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A NEWSLETTER FOR OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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MEETING DAYS ARE 2ND AND 4TH WEDNESDAYS
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Please reply with your updated or loved one's email address to receive this publication in different or additional email inboxes, our phone number is 929-459-5950.
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Next council meeting: Wednesday, September 11, 2019
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- Sunday August 25 10:00 AM - Escort our Lyons VA Veterans to Mass (please arrive by 9:45)
- Sunday August 25 4:00 PM - Knights Day at the TD Bank Ballpark
- Wednesday September 11 7:30 PM - Council Meeting at BSC Parish Rooms 1 & 2
- Sunday September 15 8:30 AM - American Red Cross Blood Drive at BSC Parish Hall
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This Sunday, August 25 at 10:00 AM, we will again escort our special needs Veterans at the Lyon Veterans Administration Medical Facility to the Building 143 chapel to receive Holy Communion at Sunday Mass. The veterans would not be able to receive communion, except for our help. We provide this invaluable service every 4th Sunday of every even month (February, April, June August, October, December) and Christmas Day. Please make an effort to participate, and make a Vets Day.
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GK Vincent Scafuto
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Grand Knight's Message
Missed a newsletter, no problem, go to our web page www.kofc.ws and click on the Wind O' the Hills menu option.
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Reminder for those lucky few with tickets for the Somerset Patriots' ball game this Sunday! Also on Sunday, ceremony will start sharpy at 4 PM, be early and be relaxed.
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On September 11, our next meeting will be a business meeting, please come, let's get our business for the new fraternal year started. We will discuss our calendar of events and will consider all ideas and suggestions on how we can improve. Additionally, Sister Fabiana from our neighboring convent across the street has requested a donation for her sister's school. We will vote on this and other requests. Come, be part of the decision making.
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Its time for another Blood Drive! Register now and provide the "gift of life", the life you save may be your own.
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Our Lady of the Hills, Council 5959
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Don't Forget!
Knights Day at the Ballpark
TD Bank Stadium Somerset Patriots VA Event and baseball game
Sunday, August 25, 2019, 4:00 PM Sharp
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A message from Jennifer Ruggiero
Director, Office of Human Life and Dignity
Some exciting news! Our annual conference has been rebranded to try to engage more young adults to attend. The new name is Choices Matter – A Critical Life Conference which will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2019 and run from 8:30 AM until 3:30 PM.
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Mass will be celebrated by Most Rev. James F. Checchio, JCD, MBA at 8:30 AM at St. Peter the Apostle Church, 94 Somerset Street in New Brunswick.
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The Catholic Center at Rutgers in New Brunswick will be hosting this year’s event. The conference will begin at 10:00 AM at 126 College Ave Student Center in New Brunswick. There is ample parking behind the Student Center.
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The conference will feature a variety of exhibits and there will be Eucharistic Adoration throughout the day.
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I am attaching our promotional post card which has information on this year’s speakers. Please help spread the word by sharing with your contacts. All are welcome!
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Hope to see you on November 2nd!
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Director, Office of Human Life and Dignity
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Office of Human Life and Dignity
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Brothers, family and supporters,
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I am writing this article in my role as Council 5959 Religious and Civil Rights Chairman. Our Grand Knight has suggested that the various Chairs and Directors in the council make shorter reports at the meeting but expand on them for publication in the Wind of the Hills. This makes sense on a number of levels.
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First we have to recognize that any reports given at a meeting are usually heard by only a handful of the 200+ Brothers who comprise our Council. Further, the remarks made are transient and quickly forgotten: the opportunity to follow through by urging the Brothers to visit recommended websites or by writing to our elected representatives is not easy to facilitate at a meeting.
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I welcome the suggestion for other reasons. We all realize that not everyone has the time, inclination or passion to acquaint themselves with all the issues confronting our society and, more specifically, our church. Let me paraphrase a quote often attributed (incorrectly) to Mark Twain: One must select wisely a source of news; otherwise it would be better to be uninformed than misinformed.” Couple that with the advice of our Founding Fathers who felt that “An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people”.
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Unfortunately, working against this good advice is what most of our members face: the demand on one’s time of jobs, family responsibilities, volunteer obligations and the like. On the other hand, I enjoy the freedom that retirement offers to devote time and energy to following many of the topical items that consume so much TV time, newsprint, email space, and mailings.
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My goal will be to distill this important information and get it to our Council Brothers in a concise, informative, and useful form and, when appropriate, a clear path to act on it.
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Fraternally Yours in Christ,
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Religions and Civil Rights Chairman
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Held every 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month, except as periodically announced. All members of the Knights of Columbus in good-standing are invited to attend, please arrive no later than start time.
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Meeting Time: 7:30 PM for the meeting, or 7:10 PM to pray the Holy Rosary
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Meeting Location: We meet at Blessed Sacrament Parish, in rooms 1&2 (off the church lobby).
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Publisher: Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of the Hills Martinsville NJ Council No. 5959
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USPS Mail to: Blessed Sacrament Parish
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1890 Washington Valley Rd
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