Knights of Columbus
Council 4442
37 Main St.
Salem, NH 03079
www.KofC4442.org
Officers 2014-2015
Grand Knight
Deputy GK
Chaplain
Chancellor
Recording Sec
Warden
Advocate
Treasurer
Financial Sec
Lecturer
Inside Guard
Outside Guard
Trustee 3 Year
Trustee 2 Year
Trustee 1 Year
Bill Richards
Stillman (Butch) Kealey
Fr. John Michalowski, SJ
Paul St.Amand
Enrico Casaletto
Jose Moreno
Dan Norris, Esq.
Bob Fournier
Charlie Walsh
Ron Bourque
Dan Buck
Paul David
Thomas Campbell
Dick Collopy
Don Simmons
(Editor: Paul St.Amand -ed)
Please send articles to the editor:
[email protected]
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Issue 2015-01, 19 January 2015
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Council 4442 Knightly News
From the desk of the Grand Knight:
(Grand Knight Bill Richards was busy this weekend and not able to give
an official update by the time we went to press. Yeah, I am a hardliner
when it comes to getting the news deadline.
Reminder to all... Newsletter
deadline for articles to be
published is:
High Noon
on Sunday after the regular
business meeting. If you have
information to share, “do not
forsake me.” -ed)
Bishop Peterson Council #4442
Bishop Peterson Assembly #0641
Colombian Squires Circle #4735
Insurance Agent: Matthew DiCalogero
Field Agent
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Cell: 508 733 1754; Office: 603 458 6408
Email: [email protected]
Highlights inside this issue:
Meeting Review – p2-5
New and Old Business – p3
..Kids Christmas Party: - p5
Salem Christmas Fund Toys: - p6
Unpack the toys: - p7
What do Knights do? - p 8
Support our advertisers: - p.9
Corporation Board of Directors Election:
The election for the board of directors of the corporation for the coming
year will be held at the council hall on Tuesday, January 27, at 7:00PM.
The election will be the only item on the agenda. See the notice on
page 5 for details.
Editorial License – A Personal message ed.
As some may know, my wife of 43 years, Peggy
St.Amand, died on January 3 this year at age 66.
On behalf of my family, I want to thank the men
and women of “my Knights family” for your
prayers and support over this last year of Peggy's
life and in response to her passing. I know that
Peggy was personally moved by receiving your
cards, calls, and well wishes throughout the year.
She was loved by many as her warmth and spirit
touched many people's hearts. She was also this
newsletter's proof reader, mail room manager, content censor, and my
sounding board. Thank you again for your expressions of sympathy.
We will all miss her greatly.
Quickie CALENDAR
(And see our web Event calendar!)
Council Meeting Notes from Jan 14
UNOFFICIAL from the scratch pad of the editor...
7:29PM: GK Bill Richards opened the meeting with our prayers and pledge.
7:32PM: Rico Casaletto read the minutes. There were some questions and
amendments made before approval. The meeting was closed at 9:16PM; 35
members attended.
“Bob reviews the budget”
at our January meeting
First Degree
St. Thomas Aquinas Church
Saturday, Jan 24, 10:00AM
Derry, NH
(Bill Richards)
Pro-life Mass
St. Joseph Church
Friday, January 23, 7:00PM
(Dennis Groulx)
Corporation Election of
Board of Directors
Tuesday, January 27, 7:00PM
Dave Thompson
State Quarterly Meeting
Sunday, January 25, 1:00-4:30PM
Exeter, NH
(Dick Collopy)
Corporation Election of Officers and
business meeting
Tuesday, February 3, 7:00PM
Dave Thompson
CHAPLAIN'S MESSAGE: Fr. John
7:40PM. Fr. John returned to a presentation on Pope Francis “Joy of the
Gospel” from Chapter 2, about cultural challenges we face in today's world.
These include attacks upon our religion, for we Catholics are seen as
“divisive” when we present moral truths that run counter to the secular view
that all morality is relative, all truths are OK. The world heads towards a view
of self-satisfaction over family commitments, of having no objective norms of
right and wrong. In the face of these attitudes, evangilization, bringing the
truth to the world, is no easy task.
