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McGivney Council 10441 has several important upcoming events that all members are invited to attend for an evening of fun and fraternity.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Deacon Raphael (Ray) Longpre Council 10441 Chartered July 3, 1990, Tucson, Arizona http://kofcknights.org/councilsite/index.asp?

1 I S S U E October 2018 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER The Desert Knightline This Issue Grand Knight s Corner P.2 Upcoming Events P.3 Deacon s Corner P.5 Chaplain s Corner P.8 Schedule of Events P.9 Schedule and Events Venerable Servant of God Father Michael J. McGivney Council has several important upcoming events that all members are invited to attend for an evening of fun and fraternity. Please contact the Brother Knight indicated to make your arrangements to attend these events. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Deacon Raphael (Ray) Longpre Council Chartered July 3, 1990, Tucson, Arizona Please try to attend at least one Council meeting during this fraternal year. Dress is Tucson Casual See Page 9 for Schedule Grand Knight ~ Bart Pemberton Deputy Grand Knight ~ Jim Hackett Chancellor ~ Jeff Vrabel Recorder ~ Larry Lewis Treasurer ~ Lou Attinasi Warden ~ John Paul Vyborny Inside Guard ~ Steve Sanchez Outside Guard ~ Lee Buzard Financial Secretary ~ Steve Marten Advocate ~ Tim Fantry Chaplain ~ Msgr. Al Schifano 1 st Year Trustee ~ PGK Patrick McMahon 2 nd Year Trustee ~ PGK Allan Reith 3 rd Year Trustee ~ PGK Bill Neer Newsletter Editor ~ Patrick McMahon Assistant to the Esteemed Editor ~ Edd Ruiz Meetings Second Thursday of the Month All Knights ~ 7:00 p.m. Insurance Field Agent Tony Lo Monaco

October ~ Knight s Birthday 1 st Lambert Matl 1 st William Perry 4 th Pierre Trinque 6 th Mark Gaspers 8 th James Hackett III 8 th Antonio Kenon ~ Grand Knight s Corner ~ ~grand Knight s Corner~ 10

Lang 20 th Robert Kennedy 24 th Fernando Campa 27 th Steven Wood 28 th Hans Gregg 28 th Charles Luebbering 29 th Richard Juergens 29 th Brian O Connell 29 th Robert Treanor 30 th Robert Way October ~

2 October ~ Knight s Birthday 1 st Lambert Matl 1 st William Perry 4 th Pierre Trinque 6 th Mark Gaspers 8 th James Hackett III 8 th Antonio Kenon ~ Grand Knight s Corner ~ ~grand Knight s Corner~ 10 th Phil Lacovara 11 th Scott Green 13 th Dan Chambers 16 th John Cross 16 th Dr Scott Forrer 16 th Rev Tadeusz Sypko Vivat Jesus, 18 th Michael Barry 19 th Bret Canale GK Allan Reith 19 th Sidney Lang 20 th Robert Kennedy 24 th Fernando Campa 27 th Steven Wood 28 th Hans Gregg 28 th Charles Luebbering 29 th Richard Juergens 29 th Brian O Connell 29 th Robert Treanor 30 th Robert Way October ~ Knight s Wives Birthdays Barbara Gonzalez Rosemarie Deppisch Michele Hackett Jill Kennedy Ann Marten Janet Melia Lori Pemberton Jan Schrodes Peg Skieresz Patchara Vrabel Page 2 Dear Brother Knights: We re now in the month of October. This month should hold a particularly fond place in our hearts since it is the month in which the United States celebrates Columbus Day. Christopher Columbus was born sometime between August 25 and the end of October There is a wonderful biography of this remarkable man entitled: ADMIRAL of the OCEAN SEA. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book goes into great detail of his adventures, but also attempts to reconstruct his voyages as accurately as possible and to assess his ability as a seaman. Even those who do not sail will find the accounts illuminating. Below is a brief excerpt from the book: At the end of the year 1492 most men in Western Europe felt exceedingly gloomy about the future. Christian civilization appeared to be shrinking in area and dividing into hostile units as its sphere contracted. For over a century there had been no important advance in natural science, and registration in the universities dwindled as the instruction they offered became increasingly jejune and lifeless. Institutions were decaying, well-meaning people were growing cynical or desperate, and many intelligent men, for want of something better to do, were endeavoring to escape the present through studying the pagan past. Islam was now expanding at the expense of Christendom. Every effort to recover the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, touchstone of Christian prestige, had been a failure. The Ottoman Turks, after snuffing out all that remained of the Byzantine Empire, had overrun most of Greece, Albania and Serbia; presently they would be hammering at the gates of Vienna. Throughout Western Europe the general feeling was one profound disillusion, cynical pessimism and black despair. [In the midst of all this], a Spanish caravel named Nina scudded before a winter gale into Lisbon, with news of a discovery that was to give old Europe another chance. In a few years we find the mental picture completely changed. Strong monarchs are stamping out privy conspiracy and rebellion; the Church, purged and chastened by the Protestant Reformation, puts her house in order; new ideas flare up throughout Italy, France, Germany and the northern nations; faith in God revives and the human spirit is renewed. The change is complete and astounding. A new envisagement of the world has begun, and men are no longer sighing after the imaginary golden age that lay in the distant past, but speculating as to the golden age that might possibly lie in the oncoming future. I encourage you all to read this informative and well-written book on the man after whom our founder, Fr. Michael J. McGivney, named our great order. Vivat Jesus, Bart Pemberton Grand Knight, Council

