Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly No Milpitas, CA

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1 Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly No Milpitas, CA THE CARPENTER S EDGE October 202 Newsletter Website: Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly, No SK Edward J. Blake, Jr., Editor 72 N. Hillview Dr. Milpitas, CA ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED

2 Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly #2246 Newsletter October 202 Assembly Officers for Columbian Year Faithful Navigator SK Skipper Yenchik Faithful Friar Father Leonard Traverso Faithful Captain SK Julio Galvan Faithful Pilot SK Dave Marshall Faithful Admiral SK Greg Dessel Faithful Comptroller SK Ed Blake Faithful Purser SK Andy Dyson Faithful Scribe SK Joseph. Ruggiero Inner Sentinel SK Marciano Estioko Outer Sentinel SK Leonardo Garcia-Araiza One Year Trustee SK Paul Dismuke Two Year Trustee SK Guillermo Uribe Three Year Trustee SK Tim Crews Color Corps Commander SK Ed Blake Newsletter Editor SK Ed Blake Master, Northern Calif. District SK J.C. Greco Vice Supreme Master SK Marvin Harris FAITHFUL FRIAR S MESSAGE PRAY THE MERCY PRAYER Mark 9: Jesus placed a child in the midst of the twelve apostles, and putting his arms around the child he said: unless you turn and become like one of these little ones you will not enter the Kingdom of God. The virtues of spiritual childhood which Jesus was praising before the twelve apostles are: surrender, trust, and humility. Becoming little means surrendering to God with humble trust. The spiritually little person surrenders to God with trust, and awaits everything from God. Saint Therese of Lisieux taught: an important part of being spiritually little, like a child, is not falling into the illusion that we re suppose to be without faults or sins so God will love us. In his letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul tells them what he heard from God. St. Paul heard from God. Be at peace with your weakness. By trusting in the Lord s tender love, we do become at peace with our faults. Then God will bless our faults into blessings. We pray the mercy prayer which Jesus told St. Faustina that he desires us to pray: Jesus I trust in you. It is crucial to surrender in trust --- to give up control of our spiritual lives, so God will be allowed to do his work in us. There is an analogy. A huge block of marble remained in an Italian quarry for decades. Since it was flawed nobody wanted it. Michael Angelo stared at it for a long time. Then he purchased it. From that flawed marble he carved the David, which is considered the world s most beautiful piece of sculpture. God is like a potter. Our faults are clay in his creative hands. God molds our faults into something eternally beautiful. Learn from Saint Paul: be at peace with your weakness. And learn from Saint Therese: an important part of being spiritually little, like a child, is not falling into the illusion that we re suppose to be without faults or sins so God will love us. God loved us first. Turn with trust to become a little one. Surrender and await everything from God. Chaplain, Rev. Leonard Traverso NAVIGATOR S MESSAGE My Faithful Sir Knights, Happy Halloween! Yes, those are Halloween decorations your significant other is telling you to put up. Costco is almost sold out of Halloween items and Christmas décor has been out for at least a month. You know what that means. Christmas is just around the corner. The Holi-