BILLS AND COMMUNICATIONS: GK Bill Richards
7:52PM: Bill mentioned a few of the Thank You notes received, as well as
invitations to participate. For example, Catholic Charities welcomes us to
attend their Mardi Gras ball. Tickets are $100/pp. See Bill if you wish to go.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Treasurer and Financial Reports read and accepted:
7:56PM: Bob Fournier reviewed the yearly budget for 2014 and presented the
2015 budget for approval. (Copy of the 2015 budget appears as page 10 in
last month's newsletter.) His was an excellent report, in good detail, and all
the numbers added up! We asked questions about several items and each
time Bob had the answer we needed. No changes were made to the
proposed budget, which was approved unanimously. Bob and the finance
committee deserves our thanks, and Bob received a round of applause from
the membership.
8:19PM: Charlie Walsh reviewed the checks written. Our membership grew
by one last month to 256.
Membership and Admissions: Bill Richards
8:21PM: Bill reported that William Lubeski joined our council. Also, we
approved, with the recommendation of the admissions committee, two new
potential members. Their 1st degree could be on Jan 24. Bill will email us.
There will be a combined 2nd and 3rd degree on January 31 in Nashua, NH.
Pro-Life: Dennis Groulx
8:25PM: Dennis Dennis again took to the podium to announce the details for
the Pro-Life Mass at our St. Joseph Church, 7:00PM, on Friday, Jan 23. Any
4th degree member attending is asked to be in Tux and social baldric.
Scouting Report: Don Gagne
8:30PM: Don mentioned the Blue and Gold Banquet (Feb) and the Pinewood
Derby (Mar) events coming up for the scouts.
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Relay for Life: Mike Banks
8:30PM: The “kick-off” event is January. Mike plans on two breakfasts and one meal for fund-raising. If anyone has
suggestions, contact Mike.
Tootsie Roll Drive: Gene Bryant
Christmas Dinner: Dave Thompson
8:31PM: GK Bill repeated the call...
8:32PM: GK Bill reported
some details of Dave
Thompson's Christmas
We need a chairman!
Dinner program. There were
188 people in the hall and 73
This is the largest, most visible
meals delivered. Other
event of the year for the Knights.
members at the meeting
It involves the most people. It is a
commented also that the
great “advertisement” for us in the
numbers might be higher, for
town, and it is a worthy cause.
some guests asked to have “take out” to bring back to
their homes for later on.
One member has talked to Gene
and might step forward. But
The council and the Salem Christmas Fund fronted
nothing is settled. We need an official chairman.
Dave money for the event, but because of donations
received from the public, Dave was able to “turn a
Gene will guide a new chairman and will be there to help, and
profit” and donate $300 to the Parish Food Pantry,
there are many perennial volunteers who can be counted on to
$100 to the Church, $220 back to the Salem
help again; but, the council needs someone to assume the role Christmas Fund, and return $250 to the council.
of chairman. Gene says this is a short-term job, mostly over
one weekend, and a rewarding job.
Dave estimates that people worked 400 service hours
for this project. Many thanks to all who helped out in
cooking, serving, delivering, organizing, ...
Quick Reports:
8:36PM: Wil Boutin thanked all those attending the Adult Christmas Party. Good Job, Wil!
8:37PM: Ken Akerley announced the next blood drive for Jan 15. And he said the next, next blood drive will be on May
15. We all can expect to hear about this May event again at the February, March, April, and May meetings. (Sorry, Ken, I
couldn't resist! - ed.)
8:39PM: Alan Phair gave the toy distribution wrap-up (See article below, page 6.) There were 605 people helped, from a
newborn to a 100 year old. Toys were given for 307 children; 200 coats for kids given, and 650 service hours worked.
Old Business:
8:41PM: We removed the $1000 notice of motion for the Salem High School marching band. The funds will be used to
help the families of band members who could not attend the Washington, DC parade without this help. Motion passed.
