THE DESERT KNIGHTLINE

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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.

1 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 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

September ~ Knight s Birthdays 1 st - Richard Davis 3 rd - Patrick Rylance ~ GRAND 5 th - Michael Jesse KNIGHT S 6 th - Robert Kopas CORNER ~ 7 th - Christopher King 11 th - Robert Shaff 15 th -

22Vivat nd - Cruz Jesus, Avila 22 nd - Henry Shrodes 24 th - John Gravina GK Allan Reith 26 th - Paul Federico 28 th - James Farrell 28 th - Lloyd LaComb Jr. 28 th - Stephen Marten 29 th - Dr.

2 September ~ Knight s Birthdays 1 st - Richard Davis 3 rd - Patrick Rylance ~ GRAND 5 th - Michael Jesse KNIGHT S 6 th - Robert Kopas CORNER ~ 7 th - Christopher King 11 th - Robert Shaff 15 th - Steve Sanchez ~GRAND KNIGHT S CORNER~ 16 th - Ray Bruns 17 th - Christopher Hann 20 th - Gabe Guerrero 21 st - Rev. Paul Gabor S.J. 22Vivat nd - Cruz Jesus, Avila 22 nd - Henry Shrodes 24 th - John Gravina GK Allan Reith 26 th - Paul Federico 28 th - James Farrell 28 th - Lloyd LaComb Jr. 28 th - Stephen Marten 29 th - Dr. Daniel Hughes, M.D. 29 th - R. Michael Mohr September ~ Knight s Wives Birthdays Christine Chambers Margarita Clary Linda Cross Nancy Fleming Dear Brother Knights: It is an honor to have been elected Grand Knight for the Fraternal Year. It is my hope and expectation that we will continue to build upon the great work that has been done in past fraternal years. None of this is possible without the dedication and devotion of each of us in the Council. With our combined and united efforts we are able to achieve very good things in the name of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. Even if you are able to only volunteer for one or two events per year, your participation is greatly valued and appreciated. If you know of any practicing Catholic men who are not members, please do not hesitate to invite them to join. For the great work of the Knights of Columbus to continue, new members must always be sought. Vivat Jesus, Bart Pemberton Grand Knight, Council Wanda Guth Sherry McMahon Molly Ramsower Gail Shelby Jan Staples Ann Walsh Leanne Wentz Page 2

3 September ~ Wedding Anniversaries Ysiera & Richard Barrios Rosemarie & Ludwig Deppisch Carol & Dr. John Habra Peg & Robert Kennedy Arden & Dean Maas Sherry & Patrick McMahon Barbara & R Michael Mohr Rosemarie & Ronald Plocki Andrea & Andrew Pongratz Maggie & Michael Straley Ann & Guy Walsh 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 Domahue Davis Esquivel Clyde Fujimoto Stephen Fujimoto Deacon Phil Garcia Lynn Glassby Reb Guillot Lenore Haack Colleen Jorgenson Kathie Kye BK Michael Lebreck Diane Steinberg Lewis Victor Page Lewis 3 Page 3 ~ UPCOMING EVENTS ~ Pancake Breakfast ~ Our monthly pancake breakfasts will continue in September (starting Sept 9th). We welcome any Knights who wish to volunteer to help serve after the 7:30 and 9:00 AM masses on Pancake Breakfast Sundays. Please contact Lloyd LaComb llacomb456@comcast.net to volunteer. Breakfast is only served after the 7:30 & 9 AM Masses. Jim Click Car Raffle ~ Our key fundraiser for this Fall will again be the Jim Click Car Raffle (Millions for Tucson). Once again, Larry Lewis, has coordinated with the Jim Click Raffle folks to have this year s car, a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee here on September 9th to officially kick off the campaign. All raffle tickets purchased 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 Larry Lewis larryklewis@gmail.com to volunteer. Blood Drive Blood Drive ~ Our next scheduled Blood Drive is September 16 th in O Leary Hall from 7:30 AM until noon. Please donate, if you can. We can always use Knights to help with registration and serving juice and snacks at the post-donation canteen. All-Knighter ~ Our council s annual all-guy fun social, the All-Knighter, will be on Friday September 28th from 6-9 PM in O Leary Hall. We hope to have a guest speaker again. This key event is an opportunity to open the door for membership to eligible Catholic men by reaching out to the parish community. Council members are encouraged to bring a potential catholic candidate with them, including family, friend or parishioner you have met at church. The Knights of Columbus is a fraternity, a brotherhood, and it requires effort to strengthen those bonds. The annual "All Knighter is one of those activities that offers members this opportunity. Please join your council brothers, bring a friend and share in fraternity while enjoying Brats, Burgers and Beer. Charlie Farnsworth is the Chairman for this event. Give your RSVP to GK Bart Pemberton blpemberton@icloud.com. PWID Drive ~ Our PWID (People with Intellectual Disabilities) Drive starts next month on October 12 th /14 th. Our approved Safeway dates are Friday and Saturday, October 12 th /13 th. We are in the St. Thomas Courtyard October 13 th, after the 5:00 PM Mass and October 14 th after all the Masses. Take a brief 15-minute shift passing out Tootsie Rolls after attending Mass. Our primary beneficiary is still the Special Olympics of Southern Arizona. 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. Oktoberfest ~ On October 27 our council will hold our 3nd parish-wide Oktoberfest fraternal/family event starting right after the 5 PM Mass. This will include music, German food, and beer. The Bouncing Czechs will again provide the entertainment. SK Steve Marten marten.tsr@pobox.com & wife Ann will be chairing this event. Expect more info in the weeks ahead.

