Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly No. 2246 Milpitas, CA THE CARPENTER S EDGE December 202 Newsletter Website: http://www.kofcassembly2246.org Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly, No. 2246 SK Edward J. Blake, Jr., Editor 72 N. Hillview Dr. Milpitas, CA 95035-3307 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
Knights of Columbus St. Joseph Assembly #2246 Newsletter December 202 Assembly Officers for 202 203 Columbian Year Faithful Navigator SK Skipper Yenchik 408-946-5958 ConnieYenSkip@comcast.net Faithful Friar Father Leonard Traverso 408-392-9282 lent@comcast.net Faithful Captain SK Julio Galvan 408-945-0603 sopitogal09@gmail.com Faithful Pilot SK Dave Marshall 408-586-8980 dmarshall954@att.net Faithful Admiral SK Greg Dessel 408-433-65 gdessel@ix.netcom.com Faithful Comptroller SK Ed Blake 408-263-0247 ebacal@sbcglobal.net Faithful Purser SK Andy Dyson 408-263-556 adysonjr@comcast.com Faithful Scribe SK Joseph. Ruggiero 408-954-8435 josruggiero@sbcglobal.net Inner Sentinel SK Marciano Estioko 408-259-3272 mrejr@comcast.net Outer Sentinel SK Leonardo Garcia-Araiza 408-79-9664 lrga007@yahoo.com One Year Trustee SK Paul Dismuke 408-482-578 pauldis@yahoo.com Two Year Trustee SK Guillermo Uribe 408-332-7556 skguillermo@gmail.com Three Year Trustee SK Tim Crews 408-934-0874 crewstj@att.net Color Corps Commander SK Ed Blake 408-263-0247 ebacal@sbcglobal.net Newsletter Editor SK Ed Blake 408-263-0247 ebacal@sbcglobal.net Master, Northern Calif. District SK J.C. Greco 96-55-2025 jcgreco@comcast.net Vice Supreme Master SK Marvin Harris 775-825-2029 marvharris@sbcglobal.net FAITHFUL FRIAR S MESSAGE The poor is a theme in the gospel of Saint Luke. shepherds were poor. They were poor because their life style did not allow them to keep the dietary and ritual laws of Jewish society. So, they were outcast. They were a rejected people, who were not given social respect. For Luke, shepherds represent all the poor in spirit. All who are grieving, all who are powerless, all who feel the pain of rejection, anyone in need of a savior. Luke chose shepherds (the poor in spirit) to be first to see the son of god --- Christ the king, born in king david s city of Bethlehem. How profoundly symbolic, that shepherds were the first to see the lamb of God, born to be God s lamb of sacrifice. The shepherds stood in awe of the glory and splendor of heaven shinning around them. Then, with trusting and believing hearts they said, let us go now to see what the Lord has made know to us. Seeing the infant king and savior, they knelt to honored him. Like the simple and humble shepherds may we honor the presence of Christ living in our souls. Let us adore him with humble surrender, and trust today, tomorrow, and for eternity. Rev. Leonard Traverso, Chaplain NAVIGATOR S MESSAGE My Faithful Sir Knights, Connie and I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas! Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you during this wonderful, wondrous family time of the year. This is probably not my smoothest segue, but during our November Business meeting, I challenged all in attendance to convince me I should hold a December Business meeting for the 4 th Degree. I know you find this hard to believe, but not one person offered an argument in favor of a meeting. I offer all of you the
same chance. I must warn you, though; I do not have an open mind in this area. I have always thought the Knights should forego any but Family centric meetings during the Christmas Holiday Season. There are too many demands on our time to waste anyone s discretionary time on another meeting. For those of you rushing to your computers to make an argument, I would offer that Monday, December 3 rd is the only date available to the Knights at St. Elizabeth s for a meeting. It would need to be combined and it would be after the Council s combined meetings. Start time around 9:30 PM. Case in point in the area of time requirements is the three requests for our Color Corps in December. The first is a Procession celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe at Our Lady Star of the Sea, Alviso, on the 8 th of December. It is followed by two Simbang Gabi Masses in which Bishop McGrath will participate. One will be at St. Elizabeth s, Milpitas, on December 6 th and the other at St. John the Baptist, Milpitas, on December 9 th. We are trying to get maximum Color participation for each requested Simbang Gabi Mass both to support our Bishop and our Filipino Community. (Positions are still available for both the 6 th and the 9 th. The St. Elizabeth s Mass is not for the faint of heart. The report time is 5:30 AM!) Sandwiched between our Color Corps callouts is the annual combined St. Elizabeth s Council/St. Joseph s Assembly Christmas party. The date and time are Monday, December 0 th at 7:00 PM. Remember, it is a potluck. Bring your favorite dish; be it salad, entre, or dessert to share with others. I have never attended a Catholic potluck where I went home hungry. You won t either. We always have a good time. Priests reading this article should regard it as a Formal and Specific invitation to come to our potluck. The grace of your attendance and your appetite is all that is required. Council #8747 usually invites its choirs and, with a little bit of encouragement, they will (sometimes) even lead the Christmas Carols. There is also an opportunity to donate an unwrapped Christmas gift for a child. I cannot say for certain these