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Vol. XXII, Issue 6 F ebruary 2017
50 Pine Road, Saratoga Springs, New York 12866 - Phone: 518-584-8547
Saratoga Council #246 Grand Knight — Tom Gurka — [email protected]
Assembly #745 Faithful Navigator — Stephen Toussaint — [email protected]
Knights of Columbus
Grand Knight’s Message
With the Holidays over a nd a brand new year ahea d of us we are just starting to see the
rewards of all of the hard work our volunteers provided this Columbia n year. A Thank You
goes out to Father George a nd Father Bob from S t. Clements Parish for their unconditi onal support during our recruitment ca mpa ign held a t their church the weekend of January
14th-15th. A 1st Degree Exemplification was held the following day a t our Council with (9)
new members entering into Knig hthood. In addition, we have a pplicati ons completed for our next 1st Degree Ceremony along with a list of prospects we met that are considering
joining the Knights of Columbus. Congratulations to all of our new Brother Knights.
In addition, the webs ites at S t. Clements and St. Peters were updated to include information about the Knights of Columbus. Besides membership information, their sites
have links to our website to get the most current edition on our monthly news letter. And
let us not forget, Brother Rob Przedwiecki for all of his contributi ons in mainta ining our webs ite at www.SaratogaKofC.com
After many discuss ions with Brother Utter about moving forward with how we extend our
“Coa ts for Kids” pr ogram, we found an excellent opportunity with the Outreach Ministry at St. Clements Parish and the S NACpack (Saratoga Nutrition Assistance for Children)
program. SNACpack is a weekly back pack program that sends home more than 140
backpacks full of food every Friday to help chronically hungry children in grades K -12 in Saratoga Springs. The S NACpack v olunteers that deliver the backpa cks to the schools are
looking for children that are in need of a winter coat a nd providing them with one.
Additi onal informati on a bout the S NACpack Program ca n be found a t
www.sna cpa ckprogram.com Next month I hope to give you a n upda te on how this extended “Coats for Kids” program will be implemented in the Saratoga Springs School
District.
Ja nuary 2017 Highlights & Activities
A successful membership recr uitment drive was held at St. Clements Parish on January
14th and 15th.
A 1st Degree Exemplification was held a t our Council home on Ja nuary 16th.
The “Coa ts for Kids” program will be extended working with the St. Clements O utreach
Ministry and SNA Cpa ck program.
“I don’t think there’s a ny other Catholic volunteer associati on that is mak ing such a difference day in a nd day out in our communities for charity. And we are g oing to grow and
accomplish that miss ion.” --Carl Anderson, S upreme Knight
Vivat Jesus!
Tom Gurka, Grand Knight
Upcoming Events at the K of C
February
4 Sat. ChowderFest
Fundraiser
6 Mon. Council Mtg. 7:30 PM
Rosary 6:30 PM
7 Tue. Catholic Daughters
6:00 PM
11 Sat. Cabin Fever BBQ
5:00 - 8:00 PM
20 Mon. 2nd Degree
Exemplification 6:30 PM
24 Fri. Fish Fry 5:00 - 7:00 PM
27 Mon. Assembly Mtg.
7:30 PM
March
3 Fri. Lenten Fish Fry
5:00 - 8:00 PM
6 Mon. Council Mtg. 7:30 PM
Rosary 6:30 PM
7 Tue. Catholic Daughters
6:00 PM
10 Fri. Lenten Fish Fry
5:00 - 8:00 PM
12 Sun. 3rd Degree
Exemplification, Noon
17 Fri. Lenten Fish Fry
5:00 - 8:00 PM
20 Mon. Council Mtg. 7:30 PM
24 Fri. Lenten Fish Fry
5:00 - 8:00 PM
27 Mon. Assembly Mtg.
7:30 PM
31 Fri. Lenten Fish Fry
Bingo Every Wednesday
at 7:00 pm
Detailed “Upcoming Events” changes and additions at:
www.SaratogaKofC.com
Columbian Report
After a very busy December, with bookings and lounge
business being very good, January and February are a little
below last year for rentals. We paid our real estate taxes
at the beginning of January and have enough left over in
the treasury to buy a cup of coffee. Projects that are being
looked at for the coming year are striping the parking lot,
painting the lounge, painting the trim in the game room
and doing some landscaping. Also we will be starting our
raffle to support the Catholic schools, Council 246 and the
Columbian, we need your support. Thanks to Dave, Rick,
Dick and Gus who are running the Columbian while I am
away.
Thanks
Ken Davis, Columbian President
Food Donations
Please bring a food donation to the meetings. Thank You
for last month food contribution... It was great! Let’s keep
a good thing going.
Prayers...
Please keep in your hearts and prayers the many Brother Knights and their family members who are ailing and recovering.
The Knights of Columbus newsletter
is published monthly,
except July and August.
Knights of Columbus EMAIL System:
All Council # 246 & Assembly # 745 News will be
transmitted to our Membership us ing our new
Knig hts of Columbus EMAIL System. This System will provide members with our monthly news letter a nd
various bits of K of C and member news, noti ces,
calendar changes, fundraiser reminders, etc.
Any member -provided news and/or upda tes can be
sent to our entire membership by sending a n ema il
to GRAND KNIGHT [email protected] for immedia te distr ibuti on.
Newsletter Inclusions:
Please submit items you wish to have published in
the newsletter NO LATER tha n the 18th of each month. Please provide A LL details you wish to have
included and deliver to Grand Knig ht a t
Chaplain’s Message
On February 11 we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. This is the date that Mary appeared to a
young, poor, sickly uneducated girl in a grotto in Lourdes France in 1858. The girl was Bernadette Soubirous.
