April 2022 Newsletter

Brother Knights,

On April 17^th we will celebrate Easter, which is the first Sunday after the first full Moon following the spring equinox, which is known as the “Paschal Full Moon.”  Easter is always on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is why Easter is so late this year.  Regardless of when Easter falls on the calendar, we will celebrate the most important feast day of the calendar, Christ’s resurrection.  This symbolizes the triumph of good over evil, sin, death and the physical body.  Make sure to keep Christ in your daily lives and enjoy your time with family and friends celebrating Jesus rising from the dead and renewing our faith and providing hope for eternal life.   

The First Congregational Church is planning to re-start the Saturday breakfast in May, so if you have volunteered in the past or would like to start, please consider helping out for a good cause.  The tentative plan is to do one breakfast a month with the potential dates of: May 21, June 18, August 20, September 24, October 15^th, November 19 and December 17^th.  More information to follow. 

Our annual “Tootsie Roll Drive” or “Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities” will be held at St Francis on Easter Sunday weekend and at Our Lady of Grace on April 24^th the week after Easter on the Saturday Mass.  If you will be attending Mass on these days, please consider donating or if you are down to the Knights of Columbus, you may donate there also.  Thank you in advance for your help with this great cause.

The Building Association will have fish fry dinners throughout the Lenten Season and the Wednesday dinners.  Please come down for a dinner or volunteer your talents, we would love to have your support.  Over the course of this Lenten Season, we will be collecting moneys for various local charities.  Please be generous and help the Knights of Columbus make a difference in the lives of others that are not as fortunate.  Why we are Knights, to help the community and give back in any way we can.  I continue to be impressed with the support that our membership and our community offer, so many people donating their time or making donations when they are down at the dinners.  Please thank our volunteers if you come down to the club for a dinner or if you see them in the community.  We are making a difference in the community as an organization.    

I would ask that you add into your prayers, that God may guide our leaders and all of us to make the place we live in better than the day before.  I believe that all of us can make a difference, especially in our own community, it starts with each one of us.  And a special blessing to the Ukrainian people.      Council meetings will be the second Thursday of each month and everybody is welcome and encourage to join us for our monthly meeting.  This month our council meeting will be on April 14th @ 7 pm.

Ushering at St. Francis:

• April 10^th
• May 1^st
• May 22^nd

Please help to usher at Mass on Sunday at 11:00 am.  Please add these dates to your calendar and try to arrive about 20 minutes early to get your instructions.

Vivat Jesus,
Matt Carlton, Grand Knight
Phone: 231-740-4651 – Email: carlton29@frontier.com