One Thousand And Eight Knights A Joint Bimonthly Newsletter between

Archbishop J.L Wilhelm Council 1008 and Genoa Assembly 0863

Belleville, Ontario

Executive List 2

Grand Knight Report

3

Faithful Navigator’s Report

4

District Deputy’s Dissertation

5

Membership 6

Birthdays Years of Service

7

K of C Swim Team 8

Calendar of Events

9

Inside this issue:

Volume LXI Issue II September October 2016 www.knightsofcolumbusbelleville.ca

October is the month of the Rosary… I thought it could be helpful to remember that the Hail Mary, the prayer we repeat for more than fifty times each time we pray the Rosary, comes from the Bible. “Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee.” The first words come from the greeting of the Angel Gabriel to Mary when he comes to an-nounce the birth of our Lord. “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"” (Luke 1:26-28). These words are the words of an Angel, coming with a message from God himself. We speak to our Lady with the words of God. “Blessed art Thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb.” Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth. “When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe (John the Baptist) leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Ho-ly Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!"” (Luke 1:41-42). She addressed our Lady with words inspired by the Holy Spirit. These are the words we use every day to ad-dress our Mother! Mary herself had said, filled with the Holy Spirit: “All generations will call me blessed” (Luke 1:47). “Jesus.” Jesus is the center of the Hail Mary! The reason we love Mary is Jesus! “Holy Mary.” We call Mary “holy” because the Angel called her “full of grace” and because Elizabeth called her “blessed.” These words have basically the same meaning. If any Chris-

tian could be called “saint” or “holy one” (cf. 2Co 13:13), why could we not call “holy” the one that the Bible calls “full of grace” and “blessed among women”? “Mother of God.” Elizabeth said to Mary: “And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? (Luke 1:43). “The Lord” and “God” mean the same thing. “Pray for us sinners.” The apostle James says: “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective” (James 5:16). If we sinners can pray for each other, how much more effective the prayer of a righteous person would be, and how much more still the prayer of the Holy Mother of God! “Now and at the hour of our death.” Because at the hour of our death our eternal reward will be decided, we ask our Mother to take care of us not only now, but particularly “at the hour of our death.” “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?” (Mt 16:26). “But God said to the rich man, 'You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?'” (Luke 12:20). The best business we can make is to save our souls. And mind you, this includes to save our neighbour. That is why we do not say “pray for me, a sinner” but we ask “pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death.” Amen! Fr. Andrew Ayala Cobourg, Ontario Used with permission

The Hail Mary

As we look to September we start to sense

the seasons will be changing, summer

holidays are over and school will resume

soon. As for the Knights of Columbus we

sense the busy seasons are ahead of us and

the needs of others will be our first

concern. This means our acts of charity

towards others comes from within

ourselves with respect to our Brotherhood

and the people we serve.

Each one of us has Christ within us and

should live our life with Christ. You would

think the work of charity, i.e. love, would

be easy putting the needs of other ahead of

our own needs but as we often see this is

not the case.

So let's focus on our strengths and

remember strength does come in numbers.

We see the worldwide results that the

Knights of Columbus achieve year after

year.

Now is the time to put our plans to task,

commit ourselves to help our community

and Parish. We will also let our Parish

and Community see us at work and

know who we are and know what we do

and feel comfortable in requesting

our services. This is what Star councils do.

This is what Charity is and

this is what Council 1008 will achieve this

year.

Vivat Jesus

Bro Stephen Davis, Grand Knight

GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE

Brother Knights

I hope all of you had some time to relax and

enjoy the gift of a beautiful summer that we

just experienced. It sure did fly by! Now that

it is basically behind us, your children,

grandkids and even your great grandkids for

a select few of our more mature Knights will

be preparing to start a new school year. Some

of these children will be eager to get back to

meet their old friends or to start new

friendships. Conversely, there will be others

who will be apprehensive of the challenges

they may have to face whether with

strengthening friendships or with their

scholastic encounters. These experiences are

no different than what we as Knights face

each year. If we make a conscious effort to

rekindle our old friendships and are open to

welcoming others into the Knighthood, we

will insure our council will remain strong and

grow. However, like our children as

previously mentioned, there is more to a

council than just building a social network.

