From the desk of the Grand Knight

Brothers

Blessings for a very Happy Thanksgiving.

REQUEST: We have a request for 5 or 6 members to attend the Special Olympics Bowling being held at Park Place Lanes, Windham, on November 18th, 2017 at 12:00 noon to help keep score. Please give me a call if you can help 898-1217.

November 29th will be the 5th Wednesday of theMonth; we will be doing the Rosary after the 6:30Mass at St. Joseph Church. Refreshments followingthe Mass.

With all the trouble in the world and sometimes struggles in our lives, we seem to forget the beauty that the Lord has given us. I hope this prayer helps you to live each day:

“Heavenly Father no matter what may befall me, let me never lose my zest for life or my appreciation of the beautiful world that you have created and made available to me. Keep ever before my eyes the glory of being alive, the wondrous freshness of each day, and the magnificence of the creatures around us as they sing Your praises by their very being. Do not let me focus on my troubles and remain blind to life’s wonders. Teach me how to take time each day to thank You for Your gifts to us, singing Your glory with all Your creatures in union with Your Son Jesus Christ.”

December 9th will be our Christmas Party. As usual, I leave you with my wish and prayer for:

Good Health, Safe Travels and God BlessVivat Jesus!David C Thompson

Council 4442 Knightly News

Knights of ColumbusCouncil 444237 Main St.

Salem, NH 03079www.KofC4442.org

Officers 2017-2018Grand Knight Dave ThompsonDeputy GK Paul St.AmandChaplain Fr. Tom Frink, SJChancellor Mike BanksRecording Sec Norman ComeauWarden Paul DavidAdvocate Dan Norris, Esq.Treasurer Bob FournierFinancial Sec Charlie WalshLecturer Ron BourqueInside Guard Jay CappelloOutside Guard Richard BottiTrustee 3 Year Thomas CampbellTrustee 2 Year Don SimmonsTrustee 1 Year Bruce Silver

(Editor: Paul St.Amand -ed)Please send articles to the editor:

KnightlyNews@kofc4442.org ______________________________

Issue 2017-11 November 13, 2017_____________________________

Bishop Peterson Council #4442Bishop Peterson Assembly #0641

Insurance Agent: Matthew DiCalogeroField Agent

8 Stiles Road, Salem, NH Cell: 508 733 1754; Office: 603 458 6408

Email: Matthew.DiCalogero@kofc.org

Highlights inside this issue: Meeting Review – p2-4 Old and New Bu$ine$$ - p3 DD report – p4 Lecturer Reflection – p4,5 Coats for Kids – p7 Christmas Party Tickets – p8 Support our advertisers - p9

Council Meeting Notes – Nov 8UNOFFICIAL(Taken from notes of the worthy recorder, Norm Comeau.)Meeting started at 7:30PM. There were 35 members attending. Opening prayer led by GK Dave Thompson. All officers present except Fr. Tom, Dan Norris, Paul David, Bruce Silver, and Bob Fournier, all excused. Minutes of October meeting were read and accepted.

GK Opening Remarks:GK Dave Thompson apologized to Mike & Kathleen Petrilli for leaving them outof last month's newsletter as attendees at the State Ball.

He cautioned the council about a scam letter stating we were the recipients of an award.

The council received a letter from Birth Right of Southern New Hampshire.The council received an invitation from the Salem Boys & Girls Club for the Annual Breakfast Awards on Thursday November 16th at 8:00AM at a cost of $25.00 per person.

“Thank Yous” received from: • Play Among the Stars, • Community Cross Roads,• The Honduras Mission, • Special Olympics of NH, • KofC Charities, • Catholic Charities of NH, • Camp Fatima, • Matthew Scharn for the use of the hall, • Fr. Tom for the donation to the Parish, • Rockingham Nutrition Meals on Wheels, and • Race Track Ministry to Mexico Missions

Tip of the hat to:• Sir Knights Chanel Simard, Dennis Groulx, Dick Collopy, Don

Simmons and Bill Richards and their wives. We had a good time at Salem Haven Nursing Home Root Beer Party.

Treasurer's & Financial Sec's Reports: Charlie WalshCharlie reported on our finances while Bob is away on vacation. Twenty-sevenchecks written. Membership total 241 (due to 1 more transfer in). Report accepted as read.

