Membership Dues December.
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$40.00 if you Volunteer.
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Luke Henshaw
Knight of Columbus
Marian 87
Council 9607 Is changing to ECUMENICAL "70" Council 6246
Marian 87
Council 9607
January 2015
Mary Immaculate Parish
1980 Trafalgar
London, Ontario N5V 1A2
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Pope Francis’ suggested New Year’s resolutions
VATICAN CITY — When Pope Francis met before Christmas with Vatican employees, mostly lay people with families, he asked them to do 10 things. The list sounded remarkably like suggestions for New Year’s resolutions:
– “Take care of your spiritual life, your relationship with God, because this is the backbone of everything we do and everything we are.”
– “Take care of your family life, giving your children and loved ones not just money, but most of all your time, attention and love.”
– “Take care of your relationships with others, transforming your faith into life and your words into good works, especially on behalf of the needy.”
– “Be careful how you speak, purify your tongue of offensive words, vulgarity and worldly decadence.”
– “Heal wounds of the heart with the oil of forgiveness, forgiving those who have hurt us and medicating the wounds we have caused others.”
– “Look after your work, doing it with enthusiasm, humility, competence, passion and with a spirit that knows how to thank the Lord.”
– “Be careful of envy, lust, hatred and negative feelings that devour our interior peace and transform us into destroyed and destructive people.”
– “Watch out for anger that can lead to vengeance; for laziness that leads to existential euthanasia; for pointing the finger at others,
which leads to pride; and for complaining continually, which leads to desperation.”
– “Take care of brothers and sisters who are weaker … the elderly, the sick, the hungry, the homeless and strangers, because we will be judged on this.”
– Making sure your Christmas is about Jesus and not about shopping.
Pope Francis’ suggested New Year’s resolutions
The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
The Second Vatican Council stated: "Clearly from earliest times the Blessed Virgin is honoured under the title of Mother of God." and at an early stage the Church in Rome celebrated on 1 January a feast that it called the anniversary (Natale) of the Mother of God. When this was overshadowed by the feasts of the Annunciation and the Assumption, adopted from Constantinople at the start of the 7th century, 1 January began to be celebrated simply as the octave day of Christmas, the "eighth day" on which, according to Luke 2:21, the child was circumcised and given the name Jesus. In the 13th or 14th century, 1 January began to be celebrated in Rome, as already in Spain and Gaul, as the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the Octave of the Nativity, while still oriented towards Mary and Christmas, with many prayers, antiphons and responsories glorifying the maternity of Mary. Pope John XXIII's 1960 rubrical and calendrical revision removed the mention of the circumcision of Jesus and called 1 January simply the Octave of the Nativity.
The feast of the "Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary" was established in Portugal in 1914 for celebration on 11 October and was extended to the entire Catholic Church by Pope Pius XI in 1931. The 1969 revision of the liturgical year and the calendar states: "1 January, the Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord, is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God, and also the commemoration of the conferral of the Most Holy Name of Jesus." It removed the 11 October feast, even for Portugal, stating: "The Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is celebrated on 1 January in the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God." In his Apostolic Letter, Marialis Cultus, Pope Paul VI explained: "This celebration, placed on January 1 ...is meant to commemorate the part played by Mary in this mystery of salvation. It is meant also to exalt the singular dignity which this mystery brings to the "holy Mother...through whom we were found worthy to receive the Author of life." It is likewise a fitting occasion for renewing adoration of the newborn Prince of Peace, for listening once more to the glad tidings of the angels (cf. Lk. 2:14), and for imploring from God, through the Queen of Peace, the supreme gift of peace."
Mary Immaculate Parish Mass Times
Saturday 5pm
Sunday 9am & 11am
Confessions Saturday 11am
Adoration Monday 7pm-9pm
First Degree
Feb 23 2015 at 2pm @ Holy Family
Second Degree
Jan 25 2015 at 2pm @ Holy Family
Third Degree
TBA
Please pray for the repose of the souls of our brother knights who have entered Eternal Life. May their souls and the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
Also, please remember the following brothers and their families who are in need of our prayers ……
Merlyn Coulter (wife of Brother James Coulter). Marisa Kaak (daughter of brother John Kaak). We prayed for all the sick of our Brothers and Sisters.
If you know of any Knight or his family who is sick or in distress call DGK Jeff Foster or GK Tom Doyle
Please submit your email to Grand Knight Tom Doyle so your information can be updated. Have you changed email lately please send Tom your new e mail address. kofcgk.9607@gmail.com Thanks
Please Volunteer your time for the Knights Breakfast 3rd Sunday of the month. Knights work in Team A,B,C. Your Team is either 7-10am or 10am to 1pm. We need all Knights of Columbus’s to help. This is our main fundraiser. Contact a Knight member for more details.
Vivat Jesus
Knights of Columbus
MEETING DATES
Officers Meeting every 2nd Wednesday at 7:15pm
General Meeting every 4th Wednesday at 7:15pm
Upcoming Activities and Events
Shrove Tuesday Feb 17 2015
St Patrick Day TBA
50th Anniversary Oct 2015
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Marian 87
Council 9607
Chaplain - Fr. John Comiskey
Grand Knight - Tom Doyle
Deputy Grand Knight - Jeff Foster
Financial Secretary - John Kaak
Chancellor - Dan O'Connor
Recorder - Mike Breen
Treasurer - Gilles Catudal
Advocate - Pat Dicicco
Warden - Gary Bossuyt
Inside Guard - Maurice Fisher
Outside Guard - Jim Coulter
Trustee - Bill Leach
Trustee - Richard Parrott
Trustee - Ron Wammes
Please support our brother Knights (if you want to add a request please email brother Jeff at 9607knight@gmail.com)
Health & Safety Consultant
Are you up to code, WHMIS, all certificates for employees? Contact Jeff Foster 519-870-0093 to review your H&S before the MOL tells you to.
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