Page 1 T T H H E E C C O O U U N N C C I I L L C C O O M M P P A A S S S S 130 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 T T H H E E C C O O U U N N C C I I L L C C O O M M P P A A S S S S Volume 42 Issue 10 M M I I D D D D L L E E S S E E X X C C O O U U N N C C I I L L # # 8 8 5 5 7 7 May 2012 T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s Grand Knight’s Message 1 Directory of Officers 1 Knight of the Month 2 Sick or in Distress 2 Birthdays | ‘Rinky Dink’ 2 K of C Degree Updates 2 Columbian Club Report 3 Right to Life 3 K of C Insurance Update 3 K of C Motorcycle Ministry 3 K of C Fourth Degree 3 From our Worthy Chaplain 4 Congratulations 4 Dues Notice 5 2012/2013 Proposed Officer Slate 5 Bulletin Board 5-7 Benefit for Sgt. Donald Reilly Jr. 7 Calendar of Events 8 Sponsors 9 Grand Knight’s Message Brothers . . . I hope the Easter season has been spiritually rejuvenating to all. At the Council things are moving, and as always, like a freight train . . . Our Palm Sunday Breakfast was fantastic. Thanks Chairman Bob Banasiak and to all the members who came out to help! Our Good Friday Fish dinner was the most successful ever! Led by Chairman Joe Geis, and Frank Sokloski, the Council served over 220 dinners and brought in over $2000 dollars. Well done, Joe and Frank, and too all the members and their wives who helped to make this such an incredible success. Please see the full report on page 5. Our lecture series on Ocular Health is turning out to be a great success. On April 3 rd , Dr. Jorge Melendez from Omni Eye Services gave a great presentation on Glaucoma. These presentations are interesting, informative, and provide the attendees with crucial knowledge about the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Remember, these are FREE presentations and open to the public. Start time is 8:30 pm after a short Council meeting. I urge members to come down, and bring family and friends. Thanks to Dr. Melendez! On Saturday May 5 th the Council will be having a Cinco de Mayo Social! Come on down to enjoy some food and beverages (cerveza, margaritas, etc.) as well as the company of your brothers. The party starts at 7:00 pm. Please contact me for more information. As our Columbian year is coming to a close, it is once again time to elect a new slate of officers. The proposed slate of officers appears on page 5. The position of Outside Guard is currently open; please contact me if you are interested in the Guard position. Officer elections will be held at the May 15, 2012 meeting. Finally, a newsletter update . . . The Council will be moving to a digital/email newsletter. Due to the costs of printing and mailing, as well as the erratic delivery performance related to bulk mail, we are forced to make this move. Please note we will still print and mail a limited number of newsletters. We ask those members who wish to receive a newsletter in the mail contact the GK. Our goal is to get to a reasonable number of mailed newsletters that can be handled easily with 1 st class mail. The process of converting the newsletter will happen over the next several months and a detailed plan will be published in the next newsletter. MIDDLESEX COUNCIL No. 857 O OF F F F I I C CE E R R S S F F O O R R 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 – – 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 Chaplain Very Rev. Mnsgr. Charles Cicerale Grand Knight James K. Sullivan 423-3020 GK E-mail [email protected]Deputy GK James J. Matits 874-2170 Chancellor Ray Gallop Financial Secretary Robert Banasiak, PGK 826-2947 Recorder Joseph J. Geis, PGK 541-2030 Treasurer Gerard Stamato, PGK 750-8715 Advocate John Hunt, PGK 636-7958 Warden Kevin Marlowe 848-448-6382 Lecturer Jack Keenan, PGK 636-2882 Inside Guard Ed Eismont 754-4433 Outside Guard Robert Paul 908-565-4002 3-Year Trustee John Brower, PGK 690-6200 2-Year Trustee Frank Sokloski, PGK 713-9004 1-Year Trustee Robert Sabo, PGK Program Director James J. Matits Council Chairman Ray Gallop Membership Chair Robert Golden, PGK Youth Chairman Ed Lenart, PGK Family Chairman Gerard Stamato, PGK Church Chairman Kevin Marlowe Vocation Chairman John Hunt, PGK Community Chair James K. Sullivan Sick Chairman Robert Golden, PGK Right-to-Life Chair John C. Brower, PGK Hall Chairman Ed Lenart, PGK 636-2700 Bar Chairman Jack Keenan, PGK 636-2882 Knights of Columbus Telephone 634-9783 Vivat Jesus! J J a a m m e e s s K K e e v v i i n n S S u u l l l l i i v v a a n n Grand Knight, Council #857 Editor’s Note: The Council Compass is published monthly, except August. Any member wishing to submit an article or notice for publication may e-mail it to Jim Sullivan the newsletter editor, at [email protected], no later than 20 (twenty) days before the end of the month. All inclusions are subject to approval by the Grand Knight. If you are planning on moving, please notify the council with your new address so you don’t miss any issues of the newsletter.