Membership Committee – Dave Thompson (Repeatagain from Sept newsletter - ed). I still need someone tovolunteer to become the membership chairman. Thechairman does not recruit every new candidate! He doesmatch candidates recruited by members of the council withdegree team schedules in other councils. The workaverages about 5 hours time per month. You can talk withpast membership chairmen Bill Richards or PaulSt.Amand for details. There are several seniorbrothers who are ready to help. You will not be alone. This role keeps the life blood of the council flowing. Will YOU volunteer?

Quickie CALENDAR

November Meeting comes to order

Blood DriveThursday, Nov 16 1:00-7:00PM

Hall(Butch Kealey)

Special Olympics BowlingScore Keepers neededSaturday, Nov 18, noon

Park Place Lanes, Windham(Dave Thompson)

LaSalette Christmas LightsSaturday, Nov 25, 2:30PM-10:00PMBus leaves from Exit 2, Park n Ride

(Dave Thompson)

Salem Christmas ParadeMarch with us!

Sunday, Nov 26, noon at hall(Tom Campbell)

Fifth Wednesday RosaryWednesday, Nov 29

St. Joseph Church 7:00PM(Dave Thompson)

Council Christmas PartySaturday, Dec 9, 6:00PM

Hall(Don Gagne)

VMAC BINGOSunday, Dec 10, 1:15PM car pool

(Rico Casaletto)

Kid's Christmas PartySunday, Dec 17, 1:00PM

Hall(Tom Campbell)

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Your council needs YOU !

Committee Reports – Mike Banks conducting:Culture for LifeDennis Groulx has requested that we keep him in your prayers during a stressful period in his life.

Veterans Activities – Rico Casaletto

Last activity scheduled for 2017 is the visit to patients at the VA Hospital on Sunday, Dec 10. Meet at the Council at 1:15PM for carpool to Manchester.

Bingo – Ron Bourque: October totals were not available tonight, but it appeared that October was an average month.

Texas Hold-em – Gene Byrant reporting for Larry Belair:

The first Texas Holdem was held, and we were the beneficiary charity. The benefit brought in $3,600.00, less the $500.00 operating fee. We have one more night this year and ten next year. Gene added that the inside of the “China Blossom” poker facitily is really first class. It's worth a trip to just see the place, even if you aren't going to play. We picked a winner!

Coats for Kids – Paul St.AmandCoats were received from Supreme and more than half have been distributed to various charity groups. The remainder have been stored for the Christmas distribution. (See full article below. - ed)

Blood Drive – Butch KealeyThe last Blood Drive produced 44 pints of blood.The next Blood Drive is Thursday, November 16th.Butch Kealey is looking for volunteers. A volunteer doesn't have to work all the hours of the drive (1PM – 7PM) If you can help for just a few hours, that would be appreciated.

Christmas Party – Don GagneTickets are being sold now. Hope to sell 80 tickets so that this event will be a break-even for the council. See article below for details on the party. Ticket deadline is Dec 1.

Corporation Update: - Mike PetrilliPreventive maintenance is being done. A water filter was installed for the ice maker, and the ice looks better. Butch added that the kitchen floor drain ran dry and odors came up. This was fixed by dumping water to fill the drain trap.

Old BusinessNone.

New BusinessTrustees:

• Don Simmons requested $490.00 for The Horizon Service Group. He also requested $200.00 for an Eagle ScoutProject by Brady Quinn. Accepted and approved

• Tom Campbell requested $100.00 for support of the Christmas lights at La Salette. Accepted and approved.

From the floor:

• The council has been asked to supply 5 or 6 people to keep score for the Special Olympics Bowling at Park Placeon Saturday November 18th at 12:00PM.

• Reminder we will be doing the Rosary on Wednesday Nov 29th at the 6:30 Mass at St Joseph Church3

• GK requested $50.00 to supply soup for the Christmas Parade. Accepted and approved.• Order forms are available to purchase Granite Gray NH State KofC shirts.

• Alan Phair has acquired space at the old Coca Cola plant for the distribution of Christmas Gifts on Thursday Dec 14th and Tuesday Dec 19th. Saturday Dec 16th at the dump. We will need help to replenish the gifts.

District Deputy Report – Bill RichardsGreetings from State Deputy Glenn Camley

• Mid-Year District Deputy Meeting, December 2nd. • State Council is still looking for a recruitment quota of 1 new member per council month.

