Fr. Frank L. Colacicco Council 4060

Brothers, if you have purchased a SuperBowl square from the pool and have not paid yet, please make sure to do so soon! We are trying to reconcile everything in the budget and would like to close this out before the SuperBowl.

Brothers,

Our January newsletter is online here. It contains useful information about the upcoming schedule and budgets for the upcoming year.
Our January council meeting is tomorrow night at 7PM in the St. Isidore Rm of the Msgr. Cardelli Center.

Fraternally, Joe

Brothers, this weekend is the first All Night Adoration of the new year! Adoration begins on Saturday at 6PM and ends Sunday morning at 7AM.
Please take advantage of this to spend some quality time with our Blessed Lord. I hope to see you there!

Brothers,

Our November council meeting is tonight at 7PM in the St. Isidore Rm of the Msgr. Cardelli Center. Please make the effort to be at this meeting as this is where the Christmas event signups will be. This is also our last official meeting of the year. Our November newsletter is online here. It contains useful information about the upcoming schedule. and budgets for the upcoming year.

Brothers, our October newsletter is posted online here.
Please take a look to be prepared for upcoming events!

Brothers, please keep Larry Bell in your prayers. He had a turn for the worst and has an infection. He is headed back to the hospital and as soon as they can heal the infection he is in need of more surgery.. May the good Lord keep Larry in his hands.

Brothers, Terry received this letter from a grateful recipient of one of our wheelchairs. Names have been removed from the letter to respect privacy.

Brothers, our September newsletter is online here.
There are some important events coming up so please take a few minutes to review.

Worthy State Deputy:

I am writing to ask that you encourage every Knight of Columbus in your jurisdiction to take immediate action to support religious freedom and rights of conscience for Catholics and Catholic institutions.

The delegates at our 129th Supreme Convention in Denver in August unanimously passed a resolution pledging our support for freedom of conscience in health care. This resolution was in response to a rule recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requiring almost all private health plans to cover contraception and sterilization as “preventive services” for women.

The new rule would force insurance plans to cover all FDA-approved contraceptive methods and sterilization procedures, including “emergency contraception” drugs that may cause an abortion by interfering with the implantation of a newly-conceived human being. The mandate will force individuals and groups with religious or moral objections to purchase and provide such coverage. The rule poses a serious threat to the religious freedom of both individuals and institutions.

The Department of Health and Human Service has established a period for public comment that ends on September 30th. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging Catholics to send an email message to HHS. The Bishops are also encouraging Catholics to show their support for bi-partisan legislation, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act (H.R. 1179 / S.1467), which would ensure that federal mandates do not violate the deeply-held moral and religious convictions of our citizens.

Please encourage every Knight in your jurisdiction to send an email message to HHS by visiting www.kofc.org/rightsbefore September 30th. After sending a message to HHS, Knights will be automatically invited to send a message to their elected representatives in Congress, urging them to support the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act.

The Knights of Columbus will always support religious freedom as a basic civil right. No persons or institutions should ever be forced to act in a manner contrary to their moral and religious beliefs.

Sincerely,

Carl A. Anderson
Supreme Knight

We are kicking off our Entertainment book sales this weekend. Chancellor Greg Vervais is the event coordinator. After Mass this Sunday, please see Greg and help staff a sales booth for 15 min or so. It really helps our budget!