Marian Council 3773 -Pacifica CA

Christmas Cards:

Marian council 3773 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:11:38 GMT

Soon we will have religious Christmas Cards to sell after Masses in November.

Watch for details for how you can participate.

“Crab Feed” Fundraiser

Marian council 3773 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:48:12 GMT

Father Piers has asked us to coordinate a “Crab Feed” Fundraiser for the Parish and School, to be held January 24^th.

Details and requests for assistance to follow.

Fundraising for those with Intellectual Disabilities:

Marian council 3773 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:44:04 GMT

Last week, we collected $450 in donations after each Mass at Good Shepherd.

We previously raised over $900 with our Casino Trip.

Victor Gouailhardou

Marian council 3773 — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:29:22 GMT

* An Appeal from Trustee and Past Grand Knight Decaon James Haug:

Brother Knights, one of our Brothers—Victor Gouailhardou—passed away on October 23^rd after a lengthy battle with cancer. His family is in a very bad situation. There is no money or insurance to help them. The funeral is expected to cost $4,000. He only received a little over $600 a month from Social Security; no pension.

Any help you can give will be a help to his wife and teenage daughter. Brother Victor and his wife were behind on their bills and are in need of help from us, his Brothers.

If you can help, send your check or cash to Financial Secretary Jerald Henderson at the address shown above. All donations are tax deductible. Make checks payable to Marian Council 3773; include Victor’s name in the memo section. Please include him and his family in your prayers.

Thank you for your generosity

The Marian Council will do all it can to assist the Gouailhardou Family. Grand Knight Gil Eliares attended the St. Francis Chapter Meeting on 10/24 and made an appeal to the officers in attendance. He received donations of almost $200 and pledges from each Council to approach their respective members.

A Vigil will be held Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m. and the funeral on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. (both at Good Shepherd). The Gouailhardou Family has requested that Victor’s Brother Knights serve as pall bearers; please respond to Grand Knight Gil’s e-mail to let him know of your availability.

A rare achievement award, a double star council plaque

Marian council 3773 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:09:16 GMT

Worthy Brothers,

Our Northern California 4th Degree Master and our current St. Francis Chapter District Deputy is coming to our next council meeting (Oct. 16, 2008 at 7:30pm) to present us a rare achievement award, a double star council plaque.

I'd like to encourage every member to attend this meeting.

If you can bring finger foods, do so and will be much appreciated.

God Bless and Vivat Jesus!

Brother Gil

ST. RITA FOR PAINTING

Marian council 3773 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:49:10 GMT

DON'T FORGET TO VIEW PICTURES AT PHOTO SECTION

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We have completed painting the exterior of St. Rita’s Hall. Thanks to all who contributed with your time and effort as well as those who provided financial support. The Hall looks beautiful.

(10-28-08)

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I finally finished painting all the windows with red trim. I also painted one exhose on the roof with red to hide the rust that's beginning to eat it.

The final "look" of St. Rita's Hall is a little better than before. Thank you all!

In Christ,

Brother Gil

(9-29-08)

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Gil and I (almost) finished painting the "triangle area" on the roof facing the church Sunday afternoon; we ran out of the primary color (used for the stucco). We painted the gutter along the backside as well. Kevin had painted the trim area on the south side (facing the gym) on Saturday.

I still don't see how we can do a credible job on the eaves above the closet. They have not been primed, and I'm not sure if they were scraped.

The putty holding in the windows needs to be painted red.

There are plenty of areas that need a second coat (some of the stucco, the outer walls of the closet, the doors).

As I mentioned before, we are out of the primary color and the trim color is very low. We have plenty of red.

On Sunday, I noticed two aluminum ladders in the closet I had not seen before. I don't know where they came from. If they belong to a Knight they should be taken home. Raul, I think you can take yours home as well. John, the extension ladder is still tucked behind the first table on the floor next to the TV in St. Rita's. I don't know whether it's still needed (if any touching up is required on that one tall wall).

Although we aren't quite done painting, I'd appreciate any items in the closet that we can no longer use be taken home. As we've discussed before there is some issue among the other who use the closet about our stuff being in their way (despite our attempts to store them neatly).

