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The Meridian Knight
January 2021
Newsletter Editor George Walston
The Main Principles of
our Order are
Charity
Unity
Fraternity
Patriotism
Council Officers
Chaplain - Fr Augustine Palimattam
Grand Knight - William (Bill) Nix
Deputy Grand Knight– Bob Connor
Financial Secretary - Richard Norman
Chancellor - Robert (Bob) Leo , PGK
Treasurer - David Stephens
Advocate - Roland Stewart
Recorder - Frank Polizzi, PGK
Lecturer - John Bennett, PGK
Warden - Ed Shamp
Inside Guard - Frank Sharp
Outside Guard - Mark Hampson
Trustees Patrick J (PJ) Carter, PGK
John Harwell, PGK
Mouise Richards, PGK We Thank You Lord for all that
you give us freely
Scheduled Events in January
Special New Year Masses: St Patrick - New Years Eve 6:00,
preceded by 30 minutes of Adoration at 5:30 .
New Years Day 10:00.
Regular Mass Schedules: St. Patrick - Saturdays 5pm , Sundays
11am and 3pm in Church. The 3pm Mass is bilingual, Spanish and
English. Masks are Required. Also on Facebook Live on The Catholic
Community of Meridian Face
Book Page. St. Joseph - Sunday 8:30am Must Reserve a seat for
Mass. Call or Text Carol Dean at 318 780 6069. Masks are Required.
This M ass is not streamed on Face Book
Meetings: See Calendar
Adoration for the foreseeable Future will be in the Church,
unless we are otherwise informed of a
change.
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Meridian Knights of Columbus Homepage
http://www.kofc802.org
Brother Knights, I hope you have had a Blessed and Merry
Christmas. How different from the past.
Now I wish that you all can have a Prayerful and joyous New
Year. Hopefully, as more are vaccinated
and they continue to develop better treatments we will see this
pandemic wane. Then we can begin a new
“normal”. Wear a mask and pray.
We just finished the last of the blood drives that Vitalant
wished to use our building for in 2020. They
probably will be requesting to use the building in April 2021.
Thank you to all the Brother Knights who
helped make these drives possible.
In the month of December we also concluded “Coats for Kids” by
donating over 130 coats (also
gloves, hats and scarves) to Care Lodge for their clients and
the children. They were greatly appreciative.
Thank you to all who donated money, coats and time to this
project. It is good that we can at least do
something during these times when there is so much we cannot
do.
Chaplain
Fr. Augustine
Palimattam
This year our Christmas was accompanied by the anxieties,
uncertainties, worries, sufferings, losses
and disappointments caused by the Covid-19. It was in this
context of darkness that we celebrated the
joy of the birth of the Lord. There has not been much change in
the situation but I am confident and
trust in the Lord, that the light of the Lord will dispel the
darkness of this virus from our lives, giving us
a new horizon of hope and faith. May the Lord, who liberates us
from the clutches of sin and leads us to
the light of salvation, save the world from the claw of Covid-19
that imperils the life and health of the
people of our time!
Birth of the messiah in the manger reminds us of the magnanimity
of God in making Himself small.
It invites us every day to make ourselves more and more humble
in our relationship with God and our
sisters and brothers. Our experiences in the year of Corona 2020
make us to be aware of how small and
powerless we are in spite of our ever enlarged and overconfident
knowledge and possibilities.
Covid-19 teaches us the lesson of life that the plans of the
Lord are still unfathomable and we need to
prostrate before Him in humility, simplicity and total
surrender. I wish you all a blessed 2021.
Fr. Augustine
Grand Knight
Bill Nix
We will have an in person meeting at 7:30 PM on January 5, 2021.
(How long will it be before we are used to writing 2021?)
There are several items that will be brought up at the meeting:
They include of course Knight and Family of the Month for
December. Please get me nominations for these honors. Knight of
the Quarter, the nominees so far are John Harwell, Darrel
Hover and David Viger Sr.
We have received the residual of Tommy Beeman’s estate. We need
to decide how to bank it as the distributions are made over
the next several years. I have been consulting with trustees
about this and a recommendation will be made.
Lastly: Please keep all of our Brother’s and community members
who have lost someone to this ugly disease in your prayers.
William Nix, GK
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As always, we are “in search of” new members. Seek out those who
you believe might be interested and qualified, then plant a
seed…
Thank you in advance for your support!
Vivat Jesus!
Fraternally,
David T. Stephens,
Membership Director
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Brother Knights,
Happy New Year! Happy 2021!! We have survived a very horrific
2020 (COVID-19, Racial Unrest, etc.). Thank you Lord! Tragically,
almost 350,000 people did not make it through the year. We pray for
their souls and families. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is
celebrated Monday, January 18th this year. It is a Federal Holiday
America honors the birth, life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. (Ed. Note: There will be a special Mass at St. Patrick at 9:00)
MLK Day is increasingly seen to be a ‘Day of Service’ where
Americans are encouraged to volunteer to help others less
fortu-nate than themselves. May 2021 be filled with many Happy
Blessings for you and your family.
“Membership is truly a team effort!”
Exemplifications in January:
As of this report, there are no Exemplifications listed on the
State Website.
