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The Anchor

Msgr. Richard C. Madden Council 6629 Summerville, SC

Volume 7, Issue 3 March 2016

Patrick Dermody

Fellow Knights, Our Grand Knight is out of the country and unable to send his

report to us. We wish him a safe return from the North Pole. Vivat Jesus, Patrick Dermody, Grand Knight

Knight of the Month No Input

Family of the Month No input

Lisle, Michael & Troy Powell Miracle League Check Presentation 02-2016

Inside This Issue:

1 Grand Knights Message 1 Family & Knight of the Month 2 Birthdays 2 Sick & Bereavement Report 2-3 Directors Reports 2 Club 6629 Report 3 Insurance Agent Information 4 Once Upon A Time 5/6 Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament 7/8 Calendars 9 Officers & Directors Information Look for Patron Ads in Calendar Section the Anchor

Belonging,

Where do I fit in? This is a question I have asked myself periodically throughout life. Vocation, family, and society are a few places you have to find out who you are. I have always tried to keep busy and have a fulfilling life, whether as a dishwasher after school or a CEO working 80+ hours a week. After all, Proverbs 16:27, “Idle hands are the Devil’s workshop; Idle lips are his mouthpiece.” I have moved on to a new career, teaching and I enjoy it immensely, but what do I do with my free time? Where do I fit? I have two boys and I want them to be strong, independent, and religious. They are in Cub Scouts and Catholic school, so I am a leader for them in Cub Scouts. I am a husband and try to be my best with my wife so I love her and spend time growing together with her. Finally, the time I have left I give to my church, because I am religious and try to do my best. Teaching students is how I fit in, Cub Scouts is how I fit in, Family is how I fit in, and Knight of Columbus is how I fit in.

Keeping busy and filling my life with what is important to me will keep me on the right path. You can only keep busy for so long if you do not enjoy what you are doing, you must fit in. When you fit in you can see your life and interactions as pieces of a puzzle. I am a unique piece in multiple puzzles.

Above would be a puzzle of my nuclear family, Myself, My wife,

and each of our two boys. I think of the Knights of Columbus as one of my puzzles. Not all the pieces of the puzzle are the same. Some pieces are: Chris Cooper (Deputy Grand Knight), Joe Magera (Financial Secretary), and Greg Kilgore Brother Knight), each piece is equally important. Together all the pieces form a fantastic picture of the fraternity of Council 6629. Council 6629 is a piece of a bigger puzzle of all the Council’s. There is always a downside. Sometime, God takes a Brother home or we inadvertently offend a Brother and they don’t come back. This saddens me and to finish our puzzle we need to do two things. First, realize we are all doing our best. Be pleasant, if you do not want to be here or are unhappy, do not make three others quit, instead step back search for the right peace of mind and come back when you are ready. When there are 250 members, you might need to try your puzzle piece in a couple different locations before you fit in. Don’t give up, you do fit. Second, recruit, if a piece gets lost under the couch or God takes one home we need a replacement for it. Some people say that our membership is “older”, so what, hopefully I will join them one day. The people we recruit will build our council into a young and vibrant organization if we want. By the way, if all the Brothers that comment on our council’s age showed up at the meetings instead of complaining, they would be surprised at the age of our membership. It truly does represent the membership of the church. To summarize, recruit and come to meetings because we all fit into the puzzle somewhere. Where do you fit in? Vivat Jesus Chris Cooper, Deputy Grand Knight

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Happy Birthday to The Following

MANUEL A. MACEDO 03-02 RANDY T. CRAWFORD 03-02 RONALD G. POVERO 03-04 HEINZ REGENSCHEIT 03-05 DOMINICK BRIA 03-06 MICHAEL A. LUSSIER 03-06 THOMAS R. HINSKE 03-08 JOSEPH E. MAGERA 03-09 MICHAEL J. LAURENDI 03-10 JAMES M. AMIDON 03-14 ANDREW J. FOLZ 03-14 JAMES R. COLDWELL 03-15 CHARLES W. SEIGHMAN 03-16 PATRIC S. SMITH 03-17 MICHAEL J. KOCHAMBA 03-19 RICHARD P. ECTON 03-21 RICHARD I. BARRINEAU, Sr. 03-21 GEORGE R. MUSSAT 03-27 MARK J. HARTH 03-27 ANGELO PROSPERO 03-29 ROBERT G. DUFFY 03-30