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130 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
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Volume 42 Issue 10 MMIIDDDDLLEESSEEXX CCOOUUNNCCIILL ##885577 May 2012
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Grand Knight’s Message 1 Directory of Officers 1 Knight of the Month 2 Sick or in Distress 2 Birthdays | ‘Rinky Dink’ 2 K of C Degree Updates 2 Columbian Club Report 3 Right to Life 3 K of C Insurance Update 3 K of C Motorcycle Ministry 3 K of C Fourth Degree 3 From our Worthy Chaplain 4 Congratulations 4 Dues Notice 5 2012/2013 Proposed Officer Slate 5 Bulletin Board 5-7 Benefit for Sgt. Donald Reilly Jr. 7 Calendar of Events 8 Sponsors 9
GGrraanndd KKnniigghhtt’’ss MMeessssaaggee Brothers . . . I hope the Easter season has been spiritually rejuvenating to all. At the Council things are moving, and as always, like a freight train . . .
Our Palm Sunday Breakfast was fantastic. Thanks Chairman Bob Banasiak and to all the members who came out to help!
Our Good Friday Fish dinner was the most successful ever! Led by Chairman Joe Geis, and Frank Sokloski, the Council served over 220 dinners and brought in over $2000 dollars. Well done, Joe and Frank, and too all the members and their wives who helped to make this such an incredible success. Please see the full report on page 5.
Our lecture series on Ocular Health is turning out to be a great success. On April 3rd, Dr. Jorge Melendez from Omni Eye Services gave a great presentation on Glaucoma. These presentations are interesting, informative, and provide the attendees with crucial knowledge about the leading causes of blindness in the United States. Remember, these are FREE presentations and open to the public. Start time is 8:30 pm after a short Council meeting. I urge members to come down, and bring family and friends. Thanks to Dr. Melendez!
On Saturday May 5th the Council will be having a Cinco de Mayo Social! Come on down to enjoy some food and beverages (cerveza, margaritas, etc.) as well as the company of your brothers. The party starts at 7:00 pm. Please contact me for more information.
As our Columbian year is coming to a close, it is once again time to elect a new slate of officers. The proposed slate of officers appears on page 5. The position of Outside Guard is currently open; please contact me if you are interested in the Guard position. Officer elections will be held at the May 15, 2012 meeting.
Finally, a newsletter update . . . The Council will be moving to a digital/email newsletter. Due to the costs of printing and mailing, as well as the erratic delivery performance related to bulk mail, we are forced to make this move. Please note we will still print and mail a limited number of newsletters. We ask those members who wish to receive a newsletter in the mail contact the GK. Our goal is to get to a reasonable number of mailed newsletters that can be handled easily with 1st class mail. The process of converting the newsletter will happen over the next several months and a detailed plan will be published in the next newsletter.
