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Pope John XXIII Officers 2007 -
2008
Assembly dues are Due !
Membership cards are now available to our members for the 2008 calendar year. Just $20.00 will pay your annual dues, and get you “next year’s” card. Make your check payable to Pope John XXIII Assembly and mail to: POPE JOHN XXIII ASSEMBLY KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS C/o Norbert Wengler 30 Ninth Avenue Farmingdale, NY 11735
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Congratulations
Martin Laraia, PFN, PGK was presented with the "Fly the Flag Patriotism Award" at the January Assembly meeting.
Assembly's 2008 Scholarship Application Form Form
The deadline to get all essays in is the April 23rd Assembly Meeting. They will be judged in May, and two winners will be chosen and awarded at the June 25th Assembly meeting. The contest is open to all children and grandchildren of Fourth Degree members in good standing from our Assembly and need not live on Long Island to enter!
Here’s the essay topic: “What should be done to assist returning troops as they deal with the transition from Military to civilian life?”
COUNCIL NEWS
Floral Park Council is co-hosting (along with the Floral Park fire Department) their annual Blood Drive on Good Friday, (March 21st) from 2:30—8:00 pm at Our Lady of Victory School in Floral Park. For more information, contact SK Charlie Marchello DGK at (516) 616-6145. Honor Guardsman Mike Nass invites everyone to the Annual Pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Sunday March 30th. Contact Mike at (516) 812-0061 Robert W. Powell Council will be hosting a Living Rosary for the Unborn on Wednesday, March 19th at the American Legion Hall in Uniondale. For more information, call (516) 481-2578 or visit their website, www.koc3488.com.
St. Thomas the Apostle Council is having a Blood Drive on Divine Mercy Sunday, March 30th. Contact SK Joe Dean PGK at countjoe@excite.com.
Our Lady of the Island Council 6911 has been recognized in MassapequaNews.com for their “Adopt-a-battalion” program and their Council Free-Throw context. 
History of the American Flag
Are you looking for a program for your Council’s social Meeting? If so, how about the History of our Country’s flag? That’s right, Old Glory! Our flag, the symbol of our national unity, tells us of the struggle for independence, of a union preserved, of the sacrifices of brave men and women to whom the ideals and honor of this nation have been dearer than life. If your Council would like to see and hear the rest of the story, call PFN Walter Skinner at 516-796-6965, to make arrangements for “The History of Our Flag Presentation.” You can also make arrangements through your council’s Fourth Degree Chairman.
RESPECT LIFE
…Did you know that life begins at the moment of conception? …Did you know that a human embryo is not “potential life” it is “human life that has potential” There is room for everyone in the pro-life
movement.
Pro Life Page for More Information
Respect Life Letter for NY Senators and Assembly leaders
Parish Priest -- Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism Biography of Father McGivney On Sale Now Read Excerpt From Book read Order Book From Amazon via Supreme order
Encyclical Newsletter On-Line more
Let's Say Thanks ! Send a Postcard to Our Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Click on the image to the left.
Pro-Life
Read latest news on Abortion and Pro-Life events more
Send a Pope John XXIII e-card more
Check Out the Latest Local Gas Prices more
Eliminate Telemarketers, register your home phone and cell phone at the Do Not Call Web Site more
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The
Assembly is reactivating the 50/50 club that was run for many years by PFN, the
late Dario Rossi. We are proud to inform all the Sir Knights that we will
dedicate part of the revenue received for a donation to the National Shrine of
the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. for the special project entitled
the Knights of Columbus “Incarnation dome” which adorns the top of the Basilica.
If you would like to participate in the 50/50 drawings, Open and Print this
Attention
Grand Knights....
These
embryonic human beings are alive, now, and involved in a terrible dilemma
utterly beyond their control. They are human, innocent and helpless, and
therefore deserving of love and the protection of the state. They are dependent
on civilization but civilization is perhaps is even more dependent on them, as
we consider their fate. In considering their fate, we are determining our own.
Perhaps this is the real precipice on which we stand: the notion (again) that
certain human beings can be considered so insignificant as to be unworthy of
love and protection solely on the basis of their size and stage of development.
That we are even considering this question of human medical experimentation is
already the result of the disastrous turn we took with Roe v Wade, the ruling
that a developing (but fully human) child's life was less important than a
woman’s convenience or difficult circumstances, circumstances that could vastly
improved with simple love and acceptance, offered and received with good outcome
for all, including the child. The question at stake...strike at the very
foundation of civilized society. The choice is between justice and truth, where
love and civility are safe to flourish, or a descent into chaos, barbarism,
anarchy, tyranny and death.
