Father Dillon Council #13989 Edgewater, FL Vol. 5, Issue 8 February, 2015 Family, Lenten Mission and Community Grand Knights Corner This February we have events that focus on Family and Loved Ones. There are events that focus on couples, sweethearts and our church family. On Feb. 7th Sacred Heart is hosting a Married Couples Mass & Dinner. All married couples in Sacred Heart and St Gerards are invited to attend the Saturday 4PM Mass at Sacred Heart for a special blessing with a dinner to follow in the Social Hall. The Kof C Fr. Downey Council and CCW are assisting the parish in hosting this event. I would hope that many of the married couples in our council will attend. Brothers, don’t forget about your spouses, girlfriends, mothers and daughters on Feb. 14-St. Valentine’s Day. Though historically this was a holiday for “sweethearts,” over the years this has extended into our close family members and friends. Even the smallest gestures are happily received by our loved ones or love interests. We begin the Lenten Season on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18th. Make plans to get your ashes as a sign of your faith. This is especially important as we begin our Awakening Faith program inviting fallen away Catholics and other friends looking for a church. As the month moves along we have a great mission given by a lay couple known as The Divine Mercy Mother of Mercy Messengers (MOMM). This is to occur over 3 days, Feb 24th, 25th, and 26th at 7 PM at Sacred Heart Church. Please plan to attend this great mission and invite others to attend. This is a great event to invite others to as part of Awakening Faith. You can check out their website for more information, TheDivineMercy.org/MOMM There will also be an event for the Sacred Heart School by MOMM on Wed. morning, Feb.24th. We could use some Knights to help with parking. Please email me, call me or let me know at the next meeting on Feb. 10th if you can help during one or all of the above evenings. February is Black History Month. Make an effort to share and learn some of the Black History in our area. St. Rita’s in New Smyrna Beach is a museum that was the old Catholic Church that the Redemptorist Fathers utilized to preach and minister to the needs of the community. This museum has a lot of information on the Black History of our community. In a time that so many are trying to divide us along lines of differences, let us join as Catholics and Christians to show our community that we are one human race. We have many brother Knights and their family members that are in need of our prayers. Every meeting we add names of those in need of our prayers. This weekend, Brother Romeo Urbinelli informed me that he will be going in for back surgery around Feb. 12th. Please pray for him, the needs of our sick and distressed brethren and their families. If you need your name or a family member added to our prayer list and cannot make the meeting, send an email to me. I will make sure the names get added. The email address is, [email protected]. I am currently in the process of updating records for the Supreme Knight and State Council. At some time in the future you will be getting a packet at a meeting or in the mail. Please make every effort to give me as much information info as you can. I will explain in a cover letter the importance of this information. For a short month there is a lot going on. If you cannot attend or participate in any of the above events please take some personal time to share with God. Vivat Jesus, Terry Cassidy, GK KNIGHTS AT WORK The Volconizers were at it again. January 24 th , in the rain, some of our intrepid brothers were cleaning up Volco Rd. Thanks to Bill Albright, Gerry Racicot, Terry Cassidy, John Gawdun, Pete Hirst and visitor Hilton, Bill’s friend. Events -February 4th, 2015- 4th degree assembly at St Paul’s Basilica, Daytona. Dinner is served at 1800. -February 5, 2015-St Francis of Assisi Church, Council # 11573, Apopka, Fl, will be hosting a 2nd Degree Exemplification. If anyone is interested, let’s carpool there. See Pete. -February 10th, 2015-Monthly meeting- Officers meeting at 1800, general meeting at 1900, St Gerards Church. page 2 2014 Christmas Party Council News Last month, if Joe Knight was able to attend the January meeting, he would have been 20 bucks richer, and his brother Moe Knight hit the 50/50. Who are these people? They shall remain anonymous. Reminders to Members Continue to pray for Brothers, Clyde Kuhns, Ed Safford, Frank Koehler, Andy Chonko, Walter Pont , John Henninger, Romeo Urbinnelli and any of our brothers and their families, who are experiencing hardships, of any kind. If your name needs to be on our prayer list, call any Brother Knight and it will get on. January 600 Club Winners TO BE ANNOUNCED Remembrances Happy Birthday to: Frank Koehler Gerald Racicot Walt Petrucci 02/05/2015 02/20/2015 02/28/2015 I thought this was Spirit night. Here’s a couple of Brothers checking out the spirits at the Christmas Party. St. Valentine A priest in Rome and a physician, he was beheaded there under Claudius the Goth on Feb. 14 and buried on the Flaminian Way, where a basilica was erected in 350 A.D. On the same day in Roman martyrology is celebrated another Valentine who was bishop of Interamna about 60 miles from Rome and who was scourged, imprisoned, and then beheaded there by order of Placidus, prefect of Interamna. Many scholars believe that the two are the same, and it is suggested that the bishop of Interamna had been a Roman priest who became bishop and was sentenced there and brought to Rome for his execution. The custom of sending Valentines on Feb. 14th stems from a medieval belief that birds began to pair on that day. JOKE DU JOUR THE THINNER Guys, don’t forget you-know- who on February 14th. There was a Scottish tradesman, a painter called Jack, who was very interested in making a dollar where he could. So, he often would thin down his paint to make it go a little further. As it happened, he got away with this for some time. Eventually the Methodist Church decided to do a big restoration job on one of their biggest churches. Jack put in a painting bid and because his price was so competitive, he got the job. And so he set out, with a good will, erecting the scaffolding and buying the paint and…yes, I am sorry to say, thinning it down with turpentine. Well, Jack was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job nearly done, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder. The sky opened and the rain poured down, washing the paint from all over the church and knocking Jack right off the scaffold and landing on the lawn. Now, Jack was no fool. He knew this was a judgment from the almighty, so he fell on his knees and cried, ‘Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?’ And from the thunder, a mighty voice spoke, ‘Repaint you thinner, and go and thin no more!’
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