Sick & Bereavement Director's Report:

Pray for Msgr. Chet Moczydlowski, (Father) Bryan Babick, Mary Ann Moore, Connie McDavid is Home Bound,

PGK Jack Connerty, Maddie Mussleman, Dick Kopfmueller wife

Shirin, Loretta Gabriel, Adrien Lussier, Charles Lichtenberger, Bill

Narowski, Tim Miller, Minnie Cooper, Anita Crowell, Steve Hassey,

Buddy Melfi, Tony Baiocco, Roger Meunier, Jerry and Robin Ellis,

Jack Walsh, Mike Kochamba, Christopher Riso Nephew of Heinz

Regenscheit, Helen Mireles, Mike & Lynn Cousino, Jim and Julie

Mcauliffe Edward Rowan father In law, Brenda Barrineau, Ron

Povero,PSD, Dick Koehler, PSD, Christina Chiappardi passed

away and our Military men and women. PLEASES KEEP US INFORMED ABOUT OUR SICK BROTHERS

AND THERE FAMILIES. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COUNCIL SO WE CAN RESPOND TO THEIR NEEDS. Jose Mireles 843-873-8834

Club Report

Well it’s been a couple months and a lot has been going on. The first was the completion of the new roof over the double blue doors. It looks good and I would like to thank everyone that help. It was a team effort. The other thing was the stripping and waxing of the hall floor. It was completed just in time for policemen, firemen, and ems social. Thanks a lot for that. Another item was the offers we received for the scout hut lot. The Club officers turned down both offers and pulled the lot off the market. We will relook at doing a new appraisal on both lots in 6 months and go from there. We also still need help on Monday nights for bingo. This is one of the ways you can help support the club. I will also be posting times for rentals. So maybe you can help. Also the Club meets every 3rd Tuesday at 7 pm. So come on out and get involved Your President George Metzinger

Community Report

Well it’s that time of the year for the Patrick J. O’Brien Policemen, Firemen, EMS and Dispatcher Social on Tuesday the 23rd of February at 7pm. I would ask everyone to be there at 630 pm to meet and greet the people we are honoring. We also ask that you bring a large side dish for a big crowd. Brother Knights Paul Urko and Charlie Seigman are cooking the main dishes (2 meats and a side) but need your help on side dishes and also

deserts. If you would like to help setting the hall up we are meeting at 10 am on Tuesday. Come on out and have a good time and honor those who serve, protect and save lives on a daily basis. They deserve it. Hope to see you there Community Director George Metzinger

The 29th Annual Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament scheduled for May 14, 2016, is our Council’s second largest charity drive. The American Heart Association receives all proceeds each year.

We need volunteers to staff this most worthy event. You need not be a golfer to assist us. We train you to be an “honorary duffer” at no charge. Volunteers needed at the golf course. Please contact Stephen Dunlap, Golf Chairman

Columbus Hope Dear Brother Knights,

I, along with Deputy Grand Knight Chris Cooper, had the pleasure of presenting council checks in the amount of $3,013 each to Ms. Natilie Britt of the Coastal Center and Ms. Stella Harper of the Dorchester Disabilities and Special Needs Office on February 9 before our monthly council meeting at the Council Home.

It was truly inspirational to all of us brother Knights who were in attendance that evening because we listened to each who spoke to us and thanked us immensely for the donations and for all we do to help their organizations budget for and do all of the things they do to help the residents of the Coastal Center and the houses and people supported by the Dorchester Disabilities Office.

I presented a council check in the amount of $500 to the board of directors of the Summerville Miracle League at their recent monthly board meeting on February 10. Once again, the people there spoke highly of us and thanked us immensely for the check donation which definitely helps them in their many wonderful activities they host for the children and families who are helped by the Summerville Miracle League.

Keep up the great work, fellow brother knights, and let’s be inspired to do even better in Hope fundraising efforts in the next year. Vivat Jesus, Mike Laurendi, Council Chairman, Columbus Hope

Pro-Life Rosary for the Unborn April 10 after the 9:30 mass at St John the Beloved

Financial Secretary

Member dues are the life blood of our council’s charity

programs. The council also must pay State per capita, Supreme per

capita, Catholic advertising and Club per capita (to keep the

building in order. This is charged for each member on our roster weather his dues are paid or not. So please keep your dues

current. If there is a reason such as sickness, unemployment etc. let

the GK or FS know and we will work with you. 2nd notices have

been mailed out. Please bring your dues up-to-date. If you are not able, please notify: Joseph Magera, Council 6629

Financial Secretary, P.O. Box 2747 Summerville, SC 29484.

