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The TINITY CHAPTER 50th. ANNIVERSARY
DINNER DANCE has been CANCELLED


Grand Knight's Message

MY BROTHER KNIGHTS AND DEAR FRIENDS;

My brothers and dear friends all Council Meetings will begin at 7:30 PM. They will be held on the second Thursday of each month in the rectory basement unless changed by the Grand Knight. The meeting dates are listed below.

September
9/11/2008
  January
1/08/2009
  May
5/14/2009
 
 
October
10/09/2008
  February
2/12/2009
  June
6/11/2009
 
 
November
11/13/2008
  March
3/12/2009
     
 
December
12/04/2008
  April
4/02/2009
     
 

SPECIAL DATES
 
September - 4th Installation of officers at St. Cyril's - Mass will be held at 7:00PM in the Social Hall.
 
October - Membership Blitz dates TBA
 
December - Tree Lighting Ceremony at St. Cyril's - 7:00 PM 12/07/2008 There will be a social after the meeting.
 
January 16th. - Friday Night St. Phil's Marion Hall Council Free Throw
 
February 7th - Saturday 10:00 AM St. Phil's Marion Hall District Free Throw
 
March - Membership Blitz dates TBA
 
April & May - ARC Program
 


COUNCIL BIRTHDAYS FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER
G. BEGLEY M. CURLEY T DOWNEY REV. FEDAK
J. FELIX J. HUTTON W. McGRATH L. McHUGH
M. SHIELDS D. ADAMS T. HACKETT J.M. HUNT
REV. McCLOSKEY W.T. McGRATH JR. G. BOBNAK J. ROESCH
J. CAREY JR. B. McDONNELL J. STONELAKE M. HOWE


Fraternally Yours in Christ,
Joseph Lawless
Grand Knight


Santa Anna Knights in Action

Brother Knights, our little council received notice on the Knight of Columbus National Website.
We're under the "Knights in Action" section, "Middle Atlantic States".

Our Councils credit appears near the bottom of the following web page (just click on the text below):

http://www.kofc.org/un/news/kia/detail.cfm?id=547795

I'm pleased to announce that:
We collected over $ 1,200.00
Through your efforts.


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FROM THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY

IN THIS MONTH'S NEWSLETTER

FOOTBALL SWEEPSTAKE TICKETS
Each member will receive one football sweeps ticket. The cost is $10.00 and covers the last part of the NFL season. All winners will be notified.

COAL CHANCES
Coal chances are coming in very slowly. Our Council buys the first 100 books, therefore we need a more positive response in order to meet our goal

COMEDY NIGHT
Friday, September 19th., 2008 - 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
CHURCH OF THE HOLY CHILD
2500 Naamans Road, Wilmington, Delaware, 19810
Tickets purchased by 9/12/2008 are $30.00
Tickets purchased after that date will cost $36.00

Installation of Officers
The installation of Officers will be held on September 4th. 2008.
Ceremony will be held at St. Cyril's Social Hall following a 7:00PM Mass.

James E. Noble Jr.
Financial Secretary


The Fourth Degree

The Fourth Degree is the highest degree of the order. Members of this degree are addressed as Sir Knight.  The primary purpose of the Fourth Degree is to foster the spirit of patriotism and to encourage active Catholic citizenship.  A Knight is eligible to join the Fourth Degree after one year from the date of his First Degree, providing he has completed the 2nd and 3rd degrees beforehand.

Assemblies are distinct from councils and are led by a separate set of elected officers.  The Supreme Board of Directors appoints a Supreme Master and twenty Vice Supreme Masters to govern the Fourth Degree.  Each Vice Supreme Master oversees a Province which is then broken up into Districts. The Supreme Master appoints District Masters to supervise several assemblies.

Each assembly is led by a Navigator.  Other elected assembly officers include the Captain, Admiral, Pilot, Scribe, Purser, Comptroller, Sentinels and Trustees.  A Friar and Color Corps Commander are appointed by the Navigator. Assembly officers are properly addressed by using the title faithful (e.g. Faithful Navigator).  Assemblies are numbered in the order in which they chartered into the Order and are named by the local membership.

