Knights of Columbus Council, No. 1031 Reading, Massachusetts 01867 Visit Our WEB Site at www.readingkofc.org

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My Brother Knights, I am excited to have the opportunity to serve as Deputy Grand Knight. I have enjoyed getting to know some of you at the many events sponsored by our council over the past year. I was born and raised in Westerly, Rhode Island and learned the value of charity, caring and community from my dad. I graduated from Bryant College in 1984 and married my lovely bride Jeanne in 1989. We have 2 children Mia, 17 and Mateo, 11 both adopted from Ecuador. Mia is a Junior at Riverview School. It is a wonderful school for children with special needs located in East Sandwich. Mateo is a 6th grader at Parker Middle School and plays several sports. Jeanne is a Special Education teacher at North Reading Middle School and has been a CCD teacher for several years at St. Agnes. I am the Director of Food and Nutrition Services at Spaulding Hospital Cambridge (formerly Youville Hospital). One of the things I have enjoyed most about being a Knight is having the chance to listen and learn to many brothers who are excellent role models of spirituality and generosity. Tom Cappuccio

Deputy Grand Knight

Sick and Vigil: Remember to keep PGK Tim Knowles and Jim Knowles in your prayers there are both recuperating from recent injuries. Brother Dr. Ed Doherty is at home recuperating from heart surgery he had at Lahey Clinic. Grand Knight Lenny Ebert had heart surgery to repair a valve. He is recovering at home. Brother Mil Dixon is in Lahey Hospital. He recently suffered a number of strokes before they were able to stabilize him. He is not able to have visitors at this time. If you know of any brother or family member in need of prayers or assistance, communicate these needs to Ernie Arsenault for inclusion in the newsletter. [email protected].

A GOOD KNIGHT THOUGHT! By the time this is published, the hustle and bustle of summer will be over and we'll be preparing for cold weather. Perhaps this is a time of more peace and quiet for us all—at least until the holidays arrive—which can be a good thing you know, for we live in such noisy, busy times. So noisy in fact, that we have trained ourselves to tune out familiar—and seemingly unnecessary—sounds in our lives just to allow us a time to think, and think clearly! But we have to take care that we don't tune out sounds we should be hearing—make certain we are not tuning out the voice of God, speaking to us through scripture, our conscience, and through the loving people surrounding us. We rightly speak to God when we worship in prayer and praise and thanksgiving, but we must give Him a chance to speak to us too—words which we hear most clearly when we are enjoying hushed, peaceful, moments (and consciously placing ourselves in his presence). This quiet autumn season of the year lends itself to just those types of visits with our Lord—perhaps even at the evenings of adoration offered in our parishes. DEACON NEIL

K of C Penalty Kick Challenge: Our Annual Soccer Penalty Kick Challenge was held on September 15th. There were 22 boys and girls from ages 10-14 that participated in the competition. Shown in the first photo are all the participants with members of the Reading KofC.

Congratulations: Brother Matt Baltier was ordained as a Permanent Deacon Sept. 21. Matt is a parishioner of St. Athanasius Parish and a longtime member of our council. He will be joining Deacon Neal Sumner in assisting Fr. Darin Colarusso in parish work. October Birthdays: 10/1 Dan Doran, Ed Knowles, 10/3 Brian Nowicki, 10/5 Jim Knowles, 10/8 Bill Guazzaloca, 10/12 Bob Castine, 10/13 Mike Fallon, 10/15 Dan Stanton, 10/16 Fran Enos, 10/17 Dennis Farrell, 10/21 Mike Canavan, 10/22 Tim Knowles, 10/26 Jason Melius, 10/27 Tom O’Connor, 10/29 Greg Gohr, 10/30 Brian Jones. Your Help is needed to update our Records: If your birthday is incorrect let us know. Email John Silva at [email protected] or call 781 944 4285. Tootsie Roll Drive: The Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities (aka “Tootsie Roll Drive”) will be held the weekend of Oct.11, 12, &13. Your help is needed to make this important fund drive a success. Put this on your calendar and sign up now!! You can sign up on line at:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E044CADAE2E AB9-campaign2 The winners of the age groups are shown in the photo above. From left to right: Jonah Giaquinto (14), Ryan Pryputniewicz (10), Alyssa Pryputniewicz (12), Heather Carminati (10), Shannon Park (13), Liam Merlin (13), Barry Ricter (12) with PGK Mike Canavan.

Or on signup sheets located in the members lounge. Please commit some time during this event to ensure it is a success. We usually generate about $50 per man hour during this fund raiser, so if you are unable to commit help out maybe you would like to write a check. You can send it to Reading Knights of Columbus P.O. Box 24, Reading MA.

Donation to Reading Food Pantry:

Mass for our Departed Brothers: On November 5th we will hold our annual Mass at 6:30 PM in Enos Hall for Departed Brothers followed with dinner. This has always been a much appreciated and well attended event. Please make every effort to attend. From the Financial Secretary: Membership cards have now been sent to all members who have paid their annual dues of $38.00. If any member has not paid their dues please do so and forward it to K of C Attn. Charles Fallon FS 11 Sanborn St. Reading MA 01867.

Support Our Advertisers: Our advertisers help to defray the cost of this Newsletter, Please give them your support. PGK Mike Canavan is shown with Phlllis Maxwell, head of the Reading Food Pantry and volunteers Bruce Maxwell, Phyllis Senier, and Nancy Ballantyne from the Food Pantry as he presented Phyllis with our contribution of $1250 that was 50% of the Charity Drive that was held in June.

Reading Fall Street Faire:

Contact List: Council Affairs (Len Ebert, GK): 781-842-1859 or by email: [email protected] Hall Rental: 781-942-8753 Council Hall: 781-944-9748 Support the Lounge – Hours of Operation: Mon, Tues, Wed. - 4:00 to 9:00 Thurs., Fri. Sat. - 4:00 to 11:00 Birthday Reward: Visit the lounge during the month of your birthday and Steve will be happy to present you with a free drink of your choice.

Again this year we had a booth for the Fall Street Faire on Sept. 8th advertising the Councils good works and selling Meatball Subs. DGK Tom Cappuccio did a great heading up this event and as always we thank our Brother Knights that devoted their Sunday afternoon to help with this cause.

Knight’s Calendar-at-a-glance: Oct. 8 8:00 PM Council meeting Oct. 11-13 Annual Tootsie Roll Drive Oct. 15 7:30 HBC Meeting Oct. 23 8:00 PM Council meeting