Wednesday, September 29, 2021
BABY BOTTLE DRIVE
The St. Paul of Tarsus Knights of Columbus Council 11689 is doing a baby bottle drive to benefit two of our favorite charities, Abigayle Ministries and Gianna House. These two charities exemplify what we as Catholic gentlemen support in our respect of life. Because of the pandemic these charities are having a difficult keep- ing up as are most. So lets all chip in and help them out.
In addition to the baby bottles we are also running an online fundraising campaign at the below web link or the QR Code above in case you are unable to get to church to pick up a bottle and would still like to contrib- ute.
https://www.freefunder.com/campaign/2021-baby-bottle-drive
A little of info about the charities:
Abigayle Ministries: Abigayle Ministries is a Christian interdenominational non-profit organization in South- east Michigan. The ministry assists adult pregnant women and their children by introducing them to the Gos- pel of Jesus Christ and equipping them to be self-sufficient through its residential housing program.
Gianna House: The mission of Gianna House is to provide a safe residence for at-risk pregnant girls and young women and their newborn infants while providing spiritual, educational, and parenting support and resources to underserved women in our programs.
The Knight's Shield - October 2021
Fall is upon us and I for one am pleased...this is my
favorite time of year. The cooler weather and the
leaves changing, reaping the bounty of the earth, I
just love it!
A special election was held at our last general membership meeting to replace our long time recorder
Rob Tusset. He stepped down after many years of
dedicated service. Thank you Rob for your service to
this council. Your hard work and dedication was appreciated! Our new Recorder is Vince Ursini, Thank
you Vince for stepping into this role! Vince was the
Outside Guard so we also had to have an election to
fill that vacated position. Our new Outside Guard is
Stan Labuda. Thank you Stan for stepping up to take
on this role!
Our council is having a membership drive and a baby bottle fundraiser this month. We are doing the membership drive in conjunction with handing out the baby bottles the first two weekends 10/2-3 & 9-10. We will be collecting the bottles the next two weekends 10/16-17 & 23-24. We will need men to work the table and do some recruiting. The baby bottle drive will be benefiting Gianna House and Abigayle Ministries. See the flyer attached to this newsletter.
The road cleanup is coming up October 9th (see the attached flyer). There is no PGC or background required for this event.
Our Trunk or Treat event is coming up 10/24. Please consider attending this event. It is a lot of fun to decorate your car and hand out candy to the kids. Bring your kids/grand kids. We will probably have some more information at the next general meeting.
It has been a while since I have mentioned that in order to volunteer at an event where we interact with the public, you are required to have Protecting Gods Children (PGC) certification and a background check.
October 11th is Columbus Day, in recent years there has been a movement to disparage Columbus. Below are some facts that dispute many of the things that people are claiming:
Columbus mutilated natives: This is untrue, this was actually done under a European Governor by the name of Nicolas de Ovando, in the Indes from 1502- 1509. Columbus actually prohibited his men from harming the native population and executed two of his men for doing so.
Columbus was a pedophile: This comes from a mis- interpretation of a letter to the Queen of Spain com- plaining about some mutineers and the selling of slave girls.
Columbus brought slavery to the new world: This is untrue. Slavery has been around since the beginning of civilization. Portugal was actually the first nation to begin bringing African slaves to the America’s.
Columbus caused genocide of the indigenous people:
This is also untrue, genocide by definition has to
be intentional. There was some disease that killed
some indigenous people, not all of them. This was
neither intentional nor malicious.
From my family to yours, we wish you a Happy Fall!
Vivat Jesus!
Tom Gray
Thursday, August 26, 2021
The Knight's Shield - September 2021
Summer is almost over and it is time for back to school. With two teachers in the Gray household this is a busy time of year for us indeed. On behalf of my family I would also like to thank you all for the love and support you have shown us during this difficult time. It really means the world to us.
We were privileged to have Father Joe Hund visit us from New Orleans. His parish is having issues with the air conditioning and are having a raffle fund raiser. If you are interested see Jerry Hund to purchase tickets. Our council is going to have a membership drive and a baby bottle fundraiser in September, so stay tuned for some details coming up. We will need men to work the table and do some recruiting. The baby bottle drive will be benefitting Gianna House and Abigayle Ministries.
Labor Day is coming up, so here is a little piece of wisdom from Theodore Roosevelt on work. " No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
From my family to yours, we wish you a Happy Labor Day!
Vivat Jesus!
Tom Gray
Sunday, July 25, 2021
The Knight's Shield - August 2021
I hope this finds you all well, happy, and dry. That was quite a July with all the rain!
We did the tree trimming on July 10th at the parish. I want to thank the following knights for their efforts: Ken Krause, Hank Leflere, Mike Hartel, Ron Marrese, Phil Kwasny, George Schulte, Ray Coughlin, Steve Kargenian, Vince Ursini, and Rob Amsler. I apologize if I missed anyone who came later. There were also two parishioners Maria Fazzalari, and Bill Lawson who helped out. It looks wonderful!