3 days have always blurred up and by like that for me. Fortunately, we still have time to integrate our duties to our families, our jobs, and the Knights. For 4 th Degree planning purposes, I would ask you to closely look at the Color Corps Commander s input. We have several requests for Color during the month of October. Our traditional November activity will be on November th, Veterans Day, where our Assembly will be conducting the flag raising ceremony at the Milpitas City Hall. Watch the Color Corps Commander s articles and pay very close attention to his broadcast s. Hopefully you can support these requests. Please consider joining the Color Corps if you are not already a member. The justifications are still the same. Remember that SK Ed Blake and I have available many of the Regalia items for open ended loan to help with initial outlays of cash for qualified 4 th Degree members. Most of you are aware that our new District Master for the Northern District is SK JC Greco. Returning to the upcoming Exemplification, the packet says the Exemplification is to occur on the st, 2 nd, and 3 rd of February, 203. The actual Event is the 2 nd, with activities the day before and the day after. It is to be held in Rohnert Park at the Doubletree Hotel, and, for the two people in this audience who care, it is actually the Northern California District East, Junipero Serra Province Fourth Degree. (I would have thought West, but some things just don t make sense.).until next month. God Bless, Skip Yenchik, Faithful Navigator St. Joseph s Assembly, #2246 COLOR CORPS COMMANDER MESSAGE Faithful Sir Knights The month of September proved to be an active one for our Color Corps. Not only did we have some of our newer members take their first dip into the participation pool but we also had the opportunity to demonstrate the expression that the Fourth Degree is indeed the Visible Arm of the Order. We start our column this month recognizing the appointment of our new Northern California Master, J.C. Greco. As you recall, J.C. Greco was one of Romy Quevedo s Marshals for the four (4) years that he served as Master. Master J.C. has already made his appointments. He will retain SK Vince Perpetuo as his Executive Secretary and has appointed SK Gary Marley, SK Tim Fukata, as his new Marshals and has retained SK Michael Langer who with Master J.C. served as a Marshal under Romy Quevedo. We wish these Sir Knights a good administration and we welcome their ideas and directions to advance and grow the Fourth Degree. Activities wise, on September 5 th, members of our Color Corps were present for the installation of officers of the San Jose Chapter. The installation ceremony was conducted by our State Deputy, Raymond Warriner, PhD. Newly appointed Northern California Master, SK J.C. Greco, center, and his District Marshalls Left, SK Michael Langer, and, Right, SK Tim Fukata. Not pictured, District Marshall SK Gary Marley I have made no secret that he was my first choice. The really significant point for us is SK Greco has apparently been graced by SK Vince Perpetuo agreeing to stay on for at least one more year as the District Secretary. (What that means to Skip and how does that affect me?) Well, the information for this Columbian year s 4 th Degree Exemplification in Rohnert Park has already been published by our District Secretary. So, again, for planning purposes, we have complete packets of information to hand out to prospective 4 th Degree candidates. Come on guys, if someone in your Council has been expressing a desire to know more about the Color Corps or 4 th Degree, give me or SK Ed a jingle. You get the credit and we get more members. And it s important for you to know that our Faithful Comptroller, SK Ed Blake, has been working deligently on making the Form 4 more relevant to the 2 st century. I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge those members of our Color Corps who participated in the installation Mass and the installation ceremony that followed: SKs Skip Yenchik, Faithful Navigator, Marciano Estioko, Leonardo Garcia-Ariaza, David Marshall, and a special recognition to Sir Knights Ervin Reyes and Joseph Ruggiero as they made their debut as members of our Color Corps. For the installation ceremony, in addition to myself, SKs Skip Yenchik, Marciano Estioko, and David Marshall stayed behind to assist. 2

4 SKs Marciano Estioko, and David Marshal escort Sam Teresi during his installation as chapter Advocate. State Deputy Raymond Warriner converses with CCC Ed Blake and SK Dave Marshall prior to the installation. The very next day, our Color Corps services were requested for the kickoff Mass for the St. Elizabeth Festival. We were honored to escort and do honors for the Rt. Rev. Thomas Daly, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of San Jose. Recognition for those members of our Color Corps who participated go out to SKs Tim Crews, Greg Dessel, Ruben Esguerra, Marciano Estioko, Leonardo Garcia-Araiza, David Marshall, Ervin Reyes, and Joseph Ruggiero. I want to take this opportunity to give special recognition to SK Ed Kantack who suited up but suffered a health related matter that caused him to excuse himself. We re happy to report that Ed returned afterwards and back to his normal self. Fr. Michael Hendrickson, Pastor of St. Victor s, reads the opening prayer of the installation ceremony. SK Skip Yenchik and a mighty fine bunch of our Color Corps posed for this picture prior to the start of the Mass. CCC Ed Blake was discussing with Bishop Daly whether or not we could use our swords. We were very pleased to say that His Excellency said, If you have swords, use them. And we did. SKs Skip Yenchik, FN, and Ed Blake, CCC escort SK Ralph Manfredo as he is sworn in as the new President of the San Jose Chapter. 4

