Fraternal Benefit Webinar this Thursday

 Remember, there is a Fraternal Benefit Webinar this Thursday October 26 at 7:30.

Click here to register

October business meeting

 Our Monthly business meeting is this Wednesday, October 11, at 7:30 pm at St Peter Hall.

The main topic is our Luminaria Event and our Rosary Program.

If there is any new business to discuss, please let me know before the meeting so it can be added to the agenda.

Streaming is planned and more information to follow by email.

Living Rosary at Saint Thomas Church in Thomaston

OCTOBER 1, 2023  SUNDAY

* NEW LOCATION *

Join us for a Mass and a family rosary at:

Saint Thomas Church, 

1 East Main Street, 

Thomaston, CT 06787

10 AM-12:30 PM

We will join together for Mass at 10am, a living rosary, followed by lunch, courtesy of Council 18. 

Please tell us if you are attending and how many are attending with you so we may prepare properly for lunch:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/Rosary1023

For more information, contact Paul Healey at healeydd1ct@gmail.com

Honor guard muster at 9:30am.

Meeting announcement

 Reminder our meeting is this Wednesday at 7:30pm at St Peter Hall.  If you are not a member and would like to be - email kocsolidarity55@gmail.com and we can get you signed up on the spot!

Holy Land Mass to honor McGivney

WATERBURY — The feast day of Blessed Michael McGivney will be commemorated with special events Sunday.

A Mass atop Holy Land Waterbury, 60 Slocum St., will be at 8 a.m., with gates opening at 6:30 a.m. The Very Rev. James M. Sullivan, rector at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, will be the celebrant.

Parking will be at Holy Land with members of the Knights of Columbus, Sheridan Council No. 24, on hand to assist. Patrons should bring their own portable chairs and wear suitable outdoor attire. There is no rain date.

Veneration of McGivney’s relic will take place after all the weekend Masses at the basilica, 74 W. Main St. An “In the Footsteps of Father McGivney” bus tour is slated for Monday.

Sponsored by the Father McGivney Guild and guided by Sister Veronica of the Sisters of Life, the free tour will stop at significant sites in McGivney’s life in Thomaston and Waterbury, including St. Thomas Church, where he was pastor; the basilica, his childhood parish; and Old St. Joseph’s Cemetery, where McGivney’s grave site is located.

Departure and return will be from the commuter lot at 524 Hamilton Ave., the excursion lasting from approximately 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. For reservations, email the Father McGivney Guild at guild@kofc.org

For information, call 203-574-0017 or visit waterburybasilica.org.

From the Waterbury Republican 8/11/2023

2023 August Picnic

There is no monthly meeting for Council #55

In lieu of our parish men's picnic, you are encouraged to attend our area picnic.

Be sure to RSVP so they can plan for food. 

Watermelon Tag Sale

Thanks to all how helped donate to our tag sale and to those who helped run the event.  Joe who organized and chaired the event and Bob, Matt, Chris and Greg who manned the booth.  We made around $200 for the day!