From the Grand Knight: New Officers, Steaks and Stories, A Knight Out, Corpus Christi

From the Grand Knight:

Congratulations to Peter Jaquith and Paul Speidel, Grand Knight and Deputy Grand Knight elect. They begin their tenure over Beverly's Knights of Columbus July 1st. Thank you both for your service to Beverly and the Church.

Our 6th installment of Steaks and Stories takes place June 26th with Deacon Jim Greer. Please note the new schedule. 6:00 - 6:30 Meet & greet social; 6:30 Dinner; 7:00 our speaker Deacon Jim Greer; 8:00 Q & A with Deacon Greer; 8:15closing prayer. Thank you all for your support in the past. Please plan on attending this valuable collaborative wide speakers service sponsored by Beverly's Knights. May I in particular invite all the current collaborative staff and committee members to attend Steaks & Stories, attendance at theses events will assure that they continue. Please RSVP to Brian Butler at  927-4311.

Plans for A Knight Out, the Beverly Knights premier awards dinner are moving forward please keep September 19th free to attend. We are currently seeking nominations for the "Keeper Award". Given yearly by Beverly's Knights, the Keeper is given to that person who has proved by their actions that they are indeed their brother's keeper either by an act of unusual courage or in long term service to the community. If you know of someone who should be recognized for this award please contact DGK Peter Jaquith at peterjaquith@comcast.net or GK Brian Butler at butlersinbeverly@aool.com . 

For the second year Beverly's Knights have the Honor of carrying the canopy at the Corpus Christi procession. Knights Ferde Rombola, Neil Corcoran, Peter Jaquith and Sean McNamarra will attend Father Hocurscak as we process down Cabot Street following the 10:45 Mass at Saint Mary's

Vivat Jesus

Future of Steaks & Stories

Greeting fellow knights,

It is decision time gentlemen.  Steaks and Stories will be held this month on the 26th when we welcome Deacon Jim Greer to speak at the convent. Last month a total of eight men & women showed for the evening. Honestly this level of support cannot continue. If we do not have 20 to 25 people committed to attending then this will be the end of this very worthwhile series.  It is time for this Council and this collaborative to decide if they are going to support S & S or if it will go by the wayside.

The Nomination requests have gone out to the surrounding towns for nominations for the Keeper Award. We have rented the K of C hall in Salem for the night of the 19th of September. It's time to start looking for donations for the silent auction. we need a sub committee to handle the auction. When nominations start to come in we'll need to meet to decide on and invite one or more nominees.

Our membership drive at St. Johns last month netted no new members. James Butler made his 1st degree on May 13th up in Gloucester. Let's keep thinking new members please, one new member per member per year is the goal.

Thank you, Vivat Jesus, Brian GK

May 22 Steaks and Stories with Scot Landry

Steaks and Stories continues with Scott Landry this May 22nd at 7:00 PM.  Scot Landry will be our fifth speaker of the year. He is Executive Director of Catholic Voices USA and a host of The Good Catholic Life radio show.

Please plan on joining us for dinner, fellowship and stories.  This event takes place at the St. Mary Star of the Sea Convent at 15 Chapman Street in Beverly.  Parking is available in several nearby municipal parking lots and is free after 6:00pm.

This event is open to the public - you do not have to be a Knight to attend.

Catholic Voices - Ten Principles for Civil Communications on Catholic Hot-Button Issues

How to Defend the Faith Without Raising Your Voice: Civil Responses to Catholic Hot-Button Issues by Austen Ivereigh

From Beverly's Grand Knight:

First of all I wish to thank all you who received me so warmly at St. John's last weekend during our recruitment drive. I spoke with many potential, current and former Knights. Our council 175 is covering the whole city and services the entire colaborative. Even so we do find ourselves fighting an image that we are St. Mary's Knights; this is not from design or desire. We held our drive only at St. Johns so as invite you in. We have done and will continue to do great things in Beverly.  If you are looking for a way to continue to express your charity please get in contact with us through the Parish offices, our blog, beverlyknights.blogspot.com, or call me at 927 4311.

VIVAT JESUS, Brian

Golf Tournament to benefit St Mary's School in Beverly

St Mary School in Beverly is having a golf fundraiser at The Beverly Golf and Tennis Club on June 2nd.  It really is a low key golf event that is a lot of fun.  The schools depend on these events of fund so much of their operating costs.  Let's show them what the Knights can do and try to come out in force.

Please try to pull a foursome from your councils or friends.

You can register at: http://www.smsbeverly.com/give.htm

Membership Drive May 17-18 at St. John the Evangelist

Please see our Knights after all Masses this upcoming weekend at St. John the Evangelist to learn more about becoming a Knight!

Resources from Michael Lavigne's Talk on the New Evangelization

We had a great time at Steaks and Stories on Thursday night.  Thank you to Grand Knight Brian Butler and family for the wonderful meal.  Thank you to Michael Lavigne, Director of the Office of Life-Long Faith Formation and Parish Support in the Secretariat of the New Evangelization.

Here are some resources based on Michael's talk:

The Dynamic Catholic book program - A program started by Matthew Kelly, author of Rediscover Catholicism and The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic.

Michael Lavigne's blog, Through the Catholic Lens - http://throughthecatholiclens.com/ - where he and his wife write about living the Catholic faith.  You can learn more about Michael by listening to him on Catholic radio at this link.

Evangelization Training in Beverly - http://www.beverlycatholic.com/evangelization-training.html.

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's talk, What is the New Evangelization? - http://www.ewtn.com/new_evangelization/Ratzinger.htm