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John F. Kennedy Council 2952 Hammond, LA January, 2019

Grand Knight’s Corner I hope everyone had a wonderful and joyous holiday season. I ask everyone to make new resolutions for the year that will put your faith into action. Take an active role in your council and help

make our community a better place for our families and friends by setting the example for other organizations in performing charitable and civic duties. I want to thank all the Brother Knights and Ladies who helped make the 20

th Annual Benefit Raffle and

Steak Dinner a success. We were very successful this year, having sold 384 tickets and raising $23,000 total, which means we donated $5,750 to four local organizations. Let’s start off the new year right and show support for our council by attending your monthly KC Mass. Remember, door prizes will be given away at each monthly meeting, but you can’t win them if you’re not there. Showing support in numbers is a great way to help, and better yet, attending the KC Mass and sitting with your family and friends in the designated seating area lets the community know who we are. Let us all wear our name tags as we proudly proclaim ourselves Knights of Columbus. I want to personally thank Betty Mueller and her daughter Pam for their generous donation to the council’s educational fund. The fund, which is named the Don Mueller Educational Fund, is used to provide scholarships for children and grandchildren of council members of JFK Council 2952. Congratulations to Joey & Debbie Quebedeaux for being selected Family of the Month for December, and to Donald Bouley for being selected Knight of the Month. A couple of dates to remember for this month are the KC Social, which will be on Wednesday, Jan. 16

th, and

the KC Mass on Sunday, Jan. 20th

. Please remember to arrive at 8:45am before the Mass for the recitation of the rosary.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year!

Mike Pearson

The Ladies’ Corner I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas and a safe and joyful New Year’s Day. I would like to thank everyone who helped decorate and brought food for the Christmas social food table. Thanks to the Knights for preparing a wonderful meal, it was delicious! With some of the Ladies having vacations and with holiday responsibilities, we have not had enough help with bingo concessions. Please consider helping once a month because there are only five Ladies that help with bingo concessions and only two that are willing to do hot foods. Thanks Jana and Cathy for your recent help!! Please check out the back of the KC's newsletter for upcoming events that are happening in the council. See you at the social on January 16

th!

Have A Blessed New Year!!

Debbie Q.

Devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/january-3-holy-name-of-jesus/

The month of January is traditionally dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus, with January 3rd being the feast of the Holy Name. After the Blessed Virgin Mary had conceived her Child by the Holy Spirit, the angel Gabriel appeared to St. Joseph and instructed him that the Child’s name should be called Jesus, which means “God Saves”. For Catholics, Jesus’ sacred name is the object of a special devotion. Devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus was popularized by St. Bernardine of Siena, a 15th-century Franciscan, often symbolized by the monogram “IHS”, (sometimes called a Christogram), which is the first three letters of the Greek spelling of Jesus’ name.

The Knights Herald

Published monthly by the Knights of Columbus John F. Kennedy Council #2952, PO Box 2952, Hammond, LA, 70404.

http://www.kc2952.org

GRAND KNIGHT ……...….………….…Michael Pearson DEPUTY GRAND KNIGHT……...…….…Sammie Buono PUBLICITY & EDITOR……….……….Joey Quebedeaux

Hall Rentals

Persons interested in rental of the KC Home should contact Brother Mike Perise through the Home at 542-2952 or evenings at 974-0050.

Anyone sick or in need?

If you know of a Brother Knight, or his family, who is ill, in the hospital, or is otherwise in need of aid, please call Grand Knight Michael Pearson at (985) 320-6897.

Insurance Agent

Blake Brady 52122 S. Evans Rd Independence, LA 70443 Cell (504) 214-6374 e-mail: blake.brady@kofc.org

KC Ministry Schedule

The following Brother Knights are scheduled to assist in the Celebration of the Eucharist during the 9:30 am Mass at Holy Ghost Church on Sunday, January 20, 2019. Lectors: A.J. Collura Vincent Gennardo

Gifts: Joey & Debbie Quebedeaux

Eucharistic ministers: Kenneth Mayeaux Τ Joe Cerise Joe Tallo☺ Sal Lupo Frank Cannino ☺ Ron Novak Francis Donner ☺ Michael Ralph Robert Anders Jack Stang Michael Perise Morris Marlbrough

Τ = Tabernacle

☺ = Clean up

Holy Days of Obligation in the Catholic Church

https://www.thoughtco.com/holy-days-of-obligation-541520

Holy days of obligation are feast days on which Catholics are required to attend Mass and to avoid (to the extent that they are able) servile work. The observance of Holy Days of Obligation is part of the Sunday Duty, the first of the Precepts of the Church, and are listed in Canon 1246 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law. Holy Days of Obligation are days other than Sundays on which Catholics are required to participate in the Mass, the primary form of worship. Any feast celebrated on a Sunday, such as Easter, falls under normal Sunday Duty and thus isn't included in a list of Holy Days of Obligation. There are currently 10 Holy Days of Obligation in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church and five in the Eastern Catholic Churches; in the United States, only six Holy Days of Obligation are observed. What is an obligation? A lot of people misunderstand what it means to say that Catholics are obligated to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. This isn't an arbitrary rule, but part of general moral life—the need to do good and avoid evil. That is why the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Para. 2041) describes the obligations listed in the Precepts of the Church as "the very necessary minimum in the spirit of prayer and moral effort, in the growth in love of God and neighbor." These are things that, as Christians, Catholics should want to do anyway; the Church uses the Precepts of the Church (of which the listing of Holy Days of Obligation is one) simply as a way to remind adherents of the need to grow in holiness. Norms for the United States The bishops of the United States petitioned the Holy See in 1991 to remove three of the universal Holy Days of Obligation—Corpus Christi (the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ), Saint Joseph, Saints Peter and Paul—and to transfer the celebration of Epiphany to the nearest Sunday. Thus, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) lists the following Holy Days of Obligation in the United States:

January 1, the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the solemnity of the Ascension

August 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

November 1, the solemnity of All Saints

December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception

December 25, the solemnity of the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Christmas Social

Sara Labbe and Nicole Richard led all the guests in singing the Divine Chaplet.

The buffet line…….and the food was delicious!

Grand Knight Mike Pearson presented donation checks from the proceeds of the Benefit Raffle Dinner to August McDonald, Options; Ashlyn Hemingway, Special Olympics; Pearl Dorsa, Evergreen Life Services; and Yvonne Saltzmann, TARC.

Grand Knight Mike Pearson accepted a donation check in honor of deceased Knight Don Mueller from his wife Betty Mueller, daughter Pam Flynn and her husband Kevin Flynn. The money will be used for the Don Mueller Educational Fund.

Grand Knight Mike Pearson chose Donald Bouley as Knight of the Month for December……

…….while Joey & Debbie Quebedeaux were chosen as Family of the Month for December.

January 2019

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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New Year’s Day

KC Meeting 7:00 Business

Ladies

Auxiliary Meeting

7:00 Business

Bingo

First Friday Adoration

5:00-6:00pm

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Bingo

Bingo

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Bingo

KC Social

6:00 Social 7:00 Dinner

Bingo

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

KC Mass & Rosary

8:45am Holy Ghost

Church

Bingo

Bingo

27 28 29 30 31

Bingo

Bingo

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