Knights of Columbus
Assumption – Keene
Council #14032
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Thanks to the efforts of Father Michael J. McGivney, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s Church in New Haven and some of his parishioners, the Connecticut state legislature on March 29, 1882, officially chartered the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society. The Order is still true to its founding principles of charity, unity,fraternity and Patriotism. The Knights was formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works. The history of the Order shows how the foresight of Father Michael J. McGivney, whose cause for sainthood is being investigated by the Vatican, brought about what has become the world's foremost Catholic fraternal benefit society. The Order has helped families obtain economic security and stability through its life insurance, annuity and long-term care programs, and has contributed time and energy worldwide to service in their church, communities and society as a whole. The Knights of Columbus has grown from several members in one council to more than 13,000 councils and 1.7 million members throughout the world. The Assumption-Keene Council was newly chartered on March 29th, 2006, and has done much to further the causes of church and community in the short time it has been in existence. |
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Regular Council meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month during the fraternal year (September to June). Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. Next Meeting: Our next meeting date is September 14th, 7:00 pm Bernard Clancy, Grand Knight |
Upcoming Events:
- August 15th - (Feast of Our Lady of the Assumption) "Living Rosary" after the noon Mass
- August TBA - Diocesan Training (location TBA)
- September 11th - Council sponsored blood donor clinic; at Canadian Bloods Services Clinic, Ptbo
(8:00 am to Noon); contact Rob Crough 745-2676
- September 18th - Parish Supper
- September 26th - Diocesan Meeting, hosted by our Council
Past Events:
The following are a sample of images of what our Council has done to date:
On June 15th, Grand Knight Rick Stankiewicz (left) awarded Certificates of Merit to the following Council members Francis Walsh, Bob O'Brien, Jack Marchen, Bob Holland and Bernard Sheehan (absent). At this last meeting of the season, these members were being recognized for their contributions to Council #14032 over the past 4 1/2 years. Each of these members took on projects that each time raised well over $1,000 per project for the good of their Council and this has allowed the Council to grow and contribute significantly back to the parish and the community though many good works
At the first ever Giant Garage Sale there was lots to choose from, as this pictures shows. There was lots to buy outside too. Saturday, May 15th was a great event and one that our Council hopes to duplicate in the future.
We are thankful for the many members that were on hand to help out at the Big Garage Sale. Here are just a few of those that had a hand in the success of this event. (left to right) Jack Marchen, Bob Brown, Bob Holland (organizers), Peter Clancy and William Foster. Thanks to all for a job well done!
Earth Day was late, but on Saturday (May 8th), the Knights of Columbus of Assumption-Keene (Council#14032) organized their annual community Adopt-A-Road clean-up of County Road #35 (Old Keene Road). It rained for most of the morning and the winds were high, but this did not dampen the spirits or the efforts of a dedicated group of the18 volunteers. This year they collected 10 bags of recyclables and 27 bags of garbage totalling 340 kg (748 lb.) from the 9.5 km stretch of road between Highway #7 and County Road #2.
From tires to coffee cups, they found them all! What an awesome effort on their part for the whole community. This was a real hands on approach to helping the environment and we are all better for it!
(Pictured from left to right are just some of the damp but happy volunteers - Rick Stankiewicz, Michael Corkery, Martin Corkery, Mike Malloy and Steve Driscoll. Photo by: Rick Stankiewicz)
Brother Rob Crough brought has family to the annual Family Fun Day, hosted by Douro Council #11486 at Peter Leahy's Merrylynd Farms, on Jan.31st for an afternoon of hot chocolate, skating, sleigh rides and much more.
The fun started and finished with a free horse drawn sleigh ride between the parking lot and the fun and games at the Family Fun Day
Councils from District #4 & #29 were on hand to present Fr. Ray Rick cheques that were going to the "Retired Priests' Benefit Fund" in the Peterborough Diocese. (L to R) Brother Knights Kevin Heffernan, Peter Brewer, Rick Stankiewicz, Fr. Ray Rick, John Found, Bob Condon, Mike Garvey
Sir Knight Peter Clancy (left) receives his certificate into the Fourth Degree from the Faithful Navigator of the Bishop Marrocco Assembly (Peterborough), Paul Meade, on January 14th, 2010.
