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A NEWSLETTER FOR OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Monday April 2, 2018 - Council meeting
Holy Rosary at 7:10 PM Meeting at 7:30 PM
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(March 19th Meeting has been canceled)
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If you are not already a member, scroll down for a new way to join, on-line!
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Active Our Lady of the Hills, Council 5959 members ONLY scholarship applications for high school graduating children or grand children are now available.
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St. Patrick's Day Dinner Dance is your next opportunity to become "active". Come, join the fun, see schedule of qualifying activities below.
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Knight of the Month February
PGK John Arcoleo
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PGK John Arcoleo distinguished himself during February with his immense efforts to continue to grow our membership and ensure the blood drive was a success! Thank you brother!
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Thank you to the brothers that helped make the recent events a success!
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1. Blessed Sacrament Parish Fish Fry
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2. Blood Drive was a great success... thank you PGK John Arcoleo, You can register to for the next one as soon as you're ready.
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In This Issue!
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Saturday March 10 / 8 AM, Pancake Breakfast at Little Friends of Jesus Pre-School (Across the Street) - Sr. Romilda is asking us for help with the service, please stop by at 8 AM for a couple of hours, this would be greatly appreciated.
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Saturday March 10 / 9AM - 6 PM, Basket Items collection in Blessed Sacrament Parish Lobby
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Saturday March 17 / 9:30 AM - Done , St Patrick's Day Dinner Dance Kitchen and Hall prep and setup, members who actively participate in the event will be eligible for the Scholarship Program.
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4th Degree, George Washington Assembly Announcement
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If you are not already a member of the Knights of Columbus, you can join our Council or On-Line? Your choice, info below.
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Order your KofC Council 5959 Jacket - Call Sal's Talk of the town, info below.
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We need your Basket / Basket Items
Everyone that brings us a complete basket, or enough items to make a complete basket will be eligible for a $25 Gift Card with the receipt below!
Basket values will be approx. $50 each, but you can bring basket items to complete other baskets
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Clip the coupon below and be sure it makes it to the drawing bucket at the event!
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Bring the basket items to the church lobby for wrapping on
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Saturday, March 10, 2018 between the 9 AM and 5 PM Masses
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Brother Ron and Vicki have offered to wrap them!
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4th Degree Announcement:
JOIN THE 4 TH DEGREE – THE PATRIOT’S DEGREE
This year there’s an opportunity to bring in many new members as the waiting time between degrees has been waived. Council 2393 at Basking Ridge has arranged an Admission / Formation (1st & 2nd) Degrees on March 13th and the Knighthood (3rd) Degree on March 15 … all prior to our Open House March 21 so brother Knights, you are an eligible candidate to join with us or the April 22 Exemplification.
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4th DEGREE
UPCOMING EXEMPLIFICATION INFORMATION
Open House: March 21, 2018
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George Washington Assembly 0653
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4th Degree Knights of Columbus
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Receive details, information and enjoy a nice meal
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Discussion: Itinerary and dress code--tux not required
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Cost: $70.00 includes the degree paraphernalia, hospitality suite & dinner
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$60.00 per guest includes ceremony, hospitality suite, & dinner
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Exemplification: April 22, 2018
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Candidates 9.00 am --- Guests 1:00 pm
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SK John Truglio, PGK, FDD, FN
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If you are not already a member of our great council, and would like to join, please read below.
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Grand Knight's Message
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
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We, as Knights in Martinsville, want to see everyone find a solution that works best for them. Now there is a faster way to becoming a Knight of Columbus, Joining the Knights now Online.
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Eligible Catholic men can now join the Knights of Columbus in two ways:
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- Our preferred method is to reply to this email or Contact our Council’s Membership Director, John Arcoleo at 908-964-0006 john@jdassoc.com
- Online in a simple, streamlined process, visit http://www.kofc.org/joinus
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If asked for a parish name, please enter: Blessed Sacrament Church, Martinsville NJ
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If asked for a council number, please enter: 5959 – Our Lady of the Hills Council
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In just the next 2 months, we have many parish events such as: Blood Drive, Coffee and Donuts, Easter Egg Hunt, St. Patrick’s Day Dinner Dance, East Egg Hunt, Spring Plant Sale and Children with Disabilities Fund Drive. If you want to be part of group of Catholic gentlemen whose primary tenet is charity and that has fun raising funds for charity together consider joining our council at Blessed Sacrament.
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The Knights of Columbus, the largest Catholic fraternal order in the world, has announced a membership initiative that allows eligible Catholic men to join the organization online. The K of C was founded in 1882 by Venerable Father Michael McGivney, a parish priest, in New Haven, Connecticut. The organization was formed to provide charitable outreach and care for the financial well-being of Catholic families, focusing on the protection of widows and orphans, and on strengthening the faith of its members. It has grown to include almost two million members worldwide.
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We have restructured or Scholarship Program. If you are an *Active Member in Good Standing and have a child or grand child graduating from High-School and perusing further education of any type, he or she may be eligible to apply for our council's scholarship program.
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Applicants must be a child or grandchild of a member of Our Lady of the Hills Council 5959. Member must be in-good-standing*, active* and knighted (3rd degree) as of the application date.
* Check with Financial Secretary for current qualifying activities, membership status and degree.
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Upcoming Meetings and Events
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| 2018/03/10 Little Friends of Jesus Pancake Breakfast Service 8 AM |
| 2018/03/10 St Patrick's Day Basket Items Drop Off at the Lobby between 9 AM and 6 PM |
| 2018/03/11 Coffee and Donuts at BSC CR1 Starting at 9:00 AM |
| 2018/03/12 Officers Meeting at BSC CR Starting at 8:00 PM |
2018/03/17 St. Patrick's Day Dinner Dance Fundraiser at BSC 6:30 PM
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- Kitchen and Hall setup from 9:30 AM until done
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| 2018/03/19 CANCELED General Membership Meeting at BSC CANCELED |
| 2018/03/31 Easter Egg Hunt - Holy Saturday at BSC Back Lot Starting at 10:00 AM |
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Council 5959 JACKETS
PGK Sal Longo, will be placing an order for Knights of Columbus jackets for interested Council Members. The jackets are microfiber material, “KofC blue” with the KofC logo and “Council 5959” over the left breast and your name over the right breast.
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It has been 7 years since our last order of the KofC Jackets. We are fortunate that this same style jacket is till available, this is the same style most of us are wearing today. If you want to purchase a jacket order it now, we probably will not be ordering jackets again for a while.
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Prices and sizes are as follows:
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- $46 for XS (32-34), S (35-37), M (38-40), L (41-43), XL (44-46)
- $49 for 2XL (47 - 49)
- $50 for 3XL (50 - 53)
- $51 for 4XL (54 - 57)
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To place your order, please call Sal at the Talk of the Town Barbershop in Martinsville at
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732-271-1987 or come to our next meeting on Monday, April 02, 2018 7:00 PM in classroom 1 – this is the last day to place an order. If you are a Grand Knight and already have a Jacket, you can add PGK to it for $5.
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Council meetings are held every 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, except as announced due to holidays and summer months. All Knights of Columbus members 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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A NEWSLETTER FOR OUR LADY OF THE HILLS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
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Publisher: Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of the Hills Martinsville Council No. 5959
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