Knight of the Year PGK Bill Neer presented Lou Attinasi with a plaque as the council's Knight of the Year.

Past Grand Knight Honored Grand Knight Bart Pemberton thanked immediate Past Grand Knight Bill Neer for his wonderful leadership and service to

Family of the Year PGK Bill Neer recognized Randy and Karen Hannon as the Council's 2017-18 Family of the Year.

4 Knight of the Year PGK Bill Neer presented Lou Attinasi with a plaque as the council's Knight of the Year. We've been blessed with Lou's quiet, but continuous involvement with all manners of Council #10441 activities. Congrats Lou! Past Grand Knight Honored Grand Knight Bart Pemberton thanked immediate Past Grand Knight Bill Neer for his wonderful leadership and service to Council #10441 during the past fraternal year. We all feel the same. Well done, Bill! Family of the Year PGK Bill Neer recognized Randy and Karen Hannon as the Council's Family of the Year. They were presented a plaque at the Council Officer Installation Dinner. Randy has been continuously involved in numerous council activities, including the pancake breakfasts, blood drives, All-Knighter. He's also on the parish council. Karen is a member of the Marian Club and manages their Coffee & Donut Sundays.

5 Page 5 How s Your Forgiveness Line of Credit By: Deacon Ed Sheffer What does your forgiveness line of credit look like? In all my academic endeavors I don t recall coming across a class being offered that taught forgiveness. I absolutely assure you we didn t cover forgiveness in any course curriculum of the senior business management courses I took. Having been groomed in a corporate culture, fixed on a business success mentality, I was taught this golden rule He who has the gold makes the rules. Forgiveness and mercy were viewed as weakness; leave those for the flower child and wimp! Peter asked Jesus how many times we had to let the recidivist wrongdoer off the hook. He offers Jesus the perfect number, seven, thinking he will score some points being overly generous. He gets a mindboggling response. You can t count that high Peter, but God can. Why is this forgiving so important? Why is it so crucial, that it is the hinge to Jesus perfect prayer: forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those? There is a distinct link between forgiving and being forgiven. It is in releasing another from their wrongdoing that one is freed them self. Forgiveness is not an abstract idea that Jesus thinks would be helpful for us to play better in the sandbox. It s a must to be incorporated into anyone s life who is his disciple. So what is it that is at the hidden core, which causes a challenge with forgiveness and the need for it? If we go back to the very beginning, we will not only see where the concept of forgiveness comes from, but we will understand why it s essential to forgive. The ultimate sin committed in the Garden rests in choosing not to listen to the creator of love. There are always serious consequences with not choosing love. You want to see collateral damage by not choosing to love and or forgive, you don t have to dwell on any bad guys, look no further than the heroes of the Old Testament. One can t miss the immense desecration passed on by their not loving more fully and forgiving. And then the game changer enters the scene. In Jesus final human act, for the benefit of the very ones who rejected him, disgraced him, condemned him, scourged him, exposed his naked body, drove nails into him, mocked him, spit on him, and left him to die a grotesque death; for these people, Jesus prayed for forgiveness. They never apologized and nor did they ask for forgiveness. Jesus simply forgave them because it was in him to do it. He is the revelation of the mercy and love of God. He is what God is like. Jesus becomes the living, breathing, flesh-and-blood expression of God s mercy and compassion. Forgiveness flows from him. As much as we challenge this with all the wrongdoing in our world, forgiveness doesn t depend on earning it by some achievement of our own. God forgives because God chooses to and reconciliation is accomplished through the compassion of Jesus Christ. Without forgiveness, something vital is missing from our relationship with God, with our-selves and with others. To forgive is possibly the greatest challenge that Jesus laid at our feet. He also commands us to love one another as he loved us. He teaches that there is no love without forgiveness. I sense that no one is ever capable of truly understanding forgiveness, if from the start, they don t believe in sin. Accepting that we have done wrong and have the ability to do it again is the first and necessary step toward forgiveness. St. Francis of Assisi understood this well: It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned. Let each of us be open to grace and strive to learn to forgive, to practice it, to choose it, and to want it. For all we long to be rests in Christ and our journey to him begins with what is in our human heart.

Page 7 NEW Council Officers The installation ceremony for Council #10441 officers was conducted by District Deputy Alex Wright at St. Thomas the Apostle Church on August 11, 2018.

Not present/pictured: Steve Marten, John Paul Vyborny, Allan Reith, Tim Fantry, and Steve Sanchez.

Fatima's 3-D Ultrasound machine is instrumental in showing young women the life that they carry.

