COUNCIL EXECUTIVECHAPLAIN Fr. Rick Janisse GRAND KNIGHT Ted RocheleauDEP. G. KNIGHT Marshall HeatonCHANCELLOR Paul JohnsonRECORDER Ernie DemarseFIN. SECR. Bob PhaneufTREASURER Glen CooperLECTURER Stan BalakowskiADVOCATE Curtis ScottWARDEN Tom BoutrosINSIDE G. Rick TerronINSIDE G. Mark MelinzOUTSIDE G. Dan DumontTRUSTEES (3) Art Brunet (2) Steve Benson (1) Neil Sunderland

CENTRE EXECUTIVEPRESIDENT Neil SunderlandVICEPRESIDENT/SECRETARY Glen CooperTREASURER John WarmenhovenDIRECTORS Ted Rocheleau, Marshall

Heaton, Paul Johnson, Steve Benson, George Hric,

Art Brunet,

Committee Chairmen/DirectorsProgram Director Marshall HeatonChurch Director Curtis ScottVocations Chairman Dcn. Dennis KosokowskyCommunity Director Paul JohnsonPro Life Couple Andrzej & Margaret JezierskiHealth Service Ray MarentetteCouncil Director Wilfred KobelskyPublic Relations David GelinasFamily Director Thomas BoutrosYouth Director Daniel TymacSquires Director Greg CoulterMembership Director Dan DumontRecruitment Chair Kurt Phaneuf, Rick Frias,

Mark Melinz Retention Chairman Curtis ScottInsurance Promotion Steve Benson

CELEBRATE THE 50 DAYS OF EASTER!

st. john de brebeuf

council 8233Po.Box 401, Kingsville, ON, N9Y 1G1 Hall location: 1172 County Rd. 20 (519) 733-5282

2016April

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Universal:  That people may learn to respect creation and care for it as a gift of God.

Evangelization: That persecuted Christians may feel the consoling presence of the Risen Lord and the solidarity of all the Church.

email: council8233@gmail.com

IMPORTANT DATES

April 6 Wednesday District Euchre Council 823312 Tuesday K of C Meeting @7pm, Meal @5:30pm13 Wednesday 1st & 2nd Degree17 Sunday 3rd Degree Amherstburg21 Thursday 4th Degree Meeting in Kingsville26 Tuesday Columbus Center Meeting @6:15pm26 Tuesday Executive Meeting @6:30pm30 Wednesday District Euchre Council 13797 St Anthony Leamington

50 Ways To Celebrate Easter For 50 Days1.Change the background on your phone to some stunning piece of artwork celebrating the resurrection.2.Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.3.Check out Maximus of Turin’s triumphant reflection on Easter.4.Use the word alleluia whenever possible. Try to replace all other positive exclamations with this one.5. Have dessert every night. Explain to your kids that they get to have all the cake because Jesus loves them.For all 50 ideas check here: http://www.piercedhands.com/50-ways-celebrate-easter/

Greetings Brother Knights,Easter is always a time for me to reflect.

There is a sense of great loss and sadness and solemnity, then a period of mourning and reflection that leads into joy with the risen Christ. The joy leads into the new beginning of the year for me, spring is on the way, the weather is getting warmer and things are turning green, giving new life. It is a wonderful time of the year. Thank you! Marshall Heaton

1st and 2nd degree April 5 @ the Columbus Centre (our hall)District Euchre April 6th at the Columbus Centre (our hall)Kingsville Minor Baseball Trivia Night @ The Pavilion – Saturday April 16th 3rd degree Sunday April 17 in AmherstburgBlood donor clinic at Migration Hall on May 9State raffle ticket sales times FreshCo. April 7,8,9 and Zehrs April 22,23,24

Grand Knight

Hello Brother Knights and FamiliesWelcome to Spring, Baseball and Fry Hut

Season. Our Council is coming up with some great ideas for fraternity and social events amongst our members and wives. On Friday, May 6th, we are having a Free Trivia Night for all couples in our council. All we ask you is to bring something small for a pot luck for the social time. Great Prizes will be won, valued in the $100’s! (more info in the bulletin). We have some amazing couples and families we don’t see any more or too often. Come out and have some fun with us!(If you have a great family event in mind, let me know)

May 28th will be a Fun Golf Day with no Experience Nec-essary, more to follow.

