Knightly
News
Address: St. Joseph/ St. Raymond, Columbian Squires Circle #3847 Council #6850, Assembly #2644
P.O.
Box 970, Raymond, NH 03077
Brothers,
May is now upon us with a third of the year gone by. The Council has a few events taking place this month. Please keep your calendars handy and lend a hand wherever you can.
In April, the Council put on a breakfast for this year Confirmation Class. Thanks to the Brothers that helped with the breakfast. There was a good showing of parishioners and Brother Knights for the Living Rosary. There was also a good attendance of people for the International Day of the Unborn Child Mass. The last event for April was the Tootsie Roll Drive. Another successful weekend with about $ 2,300.00 raised. Thank you to all Brothers and their families that participated.
May 7 is our “Lets Go Fishing “derby in Epping at the Conservation Pond starting at 8:00 AM. Mike Annis and Tim Acerno are chairing this event. This is a great event for the family to get out and have a good time.
The Mother’s Day Breakfast is on May 8 following the 8:00 AM Mass. Jim Stratz and John Ste Marie are chairing this event. In addition, on that same day, we have our Business Meeting. Because of Mother’s Day this meeting WILL BE SHORT. The awards will be handed out and then right to business. The nominations for Officers need to take place so that the nominees can be listed in the next Knightly News. Then elections will take place as usual in June.
May 13-15 is Convention weekend held in Nashua at the Sheraton Terra Hotel. This is the year for a new slate of State Officers. I will give you an update at the next business meeting in June.
It is that time of year again to head north to Camp Fatima. The date set for the cleanup in May 21. This is a great event for Brother Knights and their family to spend a day getting the camp ready for summer. The state puts on a luncheon for us and the camaraderie that takes place is great. Please contact Mike Annis 895-4713 if you plan to attend this year. He needs to get a headcount of people going. May 22nd is the cemetery cleanup, contact Leo Blouin 679-1633 or Dan Bennis 679-1453 if you can help. [see details below]
The Crowning of Mary is on Tuesday May 24. Please check your bulletin for the time.
For those interested in continuing their journey to Knighthood, a 3rd Degree is scheduled for May 22 in Manchester. Any candidate and spectator that are interested please contact me at 895-0993.
On Memorial Day, a Mass will be held at the cemetery (weather permitting) at 9:00AM. It will be at the church if there is rain.
Let us all pray the Rosary as often as we can. The Power of Mary’s help cannot be denied. Please pray for our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, World Peace, and all our military personnel around the world, our Parish Priest and Chaplain Fr. Mike Taylor, all our priests and all our Brother Knights.
Vivat Jesus'
John P.Ste Marie
BIRTHDAYS IN MAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
DATE NAME DATE Name
10 Michael Coconis 24 Rev. Leo L. Frechette
25 David G. Ouellette 26 Bruce T. Aquino
28 Paul F. Dolan
ACTIVITIES IN MAY
May 1st Squires Sunday Mass 8:00A.M./ Squires Meeting 9:00A.M./ Adopt-A-Highway (Noon)
May 5th Ascension Mass 7:00P.M.
May 6th First Friday Adoration 7:00A.M.-7:00P.M.
May 7th First Saturday Mass 8:00A.M. / Children's Fishing Derby 8:00A.M.-11:00A.M.
May 8th Mother's Day Pancake Breakfast / Business Meeting 9:00A.M.
May 12th, 19th, 26th Rosary Devotion 7:00P.M.
May 13th, 20th, 27th Adoration 7:00A.M.-7:00P.M.
May 13th - 15th State Convention (Nashua)
May 14th Squires' Dinner 5:30P.M.
May 15th First Degree Church Hall 7:00P.M.
May 21st Camp Fatima Clean Up [see details below]
May 22nd Assembly Meeting 9:00A.M./ Third Degree (Manchester) / Cemetery Clean Up [see details below]
May 24th Crowning of Mary 7:00P.M.Knights in Regalia
May 25th Social Dinner 6:00P.M.
May 30th Memorial Day Mass at Cemetery 9:00A.M. Regalia
Family of the Month for April 2005 --Peter & Kim Hubby Family
First Degree-- Scott Thorton
Second Degree-- Robert Murphy and Tona McCarthy
The Squires will be having their Dinner May 14th after the 4:30 Mass featuring an Italian Cuisine Dinner. Next business meeting is May 1st after the 8:00A.M. Mass.The clean up that the Squires had scheduled for Saturday, April 23rd at Church will be re-scheduled due to rain. However, sunny weather allowed nine young men to gather at the Rectory on Tuesday, April 26 and what a job they did, raking leaves and trimming tree limbs for Father Mike. The next clean up job is scheduled for Saturday, April 30th at the home of John and Eileen Gibney at 10:00A.M. Just a reminder that Saturday, May 7th is the Annual Fishing Derby from 8:00A.M.-11:00A.M.for all children up to age 12. An officer's meeting will be held on May 22nd in the Parish Hall. Contact Nathan Biron 642-8970 for further information of these meetings.
