ST. THERESA’S COUNCIL # 14615
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
450 Radio Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
(WWW.KOFC14615.ORG)
March 10, 2016
Council Meeting:
Please note date change:
Our March meeting is scheduled as follows:
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Faith Formation Center, St. Theresa’s Church
Dress Code – Jacket and Tie for Second Degree
Officers’ Meeting:
We will hold our April Officers’ meeting as follows:
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Faith Formation Center, St. Theresa’s Church
OCEAN COUNTY CHAPTER MEETING:
Joint Meeting with the Ocean County Chapter and the State Officers.
DATE: Monday, April 11, 2016
LOCATION: To be determined
TIME: 8:00 PM
DRESS CODE: Jacket and Tie
CHAPLAIN’S MESSAGE:
My Dear Brothers in Christ,
In his Lenten message, Pope Francis has asked that “the season of Lent be lived more intensely as a privileged moment to celebrate and experience God’s mercy”. Our Holy Father is asking that by an attentive listening to the Word of God, we contemplate the importance of prayerfully listening to God’s Word each day of our lives. For it is in this prayerful listening and experiencing the Word of God that God’s covenant with each of us is made clear.
In the Sacred Scripture, the covenant between God and his people Israel reveals God’s mercy which is ever ready to treat his people with deep tenderness and compassion, especially at those tragic moments in our lives. The Sacred Scripture is a true love story, in which God plays the role of the betrayed father and husband, while Israel plays the unfaithful child and bride. These domestic images show to what extent God wishes to bind himself to his people.
This love story culminates in the incarnation of God’s Son. In Christ, the Father pours forth his boundless mercy even to making him mercy incarnate. As a man, Jesus of Nazareth is a true son of Israel; he embodies that perfect understanding that the Lord our God is one Lord; and we are called to love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all our soul, and with all our might.
As true disciples, informed by the Sacred Scripture, our hearts are transformed by God’s mercy through Jesus Christ. This transformation enables us, through the experience of a faithful love, to become merciful in turn. The experience of God’s mercy inspires each of us to love our neighbor and to devote ourselves to what the Church’s tradition calls the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. These works remind us that faith finds expression in concrete everyday actions meant to help our neighbors in body and spirit: by feeding, visiting, comforting and instructing them.
For all of us, the season of Lent is a time to overcome our spiritual complacency by listening to God’s Word and by practicing the works of mercy. In the corporal works of mercy we touch the flesh of Christ in our brothers and sisters who need to be fed, clothed, sheltered, visited; in the spiritual works of mercy – counsel, instruction, forgiveness, admonishment and prayer – we touch more directly our own sinfulness. Let us not waste the remainder of this season of Lent. Let us embrace it as a favorable a time for conversion through the sacred word of god and his remarkable mercy manifest by our living as true disciples of Jesus Christ.
Yours in Christ
Fr. Mick
DECEASED MEMBERS:
Brother Bill Bilarczyk’s daughter, Dawn P. Bilarczyk
ILL MEMBERS – please pray for their rapid return to health:
Bishop David O’Connell, Bishop of Trenton Diocese
Bishop John Smith, Retired Bishop of Trenton Diocese
Deacon Bill Sulzmann
Past Grand Knight Thomas Hartley
Past Grand Knight and Former District Deputy Bill Dwyer
Brother Peter De Feo
Brother Jack Murray
Brother Salvatore Di Franco
Brother Peter Marcellino
Brother James Murray
Brother Franklin Clayton
Brother Vincent Lucrezio
Brother Jeff Green and his Mother-in-Law
Brother Matthew Bieda and his wife, Karen
Warden Francis Murphy’s wife, Nancy
Brother John Nowak’s wife, Margaret Nowak
Brother Conrad Zabinski’s wife, Amy
Brother Leo Rossetti’s Daughter-in-law Marilyn Rossetti
Past Grand Knight John Taaffe’s wife, May
Brother Rick Siano’s nephew Joseph Calvano
Brother Joe Giugliano's father, PGK Angelo Giugliano
Past Grand Knight John Taaffe’s Sister-in-law Shirley Lewis
Past Grand Knight Earl Lind’s wife, Jan
Brother Bob Love’s son, Adrian
Brother Peter Prada’s wife, Irene
Brother Peter Marcellino’s daughter, Angela Fritz
We ask that you, Brothers, who have either your name or your family names on this list, to please reconfirm the listing every three months, or we will regretfully remove the name from the list.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS:
Again this year, Father Mick wants us, Knights, heavily involved with the Stations of the Cross on Fridays during Lent. We need five men on each Friday. Contact Grand Knight Jeff Hawarden, at 732-768-0479 or to sign up.
NOMNATING COMMITTEE:
At our February Meeting, the Grand Knight appointed a Nominating Committee. The Committee will provide the Council a slate of Officers at our April Council Meeting Elections will occur at our May Council Meeting. The members of the Committee are: Joe Lutz (609-296-2001), Earl Lind (609-296-4431), and John Taaffe (908-239-5988). Contact one of them if you are interested in becoming an officer.