Chaplain Very Rev. Mnsgr. Charles Cicerale Grand Knight James K. Sullivan 423-3020 GK E-mail [email protected] Deputy GK James J. Matits 874-2170 Chancellor Ray Gallop Financial Secretary Robert Banasiak, PGK 826-2947 Recorder Joseph J. Geis, PGK 541-2030 Treasurer Gerard Stamato, PGK 750-8715 Advocate John Hunt, PGK 636-7958 Warden Kevin Marlowe 848-448-6382 Lecturer Jack Keenan, PGK 636-2882 Inside Guard Ed Eismont 754-4433 Outside Guard Robert Paul 908-565-4002 3-Year Trustee John Brower, PGK 690-6200 2-Year Trustee Frank Sokloski, PGK 713-9004 1-Year Trustee Robert Sabo, PGK Program Director James J. Matits Council Chairman Ray Gallop Membership Chair Robert Golden, PGK Youth Chairman Ed Lenart, PGK Family Chairman Gerard Stamato, PGK Church Chairman Kevin Marlowe Vocation Chairman John Hunt, PGK Community Chair James K. Sullivan Sick Chairman Robert Golden, PGK Right-to-Life Chair John C. Brower, PGK Hall Chairman Ed Lenart, PGK 636-2700 Bar Chairman Jack Keenan, PGK 636-2882
EEddiittoorr’’ss NNoottee:: The Council Compass is published monthly, except
August. Any member wishing to submit an article or notice for publication may e-mail it to Jim Sullivan the newsletter editor, at [email protected], no later than 20 (twenty) days before the end of the month. All inclusions are subject to approval by the Grand Knight.
If you are planning on moving, please notify the council with your new address so you don’t miss any issues of the newsletter.
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Happy Birthday! May! Frank J Killmurray 01 James W Tice Jr 16 Barry P Thostesen 01 Robert C Filo 18 Timothy J Cleary 02 William E Dowling 20 Joseph C Farley 03 Joseph Di Silvestro 20 Stephen J Roman 04 Donald T Brown 24 Stephen F Horvath 04 John B Keaveney 25 Richard A Ebbets 05 Manny Pena 25 James Capraro 06 Trevor Pinto 27 Kevin I Marlowe 07 Anthony L Mandica 28 Allen Minkler 12 Patrick Gregory 28 Frank T Lehmann 12 Michael J Cashman 29 Frank Gienieczko 13 John J Scully 30 Stephen Borisewski 13 Daniel P Tornambe 30 Dennis W Egan 15
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Frank Zilai, PGK Pat Keenan The Reilly Family Laura Ginger Tornambe Wayne McCormac
Nunzi Forlenza Betty Sullivan Marlene Stoever John Brandon Charles Messic Herb Meyer
The Bexiga Family Kathy Dowling Don Alena PGK Tish Geis
All Members of the Armed Services All Victims of Abortion
If you know a Brother Knight or member of a Knight’s family who is sick or in distress, contact
the Knights of Columbus at 732-634-9783
If you know of a Brother Knight who has passed away, please contact GK Jim Sullivan
at 732-423-3020
NNeeeedd aa RRiiddee?? If any member needs a ride to a meeting or one of our affairs, please call one of the Officers listed on page 1. We will make every effort to accommodate your needs.
Degrees are offered throughout the Columbian year (except during the summer months). If you are a 1st or 2nd degree member and want to continue your journey to Knighthood, please contact Robert Golden, PGK at 732-596-2115 or e-mail [email protected]. Every effort is made to coordinate degrees with members and candidates, please make every effort to keep scheduled appointments.
JJoosseepphh GGeeiiss,, PPGGKK Our Knight of the Month for April is Joe Geis, PGK. Joe is an inspiration to all members, he is a Past Grand Knight, House Chairman, and the Recorder for both the Council, and the Columbian Club. Joe has chaired our Ash Wednesday and Good Friday Fish Dinners for the past several years, which are historically two of our most successful annual events. Moreover, Joe has cared for our house, instructed our newest members, and officers, and kept our traditions. Thanks Joe!!!