I would like to welcome a new transfer into our council, Ray Rice. Ray and his wife Doris helped us with our Wild Game dinner before even transferring into our council.

Thanks to Ken Bachmeier, Randy Allsop, Ray and Doris in helping get our hall ready for our time of fellowship before March’s meeting. I did something special that month by inviting all those who were involved with the wild game, wives, family and friends to attend as we had snacks and pizza and refreshments at the bar. If it’s been a while that you’ve been to a meeting, come around 5:00 dress casual; bring about $2 donation for the meal at 5:30, time of fel-lowship until the meeting starts at 7. Bring your Member-ship Card and $1 for the Good of the Order. If the guys stay focused in reading their reports, the meeting usually lasts an hour and ¼.

Nominations are in April with elections to follow at the May meeting. Please consider becoming an executive and help guide our council over the next fiscal year.

By the time you read this, the 2016 Euchre Challenge within our district will be over. Come to the meeting to find out who’s council takes home the trophy.

Dan Tymec is doing a great job in organizing the State Lottery ticket sales. We had weekends of sales at Zehrs and Freshco with another weekend coming up at Zehrs on the 22-24th of April The tickets are still $5each.

It was motioned and passed that our council will pur-chase flowers in the passing of a Brother Knights Wife or Widow. That goes along with executives agreeing to acti-vate the phone tree in such case.

The Notice of Motion on the Final Amendment to our New K of C 8233 Excellence Award was passed with much debate. Thank you to the Committee who worked so hard in completing this. Grand Knight Ted Rocheleau 519 733 6786 519 567 6467sweetmembakery@aol.comWild Game Helpers on Saturday Only:Members - 53 Members with Tickets - 5Members with Tickets that helped - 5Wives/Girl Friends - 16 Friends - 26Squires - 8 Can’t / Away - 63Did not Reply to message - 22Did not Contact - 16 Inactive - 9

Eucharistic Adoration To spend 5 minutes to 1 hour in the real presence of Jesus… Try to make it hap-pen for yourself and you will receive extra Grace… pray the rosary while there and the one who is “full of grace” will also intercede and take your prayers to her Son, Jesus. Every 2nd Wednesday of the month 3- 6:45pm, Fr. Doll Room.

Brothers: We have a transfer in from Leamington, Ray Rice who also is a 4th degree. Wild Game & Vegas Night,

money plus bills have come in with everything being paid & deposited. The widows donations have gone out to their chari-ties of choice in the names of our deceased brothers! The taxes for Ontario State have been mailed. The District 21 meeting was held at St. Anthony’s church, with 5 councils splitting the costs of BBFT, Ads for Dean Wagner 100th Aniv. & our share of D.D. Invoice. Fraternally, Bob Phaneuf

Financial Secretary

Deput y Grand Knight

Chaplain’s Good News

Dear Brother Knights and families:

Christ has died!Christ is risen!

Christ will come again!

Easter Blessings!

Father Rick Janisse

Brothers,I pray that you were especially blessed

with the presence of God over this Easter season! The Squires have had an especially busy month (specifically the first weekend) and are excited as we approach April. The boys ran another Quarter Auction Concession in Harrow on the Friday and kept on top of the sold-out-crowd of mostly ladies. The group present had a great time and made some much-needed cash for the circle. Special thanks to GK Ted and Tom as well as counselor in training Brad for the hard work and sup-port! On the Saturday, the boys had some good times at the Wild Game Dinner and especially loved the op-portunity to taste the wild meat. For some boys, they would never get this opportunity to eat wild game. All responses were very positive! Again, thanks to Tom for being present. The boys did a great job and deserve our praise. One Squire made a suggestion for next year related to recycling. He was not thrilled with how many recyclable items were being thrown away and hopes next year we can set up some recycling bins as we col-lect items from the tables. Maybe a little more work, but definitely worth a try! We had a Squire’s Mass that Sunday and even though it was our third event in 3 days, we had a pretty solid representation. Thanks to every-one for coming out! And our 4th event in 4 days was on the Monday. We held our March Squire’s business meeting! 4 events in 4 days. Wow! We didn’t stop there… the boys held an investiture followed by an executive meeting and gym night this past Monday before Easter. We invested 5 excited NEW Squires who put our circle at about 17 active members and 38 over-all. The boys were promised a pizza party at the end of the year if they doubled their active-mem-bership size and are well on the way to getting this! Please be sure to give congratulations to the boys when you see them. We have about 5-10 more boys who have expressed interest but were unable to attend the last investiture… timing is everything! Fraternally, Exciting times to be a Constable John Atkinson Squire! If you know of a boy who would enjoy coming out and developing his leadership skills, please let CS Caleb or DCS Dominik know or contact me, Greg Coulter, CC