USED GLASSES

GIVE US YOUR OLD GLASSES SO WE CAN GIVE NEW GLASSES TO SOMEONE WHO NEEDS THEM. This is the slogan of NEW EYES FOR THE NEEDY, INC. Our Council collects reusable old glasses (plastic or metal framed), jewelry (real or costume), silver, hearing aids, old watches & used dental scrap. A blue basket will be on the showcase outside of the office for the collection & periodically will be picked up & sent

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to NEW EYES FOR THE NEEDY. Information on this organization will be with the collection basket or call Bro. George Beckett at 873-9539.

Dear Brothers

As you've probably heard by now, the February issue of Columbia is dedicated to our Order's insurance program, and features a number of great articles.

One - an interview with the Supreme Knight - particularly caught my eye.

In it, he talks about many different aspects of our business, including the special brother Knight to brother Knight relationship that is unique to us and rare in our industry:

I believe that access to a brother Knight field agent is the best benefit of doing business with the Knights of Columbus.

There are many types of insurance companies, including stock companies, mutual companies and fraternal benefit societies. The hallmark of a fraternal benefit society - like ours - is that it is brother-to-brother, member-to-member.

These men are not just salesmen, but men dedicated to our Order and its principles. They are men who care deeply about brother Knights' families and their financial protection. They are men bound by the bonds of brotherhood who are committed to being there when you and your family need them most. That's why we say "insurance by brother Knights, for brother Knights." Our relationship with our policyholders is not simply transactional, it is personal. And it is personal precisely because it is grounded in a Christian understanding of brotherhood.

You can read the full article HERE. That's why I love what I do. That bond is real and it is

powerful. Let's get together soon - brother to brother - and see how the

Knights of Columbus may be able to help you and your family. Sincerely and Fraternally, Timothy J. Davies, Field Agent Knights of Columbus 843-879-2984 Office 843-879-2984 Fax 843-224-9110 Mobile

Operation Hope Check Presentations

Mike Laurendi, PGK, Stella Harper (Dorchester

Disabilities) and Chris Cooper, DGK

Mike Laurendi, PGK, Natalie Britt (Coastal Center)-

Chris Cooper, DGK

Alter Server Pizza Party

John (on Right) is the Coordinator for Alter Servers.

Tom and Diane Walstrom Tom is the Church Director

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ONCE UPON A TIME

Contributed by Bro. George J. Beckett March: Bro. Chris Cooper is named Knight of the Month, 2015. Bro. Jeff Crowell & his wife Anita, are named Family of the Month, 2015. Flossie Grundy is named Teacher of the Year at Summerville Elementary School, 1994. 1 New York Yankees center fielder Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball. 1969. 2 At a White House ceremony, President George W. Bush congratulate the 2005 World Champion Boston Red Sox baseball team for winning their first World Series since 1918, 2005. 3 President Hoover signs a congressional resolution making the "Star Spangled Banner" The National Anthem of the United States, 1931. 6 U.S. bombers stage their first American raid on Berlin during WWII, 1944. 7 A patent for the telephone is received by Alexander Bell, 1876. 8 The Summerville Ladies Team win the ladies team event at the State Bowling Tournament, 1986. The U.S. Marines land 3500 troops in South Vietnam, 1965. 9 U.S. B-29 Bombers launch incendiary bomb attacks against Japan, 1945. 11 A blizzard hits the east coast, 400 died. 40 inches of snow fall, 1888. 12 Juliette Gordon Low starts the Girl Guides. They are now known as the Girl Scouts of America, 1912. 13 Women marched in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York due to a shortage of men, 1918. 15 Julius Caesar's bloody assassination on March 15, 44 B.C., forever marks March 15, or the Ides of March, as a day of infamy. For ancient Romans living before that event, however, an Ides was merely one of several common calendar terms used to mark monthly lunar events. The Ides simply marked the appearance of the full moon.