COUNCIL NEWS
Thank you to all the Knights that helped with the Breakfast on Saturday, April 2nd for this year's Confirmation class. What a feast! And speaking of Breakfast, our annual Palm Sunday Breakfast resulted in $362.10 being donated to the victims of the December Tsunami disaster. April 16th and 17th our first Tootsie Roll Drive for 2005 was held with very encouraging fund raising. On Sunday evening, April 17th, a First Degree was held. Sunday, April 24th saw two of our Brothers, Robert Murphy and Tona McCarthy travel to Plymouth with Mike Annis to take their Second Degrees and Joe Lessard will be taking his Third degree on Saturday, April 30th in Salem. On Saturday, April 23 a large contingent of Knights showed up at 9:00A.M. at the Rectory and cleaned out lots of old junk, filling a large dumpster, which Father Mike at first had thought would be too big. All who can help out, the Adopt-A-Highway clean up which was rained out April 24 has been re-scheduled to Sunday May 1 at noon. Also, Saturday, May 7th is the date for our annual fishing derby from 8:00A.M.-11:00A.M. The State Convention is in Nashua the weekend of May 13 to 15th. And last, but not least, mark your calendars for Saturday May 21 to travel up to Camp Fatima to help open up for the summer.
FOURTH DEGREE NEWS
The Fourth Degree Exemplification is on Saturday, April 30th in Salem, N.H. Thank you to all the Knights who served in Regalia on Monday, April 4th, for the Mass for the Day of the Unborn and for this year's Confirmation Class on Friday evening, April 8th with Bishop McCormick celebrating the Mass. The Crowning of Mary is Tuesday, May 24th at 7:00P.M.for which we will need Regalia and Monday, May 30th, Memorial Day, the call goes out once again for Knights in Regalia for Mass at 9:00A.M. at St.Joseph's Cemetery followed by the Epping parade. Call Dave Hamilton or Mike Annis if you can help out..
A happy and safe Memorial Day weekend and may God Bless you and all your Families always.
SAINT JOSEPH CEMETERY/CAMP FATIMA CLEANUP
This year we will once again start cleanup projects in the cemetery.
Last OCT, a group of us spent a day doing a lot of work.
To accomplish this task, there is a plan to do 2 projects with combined force as follows;
1. On Sat May 21st, under Mike Annis (603)679-4713 there will be a work detail scheduled for Camp Fatima.
Mike will provide the details.
Along with that we want to:
2. With the same work force and those members from last Oct work detail, tackle Saint Joseph’s Cemetery on Sun May 22.
This project will be under Leo Blouin (603)679-1633 & Dan Bennis (603)679-1453
For the cemetery this is a list of priorities:
1. Irrigation system
A. check the sprinkler heads
B. check the piping
C. turn system on
D. estimate prices & replace parts
2. Electrical system
A. test all boxes
B. estimate prices & replace parts
3. Bring soil to cover all needed areas and grass seed
4. For the latter part of summer into fall
A. Trim all big pines branches that impede roadways
B. Clear back area (brush, trees, etc) for future use.
C. Pick up flowers, plants put on graves, and general ground cleanup.
D. General cleaning and upkeep of the gravestones.
Any tools/equipment would be appreciated: Pickup trucks, rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, edgers, trimmers, chainsaws, etc.
A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR
Dress Up
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her Dad donning his tuxedo, she warned ," Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit."
"And why not, darling?" "You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning."
ON THE SERIOUS SIDE
This story is of something that was alleged to have happened just a few years ago at USC
There was a professor of
philosophy who was a deeply committed atheist. His primary goal for one
required class was to spend the entire semester attempting to prove that God
couldn’t exist.
His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable
logic.
For twenty years, he had taught this class and no one ever had the courage to
go against him. Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever
really gone against him because of his reputation. At the end of every semester
on the last day, he would say to his class of 300 students, "If there is anyone
here who still believes in Jesus, stand up!" In twenty years, no one had ever
stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "Because anyone
who believes in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk
from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove that He is
God, and yet He can't do it." And every year, he would drop the chalk onto the
tile floor of the classroom and it would shatter into a hundred pieces.
All of the students would do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students
thought that God couldn't exist.
Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years, they
had been too afraid to stand up.
Well, a few years ago there was a freshman who happened to enroll. He was a
Christian, and had heard the stories about his professor. He was required to
take the class for his major, and he was afraid. But for three months that
semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no
matter what the professor said, or what the class thought. Nothing they said
could ever shatter his faith...he hoped.
Finally, the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still
believes in God, stand up!" The professor and the class of 300 people looked at
him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the classroom.
The professor shouted, "You FOOL!!! If God existed, he would keep this piece of
chalk from breaking when it hit the ground!" He proceeded to drop the chalk,
but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleat
of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe.
As it hit the ground, it simply rolled away unbroken. The professor's jaw
dropped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man, and then ran
out of the lecture hall.
The young man, who had stood, proceeded to walk to the front of the room and
shared his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and
listened as he told of God's love for them and of His power through Jesus.