UUrrggeenntt:: SStt.. JJaammeess FFoooodd PPaannttrryy Get Off Out Your Can!
It would be greatly appreciated if everyone coming to the hall for a meeting, or just to watch sports, would bring with them one or two canned goods for a donation to the St. James Food Pantry.
If you forget to bring the canned item, don’t forget the collection jug behind the bar! This is part of the statewide Food for the Hungry and Holiday Food Baskets KofC effort.
As always, our support for the food drive is greatly appreciated by Father Charlie Cicerale and the St. James Food Pantry.
Our current roof situaltion has turned out to be an expensive issue. Our dormer leak has yielded an estimate of $1900 while other miscellaneous roof repairs will run us and additional $850. The worst news received though, was that our “yankee gutters” were in really bad shape and we have sustained damage by the attic stairs because of it.
The roofer estimated the repair for gutters on 3 sides of the house to be $4800. Fortunately, a gutter on one side of the house was recently repaired and is OK. We have also encountered some plumbing issues as well and need to have both a waste pipe and boiler pipe repaired. That was at a cost of $850.
With all the repairs that we are encountering, the Club is researching a line of credit with our bank so we can address all the house repairs. Per last month's Columbian Club Report we are moving forward with a $25 assessment of all members. We will be sending out a letter for the assessment and I ask that you respond as promptly as you can. Thanks to all our brothers who have already responded to our assessment!
Let us all pull together to get throught this rough spot.
Monday–Thursday: ..........4:00 PM to 11:00 PM Friday: ...............................4:00 PM to 12:00 AM Saturday: ....................... 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM Sunday:.......................... 12:00 PM to 11:00 PM
AAllll gguueessttss mmuusstt ssiiggnn iinn (Required by the ABC to maintain our liquor license)
The mission of the Ministry is to expand the scope of the Knights of Columbus exposure to the community, expand our charitable works by organizing motorcycle rides and participating in other organizations’ rides, and to get our Brother Knights out on their bikes socially. The Ministry follows the Knights of Columbus ideals: Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. For more information, or to join this branch of our organization (a motorcycle is NOT required to join), please feel free to contact Mr. Ed Eismont at 732-754-4433 or e-mail [email protected].
The Fourth Degree is the degree of Patriotism. The color corp makes this degree the most visible of our order. If you wish to continue your journey as a Knight of Columbus and join the Fourth Degree, please feel free to contact the current Faithful Navigator Mr. Matt Hill, PGK at 201-243-6673 or e-mail [email protected].
**RRiigghhtt ttoo LLiiffee** Please Join Us in Prayer Each Week
Every Saturday from 9am–11am, local Right to Life supporters, including fellow Knights of Columbus, pray the rosary for an end to abortion at 228 Main Street, Woodbridge NJ. Come down and show your support!
Our Church for 2000 years has much wisdom; and she knows that a celebration as momentous as Easter can’t be celebrated in a day, or even an octive, but for 50 days. Pentecost Sunday is May 27th, so we will continue to celebrate Easter till then. This week’s Gospel told us: “You are witnesses of these things.” In all that we say and do we are to make Christ’s peace and compassion, love and reconciliation visible – real.
Did you see Hugo, the movie? Martin Scorsese’s award winning film Hugo is
the story of an orphan living in Paris during the 1930’s. The boy has inherited his late father’s ability to fix and re-build things, from intricate clocks to sophisticated mechanical toys. After his father dies, Hugo is taken in by his drunkard uncle who is in charge of maintaining the clocks at the Paris train station. Hugo soon mastered the maze of mechanisms and gears and keeps the clocks running with perfect precision long after Uncle Claude disappears. Rather than be forced to live in an orphanage, Hugo hides amid the station’s ladders, catwalks and hidden passages. A light pierces Hugo’s lonely existence when he meets Isabel, the ward of a toy-shop owner. Trusting Isabel, Hugo shows her his world of tools and gadgets, including an
automation he has inherited from his father and is trying to fix. As he shows Isabel his secret view from the top of the great clock tower overlooking the City of Lights, Hugo muses: ‘I’d imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured, if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn’t be an extra part. I
had to be here for some reason…“Maybe that’s why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn’t able to do what it was meant to do. Maybe it’s the same with people. If you lose your purpose…it’s like you’re broken.”
