KNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER. Holy Trinity Council # & Assembly #3097. Serving the Church and Community. December 2018

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1 KNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER Holy Trinity Council # & Assembly #3097 Serving the Church and Community December 2018 Grand Knight: John Guerrero Deputy Grand Knight: Roberto Dela Pena Recorder: John McGannon Financial Secretary: Bill Dewey Treasurer: Ronald Wilde Chancellor: Jack Seaman Faithful Navigator: John Guerrero Faithful Comptroller: John McGannon Faithful Captain: James Berry Faithful Scribe: James Kellogg Next Council Mtg: Tuesday, Dec 4, 6:30, Rm 12. Assembly Mtg to follow. Grand Knight s Corner Acting Grand Knight Parish Christmas Dinner December 8th! J a i m e a n d c r e w w i l l b e preparing a holiday meal fit for the occasion: Beef Tri-Tip, potatoes, rice, salad AND German Chocolate Cake! $12/ea. 12 & under free. Please plan on joining us for an evening of good food and fellowship. AND... Merry Christmas! My Brother Knights & Families, As we head into the season of Advent culminating in the birth of our Savior, I want to wish all of my Brothers and their families a Happy and Blessed season. Besides our Parish Christmas Dinner on December 8th, we have THREE noteworthy holiday season celebrations in December to welcome Christmas into our hearts and minds, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception Mass on December 8th, Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12th, and Simbáng Gabi on December 17th. Please join us for these special Church celebrations this month. And then we welcome in the New Year with a very special Special Event here at Holy Trinity Church a Men s Retreat! on January 12th. Several Knights are involved with the planning of this and I want to encourage everyone to participate. It s only $25 to register, and it s a terrific way to prepare our spiritual life for the new year! Please see the flyer at the end of this Newsletter and please promote it with your friends in the parish. So Merry Christmas to everyone and God Bless... Your Brother in Christ, Roberto Dela Pena, AGK / DGK 1

2 Upcoming Dates for your Calendar: Sat, Dec 1: Men s 9 AM. POC: Al Velez. Sat, Dec 1: Communal 4:30 PM, in the Church. Sun, Dec 2: Start of Advent. Tue, Dec 4: Council 6:30 PM, Rm. 12. Assembly meeting to follow. Sat, Dec 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception 9 AM. Sat, Dec 8: Parish Christmas 6 PM. POC: Jaime Rivera. See Flyer below. Sat/Sun, Dec 8/9: Recruitment Drive Weekend wear your vests! Wed, Dec 12: Father Dennis s 78th Birthday! Wed, Dec 12: Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass, 5:30. Mon, Dec 17: Simbáng Gabi Mass, 5:30. Tues, Dec 25: CHRISTMAS. Sat, Jan 12: Special Event: Men s Retreat at Holy Trinity. See Flyer below. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 Welcome to our newest member: Wilfred Cena Our new member, Wilfred Cena (between Roberto DelaPena and George Harding), at his 1st Degree Exemplification on November 13th at HTC. CONGRATULATIONS, Wilfred 2

3 From 3rd Degree Exemplification on Oct. 27th (left-to-right): Master Wayne Hogan, Arnel Navarro, Patrick Guderski (4th over), Ronald Keeling (6th), Roque Aguon (8th), Manuel Balbas (9th) and DD 2 Anthony Farrell. Left: George Harding Knight of the Month for Sept. Right: Jay & Debra Klega Family of the Month for Sept. December Birthday Knights! 3rd: 9th: 12th: 12th: 13th: 14th: 14th: 16th: 17th: 18th: 18th: 21st: 24th: 25th: Francisco T Atoigue Peter C Llanes Father Dennis Todd Flowerday JJ Chandler Renato Agpawa Deacon John Luis Talavera Al Velez Matthew Brazerol James Reeder George Cook David Chisholm John Marsha! Happy Birthday Brother! Todd Flowerday Judy Ballance, Karen Zapata, and Dianne Yaw (not pictured) led the effort with our Holiday Silent Auction that raised $1650 for the Capital Campaign.

4 Coats for Kids! This year we will be distributing about 150 coats through the Coats for Kids Program led by Jaime Rivera (and Zether!), so that for the 3-years we have participated, we ll have given out over 300! We get the coats through our National organization, Supreme (some paid for, some for free), some via donations from Walmart, and our first year we even received a $450 donation from our Brothers of the Fr John Francis Laboon Council # We distribute the coats through the Angel Tree Program, StandUp for Kids, our Hispanic community and local schools. THANK YOU to all who help with this worthy DinoMite Program. Distributing coats after the Sunday, Nov. 25th, 4:00PM Spanish Mass at Holy Trinity.