Faithful Navigator
David Stephens
January Birthdays 1st John Killen, III & Dr. Ramon Luina 2nd
Derek Zuchowski 3rd Fr. Cerino Bargola 5th Tau Iosia
7th Kent Bowen, Jr. 11th Eric Ross 12th Justin Bates 14th
Richard (Rick) Harris
15th David Jeter & Frank Polizzi 16th John McCaskill &
Randolf E. Routt
20th John Harwell, Mike Lee, and Tyler Oakes 22nd Robert Butkus
25th Rufus McCarra
Brother Knights, Fourth Degree Exemplifications in January:
None listed as of this writing – In person or Virtual During the
month of January we have the following functions that I am aware of
at this time:
Tuesday, January 26th, 7:30 p.m. – Virtual Business Meeting
Let’s continue to make Msgr. John J. Burns Assembly 1251 the BEST
it can be and, at the same time, stay safe from COVID-19! Please
wear your mask, wash/sanitize your hands regularly, and practice
safe distancing.
Happy New Year and be safe!!
Vivat Jesus! David Stephens Faithful Navigator
Membership
David Stephens
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Despite the restrictions that the COVID-19 virus has placed us
under, our youth were still able to be a part of several
programs/activities during December. First back on December 1st,
Boy Scout Troop 7 held a Court of Honor and two Scouts were honored
with their Eagle Medal. They were Josh Everette and Tate Smith.
Both of these young men have been long time members of Troop 7.
Both Josh and Tate are also alumni of St. Patrick School. It is
also worth noting that their Eagle projects were both at St.
Patrick. Josh restriped the St. Patrick Church parking lot and Tate
had a new sign made for St. Patrick School and also refurbished the
landscaping around the sign. Additionally, Troop 7, as they have
been doing for many years, set up the church Nativity scene in
front of the church. Special thanks to BK Joe Price, the
Scoutmaster, for his work with our troop over the last 20
years.
I hope that Santa Claus was good to all of you. Thanks to Bob
Leo, Frank Polizzi, John Harwell, and
Mark Hampson for helping with the "Mash Bash" blood drive on
December 29. I think everyone can
agree 2020 can go and that 2021 will be a better year. Thanks to
all who helped with various projects
this past year. Here’s hoping that 2021 will be interesting and
hopefully by the middle of the year we
can get things somewhat back to normal. Happy New Year.
Bob
Dep Grand Knight
Bob Connor
Youth
John Harwell
Culture of Life
Darrell Hover
Brother Knights
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
This year the CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR THE PREBORN is on Saturday,
January 16, 2021 and will
be held at Foundry Church in Flowood at 6 PM. January 22, 2021,
will mark the 48th Anniversary of the
infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision which legalized
abortion in the United States for the entire
nine months of pregnancy.
Wishing all of you a very BLESSED and Happy New Year. LIFE IS A
GIFT.
Darrell, Culture of Life
Next, our youth and school were deeply involved in the Posadas
Pilgrimage Pick Up that made a stop in Meridian on December 16th.
The dioceses of Birmingham, Jackson and Alexandria combined
together to do an outreach to help our neighbors in the Lake
Charles, LA diocese. Our community donated a huge amount of bibles,
rosaries, catechisms, office supplies, arts/crafts supplies, A/V
equipment etc. to help them replenish what they lost to Hurricanes
Laura and Delta earlier in the fall. Special thanks to Angela Dove
(wife of BK Gary Dove), SK Frank Washington, and Edna Blanks for
meeting the truck and helping them to load all the donations.
Finally, on December 24th, our youth led the 4PM Christmas Vigil
Mass. The virus prevented us from being able to have our Gospel
scene or a full choir but I would like to thank the following youth
for their participation with the liturgy: Zane, Wes, and Anna Kate
Pritchard (children of BK Anthony Pritchard and grandchildren of BK
David Newell), Megan Heggie, Helena Rutledge and Cassy Klutz
(daughter of SK Dave Klutz and granddaughter of the late SK Dewayne
Klutz). I mention Cassy because she had prepared to be the Cantor
and lead the music. However, her father contracted the coronavirus
a few days before Christmas and she was forced to quarantine and
was unable to be at Mass that evening. We are under a Diocesan
decree that has PSR and Youth Group activities currently suspended.
We are hopeful that after the New Year, those restrictions will be
lifted and we will be able to resume those classes and youth
programs. Thank you to our Council for the continued strong support
of our Catholic Youth and School. It is appreciated! John Harwell
PGK 1 COR 12:4-7
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Congratulations to the Following Honorees
November Knight of the Month
John Harwell
November Family of the Month
Karen and Tau Iosia
Knight of the Quarter
Ending in September
Frank Washington
Council 802 Knight of the
Year 2019-2020
Bob Connor
Council 802 Family of
the Year 2019-2020
Danny & Rory Santiago
Assembly 1251 Sir Knight
of the Year 2019-2020
David Stephens
Assembly 1251 Family
Of the Year 2019-2020
Richard and Aileen Semmes
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Meridian Knights of Columbus Homepage
http://www.kofc802.org
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January 2021
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Please wish A
Happy Birthday to
all whose names
appear on Page 3
of this newsletter
Please continue to
Pray the Rosary for
an end to abortion
in our time
Abortion Kills
the Innocent New Years Eve
Mass at
St. Patrick 6:00
Preceded by
Adoration
5:30
1 Happy New Year
2021
Mass 10:00 am
St. Patrick
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3 4 5
Business
Meeting 7:30 at
the KC Hall
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No Bingo
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Adoration Today
12:00 to 6:00
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10 11 12 13
No Bingo
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Adoration Today
12:00 to 6:00
KofC 802
Responsibility
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17 18 Martin Luther King
Day
Special Mass at
9:00 am at
St. Patrick
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No Bingo
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Adoration Today
12:00 to 6:00
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4th Degree
Virtual Meeting
7:30
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No Bingo
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Adoration Today
12:00 to 6:00
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Please continue to pray for vocations. We need
more priests Meridian Knights of Columbus Homepage
http://www.kofc802.org
