San Fernando Valley York Rite Bodies. Monthly Bulletin. November Enjoy your Thanksgiving in company of friends and family.

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1 San Fernando Valley York Rite Bodies Monthly Bulletin November 2015 Please plan to attend all the scheduled meetings this month. We will have elections at Omega Council. Enjoy your Thanksgiving in company of friends and family. Fraternally, Carlos H. Gonzalez KTCH, KYGCH, PGC Secretary/Recorder PS: Errors, misquotes and omissions in this Bulletin are purposely scattered in these pages for your amusement and enjoyment and not meant to cause any inconvenience to anyone. Thank you for your understanding.

2 On the mend... Shelley Pitassi is doing very well and we are very happy that she joins us for our events. Do you know of anyone else who is "under the weather"? Please send me an e mail and let me know about him/her. If you have any updates on the health condition of any of our members or ladies mentioned above please send me an e mail at secretary@sfvyrb.org Thank you. Calendar of Events Agenda Mon Nov 2 Signet Chapter RAM Dinner at 6:30 Tue Nov 3 Election Day Fri Nov 6 Los Angeles Assembly No. 42 SOOB Mon Nov 16 Los Angeles Commandery No. 9 KT Dinner at 6:30 pm Fri Nov 20 Los Angeles Assembly No. 42 SOOB

3 Mon Nov 24 Omega Council No. 11 CM Election of Officers Dinner at 6:30 pm Thu Nov 26 Thanksgiving Please mark your Calendars for: Friday December 11 Omega Council Installation Time to be confirmed Los Angeles Assembly No. 42 Social Order of the Beauceant Dear Beauceant Sisters, It is wonderful we will not have a Memorial Service this November. We have been blessed to not lose a Sister. Thank you, Mrs. Daniel Hood, for all your work in making the El Torito fund raiser successful. Our Sisters facing health and other challenges are encouraged by your notes and phone calls. Thank you for sharing your love. November 6thelections will be held. The dedication and service of our Sisters makes our Assembly outstanding and successful. Each station is necessary and participation is rewarding. Our Past Presidents will be honored on November 20th. Please plan on being with us on this day. The love and support from our Past Presidents is often mentioned. This is our opportunity to show them how much we appreciate and love them. The Ninety-Second Installation of Officers will take place ondecember 4th. What an exciting day for all! Invite your family

4 and friends to attend. This is an enjoyable way to introduce the Social Order of the Beauceant and to interest others in being a part of our beautiful Order. It is hard to believe the term is ending. What an honor to serve as President of our loving and dedicated Assembly. Thank you so very, very much to each of you for the support, interest, participation and service for our Assembly. Johnny Wooden, legendary UCLA basketball coach, said, "You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you." My dear Sisters, you DO live perfect days. You give of yourselves, not only to Beauceant Sisters, but to others who touch your lives. You certainly do so much for me, and I will never be able to repay you. You have blessed me by all you do and by being you. Thank you so much. You fill a special place in my heart. Beauceant Love, Mrs. James Burkett, President Calendar Nov 6 Stated Meeting Nov 20 Stated Meeting Brown Bag Past Presidents Day Dessert - Mrs. Barbara Miller Entrée and Dessert - Mrs. Burkett 2015 Officers President Mrs. James Burkett, PP 1999/2000 Oracle Mrs. Barbara Miller, PP 2012 First Vice President Mrs Cirilo P. Marquez Second Vice President Mrs. Daniel G. Hood Preceptress Mrs. W. Joseph Ryland, PSWP Recorder

5 Mrs Bruce Ewald, PP 2008, 2014 Treasurer Mrs Mourad Kaplanian, PP 2001 Marshal Mrs Vincent Bell, PP 2010 Assistant Marshal Mrs. Matthew Hyde Chaplain Mrs. Fred (Carole) Buxton, PSWP 2001/2002 Director of Music Mrs. Marshall Severson, PP 2005/2006 Standard Bearer Mrs William Chant, PSWP Color Bearer Mrs David Woody Mistress of the Wardrobe Daughter of the Household Mrs. Xavier Pitassi Inner Guard Mrs. Robert Coe, PP 2001/2005 Outer Guard Mrs. Paul E. McElwain Signet Chapter No Royal Arch Masons Dear Companions and Ladies, I would love to report on the Table Chapter but unfortunately these articles, although for the month of November, are written too early in the previous month to report. So I will follow up in the December article on that event. We are on our way towards the close of a wonderful and eventful year. Qualifications are upon us along with the elections of our 2016 Officers. I hope everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving with their loved ones and may we all show gratitude for all that we have and are blessed with. Congrats to the Officers who have already qualified and good luck to

6 those who are about to. Sincerely and Fraternally, Ex. Companion Eric Bertolli 2015 High Priest 2015 Officers High Priest Eric Bertolli King David Jody Williams Scribe Matthew Stephen Hyde (Nicole Treasurer Rick Leandro Baca, KYCH Treasurer Emeritus Richard Thomas Cooper, KYGCH (Norma) Secretary Carlos Hugo Gonzalez KTCH, KYGCH Chaplain Bruce Edmond Hudson KYCH Captain of the Host Alejandro Laborde (Emily) Principal Sojourner Marco Cerretelli Royal Arch Captain Edwin Balao (Rosie) Master of the Third Veil Antony Kubichan (Liat) Master of the Second Veil Lou Vizcocho (Belinda) Master of the First Veil Keith Douglas Kramer