5 Tuxedo Fashion Primary contact: Israel Wiggins 363 Meridian Avenue San Jose CA 9526 Ph: ~ Fax: cs@tuxedofashions.com Web Site: Respectively submitted, Ed Blake, Color Corps Commander Ph: (408) ebacal@sbcglobal.net FROM THE BULLETIN EDITOR: A reminder for newsletter contributors, the deadline for newsletter inputs is the 25th of each month (for the following month). Inputs are accepted at Assembly meetings, by mail or . My contact information is as follows: Ed Blake ebacal@sbcglobal.net, being the preferred method. If you know of anyone who is sick or in distress, please let me know and I will include them in our prayer list. On a parallel note, if someone has recovered, please let me know as well so that I can remove their name from the Prayer List. Our Color Corps formed up prior to the beginning of Mass with swords drawn awaiting the command to proceed. For those who like to plan ahead, and in the Color Corps, that is a luxery, all Color Corps members should make their calendars as follows: Event # Date: October 2, 202 Location: St. Elizabeth Church Report Time: 5:45 PM at the front of the Church Event: The annual Evening with Mary procession and Mass Procession commences at 6:30 PM with Mass following immediately thereafter We are supposed to have one of our Bishops present at this event. Event #2: Date: October 20 th Location: St. John Vianney Church Event: Mass for The Divino Nino Jesus Report time: not later than 2:00 PM Procession: 2:30 PM Mass immediately following ~3:00 PM Celebrant: Rev and Sir Knight Steve Kim Event #3 Date:February 2, 203 Location: Doubletree Inn, Rohnert Park, CA Report Time: 0:30 AM Event: 0 th Exemplification of the Fourth Degree Line Up of Candidates: :30 AM Exemplification begins: 2:30 PM Mass: 4:00 PM PRAYER LIST FOR THE DECEASED Lady Beth Crews Lady Doris Kantack Lady Cherri Poehlman Lady Janie Herffernan Sir Knight Richard Mizgorski Sir Knight Gilbert Martinez Sir Knight Titus Cascaro Sir Knight Bill Quitalig Sir Knight Simon Lopez PRAYER LIST FOR THE SICK Brother Hung Nguyen our Webmaster Patrick Esteban, son of SK Manuel Esteban Sir Knight Lud Indihar Sir Knight Bill Poehlman Sir Knight Ed Kantack Sir Knight Michael Wilhelmi Sir Knight Lou Horyza Sir Knight Bruce Poehlman Sir Knight Bernard McGuinness Lady Sharon Manfredo Lady Jovita Villena Maria Uribe Pete Meir Michael Valenzuela Please remember and pray for the victims of war and abortion; for our young men and women who are valiantly protecting our freedom around the world; for those who died on September, 200 and for all deceased members of our assembly. For this event, Color Corps are needed primarily for escorting the candidates into the chamber. After the Exemplification is over, those who came up for this day s activities are free to return home. 5

6 October 202 St. Joseph Assembly #2246 Activities Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8993 Bus. Mtg. 978 Bus. Mtg. St. Elizabeth Council 8747 Officers 2 3 Jose Esteves Columbus Day Parade (Italian Heritage Parade) St. Peter & Paul Church, 666 Filbert St., San Francisco, Mass - 0:5 AM Parade - 2:30 PM Council 8747 Members' Columbus Day (Observed) 42 Bus. Mtg Bus. Mtg. German Galvan Color Corps Event: Evening with Mary Procession and Mass, Report time: 5:45 PM, Procession 6:30 PM Gerry Valdizno 4 Lud Indihar 5 St. Joseph Assembly Officers St. Christopher Rm Color Corps Event:St. John Vianney; report time 2:00 PM, Procession 2:30; Mass at 3:00 PM 2 22 St. Joseph Assembly Membership Nonilo Delos Angeles Stan Horyza 28 Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Halloween Sep Nov

7 November 202 St. Joseph Assembly #2246 Activities Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Oct Dec All Saints' Day Fr. Steve Kim All Souls' Day Daylight Savings Time Ends, set clocks BACK hour 8993 Bus. Mtg. 978 Bus. Mtg. Leonardo Garcia-Araiza St. Elizabeth Council 8747 Officers Election Day Council 42 Bus. Mtg. Council 5796 Bus. Mtg. Dem Nitafan Flag Raising Ceremony, 9:00 AM, report time 8:30 AM, open to all 4th Deg members, wear tux, baldric, bring gloves 2 Council 8747 Members' Veterans Day David Cadena St. Joseph Assembly Officers St. Christopher Rm Michael Wilhelmi Thanksgiving 25 Andy Dyson 26 St. Joseph Assembly Membership Charles Hudson