Worthy Officers, Brothers and Sir Knights,

Attached find the Agenda for our Business Meeting on Thursday at 7 PM. We will have pizza and salad starting at 6 PM. 

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1.  Call to Order

2. Opening Prayer

3. Pledge of Allegiance

4. Approve Minutes of Prior Meeting (Need to approve Minutes from August 12 Meeting)

5. Chaplain’s Message (if present)

See the Minutes and the Newsletter. (Newsletter done on Website)

Please continue to support Knightcast, Into the Breach series)

Installation of State Officers was August 15th, 2021 after the 10 AM Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral. Well attended; good food cooked by the Lion’s Club.

Anchor Award honoring our Chaplain, Fr. Tim Naples was September 3rd at 6 PM at the Delta Hotel in South Burlington, VT. Well attended and a nice evening. Next step is to reconcile expenses and collections. GK will send Cert. of Appreciation to the Hotel.   

Our first monthly First Friday Holy Hour was SEP 3^rd from 3-4 PM. We did the scriptural Rosary, and it was very moving. We hope to increase volunteers and participants as time goes on. The next Holy Hour will be OCT 1 from 3-4 PM. Same format.

Collection for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Tootsie Roll) at the four Churches in our Council will take place on 18-19 SEP. Please select a Mass (or two) to support. It will not take long and can have a huge impact on these special people. RSVP to Ted Barrett.

OCT 2 is the Right to Life Symposium. At the Doubletree from 0900-1500.  I think the Council should pay the $50 (plus tax = $51.80) for Life Director to attend.

The Council committed last month to cook and serve breakfast at St Jude in conjunction with CCD. That is now on hold due to Covid-19 resurgence.

7. Financial Report

Financial Secretary and Treasurer reports.

8. Membership Report

We have Warned an exemplification for new and old members who have not reached 3^rd degree, on 14 OCT, before the next business meeting. Need to discuss and vote on it.  

9. Other Reports

State Deputy (When Present)

District Deputy (When Present)

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)

WARNINGS

1.  Vote to conduct exemplification on 14 OCT. (See above)

2.  Vote to buy, cook and serve breakfast at SJV monthly on 2^nd or 4^th Sundays.  

1.  Keep Christ in Christmas:  Jay Benson has looked at both locations and is beginning the work.

2.  Need to install our stone in front of SJV-going to need site work, base preparation, and movement.

3.  Need to determine our contribution to sign repair at SJV (ST Jude signs also need attention)

4.  Summer shirts with Logo and name are in. GK has asked Jay to get a price for Aprons for use when we are cooking…

5.  Fr Tim’s Knights for Life 50 Rosary Campaign. (Sign up through our website (kofcvt.org) or directly to Fr. Tim’s blog (ubipetrusvt.com)

Council Officer Installation. DTG and Location TBD

Knight of the Month Award; August is Ray Michaud.

Family of the Month Award; August is Dick and Jackie Labrecque.

St Padre Pio and song: Be Not Afraid

If you need something-call one of us or call the office.

If you are doing good works, let our Program manager, Ted Barrett know about it for our Star Council Award.   

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

Sandy (a woman in distress at Central Vermont Hospital), Kathy Barrett, Vickie Linton (relative of DD3), George Stevens, James Read, Richard Waite, Robert Morris, Richard Gravelin (multiple foot fractures suffered in a bad fall), Gene Tofferi, Mike and Pam Audette, Joe Myers and Family, Jeffrey Claude Danis and family, Tom Westropp, Andrew Bolognani, PSD/PGK Don Sutton, Ray & Bev Newman, Ray Miller, Stuart Fath, David Bullock (chemotherapy), Tom Gravelin, Ben & Yvonne Gravelin, Harold Ponto, Wally Rooney, PGK Bob Audette, Bob Wilkens, Gerry Malavenda, Ed and Theresa Curtiss, all clergy and religious, victims and families of COVID-19, First Responders, and for new Members to join the Order. 

Please keep the repose of the soul of Norm Groleau, and his family, in your prayers. Norm died on Thursday, September 2, 2021.

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 (here make your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

16. Adjournment