FRIDAY NIGHT LENTEN DINNERS
Our Lady of Lourdes Assembly 2143 announces the Second Annual Lenten Dinners on Fridays during Lent
Lady Donna Rhodes and a staff of Brothers and Ladies wil serve Meatless Dinners on Fridays, starting on March 5, and continuing through March 26. Dinner will be served in the All-Purpose room at the Church of St. Martha.
Polar Bear Plunge
As he did last year, Faithful Comptroller John Gazis, PFN 2143, will take the "Plunge" for Special Olympics. Past State Deputy Thomas Ciborski has put together a 17 person team that will join thousands of other "Polar Bears" in the icy Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, March 6 at 1 p.m. The plunge was originally scheduled for February 27, but had to be rescheduled due to the recent snowstorms.
This gives us another week to show John our support by making a donation to Special Olympics in his name.
Please help support this cause by donating to John pledge drive:
2010 Polar Bear Plunge - Seaside Heights, NJ - Gazis Donation
Pictures of the 2009 Plunge are available at : 2009 Polar Bear Plunge Pictures
Message from the Coalition to Saute America's Heroes
Many troops who have returned from Iraq or Afghanistan severely burned, blinded or paralyzed are struggling just to feed their families. These brave men and women have made painful sacrifices for us (and our families). And since the Knights of Columbus supports patriotic causes, the Coalition to Salute America's Heroes wants you to know about something special you can do for them in return this Easter.
The Coalition to Salute America's Heroes has just launched an Emergency Easter Meal Project. Their goal is to deliver $60 to hundreds of severely wounded troops so they can put Easter dinner on the table.
Can they count on your financial support? Please say yes.
Click here for the complete text of the LETTER
Welcome
Welcome to the website for Our Lady of Lourdes Assembly #2143. We are a small but growing, and highly active, Assembly. Some members of our Assembly are active on the District and State level.
The Color Corps of our Assembly is growing, honors requests for callouts by any Council, and will assist any Assembly in the area. We are very honored to have among our members the Color Guard Commander of the Second NJ District.
Our Faithful Navigator this Columbian year is Deacon Vincent P. Ricciardi. We have many exciting events planned for this Columbian year, and we invite one and all to come and experience Our Lady of Lourdes Assembly.
The next meeting of Our Lady of Lourdes Assembly will be on Monday, March1, 2010, at 8 p.m.
We meet at the Church of St. Martha, 3800 Herbertsville Road, in Point Pleasant, N.J. on the first Monday of the month. Fourth Degree Knights from any Assembly are invited to attend our meetings.
In order to access certain areas, you must be registered. Click on Contact and include your membership number in your request.
7926 "Paddy's Day Party"
St. Martha Knights of Columbus will host their annual "St. Patrick's Day Party" on Saturday, March 6. The evening will begin with 5 p.m. Mass, followed by the "Paddy's Day".
Approximately 250 people are expected to attend the event, so get your tickets earlyt at the Parish Office. This ia quite an event, and some guests look forward to attending every year.
All the cooking is done by the Council members the day of the event. The menu consisted of Salad; Corned Beef, Ham, Cabbage, Potatos, Vegetables, Dessert, Coffe, Soda, Water.
For pictures of the 2009 event, please go to: Paddy's Day 2009
An Open Letter from Michael Permuko, FA
A Message From Your Field AgentHope all is well!
As part of your membership, you and your family have the privilege of taking advantage of the highly-rated insurance products offered, underwritten and issued by the KofC (A++ by A.M. Best, AAA by Standard & Poor’s). These products are:
Whole Life Insurance: a) Life Paid-Up @ 100
b) Single Premium Life
c) Life Paid-Up @ 65
d) 20 Year Pay Life
e) Discoverer (Blend of Whole Life and Term Insurances)
f) Guaranteed Issue Policy (No medical)
Term Life Insurance: a) Annual Renewable Term
b) 10-Year Renewable Term
c) 15-Year Renewable Term
d) 20-Year Renewable Term
Long Term Care Insurance: Coverage for “At Home” and/or “Nursing Home Only”
Fixed Annuity: a) Currently 3.25% for deposits over $10,000
b) Currently 3.00% for deposits under $10,000
c) Currently a lifetime floor of 3.00%
Please feel free to contact me if you have interest in learning more about our financial products. Thank you for the opportunity and I look forward to meeting with you. God Bless! Michael Permuko, FA
Exemplification of the 4th Degree
The Ladies, Officers and Members would like to welcome Ronald Bond, and his wife Lady Pat, on becoming the newest members of the Our Lady of Lourdes family. Ron attended the Exemplificationon the weekend of Nov 7 & 8. This Degree was the first time the latest version of the Degree was done, in under 2 hours.
