Pope John XXIII Assembly 1536 is having a raffle fundraiser for the assembly's general account. The Grand Prize is a one-night stay at the Marriott Riverfront at the Detroit Renaissance Hotel, the night of the Detroit River Fireworks display. The reserved room is river-view. An early dinner is included at the Joe Muer Seafood restaurant at the hotel. Parking will also be included. The date of the Fireworks and Hotel reservation is June 23, 2025.

Each member will be mailed a book of 10 tickets to be sold at $5 each. Raffle ticket stubs and money must be returned by June 15, 2025. The drawing will be held at Renaud KofC Hall on June 20, 2025.

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RAFFLE UPDATE, MAY 9, 2025
The following is a quick update for the week:

• Blue tickets were mailed on April 28th to replace the White tickets originally mailed.
• The raffle team received back some Blue tickets this week, with and without donations.
• As of May 9th, we have a total of 34 Knights that have sold and returned tickets. That is 15% of our Knights participating in ticket sales so far.
• We are down to 4 full weeks left to sell tickets.
• Sold tickets should be mailed for return no later than June 9th, but please, RETURN your SOLD BLUE tickets as soon as you are sold out.
• If you have sold tickets after June 9th, please contact Joe Bradley.
• Extra tickets are available - please contact Joe to receive more.
• Joe Bradley’s contact info is: Cell 734-673-0004 (call or text), email: csmjb@protonmail.com.
• THANK YOU, in advance, for your commitment to this important fundraiser for YOUR Assembly.

Worthy Sir Knights, the information provided below is the Patriotic Raffle updates for the week.

BLUE raffle tickets were mailed to you on Tuesday April 29th. These 10 BLUE tickets MATCH the ticket numbers of the WHITE tickets originally sent to you.

Please ONLY sell BLUE raffle tickets from this point on. Remember that you must send newly sold BLUE ticket stubs, and donations, back in the provided return envelope, no later than JUNE 9th to ensure they get entered into the JUNE 20th drawing.

For those who had previously mailed in WHITE ticket stubs and payment; All of your WHITE stubs have been transferred to BLUE stubs by the raffle team, and are entered into the raffle. You have been mailed the BLIUE tickets (tickets only, no stubs) that match the WHITE tickets you gave to your purchasers. No further action is needed on your part.

Any WHITE ticket stubs received from this point on: Joe Bradley will contact you and ask you to send to him the BLUE ticket stubs, that match the WHITE stub ticket numbers you returned. The raffle team will transfer the purchaser information on the WHITE stubs to the BLUE stubs you send in, and enter them into the raffle.

ONLY the BLUE ticket stubs can be used to enter the drawing.

The following Questions and Answers are provided:

1. Q. I sold all my white tickets and sent them back with the donations, what do I need to do?
1. A. NOTHING, the raffle team has transferred your white stub information to the new BLUE ticket stubs and entered them into the drawing. You will receive the corresponding BLUE tickets in the mail to give to you purchasers.

2. Q. I mailed in my WHITE tickets stubs and donations after Tuesday April 29th. Now I just got my BLUE tickets in the mail, what do I need to do?
2. A. Joe Bradley will contact you when he receives any WHITE tickets. The raffle team needs you to return the BLUE ticket stubs that match the WHITE ticket stubs you previously returned. Once the BLUE stubs are received by the raffle team, the raffle team will transfer the purchaser information from the returned WHITE ticket stubs you sold, to the BLUE ticket stubs you return, and enter them into the drawing.

3. Q. I have unsold WHITE tickets, what should I do with them?
3. A. Please return them in the return envelope you received when you got your WHITE tickets.

4. Q. I just received my BLUE tickets and a new return envelope, what next?
4. A. SELL your new BLUE tickets, return the sold BLUE ticket stubs and donations back in the newly provided return envelope, by JUNE 9th. Remember the BLUE tickets you are receiving REPLACE the WHITE tickets you were originally sent. The WHITE and BLUE tickets have the same numbers. If you have sold WHITE tickets in your possession you must send them in WITH the BLUE stubs that match your sold WHITE stubs. You cannot sell the same numbered ticket twice (WHITE and BLUE).

5. Q. I sold all my BLUE tickets and need more, how do I get more to sell?
5. A. Contact Joe Bradley and Joe will arrange to get more tickets to you.

6. Q. I still have questions, what should I do?
6. A. Call Joe Bradley at 734-673-0004, or email Joe at csmjb@protonmail.com.

Thank you again for your patience with this! This is an excellent opportunity to engage the entire Assembly in this important fundraiser. Your efforts will allow us to continue to support the good work you and your Assembly does for our Veterans, our Religious, and those in need.

The Women's Clinic at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit is planning a baby shower for June 6, 2025. They have suggested items for donation to make the baby shower a success. Please click here or on the image to see the full list of items for which they are asking.

If you wish to donate to this worthy cause, please contact Dennis Lipski (dmlipski@gmail.com, ‭248.935.2197)‬ and we will discuss more at the April 27th meeting.