New Business: Trustee recommendations (Tom Campbell and Don Simmons)
8:45PM: We approved the following:
• $250 approved to buy a door prize for the Parish Comedy Night raffle.
• $200 donated to the AmVets for their charity dinner.
• $150 to NH Special Olympics, for the Penguin Plunge of brother Paul Marchand.
• $150? $125? $300? (I didn't get the exact details. -ed) Money to pay the music performers for the Pro-Life
Mass. - Dennis Groulx
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Hall Rental Policy
For 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 4442
and/or Assembly 0641 to rent the Hall and, you must remain at the hall during the rental period.
Full details of fees and policies are available on the Web Site: Council Hall Rental.
George can also arrange for members to get a key to the council home.
Good of the Order Announcements
8:54PM: Dave Wilson wants to organize a “Poker Run” motorcycle event to raise funds. Anyone who has a “bike” and
wants to join in, please contact him (603-397-2378) or email Dave Wilson.
8:56PM: Michael Banks has tickets for the Parish Comedy Night, to be held at Castleton Banquet Hall in Windham, on
Feb 14. Tickets are $55/pp includes appetizers, meal, comedy act, and hypnotist.
8:57PM: Alan proposed a Super Bowl Party to cheer on the Patriots (if they won on Sunday, Jan 25.) He reminded us
that there were three parties held in the past... each time the Patriots won. The two times parties were NOT held, the
Patriots lost. This would be a “no organization” event. BYOB and BYOS (Bring your own snacks.) Show up, pull up a
chair and a table, sit, enjoy, cheer, clean up.
8:58PM Al Hamel reported on Texas Hold-em. Larry Belair also sent in the following from sunny Florida: “We finished up
2014 with a great night – almost $11,000 on the day after Christmas. Two days after New Years’, we enjoyed another
very good night, bringing home a bit over $7,100. My sincere thanks to those Brothers and their wives who interrupted
their holiday schedule to work on behalf of the Council. For 2014, the Council derived a net benefit, after all expenses, of
$48,500. That's darned good for the amount of work we have to do. My sincere thanks to the 20 or so Brothers and their
wives who made this possible.”
8:58: Ron Bourque gave the bingo report. No one has hit the Thursday night “competition” big Carry All prize, so that
continues to pull players from our Wednesday and Friday night events. We still beat last year's results and brought in a
lot of money to the council.
9:00PM: There will be a corporation board of directors meeting on January 27 at 7:00PM.
District Deputy Report – Dick Collopy
9:05PM: Dick brings greetings from our State Deputy. He renewed the goal of one new member per council per month.
This is the 20th anniversary of the proclamation of “The Year of the Family.” The Vatican has called a Synod of Bishops on
the Family and Supreme is also emphasizing this. We must help those families that are hurting.
The NH State Quarterly Meeting will be held in Exeter, Sunday, Jan 25, 1:00PM to 4:30PM.
Knight of the Month
9:09PM Bill made three presentations for KOM.
Michael Banks – Nov 2014
Paul St.Amand - Dec 2014
Butch Kealey – Jan 2015
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Attendance Prize: 9:11PM: The attendance Sound System: 9:11PM: Mike Banks
prize for $10 would have been won by Greg
reported that the portable sound system was
Buscanera, who was not present. Next month the purchased. Total cost for both the hall and
prize is $20.
outdoor systems was $9 over budget. Good
job, Mike; the council owes you its thanks!
...and we'll refund the $9 !!!
This Knight also was not
attending. He could not
have won the prize.
It pays to attend the
meeting!
Closing Prayer and Adjournment:
9:16PM: We pray for all those in need, the
sick, our soldiers, the Christians persecuted in
the Middle East, and those on our prayer line
and in our intention book. Amen!
