Knights of Columbus Non-Profit Organization
FOURTH DEGREE P. O. Box 9517 U. S. Postage
Bristol, CT 06011-9517 PAID
Rev. M. B. Roddan Assembly #108 Tel: 860-589-1379 Bristol, Conn.
http://home.comcast.net/~bristolctknights Permit No. 274
Dear Sir Knights,
I would like to encourage anyone who has not joined the Fourth Degree to do so. St . Mary’s
Church in New Haven at 10:am on January 18th will be holding a Pro life mass all are asked to Return Service Requested
come if you can.
Dark horse winner for 4th Degree meeting you need to be present to win So the pot continues
to grow. The winner was Ronald Bergeron.
Faithful Navigator
Mike Cansdale
Receiving the Palos Pen by email.
THE PALOS PEN, January - February 2009
If you want the Palos Pen to be e-mailed to you please e-mail Gil Martin at gilmartin_69@yahoo.com COMING EVENTS
Council Advertisements Jan, 7 ................4th Degree meeting 7:15 PM Feb, 4 ................... 4th Degree Meeting
Call Joe Morin at 584-2533 for more details on advertisements. $180 for double wide and $90 for single. Jan. 7 .................Catholic Schools Week 10:00 AM
HALL RENTALS contact Claude Genest at 675-3196 for availability Jan, 14 ..............Assoc Meeting 7:00 PM Feb,11 .................. Assoc Meeting
Jan, 14 ..............3rd Degree Meeting 7:30 PM Feb,11 .................. 3rd Degree Meeting
Jan, 18 ..............Membership Drive Feb,15 .................. Membership Drive
FUNK
Jan, 18 ..............Pro-Life Mass St. Mary’s 10am New Haven Feb, 22 ................. Breakfast 8-12
Funeral Directors Jan, 25 ..............Breakfast 8-12 3rd Degree Officers 4th Degree Officers
Funeral Home Ronald F. Duhaime Christopher J. Duhaime
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Emile P Duhaime Pre-Funeral Planning
Irrevocable Trusts for Title 19 3rd Degree Officers 4th Degree Officers
www.funkfuneralhome.com Pre-Payment
Duhaime Funeral Home Burial and Cremation Services Grand Knight Jim Swicklas 584-2361 Navigator Mike Cansdale 585-7550
33 Bellevue Avenue • Bristol, CT 06010 583-4107 Deputy G.K. Jim Horan Captain Leonard Webster 261-4682
Chancellor Jeff Theriault Pilot Jim Hines
Recording Sec. Opened Admiral Jim Swicklas 584-2361
Financial Sec. Norm Genest 675-3242 Comptroller Brent Laprade 203-753-5230
Treasurer Dan Vincenzo Scribe Nick Apostolico
Warden Gil Martin 860-940-3847 Purser Joe Morin
530 Birch Street Inside Guard Opened Inner Sentinel Gil Martin
Outside Guard Nick Apostolico
P.O. Box 9187 Outside Sentinel Jim Horan
Advocate Opened Trustee 3 yrs Fran Riel
Forestville, CT 06011-9187 Trustee 3 yrs Claude Genest Trustee 2 yrs Claude Genest 860-675-3196
860-589-4310 • Fax 860-585-9871 Trustee 2 yrs Joe Morin Trustee 1 yr Jim Hines
Email: gt.graphics@snet.net Trustee 1 yr Mike Cansdale 860-940-3847 Commander Gil Martin Cell: 860-940-3847
Field Agent Opened Home: 860-261-7092
District Deputy Jean Michaud 860-621-0738
H & N Construction Co., Inc.
General Contractors Corporate Officers
President Newman Masse 583-1092
Concrete Works
Secretary Dan Vincenzo
Newman Masse Vice President Jim Swicklas REMEMBER our SOLDIERS
14 Spark Street
Plainville, CT Home Phone
Treasurer
Permittee
Al Saindon
Gary Ouellette
203-879-2605
589-3709
OVERSEAS
Tel: 860-747-5014 Forestville, CT House Chairman Claude Genest 675-3196
Fax: 860-747-2293 Tel: 860-583-1092
The Palos Pen
January 2009
Knights of Columbus
360 King Street
Issue 2009 - 01
Degrees
Published Monthly Bristol, CT 06010
Contact Claude Genest at 675-3196 for more info on Degrees.
