| The 2021 Christmas present drive was a great success. On December 22nd, the Westfield Knights of Columbus donated 78 Amazon gift cards to the children at the NJ Department of Children & Families Regional School on Terrill Road in Scotch Plains. |
| Julia Cassisi supports the daily
operations of PALS. This organization creates camp experiences
for people with Down syndrome. Their programs are led by
volunteers. PALS fosters close connections and a sense of
belonging, built around accepting and caring people. They create
the best place on earth and a family away from home for the Down
syndrome persons. Julia will be speaking to us about the organization. Her involvement and the good work they do. |
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The Knights and
guests enjoyed another enlightening Theology on Tap with Fr.
Albert Holtz. We hope to have more exciting talks in September
after a summer hiatus. Fr. Albert Holtz, OSB is a Benedictine monk of Newark Abbey, Newark, NJ. He is a Newark native and teaches New Testament in the monastery's inner-city prep school. He has served as master of novices, retreat master for Benedictine communities around the U.S. & is currently Oblate Director. He is the author of Downtown Monks, Street Wisdom, Pilgrim Road, From Holidays to Holy Days & Walking in Valleys of Darkness: A Benedictine Journey through Troubled Times. He has been seen in the PBS documentary The Rule. |
  October
was Respect Life month. Between St. Helen's, Holy Trinity,
and Our Lady of Lourdes, we collected over $2,500 to protect
the lives of our children in the womb. "Before I formed you
in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you
apart..." - Jeremiah 1:5
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 We had a very successful annual
wine and cheese fundraiser on October 19th with a great turnout.
Proceeds from the event went to the council's welfare fund.
George Russo, PGK, did a fantastic job organizing.
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Wednesday, Oct 17th, 2018 @7:30PM
Theology On Tap
Speaker: Fr. Thomas P. Quinn
Topic: St. Ignatius of Loyola and His
Spiritual Teachings
Bar Opens at 6:30PM, Theology on Tap at 7:30PM
 Click to watch "Whoever Serves Me Must Follow Me" by Fr.
Thomas Quinn,
a Lenten retreat video from last
year.
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Speaker: John Coverdale
Topic: St. Josemaria Escriva and His Message
 We had a great evening with John Coverdale. It was wonderful
getting first hand insight into the life of St. Josemaria
Escriva. He also dispelled the many myths surrounding Opus Dei
and thoroughly debunked the Da Vinci Code. A big thanks to
John and everyone who attended. Stay tuned to find out who our
next guest speaker will be for Theology on Tap on Oct 17th. John Coverdale is a law professor at Seton Hall University Law School in New Jersey and has been an Opus Dei numerary for more than 50 years. He worked for Opus Dei in Rome from 1960-1968 and had regular contact with St. Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei. Coverdale wrote Uncommon Faith: the Early Years of Opus Dei, and is considered the leading American expert on Escriva’s life and work. He was contacted for input for the 2011 film There Be Dragons, which he said offered a “quite accurate” depiction of Escriva. |
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We had a great turnout for our first KofC Council 1711 Theology on Tap. We were honored to have Fr. John A. Perricone give the talk for the evening on "What Is The Meaning of Theology?" It was a great evening. We had a couple of cold ones with some great company and learned a lot. We're in the process of planning more Theology On Taps with a variety of great speakers and hope you all will join us. We're also looking forward to having Fr. Perricone return for another wonderful talk. Fr. John A. Perricone, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. His articles have appeared in St. John’s Law Review, The Latin Mass, New Oxford Review and The Journal of Catholic Legal Studies. |
Congratulations to Benjamin Chiang SK, Guillermo
Perez-Santalla GK SK, Nicholas A. Perez-Santalla SK and Richard A.
Rader SK on their 4th Degree Exemplification.
