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OUR LADY OF THE GROVE COUNCIL #13448

Charity v Unity v Fraternity v Patriotism

vColumbian Award

v Grand Knight’s Message v Field Agent’s Messagev Meeting Refreshments v Commander's Message v Feed My Starving Children v Maywood Park outing

Our Lady of the Grove Council #13448 is pleased to inform our membership that we have been awarded the Columbian Award for the 2014 – 2015 Fraternal year. To qualify for the Columbian Award, Councils must conduct and report at least four major programs in each of the Service Program categories: Church, Community, Council, Family, Culture of life, and Youth. Our Council reported the following Service Programs: � Church: RSVP Program (seminarian support) � Church: Monthly Rosary with Adoration � Community: Veterans’ Christmas Concert � Community: Brought Holy Communion to Veterans and others (by some of our Minister of Care Knights) � Community: Knight of Patriotism participation � Community: Provided Rosaries to the aged � Council: Poster, Essay, Free throw contests � Youth: Coats for Kids (with St Vincent DePaul) � Family: Soup kitchen, St Vincent DePaul cash donation � Culture of Life: March for Life participation

Council #13448 Earns the Columbian Award

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Do you enjoy the refreshments after the meeting? This Fraternal year, we would like to spread the opportunity to serve our Brothers by providing refreshments after meetings to all of our Brother Knights. Sign up for providing the food after Business and Social meetings – you will be reimbursed for your expenses! See the front table at Business meetings for the sign up sheet. Not Swedish, no problem! No chefs, no food (oh, no!)

Grand Knight’s Message At last Thursday’s Business meeting we had the opportunity to meet our new District Deputy, Vince Meno.

He is from Chicago and has been a Knight for 5 years.

Besides being a DD, Vince is the Faithful Navigator for Immaculate Conception Assembly #3473. Welcome, Vince!

Field Agent’s Message

Did you know that the Knights of Columbus offers term life insurance for people at all stages of life, up to issue age 70, with coverage renewing to age 85? Determine the coverage you need with me, RobertParisi,FICF

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Commander’s Message

An opportunity to feed the hungry

Founded in 1987, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian non-profit organization committed to feeding God's children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: volunteers hand-pack meals specially formulated for malnourished children, and we send them to partners around the world where they're used to operate orphanages, schools, clinics and feeding programs to break the cycle of poverty. FMSC food has reached more than 70 countries in our history. FMSC is looking for volunteers in Libertyville to pack meals. Brother Knight Ed Rozalewicz is looking to put together a crew to pack meals. The whole process should only take 2 hours. He will be happy to notify FMSC and arrange the time. 742 East Park Avenue (Hwy 176) Libertyville, IL 60048 (behind Life Storage, use same parking entrance)

Seton Assembly will be hosting the annual Knight of Patriotism on Friday October 30th at St. Joseph the Worker Parish Social Hall. The evening will include dinner, live music by Sounds of the Big Bands, a silent auction and raffles. Proceeds of this event will be donated to Honor Flight of Northern and Western Illinois and the Gary Sinise Foundation. Details about making a reservation will be communicated soon. Please save the date.

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Commander’s Message (continued)

An honor guard has been requested for Friday August 21st for Richard Kowalewski at Ahlgrim Funeral Home 201 N. Northwest Hwy. in Palatine. The honor guard will be from 6:00pm until 8:00pm followed by a prayer service. Richard was a Honorary Life member of Holy Rosary Council.