THE BIRTH OF AN ASSEMBLY
THE FATHER ALPHONSE KERCKHAERT ASSEMBLY WAS BORN IN 1992 FROM THE PARISHES OF MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD AND ST. JEROME. IT WOULD BE A UNIQUE ASSEMBLY BECAUSE IT WAS BRINGING TOGETHER AN ENGLISH BASED PARISH ALONG WITH A FRENCH BASED PARISH, WHICH OFFERED GREAT PROMISE AND ENTHUSIASM. THE IDEA OF FORMING SUCH AN ENTITY WAS THE BRAIN CHILD OF SK GERALD RICHMOND, THE THEN PAST CHARTER GRAND KNIGHT OF MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD, PAST GRAND KNIGHT FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER 3RD DEGREE COUNCILS AND A PAST FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR OF SOUTH WINDSOR ASSEMBLY.
AS WORD SPREAD ABOUT A NEW ASSEMI3LY BEING FORMED IN THE CITY OF WINDSOR, SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM OTHER ASSEMBLIES VOICED AN INTEREST IN MOVING INTO THIS NEW ASSEMBLY. AT THE TIME OF OUR FIRST EXEMPLIFICATION WE HAD A TOTAL OF 65 NEW MEMBERS, WITH SEVERAL OTHERS WAITING TO JOIN. GEOGRAPHY WAS THE INITIAL REASON FOR THE INFLUX OF NEW MEMBERS BUT OTHERS WERE SIMPLY READY FOR A CHANGE.
THE BIRTH OF A NEW PARISH COUNCIL OR ASSEMBLY IN THOSE DAYS WAS EXCIT1NG FOR SURE AS ALL COUNCILS WERE ON ALERT AS TO THE LOCATION OF THIS SOON TO BE NEW ASSEMBLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY. HUSBANDS AND WIVES ALIKE WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL SOCIAL EVENTS, WHICH PROVED TO BE A BIT OF AN ANOMALY, AS WELL AS A DRAWING CARD FOR NEW MEMBERS. ALTHOUGH THIS DID NOT SIT WELL WITH SOME OF THE SENIOR ASSEMBLIES IN OUR AREA AT THAT TIME, THINGS WOULD SOON SETTLE DOWN AND WORKING WITH THIS NEW AND ENERGETIC ASSEMBLY PROVED TO BE UNIQUE IN NUMEROUS WAYS. THE VISIBLE ARM OF OUR ORDER WAS TO GROW, AS NEW SIR KNIGHTS SUITED UP TO PROUDLY BECOME PART OF AN EVER GROWING VISIBLE ARM OF OUR ORDER.
TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE KERCKHAERT ASSEMBLY ARE BOTH HAPPY AND PLEASED TO SPONSER AND HOST THIS YEARS EXEMPLIFICATION, AS PARTICIPATING ASSEMBLIES PREPARE THEIR NEW MEMBERS TO STEP FORWARD AS 4TH DEGREE SIR KNIGHTS AND COLOR GUARDS WHO WISH TO SHARE IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR ORDER...CHARITY, UNITY, FRATERNITY AND PATRJOTISM
William E. Landry, PGK and PFN of Fr. Alphonse Kerckhaert Assembly and posthumously to the memory of SK Gerald M Richmond, PGK and Charter PFN of Fr. Alphonse Kerckhaert Assembly
AS WORD SPREAD ABOUT A NEW ASSEMI3LY BEING FORMED IN THE CITY OF WINDSOR, SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM OTHER ASSEMBLIES VOICED AN INTEREST IN MOVING INTO THIS NEW ASSEMBLY. AT THE TIME OF OUR FIRST EXEMPLIFICATION WE HAD A TOTAL OF 65 NEW MEMBERS, WITH SEVERAL OTHERS WAITING TO JOIN. GEOGRAPHY WAS THE INITIAL REASON FOR THE INFLUX OF NEW MEMBERS BUT OTHERS WERE SIMPLY READY FOR A CHANGE.
THE BIRTH OF A NEW PARISH COUNCIL OR ASSEMBLY IN THOSE DAYS WAS EXCIT1NG FOR SURE AS ALL COUNCILS WERE ON ALERT AS TO THE LOCATION OF THIS SOON TO BE NEW ASSEMBLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY. HUSBANDS AND WIVES ALIKE WERE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL SOCIAL EVENTS, WHICH PROVED TO BE A BIT OF AN ANOMALY, AS WELL AS A DRAWING CARD FOR NEW MEMBERS. ALTHOUGH THIS DID NOT SIT WELL WITH SOME OF THE SENIOR ASSEMBLIES IN OUR AREA AT THAT TIME, THINGS WOULD SOON SETTLE DOWN AND WORKING WITH THIS NEW AND ENERGETIC ASSEMBLY PROVED TO BE UNIQUE IN NUMEROUS WAYS. THE VISIBLE ARM OF OUR ORDER WAS TO GROW, AS NEW SIR KNIGHTS SUITED UP TO PROUDLY BECOME PART OF AN EVER GROWING VISIBLE ARM OF OUR ORDER.
TODAY, MEMBERS OF THE KERCKHAERT ASSEMBLY ARE BOTH HAPPY AND PLEASED TO SPONSER AND HOST THIS YEARS EXEMPLIFICATION, AS PARTICIPATING ASSEMBLIES PREPARE THEIR NEW MEMBERS TO STEP FORWARD AS 4TH DEGREE SIR KNIGHTS AND COLOR GUARDS WHO WISH TO SHARE IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR ORDER...CHARITY, UNITY, FRATERNITY AND PATRJOTISM
William E. Landry, PGK and PFN of Fr. Alphonse Kerckhaert Assembly and posthumously to the memory of SK Gerald M Richmond, PGK and Charter PFN of Fr. Alphonse Kerckhaert Assembly