NEXT MONTH’S EVENTS Knights of Columbus Fairview Council # 4044 Feb 2 Officers Meeting Council Website: www.kofc4044.com Feb 9 Council Meeting Feb 14 Sweetheart Dinner Feb 16 Board Meeting Feb 23 Council Meeting First Degree Feb 24 Second Degree March 15 Third Degree Grand Knight pg 1 Prayer Intentions pg 2 Scholarship pg 3 Volunteer of the Month Bingo Meeting Valentine’s Flyer pg 4 Insurance pg 5 Falcon’s Hockey Steak Roast pg 6 Super Bowl Party Advertisers pg 7 Council Officers pg 8 January Calendar Member’s Lounge: 533-2877 Financial Secretary’s Office: 536-2835 E-mail: [email protected] Feb 10 Soldiers’ Home Chaplain 1599 Memorial Drive Chicopee, MA 01020 GRAND KNIGHT - DONALD DARCY Happy New Knights, Year one and all. I pray that everyone has a great New Year’s Eve My Brother and that a meaningful and prosperous year lies ahead! A full report on the New These havewill been busy,in with doing well. I would like to thank all Year’spast Eve months fund raiser bevery available nextWestern month’sNight newsletter. who helped out from donating the sale tickets, raffle prizes, to the bales of hay used as decorations. IThe would like to regress a moment, the Thanksgiving Day meal. Council lost a veryfor good man thisback past to month, Matthew Blaney, I sendThe my deepest sympathies rd council has received than twenty thank you those who enjoyed chairs as an Outside Guard, to his family. He willmore be missed. Matt stepped up letters into thefrom 3 degree the meal to them by our want to thank each every oneat Bingo, and Spawasgreat part of theserved 4th Degree officers andcouncil. part of Ithe Honor Guard, heand volunteered ghetti I will you, Matthew. of the Supper. volunteers whonever tookforget the time and energy to continue to make this sacrifice, that so manyBoucher-Bogart can enjoy a truly delicious meal onfor ourdoing country’s special day. YOU Roll Isothank Elaine and her committee an outstanding jobTHANK on the Tootsie ALL! Every year they donate their weekends to this drive and the volunteers who donated hours in Drive. collecting for her is immeasurable. Thank You All for making this year’s Tootsie Roll Drive a great Our Council’s Appreciation Night dinner was well attended. I thank Kevin and Roxanne Godek success. and their entire committee for a great evening. For the upcoming events, we are having the Wine and Beer Casino Night on Friday November 1st, aOur Memorial Mass will be on Tuesday, November Chaplain, Matthew Guidi will Children’s Christmas Party was two hours of 12, funOur and Council games! There wereFr. crafts and face lead us in prayer along with Deacon Pete Hebert, remembering all deceased members. Italian Night painting, clowns and hula hoops, a surprise visit by Frosty the Snowman and of course good ole in the lounge on Saturday November 16, and our Annual Thanksgiving day meal on November 28. St. Nick along with a special elf Suzy and Mrs. Claus too! Four lucky children rode away on brand My wife Jill, will be hosting a Tastefully Simple PartyRudolph in the Members’ Lounge on Wednesday new bicycles and one lucky young lady won a cushy the Red Nose Reindeer. November 6th at 6:30pm. For those unfamiliar, Tastefully Simple offers a wide selection of conto kitchen assist inand the more off loadIvenient, was overwhelmed by the number of volunteers that came onless Sat.time the 13 easy-to-prepare foods designed to help people spend inththe time enjoying the rest of their lives. Their products are available through independent Tastefully Simple ing of toys for both the State Police and our Council’s Children's Christmas party. Then on Sunconsultants primarily at home taste-testing parties day I can’t begin to name the number of elves that nationwide. came to assist Santa with all the preparations necessary to make the party a great success! VIVAT JESU David Saraiva GK I know that this is at times frowned upon and I apologize if I have missed anyone, but all these people deserve to be recognized. Norm Fleury(SantaClaus), Jack Bouchard(Frosty) The Clown contingent, Rick Petit, Arnie Craven, Tom Kelly, Bill Blodgett. The gift presenters Ed LaFromboise, Don Gladu, Mike Lafleur. Cheryl Lafleur crafts and Sandi Rodrigue face painting. Ed and Sis Leblanc, Fran and Judy Getto, Ray Fields