Squire Report

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone is looking at this time of year as a time to renew and re-invent themselves, much like Spring renews the land around us.

My report will be short today. Please take an opportunity to think about the new New Member Mentorship Program our council is trying to start up. It will be a great way to keep our new members knowledgeable on things that are going on around us. Being a new member is a daunting task. It’s hard to get lost in all the meetings and emails and events etc. etc. Brothers, if you are asked to be a mentor please give it some serious thought. You may just be molding an active member.

Please take this opportunity to pray for all members of our council and their families this month. All those who are sick and in distress. All those who are tired and lonely. As always if you know of any Brother or family member needing our sup-port please let us know.

Thanks very much.

Paul Johnson, Chancellor & Community Director

Paul.Johnson@publicboard.ca (519) 817-6503

chancellor

April 11th: Squires general meeting 7pm @ the church. Nominations start for our 10th year executive!April 15th: All event forms must be in to submit for awards @ ConventionApril 25th: Squires executive (6:45pm) gym night@ the school @ 7pm.April 30th: Bowlathon @ Empire Lanes in Ruthven, 12pm. Cost: $40 (use pledges to gain the cash) 5 donors @ $20= $100. 15 donors @ $20= $300! (Circle fundraiser) Essex, McGregor & Woodslee present.May 1st: Last day for Registration for the Convention (May 27-29) $40 deposit required.May 8th: Pellet gun tournament vs- area police services @ AMA Sportsman complex, Amhurstburg

Upcoming Circle Events

SquireS AwArdS

March Investiture

Gym Night

Dear Brother Knights,

Happy Easter! With praise and gratitude to Almighty God, the Diocese of London, and St. Pe-ter’s Seminary, announces the ordination of sem-inarian, Deacon David Johnston to the priest-hood. Deacon David is from Sacred Heart Parish, Port Lambton, Ontario. The Sacrament of Holy Orders will be celebrated by His Excellency Ronald Peter Fabbro, Bishop of London, on Saturday, April 23rd, 2016 at 11:00am at St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica, 196 Dufferin Ave., London, On-tario. All are welcome to attend. We assure Deacon David of our support and prayers, as he prepares for ordination.

Thanks to the generosity and service of brother Knights from St. Michael’s Council 12820 in London, on Saturday morning, April 23rd from 8:30am - 10 am we are inviting parish priests along with any interested young men, ages 14 and up, to join us for a pre-ordination breakfast and vocation talk. During the Ordination Day Breakfast, these young men and their parish priests gather for breakfast with Bishop Fabbro and the seminarians. There will be a brief presentation by the Vocations Director, and the Bishop will explain the Rite of Ordination that he will cel-ebrate, helping those invited understand what an ordina-tion is. An ordination is a truly beautiful liturgy, one of the richest and most profound experiences we might witness. This is a great opportunity to invite senior altar servers, youth group leaders, and other young men in the parish to experience the priesthood in a very joyful atmosphere, and plant some seeds for future priestly vocations. To help facilitate transportation, the breakfast is open to parish priests, youth ministers and parents’ of discerners. Following the breakfast these young men then get prime seating at the Cathedral to be up-close to the action at the Ordination Mass.