The next M-DOT Adopt-a-Highway trash pickup day will be Saturday, July 12, 2025. Our stretch is Plymouth Rd from Farmington Rd to Middlebelt Rd. With eight to fifteen people, this usually takes about 2 hours, excluding the breakfast beforehand at the Annie’s Family Restaurant at Farmington Rd and Plymouth Rd. This activity is open to spouses as well as children age 12 and older.

For those gathering for breakfast, we meet at the Annie’s Family Restaurant at 33427 Plymouth Rd, Livonia, MI 48150 (click here for map) between 8:00am and 8:15am. Breakfast is optional.

For the trash pickup, we meet in the parking lot just down the road between the Dairy Queen Grill & Chill and Jimmy John's (click here for map). Note that we will also get a group picture before we start.

Contact Richard Fullmerhouser (rfullmerhouser@gmail.com) for more information.

Please click here to sign-up.

On Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 4, 5, 6 and 7, 2025, Sir Knights of our Assembly will be hosting charity poker at Krazy Kopz Poker Room (Vision Lanes), 38250 Ford Rd, Westland, MI 48185 (click here for map). This fundraiser will help us continue to do the good work we do and with our expanded charitable giving.

We need a chairperson and 2 people for most shifts. During the evening, we need an additional 2 people from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. SK John MacLean, PFN, is leading this effort. Shifts are available as follows:

• Thursday and Friday, September 4 and 5: 6:00pm to 10:00pm, 10:00pm to 2:00am and a 90 minute shift from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
• Saturday and Sunday, September 6 and 7: 10:00am to 2:00pm and 2:00pm to 6:00pm

Note that there are three jobs available: Chairperson, Worker and Extra Worker. If you are new to this, sign up as a Extra Worker. You will find this is easy work. The shift is only 90 minutes and is for those that are interested but unsure. If you have experience in this, please sign up as a Chairperson if you can, or a Worker if that is the only position available on the day and time you can work. Also, at this point, please only sign up for a couple shifts as we would like to give new people the opportunity to get involved (which is always great!).

Contact John MacLean at johnstearnemaclean@gmail.com or ‭‭734.765.1423 for more information.

Please click here to sign-up.

Our bylaws indicate we should have a Welfare Committee staffed and active. I have proposed that the Faithful Pilot lead this committee. Even so, others, other than me, are needed to help. If you are interested, please click here to email FN Ed Hurst at eahurstjr@gmail.com.

Pope John XXIII Assembly 1536 is having a raffle fundraiser for the assembly's general account. The Grand Prize is a one-night stay at the Marriott Riverfront at the Detroit Renaissance Hotel, the night of the Detroit River Fireworks display. The reserved room is river-view. An early dinner is included at the Joe Muer Seafood restaurant at the hotel. Parking will also be included. The date of the Fireworks and Hotel reservation is June 23, 2025.

Each member will be mailed a book of 10 tickets to be sold at $5 each. Raffle ticket stubs and money must be returned by June 15, 2025. The drawing will be held at Renaud KofC Hall on June 20, 2025.

Click here or on the image for more information.

The Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus are committed to protecting children and adults from harm. Protecting God's Children is a three hour workshop that helps individuals understand the commitment and actions needed to ensure a safe environment. Participating in the workshop is required for anyone that will be working with children and young adults.

Sessions can be found at www.virtusonline.org

To attend a workshop:

1. Go to www.virtusonline.org.
2. Click on First Time Registrant.
3. Register for the course ASAP.

Legal Help for Veterans helps veterans with service-connected disability claims. Brig. Gen. (ret.) Carol Ann Fausone, one of the staff members, served in the United States Air Force for 37 years. She also served as the Assistant Adjutant General of Veterans Affairs, for the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the State of Michigan advocating for Veterans, from 2003-2011. She also is active with the Priest Retirement Village at Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan.

For more information, click here to go to legalhelpforvetarans.com.

NOTE: This news item DOES NOT imply endorsement of these services by the Knights of Columbus nor by Pope John XXIII Assembly 1536.

Courtesy of Sir Knight Bob Rugenski:The St.Patrick Senior Center can use our help. Here is the situation: Every week the receives about thirty gallons of delicious ice cream (five buckets about six gallons each). They always need to free up space in their freezer!

Here is how we can help: She asks only five dollars donation per bucket and you can choose any flavor that they have.

At St. John Neumann the ice cream is served at Youth group functions, hospitality weekends, Halloween Dance, Vacation Bible School, visitors to the pantry and etc.

It benefits the Senior Center and our parish saves money too. It's a Win - Win situation. Spread the Word please, help the seniors.

PFN Denny McCann has lottery tickets for the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Each ticket costs $10; $2 comes back to the assembly.

Note: The Ancient Order of Hibernians is America’s oldest Irish Catholic Fraternal Organization founded in May, 1836. The Order can trace its roots back to a series of similar societies that existed in Ireland for more than 300 years. For more information, click here.