Just like in our scholastic studies when we

were younger, we must continue to build

upon our spiritual teaching. Life learning

does not stop when we finish school, nor

should our spiritual learning stop, it must be

for life! Granted it can be a struggle but

perseverance, prayer and faith will help us

through it. Let the beginning of September be

our new year where we as Knights focus on

our spiritual growth, broaden our friendships

and open ourselves up to the new challenges

that may come our way. If we always keep

God in our hearts, our struggles will be

diminished.

God Bless

Brother Sandor, DGK

DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE

The summer recess is over now and the new

calendar year for the 4th degree will begin on

Tuesday September 20th. Prior to that is the

installation of officers in Smith Falls on Septem-

ber 18. I am unable to attend due to my

granddaughter’s wedding that weekend but Tony

has sent a message to all officers of the 4th degree.

All officers of the Assembly should attend this

installation. They should advise me by Sunday

Sept 11th if they are going or not and whether

their wives will be joining them. This is so a prop-

er amount of food can be prepared.

The Masters for the Districts in Ontario and Man-

itoba have been announced. Sir Knight Norman

Lafontaine has been appointed as our Master for

a second two- year term. After this term a new

Master must be named as you are only allowed to

serve two terms.

There will also be a one-day exemplification on

Oct 29th. Again the Candidate fee is

$ 70.00. The exemplification will be held at St Jo-

seph’s Church, 127 Liberty Street in Bowman-

ville. I have all the data and registration forms

for this exemplification. All candidate registration

forms and Form 4’s are to be received by the Mas-

ter by October 1st so if anyone is interested in at-

tending or joining the 4th degree on that day,

please have your info to me the September 20th

meeting. Candidates will have to be voted into

our Assembly at that meeting. Also, please call

or e-mail me for copies of the information if you

are planning to attend the Exemplification.

On August 14, six members of the 4th degree at-

tended a special function in Flinton. The rosary

was said as we walked around the block in front

of the church and then there was a Mass followed

by a lunch. It was the end of a special mission at

the Church and they had a priest from Australia

preside over the mission. It was an enjoyable

function and of course country lunches are a large

meal at the best of times.

I hope to see as many as possible at our first

meeting. Please come out and support your

Assembly.

Denis Hall FN Genoa Assembly 0863

Faithful Navigator’s Report

Worthy Sir Knights

Hope everyone enjoyed the hot summer we

just had.

I had the privilege of attending the 134th

Supreme Convention in Toronto. What a

wonderful experience. This was an excellent

opportunity to meet our Brother Knights from

across the globe. This is truly where you see

and realize the good charitable work our

Brother Knights do in their local communi-

ties.

September is upon us and it is time to start

thinking of recruitment.

As mentioned in the previous newsletter, the

next 4th Degree Exemplification will be hosted

on Saturday, October 29th by Courtice

Assembly 2825. It will be held at St. Joseph’s

Church. The information packages have been

distributed to all Faithful Navigators.

Remember all form 4’s, registration forms and

monies must in to me by October 1st.

I am sure Genoa Assembly 863 will have a

good number of new Sir Knights as was the

case for the previous Exemplifications.

Fraternally, SK Norm Fontaine Master 1st Ontario District.

Master's Report

Brother Knights:

September is fast approaching and,

realistically speaking, this is the

month that really commences the

work in our councils in our district.

Traditionally September is the month

where everything begins afresh,

however, it is also known that the

year for the Knights of Columbus

working with their councils is calen-

dar year July to July, however, not

much can be done in the summer

months as people are away and, quite

frankly, I believe that councils need a

time out to take a break work wise.

September is a great month to start

afresh our councils. As your District

Deputy I want to bring to the table a

program which deals with camarade-

rie, unity and, what we like to call

it , fraternity. I trust you will find me

to be relaxed in my approach with all

councils. I expect to work with you

and not dictate to you, however, there

will be times where, as a representa-

tive of State Council, I must discuss

policy changes and new programs

with you. I expect to have, not only

your full co-operation, but to deal

with these issues as they arise in the

future in an open way.

