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A NEWSLETTER FOR OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Monday September 13, 2021
COUNCIL MEETING DAYS ARE THE 2ND WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
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Our next council meeting is on
* Wednesday, September 22, 2021, mark your calendar *
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Grand Knight's Message
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Grand Knight,
Jonathan De Leon
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Dear Brothers, Sir Knights, Friends and Family,
I hope you all are doing well. It's been a trying September thus far with many affected by Hurricane Ida. If you were affected and need help, please reach out to me or any of the officers.
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This past weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the horrendous attacks on our country, as we remember all those we lost on that day, their families and friends, and our military personnel who have defended our freedom and won against terrorism. Please keep these individuals in your prayers, especially this weekend.
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In other news, we had the pleasure of taking Fr. Paul Michalowski to our Pride In Priest dinner (see picture below). I was able to meet different Knights and Priests within our diocese and hear about their backgrounds and experiences. Thank you to all the Priests for all you do and your continued support of the Knights. Thank you to Fr. Paul for joining us!
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We had so much fun cleaning up statues at the Church on Saturday (see pictures below). Thank you to Brothers Manny Cirne, Pat Noonan, Stan Serafin, Tom Kurtz, and Dave Adams for your hard work. We need some volunteers for next week as we will paint some of the statues to freshen them up a bit.
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Lastly, we need some volunteers for our Pasta Dinner for Culture of Life Fundraiser. It will be a fun family event open to the entire parish!
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Pride in Priests Dinner
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Grand Knight Jon and Allison, PGK Bob and Deb with Father Paul at the 2021 Pride in Priests Dinner
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Washing of the Statues
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Grand Knight Jon with son Jack, PGKs Pat and Manny
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Brother Tom, PGK Pat and FDD Stan
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Grand Knight Jon power-washing the "Choose Life" Statue
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Fall Fest - Your help is needed!
Please volunteer at our Parish's Fall Festival on Sunday, September 26th. Keep an eye on the bulletin and the Parish Webpage for the latest updates.
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American Veteran
Brother Frank DeVita will be featured in a PBS program, AmVet, Tracing the veteran experience across the arc of American history. Click on this link to learn more. American Veteran (pbs.org) - Premieres Oct 26, 9/8c
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Brother Frank DeVita (left) picture with fellow American Veteran, PGK Fred Ciociola
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Fr. Brian Nolan
Daily at 9:00 AM and 12:10, and Weekend Masses on 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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- Saturdays September 11th and 18th - Clean/Paint the statue of our Blessed Fr. McGivney
- Please come out and help get the statue of our founder, Blessed Fr. McGivney, ready for the Fall Fest.
- Saturday, September 11th - 4 PM Vigil Mass with the Most Rev. James F. Checchio, Bishop of Metuchen Diocese.
- Sunday, September 12th - American Red Cross Blood Drive at BSC.
- Wednesday, September 22nd - Welcome Back Pizza Party @ Knights of Columbus Council Meeting
- After a brief business meeting, we will have pizza and refreshments to say hello and catch up with each other.
- Please reply to this email by September 15th to let us know if you will be attending.
- Sunday, September 26th - Parish Fall Fest
- This will be starting at 1 PM (after the 12 PM mass). I hope you and your families can come to this magnificent event. The event is free, click to register via the BSC Parish website.
- Volunteers will be needed for many different areas
- Saturday, October 16th - Knights of Columbus Pasta Dinner to support Culture of Life
- Proceeds from the event will go towards purchasing an Ultrasound for a Pregnancy Aid Center in New
- We need volunteers to help set up, sell tickets, cook, clean up for the event.
- Email me at kofc5959.jondeleon@gmail.com if you can help out with the event. We really need your help! In order to run these types and raise money for our council, we need active members like yourselves.
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Patrick Kelly Begins Tenure as Supreme Knight.
He is the 14th Supreme Knight to lead the Order in its mission of charity, unity, and fraternity.
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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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