and Julie. Dave Saraiva, Paul Soja, Louise King, Al Lussier, Reggie Mailloux, Jim McKinnon and Tom Trudel. Dottie Turgeon(scrumptious cupcakes), Suzy (elf) Poulin, Paul Phaneuf(cookies) Sue Skorka, Sandi LaFleche, Dave Sarazin and the banquet facility staff, Denise (Mrs. Claus) Darcy. I thank the Clown Contingent, Assembly 2670, Family and Youth committee and the Council for the Bikes, and my wife Denise for the Hula Hoops, yoyo’s and Rudolph. Thank you all for a great Childrens Christmas party! continued Page 2 GRAND KNIGHT—CONTINUED Looking toward the future the Sweetheart Dance committee is already working on that always well attended event. This year the Sweetheart Dance falls on Valentines Day and we hope to have photographs available to those Sweetheart couples who would like a souvenir of the evening. (5”x7” just $10.00). The council is looking into a trip to the Knights of Columbus museum on Saturday, January 31st. The museum is featuring twenty-four Creches with various Nativity scenes for the Christmas season. As part of their permanent exhibit there is the cross that stood on top of St Peter’s Basilica for over four hundred years, the Christopher Columbus and Father Michael J.McGivney Galleries, the Wall of History beginning in 1882 when the Knights of Columbus was founded to the present and much more. We are also planning on going out to eat at one of the local restaurants after the museum. Anyone interested should call Kevin Godek at (413) 534-3485. We need to have a count as soon as possible so we can charter a bus and other arrangements. The First and Second Degrees that were scheduled for March have been moved up to Monday, February 23rd and Tuesday, February 24th. On Sunday, March 15th we will be having a Third Degree. These dates are very important because on Saturday, April 11th, Fairview Council will be hosting the Exemplification of the Fourth Degree. On average, the Fourth Degree is only held at our Council every five years, so now is the opportune time to become a member of our Fourth Degree Assembly 2670. VIVAT JESU Donald Darcy, Grand Knight PRAYER INTENTIONS Please remember to keep in your prayers all of the Brother Knights and members of their families that have passed away, those who are sick and elderly, for all Priests and religious vocations, for the life of the unborn, and remember to keep the men and women serving in our military safe, so they may return home to their loved ones. We ask that you pray for the repose of the souls of , Brother Knight Michael Sears who leaves behind his wife Helene, and Brother Knight Jimmy Shepard who leaves behind his parents Reid and Brenda. Fr. Frank Lawlor, Council Chaplain SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM My Brother Knights and Families, this year your Knights of Columbus Council 4044 will be awarding College Scholarships to student relatives of current or deceased Council 4044 members. These scholarships are made available through your continued support of and dedication to Council 4044 activities and functions. Applications for the 2015 Council 4044 Scholarship Program will be available in the Members Lounge beginning on January 2nd 2015 and after that date on the Council’s website http://www.kofc4044.com/. Remember to carefully read and follow all instructions in the application package. In the past many applicants failed to provide their transcripts or other pertinent information, which caused delays in the completion of the review process. Please contact me at (413) 532-3342 with any questions. Francis Getto 2015 Scholarship Program Director Page 3 CHAPLAIN I would like to kick off the New Year with a challenge to all of my brother Knights. For 2015 I would like to see all of you focus your attention on St. John Paul’s call for a New Evangelization! In December of 1990, Saint John Paul issued an encyclical entitled”Redemptoris Missio” (The Mission of the Redeemer). In it he emphasized the fact that each of the gospels relates a story of Jesus giving a "missionary mandate" to the Apostles: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations….” In the encyclical the Pope affirmed that the Church continues on this mission and that as members of the Church we all share in the responsibility for