Brother Jerry

(9-15-08)

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If there is more paint left, I'll paint tomorrow (9-14-08) after the noon Mass.

Brother Gil

(9-13-08)

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Just finished the the southside trim as well as the trims on east side

and the lower back of storage room. The top difficult access of the

southside have not been scraped nor primed. The north side top of the

kitchen triangle still needs to be painted ,both stucco and trim...we

still need to touch-up the window trims as well. The tall extension

ladder is in the same place as we left it.

Thanks all

Brother Kevin

(9-13-08)

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John left an extension ladder to reach the trim on the south end of the hall. Although he wanted to leave it behind the Hall, Kevin and I decided to store it behind one of the tables lying on it's side in the hall (also on the south end, next to the piano).

John and I have sons being confirmed on Saturday, so we aren't available to paint that day. I may be able to put in some time on Sunday.

The gutter along the south side and the back needs to be done. I'm not sure about the eaves on the south side. The triangle above the north side has been primed, but needs painting.

The eaves above the closet extension have not been primed or painted (not sure if they've been scraped). They seem very difficult to access.

Then, there's areas that require a second coat...

Brother Jerry

(Tues, Sept 9)

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Worthy Brothers,

Brother Jerry, Deacon Jim and me did some priming and painting today at St. Rita's, but we didn't finish because we ran out of the 5 gallon paint.

2 gallon of the same paint and next saturday, Sept 6, we should be able to finish the job. I left some bottled water in the refrigerator for everybody.

If you don't have any plans for next week, please come and help so we can finished our project of painting the building.

Vivat Jesus!

Brother Gil

(Monday, Sept 1)

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Saturday, Aug 16, I will be at St Ritas to start priming the building for painting. Any and all help is appreciated. We need a couple ladders, lots of drop cloths, brushes, rollers and extenders for the rollers, and rags. If anyone has questions let me know. Not sure I have answers but I'll try.

John Haynes

smpachaynes@comcast.net

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We made a lot of progress on our project of prepping and painting St. Rita's Hall over three Saturdays in May and June. I believe we are ready to prime and paint the Hall. With the 4th of July weekend, vacations, and some final decisions yet to be made on color schemes, we do not yet have a firm schedule to proceed. We'll discuss further at the 7/3 meeting. Thanks to all who participated so far; we need all of the help we can get in the future. (7-1-08)

Nov. 20, council meeting

Marian council 3773 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:47:15 GMT

Worthy Brothers,

Our next council meeting is TONIGHT, NOV 20TH. As we decided in our last meeting, we bring finger foods to share as our pre-thanksgiving social gathering before our regular meeting starts. We come in at 7:00 for social hour then the meeting at 7:30.

Try your best to attend, there is a lot to talk about. God Bless!

Fraternally,

Brother Gil

Think of some ways we can do fundraising to support our Gym Booster Club and our upcoming 55th Year Anniversary Celebration. We will need new members to support all our works and future projects for the Church and our community.

New Business:

Marian council 3773 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:19:49 GMT

Gil asked Erik (Church Director) to plan the Altar Servers Recognition event, Eucharistic Minister/Lector Training (for interested Knights).

Erik mentioned we should cover the coffee/donuts for 10:00 a.m. Masses.

-insert from minutes on 7/3 KoC Council Meeting

Father W. Adalbert Gluszek Garden

Marian council 3773 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:12:03 GMT

Worthy Brothers,

Frank Thude wants to find out if we have a plan yet for cleaningand planting of Father Gluszek Garden. Donna Smith have a separate fund for it and I believe it was

$180.00.

Frank said he's got time now thru August. We should be able to handle this project in one saturdayif majority of us can volunteer. Brothers, let us unite to fulfill Father Michael J. McGivney's vision.

We will talk about this more on our Council meeting thursday, June 5. God Bless!

Come to our meeting and bring new ideas how to better serve the Church and our community.

Vivat Jesus!

Brother Gil

(posted 6-1-08)