5 Thomas was working on an essay for this issue but ended up spending a few unscheduled days in the hospital. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers along with our other Brothers dealing with health issues, and enjoy this rerun of his essay from last year s issue. T.K. s Reflections Thomas K. LaBombard Advent A promise kept. Acceptance and an agreement made. Reception of a gift. We are now entering the season of Advent, and while preparing for this article, I found that the Advent season is not what I had thought. Growing up in a Christian home (non-catholic) we had Advent calendars; but I had assumed that the season was just an elongated celebration of Christmas. The season was not important, or on my part, understood. In recent reading(s) I found that Advent is to be a preparation for the coming of the Christmas season. A preparation of ourselves for Christ s coming; rather than the celebration of his coming. It is a thin line I know, but there is a difference. So, how are we are to prepare ourselves, and for what exactly? To answer these two questions, let us first look in the scriptures to understand two aspects regarding the season. As we all know, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit resulting in the first sin, and their being kicked out of the Garden of Eden. Even at that fateful moment God was already establishing an avenue for our salvation. As he cursed the serpent, he said, I will put enmity between you and the women, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel (Genesis 3:15, New American Bible. St. Joseph Edition [NAB]). Of course, this refers to Christ, and his defeating Satan and overcoming sin. This was God s first promise to man regarding salvation from sin by his grace. This promise this gift - was due to his love for us. Now let us skip forward to the second part of the equation. In Luke 1:38 (NAB) we read that the angel Gabriel approached Mary to explain that God desired that she be the mother of the Christ. Keep in mind that God is a gentleman and will not force himself on anyone. Mary, after considering the message of Gabriel, agreed to participate with God s plan to fulfill his promise for redemption. It was partly due to her love for God, and for her neighbors that the Incarnation occurred. Finally, as we reflect on these two aspects relating to Advent, we see they were both generated by Love. God s love for us, and Mary s love for God. God loved and gave himself in order that we be saved from our sin (John 3:16-17, NAB). During Advent, our focus should be on Him and in preparing our minds and our spirits for receiving his gift. Just as during Lent, we can prepare ourselves through prayer and fasting. Advent is the preparation for the fulfillment of God s promise. It is the preparation to receive God s love. It is our reflecting on our love for God, and loving others as God loved us. Basically, love is our Goal. Advent. It is a preparation to celebrate a promise kept. Tempus Fugit, Momento Mori Vivat Jesus! 5

6 A Merry Merry Christmas Contest Here it is, the chance for Fame & Fortune right within your own community of Knight Brothers! It was suggested last year by Bill Paxson that we have a holiday contest to see who could correctly identify the most translations of Merry Christmas in various foreign languages so being the great idea that it is, this is it! Below are listed 20 greetings of Merry (or Happy) Christmas in languages other than English. This is not an easy contest (it s a! Greek to me), so you are permitted to use up to three helpers (family, friends, coworkers) while you decide on your answers but no one can refer to any books, the internet, or smart devices, etc.... Viel Glück! ( Good Luck! in German). Arabic 1. Bengali 2. Hawaiian 3. Danish 4. Esperanto 5. Farsi 6. French 7. German 8. Greek 9. Chamorro 10. Italian 11. Japanese 12. Klingon 13. Spanish 14. Mandarin 15. Tagalog 16. Vietnamese 17. Swahili 18. Buon Natale Glædelig Jul Kala Christouyenna Maligayang Pasko Frohe Weihnachten shubho bôṛodin todwi'ma' qos yitivqu' Chuć Mưǹg Giańg Sinh Meri Kurisumasu Sheng Dan Kuai Le Christmas MobArak Feliz Navidad Joyeux Noël Suk sarn warn Christmas Feliĉan Kristnaskon Krismasi Njema Geseënde Kersfees Felis Påsgua Answers: Directions: For each language on the left, pick the Merr y Christmas translation you think fits and write that number in the blank. For example, if you think Kala Christouyenna sounds Greek to you, (hint), you d write 3 in the blank next to Greek. Et cetera... You grade your own efforts answers are found on our Knights webpage (near the bottom of the page) on the HTP website (under Organizations & Services ): organizations-services/knights-ofcolumbus And in the true Spirit of this Christmas contest, we even have a Christmas Riddle!? When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?? Thai 19. Turkish 20. Mutlu Noeller Mele Kalikimaka (In the Dictionary.) Newsletter Editor: Mark Alcamo, at: alcamos@comcast.net, or Please feel free to contact me with comments or suggestions, or if you d like to submit something. Thanks for reading... 6

7 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOLY TRINITY COUNCIL CHRISTMAS PARISH DINNER WILL BE HELD SATURDAY EVENING DECEMBER 8TH, 6:00PM IN SOCIAL HALL MENU TRI TIP ROASTED POTATOES RICE GREEN SALAD TOMATOES & CUCUMBER FRUIT SALAD GERMAN CHOCOLATE CHILLED PUNCH HOT AND COLD BEVERAGES RAFFLE PRIZES DINNER - $12 + BEER & WINE KIDS 12 & UNDER FREE Come and enjoy the evening...wonderful FELLOWSHIP MERRY CHRISTMAS

8 It s E! Please join us, for this "irst-time R NO E H W! s Special Event at Holy Trinity Church: t I Men s Retreat! Presenter: Fr. Peter Tynan, OSB, St. Martin s University Chaplain Topic: Men s Spirituality with talks focused around Saint Benedict s 12 Steps of Humility as they apply to our times. We all recognize wealth, power, fame, and pleasure are not the end-all and be-all of life, and will eventually only leave us unsatisjied. What we actually want is real purpose and a self-esteem that is grounded in reality. This is where the monastic master Saint Benedict can help. Join Fr. Peter Tynan, OSB, of Saint Martin's Abbey as he brings medieval monastic wisdom into the 21st century where it is just as true as when it was Jirst laid down by Benedict 1,500 years ago. Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019, from 9 AM 2:30 PM ~ Hospitality at 8:30, and a 45-minute lunch served as well. Cost: $25 Make checks payable to Holy Trinity Church. (It could make a great Christmas/New Year s gift ~ Gift CertiJicates are available.) Register after Masses on December 1/2, 8/9 & 15/16. For more information, contact Deacon John at or 2dcnjohn@gmail.com or Lois May at , ext. 217 or l.may@holyt.org