I recently attended the Seminarian's

Appreciation Dinner held at South

Mountain, Ontario. I was there with

brothers Knights of our district, par-

ticularly council 1008. I struck by the

obvious. The message was, not only

from the Seminarians, but priests at

large, is that they are "here to serve".

That message should not end there.

This is really a two way street. Itwas

obvious to me that priests are people

too. They are subject to, not only

emotions we may feel, such as .joy,

frustration and sometimes anger that

occurs in our daily lives, but they have

to deal with such emotions mainly on

their own. When priests enter the

vocation of priesthood they give up

family life and adopt a life which ap-

pears to be, to most of us, one of

aloofness. That is far from the case.

Priests that I have met are very socia-

ble and love to have contact with their

parishioners. I feel that the priests in

our district are like that.

State has commenced this year a

program called The Domestic Church.

What this really means is that, we as

parishioners, should connect with our

priests, take them out to dinner, take

them to social events, find out their

likes and dislikes, enjoy time with

them and socialize with them. As I

said before, priests are people too.

Priests have foremost in their mind

their parishioners and it is about time

that we put priests in our life.

I look forward to representing District

73 and the Councils therein Peter Girard Distict Deputy 73

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORS REPORT

Our membership stands at 157 as of August

1st. Our quota, for the Star Council award,

is 10. This is a good time to look around at

your Mass for new members, since we will

be conducting a First Degree at our

General/Business meeting in September.

There are a number of dates to write down,

so sharpen your pencil:

- We have at least two applications for

membership; so we will conduct a First De-

gree at our regular Business meeting on

Tuesday September 27th.

- Prior to the First Degree we will have an

Admissions Committee meeting on Tuesday

September 20th at 6:15 PM at our Parish

centre. We will need 6 volunteer members

for this meeting.

- Sunday October 2nd we will have a Sec-

ond Degree in Amherstview. All First De-

gree members are welcome, please let me

know if you can attend, so I can make the

appropriate arrangements. As usual, we

will car pool it from St. Mike's parking lot at

12:30 PM at arrive at 1:30 PM. The Degree

begins at 2:00 PM.

- On Sat/Sun September 24/25th we will

conduct our annual membership drive, mak-

ing a presentation at all the Masses at Holy

Rosary. Also, this Sunday at 11:30 am will

be the Mass for Living & Deceased members

of the K of C. We will require volunteers af-

ter all Masses to answer questions from our

parishioners & to hand out pamphlets.

- On Sat/Sun October 22/23rd we will con-

duct our annual membership drive, making

a presentation at all Masses at St. Mike's.

On this Sunday the K of C are also hosting

the Hospitality Sunday at the parish centre.

We will require volunteers to answer ques-

tion from our parishioners & hand out pam-

phlets.

Brother Mike Papper Membership Director

613-969-1744

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORS REPORT

Rev. Charles Cummings

J. Gutoskie

Peter Girard

Henri Mayer

Lawrence Simpson

Giac Rizzo

Andrew Miller

Robert Shaw

Daniel O'Brien

Edward Hanley

Jamie Hughes

Brian Smith 27 years in March

John Heffernan 27 years in December

Tim Visneski 27 years in December

Robert Howe 26 years in February

Ken Mc Intyre 26 years in February

Henri Mayer 26 years in March

Partick Bailey 26 years in November

Robert Hogan 25 years in March

Michael Papper 25 years in March

Congratulations from your Brother Knights,

October November

Santos Barahona

Richard Beare

Edward Cavanaugh

Edward Howe

Harold Tabert

Roland Belanger

Paul Giroux

Walter Raniowski

Thomas Beehler

Bill VanBoxtel

Peter Joyce

Robert Hogan

Anthony Azzopardi

Ronald Brennan

Brothers:

I plan to acknowledge on a

bi-monthly basis Brothers who

have reached significant years of

service with our organization.

This month I would like to

congratulate the following

members who at some point this

year will have between 25 and

27 years of continuous service:

Congratulations from your

Brother Knights, Tony Kelly, FS

Newsletter Advertisers

Brothers:

Now that September is here we will soon be

looking for both new and renewal advertisers

for our newsletter. Our rates will be remain-

ing the same for the year 2017. They are

$40.00 for a single; $60.00 for a double and

$80.00 for a quadruple space.

