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!  No special invitation is necessary, just introduce yourself.  We meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Matthias parish hall in Marlboro.


Super Bowl Pool


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Congratulations to our winners:

  $10 Pool $25 Pool
Q1 Matthew Dillon John Dedecko
Q2 (no winner:  did not pay) John & Nancy Iacobucci
Q3 Rich Kearns Charlie & Nancy Hirsh
Q4 Mike Bleecker Myllisa Tellier

Pay your dues online

Our burdensome $35 annual dues, which keeps our engine running, are due again. Help keep Council #81 in business for its 132nd year.  Click here to pay your dues online with a credit card, debit card, or use the handy QR code for PayPal or Venmo.  And, of course, you can always do it the old-fashioned way and bring cash or a check to the next meeting.


The 2025 Free Throw Championship was a big success

Three of our winners will advance to the District Finals.  Thanks to Special Olympics for the use of their gym.  If you missed it, check back here next year.


Some of our recent activities:


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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