Fr. Patrick J. Murphy Assembly 2420

Assembly 2420 Installation of Officers

Admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:31:20 +0000

The Installation of the Officers of the Father Patrick Murphy Assembly 2420 for the 2010 to 2011 Fraternal Year will be held on Saturday, August 21st.

The Installation will be combined with the Installation of the St. John the Baptist Council 10232 Officers.

The Installation will occur at St. John the Baptist Church, 1055 Hughes Road, Madison, Alabama 35758.

Please join us with your families for the 5:30pm Mass with Dinner and the Installation to follow in the Parish Hall.

The Assembly 2420 Officers to be installed are as follows:

Faithful Navigator - Dan Frische
Captain - Jim Frank
Comptroller - Joe Morton
Pilot - Tom Scott
Purser - Bill Moeller
Scribe - Miguel Rodriquez
Admiral - John Horch
Inner Sentinel - Juan Benjamin
Outer Sentinel - Jason Esteve
1st yr Trustee - Mark Richards
2nd yr Trustee - Pat Haas
3rd yr Trustee - Tom Hart

If you are able to attend, please contact FN Dan Frische GK Danny Garcia. Please include how many guests will accompany you so that we can plan the arrangements.

Assembly to take part in St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:00:18 +0000

Assembly 2420 will ride in a float alongside our fellow Sir Knights from Assembly 0004 on Tuesday, March 17th in the Huntsville St. Patrick’s Day parade. We will assemble at Council 4080’s Hall on Leeman Ferry Rd. at 10am to board the float.

December Trash Pick-Up Cancelled

Admin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:13:50 +0000

There will be no Shelton Road trash pick-up for the month of December due to the holidays. Trash pick-up will resume in January.

Assembly to Support Red Cross’ “Holiday Mail for Heroes” Program

Admin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:10 +0000

This year, our Assembly will join the Council and take part in the Red Cross “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program. This is the second year the Red Cross is collecting holiday cards to distribute to American service members, veterans and their families in the United States and around the world. Pitney Bowes is generously donating technology, resources and postage to make this holiday card program possible. The Red Cross’ goal is to collect and distribute one million holiday cards to spread holiday cheer and facilitate thanks to these brave individuals and families.

During the recently completed holidays, each Brother Knight and Sir Knight asked the members of our family and friends assembled for Thanksgiving to take some time out of their holiday to fill out a Christmas card. The Assembly will collect the cards at the December Council Meeting on the 4th. The Assembly will bundle them, pay for the postage, and mail them to the Red Cross.

The Red Cross will then spread our holiday cheer to some of the 186,000 service members stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

If you would like to contribute individually, please visit the Red Cross’ site for guidelines and deadline dates.

Flag Retirement Ceremony - UPDATED

Admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:35:33 +0000

The Assembly will be hosting a Flag Retirement Ceremony on Saturday, November 15th at Sir Knight Dan Frische’s house. Please bring any flags you would like to be retired to the ceremony or to the Council meeting on the 6th. All Brother Knights and their families are welcome. More information to come.

UPDATE:

To help celebrate the upcoming Veterans Day, we will be having a Flag Retirement Ceremony. Normally we hold it around or on Flag Day but this year there was too much going on then. This time it will be held on Saturday, November 15^th at 2:30 pm. The Ceremony will be held shortly before dusk after socializing. Dan has built a fire pit which should work well for it. After the ceremony, there will be a pot-luck. Dan will grill up hamburgers and hotdogs and there will be some beer, but bring your favorite. Bring your flags needing disposal. Note: Due to the fire and smoke, the Color Corps has not been asked to perform in regalia. More information will be forthcoming with regards to Assembly member involvement. See you all there!

Bishops Ask Catholics To Pray Election Novena

Admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:03:10 +0000

WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) invites U.S. Catholics to pray before the November election a novena for life, justice, and peace called Novena for Faithful Citizenship. It is a podcast and available for download.

Joan Rosenhauer, Associate Director for the USCCB’s Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, said that the special novena is part of “the bishops’ campaign to help Catholics develop well-formed consciences for addressing political and social questions.” The bishops issued their statement on forming consciences for faithful citizenship in November 2007.

Helen Osman, USCCB Secretary of Communications, expressed hope that the novena could help “Catholics enter into prayerful reflection as they prepare to vote.” Seventy-one percent of all visitors to the USCCB’s web site download the free podcasts of the daily NAB readings. These same visitors are encouraged to use the novena podcast for prayer. Osman said that the USCCB wants to support Catholics as they weigh pre-election issues and that “providing a prayer resource on the Web can help us focus on our common values and identity as Catholics.” The novena emphasizes the dignity of life, justice, and peace.

The Novena for Faithful Citizenship runs for nine days and can be used consecutively, one day each week, for nine days prior to the election, or “in any way that works best for a community or individual,” said Rosenhauer.

The novena will be available for download until the election and it can be downloaded online .

For other Faithful Citizenship resources and materials visit www.faithfulcitizenship.org.

Trash Pickup This Saturday

Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:13:38 +0000

The Assembly’s monthly trash pickup will be held this Saturday, August 30th (we were helping move furniture last Saturday so the event was postponed for a week). Sir Knights should assemble at the Texaco Station at the corner of Shelton and Old Madison Pike at 8am.

Bunco Resumes in September!

Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:50:38 +0000

Bunco is sponsored by the Fr. Murphy Assembly and is usually played on the second Sunday of the month. Please consider a fun evening out with your lady on Sunday, 14 September 2008. Bunco is open to Council members, parishioners, and membership guests. The Bunco evening starts with refreshments and a social from 6:30 PM to 7 PM. The game begins at 7 PM and goes to about 9 PM. The game in September will be held in the K of C room. There is always lots of fun and laughs. The Assembly provides beverages and all you need to do is bring some finger food to share with the gang (homemade or store-bought is equally OK, either snacks or desserts). There is a small charge of $5 per player. Money raised (after prizes are awarded to those who played) will go to the Assembly to support their many patriotic projects around the community.

For those unfamiliar with Bunco, it is a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game is played at tables of four in competing teams of two.

Players score points by rolling three dice and trying to match the number they’re supposed to roll for that round. They get a point for each die that rolls the number, and if all three roll the number they score 21 points. They also score 5 points for rolling three of a kind of any other number. They get to keep rolling as long as they score one or more points with each roll. Once they fail to score they pass the dice to their left and the opposing team gets a chance to score.

Assembly Changes Meeting Day/Time

Admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:41:37 +0000

At the last Assembly Meeting, the Sir Knights voted to change our meeting day and time to the second Thursday of the Month starting at 7:45pm. This new meeting day puts all the Knights of Columbus activities for the month on Thursday and the new meeting time allows for Sir Knights to attend Mass, a Rosary and then go to the meeting without worrying about missing the opening of the meeting.

The Assembly’s next meeting will be on September 11th at 7:45pm.

Mass for Deceased Knights to be held in Birmingham

Admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:19:42 +0000

The Fourth Degree Assemblies of Northern Alabama are hosting a Mass honoring our Deceased Brother Knights on November 2, 2008. This Mass will be at St. Paul’s Cathedral at 8:30 AM. We are asking all Brother Knights to attend and bring their list of Decreased Knights with them.

We will have a Honor Guard for the Bishop of the Birmingham, Most Reverend Robert Baker, Celebrant.

Sir Knights will meet in the Rose Garden at 8:00AM for instructions from the Marshal David Renda. We will in full regalia without swords.

For more information about attending/carpooling etc. please email the Faithful Navigator.