7 Sentinel Daniel Graham Hood (Penny) Inspector & Officers' Coach - Royal Arch District 21 Bruce Edmond Hudson Department Grand Officer Dennis Thomas Dyer (Dolores) Deputy Grand Lecturer - Department 4A Raymond Adrian Broomfield (Christine) Omega Council No Cryptic Masons Companions and Ladies, We are nearing the end of the year and the end of the 2015 term. Autumn is here and the leaves are turning brown. November is the time of year when we reflect on the months passed and count our blessings. Thankfulness is the theme we have affixed to this season. Thanksgiving is a day we celebrate providence. Personally, I am thankful for what God has provided, for my family, for my Brothers and friends, for my health, and for this great nation. Our next meeting is November 23 (6pm social; 6:30pm dinner; 7:30pmmeeting). We will have elections and a special presentation at this meeting - it is important to attend. Contact our Recorder, Illustrious Companion Carlos Gonzalez, at secretary@sfvyrb.org or (213) to make your dinner reservations. A Thanksgiving Prayer Oh, Lord, now this we're thankful for: The good things life has held in store; The love of those within our home, And friends to greet wherever we roam; The health and strength wherewith to toil, The bounteous food from freedom's soil; We thank Thee for the right to pray And worship Thee in our own way; To live within a land that's free; For this, dear Lord, our thanks to Thee; And through these blessings, one by one,

8 May Thy will, Lord, on earth be done! May the Lord bless you. Sincerely and Fraternally, David J Williams 2015 Illustrious Master 2015 Officers Illustrious Master David Jody Williams (Nataly) Deputy Master Eric Bertolli Principal Conductor of the Work Simon Aristide McIlroy (Michelle) Treasurer Rick L. Baca KYCH Treasurer Emeritus Richard T. Cooper KYGCH, PGC (Norma) Recorder Carlos Hugo Gonzalez, KTCH, KYGCH Chaplain Bruce Edmond Hudson, KYCH Captain of the Guard Alejandro Laborde (Emily) Conductor of the Council Matthew Stephen Hyde (Nicole) Steward Edwin Balao (Rosie)

9 Sentinel Daniel Graham Hood (Penny) Officers' Coach Cirilo Padolina Marquez Inspector - Cryptic Arch 12 Bruce Edmond Hudson, KYCH Grand Officer - Department IV Eduardo Estrada, KYCH Assistant Director of Ritual - Department IV Rick L. Baca Los Angeles Commandery No. 9 - Knights Templar Dear Ladies and Sir Knights, Greetings to you all. One of the things I have been meditating on lately is how quickly time seems to go by when you keep yourself busy. Summer seems to have passed in a flash. Our yearly degree conferrals are completed, the weather is finally cooling off, and the final annual Holidays are around the corner. I marvel that it seems like just yesterday I attended my first York Rite meeting. I still remember the newness and excitement of my first speaking part in a degree, or the first time I was asked to sit in for an absent officer, or selected to serve as one. If there is one thing I take from these observations, is it to take more time and appreciate the specialness of each and every moment and interactions I am blessed with. How many of these moments are singular and never to be repeated? How many of our York Rite brothers and sisters might I never see again? It can be hard to take the time to view our world this way, especially when focused on the ambitions plans and goals we all carry. I say this not only in regard to our York Rite and Masonic endeavours, but equally to our family and career obligations. I often speak of holding ourselves to a higher ideal and 'walking the walk' in our identity as Christian Knights. One of our teachings speaks directly to the impermanence of ego and the physical world which we inhabit. How much more important it is then to focus on and value the intangible and eternal aspects of our time spent together in the quarries of Masonry and our daily routines. Does any of this ring true

10 for you? Perhaps we need not wait for the new year, lent, or a major and life changing event to motivate us to refocus our priorities and conduct. If today were to be your last, is there anything you'd wished to have done differently? At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him." Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it." - Lk 10: Yours in Faith, Simon A. McIlroy 2015 Commander 2015 Officers Commander Simon Aristide McIlroy (Michelle) Generalissimo Daniel Graham Hood (Penny) Captain General David Jody Williams (Nataly) Senior Warden Teodorico Joseph Oliva III (Karla) Junior Warden Alejandro Laborde (Emily) Prelate Bruce Edmond Hudson KYCH Treasurer Rick Leandro Baca

11 Treasurer Emeritus Richard Thomas Cooper KYGCH, PGC (Norma) Recorder Carlos Hugo Gonzalez KTCH, KYGCH Standard Bearer Agustin Garcia Sword Bearer Rich Juden (Michelle) Warder Matthew Stephen Hyde (Nicole) Guards Lou L. Vizcocho (Belinda) Eric Bertolli Michael Cortez Sentinel Daniel C. Plascencia (Celia) Officers' Coach Bruce Edmond Hudson KYCH Inspector Department II - Division B Rick Leandro Baca Department Commander Thomas Nolen Thomas Assistant Director of Ritual - Department II Jonathan P. Dilley Please visit our website at and the website of the Grand York Rite Bodies of California

12 Please send me an e mail to secretary@sfvyrb.org if there are any errors or omissions that need to be corrected. Sincerely, Carlos H. Gonzalez - Secretary/Recorder San Fernando Valley York Rite Bodies