The American Legion in founded in Paris, 1919. The first Blood Bank is set up, 1937. 16 West Point, the first US military Academy, opens, 1802. Bro. Charlie Seighman is born, 1956. 17 The Charitable Irish Society of Boston organizes the first observance of Saint Patrick's Day in the Thirteen Colonies. Surprisingly, the celebration is not Catholic in nature, Irish immigration to the colonies having been dominated by Protestants. The society's purpose in gathering was simply to honor its homeland, and although they continued to meet annually to coordinate charitable works for the Irish community in Boston, they did not meet on 17 March again until 1794. During the observance of the day, individuals attended a service of worship and a special dinner, 1737. New York's first Saint Patrick's Day observance was similar in nature to that of Boston's. It was held in the home of John Marshall, an Irish Protestant, 1762. The first recorded parade in New York is by Irish soldiers in the British Army, 1766.

While camped in Morristown, NJ, General George Washington, who commanded soldiers of Irish descent in the Continental Army, allows his troops a holiday on 17 March "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence. “This event became known as The Saint Patrick's Day Encampment of 1780. The St. Patrick's Day dance is the first public event held in the NEW Council Home on Berkeley Circle, 1984. 19 About 800 people are killed as Japanese Kamikaze planes attack the US carrier Franklin off Japan, 1945. 20 The US Marines land in Nicaragua, 1896. 21 Bro. Richard Ecton is born, 1931.

The Brooklyn Bulletin asks Dodger fans not to call their team "Bums", 1955. 23 Pope Stephen II was elected to succeed Pope Zacharias. Stephen died 2 days later, 752. 26 Rev. Fr. Duane T. Riplog is born, 1924. After 36 days and nights & 6,825 GI deaths & 25,851 casualties, the island of Iwo Jima is captured, 1945. A record number of members and families from the EMS, the Police, the Fire, & Dispatchers are served at the Patrick O’Brien Social. 225 meals are served that night, 2008 27 President George Washington & Congress authorize the creation of the U.S. Navy, 1794. The first long distance telephone call is made-between Boston & New York, 1884. 29 The Knights of Columbus is charted in Connecticut, 1882

“Coca-Cola” is created by John Pemberton. It is derived from extracts from coca leaves & kola nut, 1886. The last US troops leave South Vietnam, 1973. 30 For the duration of World War II, men’s' suits are made without trouser cuffs, pleats or patch pockets to save material, 1942. 31 Summerville Council comes home from the State Bowling Tournament with 4 awards: Team Competition, Singles Competition, Doubles Competition & Ladies All Event, 1984.

Ford Motor Co. publicly unveils it’sV-8 Flat Head engine, 1932. Production of that engine was halted in the U.S. in 1953. Wabash, Ind. becomes the first town in the world to be illuminated by electrical lighting, 1880.

George Metzinger has been in the US Postal Service a long time. It’s no wonder he is Club President

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Please mark Saturday, May 14, 2016 on your Day Timers as

an important golf tourney event.

Please note these changes in the application *All paid entries received by May 10 will be eligible for a $50.00 cash early bird drawing*

Players 70+ years may use senior tees.

The Handicap is eliminated.

E-mail address is requested. The meal after the tournament will be Bar-B-Que and will be held at Miler.

Knights of Columbus Council 6629

P. O. Drawer 2747 Summerville, SC 29484

Annual

Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament

Sponsors We never dreamed this annual golf tournament would be such a great success when we first

started this event to benefit the American Heart Association. And a large part of that success is due to our sponsors—men, women, clubs, merchants—for strong support in this endeavor.

Since the very first tournament, we have raised funds to enhance our financial support of the Heart Association. With your partnership, we plan to contribute to the Association’s healthy heart campaigns for the public and continuing education for professionals.

Therefore, we are requesting local merchants for a minimum of $50.00 to sponsor a hole where your business name and address will be plainly displayed. If you wish to donate a prize to be given away at the end of the tournament, then we would be grateful for that.

I know that with you help this event will be as successful as it has been in the past. Thank you in advance for any donation or prizes you may care to offer. Please make checks out to: Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament Golf Chairman, Stephen T. Dunlap 113 Duke Lane Ladson, SC 29456 Sponsor: Amount: Address:

Please make checks out to: Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament

Knights on the Links

Published Yearly by Council 6629

Summerville, South Carolina

Thank you for your continued support for the Heart Association.