3 Octoberber ~ Wedding Anniversaries John & Delia Gravina Stephen & Ann Marten Lambert & Virginia Matl James & Linda McKearney Thomas & Mary Monteodorisio Jeffrey & Shelby Schaefer Jeffrey & Patchara Vrabel Prayers for the Sick & Distressed Fr. Gregg Adolph Cathy Adelman Bennett Baer Collin Baer Diane Boughton John Buston Joanna Christensen Jean Coleman Rudy Contreras Deb Crawford Deborah Dimenna Bernice Donahue Lou Donahue David Esquivel Tony Federico Clyde Fujimoto Stephen Fujimoto Deacon Phil Garcia Lynn Glassby Reb Guillot Lenore Haack Colleen Jorgenson Kathie Kye BK Michael Lebreck Diane Steinberg Lewis Victor Lewis SK Deacon R. Luebbering ~ Upcoming Events ~ Pancake Breakfast ~ Our monthly pancake breakfast will be October 7th. Lloyd reports that we had one of our best September breakfasts in recent memory. We welcome any Knights who wish to volunteer to help serve after the 07:30 and 9:00 AM masses (cooking starts earlier) on Pancake Breakfast Sundays. Please contact Chairman SK Lloyd LaComb llacomb456@comcast.net to volunteer. Jim Click Car Raffle ~ SK Allan Reith & SK Steve Sanchez will be our next car captains for the Oct 6/7 weekend. All proceeds from raffle ticket sales go completely to the Knights of Columbus designated charities, because Jim Click is donating this car to the winner. Since our selling dates are in conjunction with our Fall pancake breakfast schedule, we will need as many Brother Knights as possible to volunteer their time to help sell raffle tickets after the Sunday Masses. Please contact SK Larry, Lewis larryklewis@gmail.com, to volunteer. Roundtable ~ The Roundtable discussions will return this fraternal year, starting on Saturday October 13 th, after the 8AM Mass. BK Ludwig Deppisch will be our new chairman. The group will continue to be moderated and guided by Fr. Chris Corbally and Fr. Paul Gabor. Expect further information on topics to be posted on the website. PWID Drive ~ Our PWID (People with Intellectual Disabilities) Drive starts this month on October in the St. Thomas courtyard after all the Masses. Take a brief 15-minute shift passing out Tootsie Rolls after attending Mass. Our approved Safeway dates are October. Contact chairman - BK Gabe Guerrero, gabriel.guerrero76@yahoo.com, to sign up for duty at Safeway. Our primary benefactor is still the Special Olympics of Southern Arizona. Diocese of Tucson AZ Rosary Celebration ~ This event will again be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 8650 North Shannon Road, Tucson, AZ on October 20, :00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. PGK Allan Reith, ajrsraz@gmail.com, is the Chairman for this event. Tickets are limited. Coffee & Doughnuts ~ Our K of C Coffee and Doughnuts service will resume on Sunday October 21 after the 7:30 & 9 AM Masses. Contact Chairman SK Lou Attinasi, petera309a@hotmail.com, if you would like to participate and extend some warmth to the St. Thomas community. Oktoberfest ~ On October 27th our council will hold our 3rd parish-wide Oktoberfest fundraiser. This will include music, German food, and beer. The Bouncing Czechs will again provide the entertainment. Tickets will be sold in the church courtyard in the coming weeks don t delay in purchasing tickets and help out our SK Steve Marten, knights@pobox.com. Steve and his wife Ann will be chairing this event. Expect more info in the weeks ahead. Meet & Greet ~ Fr. John has decided that Sunday October 28th will be the Meet & Greet day for St. Thomas groups to make their pitch to fellow parishioners to join their parish activities. Please join PGK Patrick McMahon, membership chairman, ( ) patrick48@comcast.net, if you can spare some time in the parish hall to promote membership in our council. Page 3 Page 3