We will gather for the breakfast at St. Michael’s Parish, 511 Cheapside St., Lon-don at 8:30am. The breakfast is provid-ed by the Knights of Columbus. Please contact me at

v o c a t i o n s @ d o l . c a by Monday, April 18th to reserve the amount of spaces that you require.

With my prayers,

Fr. Patrick Bénéteau

Director of Vocations and Seminarians, Diocese of London

Facebook: Vocations London Twitter: @VocationsLondon

Website: www.vocations.dol.ca/

Vocations cornerCouncil BursariesBrother Knights it is that time of the year that our sons, daughters, or grandchildren who are in their senior year in High School are applying to college or university to pursue and further their education. As we all know this is a very big expense and any help they can get they welcome. There are Bursary Awards to be given out to those who qualify un-der our Bursary Program guidelines. The minimum Bursary awarded is $500 and can be more depending on circumstanc-es in any given year. Please inform your family members who are in this situation to the possibility of receiving an award. Student Services or the Guidance Department at their re-spective High Schools will have the necessary Forms for the Bursary Program. Guidelines and Application forms are in-cluded in the package with complete directions as what to do. Students are encouraged to seek out the Bursary package through their High School and meet with the teachers in the Student Services Department and seek assistance and counsel in this matter. If you have any questions please feel free to speak to the Grand Knight or the Bursary Committee. Com-plete packages are also available through the Knights.

For your Information: Bursary Program Rules and Conditions ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES: 1)i) A member of the Knights of Columbus ii) The wife, son or daughter of a member in good standing iii) The wife, son or daughter of a deceased member in good standing at the time of death iv) A legal ward of a member in good standing v) The grandchild of a member of the Kingsville K of C in good standing vi) A member of the St. John de Brebeuf Community or a member of the Constable John Atkinson Squire's CIRCLE 5147 vii) If no one has applied from the above Criteria then the 'Applicant' could be any student of the Kingsville Community attending Kingsville High School viii) The intent of the Bursary Award and Program is for a 'OneTime' Award per individual 2)Candidates must have applied for admission into a Full-Time Program at an Accredited University or College.

3)Marks, although important, will not be the only criteria used by the Evaluating Committee. Proven financial need and service to Church and Community will be heavily weighed.

Yours in ChristBursary Committee Chairperson- Ray Marentette

State & Supreme BursariesIt’s bursary time for our grade 12 students. The Ontario Bursary is eligible to any knight, wife, son or daughter or le-gal ward grandchild of a knight or deceased knight in good standing and Squire. The firm deadline is May 1st, download your application on-line at www.ontariokofc.ca/ (‘officers’ tab>forms). Supremes’ Canadian 4th degree scholarship deadline is also May 1st, download your application online at http://www.kofc.org/ (‘what we do’ tab>scholarships>select Canadian op-tion). These are not limited to 4th degree members. Note: Both are for students entering first year of post-second-

For More Information

Email: vocations@dol.ca

RESERVED SEATING

at the Ordination Mass

at the Cathedral

for those attending.

Saturday, April 23, 2016 8:30 — 10:00 a.m.

Have Breakfast with Bishop Ronald P. Fabbro

Parish Priests, and Seminarians.

for young men 14 and up Contact your Parish Office to learn more

about how you may attend.

Euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada, https://www.youtube.com/

Prolife News by Andrew Jezierski

Annual AWARDS

ary education. See your Grand Knight for any bursary available at the Coun-cil level and deadline for application. Important to know: Ev-ery bursary and scholarship application must be completed and received by the due date. There is no one keeping track of every member’s children’s birthdates and when they enter into post-secondary school. Membership in the Order is not an automatic entry for any bursary/scholarship award; your child must apply to be considered.

David Gelinas

The Knights of Columbus of Ontario State, Strongly Opposes the Parliamentary Committee’s Assisted Death/Euthanasia Recommendations

Dear Brother Knights,

We must join the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in opposition to the recommendations of the Report of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying, titled “Medical Assistance in Dying: A Patient-Centred Approach.” Let us instead use the more accurate terms “assisted suicide” and “euthanasia” since there is nothing medicinal whatsoever in the process of killing a patient or intervening so that a patient may commit suicide more easily.