gifts stay within the Parish, but I am certain they are given to needy children within the community of Santa Clara County. I m sure SK Julio Galvan could advise you if there is a certain target age he has identified as especially needed this year. He would also appreciate nonperishable food donations to be distributed during the Christmas Holidays. Lastly, I would remind all Council Officers that February 2 nd, our next 4 th Degree Exemplification in Rohnert Park, is just around the corner. There are several dates included within the packet provided by the District Master through the District Secretary and our own Comptroller that occur in early January. There has also been a request for any who intend to reserve a Hotel Room at the Doubletree to get your reservations in early. (Our District Master has to guarantee a certain number of reservations and attendees at the Exemplification based on projections. He should not be left hanging by our waiting until mid -January to turn in From 4s and a check to our Comptroller SK Ed Blake.) That is not to say that if you have a last minute decision by a qualified 3 rd Degree member that we will not make a strong request to our District Master. If you need help to close the deal with candidates, please give them both mine and SK Ed Blake s contact information. Again, have a very Merry Christmas. My Christmas wish for you is that you have enough time to enjoy your Church and Family! Until next month.. God Bless, Skip Yenchik, Faithful Navigator St. Joseph s Assembly, #2246 COLOR CORPS COMMANDER MESSAGE Faithful Sir Knights Veterans Day event. The month of November gives our Assembly the opportunity to demonstrate what the Fourth Degree is all about, Patriotism. On Sunday, November th, nine (9) Sir Knights from our Assembly were present to do the honors of the flag raising ceremony for the City of Milpitas Pictured from L to R, SKs Ed Blake, Color Corps Commander, Skip Yenchik, Faithful Navigator, Tim Crews, District Deputy #29, Ruben Esguerra, Greg Dessel, Guillermo Uribe, David Marshall, Ed Kantack, and Leonardo Garcia-Araiza Other than the Veterans Day event, that was pretty much all that occurred. However, our December is proving to be a busy one and I m not even including Christmas. While broadcast e- mails will be sent out to all Color Corps members, I m listing the upcoming December events here for your review and response: December 8 th, Saturday, Location: Our Lady Star of the Sea, Alviso Event: Procession and Mass honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe Report time: 4:00 PM Procession: 4:30 PM Mass time: 5:00 PM December 6th Location: St. Elizabeth Church Event: Simbang Gabi Mass 2
Report time:: 5:30 AM, yes you read that right Mass time: 6:00 AM December 9th Location: St. John the Baptist Church Event: Simbang Gabi Report time: 6:30 PM Mass time: 7:00 PM I want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of our Sir Knights of the St. Joseph Assembly Color Corps for their participation in the events we did during calendar 202. I am hoping that we see an even stronger participation in calendar 203. With that Lady Lenore and I want to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone of you a Very Merry and Blessed Christmas and a Prosperous and Holy New Year. Long Term Planning Reminder 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 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 Dolores Blake 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. Tuxedo Fashion Primary contact: Israel Wiggins 363 Meridian Avenue San Jose CA 9526 Ph: 408-294-33 ~ Fax: 408-294-3223 E-Mail: cs@tuxedofashions.com Web Site: http://www.tuxedofashions.com/ Respectively submitted, Ed Blake, Color Corps Commander Ph: (408) 263-0247 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 email. My contact information is as follows: Ed Blake ebacal@sbcglobal.net, email 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. PRAYER LIST FOR THE DECEASED Lady Beth Crews Lady Doris Kantack 4
December 202 St. Joseph Assembly #2246 Activities Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Nov 202 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Jan 203 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 2 First Sunday of Advent 8993 Bus. Mtg. 3 978 Bus. Mtg. 4 Joe Taluagon 5 6 7 8 Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary St. Elizabeth Council 8747 Officers 9 Carlos Lopez 0 8747 Members' Fr. Ed Samy & Scott Reilly Jesse Mamaril 2 Our Lady of Guadalupe 3 42 Bus. Mtg. 5796 Bus. Mtg. Tim Crews 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bill Poehlman 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Romulo Dizon Christmas Holy Day 30 3 New Year's Eve
January 203 St. Joseph Assembly #2246 Activities Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Dec 202 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 New Year's Day 2 Skip Yenchik 3 Toan Q Pham 4 5 Joe Hernandez II 6 7 8 9 0 2 Epiphany 8993 Bus. Mtg. 978 Bus. Mtg. Council 42 Bus. Mtg. Ed Madarang St. Elizabeth Council 8747 Officers Council 5796 Bus. Mtg. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Baptism of our Lord Council 8747 Members' Fr. Paul Mensah 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 Assembly Officer's Joe Castro Fr. Jeff LaBelle Martin Luther King, Jr. Hung B Nguyen 27 28 Assembly Membership 29 Fr. Francisco Miramontes Tim Reilly 30 3 Annual Survey of Fraternal Activities Due Feb 203 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28