Annual Meeting and Investiture ovember 6-8, 2015 ew Orleans, LA

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1 Southeastern Lieutenancy of the United States Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem NEWS Sir Raymond J. Garrity, D.Ed., KGCHS, Lieutenant Winter 2016 Vol. 29 No. 1 James T. Myers, PhD, KC*HS, Editor Annual Meeting and Investiture ovember 6-8, 2015 ew Orleans, LA Seventy-Two ew Knights and Ladies Invested Sixty Promoted to Higher Rank

2 2015 Meeting and Investiture The 2015 meeting opened on Saturday morning, November 7 with a prayer by our Grand Prior, Archbishop Gregory Aymond. This was followed by the Orientation Meeting for new members. The principal speaker for the meeting was Sir Patrick Powers, KGCHS, Vice Governor General for North America. Sir Patrick gave an overview of the development of the Order and the Order s role in the modern world. New investees were also given instructions and an overview of the Investiture Ceremony by Lady Patricia Hotard, LGCHS, Lay Mistress of Ceremonies and by Sir George Zimmer, Jr., KC*HS, Lay Master of Ceremonies. Lunch on Saturday was followed by the Memorial Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Principal Celebrant and Homilist for the Mass was Mobile Archbishop Most Rev. Thomas G. Rodi, KC*HS. Deceased members of the Order were remembered and promotions in rank were awarded to members in accordance with their eligibility.. The evening was given over to the annual black tie dinner dance. The annual business meeting took place on Sunday morning. Reports were delivered by the Secretary, Lady Nancy Powers, LGCHS, and by the Treasurer, Sir James E. Laporte, KGCHS. Sir Duke and Lady Becky Stern delivered a report on the financial status of the Legacy Guardian Program and also recognized a number of members who have made significant contributions to that growing program. Vice Governor General Sir Patrick Powers spoke again addressing the work of the Order and especially elaborating the details of the law suit regarding the Order s continuing attempt to regain control of the operation of the Hotel Columbus in Rome. Members also heard a report of recent and up-coming pilgrimages from Co-Masters of Pilgrimages, Sir Pierre and Lady Roz Allemond. Principal guest speaker for the meeting this year was the Rev. Msgr. John E. Kozar, President of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Msgr. Kozar told of the plight of the shrinking Christian population in the Holy Land, and also of the suffering of Christian minorities in surrounding areas due to warfare and strife. A fuller report on Msgr. Kozar s address will be published in the next issue of the ewsletter. Following lunch, members assembled fully robed for the Mass of Investiture, also at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Our Grand Prior, New Orleans Archbishop Most Rev. Gregory Aymond, KC*HS. New Members were invested in the Order and our Lieutenant of Honor, Sir A.J. Capritto, III, KGCHS, received the Gold Palm of Jerusalem, the highest honor the Order can bestow on a member. Pilgrim Shells were also awarded to members who had made pilgrimages to the Holy Land but had not participated in one of the pilgrimages sponsored by the Order. A white tie banquet Sunday evening and a travelers Mass on Mon- day morning concluded the meeting this year. 2

3 Requiescat in Pace Grand Prior Emeritus Schulte Dead at 89 Former New Orleans Archbishop H.E. Francis Bible Schulte, KC*HS, died Sunday January 17 at a Churchrun facility in his native Philadelphia after a long illness. He served the Southeastern Lieutenancy as Grand Prior for nine years and upon his retirement, he remained a loyal and devoted member of our Order. Archbishop Schulte was appointed to the New Orleans See by Pope St. John Paul II in He had previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia and as Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia. He served the people of New Orleans until his retirement in Archbishop Schulte had previously served as Superintendent of Education in Philadelphia and he took a strong interest in Catholic education during his tenure in New Orleans. His immediate successor, Archbishop Alfred Hughes, credited Archbishop Schulte with bringing an organizational structure to the archdiocese which required little adjustment when he took over. New Orleans was unique in that at one time there were four living archbishops. Pictured right are Archbishops Hughes, Schulte, Hannan and current Archbishop Aymond. A funeral Mass was celebrated for Archbishop Schulte at St. Louis Cathedral on January 28. 3

4 Photos From The 2015 Annual Meeting The Editor Wishes To Thank Sir Pierre Allemond, KGCHS And Lady Carolyn Wagner, LCHS For Photographs in the Current Issue 4

5 Photos From The 2015 Annual Meeting 5

6 Photos From The 2015 Annual Meeting Amazon will donate to your favorite charity The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. If you have an Amazon account, log into smile.amazon.com The Smile web site will recognize your account from the regular Amazon site. Notice right below the search window the word Supporting. Click on Supporting and select your charity. Be careful there are a number of other Lieutenancies that are also listed, so make sure you get the Southeast Lieutenancy in Metairie, LA. If you do not have an Amazon account log into the same smile.amazon.com and create one. Then follow the above instructions. 6

7 Diocese of Charleston ews From The Sections Father Christopher Smith, KHS, Pastor (right) and Father Richard Tomlinson, KHS, Parochial Vicar, of Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Taylors, South Carolina, stand beside the altar decorated by Upstate members of the Order for the procession following the Corpus Christi Mass. Diocese of Palm Beach Palm Beach group at Lady of Palestine - All Saints Mass with Bishop Barbarito at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary 7

8 Recycle Decorations Program Lady Patricia Hotard has requested that unused decorations O LO GER Be Sent to the Lieutenancy Office They have received a number of decorations that Stange Will ot take back And Lieutenant Garrity reports, the office is getting full fast! CO TACT THE EDITOR If you wish to contact the editor directly with news, please write or wagner.12@osu.edu Dan Wagner, Ph.D., KCHS 320 Fallen Oak Drive, Columbia, SC VISIT THE WEB SITE: Contact webmaster Sir Bernard Wolff, KGCHS: grafwolff@comcast.net EW HOLY LA D MASS REQUEST FORMS AVAILABLE There are new brochures for the Holy Land Mass and Gift Program. They contain modified request forms which provide more options as to how the Mass Cards can be handled. The new brochures with the request forms can be obtained from your Diocesan Representative, on the Southeastern Lieutenancy website: or from the program administrators, Rebecca A. King Stern, LCHS and Dr. Duke ordlinger Stern, KCHS, 244 Sandy Run Drive, Greer, SC That s all folks. It s been fun! James T. Myers, Ph.D. KC*HS, ewsletter Editor Emeritus 8