Only Fourth Degree Knights may optionally purchase the full regalia and join the Assembly's Color Corps.  The Color Corps is the most visible arm of the Knights as they are often seen in parades and other local events wearing their colorful regalia.  Official dress for the Color Corps is a black tuxedo, baldric, white gloves, cape and naval chapeau.  White tuxedos may also be used on certain occasions.  Baldrics are worn from the right shoulder to left hip and are color specific by nation.  In the United States, baldrics are red, white and blue. Service baldrics include a scabbard for a sword and are worn over the coat while social baldrics are worn under the coat.  The colors on a Fourth Degree Knight's cape, and chapeau, denote the office he holds within the Degree.  Faithful Navigators and Past Faithful Navigators are permitted to carry a white handled silver sword. Masters and Vice Supreme Masters, as well as Former Masters and Former Vice Supreme Masters, are also denoted by their gold swords.

The need for a patriotic degree was first considered in 1886 and a special plea was made at the National Meeting of 1899.  The first Fourth Degree exemplification followed in 1900 with 1,100 Knights participating at the Lenox Lyceum in New York City.Today there are more than 2,500 Assemblies.


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'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.

We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.

We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.

We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.

We have killed our unborn and called it choice.

We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.

We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.

We have abused power and called it politics.

We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition

We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.

We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.

Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'


Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,' and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'One nation under God.'




Cardinal Dougherty Assembly
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by: Tom Valent
(Color Corp Commander)



POPE BENEDICT XVI

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Cardinal Dougherty Assembly

September 3rd

Is our first meeting for the Cardinal Dougherty Assembly.

Its being held at the Old Pine Inn Hotel, next to Best Buys on Baltimore Pike. The meeting will start at 7:00 PM.

This is where we will have all our meeting for the foreseeable future.

Officers must wear the tux.for the meeting.



Next Council Meeting
September 11th., 2008
7:30 PM

(Please Arrive Promptly)

Meeting Attendance Incentive
As an attendance incentive, a 50/50 drawing is held after each of our regular meetings.  Here's a chance to win some extra CASH and enjoy the fellowship of your brother Knights.



WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

As an integral part of the world's largest and most dynamic Catholic fraternal organization, you will be united with over 1.6 million Brothers and their families in 12,000 local councils located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Central America and the Caribbean.

Your personal involvement as a Knight will provide opportunities, in charity and fraternity, for service to the Church at the local, diocesan and universal levels; to your communities; and to the less fortunate in our midst.

Your active participation in council affairs: spiritual, fraternal, family, social, civic-oriented, athletic and recreational - will serve as a school of leadership and enable you to develop qualities that enhance your strengths and abilities.

You will enjoy a sense of "belonging" in an organization that shares your religious beliefs, brings together like-minded men joined in a common cause, and offers the opportunity to develop and cement friendships for years to come.

Your concerns for your family and for your retirement years can be addressed by the Order's low-cost insurance program, conducted by Brother Knights for Brother Knights. The Order's insurance program will assure the security of your family and provide peace of mind for you.

You will share in the sense pride all Knights feel in knowing that their Order is second to none in support of Our Holy Father, our Bishops and Priests; in working for our fellow man, especially those most in need; and in binding together to preserve traditional values in the face of attacks against the family and innocent human life.

You'll feel GREAT about yourself!


The Road To Success Is Not Straight

There are Curves called Failures
Loops called Confusion
Speed Bumps called Friends
Red Lights called Enemies
Caution Lights called Family
Flats called Jobs

But

If you have a Spare called Determination
An Engine called Perseverance
Insurance called Faith
A Driver called Jesus

You Will Make It To
A Place Called Success

** Unknown **



Remember Our Service Men & Women

Soldiers not Reporters
Gave us freedom of the press.

Soldiers not Lawyers
Have us the right to a fair trial.

Soldiers not Activists
Gave us freedom of speech.

Soldiers not Protesters
Gave us the freedom to demonstrate.

Soldiers Salute the Flag,
Serve under the flag,
Have their coffins draped by the flag.

Remember to say
THANK YOU
To the Next Soldier You Pass!


Joke of The Month

A man suffered a serious heart attack and had an open heart bypass surgery. He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of nuns at a Catholic Hospital.

As he was recovering, a nun asked him questions regarding how he was going to pay for his treatment. She asked if he had health insurance.

He replied, in a raspy voice, "No health insurance."

The nun asked if he had money in the bank.

He replied, "No money in the bank."

The nun asked, "Do you have a relative who could help you?"

He said, "I only have a spinster sister, who is a nun."

The nun became agitated and announced loudly, "Nuns are not spinsters! Nuns are married to God."

The patient replied, "Send the bill to my Brother-in-law."


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