All Knighter with Lt. General Thomas Keck Friday, September 28th, we had a fantastic "All-Knighter." Good food, drink, and company were had by all. Thanks to all who attended.

In addition, none of our great food and drink would have happened without the efforts of our "All-Knighter" Chairman, brother Sir Knight Charlie Farnsworth, as well as the other brother Knights who

Past Grand Knight Dane Armijo (the Knight whose inspiration it was to start the Council tradition of the "All- Knighter" several years ago). POW/ MIA Service at Sts.

4 All Knighter with Lt. General Thomas Keck Friday, September 28th, we had a fantastic "All-Knighter." Good food, drink, and company were had by all. Thanks to all who attended. Very special thanks goes to our guest speakers, Lt. General Thomas Keck, USAF (retired), and Fr. Kenneth Wolfe. In addition, none of our great food and drink would have happened without the efforts of our "All-Knighter" Chairman, brother Sir Knight Charlie Farnsworth, as well as the other brother Knights who did so much of the preparation for the event: Worthy Past Grand Knight Patrick McMahon, Worthy Brother Sir Knight and Past Faithful Navigator Randy Hannon, Brother Sir Knight Jeff Kennedy, and Worthy Past Grand Knight Dane Armijo (the Knight whose inspiration it was to start the Council tradition of the "All- Knighter" several years ago). POW/ MIA Service at Sts. Peter & Paul Members of our Hughes Assembly 2392 and Council were well represented in a Patriotic Degree POW/MIA table ceremony at SS. Peter & Paul School on September 14, Our council and fellow assembly members included FN Mark Ziska, SK DGK Jim Hackett, and PGK SK Bill Neer (first, third, and fourth in the procession respectively). Knight of the Month Council s Knight of the Month is BK Jeff Kennedy. For years, Brother Jeff has worked behind the scenes to set up prior to our Council and Assembly meetings, as well as tearing down afterwards. He has done this so well for so long that many of us had forgotten that this was the assigned responsibility of the Worthy Warden and Faithful Pilot, respectively. He also worked behind the scenes ensuring that for all of our various functions in the Parish Hall or O Leary Hall that things were set up properly. Now that Brother Jeff is retired from his duties at St. Thomas, he will no longer always be available to assist in these matters (he gladly will when he can, it just won t be like clockwork going forward). For all of his selfless, quiet, and effective work behind the scenes, BK Jeff Kennedy is our Knight of the Month.

