Tootsie Roll Weekend is upon us!  

It’s that time of year again!  Columbus Day Weekend (October 12 & 13) is the traditional Tootsie Roll Drive to raise funds for people with intellectual disabilities.  Our Knights will be out in force to sell Tootsie Rolls after Masses and at other venues.  

Knights please sign up here.

Remember the important purpose of this program which raises funds for Intellectually Disabled People. All funds are distributed by the State Council to approximately 25 agencies throughout Eastern Massachusetts who provide services to Intellectually Disabled individuals and their families, including Marlboro’s own Special Olympics.      

When these young people age out of special education, the public resources available to them and their families dry up.  These agencies provide day care, transportation, and respite care to families who struggle every day to provide care for their loved ones and are shining examples of what it means to be Pro-Life.  We are proud to get out there and peddle some Tootsie Rolls for such a cause.

Sign up here.

Bylaw Amendments

Click here to view the proposed by-law amendments which are pending for our October meeting.

Welcome newcomers!

If you are interested in seeing what the K of C is all about, please drop in at our next meeting and see!  We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Matthias parish hall.

 

Keeping Christ in Christmas poster contest winners at St. Mike’s

  
 

Council #81 welcomes two new Fourth Degree Knights!

G.K. Brendan Butler and D.G.K. Kevin Armstrong were elevated to Fourth Degree at a state-wide exemplification ceremony at St. Mary’s Church in Ware, Mass. on November 12, 2023.

(L-R) G.K. Brendan Butler, D.G.K. Kevin Armstrong, P.G.K. Mike Tremblay and State Warden P.G.K. Mike Gibson

On hand celebrate with them were Council #81’s Past Grand Knight Mike Tremblay, serving with the Honor Guard, and State Warden Mike Gibson, also a Council #81 P.G.K.
 
 

First Concern Pregnancy Resource Center
Ultrasound Machine Dedicated 

First Concern Pregnancy Resource Center celebrated with a dedication ceremony on May 4, 2023 to thank all the donors and participants who helped make their dream come true:  the installation and dedication of an Ultrasound Machine to provide expecting mothers with diagnostic assistance in addition to the other support services they offer.  Fr. Steven Clemence was on hand to bless the machine and pray for its successful utilization in helping expecting mothers make their best informed choices.  

Council #81 was instrumental in raising funds for First Concern Pregnancy Resource Center to purchase the Ultrasound Machine for their center in Marlborough, with matching funds from the Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus.   In fact, Council #81 raised almost double our fundraising goal, and used the excess to fund site renovations including a dedicated bathroom for the Ultrasound suite.   Council #81 continues to partner with First Concern to provide support services to new mothers.

 

Family credits healing to Blessed McGivney

Joe and Megan Hermosillo pose with their family at the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Md. When Joe was near death from Covid-19, the family prayed for the intercession of Mother Seton and Blessed Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus. Joe made a full recovery, and they credit these two giants of the American Catholic Church.
Click here to read the full story in the Boston Pilot.
 

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