Our Lady of Fatima

Will you help to promote the Rosary Rally? Will you tell family, friends and neighbors about this prayerful, religious, beautiful and reverent event taking place in Mt. Laurel, NJ at the Prayer Garden in memory of the Cistercian Fathers, founders of St. John Neumann. Will you send an e-mail to friends you know that attend other parishes in the area and tell them about the Rosary rally?
 
The below itinerary is different. It should entice you to want to attend. The Prayer Garden is more beautiful than ever. Our parish is again Independent and our pastor is taking a prominent role in the planning and participation of the Rosary Rally.
 
While we have much to be thankful for as Catholics there is much to be concerned about happening in our world. Come to the event, pray the Rosary for your personal intentions, for vocations to the priesthood, for the church and for all those suffering from natural disasters and violence throughout the world.
 
Your support and participation will make this October Rosary Rally an event to remember.
        Time                                                       Activity
2:00 – 2:45 PM                  Adoration at St. John Neumann Church
2:45 PM                              Procession of the Monstrance from St. John Neumann to the Rosary Garden
3:00 PM                              Recitation of the Holy Rosary through the Rosary Garden (Monstrance heads Procession)
                                            Benediction at the Sacred Heart
                                            Speaker TBD
                                            Closing Hymns
                                            Immaculate Mary
                                            God Bless America

                                                                                            
   

2nd ANNUAL SEMINARIAN CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC 
4th Degree Knights of Columbus 
John Tatham Assembly #648 
THE LINKS GOLF COURSE (MARL TON} October 2, 2023 
Registration 8 to 8:30am with a Shotgun start at 9am 
 

Golfer registration @ 100 per golfer) includes golf with cart, continental breakfast, luncheon, nonalcoholic beverages and the tournament is a 4-person scramble format with prizes for top low net teams, Closest to the pin, Longest drive and a great way to support our Seminarians. 
 

HOLE-IN-ONE EVENT FOR A FORD EXPLORER 

GOLF CLASSIC SPONSORSHIPS 

               Event              $ 1000       Includes 4 golfers, luncheon, course signage, add on Assembly Web Site 
               Gold                 $ 500        Includes 2 golfers, luncheon, course signage, add on Assembly Web Site 
               Silver               $ 100        Includes recognition on registration signage, and a course Hole sign 
               Booster           $ 25-up   Includes recognition on signage at registration
 

Continental Breakfast available to all participants
 
Make checks payable to John Tatham Assembly 
Mail registration form and check to:

SK George Tower, Assembly Comptroller
40 Revere Avenue 
Moorestown, NJ 08057  

For more information, please contact Bill Casian 609-556-4595 or [email protected]

Click here to download form 

                                                                           

Tomas Villacias
2025 - Pastoral Year
Mount Saint Mary Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD

Hello, my name is Tomas, and after graduating from Seton Hall University I entered Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg MD. God’s grace is active in all of our lives, even when we do not realize it. This lack of awareness of God’s providence is something I certainly have been guilty of, and it was a gradual recognition of God’s action in my own life which eventually led me to enter seminary. Through every struggle, challenge and difficulty in my life, it was God Who always gave me the strength I needed. It was not until I was in college, however, that I came to realize this. In the past, it had not been by my own effort that I was able to get back up when I fell, but by the grace of God. Indeed, I saw not only God’s past action, but my continual and constant reliance on Him. This experience of becoming aware of grace was itself a grace, as awareness was the first step towards appreciation, and gratitude. The grace of God is a gift more marvelous than any other, and by the time I came to this conclusion, I could not see myself doing anything else besides helping to bring this gift to others. This is why I am studying for the priesthood, to be a means of God’s grace, and thus, in my own small way, to share in the redemptive mission of our Lord.

Pray for Tomas and the other seminarians every day.

                                                  
                                                            
                                                                     Father Geoffrey Odongo Akiso

Kather Akiso, Rector of  St. Peter's Seminary Madera in Uganda spoke to the parishioners of St. John Neuman the weekend of July 1st and 2nd. During his visit he asked about The Knights of Columbus and was provided literature about the Knights and a copy of the Columbian monthly magazine. He recently sent this e-mail:
 
"Nice reading from you. I did enjoy every bit of my visit to your parish and state. I am still in Chicago and will depart for Uganda on August 7. I have a lot of hope in your parish and I particularly have hope in you; the Junior high school Seminary in which I am the principal is going through serious financial challenges that threatens it with closure.
 
We are currently being affected by the war between Russia and Ukraine as it has brought about high inflation rates especially in Africa making costs on food and all essential commodities to be so impossible for the Seminary. I do some farming to produce food for the kids but for the last two years, the weather became so hostile that we had no good yield at all.
 
I am honestly stressed by this situation and I am praying if I can get some two or three generous people who can extend a donation of about US $ 10,000 for three consecutive years, it would help me stabilize the instruction. I am confident that you can be the right person to help me identify and mobilize such people. Kindly look through the Seminary website: www.maderaseminary.ac.ug
 
I have had the honor to read and understand the whole idea of Knights of Columbus. What a wonderful apostolate it is in our church! Thank you for opening my eyes. My Bishop is particularly in need of getting in touch with this great group of dedicated men of service and of the Gospel. In my previous mail I had asked if I could connect you with him. Wishing you every blessing.
 

In God we trust.
 
Fr. Geoffrey Odongo Akiso
Rector:
St. Peter's Seminary Madera
P.O. BOX 22, Soroti - Uganda.
Tel:     +256 -782 - 159 - 794
wApp: +256 -752 - 159 - 794
www.maderaseminary.ac.ug

Men like Father Akiso remind us that evangelization is alive and well in the One, Holy, Catholic (Universal) and Apostolic Church. 

Brothers,

Our Lady of Fatima Council 7755 has begun a new Columbian year July 1st. It will be the first year since our Council was chartered, March 30, 1981 that Pete will not be there with us at meetings, at our activities, guiding and advising us on the meaning of being a Knight of Columbus. The following tribute was included in the program at this Years Charity Ball.

                                                 

Pete would want Council 7755 to continue. To grow attracting new men to our order and be supportive of our priests, our church and the community. Pete would ask all of us to approach others with a direct question, namely "Would you like to be a Knight of Columbus?"
Mike Miller is our Grand Knight. He has many ideas that with more members we can implement. Come join us. Be active in an organization that is 42 years young!