Worthy Officers, Brothers and Sir Knights,

Here is the agenda for our Business Meeting on Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 6:30 PM.  

We are eating/meeting at St John Vianney and on Zoom.

There is no Warning. 

Please join us for dinner prepared by Ray Bouchard, salad by Tom Gravelin, and dessert by Dave Martin at 5:30 PM. 

Note: Our opening prayer will be Vespers. 

Please note the next Holy Hour will be on NOV 3rd.

Our first COR Formation will be on OCT 21st.

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Blessings,

Mike

1.  Call to Order

2. Opening Prayer

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Approve Minutes of Prior Meeting (Need to approve Minutes from 14 September 2023 Business Meeting)

5. Chaplain’s Message

See the Newsletter and last meeting minutes for details.

Thanks to Ray, Tom and Dave for dinner.

OCT 19 Bingo! We need men to help set up on at 3 PM that day. We need help selling pop open tickets, and working in the kitchen.

21 OCT SAT COR Formation for men at SJV starting at 10 AM. (3^rd Saturdays) See the Newsletter and last meeting minutes for details.

Next home-cooked dinner is NOV 9. Who is cooking?  

7. Financial Report

Financial Secretary Report.

Treasurer report.  (Council and Assembly)

8. Membership Report

9. Other Reports (As needed)

Super Bingo

SJV or St Jude Bingo Committee

Insurance Agent (When Present)

(The following reports are made as needed: Directors; Program, Faith, Family, Community, Life. Committees; Health, PR, Recruitment, Retention, Vocations, Insurance. Special; CTKT Super Bingo, Assembly 2106)

The SJV walkway, sign and light repairs. Our stone may be a bidding item that we should pay for. 

Knight of the Month: September is Rick Gravelin

Family of the Month: September is Dave Martin and Lucie Holcomb

The Lecturer will discuss Pope St. John XXIII (Feast Day OCT 15) and sing the song The Road of Life.

BLUF: (Bottom Line Up Front!) We need your help to make our events in the service of Christ successful. Will you answer the call?

If you need something or know of someone needing a visit, call one of us or call the office.

Make time to visit our Knights who are ill or shut in. 

If you are doing good work, let our Program manager, Ted Barrett know about it for our Star Council Award.  (Take a photo, please)

We need 7 new members to qualify for the Star Council. Do you have the Invitation Cards in your wallet? Do you encourage Catholic Men to Join our council?

Please consider saying the Rosary Daily.

Before proceeding to the closing prayer, let me ask:  Does any brother know of a member of this council, or brother of the Order, who is sick or in distress?  (By exception from Officer Meeting and Newsletter).

Chelsey Giuliani (wife of Worthy Field Agent David Giuliani), Gail Couillard, Mary Griswold, Charles Brown’s mother-in-law, Marilyn LaCount, Friend of David Gravelin, Anthony Naples, Andre Ricard (Assembly 1157 Newport), Zak Bigelow, Pope Francis, Mrs. Jackie Crosby, An Anonymous Member in distress, Niko Limnos and Family, Mother-in-law of Ronnie Sweet, Bill Curtin, William Cannon and Family, Michael Gravelin, Mark and Paulette Noyes and Family (esp. Levi age 6), John O’ Brien, Cheryl Allain, Andy Corologos, Claire Myers and Carol Alfred (cancer),  Kelly Jackson (daughter of late PGK Jeff Jackson), PFN Bill Ladd, PGK Bernie Hemond, Marilyn LeCount, Cher Racine, Dick and Sandy Stevens, Beth-Ann Pendergast, Mariette Nadeau, Jeff and Kay Jarvis, Tom Gravelin, Rick Gravelin, Chuck Schifilliti, Gerry Seney, Robert Gravelin, Keith Marston, Sue Cottrell, (23 year old woman fighting cancer at Dana-Farber), Kevin and Chad Limoge, Vickie Linton, George Stevens, James Read, Richard Waite, Gene Tofferi, Mike and Pam Audette, Jeffrey Claude Danis and family,  PSD/PGK Don Sutton, PGK Ray Miller, Stuart Fath, Harold Ponto, Wally Rooney, Bob Wilkens, Ed and Theresa Curtiss, one anonymous brother knight, the people of Ukraine and an end to the war, the Families of all of our faithfully departed brothers, friends and relatives, all clergy and religious, victims and families of COVID-19, First Responders, peace in Eastern Europe and Israel, that pregnant women will choose life, and for new Members to join the Order.

For all who have died, may they rest in peace. We remember especially our brother Gerry Malavenda on the 1^st anniversary of his death (Oct 15, 2022). May all the faithfully departed rest in peace and may their families be comforted by the promise of everlasting life in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Prayer for Canonization of Blessed Michael McGivney

God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Blessed Michael McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue, may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify Blessed Michael McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (our sick or in distress). Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

16. Adjournment