The Joint Committee recommends the practically unfettered and immediate implementation of death on demand for Canadians. We must not be fooled into believing that there could ever be such a thing as “safeguards” as, based on the experience of other jurisdictions, “safeguards”, even as minimally expressed by the Joint Committee, are illusory.

We ought to fear for the elderly, the disabled, and the those with mental health afflictions, that they will be the subject of increased pressure to take their own lives, rather than gain access to treatment, or palliative care. In every other jurisdiction, the scope of assisted suicide and euthanasia widens, and instances of egregious circumstances of premature death prevail.

Of particular concern is recommendation #11:

That the Government of Canada work with the provinces and territories to ensure that all publicly funded health care institutions provide medical assistance in dying.

Catholic health institutions cannot and will not participate in the intrinsically evil act of assisted suicide/euthanasia. Is such a proposal intended to bring about the demise of the Catholic health system? We as Knights, the strong right arm of the Church, must never allow this.

Canada is entering fully into the culture of death.

We Knights must be strong in rejecting this report and we must cry out to all Canadians, and indeed all Catholics to wake up and join us in this fight, spiritually through prayer, and politically by using our collective voice. Let us announce that we will not accept this.

Fraternally,

Christian Elia, Pro-Life Director, Ontario State christiandelia@hotmail.com (416) 500-0755

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x3wyCFGzxc

Pastoral Statement for the Catholics of Canada on the report issued by the Special Joint Committee of the Government of Canada,

entitled Medical Assistance in Dying: A Patient-Centred Approach Dear brothers and sisters, The Special Joint Committee of the Government of Canada on “Physician-Assisted Dying” this past February 25 released its report, Medical Assistance in Dying: A Patient-Centred Approach. The report, in part, recommends: - That assisted suicide be available to those with psychiatric conditions (Recommendation 3) - That psychological suffering be among the criteria making an individual eligible for

assisted suicide (Recommendation 4) - That within approximately three years assisted suicide be available for adolescents and

possibly also children who can be considered “mature minors” (Recommendation 6) - That all health-care practitioners be obliged at the minimum to provide an “effective

referral” for clients seeking assisted suicide (Recommendation 10) - That all publicly funded health-care institutions in Canada provide assisted suicide

(Recommendation 11)

In addition, the report fails to show how palliative care and home care can provide true options for those tempted by suicide, nor does it call for a national plan to prevent suicides. Suicide rates are five to seven times higher for First Nations youth in Canada than for non-Aboriginal youth, while suicide rates among Inuit youth are among the highest in the world, at 11 times the national Canadian average. The teaching of the Catholic Church and the stance of the Catholic Bishops of Canada are clear. Suicide is not part of health care. Killing the mentally and physically ill, whether young or aged, is contrary to caring for and loving one’s brother and sister. The dignity of the human person and the flourishing of the human community demand: 1) protection and respect for each human life from conception to natural death, and 2) freedom of conscience and religion for each person as well as each institution. Social wellbeing, personal security and the common good – together with religious faith – involve safeguarding, not endangering, the lives of those suffer. The above recommendations and the thrust of the report completely fail to be “patient-centred” or to assist and support the dying and the vulnerable. To borrow from the words of Pope Francis, the report’s recommendations are the approach of a “throw-away” society. They do not reveal the face of God’s mercy.

2016 03 Notice of Motion   that our Council covers the expenses of the two

Delegates, to the State Convention, Not to exceed $1,500.00

State Loterry Sales

Good morning, we had our first weekend out at the end of February at Zehrs, 30 Knights were out in full force and sold 23 books of tickets , with a deposit of $1164, (up $14). Jim Kurtz manned the table at the Wild Game Dinner, selling another 57 tickets, resulting in another deposit of $285. At present , we have raised $1449 for The Arthritis Society and Special Olympics.Phone calls will be made towards the end of March, for our next outing scheduled for April 7, 8 , 9 at Freshco and April 23, 24, 25 at Zehrs.

Gentlemen, on a personal note, as a new Knight and this be-ing the first event I am organizing, you have made this task an easy one, thank you.

Dan Tymec

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