its success. While historically, “mission territory” has been thought of as places far away, John Paul laments the fact that there are “entire groups of the baptized who are all around us and have lost a living sense of the faith and live a lives far removed from Christ and his Gospel.” He tells us that in these cases, “what is needed is a ‘new evangelization’ or a ‘reevangelization." I am certain the each member of this council knows someone like this; people who have “lost a living sense of the faith” and who live lives far removed from Christ. The last five Popes have all echoed the call for all of us to act. Pope John Paul II and his successors have called upon each of us to become true missionaries to our neighbors, friends and families. As members of this great organization, as Catholic gentlemen we must begin to do what we can to bring people back to the gospel. As we begin this process let’s keep a few things in mind. 1. Evangelization must begin with Prayer. Pray for those who have drifted away and for the strength to help them. 2. Evangelization requires an attitude of peace and good-will. Condemnation will get you nowhere. Judgment and lectures have no place. 3. Evangelization is best accomplished with simple basic kindness and example. Remember the words of St. Francis; “Preach the Gospel often, if necessary use words”. During 2015 you (yes, I mean you!) can become a missionary. You can make a huge contribution to the spiritual life of your neighbor, your sister or your son by bringing them back to Jesus. Let’s begin with prayer. God Bless You, Happy New Year Fr. Frank Lawlor, Council Chaplain VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH Congratulations Mike, Carole, and David Dubuc for being chosen as January’s Volunteers of the Month. They are one of our many families that volunteer for Bingo every week. Mike and David work in the kitchen while Carole sells specials for two hours before Bingo starts. They also volunteer every Thanksgiving, serving those less fortunate. Finally, Mike and Carole volunteer at the Soldiers’ Home with the Fourth Degree. Donald Darcy, Grand Knight BINGO MEETING There is a Bingo meeting scheduled for Friday, January 2nd at 7:00 pm. Prior to the meeting from 6—7:00 pm we will be gathering in the lounge to wish everyone a Happy New Year. There will be something to eat and we will have a cash bar. The Honor Guard rehearsal has been moved to Friday, January 9th. We will review how we did last year and I will ask a few volunteers to speak, including the Grand Knight. I am looking for suggestions regarding areas that need improving. Along with your suggestion I would like to hear how you would handle the situation. I have some new ideas that I will be addressing. I want this to be constructive as we only have two or three years before there is a casino in Springfield. Kevin J. Godek, Bingo Chairman Page 4 Page 5 INSURANCE “Open House - Insurance Night” Estate Planning Long-Term Care The Magic of Life Insurance Disability Insurance IRA, Roth, 401K, and Annuities Location: Fairview Council 4044 Chambers Date: Monday, Jan 26, 2015 Time: 7:00 PM RSVP: Jan 19, 2014 Guest speaker: Brendan J. King Esquire of The Estate Preservation Law Offices This is a fraternal benefit open event. Please present this invitation to your family, friends, and neighbors. Coffee and dessert will be served. Bill Wisniewski A-K 265-1213 www.billwisniewski.org Thomas Sullivan L-Z 534-9609 www.thomaspsullivan.org K of C Family Night at the Falcon’s Nest Springfield Falcons Vs Providence Bruins January 24th @ 7:00 pm The cost is $16.00 per person which includes your Admission Ticket, along with Pizza and Soda in the Members’ Lounge after the Game Contact Jim McKinnon for tickets and more Information (413) 272-9925 Page 6 WINTER STEAK ROAST Saturday January 17th at 5 pm Cost $11.00 Salad, Steak, Baked Potato, Veggies, Dinner Roll with Butter Tickets are limited because of occupancy limits. The normal frozen cast of characters will be there to serve you. Tickets go on sale Monday, December 15th in the Members’ Lounge. (413) 533-2877 The Bartender will have them during lounge hours All proceeds are for the lounge improvement fund. SUPERBOWL XLIX We now have the Direct TV NFL Sunday Ticket Package which means we can get up to four football games, on any one of our four televisions, at the same time, in the Member’s Lounge. The lounge is open at Noon on Sundays and will close at the bartenders discretion in the evening, depending on the crowd. . Come join us in the lounge on February 1st for Super Bowl forty nine. There’s no threat of a February blizzard like last year in New Jersey. This year’s game is at the University of Phoenix in Glendale, Arizona. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm est. The lounge will open at 1:00 pm and close after the game. There will be snacks served through out the day. We will have a buffet table for you to enjoy at half time. If you wish to bring your favorite foods and have your own little party that is fine. Enjoy the pool tables, large screen televisions, juke boxes, cards, and much more. Come on down and take advantage of all the lounge has to offer. The juke box will be shut off once the game begins. Tables will be on a first come basis, none will be reserved. If you wish to reserve a tables for a party in the future, they must be booked with either Greg Komer at (413) 536-2580 or cell (413) 537-9463 Or Fran LaBreck at (413) 532-0921 or cell (413) 214-4700 Page 7 LOUNGE EVENTS Yes, the lounge will be open New Years Eve for your enjoyment. On Saturday, January 17th, Ron and his crew will be hosting a Steak Roast beginning at 5:00 pm. Get your tickets early, because this event tends to sell out. The following Saturday is Springfield Indians Hockey night with pizza and soda after the game. Saturday, January 31st we have the sounds of Jim Geoffroy. Jim sings, plays the acoustic electric guitar and the harmonica. He will be playing from 8— 11:00 pm. Finally, on Sunday, February 1st we will be having a Lounge Super Bowl Party. The lounge will open at 1:00 pm and we will be serving snacks during the day and a buffet will be offered at half time. The Lounge Committee If you wish to advertise in our newsletter a business card size ad costs $120.00 for twelve months. The space is limited so the ads will be placed on a first come basis. We only have space available for three more ads. Checks should be made out to the Fairview Knights of Columbus and mailed along with one of your business cards to Kevin Godek, 11 Bach Lane, South Hadley, MA 01075. Page 8 COUNCIL OFFICERS 2014-2015 Grand Knight – Donald Darcy…………...…….…….…Denise…............,.,...…….534-4749 Chaplain – Father Frank Lawlor...…………..………....……..…….……...….....…..532-7503 District Deputy John Hurley…………….…………...........................………………786-1065 Deputy Grand Knight– Edward LeBlanc….….……...Cecile…......………………533-1025 Chancellor– Norm Fleury, PGK, FDD……………….....Grace….....…......….…….592-5190 Warden– Tom Trudell…...…………….……...............................…...……................887-7223 Recorder– Thomas Charette……….……………...……Karen…...….................…536-3419 Inside Guard– Alan Lussier…..…...……………..…..…Shirley…..………….…….593-3589 Outside Guard– David Hachey………...…….…..……………...…..….…....……….532-7173 Financial Secretary- Joseph Turgeon……………........Dottie…...…………....…..536-4302 Treasurer– Edward Stawarz..….....................................Mary....…………….….....535-3105 Advocate– Peter Panaretos, PGK, PFN..……………...Mary…......…...………….538-7748 Lecturer-Jim McKinnon...………………………….………………………...………...272-9925 Trustee (one year)- Paul Soja, PGK,….................................…...……….…..…....374-9205 Trustee (two years)- Ray Cote, PGK,……….........................………….………….272-8208 Trustee (three years) - David Saraiva, PGK………..…Jill....………...…..……….244-9697 January 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 1 4 Breakfast St Patrick’s SH 7:30-10:30 am No Bingo Fri Sat 2 Bingo Mtg. 7:00 pm 3 9 Honor Guard Rehearsal 7:00 pm 10 5 Officer’s Mtg. 7:00 pm 6Soldiers’ Home 7 Ice Cream 1:30 pm 12 Council Mtg. 7:30 pm 13 14 Spaghetti 4:30 pm 4th Degree Mtg. 7:30 pm 15Bingo 6:15pm 16 17 Steak Roast 5:00 pm 19 Board Mtg. 7:00 pm 20 21 22Bingo 6:15pm 23 24 Falcon’s Hockey 7:00 pm 26 Insurance Night 7:00 pm 27 28 29Bingo 6:15pm 30 31 The Sounds of Jim Geoffroy 8:00 pm 8 Bingo 6:15pm NFL PACKAGE 11 NFL PACKAGE 18 NFL PACKAGE 25 NFL PACKAGE
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