Palmer Massachusetts Council #376
• 1294 Ware Street Road • Palmer, Massachusetts, 01069 • (413) 283-7904 •
Council #376 2007 News:
2003 Council News 2004 Council News 2005 Council News 2006 Council News Current newsNovember 3rd:
Father James Longe ordained!
Father Longe being ordained at St. Michaels Cathedral.
Father Longe prepares to bless Council #376's newest RSVP seminarian Ryan Rooney!
Father Longe celebrating his first Mass at St. John the Baptist.
First assignment(s): St. Rose de Lima Parish in Chicopee and as a chaplain at the Hampden County Correctional Center at Stony Brook in Ludlow!
Masslive news article
WWLP news article
July 26th:
We had our annual council BBQ meeting! As usual attendance & the weather was good and seeing all the brother knights was GREAT!
As you can see, our Council was not only blessed with a good turnout, good food and good weather, we also had some special guests!
Grand Knight Gary Ross and Past Grand Knight Yvan Houde enjoying a good game of Boci!
May 10th:
As some of you may know, Brother John Lessard's son was the recipient of a special award given at the 33rd Annual Mothers Day Pioneer Valley Dinner. The Pro Lifer of the year! Rev. Lessard is also a third degree Knight!
Rev. Lessard, Brother Lessard and Pro Lifer award!
Rev. Lessard was not the only special guest to get an award this night!
Other Knights from Council #376 where in attendance as well.
April 28th:
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a 5-4 majority decision penned by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the federal partial birth abortion ban which was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2003.
The law bans "partial-birth abortion," a legal term of art, defined in the law itself as any abortion in which the baby is delivered feet-first "past the [baby's] navel . . . outside the body of the mother," or "in the case of a head-first presentation, the entire fetal head is outside the body of the mother," before being killed.
"This will be President Bush's pro-life legacy," said Jim Hughes, Vice President of the International Right to Life Committee. Hughes, also the President of Campaign Life Coalition Canada added: "Thank God for him because what he's doing there is going to affect us greatly here north of the 49th parallel."
KofC calls Supreme Court Decision 'a Major Milestone'
March 28th:
As it prepares to celebrate its 125th anniversary this Thursday, March 29, 2007, the Knights of Columbus stands out among fraternal societies, having registered 35 years of uninterrupted membership growth even as many other fraternals have been shrinking.
Supreme Knight Carl Anderson noted that, "While Author Robert Putnam famously worried that Americans were ‘Bowling Alone’ in his book of several years ago, Knights of Columbus are not only bowling together, but are doing many other things together with their families and brother Knights, in numbers that grow every year."
Membership in the Knights of Columbus has grown nearly 50 percent, from 1.15 million members in 1972 to 1.72 million members today. In fact, membership in the Knights has increased each year since 1972, and the K of C is now the world’s largest lay Catholic membership organization.
KofC Supreme Council news link
March 17th:
Our annual St. Patricks day dinner was held at the St. Thomas Parish Center.
Everyone did an excellant job cooking, planning, serving and good food was had by all!
The Sweet Adelines performed wonderfully!
Our council was lucky enough to have the Quaboag Highlanders perform again after they marched in New York City earlier in the day!
January 28th:
Brothers Michael Marquez and Peter Leblanc have passed the Third Degree!
Congratulations from all of Council #376!
January 22nd:
Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson marched up Constitution Avenue with a large group of college Knights after leading the Pledge of Allegiance at the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 22.
January 1st:
Roe v. Wade Filled With "Halftruths, Falsehoods," Supreme Knight Tells Pro-life Youth Conference
Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson was a keynote speaker at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life, held Jan. 21 in Georgetown University’s historic Gaston Hall.
More than 600 high school and college students from around the United States attended the eighth annual gathering on the eve of the March for Life and anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
Speech in RM
Speech in MP3