BEREAVEMENT COMMITTEE:
The Council is forming a Bereavement Committee and is looking for volunteers to join it. Contact John Taaffe @ 908-239-5988 if you are interested.
BLUECLAWS GAME:
Our next trip to the Lakewood BlueClaws is scheduled for Friday, July 1, 2016. Contact Brother Peter Jacobs if you are interested ().
COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIPS:
Again this year our Council is providing partial scholarships to children/grandchildren of our members. Contact Peter Jacobs () or Joe Giugliano () 201-741-0455. The information letter and the application may be found at the end of this newsletter.
COUNCIL FELLOWSHIP EVENTS:
HORSESHOES – Father Mick has offered to allow us to build horseshoe pits on St Theresa church property. This process will continue in the Spring with the building of the horseshoe pits.
Additional ideas are always welcome!
LADIES’ ORGANIZATIONS:
At our March Officers’ Meeting, the Council Officers agreed to form an exploratory Committee to form a Ladies Auxiliary. We will discuss this further at our March Council Business Meeting.
COUNCIL PICNIC:
We are tentatively scheduling our Third Annual Council Picnic on Saturday, August 13th, at the same location as in prior years.
BABY BOTTLE BOOMERANG:
Again this year, we will be doing the Baby Bottle Boomerang. We will distribute the bottles the weekend of April 16 & 17th. We will accept returns the weekend of May 21 & 22nd. Look for additional information in next month’s newsletter.
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE:
We are continuing our assistance for the Little Egg Harbor Food Pantry. Assistance is always needed in distributing the paper bags after Mass. Help is also requested for various events listed below.
SUMMARY OF UPCOMING FOOD PANTRY EVENTS:
Day / Date / Time / Location / EventSaturday / March 19 / 9:30 AM / Food Pantry / Distribute Easter Hams
Monday / March 21 / 9:00 AM / Food Pantry / Unload County Food Truck.
Monday / March 21 / 11:00 AM / Community Center / Unload County Food Truck
Saturday & Sunday / April 2 & 3 / All Masses / Church / Distribute Bags
Monday / April 11 / 8:00 AM / Church / Transport Collected Food
BABY DIAPERS:
Diapers needed for the Community Food Bank (sizes 2, 3, 4 or 5). Please donate at the monthly Parish Food Drive or at monthly council meetings.
FOURTH DEGREE:
The next major Exemplification of the Fourth Degree is scheduled for the weekend of November 12-13. If you are interested in taking the Fourth Degree this year, please contact either Joe Lyons, the Assembly Comptroller (), or John Nowak, our own Council Chancellor.
POCKET BADGES:
If you ordered a pocket name badge from either Jay Werling or Joe Lyons, there are in. The price is $14.00 for a Fourth Degree Knight; $13.00 for all other Knights. See Joe Lyons at the Council meeting for your badge.
Joe is also taking orders for new badges. See him at the meeting.
INSURANCE NEWS:
Ways to Pay for Whole Life
We live in a world of options and we are constantly bombarded by choices. Some of these make our lives more complicated, but many of these choices are created with our satisfaction in mind.
At the Knights of Columbus, every product we offer has been designed solely for the benefit of our members and their families. When I present an option to you, it’s because a team of experts has discussed it at length to be certain it serves your best interest.
We have a few options on how you can provide and pay for the whole life coverage that your family needs. Many whole life policies call for premiums to be paid for your entire life or to age 100. But we also offer permanent life coverage with guaranteed cash values (and the potential to earn dividends, which are not guaranteed) through policies that offer a limited period of premium payments.
First, we offer “10 Pay Life” and “20 Pay Life.” Consider paying premiums for 10 or 20 years, and never having to pay for the coverage again. The plan is “paid up” and no more premiums are due. The plan stays in force, the death benefit remains intact and the guaranteed cash value continues to grow.
A plan with similar benefits is “Life Paid Up at 65.” The difference over 10 or 20 Pay Life plans is that this permanent product requires you to pay premiums until age 65. Then, premiums stop (just in time for retirement), but the plan remains in force.
Finally, the ultimate in limited pay is our Single Premium Life product. Imagine buying life insurance — permanent life insurance — and only paying one single premium? It’s possible.
To learn more about these products, our long-term care insurance, disability income or retirement products, please call me today.
Jonathan Pandolfo
609-549-6568
ODDS AND ENDS:
Articles for this newsletter are to be sent to Joe Lyons (address below) no later than the First Friday of each month. If you have an email address and received this newsletter via snail mail (US Post Office) please contact Joe Lyons at so he may include you on the email distribution list and save the Council money on postage. We no longer email this newsletter as an attachment but rather as an email message. Thus you don’t need to “open” anything to read it.
If you have anything you wish me to include or any comments for improvements, please contact me using the information below.
VIVAT JESUS!!!!
Fraternally,
Joe Lyons
609-296-2820