Before our July general membership meeting, we had
two new Knights go through the exemplification. Paul
Kopacki and Ken Savage, welcome to our council
Brother Knights!
We held our ice cream social again the weekend of
July 16th. I received good feedback that it was a success. We also had in attendance our Worthy State
Deputy to present our 25th anniversary plaque to our
Worthy Deputy Grand Knight Phil Mularski.
August 18 is a fraternal benefits night with speaker
Joe Jordan talking about stress free retirement planning. The article is attached with this newsletter.
Please let me know if you attend this event so I can
do the appropriate paperwork. If you take the survey
at the end of the seminar it will count toward us
getting our requirement for Star Council.
From my family to yours, we wish you a happy rest of
the summer!
Vivat Jesus!
Tom Gray
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Friday, June 25, 2021
The Knight's Shield - July 2021
As we are easing into Summer with restrictions being lifted, I hope this finds you all well and happy.
The MI Drive funds were received from the State and dispersed to our selected charities. Thank you to all those who volunteered to deliver them.
At our last general meeting, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the council! Our Worthy State Advocate, Charles McCuen, represented the State Council. We presented Knight of the Year award to Angelo Garavaglia. Family of the year was awarded to the Ken and Peggy Dudley family. We had four lifetime achievement awards: George Loewen, Hank Leflere, Ken Grobbel, and Ted Czarny. There was special men- tion of our charter Worthy Treasurer, Ray Coughlin, for his years of loyal service and dedication to this council. Thank you Ray for all you do!
We bid adieu to our outgoing Worthy District Deputy Ernie Boulis and welcomed our new one Dan Nowakowski. Ernie served District 1/101 for 6 years. We only had him for a couple of years, but his solid leadership was greatly appreciated. Thank you for your loyal service Ernie! Also thank you Dan for your willingness to step into this leadership role, we are looking forward to working with you.
You will note on the calendar that we are going to have an exemplification before our July general membership meeting. We are also going to resume meals before the meetings. So the exemplification will begin at 6. If you are not a 3rd degree member please consider attending this very nice ceremony. Also feel free to attend if you are and would just like to see it. Just let us know so we can plan for the number of attendees.
The weekend of July 16th is the ice cream social. We will set up the tent Friday afternoon and serve ice cream after all the masses. Please consider working this event, it will be very welcome to see some more of the parishioners and talk after such a long time.
We are going to do a baby bottle drive after the summer, so stay tuned as we iron out the details. We, along with help from the church, decided to post pone our membership drive till after the summer as well. Looking to do the baby bottle drive in conjunction with the membership drive.
From my family to yours, we wish you a happy Independence Day!
Vivat Jesus! Tom Gray
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
The Knight's Shield - June 2021
Summer is almost upon us, and with the pandemic easing up a little, I am looking forward to visiting with family and friends more...including my brother knights. I hope all of you and yours are doing well.
Our officers for the 2021-22 fraternal year were elected at our May general meeting, they are as follows:
- Grand Knight: Tom Gray
- Deputy Grand Knight: Phil Mularski
- Chancellor: Kevin Kennedy
- Warden: Tony Quido
- Advocate: Ken Krause
- Recorder: Rob Tusset
- Inside Guard: Joe Kish
- Outside Guard: Vince Ursini
- 3 Year Trustee: Paul Parker
- Treasurer: Ray Coughlin
Thanks to all the brother knights who accepted these officer positions!
The road cleanup was 4/24. We had about 10 men help out with this event. It took about an hour and a
half, the garbage was pretty heavy this year.
I have delivered our donation to the church from the fish fry proceeds.
The MI Drive funds are turned into the State, and we are awaiting the checks to disperse to our selected
charities.
The state convention at Mackinaw is virtual again this year. I mentioned at the general meeting and there
was some interest that they are opening up the meeting to outside people to attend. There will be a
different login for the delegates as we have some voting to do, but anyone can login and view the activities. Friday May 28th start time is 6pm, it opens with mass. The start time Saturday starts at 9am with a Rosary. The links are below if you wish to view this event.
Our next general meeting we will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of our council! There will be a representative from the State Council to present a plaque from Supreme. Please try to make this event
as we will recognize the charter members and the Past Grand Knights.
We are going to possibly do a baby bottle drive soon, so stay tuned as we iron out the details. From my family to yours, we wish you a happy June!
Vivat Jesus!
Tom Gray
Thursday, May 13, 2021
DID YOU KNOW
In the beginning God created the night and the day and with in it He provided 24 hours with
two great lights to separate the night and the day. All of God’s people have 24 hours each day
to accomplish their goals. That gives each of us 8,760 hours a year to live out God’s plan. That
gives everyone 2,920 hours of sleep each year if they sleep 8 hours a day. Working 40 hours a
week uses another 2,080 hours for the year. That leaves 3,760 hours for personal time
whatever that may be. Can you please spend 5,10,15,20 or 24 hours a year making a
difference by supporting the Knights of Columbus programs? That’s all it takes 24 hours or less
out of 8,760 hours each year. Be the difference.
Your time is the most valuable gift you can give.
Please consider joining our council today. You are so much needed.
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