Council Honors PGK Henry Yablonski
Henry, Margaret, and daughter Diane Lynn.
Grand
Knight’s Message
Dear Brothers,
September
was a busy month for all of us. While I
was on vacation, DGK Ken Genco filled in as GK. Many thanks to Ken for his support and leadership. We then completed the Installation of
Officers on September 10th .
It was a beautiful ceremony. I want to extend my many thanks to District
Deputy Tom Mendelson and his State Warden for enhancing the ceremony. Chris Ofsik was the honor guard and did a
superb job. Ken Genco managed the food
and it was great. Father Sean
Broderick, our co-Chaplin, presided over the Mass and the proceedings. Fr. Sean was wonderful and inspired us all
with his kind words of wisdom. Our Past
Grand Knight, Henry Yablonski, put the ceremony together and all that were
there appreciate his efforts for developing such a beautiful event. Henry, his wife Margaret, and his daughter, Diane
Lynn Diefenbacher were honored received a well deserved appreciation for
Henry’s work as Grand Knight. The night
was highlighted with a 50/50 drawing that was won by Kate and Bill
Choquette. The winning amount was $185
and Kate and Bill donated that amount back so that it could go with the
Council’s share and be sent to the State Disaster Fund handled by the State K
of C. Victims of Katrina will receive
the funds. In total we sent $370 plus
$100 donated from the Charity Fund (suggested by Joe Raimondo), to the
state. If you want to donate to the
fund, you can send a check Made out
to the Knights of Columbus to my attention at the
Council Hall through the end of October.
I will then send a check with the donor’s names to the State. My
many thanks to the Officers for their attendance and participation.
There will be an Open house on Oct. 5th
to welcome those men and their families who want to know more about the Knights
and what we do. We hope to encourage
them through examples of our efforts to become Knights and continue to grow our
organization. Hopefully we have run
some successful recruiting efforts in our churches through the leadership of
DGK Ken Genco, our membership director, and have a number of prospects at the
open house. We will follow that with a
First Degree on Oct. 12.
The Family picnic headed by Jim Farmer and Scott
Morrisey was a great success. We had
about 70 people there and the food was good as well as the family
fellowship. We expect to repeat this
again next year and hope that more will make time to share a Sunday afternoon
with the family of Knights. Many thanks
to the Knights that helped as well as their wives and children that added so
much to the day.
Now let
me talk to those of you that did not have an opportunity to participate in
these events. I encourage all of you to
find an event or activity for you and your family to attend. We have so many plans that will help bond us
together. We need you to support us if
we are to be totally successful. Focus
on family is a number one priority this year.
While the picnic was a great success, it would have been much more
enjoyable with double the amount of people.
We are in the stages of establishing a family
Prayer Mass at each of the churches.
Brother Giulio Capra is our Church Director and will be meeting with the
Round Table to make plans at each of our churches. When you get the call or receive the message of the Time and date
of your Family Mass, please sign on and make it a wonderful blessed event.
For those of you that have not been to a meeting
lately, PLEASE COME BACK! We need you and your input on council issues,
programs, etc… We have things like the
Teen dance, Altar server appreciation party, Men’s prayer day, Lenten Fish Fry,
All you can eat Family Breakfast, Art Auction, Night at the races, Spring Dance, etc… in which we will need your support and
your help. There is something for
everyone. If you do not know who to go
to, then please come to me. I can be
reached at 908-237-9258 or email at rrnewsom@patmedia.net. Let me know what you would like to do or we
can discuss ways to help.
We are almost 400 members strong, but the work is
done by 10% or less. This is your
council. We serve the Lord, Church,
School, Families, our Youth, our community, and each other through our
fraternal bonding. As your Grand
Knight, I ask that you join with me and your fellow Knights to come together
and work with each other. I have faith
that you will listen and answer the call.
As Knights, you committed to participating and working for the good of
the Council. I challenge all of you to
that task. So please, come join us at
our next business meeting on Thursday, Oct 6, for the Meeting in October.
May
Christ guide you in wisdom and understanding.
Ron
Newsom, Grand Knight
Art
Beaver, PGK has been selected to be our Knight of the Year for 2005.
