Brother Knights,

We've had a busy few weeks -- and very productive -- now it's time to relax.   Join us next Wednesday evening, Oct 15, in the Upper Room at 7:30 for some relaxation, a cold drink, and some snacks.   Get to know your brothers a bit more, brag about your latest golf score, and just put your feet up.   

See ya next week,

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight
Bishop

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A couple that pulled back from the brink of divorce tell their difficult success story in a new podcast at www.fathersforgood.org.

Also new this month at the Fathers for Good site, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus:
·  A Catholic psychiatrist talks about 'My Wife, My Best Friend'.
·  A focus on the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux who will be beatified this month.
·  A new ballot to cast your vote for next month's topic.
·  A Facebook page that connects you to Catholics everywhere.

Visit www.fathersforgood.org

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Brother Knights,

1) A quick recap from our pancake breakfast last Sunday:

    Gross receipts.........................$1,476 (a record)

    Expenses.......................................205.76

    Net.............................................1,270.24

    10% tithe to our parish................127.02

Net to Council (Scholarships)....$1,143.22

Brothers -- be sure to thank Brian McDermott from The Original Pancake House, and Nicole Wright from the Fishers store for their support and donations of batter and syrup.   Better yet, stop in and patronize their two restaurants!   And, lest I forget, thanks to all the good Knights who helped on Sunday.   You're the best!!!

2) Our next Blood Drive is this coming Sunday, October 5th from 8:30 - 1:30 in the Social Hall.   Two ways you can support this event:

        -- be a blood donor

        -- help out as a volunteer in the Social Hall, or the table in the Commons.   This will be the easiest duty you'll ever have, all for a very good cause.  

3) We welcome seven new Knights to our Council, via our First Degree ceremony Monday night. 

            Peter Nalin

            Joe Heinzmann

            Don Sinclair

            Bob Peters

            Steve Delaney

            Walt Justus

            Michael Gabrick

Welcome to our Council - we're thrilled you became Knights!

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight

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Brother Knights,

Our October business meeting will be this coming Wednesday, October 1st at 7:30 in the Upper Room.   All Knights are encouraged to attend. 

Rosary will be led by the Knights at 7:00 in the Day Chapel.    (Any volunteers to lead the Rosary?   Let me know.)  

Two other reminders:

    -- tomorrow night, Sept 29th, our First Degree ceremony will be at 7:30 in the Day Chapel.   We hope to see you there.   We have at least 5 candidates wishing to become Knights.  

    -- our next Blood Drive is next Sunday, October 5th -- 8:30 to 1:30 in the Social Hall.   Please consider being a donor.  

Thanks and Peace,

SK Mark Peterson
Grand Knight

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New Haven, CT - September 23, 2008 -

A 30 second radio spot encouraging people to "vote pro-life" in the November elections begins running on radio stations around the United States today.  It will continue to air until the November 4 election.

The ad features the sound of an unborn baby's heartbeat at 10 weeks, and the voice of a woman saying, "Listening to this makes me wonder - why would anyone question that her life has begun?"  It concludes with the words, "Vote your heart. Vote Pro Life."

"The fact that the child whose heartbeat we hear is alive is simply a matter of science," Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said in announcing the beginning of the ad campaign.  "We believe that it is vital that America's pro-life community make it clear that they will reserve their votes for candidates of either party who are committed to protecting life from conception to natural death."

Anyone can listen to or download the ad from the Knights of Columbus website, www.kofc.org.

A similar ad is planned for broadcast in Canada, where general elections are set for October 14, 2008.

The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest lay Catholic organization, with more than 1.75 million members in North and Central America, Asia and Europe.  Last year, Knights donated $145 million and more than 68 million hours of volunteer time to charitable causes.

Open Letter to Senator Joseph Biden on abortion

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson sent an open letter to Senator Joseph Biden on Friday, September 19, challenging the assertion of the vice presidential candidate that Catholic teaching on abortion is not clear.  The letter was published in USA Today, The Washington Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Wilmington News Journal, among others.

Writing "as a fellow Catholic layman," Anderson said that "statements that suggest that our Church has anything less than a consistent teaching on abortion are not merely incorrect; they may lead Catholic women facing crisis pregnancies to misunderstand the moral gravity of an abortion decision."

Anderson noted that the founders of the United States "believed that we are 'endowed by [our] creator with certain unalienable rights,'' and that first among these is 'life,'" and he appealed to Biden, "as a Catholic who acknowledges that life begins at conception, to resolve to protect this unalienable right."

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