St.Francis Assembly 3495
Cardinal McGuigan Province 2nd Ontario District Master: Sir Knight Joe Mathews Faithful Navigator:Sir Knight Michael Dynes
St.Marys Parish-Collingwood Ontario
“The Sentinel Newsletter”-April 2016- Issue #20
Our Patron Saint :
The Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life.
Attributed to Francis Bernadone, perhaps the most universally loved of Christian saints, who was
born in Assisi, Italy, in 1181 or 1182. At the age of twenty-two, after a sudden illness that
brought him almost to the point of death, he left his home and inheritance to follow an injunction
that he felt he received from Christ himself: "Francis, go and rebuild my Church." Three great
Franciscan orders quickly grew around the monks, nuns, and lay disciples who responded to his
joyful example of universal love and selfless service.
For most men who follow Jesus, there comes a time when duty extends beyond
our own lives, beyond how we lead our families, and into how we serve our
fellow man. That's what the Knights of Columbus is all about. The Patriotic
Degree allows K of C members to take this one step further. "Sir Knight" is more
than a title — it’s an honor.
Your 2015/2016 executive:
Faithful Navigator Mr Michael F Dynes 303-225 St Paul street Collingwood On L9Y 3P5 705-446-0807 (R) [email protected]
Faithful Comptroller Mr Kasimir Watroba 112 Cortina Crescent Blue Mountains, ON L9Y 0S9 705 445-2054 (R) [email protected]
Faithful Friar Fr. Gerard A Pilon Saint Mary'S Church 63 Elgin St Collingwood, ON L9Y 3L6 705- 445- 1790 (R) [email protected]
Faithful Captain Mr Domenic Sanfilippo 53 Lockhart Rd Collingwood, ON L9Y 4M1 705-445-7615 (R) [email protected]
Faithful Admiral Mr Lorne T Winkler 19 Wellington St Collingwood, ON L9Y 0X2 705-445-2515 (R) [email protected]
Faithful Purser Mr Brian F Mcdonnell 87 Glen Eton Rd Wasaga Beach, ON L9Z 1T8 705 429-0499 (R) [email protected]
Faithful Pilot Mr Joseph Frendo-Cumbo 24 Katherine St Collingwood, ON L9Y 3R2 705-446-1728 (R) [email protected]
Faithful Scribe Mr Michael Sangregorio 25 Cherry Sands Cres Wasaga Beach, ON L9Z 1P5 905 866 9564 (R) [email protected]
Inner Sentinel Mr Adam Michael Jonathan Monid 311- B Hurontario St. Apt. E Collingwood, ON L9Y 2M5 705-446-0690 (R) [email protected]
Outer Sentinel Mr Sal J Greco 9 River Run Collingwood, ON L9Y 4S9 705- 445-7288 (R) [email protected]
One Year Trustee Mr Demetrius Romanko 205-490 Tenth Street Collingwood On. L9Y 2H1 705-443-8011 (R) [email protected]
Two Year Trustee Mr Ype Huver 634 Cameron St Collingwood, ON L9Y 2J7
705-445-1702 (R) [email protected]
Three Year Trustee Mr Frank C Bondi 16 Marina Cres Collingwood, ON L9Y 5H1 705-444-6427 (R) [email protected]
Color Corps Commander Mr Michael Anthony Bullis 36 Maple Dr Wasaga Beach, ON L9Z 0A8 705-300-2154 (R) [email protected]
Color Corps Commander Mr Don McDonald Wasaga Beach On Tel: # 705 429 6956 [email protected]
Upcoming of Events
Dates to mark on your Calendar:
Saturday May 7th 2016- 50th anniversary dinner of Father Lally Council 5793 at Royal Canadian Legion further details to follow/ Honor Guard has been requested. Sunday May 29th 2016- Confirmation at St Patricks Stayner.Double Honor Guard required.First Confirmation starting at 4:00 P.M followed by the second Confirmation starting at 6:00 P.M. Tuesday June 5th @ 2:00 PM 2016- Confirmation St Marys Collingwood
Honor Guard required.Time to be set.
Wednesday 27th April 2016- NEXT MEETING- St Marys Parish Hall @ 7:30 PM –There will be a sword drill at this meeting7:00-7:30 .Bring appropriate regalia. ( Hat, Sword, baldric and gloves) From The Desk Of The Worthy Faithful Navigator:
St. Francis Assembly # 3495
63 Elgin Street, Collingwood Ontario L9Y 3L6
April 2016
Sr. Knights, We your assembly look to seeing you at our meetings each
month the 4th Wednesday of the month. Why? Well that is easy, we
want to know you are well also that all is well with your family. Too
often we hear by 3rd party that you are not well or there has been a
death in your family. Each month we offer up prayers at our meeting
for those that are sick or deceased if you can’t make it to a meeting for
a health reason let us know, yes we do care or if you know of someone
who is not well let us know.
We have just lost a Sir Knight “Norman R. Duhamel” we will keep him
and his family in our prayers and at a joint mass with Council 5793 we
will Honor and pray for the Duhamel family May 3rd at St Mary’s church
Collingwood 7:00 pm. As you are all aware he was our area Fraternal
Advisor for many years and served the Knights of Columbus in his role
as our agent. He also brought many new members to our order, for this
we will be forever thankful. So I ask that all members of our Assembly
join with us on May 3rd at 7pm in prayer, PLEASE wear your Badges. I
would also as District Deputy ask that other Councils that where served
by our dearly departed Sir Knight “Norm” join with us in prayer if not at
mass then privately.