They are looking for each council to hold a parish wide recruitment drive in October or November. (Our drive will be on December 2-3 .- ed)

• 1st Degree at St John the Evangelist Church in Hudson, NH, Friday Nov 10th at 7:00PM• 1st Degree at St Elizabeth Seton Church in Bedford,NH, Monday Nov 20 th at 7:00PM• 2nd/3rd/ degrees combined at 12/9/17 Nashua NH; 12/16/17 Alton NH; 1/27/18 Lancaster,

NH; 3/10/18 Goffstown NH; 4/14/18 Belmont NH; 5/19/18 Keene NH• National March for Life is coming up on Jan 19th in Washington DC

• Derry council is interested in chartering a bus for the trip to Supreme HQ and Church in New Haven in March. Further details will follow.

GOOD OF THE ORDER

(Tom Campbell.) The Knights will march in full regalia on Sunday, November 26, for the Christmas Parade. All non-4th Degree members with suits are encouraged to join in the parade. Gather at the hall by Noon for the walk / ride to the start. We expect that the Scouts will be joining us. Soup and sandwiches after at the hall (Dave Thompson).

• The children's Christmas Party will be held on Sunday Dec 17th, at 1:00 PM. Santa will be there! It is suggested that parents limit their spending to about $15 for each gift for their child. (The NE Patriots football is at 4:30PM that Sunday afternoon, so if you come to the kids party, you won't miss the game! -ed)

• Christmas Party Dec. 9th. Family style Chicken pie dinner, DJ. Only $25 p/p. Tix available. See below.

(Mike Petrilli) A wheel chair ramp has been repaired for now, but will be replaced in the spring.

Council members have volunteered to speak on Knight recruitment at Masses on the weekend of Dec 2nd and 3rd.

Lecturer Report: Ron BourqueThis may sound political to start, but it isn't; I'm not advocating a political solution at all.

When President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations, one of his statements bothered me tremendously. "We may be left with no alternative but to completely destroy North Korea!" No doubtthat's one of the last countries on earth that should ever be allowed to possess nukes. Why couldn'twe just take out their nuclear capabilities and perhaps their leadership and offer the poor, starving, and innocent North Korean civilians a chance to join South Korea and real prosperity?

So, I did some research. It’s not that easy. Like the Palestinians, the North Koreans deviously scatter their military weapons amid and throughout their population centers. When the Israelis take out a Palestinian rocket launcher that's been bombarding them, it's often mounted on a hospital,

school, or some such facility. It's nearly impossible to destroy it without collateral damage to innocent civilians, which makes compelling propaganda. So to have the North Koreans.

There is a Demilitarized Zone at the 38th Parallel between North and South Korea. Both sides have tens of thousands of troops amassed along this "border;” we also have missile defense systems deployed as well. Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is only 30 miles away. No missile defense system is perfect. All Kim Jong Un has to do is get one atomic or hydrogen bomb into Seoul, and we have millions of civilian casualties. I've been to Seoul. It's a large, beautiful, modern, high tech city of 9.9 million people; this would be his initial target.

Kim Jong Un will also be trying to hit the U.S. in Guam, Hawaii or even California. Let’s say he got one into LA or San Francisco. Again, millions of civilian casualties.

Diplomacy and sanctions are unlikely to work. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Ukraine found itself a4

sovereign nation with some Russian nukes from the Soviet era. We talked them into letting us destroy the nukes and promised to protect them if Russia ever became a problem. Remember when Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea? We did nothing. Our promises are no longer considered dependable. Both North Korea and Iran know they won’t be taken seriously without nukes and are very unlikely to give them up. There are no good options. The longer we wait, the stronger and more dangerous he becomes.

As the old saying goes, if we don’t study history, we’re doomed to repeat it. In 1933, Adolph Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. In 1935, he publicly announced Germany would ignore the requirements of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. Europe was sick of fighting, as they should have been, and they did nothing.

In 1936, he reoccupied the Rhineland, which was expressly forbidden by the Versailles treaty. The Allies decided he was moving troops around his own back yard and left him alone.

In 1938, he annexed Austria. Later that year, he gobbled up Czechoslovakia. Again, the Allies failed to respond.

In 1939, he invaded Poland, and the Allies finally realized he was gobbling up Europe one country at a time. They declared war, but they couldn’t stop his momentum. In 1940, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and even France fell. Norway and Denmark wouldn’t be far behind.

Can you imagine how many millions of lives would have been spared if we had stopped Hitler in 1935 instead of 1945?

