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Feed My Starving Children
February FMSC Lenten Meal Packing Event
was a success due to our volunteers.
Photo page attached to the end of the Guidepost.

The meals you packed at our Coon Rapids, MN location on September 28, 2023, arrived in Malawi on February 17, 2024, to help kids fed by Cross Catholic Outreach.

The meals you packed at our Coon Rapids, MN location on February 27, 2024, were shipped to:
Food for the Poor and Convoy of Hope in El Salvador on Wednesday March 06th & 08th, 2024

THANK YOU!
Thank you to everyone who helped the 7 weeks of the Lenten Fish Fries. Our proceeds will be donated to charities in June.

FS Notes
Have you moved, have you changed your phone number, have you made a change to your email address? Please keep the council updated when you have a change of address, change of phone number and finally a change to your email. It really helps us to keep track of where to send things to you. If you have any changes, please forward them onto the FS.

Please look at the back of your membership card. What do you see? It has my contact info. Please make sure your loved ones know this in case you are sick or have passed away.

Former Officers,
The FS is looking for Council Jewels that you may have in your possession. Please turn them in as soon as possible. Bring them to the office at St. Tim’s, we have a mail slot that they can be left in. Thank you.

Members in hospital etc.?
Please contact the FS so that the council can send a card.

Fundraising Letter and Raffle Tickets
Last call for those of you that have not turned in raffle tickets and/or fundraising donations described in a letter that went out a couple of months ago. So far 216 tickets have been sold. That will be bringing over $500.00 back into the council. Please do so as soon as possible if you are planning to buy the raffle tickets.

Do You Volunteer???
Each year our council files with Supreme a survey report with the amount of time our members spend outside of KC events volunteering.

The list is lengthy, do you help at church, do you deliver meals, do you visit the sick, homebound, do you help a neighbor, I am sure there are many more than that.

What I am asking, is for you to try and keep track of what event it is and how many hours you spend on that event each month.

On the 1st of every month to email me that list and I will include it in the report that I fill out each year. Please email me at fs@kc5141.org. If you don’t have the ability to email me, please call me to share that information. Thank you.

Prayer concerns
“We lift up this concern to you, O Lord”
Archbishop Hebda, Father Joe Whalen, Father Roger Bauman, Father Gabriel Walz, Deacon Tim Zinda, Deacon Tim Zinda’s wife Maureen, family of Ron Arel, family of Mike Zmuda, family of Betty Peter, Terry Wagner, Leroy Kulla, Kathy Petron, John Lodato, Adam Wagner, Tom Fluegel, Ray Bliss, Don Hosford, Yvonne Rasmussen, Tim Clancy, Mary Hosford, Bob Cuddigan, Jerry Petron, James Fortwengler, Jorge Slater, Lorraine Koss, John & Teena Badzinski, and Robert Sibinski. The people of Ukraine, The prayer for Life and the Pope’s prayer for peace. All those suffering from depression. All those suffering from cancer and depression. All those suffering from the Coronavirus. All serving members of the Priesthood, Diaconate, and Religious Life. All serving members of the Armed Forces.

Happy Birthday Wishes
We have 12 members who will be celebrating a birthday in the month of April. Joseph Modesette, Kenneth Klisch, Lyle Lindberg, Keith Rasmussen, Dennis Schroeder, Don Westman, Allan Trapp, Michael Allard, Steve Silverdahl, Fr. Harry Tasto, Timothy Skillings, James Fortwengler, Bob Roiger and Bruce Thielges.
Happy birthday to all, hope you have a great day.

We Remember
Each month we take time to remember members who have passed away. This month we pray for James Booth, Al Ilacqua, George Olson, William Dolle, Michael Gutenberg, Albert Kessler, William Michaels, Alden Ryan, Alan Beidleman, Leo Peek, Virgil Acker, Cecil Prokop, Donald Sotanski and Jose Colon. Please pray for their families. May they rest in peace. May all Brother Knights from our council rest in peace.

Regional Knights of Columbus Meeting
On Thursday, April 11th, our council is hosting the Region 9 Huddle meeting. At this meeting a lot will be happening and all members are invited to come, officers highly recommended.

*This will begin promptly at 6:30pm*
At the beginning of the meeting we will start with a Fraternal Benefit Event. Each council present can count this as one of their 2 FBE for the year. Each council is required to participate in 2 and have 10/14 different eligible men present between the 2 FBEs. (Amount needed is based on membership count)

Following the FBE, we will be doing the following…
1. Opening prayer

2. Pledge of Allegiance.

3. Break for pizza.

4. Short introduction as to why we are here.

5. Open dialogue.

• What’s working, what’s not? How can we fix it?
• What’s holding you back from inviting new men and their families into the council?
• What are your programs that invite men into the council? Do you have church drives scheduled? Ceremonials scheduled? Your own team?
• What needs do you have that we are not providing?

Please RSVP your presence to DD Jeremy Hadash by Thursday April 4th by email at ipgk@kc5141.org or call me if you plan on attending.

The count is needed so we know how much pizza to order.

4th Degree Report
4th Degree dinner meeting:
• Monday April 1st at St. Tim’s in Blaine
Yes, we are hosting a 2nd dinner meeting this year and all members are invited to come whether you’re a 4th Degree member or not and attend the dinner.
Cost is $20/person
Dinner schedule is as follows…
• 6pm social hour
• 7pm dinner
• Membership meeting to follow dinner.

National Eucharistic Revival
Departing from the headwaters of the Mississippi, the northern arm of the Pilgrimage will descend through the Midwestern United States, pass through Wisconsin and Illinois, and meet up with the other three Pilgrimage routes in Indianapolis at the 10th National Eucharistic Congress. This route may be the shortest in distance, but it has no shortage of opportunities for encounter with Christ! Pilgrims will attend Mass every day of their journey, along with regular evenings of reflection and adoration. As they travel, pilgrims will grow closer to Our Lord through service to local communities, inviting the most marginalized among us to be revived by the Real Presence of Jesus Christ. Will you join us on this historic journey?
Many stops in between the weekend stops below. All are invited to participate.
• BEMIDJI/LAKE ITASCA, MN
May 17–19, 2024
• MINNEAPOLIS–ST. PAUL, MN
May 24–26, 2024
• ROCHESTER, MN
May 31–June 2, 2024

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FMSCFebruary 27th, 2024Thank you to allWho made thisa huge success

FMSC
February 27th, 2024

Thank you to all
Who made this
a huge success