Jake Dalton Receives Township Award
Pictured is Sir Knight Jake Dalton receiving Millburn Township's 2011 Patriot Award for service to his community and country. Jake, three time Past Grand Knight of the St. Rose Council, received the award from former award winner Sir Knight Joe Delano as Brother Bob Dries of the township's 4th of July Committee looks on.
Congratulations, Jake, from the entire Council.
Pride In Our Priests Dinner
May 24 at the Fiesta Restaurant hosted the Archdiocese' Knights of Columbus dinner for our priests. Attended by over 400 Knights and ordained men the outing was a tremendous success. St. Rose Council had 20 men in attendance at 2 tables with Father Chris Beirne, Msgr. Phil Morris and Deacons David Hughes and Mike Wojcik as the Council's guests. Pictures
Golf Outing 2011
The Council's 2011 charity golf tourney was held on June 6 at Black Bear Golf Club in Franklin, NJ. The proceeds from this event funds our college scholarship awards program for students in our community. The Council has raised over $25,000 for such scholarships since our one day tournament started four years ago.
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Christmas Concert
The 2010 St. Rose of Lima Knight of Columbus Christmas Concert held on December 10 in the Church was a musical success. Father Alphonse Stephenson and the St. Peter by the Sea Orchestra were fabulous, as always.
Please see the picture galleries from the 2008, 2009 and 2010 concerts HERE
SRL Academy presented with funds...
Just prior to a monthly Business meeting, Grand Knight Dominic Balzano presents Msgr. Trabold and Mrs. Diane Pollak, SRL Academy principal, with a check for $20,000 raised by the Council for tuition aide for school families. The funds were raised via a weekly raffle over the last 12 months along with matching gifts from parishioners and friends of St. Rose of Lima Academy.
Newest Sir Knights
On April 25, 2010, the St. Rose Council sent six men to the NJ District 1 Fourth Degree exemplification at the Parsippany Hilton. Congratulation to our newest Sir Knights: Dominic Balzano, John Kennedy, Ed Langley, Joe Noel, Charlie Reisler and Dr. Dick Riva. The day started with Mass at 9:00 AM celebrated by Faithful Friar James Smith. Our newest Sir Knights became part of the St. Isaac Jogues Assembly, 0649, headquartered in Livingston and they hosted a hospitality room for candidates and sponsors. 194 new Sir Knights were accepted into the Order with eight of them coming from St. Isaac Jogues, six of whom are our men.
Just a little history and a personal note: our newest Sir Knights are the first Fourth Degree men sponsored by St. Rose Council since 2000 when our Chaplain, Msgr. Trabold became a member of the Bailey Assembly, now inactive. Last year, our Worthy Financial Secretary was instrumental in assisting all of St. Rose's Fourth Degree Knights in transferring their membership to the active St. Isaac Jogues.
Patriotism is the principle of the Fourth Degree and the Color Corp is the most visible aspect of the Order. All day long 194 candidates, 150 sponsors and fellow Sir Knights and 100 men of the Color Corp were all over the hotel having breakfast, preparing for the ceremonial, registering and the like. Every man in a black tuxedo, white shirt, black bow tie, black socks and shoes and each looking pretty spiffy. But I came to the conclusion that I really must begin to get out more often. As I left the house in the morning my wife admired my tuxedo'd self saying I looked quite handsome. (She does have low standards.) Sometime later, sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for our six men to arrive and begin the registration process, I noticed a spec of dust on my left thigh. Casually flicking it off I noticed another one on the right. I flicked that off but saw the first spec was still there having been immune to my original flick. Upon closer inspection I was chagrined to discover the specs were actually moth holes only visible when the fabric is stretched tight against the skin, but fortunately not visible when standing. Needless to say my feet were tired by the end of the day.
Awards Night 2010
The Council celebrated its 2010 Awards winners on the evening of June 8 in Ryan Hall. Pictured is our Knight of the Year, Youth Activities Director Vincent Nascone. Vince has been a major contributor the our youth in both his Council activities and his lifelong committment to the Boy Scouts. Also honored was a younger Nascone for achieveing the rank of Eagle Scout just days before.
FireFighter of the Year
The press release below was issued this week by Chief Roberts.
For Immediate Release: Millburn Fire Department
Contact: Michael Roberts, Chief 973-564-7040
The Saint Rose Council of the Knights of Columbus #6386 recently recognized Millburn Firefighter Russell M. Lynn for outstanding community service. “It was an easy choice” according to Fire Chief Michael Roberts who made the recommendation to the council. “Russ has a number of letters in his personnel file from people both in and outside the Millburn/Short Hills community that he has done random acts of kindness for. Roberts recalls In one instance, while off duty in a bad snow storm Russ came upon a group of men in tuxedo’s stranded at the Millburn Train Station who couldn’t get a taxi because of the weather. It was 11:00 in the morning and they had to be at a family wedding at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston by 12:00 as one of the individuals’ was going to sing for the bride. F/F Lynn loaded them into his personal van and through the storm got them there safely before noon and of course would take no money for the gesture. “I also remember getting a call from a doctor and former resident of Millburn who had dropped her wallet in the street in downtown Millburn. Russ picked up the wallet and spent two days tracking down the owner and returned the wallet with the $2,100.00 cash still inside Roberts said. “That is just who he is I told the doctor”. Russ has over thirty years of service as a firefighter with the Millburn Fire Department and has been cited for acts of bravery for rescues that he and his crew have made over the years. With the Certificate of Achievement given to him by the Knights of Columbus comes a $100.00 gift card. Russ has chosen to donate that card to the Children’s Burn Camp in Union, Connecticut where several of our Millburn firefighters volunteer their time as counselor’s for one week in July. “I know they can really use the money to work on the camp” Russ said.
The Knights of Columbus, Saint Rose Council, No. 6386 has 180 members and is one of 135 councils in the State of New Jersey. It is a charitable fraternal organization of catholic men. Out of the 1.8 million knights in the country, there are 65,000 here in New Jersey.
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