Worthy Officers, Brothers and Sir Knights,

Here is the agenda for our Business Meeting on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 6:30 PM.  

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

We are having home-cooked dinner at 5:30 PM prepared by Ray Michaud, Pete Gadue and Brad Chenette. The "SJV Lunch Ladies," who helped us out with the Fish Fry, will be joining us for a bite to eat and a bit of affirmation. 

There are three warnings: Supporting a game for the Super Bingo, distribution of Fish Fry proceeds, and voting on the nominations for Convention Delegates and Alternates.  

Note: Our opening prayer will be Vespers. 

Please note the next Holy Hour will be on APR 5, 2024.

Our next Bingo is March 21, 2024.

Our sixth COR Formation will be on Mar 16, 2023.

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Blessings,

Mike

1.  Call to Order

2. Opening Prayer   Vespers

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Approve Minutes of Prior Meeting (Need to approve Minutes from February 8, 2024 Business Meeting)

5. Chaplain’s Message

See the Newsletter and last meeting minutes for details.

Brothers, we are going to need a FS and Treasurer for next term beginning on July 1. Some vetting is required and we need to identify a candidate (s) soon. Please consider being a volunteer. 

Next home-cooked dinner is April 11. Volunteers?    

Bingo is MAR 21. Ray needs lots of help; including on the cash register. A deep bench on Bingo tasks, to include calling is essential. 

COR Formation is MAR 16 at 10 AM with Coffee and donuts.

Scholarship applications due this spring. 

If the chapel at Camp Ta Kum Ta is renamed, Jay Benson has volunteered to make the sign.

7. Financial Report

Financial Secretary Report.

Treasurer report.  (Council, Bingo and Assembly)

8. Membership Report

9. Other Reports (As needed)

Super Bingo

SJV 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: February is Jay Benson

Family of the Month: February is Charles and Karen Brown

The Lecturer will discuss St Catherine of Siena (APR 29) and sing Hail Glorious St Patrick.

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 5 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 Holy 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?  (from last Officer Meeting/Newsletter).

Jean Groleau, Dave Martin, General success of Catholic Radio, Mason and Elizabeth Bullock, Richard Labrecque, Leonard and Mary Robear, Chris Johnson, Arlene Michaud (Ray’s sister), Gail Couillard, Marilyn LaCount, Friend of David Gravelin, Anthony Naples, Andre Ricard (Assembly 1157 Newport), Zak Bigelow and family, 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 7), John O’ Brien, Cheryl Allain, Andy Corologos, Claire Myers, Kelly Jackson (daughter of late PGK Jeff Jackson), PGK Bernie Hemond, Dick and Sandy Stevens, Beth-Ann Prendergast, Mariette Nadeau, Jeff and Kay Jarvis, Tom Gravelin, Chuck Schifilliti, Gerry Seney, Robert Gravelin, Keith Marston, Sue Cottrell, (23 year old woman fighting cancer), Kevin and Chad Limoge, Vickie Linton, George Stevens (Assembly 2106), James Read, Gene Tofferi, Mike and Pam Audette, Jeffrey Claude Danis and family,  PGK Ray Miller, Stuart Fath, Wally Rooney, 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 the Middle East, that pregnant women will choose life, and for new members to join the Order.

For all who have died, especially Mary Griswold, the mother-in-law of Worthy FS Charles Brown. May she rest in peace. 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