North Korea is a similar situation. Once Kim Jong Un gets South Korea, its skilled workforce and its technology, Japan is likely his next target. And of course, there are plenty of other countries in the Pacific Rim that would tempt him. Like with Hitler, the longer we wait, the stronger and more dangerous he becomes and the more difficult it will be. There are no good options, except for maybe one.

In 1571, the Muslims were attacking Europe once again. They amassed a considerable fleet. Pope Pius V saw the threatand got a number of countries to join his Holy League to counter the threat. This was no small feat, as these countries really didn’t want to respond until their interests were threatened directly, and then it would be too late.

The Holy Father asked for Our Lady’s help. He asked Christians to pray the Rosary requesting Our Lady’s intercession. He ordered all the churches in Rome to be open 24 hours a day, so people could congregate and pray the Rosary together. The Holy League became a reality.

The Christian fleet met the larger Muslim fleet off the Greek coast near Lepanto. As the fleets approached each other, thewind gave the Muslims a tremendous advantage, but just before the battle started, the wind shifted, favoring the Christians.

I’m a sailor, and I tell people that Our Lord is a much better sailor than I am. I can only adjust the sails; He can adjust the wind, as we see in the Gospels. Well, He did it again. The Christians won, defeating a larger fleet and halting the Muslimadvance keeping Europe Christian.

Pope Pius V proclaimed October 7th, the day of this Battle of Lepanto, the feast of Our Lady of Victory. His successor renamed the feast to Our Lady of The Rosary, and we still celebrate it today!

I can’t understand why the Holy Father, the Bishops and priests aren’t asking Catholics around the world to pray the Rosary for Our Lady’s help with North Korea. There’s a precedent; we already know she can do it. In fact, she may well be the only one that can solve this problem without massive loss of innocent lives.

As Knights of Columbus, we are given rosaries at our First Degree and asked to pray the Rosary daily. Hopefully, we’re all doing this, and if so, let’s add the intention for Our Lady’s help with North Korea. She will, of course, speak to her Son,and I’m told He always listens to His mother.

The Knights can lead the charge, and hopefully, many others will join us. The need is most urgent, as those nukes can start flying at any time…

Corporation Hall Rental PolicyFor hall rental call George Masciarelli at 603-893-3035. Or, go to the council web site and contact him through email. George will match your needs with available dates and send you a rental agreement for your signature and deposit. You must be a member of Council 4442and/or Assembly 0641 to rent the Corporation Hall, and, you must remain at the hall during the rental period. Full details of fees and policies are available on the web site: Corporation Hall Rental. (Any charity wishing to use the hall must have a sponsoring Knight sign for it.)

George can also arrange for members to get a personal key to the corporation hall. 5

Knight of the Month - For October is Norm Comeau Attendance Drawing

The $10 was not won by Scott Harriman..December will be $20.

Closing Prayer and Blessing was led by GK Dave. Amen!

Meeting adjourned at 8:28PM.

Some Contact Information for our Council Members' quick accessIf you have a question and need to talk and don't have email, one of us should be able to get you an answer!Email links for GK, DGK, Chaplain, Corporation President are on the web site.

Grand Knight Dave Thompson 603.898.1217 Deputy GK Paul St.Amand....603.489.5978Chancellor Mike Banks 603.479.9470 Financial Sec. Charlie Walsh 603.894.0048Admissions ??? (your name here!) Treasurer Bob Fournier 603.893.8940Trustee (3 yr) Tom Campbell 603.548.9088 Insurance Matt DiCalogero 603 458 6408District Deputy Bill Richards 603.893.1836 State Deputy Glen P. Camley 603.682.5318Corporation Mike Petrilli 603.893.4784 Hall Rental George Masciarelli 603.893.3035

Birthday WishesHappy Birthday to all our members getting another year older during November:

John C HatemDea. David T CostelloDaniel J NorrisFrancis J LyonsEugene J Bryant Richard GomezMichael AntoniettiRobert Pete Klecan

Ernest LykoRobert P GaudetteRobert C BryantFausto E Molinet, Jr.Frederick G DoucetteAdam C BryantJames H Harvey

“I won more at Foxwoods last year !”

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Assembly 0641 News: Meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Rosary at 7:00PM, meeting starts at 7:30PM. Snacks available at conclusion of meeting.

Here is an Assembly Facebook Group Page that Tom Fallon created a while back. Click Here Assembly 641 Facebook.

