Holy Cross Knights of Columbus

The 4th Degree General Business Meeting scheduled for Sunday, January 24th at 7PM has been rescheduled for Sunday, January 31st following the Family Corporate Communion (which starts at 10AM at Holy Cross Council… Contact council at 313-843-5233 if you are attending Mass and breakfast following).

Hope to see everyone there!!!

Here is The Cross newsletter for January-February 2010. In order to read it, you must have a PDF reader installed on your computer. (Our preferred viewer is Sumatra PDF, although Adobe Acrobat Reader will work also.)

The Cross Newsletter for January-February 2010

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Visitation at the Jarzembowski Funeral Home, 18957 W. Warren Ave. at Artesian, Friday 1-9 p.m. (Google Map)
K of C Rosary Friday 6 p.m.
Funeral Saturday 9 a.m. from the funeral home to SS. Peter and Paul Church. Mass of Resurrection 9:30 a.m.
Interment Holy Sepluchre Cemetery.

Here is a Paypal donation button to assist the family during this time of need. You do NOT need a Paypal account to donate. Any donations are appreciated, and will be forwarded to the family:

From DD/GK Mike Kozakiewicz: I come to you today with a heavy heart, and with a plea for help. Our current State Chief Squire is Dylan Cooper. Dylan is an honor student at Divine Child High School in Dearborn, and an eight-year member of Fr. Daniel A. Lord Circle #801 in Detroit. He, along with his brother Sebastian, have not had the easiest home life. Sebastian has lived in Albi, France with his mother for the last several years, but has come home during the summer months to visit and attend events with Circle 801. On Saturday morning, Dylan and Sebastian’s father, John Cooper, passed away. Last night (early Tuesday morning), their grandmother, Sylvia Cooper, passed away. The family is in the process of planning a viewing and funeral mass for both John and Sylvia which will be held this weekend. Sebastian is in the process of being informed of the situation as I type this letter. The members of Circle 801, and their sponsoring council are trying to raise enough funds for a plane ticket from Paris to Detroit so that Sebastian can properly grieve with his family. They have currently raised approximately $1,000.00, but it is not enough. I am asking for any and all assistance that anyone can provide to help pay for the plane ticket and the funeral. This is exactly the type of situation that Venerable Fr. McGivney had in mind when he founded our great order. Please help us during this time. If you can help, please make any donations payable to “Holy Cross #2739″ and write “Cooper” in the memo line. Please help us help our future knights as they cope with this extremely difficult situation. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me [DD/GK Mike Kozakiewicz] at (313) 779-1348 or Jim Vote at (248) 470-2462.

UPDATE: Here is a Paypal donation button. You do NOT need a Paypal account to donate:

Please keep in your prayers the family of Brother Mike Drobnicki. His mother, Mrs Lawrencia Drobnicki, has passed away.

She will be laid in state at Clyne-Sobocinski Funeral Home, 22121 Kelly Rd (between 8 and 9 Mile Rd) in Eastpointe with visitation from 2PM – 9PM and Rosary at 7:30PM.

There will be one final viewing at 10AM before the funeral Mass at 11AM at St Bonavneture Chapel.

May her soul and the souls of the faithfully departed through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen!

Here is The Cross newsletter for November-December 2009. In order to read it, you must have a PDF reader installed on your computer. (Our preferred viewer is Sumatra PDF, although Adobe Acrobat Reader will work also.)

The Cross Newsletter for November-December 2009

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(MANCHESTER, NH) – The Knights of Columbus scored an important victory in federal court in New Hampshire on Wednesday, September 30, when U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe upheld the constitutionality of the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Atheist Michael Newdow had filed the lawsuit against the school system in Hanover, New Hampshire on behalf of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, in a case that mirrored his earlier lawsuit against schools in and near Sacramento, California.

As with the California case, the Knights of Columbus sought and received permission from the court to become a “defendant intervenor,” allowing attorneys representing the Order (from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty) to participate directly in the court proceedings.

The California case, argued before a panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in December 2007, has still not been decided. Read the New Hampshire court decision.

Read the Knights of Columbus Fact Sheet about the Pledge of Allegiance and recent litigation.

Here is The Cross newsletter for September-October 2009. In order to read it, you must have a PDF reader installed on your computer. (Our preferred viewer is Sumatra PDF, although Adobe Acrobat Reader will work also.)

The Cross Newsletter for September-October 2009

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Congratulations to Past State Deputy George Dann on his appointment by the Supreme Council to the position of Vice Supreme Master of the Hennepin Providence.

Representatives from Holy Cross Assembly will be with him this weekend at his first provincial meeting in Sterling Heights, Michigan.

Good luck and God Bless!

From the Supreme Council Knights of Columbus:

Phoenix, AZ - Three Catholic television networks and a Catholic satellite radio channel will be providing coverage of the opening day of the 2009 Knights of Columbus annual convention on Tuesday, August 4.

EWTN will broadcast convention proceedings via its cable and satellite affiliates throughout North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Pacific Rim of Asia. News Director Raymond Arroyo will be onsite Tuesday, Aug. 4, with live TV interviews and updates on convention activities. EWTN Radio Network’s Thom Price will also broadcast live from the convention site and provide live audio of the opening Mass and business session.

Canada’s Salt & Light TV will cover the convention events live to its audience of over two million people in Canada alone, and tens of thousands of people the world over viewing the live streaming on the Salt and Light website www.saltandlighttv.org, with English and French-language reports by Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, David Naglieri, Michele Nuzzo, Alicia Ambrosio and Jasmin Lemieux-Lefebvre.

Boston-based CatholicTV returns for its second year of broadcast coverage to its national audience. News anchor Kevin Nelson will provide live reports, activities and interviews from the convention site throughout the opening day’s events.

All three TV outlets will broadcast Men of Faith Who Made a Difference: The Knights of Columbus. This new hour-long documentary chronicles the history of its 127-year history and profiles several of its prominent members and charitable initiatives.

SiriusXM satellite radio’s The Catholic Channel (159) will air Busted Halo with Paulist Father Dave Dwyer on Aug. 3 and 4. Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York will record his weekly program, A Conversation with the Archbishop, hosted by Rob Astorino, from the convention site.

Please check local listings for exact broadcast coverage and times.