To find our life’s purpose despite our brokenness is the challenge of Easter. The story of the Crucified Jesus is a “schematic” for all of us in how to transform the crosses of our lives into vehicles of resurrection; to realize, within the challenges of our days, the purpose of our lives; to discover wholeness and meaning as we repair and replace the broken pieces that leave us confused, lost and fearful.
May the hope and light of Easter help us persevere in finding our place and purpose in the “one big machine” of God’s world.
Congratulations 3rd Degree!!! Congratulations to our Brothers who have completed their journey into Knighthood, and were
exemplified in the 3rd Degree on March 30th in Perth Amboy at the San Salvador Council #299.
Pat Andriola Jim O’Keefe
Bob Hugelmeyer Jonathan Plakosh
Kevin Mal Matt Zendher
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!!! DUES NOTICE !!! THERE ARE STILL 23 MEMBERS WHO HAVEN'T PAID THEIR2012 MEMBERSHIP DUES OF $30.00,
AND 9 MEMBERS WHO OWE FOR THEIR 2011 & 2012 MEMBERSHIP DUES OF $60.00. TOGETHER, THAT'S $1,230.00.
DUES ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE COUNCIL AND ARE NEEDED TO KEEP IT GOING! THE MEMBERS WHO OWE 2 YEARS DUES ARE:
EDWARD BURDA, ROBERT MARK CHRISTIE, JAMES DUFFY, ANGELO FAMA, JOHN GOLDEN, CHRIS MODESZTO, ANTHONY PERCONTE, JOHN SCOTT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LETTER BY NOW INFORMING YOU OF THE LAST NATURE OF MEMBERSHIP DUES.
Sincerely, Robert Banasiak, Financial Secretary
2012 / 2013 Slate of Officer Nominations Below is the slate of officer nominations for the 2012/2013 Columbian Year. Our elections will be held on May 15th,
2012 at our Business Meeting. Our Outside Guard position is open; please contact Jim Sullivan if you are interested in running for that chair. If any member wishes to run for any positions listed, they may nominated, and run off the
floor on May 15th, the night of the elections. All who wish to run off the floor MUST be present at the meeting. Members must be exemplified in the 3rd Degree to be eligible to hold an officer position.
Grand Knight James Matits Advocate John Hunt, PGK
Deputy Grand Knight Ed Eismont Warden Kevin Marlowe
Chancellor Bob Paul Inside Guard Dan Langan Jr. Financial Secretary Bob Banasiak, PGK Outside Guard Open
Recorder Joe Geis, PGK Trustee 1 Frank Sokloski, PGK
Treasurer Gerry Stamato, PGK Trustee 2 John Brower, PGK
Lecturer Jack Keenan, PGK Trustee 3 James Kevin Sullivan
** BBuulllleettiinn BBooaarrdd **
SOCIAL MEETING LECTURE SERIES The Knights of Columbus #857 continues it's 2011-2012 Social/Community Lecture Series with two more
presentations on ocular health. For the remainder of the Social meetings, doctors from Omni Eye Services will make presentations relating to eye diseases and the four leading causes of blindness in the US.
The presentations will be on the 1st Tuesday of the month (April to June) and will start at 8:30 PM immediately after a brief KofC Council meeting. Please note that the KofC meetings are closed to non-members.
The dates and topics for the presentations are as follows: May 1st – Diabetic Retinopathy (Dr. Amrit Moonga)
June 5th – Macular Degeneration (Dr. Chelsea Mathis) We URGE all members, member's families, and friends of the Council to attend all of these important presentations.
THESE PRESENTATIONS ARE FREE . . . And we'll have some coffee and snacks afterwards!