Three Sir Knights attended the district meeting and at the end of the
meeting Honor Guard drills where review and demonstrated. It was
interesting that our Commander has provided this very type of drills
and that we appear to be on the right track, so I say to you Sir Knights
take part in our sword drill the annual competition is coming we need
to be ready.
I am hoping to all of you at our General meeting, again April 27th 7:30
pm, don’t forget sword practice at 7 pm.
May our prayers heal our sick!
Michael FN
St. Francis Assembly # 3495
63 Elgin Street, Collingwood Ontario L9Y 3L6
April 2016 Honor Guard Schedule
All Sir Knights there is Practice beginning at 7 pm the night of all General meeting
please be on time, sword, service baldric, gloves and Chapeau are required.
(Member certification is available on request.)
Mark your Calendars Assembly 3495 is active our Commanders will make contact
with you or better yet call them and let them know you will be there to support
honor Guards that you can help with. Sir Knights please note that Commanders
are in charge of all Honor Guards.
Commander Mike Bullis Tel. # 705 300 2154 or Email: [email protected]
Commander Donald MacDonald Tel: # 705 429 6956 or Email:
An Honor Guard for 11:00 am mass May 1st 2016 celebrating the first mass of
Father Julian’s will be held at St Patrick’s. (Please note a max. of 6 Sir Knights
requested)
Collingwood Council 5793 will be celebrating their 50 Anniversary of their
Founding May 7th 2016 an Honor Guard is requested begin with celebration of the
Eucharist at St Mary’s Church, then a Celebration at Collingwood Legion Br 63 full
meal, invites have gone out to Clergy, Supreme, State Board and our area
Councils, all are welcome for tickets or further details: Contact PGK Domenic
Sanfilippo Tel: 705 445 7615 Email: [email protected]
Honor Guard for two Confirmations May 29th 1st one at 4 pm; the 2nd one at 6 pm
both at St Patrick Church Stayner.
There will be an Honor Guard for 7th grade Confirmation at St Mary’s church
Collingwood Sunday June 5, 2016 at 2 pm.
Vivat Jesus
Michael Dynes FN
Highlights of the Month
After our solemn commemoration of the last days and death of Our Lord we will spend the month of April celebrating. As Spring breaks forth even nature will join us as buds and blooms begin to surface and we spend this month basking in the joy of the Resurrection. We continue throughout the entire month our cry, "Christ is risen, Christ is truly risen." The Feast of Divine Mercy offers us the opportunity to begin again as though we were newly baptized. The unfathomable mercy of God is made manifest today if we but accept His most gracious offer. Easter is the feast of feasts, the unalloyed joy and gladness of all Christians. This truly is "the day that the Lord has made." From Sunday to Sunday, from year to
year, the Easters of this earth will lead us to that blessed day on which Christ has promised that He will come again with glory to take us with Him into the kingdom of His Father.
The saints that we will focus on this month — those who have already shared in the rewards of the Resurrection — are St. Isidore (April 4), St. Vincent Ferrer (April 5), St. John Baptist de la Salle (April 7), St. Stanislaus (April 11), St. Martin I (April 13), St. Bernadette (April 16), St. Anselm (April 21), St. George and St. Adalbert (April 23), St. Mark (April 25), Our Lady of Good Counsel (April 26), St. Louis Mary de Montfort and St. Peter Chanel (April 28), St. Catherine of Siena (April 29) and St. Pius V (April 30).
The feast of St. Francis of Paola (April 2) falls during Easter Week and is superseded by the Holy Days. The feast of St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen (April 24) falls on Sunday so is superseded the Sunday liturgy.
A Time of New Life
April boasts the most solemn and sublime event of human history: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ – the Paschal mystery. Though the way to the Resurrection was the Via Crucis, the Sacrificial Lamb of God is now and forever Christ our Light, the Eternal high priest of the New Covenant. And his sorrowful mother, the Stabat Mater of Good Friday, is now the jubilant Mother of the Regina Caeli.
We the members of Christ’s Mystical Body exalt in the mystery by which we were redeemed. If in Baptism we were buried with Christ, so also will we share in his resurrection. By his death we were reborn; “by his stripes we were healed.” (Is 53:5) Easter, the epicenter of time, is the event that links time and eternity. It is indeed “the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it.” (Ps 118:24)
GOOD OF THE ORDER Please remember these Brothers and their families in your prayers:
Under Good of the Order: Brothers Roy Adams, John McMillan, Paul McGinty, George Stewart, Bruno Jacka, Rick Ducharme, Norm Duhamel who has passed away and his family, FDD Bob Griffin, Tom Phillips, May Featherstone, Nicolina Mirabella, Bro. Adam’s uncle Art, Jean Van Bethem, Gerry O’Brian,Rev Father Bill Scanlon,the family of Mary Thompson,Sharon Weatherall,Harry and Rolly Richardson,Denis Farley,Marilyn Frendo-Cumbo, Lorne Winkler,Demetris Remeko,Brian McDonell and all of our Brothers who may be ill.
Birthday Corner:
Happy Birthday to the following for April: Antonietta Sanfilippo Phil DeBruyne Michael Sangregori
April Anniversary,s
Best wishes to the following couples: Ype & Rika Huver
If you have a request for prayers for a Brother Knight or fa
mily member send it to [email protected]
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If anyone has any submissions feel free to send them in. Newsletter-Sir Knight Frank Bondi ([email protected])
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