Knights of Columbus Council #14421

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The New Year is always a great time for reflection. Many of us keep procrastinating year after year on things that need to be done. Well, guess what? You’re a year older now and it’s still not done.

We tend to make resolutions we never intend on keeping. They are too demanding and time consuming. Might I make a simple suggestion that is vital to you and your loved ones but you keep putting off. Get your financial affairs in order. Call me and together we can do a full review of your financial and insurance portfolio and get you up-to-date. A few minutes of your time and you can enjoy the rest of the year with peace of mind. “YOU don’t plan to fail in life, YOU fail to plan”.

So instead of breaking another resolution, get the year started off right before you wake up and it’s already 2011! Best of luck this year and God Bless!

Fraternally yours,

Paul Lalonde B. Comm, FIC, CSA

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What a wonderful way to wrap up 2009 with the Children’s Christmas party. There was lots of great food, make your own sundaes, crafts, variety of raffles and Santa Claus. Special thanks go to Joe van Troost for organizing the event; the volunteers that helped make it a success and all the families that attended.

On December 25 at the 11AM Christmas Mass, Joe van Troost also presented a check for $1346 to Father Mahony from the Knights of Columbus for the church building fund. We plan to make this yearly tradition.

2009 was a fantastic success for the Knights of Columbus and we hope that with your support we can also make 2010 even better. Below is a list of our accomplishments:

• Star council award

• Deluxe breakfast

• Parish golf tournament

• Anniversary dinner and dance

• Parish picnic and barbeque

• Fertilizer sale

• Arthritis Society car raffle

• Children’s Christmas party

• Family of the year award

• Family of the month

• Knight of the month

• Basketball free throw

• Soccer challenge

• Our Lady Charity mass

• Renew marriage vows

• Lenten retreat

• Tim Horton’s Big Brothers / Sisters Bowl a thon

• Mother’s day flowers

• Church cleaning

• Wine tour

• Blood donor clinic

• Grade 8 graduation award

• Welcome back barbeque

• Defending life chain

• Supported a Catholic Children’s Aids Society family for Christmas

• Good Sheppard donations

Bishop Anthony Tonnos, Bishop Gerard Bergie and the clergy of the Diocese of Hamilton were the guests of honour at the Clergy Appreciation Night on November 13th. The evening was hosted by Knights of Columbus Council 1454 in their hall next to St. Eugene’s Church in Hamilton.

At our Council’s table: Father Edward Mahony, pastor or Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Father Ted Slaman, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church, John Larmond, Marcel Lemmen, Joe Lemmen, Marty Ryan, and Joe Kubilis.

On December 13th, we had our second IHM Family Christmas party. Everybody had a good time and there was an excellent turnout. Although quite a few people left early due to other commitments and a false fire alarm (BUT everyone was excited to see the firemen and fire trucks!) I think everyone enjoyed themselves.

The children had a lot of activities to amuse themselves with: arts and crafts; video games room; and of course Santa. Things packed up an hour earlier than expected, mainly due to the fire alarm. We were able to achieve our goal of sponsoring a needy family, and we made around $400 for future events.

Special thanks to our volunteers, without whom none of this could have been possible: Rick Lezon, Gene, Matthew and Laura Therriault, the van Troost family, Guy and Tina Brucculeri, the Larmond family, Simpson Family, Larry Paletta, Varas family, Gary Maas, Stephen Di Pietro, Marcel Lemmen, Ron Ogulin, Joe Kubilis, Victoria Ivankovic, and a few others that came at the last minute to help out.

Gene, Matthew and Laura Therriault

To nominate a family for Family Of The Month  please send an email or note to the Grand Knight with the name of the nominees and reasons why they should receive the award.

Brother Joseph Lemmen, PGK

Bro. Joe organizes our council’s annual Arthritis Society Car Raffle. He also represents our council on the Patrons Committee of the Bishop Tonnos Charities Dinner and Dance. Bro. Joe is Faithful Captain of Bishop Ryan Assembly 868 of the Fourth Degree to which our council belongs.

To nominate a brother for Knight of the Month please send an email or note to the Grand Knight with the name of the nominee and reasons why he should receive the award.

Brother Ron Ogulin

Bro. Ron is a charter member of the council and serves on the executive as Trustee. Ron is our council’s photographer and helps out at most of our functions.

To nominate a brother for Knight of the Month please send an email or note to the Grand Knight with the name of the nominee and reasons why he should receive the award.

Many thanks to all of the brother knights who helped clean the windows at the church on Saturday, October 24^th.

A demonstration of proper window washing technique.

Our council has been awarded the Star Council which was given to us by our Worthy District Deputy. It is a great honor to get this award in our first full year. This is just another mark to illustrate all the hard work the Knights have done to help the church, cummunity, council, youth and families.