On December 11th, Council #14032 held a first ever "A Knight's Christmas Gala" at the Parish Hall. It was a great "knight" out, with many couples attending for an evening of fellowship, dinner and music.
Sandra O'Toole (wife of Past Grand Knight, Michael O'Toole) ensured that every partner of a Knight in attendance received a hand decorated Christmas ornament at the "A Knight's Christmas Gala". Many thanks to the O'Toole's for organizing this event.
At our Christmas Dinner, there were ten Knights from our Council recognized with certificates for their support and involvement in the Council's annual blood donour clinics over the last three years.
A special certificate of recognition was presented to Brother Bob O'Brien, by our Grand Knight, for his years of dedicated service to Council #14032 as the Financial Secretary.
During the month of December, our Council along with the Parish, had Father David West present certificates of recognition to all our Parish Alter Servers for their years of dedicated service. Each server was also given a gift certificate too. In this case, (L to R) Claire and Maggie Doris and Heather Clark were presented their certificates by Fr. David and our Grand Knight, at St. John the Evangelist Mission Church, in Keene.
On December 16th Grand Knight, Rick Stankiewicz, was at St.Patrick's School to congratulate 10 of the 13 winners of the nativity sets awarded at the final school assembly for the season. To help keep the Christ in Christmas, the Assumption-Keene Council ensured each classroom had a crèche to be awarded to a deserving child.
Grand Knight, Rick Stankiewicz, presents the Principal of St. Patrick's Elementary School, Tammy LeBlond, one of 13 nativity sets just in time for Advent. Council #14032 purchased one set for every classroom at the school and at the end of Advent one deserving student from each class will get to keep the set to take home. Just another way to "Keep Christ in Christmas"!
Grand Knight, Rick Stankiewicz receives the "Founders Award" (for last years number of insured members), from Field Agent, Gerald Connelly, at the October 13th Council meeting.
Sir Knight Michael Malloy receives his certificate into the Fourth Degree from the Faithful Navigator of the Bishop Marrocco Assembly (Peterborough), Paul Meade, on October 8th, 2009.
There was lots of people, food and fun at the annual Assumption Parish Supper. It was held at the church hall on Saturday, Sept.19th. It was another successful event, thanks to all those in the parish that pitched in to help out! A picture is worth a thousand words
Council Trustee, Sir Knight Patrick Pinto, was the "master carver" for the Parish Supper. He single handedly cut all the beef and pork that was served!
The long and short of it at the Parish Supper! Council Advocate, Robin Creeden (left), was the "head placer", and Trustee, Vince Torpey (right), served tea and coffee. These were just some of the Brother Knights of our Council that helped make this event the success that it was.
Blood Donour Clinic
There were 25 donors that attended, we collected 20 units and 16 donors were from the Knights of Columbus. We would like to extend a big "Thank you" to everyone that helped make the clinic a success. 60 Lives will be helped as one unit can save up to 3 lives.
Brother Knights of our Council literally "rolled up their sleeves" to participate in the 3rd Annual Blood Donour Clinic sponsored by our Council (Saturday, Sept.12th). Here is a double header of the organizer of the Clinic, Council Recorder, Rob Crough (foreground) and Brother Knight, Martin Corkery (background).
Council Chancellor, Bernard Clancy (right) and his wife Pat, volunteered the whole clinic, to assist in recording stats and looking after the donours.
Brother Knight, Derrick Fleming donated his blood too, but not without the support of his whole family! Talk about a family affair.
Brother Knight, Jason Ironside, looked pretty comfortable donating for his second time. Each time he has donated, he potentially help save up to three lives!
