May & June 2010 Events

 5/15 Ecumenical Soup Kitchen

5/20 Council Business Meeting 7:30 PM at Monocacy Mano

        Election of Officers

 5/30 Communion Breakfast 9AM mass @ OLPH

         10:30AM breakfast@ The Palace Restaurant

6/3 Council Officers Meeting 7:00PM at Monocacy Manor

6/4 IRON PIGS Baseball Game 7:00PM

6/17 Council Business Meeting 7:30 PM at Monocacy Manor

        1^st Degree

GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE

                Easily our most attended event of the year  for Knights and their families and friends is our Communion Breakfast.  Appropriately for Trinity Council our Communion Breakfast this year will be held on Trinity Sunday, May 30, 2010.  We will attend 9AM mass at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 3221 Santee Road, Bethlehem and then proceed to the Palace Restaurant 3250 Easton Ave, Bethlehem for the breakfast beginning approximately 10:30AM.  The food is always excellent and no one has ever gone away hungry.

                At the breakfast we will, as always, present scholarship awards to sons/daughters of our Council 313 brothers who are graduating from high school this year.  As an added feature this year our very own brother Deacon George Kelly has agreed to be our breakfast speaker.  Please join us.  Call Brother Len Verastro at 610-691-5698 to reserve your spot.

First Degree

                Our next first degree exemplification will be June 17, 2010, at 7:30PM.  Candidates arrive at 7PM. If you know of a candidate, call Bro. Al Fiore at 610-866-0034.  The Knights of Columbus worldwide membership recently passed the 1.8 million mark.  Tell a Catholic gentleman friend how much more good he can do for his church and his fellow man as part of this team.

Recent Events

It seems that the Council is always busy with something.  Our annual Arc collection at area stores and parishes raised over $2,300.  The Arc is the largest advocacy organization in the United States for citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.

During Lent our brother knights helped man the kitchen at St. Anne’s first annual Friday night fish fry – by all accounts a successful debut for a new parish event.  Fr. Mongiello was kind enough to send us a beautiful letter thanking us for all our help.

Graduating High School Seniors

All brother knights from Council 313 who have sons / daughters graduating from high school this year: take note.  The Council makes a scholarship award each year to graduating high school seniors who are sons and daughters of our members.  We believe we have all the names of all the eligible recipients this year, but if you know of someone who has not contacted us, please call Brother Al Fiore at 610-866-0034.  We don’t want to miss anyone.

State Convention

The Knights of Columbus state convention was held this month in Pittsburgh.  Our Council was ably represented by our two elected representatives:  Brother Len Verrastro and Brother Jim Hogg.

Change

Home Association president Jim Hogg has a new phone number: contact him at 610-442-7779 with any questions about the Home Association, or for information about lottery tickets

DUES NOTICES

Dues notices have been mailed out.  Your prompt response will be much appreciated.  Your Council knows it can depend on your continued support

WEBSITE

Don’t forget our Council Website at www.kofc313.org.  Upcoming events, directions, contact information, helpful links, past and present newsletters, history, etc.  You name it, it’s there.

Knights Night Out:

Amazingly we have already sold over 200 tickets for our night at CocoCola Park to see the Iron Pigs on Friday night ,June 4, 2010, and we still have more tickets available!  Everyone else is going, don’t be left behind.  Game time is 7PM. $10.00 per person.  Post game fireworks and a group raffle are included.  Each ticket comes with  a $2.00 return voucher that can be used to purchase food, beverages, or merchandise. Contact Brother Kevin Collins via email (kcollins26@verizon.net) or phone (610.974.8595) or Mark Sewell via email (mjsewell1@msn.com) or phone (610.442.8593).

Attendance Award  The name of Bro. Chris Cocoza (Feb.)   Leo McMenimen (March) and Deacon Franklin Chiles (April) were drawn but .Bros. Chris, Leo, and Franklin were not present. The award advances to $90 next month. The 50/50 was won by ChrisDrier (Feb.), and Bro. Jack Spirk (March) and (April).

Prayer Remembrance

Please remember in your prayers our sick or distressed:  Bro. Vito Sabie, Bro Jim Connell’s sister, Peggy,  Paul Robb, Tom Yencho’s father and uncle. Bro. Mark Sewell’s mother, Mario Diangio’s repose, Bro. Joe’s son Michael, Thomas Michael.