CORPORATION ELECTION:
The Secretary of the Bishop Peterson Corporation informs all members of the Corporation that the Annual Meeting will be
held on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at the Knights of Columbus hall at 37 Main Street, Salem NH, starting at 7:00PM. At
this meeting an election will be held for the Corporation Board of Directors. Fourteen Directors will be elected for oneyear terms. This will be the only item on the agenda. (Officers will be elected from the board at the next regular
corporation meeting, Tuesday, February 3, at 7:00PM.)
All members in good standing of Salem Council 4442 are members of the Bishop Peterson Corporation and eligible for
election as a Director. If you wish your name to be on the ballot contact Curt Goulet, Secretary, at 603-898-1411.
Although nominations from the floor are accepted, having names in advance allows preparation of ballots ahead of time.
All members are encouraged to attend the Annual Meeting and vote in this important election.
For more information contact David Thompson, Pres., or Curt Goulet, Sec.
The corporation “owns” and maintains the hall and grounds, and it sets policy for its use and rental. The council rents the
hall from the corporation. For legal reasons of liability and insurance, Supreme has set rules that councils shall not
directly own property; thus a separate corporation was created to buy the property, renovate, and own the hall we use for
our events.
Children Christmas Party
The council hosted “Santa” and a magician for our children and
grandchildren on
Sunday, December
21. The urchins
were enthralled by
the magic acts of
(..who?) Although
some of these kids
are too smart... they
remember the tricks
from last year!
Wow! Magic!
Big kids watch the show!
As the balloons were made into hats and flowers and doggies, Santa
entered the room with a jolly “Ho! Ho! Ho!” and all attention was
drawn to him. Santa sat down in his big chair. As if by magic, under
the tree there was one labeled gift for each child awaiting for Santa to
hand out. With food and fun for everyone, this was a frolic for all.
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Meadow and Lucy got balloon flowers!
(But they wanted more front teeth!)
“How'd she do THAT?”
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Santa and Elf hand out toys
Salem Christmas Fund - End of 2014 report: Alan Phair
First of all, I want to thank all of you who were able to help the
Salem Christmas Fund out again this year. When I was asked
back in 2002 if the K of C could try and help keep the program
going, I had no idea of the scope of work involved but I knew we
would not let the
needy people in
Salem down.
Blue Light Special in aisle 3!
This Christmas,
we provided
assistance to 605 people ranging from a newborn to one over 100 years
old. We distributed toys to 307 Salem children at our toy distribution
center, which many of you know is quite a project in itself. During those
hectic two nights we also gave out a little over 200 new coats donated by
our Council. Thanks to the Boys & Girls Club, 167 kids got free
memberships.
Coats for Kids
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Salem Christmas Fund – continued... I estimated that I had between 90 and 100 people involved in the project in one
capacity or another. Whether it be the police picking up toys, people in the Churches and businesses helping with “wish”
trees, fire department personnel making deliveries, Town workers unloading the storage container and taking away all our
garbage, there was a lot of help. The bulk of it however is handled by this Council family.
To give you an example, there were 61
Brother Knights or relatives and friends who
helped out. 41 Brothers themselves helped
out, many for multiple projects. The Council
raised $1,150 at the landfill on a brisk
Saturday, which is one of the highest totals
we ever raised there. Overall, the Christmas
Fund raised just under $38,000, which is a
little less than last year but still very good.
Thanks to all of you who helped in that
regard. Our main expenditures go to the
Market Basket Food vouchers and the Target
Clothing vouchers along with the several
Santa's Shopping Helpers
thousand dollars we spend on the elderly at
Macy’s for items they wished for. We have a
dedicated shopper from there, and they give us a tremendous discount on the items we get. We also were the largest
donor towards the Christmas Dinner jointly sponsored by the Parish, K of C and the Christmas Fund.
The manpower hours put in by the Council towards Christmas
Fund projects were considerable. Not counting mine, I calculated
338 man-hours were put in by our Council family. When added to
the approximately 300 plus hours I personally put in during the
year, I figure an estimated 650 total hours were expended and will
be included in the report I turn in to the State. All I can say further
is:
Thank you & Vivat Jesus………..Alan
Hey, no smooching on duty!
