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Our Lady of the Rosary Columbiettes #4428
5th Annual Victorian Tea at the Knights of Columbus Council 759 Long Island Avenue, Deer Park, NY
Friday, September 12, 2008 at 7:30 pm Sharp PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CUP AND SAUCER Donation $15.00 Prizes for Best Costume No tickets will be sold at the door ~ Call Joan at 243-6407 for tickets |
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Join the Knights of Columbus
Family is of the utmost importance in the Knights of Columbus. As a matter of fact, Our Lady of the Rosary Council is one big happy family consisting of husbands, wives, children, widows, and other religious people. All programs within the Knights of Columbus allow families to get involved and work together in helping their church and community. Our council provides the means to do this by sponsoring picnics, dances, athletic events, family masses, outings, and many other social activities. The Knights of Columbus also provide a low cost insurance program to its members and families. The challenge to become involved has never been greater. In our constantly changing world and with secularism on the rise, the search for solutions on how do deal with these changes has never been more demanding and necessary. What is missing from a possible solution is YOU. Please join this wonderful church ministry. Our Lady of the Rosary Council is looking for Men 18 years or older who are practicing Catholics to become Knights of Columbus, Women 18 years or older who are practicing Catholics to become Columbiettes, young men between the ages of 10 through 17 to become Columbian Squires, and young women between the ages of 10 through 17 to become Columbian Squirettes. Please call the respective contacts listed below or complete a prospective referral card after Masses on September 22nd and 23rd and become part of our family in addition to the church family and help make a difference in your life and the life of others.
John J. Lazar, Grand Knight Knights of Columbus 667-9878
Susan Hogan, President Columbiettes 667-9148
Buddy Gillespie, Past Grand Knight Columbian Squires 243-6407
Anne Marie D’Attoma Columbian Squirettes 586-8551
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Nearly six years after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last heard arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, an identical challenge was once again before the court on December 4, 2007. This time, however, Knights of Columbus were direct participants in the case-“defendant intervenors” – and played a significant part in the arguments before the three judge panel. The latest court challenge was filed in January 2005 by atheist Michael Newdow, just months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he did not have standing to file his earlier suit. Within a few months, the Order, along with seven individual Knights whose children attended the Sacramento-area school districts being sued, asked the federal district court in Sacramento to join the case as defendant intervenors, on grounds that having been largely responsible for the campaign that helped put the words "under God" in the pledge in 1954, the Order's interests were directly implicated. The district judge granted the motion. The case is now entitled Newdow v. Carey. John Carey, a Knight from Elk Grove, Calif., is part of the official caption of the lawsuit. Cary, his wife Adrienne and their sons Brenden and Spencer all attended the hearing at the federal courthouse in San Francisco. The Order is represented in the case by The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a public interest law firm based in Washington, D.C. Kevin J. Hasson, Becket Fund founder and president, delivered oral arguments on behalf of the Knights, to which he belongs. In the previous case, the Order filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief with the Supreme Court, as did many other organizations. In this case, more than a dozen amicus briefs totaling thousands of pages have been filed with the appeals court on behalf of 20 organizations and the governments of all 50 states. Hasson says the fact that the Order is a party to the lawsuit this time around is very important. "It's not likely that the judges will read thousands of pages of writing, hut if you're standing right there in front of them, looking them in the eye and saying, 'You have to think about this,' they have to think about it." "The whole idea of 'one nation under God' comes from our conviction that our rights come from God and are therefore beyond the reach of the state, rather than coming as some kind of gift from the state," Hasson said. God, in this sense, is the Creator who is the source of our natural rights, and the question of its constitutionality is thus a matter of philosophy, not theology, he told the court. A decision in the case is expected sometime next spring. Copied from KnightLine December 17, 2007 |
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If you would care to make a donation please write a check out to Ss. Cyril & Methodius and send it or bring it to Ss. Cyril & Methodius Parish Center at 125 Half Hollow Road, Deer Park, NY 11729 Attention: Buddy Gillespie. Thank you for your consideration.
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Our Lady of the Rosary Knights of Columbus 759 Long Island Avenue, Deer Park MEATLESS FRIDAYS IN THE LOUNGE Friday Nights from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Choice of fish or pasta dinner ~ $8.00 Includes salad with dressing, bread & butter, coffee & dessert Call ahead for reservations at 750-3963 |