5 Relentless Love - By: Deacon Ed Sheffer Why did God become Man? Why Jesus? Why the Catholic Church?Would it surprise you if I said the answer to all three of these is so you could be uniquely and repeatedly loved by God? Do you believe that? The thing is one has to be willing to go deep to experience God s love profoundly! I m not referring to a mind bending intellectual journey with Aquinas. I m talking a spiritual and relational journey. There is no going deep without making time for silence. It s in that time set aside for silence that you and God relate. It s in that silence that telling prayer takes place, prayer that doesn t help your relationship with God, but prayer so personal that it is your relationship. My bet is we don t really know how much we are loved. Have you anchored everything about your life on God s love for you? What are you holding onto just in case this Jesus thing doesn t work out? Everything you and I have in this life, we owe to God. The only thing you and I own is our sin. But here is the thing; it s never really been about you being a good person for God. Virtue absolutely does matter, but not for the reason most people think. Virtue matters most because it frees us to truly be who we were created to be. Virtue frees you to love more like God. What it is really all about is Christ in you, the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27). It s then that we can pick up our cross and follow him. And guess what, we don t get crucified by being complacent and a wimp. We get crucified because we re a threat to the establishment, to what s gone wrong with love in our culture (and sometimes even in our church). But here is the thing, what defines you and I, is not the worst thing we ever did. What does define us is we are a daughter or son of God. What defines you is God loves you. Your challenge is to believe that, to own that, and to live that. In the back center of our nation s currency it says In God We Trust. What does that really mean - candidly, not what we have made it to mean. Trust is ultimately the result of knowing you are loved. Here is the thing we need to acknowledge, we don t know how much God loves us. Let s face the truth; God has given us His only Son (as a father, I can t wrap my head entirely around seeing my child brutally tortured, mocked and hanging on a cross). God has given us His living Word in black and white (the Bible is the starting point for any true understanding of God). God has given us the bread of life the body, blood, soul, and divinity of His Son (there is no life without this John 6:53). What more must God give you and me? Jesus made it clear in Scripture that he came to reveal the Father (Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father - John 14:9). But do you realize the Father has given us everything through His Son, Jesus. To share Jesus is the most loving thing you and I can ever do. Ultimate freedom rests in this. If we truly want to lead others to Jesus, we need to be in relationship with him and learn from him how to love more and more like him, revealing the Father s relentless love. Page 5

6 Prayers for the Sick & Distressed (cont.) Karen Marks Aiden Marten Jim McDivitt SK Bill Neer Bk JimNeihart Jo Neihart Rocky Ochoa Msgr. Todd O Leary Eileen Peach Elizabeth Pemberton Kirk Perini Babs Ronstadt Sk Maty Ronstadt Carl Sayer Gene Santarelli Anna Schissler Stevie Schissler Steven Sharp SK Tom Shelby Nita Smith Jim Wifall Pray for the Repose of the Souls of ~ Page 6 Page 7 Rosemary Bacon Joanna Bovo Alie Defriese Bob Haack Adalia Hernandez Mary M. Lewis SK John Lochert Lt. Gen. SK John Myers Andy Nielsen Dorothy Pekarcik SK Judge Mike Quigley Phillip Rylance Joe Schifano, Sr. Curt Setz Charles Silvius Dorothy Swanson BK Bob Wenzel

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Page 9 ~ Chaplain s Corner ~ Msgr. Al Schifano The Month of Mary October is one of two months in which our church offers special honor to Mary, Our Blessed Mother. The other is May.

In fact, as provided for in the Church s liturgical calendar, they would be wise to honor her every Saturday too. The superwise will honor her every day, by praying the rosary daily.

8 Page 9 ~ Chaplain s Corner ~ Msgr. Al Schifano The Month of Mary October is one of two months in which our church offers special honor to Mary, Our Blessed Mother. The other is May. It is most fitting and right to honor her during those months. But, the wise will do so the other ten months of the year as well. In fact, as provided for in the Church s liturgical calendar, they would be wise to honor her every Saturday too. The superwise will honor her every day, by praying the rosary daily. There are those of other religions who accuse Catholics of worshipping Mary. They simply misunderstand the difference between worship and honor. We worship God. We honor Mary as we do all saints. However, Mary has primacy of honor, first among saints, because she was chosen to be the Mother of Jesus, the Mother of God. There never was nor ever will be another fully human person like her. Her humanity is second only to Jesus who was both fully human and divine. She had to be the pure unstained vessel, conceived without original sin, through whom Jesus entered the world and took on our humanity. Thus, Mary is rightfully seen as our intercessor with the divine, not only by reason of that holy birth of Jesus but also seen as an ongoing mediator, our Mediatrix, between humanity and divinity, in her role as Queen of Heaven and Mother of us all. After she was bodily assumed into heaven and crowned as its Queen, she has never ceased to intercede for us. She so loves us and, like the ultimate Mother, so craves our salvation that she has appeared many times over the ages, to inspire us, to show her love for us and to guide us. Among the most notable of her churchapproved apparitions, were those at Tepeyac Hill (1531 now Mexico City), Lourdes (1858) and Fatima (1917). With one hand in the hand of her son Jesus, she constantly holds out her other hand, ever ready to draw us to Jesus. Grab it and don t let go. Mary, Queen of Heaven, Pray for us, this month of October and always Page 8

