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| PAGE TWO see page two for additional update from February 26, 2007... KNIGHTTIME August 25, 2008
Message from
Dear
Brother Knights, The
school year is now in full swing and it is hard to imagine that the summer break
is over. There is a great deal that kicks into high gear as September
rolls around and this year is no different. We just had our Knights golf
outing and Tootsie Roll is just around the corner. Although
I was not able to be in attendance at the last meeting, I would like to thank
the Knights for supporting Bishop Sartain’s March for Life trip in January.
I am speaking at the Thomas Dooley and Romeo Blanchette Fourth Degree Councils
in September on the same topic. There will also be opportunities for the
various councils to sponsor one of the buses, including the bishop’s bus, for
the trip with the name of their council posted on the front of the bus.
Each council throughout the Diocese has received information about the March and
will have an opportunity to send a representative and show their support for our
Bishop and for Life. Although
the March is not until January, each of the Please be assured of my prayers and thoughts for you and your families In
Christ, Fr.
Thomas A. Milota
Membership
Corner The
membership committee now includes Darrell Hutton, John Gallagher, George
Flannery and Gerry Ellensohn. The committee challenges each member to bring in There
is a certain responsibility in soliciting someone to join the K of C. Beyond the
simple signature on the form 100, it is vital that the sponsor advise the
candidate as to the upcoming degree ceremony dates. You can call anyone on
the membership committee to ascertain the dates. Then, you ask which of
the dates would be convenient for the candidate. Tentatively, arrange for his
participation on that day and advise one of the committee. If you cannot
accompany your candidate to the ceremony, one of the committee will. If
you cannot accompany the newly degreed member to his first meeting, one of the
committee will.
Vocations
Support Raffle Today
our Church needs you and your family more than ever before.
The Catholic population is growing and the priests and religious are
working harder and longer hours to provide for our spiritual needs.
It is our privilege and duty to encourage vocations to priesthood, nuns
and brothers by providing the financial resources to assist in their education
and personal expenses. The cost to
support the seminarians from our State of To
acquire these funds for the vocations and also earn very generous benefits for
your council or assembly, a resolution was voted on and adopted at the Knights
of Columbus, Illinois State Council Convention in This
raffle, with prizes of over $20,000.00 in cash will be a 14-week campaign from
September, 2008 to You
should have received your raffle book in the mail with a sales value of $15.00.
Fifteen dollars ($15.00) is to be returned to your council.
Upon receipt of your return, the council will retain $9.00 and
send your ticket stubs (with cover attached) and a check for $6.00 per book to
the Illinois State Council K of C Charities Inc. “State Vocations Fund”. SEND
COMPLETED BOOK ONLY! We
are asking all fellow Brother Knights to rally behind our future priests and
support this worthwhile raffle. If
you require extra raffle books, please contact Financial Secretary
Post
a Ribbon Schools,
businesses and media outlets across ( We pray for all the souls who were murdered in this event and are now in the hands of God. They were innocent victims of a horrible crime. Our thoughts too go to the students and others who were injured and we pray that their injuries will be swiftly and surely cured. We pray also for the parents of
all of the students at Parenthood is an awesome responsibility and every time a child goes to a college or university in this country we now know that that is something that is fraught with a lot of danger. And finally, we pray for
all the
students and faculty of the It says a lot about the conditions of our society and our culture that events of this sort are shocking, but they are not anymore surprising. As our society continues to debate the obligation to defend innocent life in all of its stages, we can expect that there are those who will seek their vaunted 15 minutes of fame by terminating innocent life as tragically happened at NIU, at Virginia Tech and too many other scenes. We have to be aware of that. There is abroad in our culture, a moral relativism that is very dangerous and when we devalue any one human life, we lay open the terrible gateway to disvaluing all human life. These are things that we should
bring to God in prayer in the days and weeks to come as well as our deep and
heartfelt concern for all those in the May God hear and comfort us all.
Bishop Thomas G. Doran Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of
Brotherly Love The temporary to permanent inability to drive should not prevent any Knight from participating in the organizations meeting or activities. Everyone’s membership is a valued and important contribution to the group. If you need, or know of someone who needs transportation to meetings or activities due to an inability to drive, or if you can help a Brother Knight by providing transportation contact Jack Guasta at 630-660-9061 or via email at jack.guasta@gmail.com
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