SIENA POST DISPATCH

 

A Monthly Publication of Siena Council  #8596

Knights of Columbus,  P.O. Box 271, Dundee,  IL  60118

November  2004                                                                                                                               www.kofcsiena.org

 

Brother Knights,

I want to apologize for the lack of a newsletter these past few months….although it sounds “fishy”, it truly was caused by technical difficulties.  But I think that they are now resolved and it will appear on the website and hopefully be able to be emailed to you as well.

 

Although I did a GK Corner last month,  it never made it to any of you and so I again want to say a huge  “THANK YOU”  for all of your efforts over the past few months….first of all for a very successful and fun Irishfest and secondly for all of your help on the MH Tootsie Roll Drive.  Even after lowering prices this year,  we made as much as we did on Irishfest as last year…..and we passed last years donations for the Tootsie Roll drive and so again my Brothers,  “THANK YOU”  for all of your time and effort.

 

Having said that, we have a couple of events coming up that  you can have fun with…we are hosting  a Parish Family Breakfast on November 14^th,  we are hosting the St. Catherine Junior High School dance on Friday December  3rd   (this is a LOT of fun if you have never helped chaperone this one)  and we are having our  Knights Christmas Party on Friday December 10^th….. and sometime in December we will be doing a  “Knight Before Christmas”  membership blitz after all of the Masses…

So mark your calendars and join your Brother Knights and have some fun!!!!

 

Attached to this newsletter is the proposed  2005  Council budget.  Take a look at it as we will be voting on it at the December meeting…..you will notice that I will not be at either the November  or December meetings  since I have  Diaconate  Classes on both of those nights….but our worthy Deputy Grand Knight will have all well in hand.

 

It is my sincere wish that you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving.  As you will hear time and time again over the next few weeks,  we have so much to be thankful for and unfortunately we almost become numb to hearing it….but we really are so very blessed!!!   As one of the commentators said tonight on the news after the results of the election,  no matter who wins or loses there will not be any tanks on our streets,  no candidate will go to jail and no citizens punished for not voting  “correctly”…we can go to Mass whenever we chose….we send our kids to the school we chose….how truly blessed we are!!!   Please join me in thanking our Creator this Thanksgiving for all that He has bestowed on us.

 

God’s peace and blessings to you my Brothers,,  Vivat Jesu    Hank Schmalen  GK

 

PADS  HELP  NEEDED!!!

 

Siena Council is again taking the third Monday night of each month to help PADS  at one of the churches in Elgin… it is easy and it is only a few hours but one or two Brothers cannot do it all….please consider helping just one time….all months are currently open and we especially need help in November…call or email me to signup for your month:  Hank Schmalen  847-426-7326.

hschmal@sbcglobal.net