The Asssembly also congratulates Sir Knight of the Year Daniel Farrell, from Bishop Eustace Assembly, and Eric Vecchione, of the John D. McMahon Assembly, on being named the Color Corps Member of the Year.
Updates and Prayers
Isabella: is doing just fine and is due back in New York in the next few weeks.Baby David: is still waiting for a heart valve, PLEASE pray for a valve to come available.
Daniela: is doing must better with fewer seizures.
Marcey: is coming along chemo is working but still in need of prayers.
Kayle: went home and is doing great and will remain on antibiotic for at least one year.
Leti: is also doing better but her treatments are not going so well and is in need of heavy prayer.
Christina: doctors found polyps and ulcers in her stomach, they will attempt to treat them with medications. Chemo is scheduled for this Thursday. PLEASE keep Chris in your prayers.
Jeanie: the lung tumor grew but is not showing signs of cancer. The brain tumors also are not showing any cancer yet they are popping up more and more. PLEASE keep Jeanie in your prayers.
We have Four Couples who have completed a HOME STUDY for ADOPTION and we are unable to find a baby for them. Please keep them in your prayers and if you know of a Birth mother who would like to give their baby up for adoptions PLEASE PLEASE contact me.. I know each of the couples and they will make GREAT parents!
We have lost some of our Prayer Warriors due to Facebook removing their account for whatever reason. Please ask your friends to join us. We need everyone we can to help us pray for the Sick and Dying. You have witnessed the Miracles of Prayer with the Children, now I ask you to bring another Miracle and that is more members to help us pray.
God Bless you all, I hold you in my heart and prayers each and every day.
Deacon Vince
Installation of Officers
The Ceremony of the Installation of Officers was held on Saturday, September 19, 2009. The evening began with 5 p.m. Mass, followed by the Installation Ceremony. After the Installation, dinner was served in the All Purpose room.
At the dinner after the Installation, Faithful Navigator Deacon Vincent Ricciardi presented a Chalice and Patten to the family of PFN Joseph Lorenc, who passsed away recently after battling cancer. Joe's family will be donating the Chalice to his cousin, Father David Swantek.
Pictures of the Installation are available at : 2009 Installation of Officers
Dinner Cruise on the River Lady
Our Annual Dinner Cruise aboard the River Lady was held on Tuesday, Sept 15. We boarded the boat at 5:30 p.m. and the Dinner Cruise began at 6p.m.
The weather was perfect, a slight breeze and a beautiful sunset, making this a wonderful, relaxing dinner cruise on the Toms River. The food was good and the 35 people in attendance showed true friendship on this night.
Pictures of the 2008 and 2009 Dinner Cruises are available at River Lady Dinner Cruise
Prayers Requested
Please pray for those on our Sick and Distressed List.
The list is available on our Prayer Requests page.
Knights of Columbus sets record for charitable giving, volunteer service
New Haven, CT - June 6, 2008 - The Knights of Columbus announced today that it set new all-time records for charitable giving and volunteer service hours in 2007. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson released the results of the survey in a speech to state deputies and members of the board of directors in New Haven, Connecticut.
The results of the Order's Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity for the year ending December 31, 2006 show that total contributions to charity at all levels reached $144,911,781 - exceeding the previous year's total by more $1 million. The figure includes $31,235,220 donated by the Supreme Council, and $113,676,561 in charitable donations from state and local councils, Fourth Degree assemblies, and squire circles.
The survey also shows that the reported number of volunteer hours by Knights for charitable causes grew to 68,270,432 hours, up more than 400,000 hours from 2005. There were 393,030 Knights of Columbus blood donors during the year, and Knights made more than 5.5 million visits to the sick and bereaved.
Cumulative figures show that during the past decade, the Knights of Columbus has donated nearly $1.28 billion to charity, and provided in excess of 612 million hours of volunteer service in support of charitable causes.
The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest lay Catholic organization, with more than 1.75 million members in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Central America, and Poland.