9 ~ SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ~ Date Day Event OCTOBER /7 Sat/Sun Oktoberfest Tickets & Car Raffle Tickets in Courtyard after all Masses 7 Sunday Pancake Breakfast Parish Hall 7:30AM- 10:30AM 8 Monday Chief Judge John Roll Chapter Holy Family Church 7:00PM 11 Thursday Council #10441 Meeting 7:00PM Fri/Sat PID at Safeway Sunrise & Swan 2 hr shifts 8AM - 4 PM 13 Saturday Roundtable Discussion 8:30-10:AM O'Leary Hall 13/14 Sat/Sun PID in St. Thomas the Apostle Courtyard after all the Masses 18 Thursday Assembly 2392 Meeting 7:00PM 19 Friday ARC Dinner 7:10 PM Our Lady of Fatima 1910 W. Irvington, Tucson Saturday Arizona Rosary Celebration St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 10 AM - 12:15 PM 21 Sunday K of C Coffee & Doughnuts 7:30-10:30AM 27 Saturday Octoberfest in Parish Courtyard 6:30PM w/bouncing Czechs 28 Sunday Meet & Greet in Parish Hall after all the Masses Date Day Event NOVEMBER Thursday All Saints Day 3 Saturday Roundtable Discussion 8:30-10:AM 3/4 Sat/Sun Car Raffle Courtyard after all Masses 4 Sunday Pancake Breakfast 7:30AM- 10:30AM 8 Thursday Council #10441 Meeting Hall 7:00PM 10 Saturday Roundtable Discussion 8:30-10:AM O'Leary Hall 11 Sunday Veteran's Day 12 Monday Chief Judge John Roll Chapter Holy Family Church 7:00PM 13 Tuesday Memorial Mass & Dinner 6PM 15 Thursday Assembly 2392 Meeting 7:00 PM 17 Saturday Tour de Tucson 17/18 Sat/Sun St. Thomas Thanksgiving Day Drive 18 Sunday K of C Coffee & Doughnuts 7:30-10:30AM 22 Thursday Thanksgiving - Lots to be thankful for! 25 Sunday Blood Drive 7:30AM - Noon Date Day Event DECEMBER Saturday Roundtable Discussion 8:30-10:AM O'Leary Hall 2 Sunday Pancake Breakfast O'Leary Hall 7:30AM- 10:30AM 2 Sunday Car Raffle Courtyard after all Masses 7 Friday Pearl Harbor // Vigil Mass 8 Saturday The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 8 Saturday Roundtable Discussion 8:30-10:AM O'Leary Hall 9 Sunday Council #10441 Christmas Party Skyline Country Club 5PM 10 Monday Chief Judge John Roll Chapter Holy Family Church 7:00PM

12 Wed Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 Thursday

Sunday K of C Coffee & Doughnuts 7:30-10:30AM

7:00 PM 25 Tuesday Christmas for unto you

COLUMBUS Deacon Raphael (Ray) Longpre Council

10 12 Wed Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 Thursday Council #10441 Meeting Parish Hall 7:00PM 16 Sunday K of C Coffee & Doughnuts 7:30-10:30AM Parish Hall 20 Thursday Assembly 2392 Meeting 7:00 PM 25 Tuesday Christmas for unto you this day is born a Savior Page 12 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Deacon Raphael (Ray) Longpre Council # N. Valley View Road Tucson, Arizona 85718

THE DESERT KNIGHTLINE

ISSUE September 2018 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THE DESERT KNIGHTLINE This Issue Grand Knight s Corner P.2 Upcoming Events P.3 Deacon s Corner P.5 Chaplain s Corner P.8 Schedule of Events P.9 Schedule and Events