1898                  TRINITY COUNCIL 313                 2009

OVER A CENTURY OF SERVICE

TO – CHURCH – FAMILY – COMMUNITY

April & May Events 

 

4/2 Officers’/Directors’ Meeting 7:00PM at Monacacy Manor followed by a Home Association meeting

 

4/16   Council Business Meeting starting with a 1st degree exemplification: 7:30 Pm at Monacacy Manor.

 

4/17-4/19 (Fri. evening through Sun. afternoon). ARC collection at Wal-Mart and Dan Shantz.

 

4/25-‘4/26 ARC collection at the churches.

 

5/7 Officers’/Directors’ Meeting 7:00PM at Monacacy Manor

 

5/16 Our turn to serve at the Soup Kitchen

 

5/17 Family Communion at 9:00 AM at OLPH, with Honor Guard. Breakfast at 10:30 AM. Venue for the breakfast to be announced in the May newsletter.

 

5/21Council Business Meeting. 7:30 PM at Monacacy Manor

 

                          

Grand Knight’s Message: During Lent we often pray Psalm 51 “Create a clean heart in me, O God and a steadfast spirit renew within me.” This Psalm is repeated at the Solemn Easter Vigil. As we await again the Resurrection of the Lord on Easter, let us reflect what we must do to show the world as Knights, that our Catholic faith is a steadfast faith, and that the Holy Spirit continues to work in us as we pursue our works of Charity for the Knights of Columbus.

 

 

Insurance-Field Agent’s Message:

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For additional Whole Life Marketing Ideas, Contact your local Field agent, Rick Scrak        (610) 390-5638

 

ARC Collection: the annual collection for the ARC is scheduled for the weekend of April 17-19 at Wal – Mart and Dan Shantz. Collection  at the churches will take place following Masses on Apr. 25&26. This is an opportunity for Knights to exhibit  a charitable effort.  A two hour stint collecting for the ARC will be much appreciated by those citizens who benefit from your sacrifice.

 

Spring Recruitment Blitz: As of this writing, we have offered recruitment materials at the Church of the Incarnation of Our Lord (Mar. 14-15)  at Sacred Heart church in Freemansburg (Mar. 21-22) and Holy Ghost (Mar. 28-29). Thanks, respectively, to Msgr. Baker, Fr. George and Fr. Killian for their announcements and support.

  

 

Roundtable Update                                                              

Notre Dame: The next K of C  directed breakfast is scheduled for Sunday, April 26 following the 7:30  9:00 and 10:30 AM masses.

 

OLPH:   Our Knights have been delivering, door-to-door, welcoming packages to new parishioners, and have just been given twenty more to hand out.

 

 

Another project: an ongoing recycled phone collection for the benefit of the Special Olympians.

 

St. Anne’s : A poor man’s supper will be held on April 3 from 4:30 to 6:00 PM.                      

 

The roundtables serve your parish and your community.  Get involved!  Contact Roundtable  Chairman,  Bro. Mark Sewell at (610)-442-8593.

 

Knight of the Year.  In an announcement at the Past Grand Knights dinner, Bro. Rick Scrak was named Knight of the  Year  for the 2007-2008 Fraternal Year.  This is a well deserved award and an achievement of which to be very proud. Congratulations, Rick. A plaque accompanies this award.

 

Knight-of-the-Month  Bro.Eric Carrr was awarded Knight-of-the-Month for the month of February, noting particularly his successful running of the basketball free-throw contest. Bro.Vito Sabie was named Knight of the Month for March. Bro. Vito  always makes himself available when there is work to be done. Congratulations Eric and Vito! 

 

 Ecumenical Soup Kitchen The next stint for the Knights to serve will be Saturday, May 16. Volunteers are always  needed.

 

Attendance Award No one had won this award in almost five months and it had grown to $100. This is the point at which we draw names until there is a winner present. After four or five names were drawn of members  who were not present we finally drew a winner- Bro.Ed Ortelli. Ed comes to almost every meeting –that’s how one gets lucky!   

 Knight Rider – Several knights are ready to pick up a brother knight to attend a meeting or other council event.  If you’re unable or hesitant to drive at night, call Rick Scrak at 610-390-5638 or e-mail Rick at scrakman@msn.com to arrange a ride.

 Council Web Site – Visit our web site at www.kofc313.org.  All our scheduled events and newsletters for the 2008-2009 fraternal year are available online.

 

Rosary and Food Drive – We say the Rosary at 7:00 PM, prior to each general meeting.  You may also wish to make a cash donation to Victory House.  Bro. Jim Hogg can buy food at a discount.

 

Pro-life – A pro-life Mass is held on the second Saturday of every month at Notre Dame Church at 8:00 AM.  Following Mass, many say the Rosary at the abortion facility in Allentown.

 

Change of Address – If you are moving or will be temporarily away, please notify our Council’s Financial Secretary, Al Fiore of your new address, at 610-866-0034 to keep records current and avoid unnecessary post office fees.

 

Fraternal: keep in your prayers Bro. Francis Achando’s wife, Ann, Bro. Vito Sabie (eye surgery), DD John Philapavage’s brother who had his leg amputated, Bro. Mike Toolan, rcovering from an aneurysm,  Bro. Len Verrastro, Tony Krier, Nora Lee Tarney and Bro. John Schlosser.

 

Families In Need   Council 313 continues to give strong support to our Families in Need program. Knights can apply directly to the Families in Need committee or requests may come through your Pastors. Contact Bros. Steve Gorbos, Ed Ortelli, Jim. Transue or Philip Comito. ($250 max. per request).