The assembly participated in the Deceased Members Mass at Ste. Anne in Hampstead for Council 9058, on Sunday, November 5. There were more than twenty Knights and wives from the Council. The Mass was celebrated by Fr. Marc Gagne and Deacon Chris Mullen, both of whom are KofC members. Also, Leonard Steele of the Windham Council and Paul St.Amand of Salem Council were in regalia to help in the ceremony. - sorry. No picture available.

Veterans Activities 2017 – Rico CasalettoRico's schedule for our council's activities for 2017 in support of the Veterans. As each event date approaches, he will give the details. These events are also on the Council web site “EVENT CALENDAR.” < Click here.

White Clover Drive completed. VAMC Bingo - completed

Cook out at Tilton Home - completed. POW/MIA Vigil - completed

“Tunnel to Tower” Exhibit - completed Veterans' Breakfast - completed

VAMC Christmas Visits - Dec 10

We thank Rico for organizing these events. He does a great job keeping our council active in support of our veterans.

In the past months... and in future months...

2017 Coats for Kids part 1: Paul St.AmandThe first phase of the “Coats for Kids” campaign started when Charlie Walsh placed the order for 32 cases of coats, 12 coats per case, with Supreme. This was a $7040 line item in our approved budget. (Thank you, Bingo Workers for making this expense possible!) The coats arrived on November 1. The St. Joseph Regional School wanted to help out, as a service project for the kids and in appreciation of our donations to the school. So the coats were delivered to the school at 8:30AM, and with the direction of Gene Bryant and the supervision of the teachers, 6, 7, and 8 th graders lugged the cartons up to the school third floor.

On November 2, again at 8:30AM, seven Knights (Gene Bryant, Ralph Miele, Paul St.Amand, Mick Schwing, Charlie Walsh, Dick Collopy, and Bill Richards) answered the “last minute” call and arrived to manage the “label and sort and re-pack” operation, with a work force of 16 eager school kids, sometimes VERY eager. (Can you say, “Crazy Hectic?”) Eachcarton of 12 coats was opened up, and the individual coats got a “KofC Council 4442” label. We scrambled the coats among all the cartons of the boys, so that no box would have coats that were all the same style and color. And then we repeated that for the girls coat cartons. (Don't ask, it's complicated!)

7Child Labor (Ralph, Charlie, and Mike are hiding.) Mary Croteau, kids, Pleasant St. volunteer

The cartons were all sealed back up, and some immediate deliveries were made. Bill Richards made deliveries to the Soule and Fisk schools, Dick Collopy delivered to the North Salem School, Charlie Walsh delivered to two needy schools in Lawrence, where his daughters teach and pleaded for coats for their kids, Paul St.Amand delivered coats to Ruth's House in Haverhill, and a team of kids, with Ms. Mary Croteau, School Principal, delivered coats to the food pantry at Pleasant St. Methodist Church. The remaining coats (12 cartons) were brought back to the hall, and eventually made their way to the toy storage bin for the Salem Christmas Distribution in December. The storage team consisted of Mike Banks, Norm Comeau, Al Faucher, Paul St.Amand, and Charlie Walsh.

CHRISTMAS PARTY: Don Gagne

Tickets for the K of C 2017 Christmas party are now available. Cost is $25 per person. Family style chicken pie from the Chicken Connection with all the fixings. DJ will be Lance Tremblay who we have had on another occasions.

Deadline for tickets is December 1st, please reserve your ticket as soon as possible. For reservations, contact Don Gagne at 603-736-3310 (home) or 603-479-9908 (cell), leave a message if no answer on either one. For payment, you can give me a check made out to “Knights of Columbus Council 4442” at the council meeting or mail me a check:

Donald H Gagne, Sr54 Towle Pasture DrEpsom, NH 03234

If you want to reserve a table, please include the names ofthose that are going to be at that table to avoid conflictingcounts. Most tables are round and have seating for 8 but arectangular table can be arranged for seating of 10, but pleasebe specific. Last year there was some duplication on the countbecause reserved names were not given.

Payment, although not preferred, can be made the night of the party, but please be aware that if you reserve and are counted but do not attend, payment will still be expected because we have to pay the caterer.

5th Wednesday RosaryThe next 5th Wednesday, and last of this year, will be November 29. All are encouraged to attend and pray for the intentions of our Pope and for World Peace. Meet after the 6:30PM Mass at St. Joseph Church.

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