And after the Toy Distribution? - photos by Alan Phair
This won't fit into my car!
What happens
to any toys that
were not given
out this year?
What happens
to toys that are
donated
AFTER the
distribution
event? Those
toys become
the “seed”
starter stock for
next year. All
Scott, Charlie, and Kevin:
“Space Cadets”
the toys are packed up and stacked in boxes in a storage unit.
And, what about all the tables and chairs that were taken to the distribution
center? You guessed it. We have to “untake” them back to the school garage
and the council hall. Thank you to all who helped out with this final task of the
2014 campaign.
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Larry Belair article
What do the Knights of Columbus do? …..
We’ve all been asked that question. We usually respond with something like “We’re a Catholic men’s fraternal
organization, committed to promoting the Catholic faith through our acts of charity and deeds of good will. We support
our parish and the Greater Salem community, helping wherever we can.” Not bad, but, do you really know all that we do?
Do you pitch in to help? Are you there as often as you could be, sharing in the good deeds, the sad times, and helping
our churches to survive in these times of declining numbers here in Salem?
“We are mostly made up of men from Saints Mary and Joseph Parish, but we also have members of other
parishes. We give so much time and effort to raise funds to further the work of our parish priests and Catholic leaders”,
says Grand Knight Bill Richards. “We put our hearts and souls into every program, whether it’s the Tootsie Roll Drive, the
parish picnic, working at bingo and poker nights, the Christmas Parade or the Christmas Fund. Always volunteering,
always helping those in need and always promoting the Catholic faith by our deeds and generosity.”
Over the past two years alone, our Bishop Peterson Council 4442, has donated $258,000 to parish activities, the
homeless and the hungry, young mothers struggling with pregnancy, and community programs such as the Boys and
Girls Club and charities like the Kidney Fund, the Jimmy Fund and the Tootsie Roll Drive.
To our parish:
Saints Mary and Joseph operating fund
St. Joseph’s Food Pantry
Saints Mary and Joseph Fuel Assistance
Parish Gas Conversion project
Parish Picnic
Honduran Mission
St. Joseph’s Regional School
Racetrack ministry
St. Joseph’s Consolers Group
Parish Bulletin
Saints Mary and Joseph Parish Needs - Total
$26,800
$7,000
$2,000
$21,100
$2,225
$1,011
$17,100
$4,500
$600
$332
$82, 668
And other faith-based causes:
Right to Life Programs
Catholic Education Assistance
Seminarian Support
Good Shepherd Parish, Berlin, NH
New Hampshire Catholic Charities
Other Catholic programs and causes – Total
$26,460
$17,000
$5,800
$5,000
$22,500
$76 ,760
Total Council contributions for 2013 & 2014
And to our community:
Salem Boys & Girls Club
$10,000
Tootsie Roll Drive, benefiting groups in
$24,000
support of intellectually challenged adults & children
such as Kimi Nichols Center, Camp Fatima,
Play Among the Stars and Special Olympics
Coats For Kids
$17,245
Salem Caregivers
$1,400
Relay for life
$6,500
Play Among the Stars
$4,000
Salem Christmas Fund
$2,500
Christmas Dinner
$600
State Council Raffle tickets
$4,025
Cub Scout Pack 4442
$1,400
Lazarus House
$5,000
Kidney Fund
$5,000
Vietnam Memorial Wall project
$1,500
US Troops
$2,200
Salem Bike Corridor project
$1,000
Salem Christmas Parade
$500
American Red Cross Blood Drives
$1,570
Other special requests
$9,213
Other Charities and programs – Total
$98,153
$257, 581
“Charity, to all those who we can help, is the foundation of the Knights of Columbus fraternity of Catholic men”,
reminds GK Bill. “These funds, plus the several thousands of hours given generously by so many of you, gives us great
reason to be proud of our Council, our Catholic heritage and of ourselves, as men of faith. We are blessed and grateful
for the opportunity to help others. God Bless."
Submitted by your Council Finance Committee
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