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** BBuulllleettiinn BBooaarrdd **
PALM SUNDAY BREAKFAST On Sunday, April 1, 2012 a very successful breakfast was held at
our Council which netted a profit of $350.00. Thanks to Fran Bobal, Joe “Big Joe” Brinamen, Mike Choma, John Hunt, Jim Jones, Kevin Marlowe,
Jim Matits, Ed McSherry, Bob & Jules Sabo, Frank Sokloski, Gerry Stamato, & Jim Sullivan who helped set-up and serve an excellent breakfast.
Also thanks to Jules Sabo who baked 3 coffee cakes & bought a babka. –Report submitted by Chairman Robert G. Banasiak, PGK
GOOD FRIDAY FISH DINNER We once again had an extremely successful Good Friday Fish Dinner. In fact, this Fish Dinner was our most
successful ever. We served over 220 dinners and raised more than $2000. Thanks to Joe Geis our event Chairman Frank & Judy Soklowski Mike & Sue Bachley, John Brower, Joe Cardello, Bob “Flapjack” Banasiak, Bob Sabo, Jules Sabo, Jack Keenan, Ken Wahl, Pat Andriolia, Jim Jones Jim Sullivan,
Gerry Stamato, Joe “Big Joe” Brinamen Jimmy “the Fish” Fischetti, Mike Choma, Kevin Marlowe, Choma Jr., Kevin Mal, Bobbie Golden, Ed Eismont, John Hunt, Jim “Hollywood” Matits.
KofC BLOOD DRIVE On Saturday, April 7, 2012, a blood drive was held at our council.
Out of the 32 people who came in to donate, there were 3 deferrals & 29 donors. 33 pints of blood were taken which included 23 single donations & 5 double red-cell donations.
There was also 1 incomplete donation which was included in the total donors. Thanks To Our Members, John Brower, Mike Choma, Bob Golden, Art Grosskopf,
Sean Keaveney, Kevin Mal, Jim Matits, Bob Sabo, Gerry Stamato, Mark Tarantino, Paul Tornambe, Joe Travostino, Ray & Emma Gallop, and Ken & Diane Wahl For Coming Out and Donating.
A Special Thanks To Jim Matits For Helping Me Run The Blood Drive. –Report submitted by Chairman Robert G. Banasiak, PGK
CANCER AWARENESS DINNER IN MEMORY OF SGT DON REILLY On April 21st in conjunction with the St. James Rosary Society, we held a Cancer Awareness Spaghetti Dinner in the
memory of Sgt. Donald Reilly Jr. The event was very well attended by dozens of members or the community including several members of the Woodbridge Police Department, Councilwoman Michele Charmelo, and Mayor John McCormac. Thanks to Frank & Judy Soklowski, Jim Jones, John Brower, Bob Banasiak, Bob Sabo, Jules
Sabo, Jack Keenan, Jim Sullivan, Gerry Stamato, Joe “Big Joe” Brinamen, Mike Choma, Kevin Marlowe, Ed Eismont, Jim “Hollywood” Matits. Special Thanks to Mitzi and Rose Hozjan from the Rosary Society for
organizing this event with Frank Sokloski and Jim Jones.
Cinco de Mayo Social!!! Saturday May 5th, 2012: Cinco de Mayo Social!!!
Come on down for some Good Times, Margarita’s, and of course . . . some Cerveza! The party will start at 7:00 PM and go until? We are looking for some members to help
out with the food. Please contact Jim Sullivan ([email protected] | 732-423-3020) for more information or if you can help out. Mas Tequilla!!!
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** BBuulllleettiinn BBooaarrdd **
CHANGING OF THE KEYS MEGA-RAFFLE Changing of the Keys Mega-Raffle tickets are available! Tickets are $25 and the drawing will be held at the
Changing of the Keys Social on June 23rd. Please contact Ed Lenart or Ken Wahl for tickets. Call 908-380-3279 or email [email protected].
