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Fourth Degree Exemplification, Sunday, November 16, 2025, Honoree Reverend Piotr Pawlus, Faithful Friar and Pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Ware, Massachusetts

Faithful Navigator: Peter Briancesco – Fraternal Year 2026-2027

Faithful Navigator Report – October 20, 2026

Hello worthy Sir Knights;

I thank you all for being here tonight. I will do tonight what I did not do last month and that is thanking Council 11178 for this meal in which they put together for us this evening. The Councils go through a lot of effort to put these meals together. I made the mistake when I started the meeting last month in not thanking Council 183 of Ware for their efforts last month. So thank you to Council 183.

I would like to put out an invitation to all Honor Guard that can come to Fr. Alex’s Installation Mass this coming Sunday 10/25/2026 at Our Lady of The Lake Church in Southwick.The Mass will be the 10am Mass with the Bishop. Also anyone who would like to come please come, there will be a light reception after words.

I have put together a new attempt at a Budget which was looked at by the Budget Committee and all seem to be in favor.This Budget is on the website for you to look at and print if you would like. The Committee comprises of Pete Briancesco, Bill Edinger, William Bathel, and Jack Seaver.I would like to see this budget front loaded from the CD money which is earning us next to nothing. Then as we get in dues we put it back into wherever we put the CD money.

I have put together a raffle such as Bob had at our last meeting for his Grandson.This also is on the website for you to print and look at. Please run this and the flag raffle

by your Council. If we are going to do these to raise money we need to act quickly. If we don’t time will pass us by and we will gain nothing.

November 7th is the Charity Ball at the Doubletree Hotel 11 Beaver St Milford Ma. 01757

December 19th is Wreaths Across America also don’t forget Coats for Kids if your Council has the funds for these events.

I hope you have been praying the Rosary being this is the month of Mary.

Pope John Paul the Second once told a Swiss Guard who was guarding his apartment at the Vatican early one morning when the Pope came down the hall and stopped in front The Guard. The Pope told him to put out his hands and then the Pope reached into his pocket and took out his Rosary. He gave the Rosary to him and told him this is the most powerful gun in the world. Use it often.

As was discussed during our Officers meeting and our September meeting, I am providing additional information about our 2026 Budget.  That information can be found here.

In addition, information about the Archbishop Williams Assembly Raffle:

THIS RAFFLE IS TO RAISE REVENUE TO HELP SUPPORT THE FOURTH DEGREE IN THEIR CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY. YOUR LOCAL COUNCIL IS PART OF THE ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS ASSEMBLY 388 WHICH IS THE PATRIOTIC BRANCH OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. PLEASE SUPPORT US!

A form to purchase your chance to win can be found here.

May God Bless you all

 

Faithful Navigator Report – September 16, 2026

Good evening my Brothers and Sir Knights,

For those of you who don’t know me I have been a Knight of Columbus since February 2017. I have been a Sir Knight since 2020. I know a lot of you have many more years in the Knights of Columbus than I do. I feel how you let your heart lead you in what you do is what matters most. I have been married to the same women, the love of my life for 52 years last February 2026.

I am humbled to be your Faithful Navigator this year and I hope that I can Live up to the position which has been bestowed upon me.

I will be looking to make some changes. I have met with some of my Officers last Wednesday via a Teams Meeting and I thank all that were there and participated, you were all very helpful and I thank you.

I am sure that I will make mistakes and when I do, please point them out and lets work through them together.

I would like to encourage you to join the AWA4thdegree.org website to be able to see what is on our site, Pursers report, Meeting Minutes, FN report and events that we may be doing such as Veterans Hospital, Fund raising, Flags, Honor Guard, 110 Club etc.

Thank you ahead of time to all of you who will help this Assembly move forward for the future.

November 7th will be the Charity Ball.

Some of what I’m about to speak about I would like to be talked about in New Business. Some will need to be voted upon and changed in our By-Laws, but I feel this needs to be done to help keep moving us forward in fulfilling our obligation as 4th Degree Knights of Columbus members.

  • A budget of 75% of dues, $5000 is about what we bring so that would be $3750.

2)  A thought of raising our dues to $30 from $25 which would bring us in another $1000 per year at 200 Brothers paying their dues.

3)  While reading our By-Laws I came across a section on Relief Fund at the present time $200 can come out of the General Fund and be given out in $50 amounts to any Brother in distress or need of relief. I would like to change this to $400 and then be able to give out $100 amounts.

4)  I would like the minutes to be read by the FS and also the FN to read his report as well. These reports can be slimmed down for the meeting and have the full reports on the website.

5) Fundraising. We discussed having our remaining Flags raffled off by our Councils that are willing to do so. Each Council would take a Flag and sell raffle tickets for two months or so and then have the drawing. The cost of the Flags are $125 each. So the break down would be $25 to the Veteran’s when $125 is reached then anything over the $125 could be split 50/50 with the Council and the Assembly. This would give an incentive for Councils to help us sell the Flags.

Bob Chartier will tell of an idea he has for an event and Jack Seaver also has an idea for another event on Veteran”s Day.

6) I brought up the question whether we should make our terms two year terms for our Officer positions.

7) Request for Assembly funds must have a form filled out and presented to the Assembly for approval before spending any money’s.

The only exceptions are standard operating cost.

8) Good of the Order will be out for you to put names down for Prayers then put on the website so you can print it at home and pray for the names, just put first name with last initial or just first name.

9) Does anyone know who takes care of the Sick or in Distressed list? Take a look at the list and tell me what  you know about those that are on it and whether they need to come off or need a phone call or could use help from the Relief Fund.

Thank you and God Bless