On A Certain Weekend 11 Years Ago

It was time for the Estranged to get together:

For I was Grand Knight of K of C #5103 & was on a Whirlwind Tour of The Parishes in Glendale, Forest Hills & East Glendale;

In Glendale, was at St Pancras, selling Chance Books & getting Re-acquainted, being assisted @ 2 Masses by a Reinstated Past Grand Knight. I was assisted by my treasurer, on Sunday. A small donation of $30 was made as a Goodwill Offering to St Pancras Parish. On that Part of The Tour De Force, I would meet a Priest, who would be named Pastor of Sacred Heart-East Glendale in January, 1998 & serves as Chaplain of my Council;

The Next Weekend was @ Our Lady Queen Of Martyrs-Forest Hills, where stories of the Council, were told to me by Widows of Charter & early Members & of The Columbian Squires. I never saw so many people writing cheques to buy chances in my life. From that weekend, donations were made to that Parish, the Squires & Sacred Heart Recreation. This is the Weekend where the Council got going & was energized;

It was the Rainy Weekend of 11 Years ago(11-30 & 12-1-1996), where a small amount of Chances were sold, though the members showed up to help, but Parishioners were clamoring to show them more. A Donation of cash was made to Sacred Heart Parish, as a Goodwill Gesture. A Sweet Girl sang 4 of the Masses from Saturday Night & Sunday;

Later in 1997, The Appalachia Fund Mass & Breakfast came to being. It would be our Bond with The Parish, for to this day, we break bread & make Merry with Our Home Parish Base, all for a Good Cause;

& the Sweet Girl was our Cantor, for 4 of those Breakfasts;

Funny, but the Next Year, our Base was writing cheques for the Chance Books, just like they did in Forest Hills;

Mike-RSN-NYC-Queens