Bernadette, at the sixteenth apparition asked the "Lady", "Madamoiselle, would you be so kind as to tell me
who you are, if you please"? The Lady answered "Que soy era Immaculada Concepciou." Meaning, I am the
Immaculate Conception. Only four years before Pope Pius IX declared the dogma that Mary was the
Immaculate Conception. There is much more about this event that can be told. But I would like to mention
that over six million souls visit Lourdes each year and hundreds of miracles have taken place.
When I was a youngster in grade school we learned our lessons from the Baltimore Catechism. It was the rote system and
by golly I still remember many of questions and answers. One such question was, what is a sacrament?. The answer was, a
sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace. But, what is grace? It is the divine assistance given to us by
the Holy Spirit to advance our relationship with God. When we receive a sacrament we receive God's grace in abundance.
There are seven sacraments, Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Matrimony, Anointing of the sick, Holy Orders and
Reconciliation. In 1274 St. Thomas Acquinas formally listed the seven sacraments. Prior to that date the Church listed 30
sacraments which included the sacramentals. The Council of Trent in 1439 confirmed St. Thomas's number.
Each coming month I plan to share something special about each sacrament. Next month we will start with with the
sacrament of Baptism.
"Our Lady of Lourdes pray for us"
God bless us all
Vivat Jesus
Deacon Bill Gaul, Chaplain
Pro Life Corner
Being open to having children is just as important to
being pro-life as is the opposition to abortion. Much
of Europe and the western world is suffering from a
birth dearth because of selfishness that puts material-
ism and career advancement ahead of having children.
Monsignor Carlo Liberati, Archbishop Emeritus of Pompeii, said that
Islam will soon become Europe’s main religion because the Muslims
are having children and we are not. The time has come to throw out
contraceptives and stop the rush to cultural suicide.
God’s instruction to the human race was to increase and multiply, and
to fill the earth and subdue it. Do we think that He was wrong and
could not provide for His children?
Submitted by Wendell Neugebauer
REWIND ---“Back in the Day!”
It’s that time of the year when you are looking for something to do. It happens every winter. So why not clean up the closets and those dresser drawers that you have not looked in for years. You never know what you will find. Maybe it’s that hidden money you forgot you hid, or maybe it’s something you were looking for but now it’s too late because you bought a replace-ment. Maybe it’s some old pictures, or in most cases it’s old cloths that don’t fit any-more and it’s time to put them in a bag and drop them off at our new Used Clothing Drop Off Shed that is located in our parking lot. Lucky enough and just in time for this edi-tion of REWIND we had several members drop off some pictures from “Back in the Day”. Rather than give you the answers of who is in the pictures I thought it would be fun for you to figure out. If you need help just give me a call and I’ll provide you with the answers. They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. So enjoy the pictures and I hope I will be hearing from you for next month’s article. If you need any help I can stop by and make a copy of your pictures.
I’m looking forward to the next REWIND---“Back in the Day” story. Please provide your pic-tures by 2/13/2017 so I can in-clude it in our March issue.
REWIND ---“Back in the Day!” (continued)
Membership Scorecard
Council #246 – 10/01/16 = 398
11/01/16 = 401
12/01/16 = 412
01/01/17 = 412
02/01/17 = 421
Assembly #745 – 10/01/16 = 166
11/01/16 = 173
12/01/16 = 173
01/01/17 = 173
02/01/17 = 174
Richard W Endres 02-01
William J Healy Jr 02-01
Michael M Planko 02-01
William J Urban 02-01
Paul A Stevens Sr 02-05
Donald G Lavarge Jr 02-07
Warren R Pabst Jr 02-07
Clinton J Birdsall 02-08
Martin T Kondenar 02-12
Vincent Prattico Iii 02-12
James R O Rourke 02-14
Richard A Schwartzbeck 02-14
J William Schweiker 02-16
Mark W Breen 02-18
Raoul J Gagne 02-20
Theodore J Van De Ven Iii 02-
20
John Cowan 02-22
Deacon William H Gaul Jr 02-
22
John W Grande 02-22
Robert R Saxton 02-22
David M Cutler 02-23
Donald L Priest 02-23
Paul L Varley 02-23
Patrick M Flynn 02-25
Richard R Russo 02-27
Stephen E Towne 02-28
Membership Birthdays - February
Congratulations! To Our New Brother Knights
Jesse Chamberlain Kevin Cohnolly
Jose Lopez Patrick Miller Jason Munafo Matthew Pero
Christopher Querrard David Querrard John Trimmings Thomas Zwickle
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Volunteers Always Needed As I stated back in my September message, our biggest
and longest standing fundraiser BINGO on Wednesday
nights continues to struggle finding enough volunteers to
support the weekly event. With members passing, others
dealing with health issues and members going south dur-
ing the winter months, we need more support to keep
this revenue raising activity operating. Below find a list of
duties that require support every week:
· Bingo Preparation · Games
· Selling · Clean Up
· Money
To learn more about the BINGO operations, please show
up at 5:30 pm to be assigned a duty. Some duties last an
hour, some two hours and others lasting the entire night
about four hours. If you are a new member, this is a great
way to start your fraternal mission and meet other mem-
bers of the Council. The most important thing is to make
sure we have enough volunteers to cover a BINGO night.
Very Truly Yours, Tom Gurka – Grand Knight
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