dewan Jim Coveny Steve Wachowiak Bill Walker TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 TH= 4:00 Jim Dewan Jim Coveny Otis Clilfton Roy Ewart WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5 TH= 12:30 Jim Dewan Roy Ewart Otis Clilfton Steve Wachowiak FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14 TH= 7:00 Jim Dewan Roy Ewart Otis Clifton Bill Walker Page 4

5 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS: Director: Columbian Service Day. Thank you to the Brothers who were part of this year s intercouncil event. Brothers Peter O Donnell, Bill Walker, Jim Lumley and Larry McCaffery fed the hungry at St. Martin of Toures Church. Thank you to our Sir Knights of Bishop Cody Assembly for their participation in the wreath laying ceremonies at St. Peter s and in particular to our Brother John Loehndorf for presenting our wreath. Bishop Sherlock was the main celebrant at the Mass celebrated at St. Andrew the Apostle Church assisted by several Chaplains. Sixteen Brothers and wives enjoyed a great dinner prepared by The Wayside Inn to end the day. YOUTH PROGRAMS: Still looking for a new director. If interested please contact OR Past Tim Buchanan THE ADVENT OF CHRISTMAS 2012 We are now planning for the events of this season. Primary to our undertakings is our work to KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS. Billboards, buttons and magnets have been procured and ads carefully scripted. Also of great importance to us are the fund raising projects that allow our work to happen. Here we need the generous support of all of our membership. Turkey Raffle With this bulletin you have received your tickets. Some folks have a knack for selling them to their wives, family and neighbours. If you are not a ticket seller buy them. Thank you and we wish you good fortune in the drawings. You will soon be advised as to the team that you are asked to be on for the that you are asked to be on for the RAFFLE NIGHT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30. You are asked to work on a team because we need your help. It is fun, action packed and will take only a couple of hours of your time. CHRISTMAS TREE SALE REALLY REALLY important to our budget. We will need transport, set up, accounting and sales crews. This activity requires all of our Brothers to step up and to do so as noted before, generously. To loose this event for whatever cause will be rough in that our long standing customer base will find a new supplier and our council activities will be most certainly impacted. FANTASY OF LIGHTS After shepherding this event for many years Brother Fred Molinaro is retiring. This year, Brothers Barry Buchanan and Wayne Krosniki will assist in leading this event that forms a valuable part of our KEEPING CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS program. Page 5 PRO LIFE PROGRAM: Directors: Larry McCaffery larrymccaffery@live.ca Dan O Connor danandcaroloconnor@hotmail.com Looking for suggestion to increase awareness of Pro Life issues in our community. Please contact Larry or Dan. Talking about Pro Life So I was asked why are the Knights of Columbus Pro-Life..the following I think sums it up. If the unborn is growing, it must be alive. And if it has human parents, it must be human. And living humans, or human beings like you and I, are valuable aren't they? From conception, all that's added to the unborn is a proper environment and adequate nutrition. But those are the same things all of us need. There's one quality all of us have equally that demands equal treatment: we all have a human nature. Racism and sexism are wrong because they pick out external differences and ignore the underlying similarity between men and women, blacks and whites. But the unborn also has that same human nature, so shouldn't we protect him or her from discrimination just like we protect minorities and women? We value the life of all persons...unborn, young, those who suffer with a handicap and the old. This is the lesson that Father McGivney gave us and why we remain and will always be Pro-Life. Vivat Jesus Guy Poisson State Pro Life Chairman, Culture of Life Guard editor

6 FAMILY PROGRAMS: Director: Gil D Amour pensioners@rogers.com KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MIXED DART LEAGUE We now have 51 players in our Knights of Columbus Mixed Dart league. Ken Ferguson hasn't been feeling well, so he may be away for a long period. Pat Nolan fell and broke her wrist (or hand). Joe Vachon will be back with us after spending a few days at STEGH. The standings are: FIVE KNIGHTS - Capt. Jim Coveny 19 Points; "MISSING" - Capt. Jim Monkel 17 Points; 5 CATS & A KITTEN - Capt. Jackie Stemmler 17 Points; GOOD GUYS - Capt. Bob Duncan 16 Points; TROUBLESHOOTERS - Capt. Roberta Lomond 15 Points; CHICK-A-DEES - Capt. Judy Beacham 13 Points; THE HOT SHOTS - Capt. Betty Duncan 13 Points; THE VICTORS - Capt. Agnes Elford 10 Points. That's it for this month. Good darts. Sincerely, Ivy Flynn The highway cleanup was well attended by 8 brother Knights. It was nice to see that they have a new supervisor, Ivy Flynn who we are sure kept them working. After their work was completed a social time at a nearby Tim Horton s was enjoyed by all. TURKEY RAFFLE Please promote this fun evening by telling people about it and by selling your tickets. This is being held on Friday, November 30, When you receive your newsletter check what team you are on and come out and help. This is a great way to have fun, meet people and make some money for your Council. NOTE from Bulletin Editor Bulletin Deadline - November 20th - 25th PLEASE Thank you for submitting your reports by the deadline. Those who can, please submit your reports electronically to the bulletin editor. - Forbes Smith at: ruasmith2@gmail.com. Those who are submitting in writing please make sure they get it to Henry Poirier by the deadline. Please ensure that you include place, date, time for any coming events you may wish to submit. I would ask that submitted reports or events be related to a Knight s activity. Submitters, due to the volume of reports, I would ask that your reports be kept short and concise. Bulletin goes to publisher shortly after deadline on GK s approval. IMPORTANT CHANGE -- Please send all correspondence concerning the bulletin to this address: ruasmith2@gmail.com. Bro. Forbes Smith View Bulletin at: for update notification apply to mevers@eversweb.on.ca Page 6

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