Assembly
Activities
In
addition to the Fourth Degree State programs and projects listed
here,
each of the 38 Minnesota Assemblies conducts its own activities on
a local level. They meet once each month with the ladies included
on several
occasions during the year when a special "Ladies Night" is designated.
The monthly meetings always include instructive and informative programs
which are of interest to the membership.
The
assemblies promote many programs and activities such as:
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Scholarships
for Catholic Schools
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Perpetual
Communion for deceased Sir Knights
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Sponsoring
radio and television programs
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Social
events such as dinner dances (which are usually formal)
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many
other activities too numerous to list
The
event of the year is the Fourth Degree Exemplification at which Brother
Knights are initiated into the order. This most impressive and edifying
ceremony, held in a different city each year, makes it possible for
every Sir Knight and his lady to attend the largest and finest formal
banquet they will ever attend.
Projects
of the MN Fourth Degree
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Fort Beauharnois
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Near
the city of Red Wing,
the Fourth Degree Knights have made plans to rebuild the Chapel
of St. Michael the Archangel within the walls of Fort Beauharnois
on the spot where the first Mass was held in Minnesota over
two hundred and fifty years ago.
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Fort St. Charles |
At
Fort St. Charles,
located in the Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods, a permanent
granite Memorial Altar was erected by the Fourth Degree Knights
in 1951.
A Chapel was built in 1953 and the Fort was restored in 1960.
The altar marks the burial place of Minnesota's first martyr
priest, Rev. Jean Pierre Aulneau, S.I.
in 1732.
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Crow
Wing Memorial Chapel |
In
the early 1960's, the Fourth Degree Knights built a chapel on
the site of the original log church and dedicated it to the great
missionary priest,
Father Xavier Pierz.
An honor guard of Sir Knights participates at Mass held annually
in July.
In the summer an outdoor Mass is celebrated each Saturday and
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Father
Hennepin Statue
In
front of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, stands the
statue of Father Louis Hennepin, who discovered the Falls
of Saint Anthony in 1680. This memorial was a project undertaken
by the Minnesota Knights of Columbus shortly after World War
I.
The monument has now been thoroughly cleaned and re-set on
a new block of granite, increasing its height by three feet.
Although the project is now completed, with new landscaping,
lighting and water, the support of all Brother Knights is
needed to fulfill all of our financial obligations.
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