6 Page 7 NEW Council Officers The installation ceremony for Council #10441 officers was conducted by District Deputy Alex Wright at St. Thomas the Apostle Church on August 11, Pictured here (front row left to right) Jim Hackett Lou Attinasi, PGK Bill Neer, Patrick McMahon. Second row (L to R) Msgr Al Schifano, Larry Lewis, GK Bart Pemberton, Jeff Vrabel, and Lee Buzard. Not present/pictured: Steve Marten, John Paul Vyborny, Allan Reith, Tim Fantry, and Steve Sanchez. Charity Check Delivered to the Fatima Women's Center GK Bart Pemberton, Jeff Vrabel, and Patrick McMahon also delivered a council State raffle check to the Fatima Women's Center s Teresa Mangels. Fatima's 3-D Ultrasound machine is instrumental in showing young women the life that they carry. Charity Check Delivered to Sister Vivian Grand Knight Bart Pemberton delivered the council's 2018 State Raffle to check to Sister Vivian of the Immaculate Heart Convent. Bart and PGK Patrick McMahon caught up with Sister Vivian at Northwest Medical Center where she volunteers at the hospital gift shop. Prayers for the Sick & Distressed (cont.) Deacon Richard Luebbering Karen Marks Aiden Marten Jim McDivitt SK Bill Neer Bk Jim Neihart 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 Pray for the Repose of the Souls of ~ Rosemary Bacon Joanna Bovo Alie Defriese Bob Haack Mary M. Lewis SK John Lochert Lt. Gen. SK John Myers Andy Nielsen Dorothy Pekarcik Craig Prebble SK Judge Mike Quigley Phillip Rylance Joe Schifano, Sr. Curt Setz Charles Silvius Dorothy Swanson BK Bob Wenzel

7 ~ FIELD AGENT ~ Raising Awareness About Life Insurance Each September since 2003 has been designated as Life Insurance Awareness Month. Like most awareness-raising campaigns, Life Insurance Awareness Month was created because there is an overwhelming lack of understanding of life insurance, its uses, its benefits, and its variations among the general public. Each year, the Life Insurance Market Research Association (LIMRA) puts out the results from a recent survey, and unfortunately, the numbers they report continue to be discouraging. A recent survey found that more than 75 percent of people polled did not have a personal financial advisor, even though 68 percent of them said their opinion of the current economic conditions was somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable. Tony LoMonaco, FICF In other words, a majority of those surveyed were Field Agent uncomfortable with the economy and the uncertainty PO Box 189 it brings, yet they did not seek professional assistance. Maybe they spoke with their friends and family. Vail, Arizona Maybe they hoped the instability would go away on its own. Maybe they did not know to whom to turn. (520) Cell (520) Office If you fall into this category, please remember that as a member of the Knights of Columbus, you have a azshieldforlife.com full-time, professional agent you can call your own. My primary responsibility is the care and service of anthony.lomonaco@kofc.org your family s life insurance, retirement and long-term care needs. I ll answer your questions because I want your decisions to be informed ones. I want to help. Another LIMRA statistic said 43 percent of people did not buy life insurance because they worry about making the wrong decision. Talk with me, your agent, and, afterwards, you ll understand that the only wrong decision was not purchasing sooner to protect your family s future. Tony LoMonaco, FICF, LACP, MDRT, SKC Anthony.lomonaco@kofc.org Cellular Page 7 Page 9

8 ~ CHAPLAIN S CORNER ~ MSGR. AL SCHIFANO & FR. CHRIS CORBALLY, S.J. This year, our DESERT KNIGHTLINE will be fortunate to have contributions from Msgr. Al Schifano and Fr. Chris Corbally. Look for Msgr. Al s contribution in our October newsletter. Page 8

9 ~ SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ~ Date Day Event SEPTEMBER /9 Sat/Sun Car Raffle Courtyard after all Masses 9 Sunday Pancake Breakfast 7:30AM- 10:30AM 10 Monday Chief Judge John Roll Chapter Holy Family Church 7:00PM 13 Thursday Council #10441 Meeting Parish Hall 7:00PM 16 Sunday Blood Drive O'Leary Hall 7:30AM - Noon 20 Thursday Assembly 2392 Meeting 7:00PM 28 Friday All-Knighter O'Leary Hall 6:00pm - 9pm Date Day Event OCTOBER Friday Flu Shots 11:30 AM 3:30 PM 6 Saturday Roundtable Discussion 8:30-10:AM 6/7 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 12/13 Fri/Sat PWID 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 PWID at St. Thomas Courtyard after Sat 5 PM Mass and after Sunday 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 20/21 Sat/Sun Oktoberfest Tickets & Car Raffle Tickets in Courtyard after all Masses 21 Sunday K of C Coffee & Doughnuts 7:30-10:30AM 27 Saturday Octoberfest in Parish Courtyard 6:30PM w/bouncing Czechs Date Day Event NOVEMBER Thursday All Saints Day 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

10 Page 12 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Deacon Raphael (Ray) Longpre Council # N. Valley View Road Tucson, Arizona 85718

The Desert Knightline

I S S U E November 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