DINNER AND A MOVIE NIGHT Dinner & A Movie to benefit Action Pregnancy CPC in New Brunswick. $15/person admission payable at the door.
Dinner served at 5:30pm dinner. Movie will be 'Courageous' starting at 6:30pm. Please join us for a delicious meal and wonderful, family friendly movie. Perfect for a date night!
If you are unable to attend this event, please send your best donation via check payable to "Knights of Columbus 857" with "Action Pregnancy" in the memo and mail it to Knights of Columbus 857,
ATTN: John Brower, 130 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095. Thank you for your support! For more information on Action Pregnancy Center Inc., 93B Bayard Street, New Brunswick NJ 08902,
visit them on the Web: http://home.catholicweb.com/ActionPregnancyCenter/
MEMORIAL DAY FLAG RAISING Our Annual Memorial Day Flag raising will be on Memorial day May 28th, 2012 at 8:00 AM, at the Middlesex Council.
All members are encouraged to attend. All Sir Knights are requested to attend in uniform. All members of the Color Corp are asked to attend in Regalia. After the Flag Raising Ceremony we will meet
in the Council hall for a continental breakfast.
DIGITAL ONLINE NEWSLETTER NOTICE The Council will be moving to a digital/email newsletter. Due to the costs of printing and mailing, as well as the erratic delivery performance related to bulk mail, we are forced to make this move. Please note we will still print and mail a limited number of newsletters. We ask those members who wish to receive a newsletter in the mail to contact
the GK. Our goal is to get to a reasonable number of mailed newsletters that can be easily and economically handled with 1st class mail. Also, if you have an email address, please forward that to the GK as well! The process of converting the newsletter will happen over the next several months and a detailed plan
will be published in the next newsletter.
CHANGING OF THE KEYS SOCIAL Our Annual Changing of the Keys Social will be held on Saturday June 23rd ,2012. The festivities begin at 7:00 PM
in the Council Bar. The officers will be providing the food, but additional food donations are always appreciated! Come on down to celebrate the “passing of the torch!” and wish our new Grand Knight good luck!
INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS JULY 10TH 2O12! The installation of Officers for the 2012/2013 Columbian year has been scheduled for July 10th, 2012 in our Council
Hall. The start time for the installation is 7:00 PM. All members and their families are welcome! Please come down to congratulate and welcome the new officers!
OKTOBERFEST III - SAVE THE DATE! Our 3rd Annual Oktoberfest is on Saturday October 27th, 2012. This year’s band is the World Famous ADLERS!!! This has been an incredible event for the past 2 years and our 3rd year is shaping up to be our biggest yet. Mark
your calendars! More info to come!
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May
1 Social Meeting 8:00 PM 5 Cinco de Mayo Social 7:00 PM 8 Officer’s Meeting 8:00 PM 12 Dinner & Movie Fundraiser 5:30 PM 15 Business Meeting 8:00 PM
18-19 NJ State Convention Wildwood NJ 28 Memorial Day Flag Raising 8:00 AM
June
5 Social Meeting 8:00 PM 12 Officer’s Meeting 8:00 PM 19 Business Meeting 8:00 PM 23 Changing of the Keys Social 7:00 PM
July
3 Social Meeting Cancelled 4 Independence Day 10 Installation of Officers 7:00 PM 17 Business Meeting 8:00 PM
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Council #857 is in the process of updating our database. In order to improve communication with the membership regarding upcoming events, degrees ceremonies, and members sick or in distress, etc., we find our mailing list is not as efficient or effective as we would like it to be. Please fill out the questionnaire below so we can update our files and fulfill our promise to keep you as updated as possible. You can mail this form back to the council home: 130 Main Street, Woodbridge, NJ 07095, or call our membership director Robert Golden, PGK at 732-596-2115 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. NAME:__________________________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS: _______________________________________________________________________________ PHONE #: _______________________ E-MAIL ADDRESS_______________________________________