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Knights of Columbus Msgr. Richard C. Madden Council 6629

P. O. Drawer 2747 Summerville, SC 29484

Twenty-Ninth Annual Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament

Saturday, May 14, 2016 8:00 a.m. Shotgun Start

George Miler Country Club, Summerville, SC

4 Player Team Event – Captain’s Choice Limited to 120 Players

Earliest Entries have Priority

Entry Fee: $65.00 per player Includes: Cart, green fees, and a dinner at the Miler Country Club immediately following completion of play. Additional $10.00 per guest for dinner. Mulligan: 2 mulligans, one per side. Mark cards where used. Cost $5.00 per player Trophies: First, second, and third place teams, Longest drive, Closest to the pin. Door Prizes and more Make checks payable to: Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament Mail entry to: Knights of Columbus Tournament 113 Duke Lane Ladson, SC 29456-3221

Applications accepted from teams or individuals. Individual applications will be used to fill or make teams as necessary. Ladies are also invited to play! For information, call Steve Dunlap @ 843-224-7263 or e-mail stdunlap7840@gmail.com ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION

Knights of Columbus Msgr. Richard C. Madden Council 6629

29th Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament Saturday May 14, 2016

Registration Form

Name Telephone # for

Dinner

E-Mail Address

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Four-player captain’s choice tournament

Age 70 + may use senior tees

Handicap will be by the Peoria System

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March 2016

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 5 Catholic Men’s Conference

6 7 Bingo 6:30 PM

8 Council Officer Meeting 6:30 PM Council Meeting 7 PM

9 4th Degree Meeting 8 PM

10 11 Lentin Soup Sponsored by K of C

12 3rd Degree Fort Mill Council 12366

13 Daylight Savings Time

14 Bingo 6:30 PM

15 Club Meeting 7 PM

16 17 St. Patrick’s Day

18 19 3rd Degree Council 8900 N. Charleston

20 Palm Sunday

21 Bingo 6:30 PM

22 First Degree 8 PM

23 24 25 Good Friday

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27 Easter Sunday

28 Bingo 6:30 PM

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April 2016

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 April Fool’s Day

2 3rd Degree 8980 Garden City

3 4 Bingo 6:30 PM

5 6 7 8 9 73 Fourth Degree Exemplification Columbia

10 Rosary for the Un-Born after 9:30 Mass St. Johns Church

11 Bingo 6:30 PM

12 Council Officer Meeting 6:30 PM Council Meeting 7 PM

13 4th Degree Meeting 8 PM

14 15 16

17 18 Bingo 6:30 PM

19 Club Meeting 7 PM

20 21 22 23

24 25 Bingo 6:30 PM

26 Pot Luck Supper 7 PM

27 28 29 30

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May 2016

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 Bingo 6:30 PM

3 4 5 6 7

8 Mother’s Day

9 Bingo 6:30 PM

10 Council Officer Meeting 6:30 PM Council Meeting 7 PM

11 4th Degree Meeting 8 PM

12 13 14 3rd Degree Council 6847 N. E. Columbia Ted Corcoran Memorial Golf Tournament

15 16 Bingo 6:30 PM

17 Club Meeting 7 PM

18 19 20 21

22 23 Bingo 6:30 PM

24 First Degree 8 PM

25 26 27 28

29 30 Bingo 6:30 PM Memorial Day

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June 2016

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 3rd Degree Taylors Council 9184

5 6 Bingo 6:30 PM

7 8 4th Degree Meeting 8 PM

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12 13 Bingo 6:30 PM

14 Council Officer Meeting 6:30 PM Council Meeting 7 PM Flag Day

15 16 17 18 3rd Degree Council 11028 Pawley’s Island

19 Father’s Day

20 Bingo 6:30 PM Summer Begins

21 Club Meeting 7 PM

22 23 24 25

26 27 Bingo 6:30 PM

28 Pot Luck Supper 7 PM

29 30 29 30

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Msgr. Richard C. Madden

Council 6629

P. O. Drawer 2747 Summerville, SC 29484-2747

DATED MATERIAL - TIME VALUE

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Bingo Needs Your Help. Think About Volunteering 1 Night a Month

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Msgr. Richard C. Madden Council 6629

Knights of Columbus

132 Berkeley Circle

Summerville, SC

Phone 843-871-6363

Every Monday Night starting at 6:30pm Doors open at 5:30pm Public Welcome 25 games each Monday evening + 2 progressive jackpots of up to

$499.00 each for a total of 27 chances to win each night. WE ARE NOW SMOKE FREE COME TRY US OUT!