Most of the current Council #14032 Executive were on hand (August 25th) to be newly installed for the coming year by the new District Deputy, John Found. (left to right-seated) Chancellor-Bernard Clancy, Grand Knight-Rick Stankiewicz, Chaplain-Fr. David West, District Deputy-John Found, Deputy Grand Knight-Jack Marchen
(left to right-standing) Recorder-Rob Crough, Financial Secretary-Mike Malloy, Trustee-Vince Torpey, Treasurer-Bob Holland, Warden-Steve Driscoll, Advocate-Robin Creeden, Past Grand Knight-Mike O'Toole, Inside Guard-Ed Rabishaw, Trustee-Patrick Pinto (Absent were Lecturer-Bob O'Brien, Outside Guard-Peter Clancy, Trustee-Vern O'Brien
Deputy Grand Knight, Jack Marchen, conceived, organized and ran this very successful event, which raised over $6,000 for the charitable works of Council #14032. Our whole Council would like to thank all those that participated in any way with making this the success it was. Many individuals and businesses donated time, product and money to make this evening fun and profitable for all concerned and this will allow the Council to continue the great work that it does in the parish and great community.
Riley Crough holds the 5 lb. Hershey's chocolate bar that he won during the live auction. He might share it with sister Larissa.
Brother Knights, Bernard Clancy (left) and Jim Zister (right), serve up lots of sausages on a bun, as part of this events barbeque.
Brother Knights, William Foster (Left) and John Jones (right), sell beef raffle tickets and do a great job at it too.
Brother Knight, Steve Driscoll (right) set-up outside the hall and helped provide the live entertainment for the first part of the evening. A great time was had by all!
May 9th, the Knights of Columbus of Assumption-Keene (Council#14032) organized their annual community Adopt-A-Road clean-up of County Road #35 (Old Keene Road). It rained for most of the morning, but this did not dampen the spirits or the efforts of a dedicated group of over 27 volunteers. This year they collected 12 bags of recyclables and 29 bags of garbage (300 kg) from the 9.5 km stretch of road from Highway #7 to County Road #2. From tires to coffee cups, they found it all! What an awesome effort on their part for the whole community. This was a real hands on approach to helping the environment and we are all better for it! Thanks to all who pitched in and a special thanks to Country Style Donuts for generously donating coffee and donuts for the day!
Pictured from left to right are just some of the damp but happy volunteers - Jim Zister, Sandra O'Toole, Chelsea Crough, Bob Brown, Betty Brown, Mike O'Toole, Larissa Crough, Wava Brown, Payton Crough, Riley Crough, Rob Crough, Vern O'Brien and Vince O'Toole.
More happy volunteers during the May 9th Adopt-A-Road clean-up; Vern O'Brien, Riley, Larissa, Chelsea & Payton Crough and Ed Rabishaw
Grand Knight Rick Stankiewicz (left) accepts the Father McGivney Award for membership achievement in 2007/08 from District Deputy, Paul Meade
Most of the current (2008/09) executive members for Council #14032: (left to right) Chancellor-Bernard Clancy; Warden-Steve Driscoll; Past Grand Knight-Mike O'Toole; Treasurer-Bob Holland; Trustee-Vince Torpey; Recorder-Rob Crough; Grand Knight-Rick Stankiewicz; Advocate-Robin Creeden; Financial Secretary-Bob O'Brien; Deputy Grand Knight-Jack Marchen and Lecturer-Mike Malloy
On April 17th, District #29 held the third annual Clergy Appreciation Dinner for all the clergy of their parishes. Bishop Nicholas De Angelis was present and accepted a donation to the Diocesan Priest Retirement Fund. This photo shows all the clergy in attendance and the Grand Knights for all 5 Councils in the District. Thanks to Lakefield Council #11924, for hosting this wonderful evening shared by many Brother Knights and their spouses.
"Council #14032 representative, Rob Crough (far left), was on hand for the donation of cheques to host Grand Knight, Bob Condon (far right), Douro Council, at the annual Family Fun Day, at Merrylynd Farms, Lakefield."
"Knight Rob Cough's daughter, Payton enjoyed herself at the annual Family Fun Day, with all the activities, from skating, to horse drawn sleigh rides, tobogganing and lots to eat and drink. The smile says it all!"
A full house and a good time had by all at the Parish Hall on January 30th, 2009, annual Euchre Tournament
Primary organizers for the Euchre Tournament were Brother Knights Bob O'Brien and Bernie Sheehan. Another successful event thanks too them and all the other Knights of the Council that helped out for the evening.
Sir Knight Bernard Clancy receives his certificate into the Fourth Degree from the Faithful Navigator of the Bishop Marrocco Assembly (Peterborough), Paul Meade, on January 8th, 2009.