Palos Council News
Color Corps Commander
Dear Brother Knights,
First, I would like to thank Gil Martin for taking on the Palos Pen. If you have anything for the Pen, Gil Martin
please see Gil. We are running our annual coat, clothes & food drive for St. Vincent’s and St Joseph’s Cell 860-940-3847 • Home 860-261-7092
Food Pantry. This project is in conjunctions with our brother in the Spanish council at St. Joseph’s. This
Any one who knows of services needing our help please call me as soon as possible so I can get people to
will run through January. Our free throw contest will be coming up in January and more details to follow. help with the event & if you say you can make the event please try to do so If you can not make it then Please call
I would like to thank every one that worked on the last breakfast. We did $440. for the Scholarship me at least 3 days before the event so I can call for replacement for you. Also it is that time again were all color
Fund. I am planning two more breakfasts on the 4th Sundays January 25, to benefits Spanish Council guards must be recertified so please call me so I can make time for you to do your recert. I need help with colors on
14450 Proceeds to Council Member Grand Knight Amilcar Rodriguez for his medical bills tickets will be January 7th 9am at St. Gregory’s for St Joe’s school. Also Jan,18th pro-life mass 9:am muster
$6.00 per person and under six free. Ticket will be sold at the door or call Jim Swicklas at 860-584-2361 Last but not least if you or anyone you know has any Extra regalia or regalia that you would like to donate to the
& Roberto Martinez at 860-726-3478. Next breakfast will be the 4th sunday February 22 info to follow. club so we can let some of our new 4th degree members have a chance to join the color corps with us please call
It has been an interesting year so far. We are currently up in our membership by a small amount but we Gil 860-940-3847 all donations are very much appreciated
can always use more people. If you sign up a potential member, please try to help get him to his de- Color Corps Commander
grees. Claude has done a great job with screening candidates but he can always use help. Gil Martin
There will be two membership drives in January 18 and February 15, more to come on this. The chil-
dren’s Christmas party was a great success. Thanks to Al Saindon. There have been many changes with Association News
the club and it would be nice to see more people coming down on Friday nights . I hope this year will In order to get the clientell back to the club we were thinking of starting a member book $1.00 per name winner
be great for everyone. Thanks goes to Joe Morin for all his hard work in giving cross to all the first com- take all but winner must be present to win, if winner is not present then prize money will roll over to the next pick
munion children in all the parishes except St. Gregory’s who refused our offer. on Friday nights. The higher the prize money the better for you. However this is just a thought it is not set in stone
The Frank W. Large Circle #2236 is now up and running at St Paul’s . They meet at St Paul’s on the first yet until we bring it up at the meeting. So please let us know your thoughts on it!
Thursday of the mouth at 5:30 pm. Any brother Knight or Squire is able to attend or call me for more Set Back on Tuesday nights they are looking for more teams or people to join so if you know of anyone that
information or if your son or grandson is interested in joining . The young man must be 11-18 years of would like to join please call Gil Martin 860-940-3847 for details.
age and a catholic to join.
For those of you who use computers..
Grand Knight
Here is the URL for our website addresses
Jim Swicklas http://home.comcast.net/~bristolctknights
Council-mail council35@comcast.net
Tootsie Roll Assembly e-mail assembly108@comcast.net
As you all know times are tuff. I have been in contact with all the stores in Bristol but have Webmaster bristolctknights@comcast.net
not yet received any return calls so that we can stand at their stores to raise money for the
mentally & physically challenged. However we have collected thus far at the club about And if you want the palos pen to be e-mailed to you
$85.50 So if you have any ideas for were or what to try please call Gil please e-mail Gil Martin at gilmartin_69@yahoo.com
Degrees
Contact Claude Genest at 675-3196 for more info on Degrees.
Sick Members and Family
Monthly Birthdays Please remember in your prayers all brother Knights and family members who are ill and
January who we do not know about. Especially Robert Berube Sr, Mrs. Jean Blais, Lillian Chiarille, Pat
Mike Bergeron, Bertrand Bouvier, Philip Brushino, Alfred Cianchitti, Gary Cote, Marcel Cyr, Patrick Damboise, Gregory Danilewicz, Cimino, Gerry Cyr, Herman Desprey, Jeannine Dionne, Ida Fortin,, Jim Hines, John Hines, Loretta
Ron Doucette, Donald Dubay, Jose Estela, Edward Krawiecki, Jean Labrecque, Henry Langer, Dave Lemoine, Robert Lemoine, Dorice Jacques, Henry Langer, Edmond Maillet, Adrian Morin, Gilles Pages, Edmond Perreault, George
Madore, Paul Michaud, Adrien Morin, Lawrence Parent, Simon Perreault, Scott Rashaw, Michael Rothkugel, Dave Saulnier, James Short, Rivard, and Josh Gerry. Raoul Bujold, Nelson Belanger, John Disantis, Amilcar Rodriguez. Please say a
Reginald Thibeault, Roger Thibeault, Leonard Virello, prayer for our resently past George Duval & Jim Schakowsky & (Eugune Laprade from St. Lucie FL)
February Please keep all members & their family members in our prayers not just the sick or
Todd Bayne, Robert Begey, Marlin Bendickson, Jean Breton, Raymond Brousseau, Bruce Brown, John Crowley, Father Joseph Crowley, past on but all members & there family remember we are all brother knights so we
Peter Crowley, Gerald Desjardins, Leonard Fongemie, Normand Genest, Dave Gorneault, Philip La Monico, Claude Lachance, Vincent should pray for each other.
Mcallister, Dominic Michele, Father Brian Monnerat, Simeon Morin, William O’Connor, Mario Page, Vito Paparazzo, Edmund Perreault,
James Roberts, Janel Rossignol, William Stortz.