Our Little Flower

Grand Knights Message.........……..……..….................

 Dear Brother Knights,

I hope you had a safe, happy and thankful, Thanksgiving. I would like to thank all of you for your patience, cooperation, and participating in the many activities so far.  

The Christmas season is upon us and our fraternal year is coming up on the half way point. I would like to take a minute to reflect on what we have accomplished. We have had successes and some failures. Here are some of our accomplishments: more attendance at meetings, soccer tournament, corporate communions, Festival of St Therese, being looked at as a lead council in the district, getting a first degree team together and taking step one in certification, and a couple of successful fish frys. As I said, these are just some of the accomplishments of the council. Our job is not finished, as a matter of fact, it is only beginning.

There are many events that are scheduled in the next couple of months that your participation would be appreciated. We have a big weekend in December with five events scheduled. More on these events within this newsletter. In January we are participating in the District Vocations dinner and in February we are planning on scheduling our Blue Mass. Plans are starting to begin for the annual MI drive on Palm Sunday weekend. If you have any charities that you would like to see benefit from the proceeds, please start gathering information so we can discuss this at a future meeting.

On behalf of my wife Pat and my children, I would like to wish you and yours a very Holy and Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

 Vivat Jesus!

Giovanni Iannotti

Grand Knight

COUNCIL CHRISTMAS PARTY…………...………

At our next scheduled council meeting, December 13^th, we will be having our annual Council Christmas party. The party will begin at 7:00 pm and Santa will be arriving around 7:45. If you have children and or grandchildren, make sure you bring a gift to help Santa. Please indicate the name of the child on the package and keep it $15.00 or under. If you would like to help or bring a dish, contact Matt Kennedy @ 248-435-4939. Hope to see you there.

BLOOD DONATION…………………

If you periodically give blood, contact Mark Palmer and let him know your schedule. Every time a member of the council donates blood, it needs to be recorded so  reports can be submitted quarterly to the state. When you come back from giving blood, contact Mark and let him know.

DONATION REQUEST……………………….

The council has been asked to make a donation of any amount to the Shrine Challenge Girls that went on a pilgrimage to Mexico. Any amount would be appreciated. The Challenge girl group supported the council with their sweatshirt for kids program last year and are helping again this year. The cost of the trip was $585.00 per girl.

MONSTRANCE VISITATION FROM ROME

The Archdiocese of Detroit is proud to announce that this Monstrance Blessed by Pope John Paul II in November of 2004 will be on tour throughout the Diocese January 11^th, 2006 through January 15^th 2006. Our Pastor Monsignor Easton said that the first stop for the Monstrance in the Archdiocese will be at National Shrine of the Little Flower. The Monstrance will arrive on January 11^th around 5:00pm and remain on display until around 11:00am on the 12^th.  Several events are planned at the Church during the visit. There will be a Holy Hour at 7:30 pm, then there will be a Mass at 6:30am and an all school mass at 8:30am and another Holy Hour at 9:30am. There will also be an all night vigil in the Chapel for the Monstrance. This is the ONLY overnight stop on this tour. The council has been requested to assist with the visitation. If you would like to help contact Mark Palmer or John Iannotti.

The rest of the schedule is as follows:

January 12^th  ….. Divine Child in Dearborn and Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.

January 13^th….. St Hugo of the Hills in Bloomfield Hills, St Joan of Arc in St. Clair Shores and St Joseph in Port Huron.

January 14^th….. SS. Cyril Methodius in Sterling Heights, IHM Mother House in Monroe and St Francis Cabrini in Allen Park.

January 15^th ….. Blessed Sacrament Cathedral in Detroit, Holy Redeemer in Detroit and Retreat Center at St. John in Plymouth.

Please come out and spend sometime in Prayer.

Friday Fish Fry’s 2005……. Dec 9  /  Jan 20  /  Feb 17

Our council and Clawson #4188 are again partnering in sponsoring our All You Can Eat Friday Dinners.  They are held at the Clawson council hall:

Knights of Columbus Council #4188 Hall

870 N. Main Street   -   Clawson, MI 48017

(248) 588-3547

Dinner is served from 4:30p to 7:30p.  Baked Cod, Fried Cod, Crab Cakes, Baked Potatoes, French Fries, Coleslaw, Vegetables, Roll, Coffee, Tea, Pop and Dessert are the fare.  Adults $8.00, Seniors $7.00 and Children $4.50

Help is needed for setup, cooking, serving, and cleanup after.  If you cannot help, bring your family and friends for an All-You-Can-Eat fish dinner.  Carryout containers are available if you cannot stay.  Contact Mark Palmer for more information.

A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WEEKEND…Dec 9, 10^th & 11th

This is going to be a very busy weekend and your help is needed. On Friday, we will be having our Fish Fry at the Clawson council. On Saturday we will have our second parish turkey dinner from 5pm-8pm in the Grade School Gym. On Sunday we will have a Corporate Communion Mass at 10:45, then we will wrap the sweatshirts for our Sweatshirts for Kids campaign beginning at 12:00. At 2:30 we will be hosting a Christmas Safety Program with the Royal Oak Fire Department. Plus after all masses we will have our quarterly membership drive. Please contact John Iannotti or Frank Roche to participate in any or all of these events.

4^TH DEGREE…………………………

On November 22^nd, the council had the pleasure of listening to our Fourth Degree assembly. Faithful Navigator John Hundiak and Commander LT Mathews attended the meeting and presented the background of the 4^th Degree. One of the honors and pleasures of being a member of the Fourth Degree is the Color Corp and the Chalice presentation. If any member of the Fourth Degree passes away, a chalice is presented in their names to the members family. The Chalice is donated to a needy Priest or organization at the families request. Another honor of being a member of the Fourth Degree, is the opportunity to join the Color Corp. Being a member of the color corp is NOT a requirement but it is an opportunity 4^th Degree Members have. If you are interested in joining the Fourth Degree or our Order, contact John Kelly, John Iannotti, Mark Palmer, John Snyder, Matt Kennedy, Larry Kehoe are any other member of the Fourth Degree.

DETROIT TITAN BASKETBALL…………………

There is an Inaugural Knights of Columbus Day at the University of Detroit Mercy basketball game on December 3^rd. The Titans take on Western Michigan University at 4:00pm at Calihan Hall. There will be a Pre-Game Meet & Greet at the Titan club at 3:00pm. U of D has offered these tickets at a discounted rate to Knights of Columbus councils so they can use it for a fund raiser. Our council has decided that part of the proceeds will be given to Seminarians at Sacred Heart Seminary. To get your tickets contact Norm Brault at 248-414-7254 or Joe Chase at 248-589-2448.

News submissions are invited from all our Brothers, Officers, Directors and Committee Chairs to be included in our newsletter.

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330 E. Maple Rd., Suite I

Troy, MI 48083-2706

(248) 616-0990   Fax (248) 616-0303

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Council  Meetings

(Be Aware of the New Location of our Meetings)

With the demolition of Seton Hall and the construction of our new parish center,

our meetings are now held in the new Church Conference Center.

North of the church in the commercial strip center, across Northwood Blvd. Near Ya-Ya’s Chicken.

Park in the Northwood parking lot and enter thru the rear of the building.

Meetings are the 2^nd & 4^th Tuesday of the month

At 7:30p

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Our Little Flower

Published by

 Knights of Columbus

National Shrine of the Little Flower

Council No. 12408

A Parish based Council

2123 Roseland

Royal Oak, MI 48073

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 Vivat Jesus

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