Founding Past Grand Knight, Michael O'Toole (left) receives a certificate of appreciation from the District #29 Deputy, Paul Meade, at the last Council meeting for Assumption-Keene, on November 11, 2008.
Past Grand Knight, Michael O'Toole (left) displays his "jewel of office" as Past Grand Knight for Council #14032. Congratulations is being given by current Grand Knight, Rick Stankiewicz.
Blood Donor Clinic
Held Saturday September 13th 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Main Clinic of the Canadian Blood Services in Peterborough.
"Knight Rob Crough "gives a hand" (literally) at the recent blood donor clinic he helped organize"
"Knight David Ellis is served refreshments by volunteer Pat Clancy (wife of Brother Bernard Clancy), after he makes his donation of "a gift of life"."
Thisimage shows a panoramic shot of a "full house" at the Knights of Columbus Council #14032 Euchre Party on January 18, 2008, to raise money for the youth of the Assumption-Keene area to attend the World Youth Conference in Australia (spring 2008).
This image shows the key organizers of this fund raising euchre party, Bob O'Brien (left) and Bernie Sheehan. They and their many volunteers raised over $1,500 for the designated cause of World Youth Day.
This past Feb.12th 2008, at the Parish Hall of Our Lady of the Assumption (OLA) Church. Both the Knights of Columbus Council #14032 for Assumption / Keene and the Catholic Women's League of the parish, presented cheques to Sarah Grills (Secretary-Treasurer) Christopher Macfarlane (Vice President) of the parish OLA Youth Group, for their efforts to send eight delegates to the World Youth Days in Sydney, Australia in June of this year. - CWL President, Anna Marie Bolin, presents a cheque for $1,000.00 to the OLA members.
Grand Knight, Michael O'Toole, presents a cheque for $1,150.00 from the proceeds of the Council #14032 Euchre Party on Jan.18th, 2008, to the OLA Youth Group members.
The winners of the spring (May/08) Baseball Tournament hosted by the Council #14032, was won by the Lakefield Council #11924 team shown here.
Events like a baseball tournament are a success only due to members of the Assumption-Keene Council like those pictured here (L to R), Robin Creeden, Michael O'Toole, Vernon O'Brien, Robert Crough, Bob Holland and Bob O'Brien.
This image is from a donation presentation that our Grand Knight, Michael O'Toole (left) presented to Rob Tonus. of the Canadian Cancer Society. The cheque was for $500 and was from half the proceeds of an Assumption-Keene Council #14032 sponsored baseball tournament held this past spring. The other $500 was donated to Victoria Quilts, an organization that makes and gives quilts to cancer patients. Unfortunately, there was no one present to award this cheque to at the same time as the other presentation.
Knights of Columbus Road Clean-up
Council 14032 of the Knight’s of Columbus for Assumption-Keene did their road clean up on May 31st , 2008. The 9 km length of County Road #35 (Old Keene Road through Assumption) was once again cleaned by 26 volunteer Parish members of Our Lady of the Assumption Parish as part of the Count’s Adopt-A-Road program. The rainy morning start gave way to clear skies and a successful collection of 30 bags of garbage and 14 bags of recyclable materials. In total, over 300 kg of litter was collected and taken to the City’s landfill and recycle depot. It was great to see families getting involved for this very hands-on effort to help keep our community and the environment clean. It is always amazing the amount of recycle material and garbage that is collected annually.
A special thanks to all those that participated in this clean up and to those that allowed the use of their vehicles and trailers. We look forward to another successful clean up this coming fall.
The pictures show some of the 300kg of litter collected for the day. Also shown are just some of the 26 volunteers who collected all this garbage and recyclable materials. (Left to right are) Bernard Ironside, Rick Stankiewicz, The Fleming Family, Fr. David West, The Corkery Family and the Crough Family.
This image is from Council #14032 first Adopt-A-Road clean up on October 15, 2006. Grand Knight Mike O'Toole and family stand by the sign erected by Peterborough County for the Council's adoption of the 9 km length of County Road 35.
This image shows the results of the Adopt-A-Road efforts of the volunteers of Council#14032 on May 12, 2007. Shown are just some of the many that volunteered their time and effort for yet another successful morning by keeping their community environment clean.