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A NEWSLETTER FOR OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Monday December 28, 2020
MEETING DAYS ARE 2ND AND 4TH WEDNESDAYS
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The next OLH council 5959 meeting
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Meeting joining information will be sent to members on Wednesday morning.
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Pope St. Silvester Feast
aka Father Time - December 31
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Grand Knight's Message
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Grand Knight,
Vincent Scafuto
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Brothers, Sir Knights, Family, and Friends,
On behalf of our council, I would like to wish you all a happy, healthy New Year!
PGK Robert Warren, Financial Secretary has completed the mailing of 2021 dues invoices, please be considerate of his efforts by paying your dues promptly. Paying on the first notice will avoid the extra work and expense of sending out multiple notices.
See PGK Bob's article below for further information as well as a request for your activities and number of hours volunteered to include in the council's Annual Fraternal Activity Report.
Congratulations to our Fundraiser chairman, DGI Jon De Leon... excellent News... we are nearly there! Our fundraiser for local charities is at its final weeks, please see DGK Jon De Leon's short article below once again for further context. Click here to view and donate to Holiday Fundraiser for Local Charities. We'd like to multiply our efforts by asking you to forward this email or otherwise share this link with all your friends and family. This will make them aware of the Knights of Columbus Council 5959's efforts and give them the opportunity to donate to this most important cause.
When attending Mass, please follow all of our parish's protocols and represent the Knights. We'd like to ask you to wear an Officer's Badge if you have one (even if it is from previous years), a Knights jacket, or at least a Knights of Columbus Emblem pin.
Vivat Jesu!
Vincent Scafuto
Grand Knight, Council 5959
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Brothers,
Please be on the lookout for your 2021 council dues invoice which will be mailed 15 Dec 2020. Dues are payable upon receipt. If you do not receive you billing within 10 days thereafter, please contact me asap.
2021 membership cards will be sent out shortly after receipt of dues payment. If you have not received your dues mailing and have recently moved, please email me with your new address and contact phone information.
If you are experiencing a hardship, please call the GRAND Knight Vincent Scafuto. All calls are confidential according to your wishes. No Brother will be denied renewal due to extenuating or hardship circumstances.
We wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and thank you for being a Brother in Our Lady of the Hills CO 5959.
Charity Unity Fraternity Patriotism.
Vivat Jesus!
Robert (Bob) Warren, PGK PFN
Financial Secretary
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PGK Robert Warren
Financial Secretary
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Annual Fraternal Activity Report
I will be needing your assistance in completing the Annual Fraternal Activity Report. Please send to me your estimated hours of activity with the Knights and the church over the past calendar year.
List your name and the category of activity and the hours.
Examples are: Food Drive, Bake Sale, Ushering, EM, etc.
Please reply by return email or add a note with your dues payment no later than December 31st.
Thank you.
Robert (Bob) Warren, PGK PFN
Financial Secretary
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A message from Fr. Brian
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Fr. Brian Nolan
Daily at 9:00 AM and Weekend Masses Sat at 4 PM and Sun at 7:30 and 10:00 AM and 12:00 Noon
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It is important that you review the frequently updated information on our Webpage, the link is below. Please visit Parish's webpage for latest Holy Day Mass schedules.
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KofC Council 5959 Holiday Fundraiser for Local Charities
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DGK Jon De Leon
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Dear Brothers, Family, and Friends,
I hope you and your family had a wonderful and safe Christmas! This is my favorite time of the year because it involves a few of my favorite things: spending time with family, eating, and watching countless Christmas movies, starting with Christmas Vacation! Also, as the year ends, it gives me an opportunity to reflect on the year and how the Good Lord has blessed me and my family throughout the year.
To date, we've raised $2800, 93% of our goal! I'll make one more "plea" in the email to see if we can get that $200 to get us to our goal. This includes the $1400 in anonymous cash donations that we received in early December. I'll try to stop by the Church tomorrow to see if there are any checks that have been sent there.
If I don't see/talk to you beforehand, I want to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year!
God Bless you!
DGK Jon De Leon
Sample list of charitable organizations:
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Your prayers are requested for:
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For all people suffering due to the Corona Virus
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For all those that have to continue to get in harms-way to provide our essential services
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For First-Responders, Medical Professionals and all those caring for the ill
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PGK Dave Adams, for a quick recovery
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Brother Dave Martin
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Brother Ralph Manfredi
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Brother Robert Riggio
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Foodbank Network of Somerset County
Click Picture to Donate to the
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As a member of the United States Coast Guard assigned to the USS Samuel Chase, Frank served as a gunner’s mate third class and crewed a Higgins boat on 15 D-Day landings. Frank was a part of the first wave, on June 6, 1944, that brought the Big Red One into Omaha Beach, and to this day still wonders how he survived.
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Contact Information for Council Members and Family
Brothers,
We know not when, we know not where and we know not how! Please make it a point of specifically providing our council's contact information to your loved ones! This information is relevant not only for you, but also for your loved ones, as they may need to contact one of us.
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Field agent for insurance information and questions Cell: 917-589-1252; Charles.Gardner@kofc.org (Br. Bud)
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Financial Secretary for dues and council related information; fs@kofc.ws (PGK Bob)
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Council's phone number, 929-459-5950, leave a message and one of us will call you back as soon as possible.
We have many electronic resources available to us,
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www.kofc.org, for our Orders global organization
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At the top of this newsletter, you will always find our social media links to Twitter and Facebook as well as a link to our page
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Knights of Columbus Insurance
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Charles Bud Gardner, Field Agent
917-589-1252 - charles.gardner@kofc.org
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Exemplification Ceremony
The Knights of Columbus has revised the degree program; it is now one Exemplification Ceremony which combines 1st. (Charity) 2nd. Unity and 3rd. Fraternity, our Orders' principles. The 4th (Patriotism) continues to be a distinct event.
The link below, includes a video of the ceremony.Take the time to view this video as a refresher as to what the nights are about and why your joined and to help you explain to your family who the Knights are, what we stand for and what we do.
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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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Phone number: 929-459-5950
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USPS Mail to: Blessed Sacrament Parish
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1890 Washington Valley Rd
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