It would be a great help if you could assist us

with our efforts in obtaining a small number

of new advertisers for our newsletter. Each

year we do lose some advertisers and we are

hopeful that new businesses can be found to

fill the void. If you are aware of somebody

who would like to place an ad all that is need-

ed to start the process is a copy of the ad and

the size that they would like to order. Pay-

ment is not necessary until the beginning of

the new year at which time I will send out an

invoice.

Thanks for your help,

Tony Kelly, FS

ankelly43@hotmail.com

613-962-0763

Local Popular 50’s 60’s & 70’s Group

Sunday Sept 25th 2­4pm

Holy Rosary Church Parking Lot

169 N. Park St.

Refreshment Stand, Free Parking, Raffles and draws, Bring a Lawn chair

A Good Will Offering Please

Sponsored by:

Rose Sunday

Saturday/ Sunday October 8/9th will be our

traditional Rose Sunday drive to support Pro-

Life. Volunteers will be required at all Masses

at both St. Michaels and Holy Rosary

churches. Please contact me to assist.

Thanks,

Brother Richard Steele

613-961-5105

rs@steelefuneralhome.ca

Knights of Columbus Council 1008 & Assembly 863

Calendar of Upcoming Events

Sept. 2016

Sunday 4th Team 3 Bingo

Sunday 11th Installation of Council 1008 Officers 2:00pm @ St. Michaels-Tentative

Sunday 11th Team 4 Bingo

Tuesday 13th Council Planning Meeting 7:00 pm @ St. Michaels

Sunday 18th Team 1 Bingo

Sunday 18th Installation of Assembly Officers in Smiths Falls @ 2:00pm

Sunday 18th Read Parish Supper 4:00pm to 6:30pm

Tuesday 20th Admission Committee Meeting 6:15pm @ St. Michaels

Tuesday 20th Assembly Meeting 7:00pm @ St. Michaels

Saturday 24th Membership Drive @ Holy Rosary 4:30 pm Mass

Sunday 25th Membership Drive @ Holy Rosary 9:30 am & 11:30 am Masses

Sunday 25th Mass for Living & Deceased @ 11:30am-Holy Rosary

Sunday 25th Ed's Garage Open-air Fundraiser @ Holy Rosary 2:00pm to 4:00pm

Sunday 25th Team 2 Bingo

Tuesday 27th Council 1st Degree & Business Meeting 6:30 pm @ St. Michaels

Oct. 2016

Sunday 2nd 2nd Degree in Amherstview @ 2:00pm. Carpool from St.Michaels @12:30

Sunday 2nd Team 3 Bingo

Monday 3rd Mass for Living & Deceased @ 12:10pm-St. Michaels

Sat & Sun 8th & 9th Rose Sunday @ St. Michaels & Holy Rosary Parishes

Sunday 9th No Bingo - Thanksgiving

Tuesday 11th Council Planning Meeting 7:00 pm @ St. Michaels

Sunday 16th Team 1 Bingo

Tuesday 18th Assembly Meeting 7:00pm @ St. Michaels

Saturday 22nd Membership Drive @ St. Michaels 5:00pm Mass

Sunday 23rd Membership Drive @ St. Michaels 8am; 9:30am & 11:00am Masses

Sunday 23rd Team 2 Bingo

Tuesday 25th Council Business Meeting 7:00 pm @ St. Michaels

Saturday 29th 4th Degree Exemplification in Bowmanville

Sunday 30th Team 3 Bingo

Nov. 2016

Sunday 6th Team 4 Bingo

Tuesday 8th Council Planning Meeting 7:00 pm @ St. Michaels

Sunday 13th Team 1 Bingo

Tuesday 15th Assembly Meeting 7:00pm @ St. Michaels

Friday 18th Mass for Living & Deceased @ 12:10pm-St. Michaels

Sunday 20th Team 2 Bingo

Tuesday 22nd Council Business Meeting 7:00 pm @ St. Michaels

Sunday 27th Team 3 Bingo