Council Summer Picnic

Dear Brothers & Family,

The Manordale Council #4226 held their annual family picnic on August 30th at the St. John Baptist de la Salle pavilion. The day started with several of the Knights and their families attending the 11am Mass at St. John's. Our celebrant was Father Dave Slusarick. The picnic started after Masstheir annual family picnic.

Approximately 15 Knights and family members attended. The council supplied the hamburgers and hot dogs with the wives of our council members bringing in many side dishes and desserts. A special thank you to our cooks and families for the great food. Everyone had a great time!!

 

          

 

Food Bank Donation Update

 

Our council collected 238 bottles of dish detergent that were distributed at the September MOS Food pantry. This amount was over the 218 bottles to take care of all pantry clients. Every donation helps us put our faith into action. Thank you again for your support to our pantry needs.

Donut Sunday Membership Drive

A membership drive will be held after all Masses at Mother of Sorrows on the weekend of November 7th  and 8^th. In addition, after the morning Masses on Sunday November 8^th there will be a Donut Sunday. We will need Knights after each Mass to invite fellow Parishioners to join. Each Knight will have information to pass out.

 

 

Diocesan Men's Ministry

That Man is You 

Brothers,

 *That Man Is You* (TMIY) at Mother of Sorrows parish all men from Mother of Sorrows, St. John de la Salle, St. Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, and St. Sylvester's parishes are invited. 

We’re kicking off on Friday, September 18, and it’s a great opportunity to sharpen one another, dig into Scripture and modern insights, and focus on becoming the men our families need us to be. 

The program is free, our rhythm is simple: we start at 6:00 AM with breakfast, video teaching 6:30 AM, small group session 7:00 AM, and wrap up by 7:30 AM so you can get on with your day or head to daily Mass. It’s a solid room of young men spearheading this who are all trying to do the right thing, become better Catholics, better husbands, better fathers, and better men.

Consider joining me and supporting this new initiative.

You can save your seat right here REGISTER IN 30 SECONDS: https://programs.paradisusdei.org/join/8C729C 

God Bless,

https://programs.paradisusdei.org/join/8C729C

Chuck Bell

charlesmbell@hotmail.com

Catholic Men's Fellowship of Western PA

 

St. John/St. Mary

Catholic Men's Fellowship Group

St. John/St. Mary’s CMF meets weekly (Saturdays 7am at the St. Mary’s Social Hall in Export & via Zoom). More info or to get on mailing list can be found. Current topic: Catechism. All are invited.  here: https://StJohnStMaryParishes.flocknote.com/CMF

 

 

 

Essay Contest

An Essay Contest is being planned for the eighth-grade students at Mother of Sorrows School. The topic of this contest is "Rights of Man from the Hand of God". Details to follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Habitat for Humanity

 

In the top photo (below) is one of the two beautiful handrails sponsored by our council. The new families will touch these handrails as they start and end every day! The middle photo (below) shows part of the demo work done 5-6 weeks ago - a very dusty day! Most recently we worked at an existing house the bottom photo (below) where it has been gutted and now replacing rotted exterior sections. 

In the weeks between the Knights have been working to finish up two new homes in the Bakery Square area working on the back deck for both units.

Note the Woman’s World article on Habitat showcasing a group of retirees who shows up every Wednesday. We only do every other Wednesday but that’s OK! Looks like this Woman’s magazine is trying to give women ideas to keep their husbands busy!

A budget of $250.00 (paid quarterly) has been set aside for continued support of Habitat for Humanity. The total amount of support approved is set at $1,000.00.

Habitat for Humanity is currently working on a “new construction”. Volunteers are welcome to assist – usually work from 8:30am to 3:00pm. Contact Jim Snitger (jsnitger@gmail.com) if able to assist with the volunteer work.

                                         

                                                                                       Photo 1                                                                                     Photo 2                                                                     Photo 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labor Day Origin and History

Observed the first Monday in September, Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being.

Before it was a federal holiday, Labor Day was recognized by labor activists and individual states. After municipal ordinances were passed in 1885 and 1886, a movement developed to secure state legislation. New York was the first state to introduce a bill, but Oregon was the first to pass a law recognizing Labor Day, on February 21, 1887. During 1887, four more states – Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York – passed laws creating a Labor Day holiday. By the end of the decade Connecticut, Nebraska and Pennsylvania had followed suit. By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a legal holiday.

Who first proposed the holiday for workers? It’s not entirely clear, but two workers can make a solid claim to the Founder of Labor Day title.

Some records show that in 1882, Peter J. McGuire, general secretary of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, suggested setting aside a day for a "general holiday for the laboring classes" to honor those "who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold."

But Peter McGuire's place in Labor Day history has not gone unchallenged. Many believe that machinist Matthew Maguire, not Peter McGuire, founded the holiday.

Recent research seems to support the contention that Matthew Maguire, later the secretary of Local 344 of the International Association of Machinists in Paterson, New Jersey, proposed the holiday in 1882 while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union in New York.

According to the New Jersey Historical Society, after President Cleveland signed the law creating a national Labor Day, the Paterson Morning Call published an opinion piece stating that "the souvenir pen should go to Alderman Matthew Maguire of this city, who is the undisputed author of Labor Day as a holiday." Both Maguire and McGuire attended the country’s first Labor Day parade in New York City that year.

The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, September 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The Central Labor Union held its second Labor Day holiday just a year later, on September 5, 1883.

By 1894, 23 more states had adopted the holiday, and on June 28, 1894, President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September of each year a national holiday.

Many Americans celebrate Labor Day with parades and parties – festivities very similar to those outlined by the first proposal for a holiday, which suggested that the day should be observed with – a street parade to exhibit "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations" of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families. This became the pattern for the celebrations of Labor Day.

Speeches by prominent men and women were introduced later, as more emphasis was placed upon the economic and civic significance of the holiday. Still later, by a resolution of the American Federation of Labor convention of 1909, the Sunday preceding Labor Day was adopted as Labor Sunday and dedicated to the spiritual and educational aspects of the labor movement.

American labor has raised the nation’s standard of living and contributed to the greatest production the world has ever known and the labor movement has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pays tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation's strength, freedom, and leadership – the American worker.

Reference: U.S. Department of Labor