Category Archives: March

NOTICE of DUES

Please help our council fulfill its financial obligations by submitting your 2017 dues as soon as possible.

ANNUALMEMBERSHIP DUES $45.00

HONORARYMEMBERSHIP DUES $15.00

Please make cheque payable to…..

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS – KILROY COUNCIL 1431

FORWARD PAYMENT TO OUR HALL ADDRESS OR

91 Earl Street., Stratford On N5A 6G4

Fraternally yours

Tony Vigar (519) 271-0797

Financial Secretary

 

Faithful Navigator’s Message

Brothers,

Jean and I want to wish everyone a joyful Easter.

Please note that there is no dinner meeting in March as it would interfere with the Easter celebrations.

Instead, please try to attend our Communion Breakfast on April 3rd. Be sure to let either myself or Dave Franks know how many people you are bringing with you.

We also have a Dinner Meeting on April 25th. Again, I hope to see everyone out for that.

Vivat,

SK Jeff Smith

 

Euchre

Note: Euchre is now on the third Friday of each month.

March 18th: Larry McCabe and Dave Flegg.

April 15th: Jim Kelly and Harry Visser.

May 20th: Hosts needed.

June 10th: Hosts needed.

Please note that the June Euchre has been moved to the 10th as the hall is needed for another function.

We need hosts for the May and June Euchres. Please let me know which one you can do.

 

Dean Wagner Assembly 100th Anniversary

The Dean Wagner Assembly invites you to their celebration of their 100th Anniversary as an assembly on April 30th. They will begin with a Mass at St. Alphonsus Parish (85 Park Street East, Windsor) at 5:00PM with cocktails and dinner to follow at St. Angela Merici Hall (750 Erie Street East, Windsor). Doors will open and cocktails will be served at 6:00PM, Opening Ceremonies will commence at 6:30PM and Dinner will begin at 7:00PM. The cost per ticket is $50.00 per person.

New Assembly in Strathroy

They have announced the formation of Father Tom Mooney Assembly 3601 in Strathroy.

The Charter Night will be on April 2, 2016, at All Saints Church in Strathroy. Day starts at 4:00 p.m. with Installation of Officers, followed by the presentation of the Charter by District Master Harding during the 5:00 Mass in the Church. After Mass, cocktails will be served at 6:00, followed by dinner at 6:30. Guest speaker is Rev. Fr. John Comiskey. Tickets are $30 and can be ordered by emailing S.K. Jim Devlin at devlinj75@gmail.com, or by phone at 519-245-7715. Deadline for ordering tickets is March 19th.

We will be taking out a half page advertisement in their programme booklet.

 

Communion Breakfast

Thanks to Dave Frank’s tireless efforts, we have our first Communion Breakfast of the year on April 3rd. Please try to attend!

The events start with Mass at Immac’s at 10:00, followed by a great breakfast at the Queen’s Inn. Breakfast costs $18.

Due to other events at Mass we will be sitting at the back of the Church this time around.

 

4th Degree Coming Events

Date

Description

Comments

March 18, 2016

Euchre

Larry McCabe and Dave Flegg

April 2, 2016

Strathroy Assembly Charter Night

April 3, 2016

Communion Breakfast

There is no meeting in March

April 15, 2016

Euchre

Jim Kelly and Harry Visser

April 25, 2016

Dinner Meeting

April 30, 2016

Dean Wagner Assembly 100th Anniversary

May 20, 2016

Euchre

Hosts needed

May 24, 2016

Dinner Meeting

Note: this is a Tuesday

June 11, 2016

Exemplification

Assembly 2289 in Windsor

June 10, 2016

Euchre

Hosts needed

June 27, 2016

BBQ Social

Message from your Chaplain

 

Dear Brother Knights,

By the time that you receive this message, we will be in the season of Lent. Lent is that period in our Church year when we prepare for the greatest feast day of Easter. The preferred penances of the Church are prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

Through this season, we will all be doing some penance as hatred against sin. We have Lenten material that you can pick up at the Churches to help us in our prayer and meditations. I want to thank you for taking one of the evenings for the Stations of the Cross. This particular devotion has helped generations of people as they try to carry their own crosses. We also have adult faith formation being offered. Perhaps you could join in. They are all listed in the bulletin.

As this is the year of mercy, it might be a good idea to meditate and work at the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy.

Thank you again for all that you do for the Church and the wider community, you and your work are much appreciated. Have a blessed Lent.

Your Chaplain,

Fr. Dick Bester

Grand Knight’s Message

 

Dear Brother Knights & Ladies:

We are now into the Lenten season, a time for us to prepare for Christ’s Death & Resurrection. Our Cluster has provided material and programs to assist us in our preparation.

One of the programs is The Stations of The Cross held on Friday evenings at 7 PM. The Knights of Columbus will lead The Stations of The Cross on Friday Feb 26th at Immaculate Conception Church. I urge you to attend.

On another note we are in the process of ordering Sport Shirts. They are short sleeve with the Knight’s Emblem embroidered and available with or without a pocket. There is more information in this bulletin. Sample shirts are available to determine the correct size. I urge you to consider getting one of these shirts. When we are working at a fund raising events it helps promote our organization.

As most of you know we have four Bingo Teams that work at our weekly Bingo. Some Brothers can no longer work due to health reasons. We need some brothers to become involved. If you can come out once every four weeks let me know.

We are also going to be having a 1st Degree. We need new members. Approach family and friends and urge them to consider joining The Knights.

Your Grand Knight

John J. Price

Sick and Shut-ins

 

Our prayers are requested for the following Knights who are either sick or shut in:

Brothers Gary Birmingham, Clarence White, Father Richard Tremblay, Harry Thomas, Eugene Hagen, Ernie Walsh, Al Grant, Marco Eusebi, Adrian Theijsmeijer, Ron Bourque, and Bob Skinner.

Also for Theresa Kelly, Debbie Mahood, Fran Culliton, Shirley Reeve, Anne Ryan-Murphy, Henrika Van Beek, Abigail Gregory-Mooney, Betty Dubrick and Lorraine Minten .