This announcement was made at our last meeting held
on August 18. Art and his family
have worked very hard for the Council over the past year. You can always
count on Art and his wife Maureen and kids to be there to help and support
our various activities. Art is a Past Grand Knight, leads the 1st degree
team, has run various Patriot Game fund raisers, headed the Breakfast with
Santa and the Easter Bunny program, ran the IC breakfast programs, is a trustee
of the Columbus Club, Chairman of the Centennial Committee, has worked
tirelessly on many fund raising projects, consistently advises the council and
Grand Knight in various issues, is a devoted family man involved with many
activities with his kids and much more. This is why our nominating committee
selected Art as our Knight of the Year.
Charity
Ball – Friday, Oct 28
The Ball will be held at the Somerville Elks 375
Union Ave, Bridgewater. Doors open with Cocktails at 7 PM (Keg beer, soda, and house wine on
the house) All other drinks cash. Dinner will begin at 8 PM. The cost is $45 per person and includes dinner,
beer, wine, and soda. Music provided by: Top Notch DJ. A Silent Auction includes Pro Sports
Memorabilia. A 50/50 raffle will be drawn during Cocktails. Door prizes will be awarded.
Please mark your calendars. Let's
get the word out now. The Ball is our only Major Charity Fund Raiser and
we need to fill the Elks. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is this year's
Charity. There will be several different things happening at the
Ball. It will be a spectacular event. This is NOT just for
Knights. It is for family, friends, Business acquaintances, those
interested in helping to serve those stricken with CF. You need to talk
it up at your parishes, work, family gatherings, social events, etc... We want
this year to be the best ever.
Please give your support to the Charity Ball. Those
that have never been or have not been in some time should consider doing so
this year. You will be receiving a letter very soon with tickets.
Please come and invite a neighbor or friend, etc... to join you. Come
and Share the Big night with Art and his family. I promise you that
you will not be disappointed.
Grand Knight needs your help to fill programs
As I mentioned earlier, there a few programs that
need our attention. I need leaders and supporters from each parish to be
successful. If anyone is interested in
being a Pro-Life Couple for the Council, please let me know. This is an important program and we need a
chairman to handle the various programs, attend pro life meetings and organize
activities.
Publicity is a needed part of the Council. I really could use a Publicity Director that
will make sure import programs and articles go to various K of C as well as the
public news media. We need to let the
public know what we are doing and spread the word of our dedication to God,
Church and Family.
I am looking for someone to take over the
Newsletter responsibilities from Brother George Cox. As Treasurer, George has a lot on his plate. If you don’t feel you can take the
leadership role, then let me know you are interested in helping with the
Newsletter. If we can form a committee,
the burden would be light for all.
Lastly, I will lead a team in a Men’s prayer day
in the spring. It would be a program
held on a Saturday Morning starting with Mass and Breakfast. We would bring in a guest speaker to talk
about a “Knight’s role in the family” or something along those lines. We would have lunch and then finish up with
discussion or continued talk and then adjourn for the day. It could be held in the Hall and is open to
all men who wish to attend. Let me know
if you are interested in helping with the program.
Please consider these programs and let me know how
you would like to help. This is an
opportunity for new members to get involved and for some of our long time
members to get active again. A little
of your time is all I need to be successful.
Thanks for your attention. GK Ron Newsom
Retention
Committee:
Within
the next several weeks, the Retention Committee (Ken Genco (Chairman), Tom
Russell, Mike Cebo, Jerry Nugent, Henry Yablonski and Ron Newsopm) will be
calling those members who still have not paid their dues. If you have not
received your current membership card by now, you are in arrears. Please call Tom Russell or one of the
committee members and get your dues in.
Please cooperate and pay your dues promptly in order to avoid
suspension. Most of the time it is just
an oversight. If you have an issue,
please call Tom or Ron to help.
Fraternally,
Thomas
J. Russell PGK Ron Newsom
Financial
Secretary Grand Knight
Knight @ the Derby aka The Fall
Fling
The next Knight
at the Races will be held on Friday Nov. 18th in the Council Hall. Tickets are $10 /person ($80 to reserve a
table of 10) and are available at the
door or in advance from PGK Mike Power. Contact your friends, family, neighbors
and anyone else interested in having a very enjoyable evening; plan ahead and reserve a table. Ticket price includes admission, free draft
beer, wine and soda and a delectable assortment of tube steaks
and
KofC chili (mixed drinks
at normal club prices).
Michael
J. Power PGK (908-303-9382
Upcoming Events
Oct 20 (Th)
Reg. Business Meeting 8 PM
Oct 28 (Fri) Charity
Ball 7 PM
Nov 18 (Fri) Night
at the Races
Nov 24 (Th) Family
Thanksgiving Day Mass
Dec. 16 Fr)
K of C Adult Christmas Party
Dec 17 (Sat)
Breakfast with Santa
Dec 18 (Sun) 4th Degree Christmas Party
Click It!!
