Pancake Tickets and Magnet Sales starting this week

We will be selling tickets to our Pancake Breakfast and also the "He has Risen" magnets after Mass this weekend.

If you have not signed up, see the sign up sheets elsewhere on this blog.

Thanks for your assistance.

ChrisZ

MAGNET SALES

We have the new "He is Risen" magnets that we will be selling at the same time as our pancake tickets.  We will not be selling them this weekend.

If you have an event before then and you would like to sell them, please contact ChrisZ and we will get them to you.

Welcome new members!

Solidarity Council #55 held a First Degree Ceremony on February 16.

We welcome 6 new members:

Michael Rosa
Kevin Rosa
Deacon Richard Hamel
John Swabski
Gregory Nypert
Matthew Daly
Congratulations to our new members and we look to our next membership drive.

RECAP OF 2016

2016 in many ways was a good year for Council 55.  At the beginning of the year we welcomed 4 new members  We saw another successful pancake breakfast and an outstanding Luminaria sales/display.  Donations were made to the Church, St Peter/St Francis School. and Two Hearts Pregnancy Center (Including help sponsor their annual dinner).  Seminarian Patrick Kane was ordained.  A new Grand Knight was elected and I think we may have the Installation Ceremony down.  We helped support the Oktoberfest, and our 4th degree members were active at many events like Confirmation and many special Masses.  There was of course the chairs to move and parking lots to patrol.  We welcomed new brothers in Torrington as St Maron now has a KOC Council.

With all that went on we also had sad news - Brothers Jerry Belli, Jim and John Eichner went to there eternal reward in 2016.  Our Treasure Tim Flynn and Brother Tom Fuller both lost their mothers, and our new Grand Knight suffered the loss of a sister.  Brother Robert Castillo lost his wife recently. It is tough when we lose founding members of our council and please remember their families and the families of all members who have suffered a loss this year.

As we enter 2017 the Council has plans for expanding the support of our Cluster and meeting the challenges that await us.

Chris Z

Recorder

Changes to Council 55 Schedule

There are some changes coming to our schedule.

Our monthly business meetings will be on the FIRST Thursday of the month, with the 3rd being reserved for officer's meetings, committee meetings and social events.

We hope to see everyone on Thursday September 1st at Sacred Heart Church, at 7:30.

Passing of John D Eichner

EICHNER, JOHN D. Professor at Middlesex Community College and Naugatuck Valley Community College, Real Estate Broker Our adoring Husband, Father, Grandpa “Heich” and Friend passed away on July 2, 2016.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registercitizen/obituary.aspx?pid=180580378

Passing of James Eichner Sr.

James M. Eichner, Sr., 69, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Torrington Health and Rehabilitation Center, Torrington. He was the beloved husband of Jeanne (Little)Eichner.

Jim was one of our original members of Council 55 and very active in the Council until his illness.

http://www.gleesonryanfuneralhome.com/notices/James-EichnerSr