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St. Joseph Council #10436

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> An annual event is the turkey raffle to raise funds	Other fundraisers are the Pasta Nights. Here, Fr. Greg serves pasta
Preparing for the crowds at the Corporate Communion breakfast.	St Joseph Church, Chatham, Ontario
D.G.K. Randy Sterling with G.K. Albert Van Zelst	Award Night at St Joseph
S.K. Robert Finlin and S.K. Andrew VanZelst frying lots of pickerel for their Good Friday Fish Fry. All proceeds went to the Parish Centre Fund.
PETITIONS AGAINST SAME SEX MARRIAGE David Bondy, distributes petition letters to be signed by the Parishioners of St Joseph's Parish, opposing the Same Sex Marriage Proposal [January 2005] [Photo: Merle Robillard, Chatham Daily News]
2005 Good Friday Fish Fry [Photos courtesy Frank Zolski]
Sign outside Parish Centre	Waiting to sell tickets
S.K. Pat Rivard cooks the fish	Helpers in the background
S.K. John Masterson brings out the fish	S.K. Al Marentette and Lady Eileen enjoy the meal
St Joseph's Group doing their good turn

COMMUNION BREAKFAST: Knights of Columbus Council 10436 Grand Knight Casey Dillon serves up Some bacon for Ian Romanski during the K of C's annual corporate communion breakfast at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Parish Centre Sunday,

Daniel Schwab, of The Daily News had this to say about a recent Breakfast. Some members of the Knights of Columbus Council 10436 are concerned there are not enough younger members of the charitable organization to replace the older generation. "It's a problem," said former Grand Knight John Masterson. "A lot of our guys are older and the younger ones are busy with families and full-time jobs and feel they can't give it proper dedication." Masterson said most teenage members of the Squires; the youth organization of the K of C, are of post-secondary school age and moving away to go to school. "It's encouraged that as soon as they leave the Squires that they join the K of C," he said. "But we don't get them all. We might later on, after they finish school and get a career going ... hopefully." Masterson said there are currently about 15 local Squires. It is not a requirement to be a member of the Squires before joining the K of C. Casey Dillon, a first-year Grand Knight, said the number of younger people in the group is "not as plentiful as we'd like to see. "In our council, we have a number of younger knights, but the majority are of older age." This doesn't mean there is a shortage of knights at this point. There are 132 members in the 10436 Council. Peter Nantais recently became a member after "always wanting to be a knight", Nantais moved to Chatham two years ago. He decided he wanted to join after hearing Masterson speak in church about knights looking for new members. "My grandfather was a knight," Nantais said. "I suppose he instilled the desire in me. "It's a great men's fellowship and it's always good to be charitable. The 10436 Council organized the group's annual corporate communion at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Sunday. The event,brought four degrees of knights together with the community for a mass and breakfast. "Sometimes we find out lives become so busy, we don't pay attention to our neighbours, Dillon said. "This gives people the opportunity for fellowship . It's to raise funds but it's more about bringing people together."

Keeping Christ in Christmas

REASON FOR THE SEASON. Knights of Columbus member Mel Crew arranges statues for the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church nativity scene Wednesday. Seven Knights of Columbus volunteered their time to assemble the nativity scene, which will be illuminated at night. [courtesy the Chatham Daily News]

The monthly Breakfasts have now become a tradition at St Joe's. All proceeds go to the Church Restoration and other needs.

Nativity scene gets new life away in a manger

[Courtesy: BOB BOUGHNER, THE DAILY NEWS]
A nativity scene in front of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Chatham is alive and well -- for now.
A dozen church members, under the supervision of Pat Rivard, spent Saturday morning putting it together on the front lawn of the church in time for Christmas.
Rivard said the barn-like structure that houses the nativity scene was badly damaged by high winds in the days before Christmas last year.
"We've also had some problems with vandalism,'' he said. "Hopefully things run smoothly this time around.''
Rivard designed and built the creche three years ago out of barn pine.
"Last year's wind storm did a real number on it,'' he said. "We had to completely rebuild the structure.''
Rivard said a clear plastic plate has been placed across the front of the creche to prevent the theft of the statues that make up the nativity scene.
Rivard and his volunteers are members of Knights of Columbus Council 10436 of St. Joseph's Church.

--- BOB BOUGHNER PHOTO Pat Rivard, left, and Dan Hunter, of the Knights of Columbus council of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, place nativity figures in a newly-reconstructed creche. The old one was damaged in a wind storm last winter.

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