Check out the exciting work the WEB
Committee has accomplished to deliver a new Somerville Council Site dedicated
to highlight and inform the membership on activities and initiatives that are
underway.
http://www.catholic-
church.org/somervillekoc1432/.
Vets
to Mass
Brothers,
The next "Vets To Mass" is
Sunday, November 13, 2005. If you are
interested in helping take Vets to Mass at Lyons Veterans Hospital, please be
at the Somerville Knights hall no later than 8:00AM. We will then car pool up
to Lyons.
Let's try to have a better showing than
we had in August when only 3 Brother Knights went to Lyons Hospital to take
Vets to Mass.
PGK,
Mike Cebo
Knights Family Picnic-
Sunday Sept 17th
Oh what fun we had at our
Knights Family Picnic! Over 80 family & friends came together on our
"great lawn" to share the day. We had lots of food, drink,
conversation, games and activities.
Lets see if I can give you a
visual of what it was like. The sky was blue and there was a warm gently breeze
throughout the day. The grill was fired up and smokin'
(thanks Tom) with hamburgers,
hot dogs and chicken. We had plenty of home made salads to go with our meal
(thanks to all ). As you looked
around our picnic area you saw smiley faces, cats, shamrocks, and Knights of
Columbus symbols artistically drawn on faces and cheeks by the lovely and
talented Ms. Mary & Ms. Jackie the face painters. Throughout the day you
may have seen water balloons flying, skittles being eaten by the mouthful and
people hopping around in sacks( thanks Scott &
Marianne). You may also have
seen these same hoppers lying face down in the dirt as they missed hopped. As
you may have guessed one could build quite a thirst during the afternoon. This
was quenched by beverages from the bar
(thanks Eric & Lynne).
Lastly, we settled down to desserts. One was better than the other.
It was a grand day for all of those
who attended.
Jim Farmar
Columbus
Club Corner
Remember
the council hall is open every Thursday beginning at 7pm for socializing; so come on down.
Hall
Rentals: One of your benefits of
membership in our council is the ability to rent the council hall. Rental rates
are reasonable and the decorated hall makes an excellent venue for many
celebrations such as birthdays, anniversaries, showers, sacraments, etc.
Contact me to reserve your date.
Jim Trenchard, PGK (908) 231-0827
President and Hall Rental
Chairman
Eye Glasses/Cell Phones/Printer Toner
Reminder: Ongoing
support is required for the drives to collect eye glasses for the needy, used
cell phones and printer cartridges.
These items can be brought down to the council hall any Thursday
night. Spread the word to friends and
relatives to help us in these efforts.
K O C Apparel & Entertainment
Books:
Jackets w/ Hoods Sizes M – XL $37.00 XXL $40.00
Colors: Navy Blue or Hunter Green
Note: name embroidered for just $5.00 extra !!!
Polo Shirts Sizes M–XXL $20.00
Navy Blue, Hunter Green,
Black, Gray or White
White Pocket T-Shirts Sizes available: M-XXL
K of C Emblem on Pocket
$9.00 each
K of C Emblem on Back
$12.00 each
K of C Emblem on Pocket & Back $14. ea.
Embroidered Hats $15.00
Colors: Navy Blue, Hunter Green, Black, White
Please contact Eric Derwid at
(908) 685-3913 or by email ederwid@earthlink.net with your order. Proceeds will go to the “Save the Building”
fund.
Columbiettes
News
The Columbiettes is the Lady’s
auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, they do a lot of wonderful actives which
help out our Council. If you know
someone who is interested in getting involved please contact: Grace Longo on 908-725-1114.
Religious
Articles
Do you have any extra religious
articles that you do not know what to do with?
Please bring them to the next business meeting. Brother Bob Behling will ensure that they are sent to Missions
in Developing Nations.
AOH
Happenings
Want
to know what is going on at the AOH? Now the AOH publishes its Newsletter
online: Click on WEB Updates at the
bottom of the AOH home page:
Need your E Mail
Address
If you are getting this Knight
Life in the mail only and have a valid E-Mail address, please send it George
Cox. We have been endeavoring to get as
many of the email addresses as possible which would put the Knight Life in your
hands in a timely manner and save your Council some money.
Please send an email to George
Cox gjc3@patmedia.net . He will add you the list and we will save on the paper
and postage and labor.
