December 2018 P.O. Box 26 Mesilla, NM 88046 Basilica de San Albino Council # 15578 New Mexico District 13 San Albino Knight Brothers, Ladies, Family & Friends, Grand Knight s Message Danny Duffin I would humbly like to thank each and every one of you that took such an active part in making all of our November activities a huge success. There are way too many Brothers and Ladies to list individually...which is a wonderful testament to how active our council membership is. At our Dia de Los Muertos Fundraiser, we netted roughly $1000 profit. That is a great step in helping the council support its operations and charities throughout the year. Secondly, we hosted a Parish Veteran s Appreciation Night which was attended by roughly 30 people. Many thanks to Conrad Dela Cruz and CSM Kent Maddox (US Army Ret.) for speaking about their faith and service. Finally, a number of you helped make the parish Thanksgiving meal a great event. I appreciate that so many of you came together to help Father Christopher s call to celebrate a Thanksgiving meal with those that had no place to go. I m sorry that I wasn t personally able to attend the Thanksgiving day event, but appreciate that so many of you did sacrifice your time in support. This month the council will be sending out 2019 Dues notices. We are working on accepting online credit card payments this year, and there will be more information in the dues notices about that. Additionally, we are looking at ways for some of our more fortunate Brothers to help sponsor the council so we do not have to take on so many extraneous fundraising events throughout the year and can focus more clearly on our mission of Charity, Unity, and Fraternity. However, please know that we never want dues to be an impediment to membership with our council, but letting our Financial Secretary Patrick Lujan (pmlujan@q.com) know that dues is a financial burden to you goes a long way in being able to continue membership in good standing. During the past few weeks, I have been overcome (in a good way) by the Season. So in a spirit of anticipation I am very much looking forward to the arrival of Advent this weekend to help strengthen my spiritual life, my family life, and our bond through the Holy Church. ~ O Come, O Come, Emmanuel! ~ Council Officers 2018 2019 Grand Knight * SK Daniel Duffin Chaplain * Very Rev. Christopher Williams Deputy GK * SK Solomon Padilla Jr. Chancellor * Joseph Escarsiga Financial Secretary * SK Patrick Lujan Recorder * Jim Yankovic Treasurer * Howard Schmitt Advocate * Brandon Darrow Warden * Joe Loera Inside Guard * Geno Diaz Outside Guard * Jay O Neill Trustee 3rd * Dale Ellis Trustee 2nd * Richard Lohmeyer Trustee 1st * SK Jim Maes Lecturer * Richard Portillo Charity ~ Unity ~ Fraternity ~ Patriotism
Council Achievement November 2018 50% Membership Growth 67% Insurance Growth Family of the Month Garcia Family (October) Ellis Family (November) Knight of the Month Manuel Garcia (October) Dale Ellis (November) Altar Servers of the Month 2018 Damien Waters (April) Sam Biad (May) Gabe Walter (June) Diego Darrow (July) Joseph McKenna (August) Stella Camarena (September) Simon Biad (October) Terran Parsons (November) Meeting Reminders Business Meetings Every Third Wednesday @ 6:30 pm in Yannes Hall of The Basilica of San Albino Programs / Officers Meetings Every First Wednesday @ 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm in Yannes Hall of The Basilica of San Albino Happy Birthday December Dale Ellis Joseph Escarsiga Richard Portillo Joe Rendon Emmanuel Salcido Tomas Vasquez James Yankovic Program Directors 2018/19 Programs Manuel Garcia Faith Howard Schmitt Community Richard Lohmeyer Family Richard Portillo Life Open Vocations Jim Yankovic Membership Sol Padilla Jr. Recruiting Jim Maes Retention Sam Saenz
Knights of Columbus Insurance Corner It Seems Like Just Yesterday... Any parent reading this will quickly come up with countless ways to complete that last sentence. The point is time flies, and tomorrow will (has!) arrive quicker than expected. Will you be ready? If you meet annually with your professional Knights of Columbus agent and address the needs that my free analysis uncovers, the answer at least financially will be Yes. During that annual visit, I ll take the time to review your plan, your needs, and your goals. We ll make sure any existing coverages are set up properly. Where needed, I ll recommend a customized program of life insurance, disability, long term care insurance, and guaranteed income annuities that will help you rest easy at night. You ll not only know that a brother Knight will be there to help your family in their time of need, but I ll be properly prepared to do so. Paying for college for your children may be one of your family s current needs. You may be concerned about a comfortable, worry-free retirement. You may need a solution to costly long-term care that could deplete your hard-earned assets or cause unwanted burden to your family. You may worry about having something to leave for your children or grandchildren. Whatever your needs, whatever your concerns, I can help. Matthew Seltzer 2017 New Mexico Agent of the Year (575) 936-7181 matthew.seltzer@kofc.com matthewseltzer.com
Prayer for the Sick Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Christ. Rest your weary ones. Bless your dying ones. Soothe your suffering ones. Pity your afflicted ones. Shield your joyous ones. And for all your love s sake. Amen. ~Saint Augustine LET US PRAY... Holy Father Pope Francis Bishop Gerald Kicanas Most Rev. Ricardo Ramirez, Bishop Emeritus Very Rev. Christopher Williams Father Richard Catanach Monsignor Bob Getz Monsignor John Anderson The repose of the Soul of Father Ron Burke Father Ray Flores All Bishops, Priests, and Religious Venerable Fr. Michael McGivney s Cause Our Seminarians & Vocations The repose of the Soul of Brother Ray Donovan & Family The repose of the Soul of Garfield Salas & His Family The repose of the Soul of Julieta Schmitt & Family Brother Daniel Rivas and Lady Emilie Brother Dennis Cherry and Family Brother Vicente Casas and Family Brother Richard Lohmeyer and Family Brother Santos Delgado and Family Brother Bob Stuth and Lady Pat Brother Joe Loera and Lady LaDonna Brother Bill James and his Wife Brother Solomon Padilla and Lady Emily Brother Mike Hacke and Lady Bonnie Brother Sam Saenz Brother Howard Schmitt Brother Ralph Misquez Brother Tony Nieto Brother Tom MacGugan Brother Manuel Garcia Brother Geno Diaz & Lady Alicia Diaz Brother Joe Escarsiga Brother Raul Rivera Lady Rebecca Duffin Maria Therese Seltzer and Family Virginia Ellis and Ellis Family Jasmine Escarsiga Wilma Apodaca Sophia Sanchez-Maes David Maes Virginia Sanchez Dean Alexander James Maes Sr. and the Maes Family Elisa Martinez and the NM Alliance for Life Johnny Gomez Petra Caro Ginger Franco Sidney Franco Margarita Alba Eloy Flores Garfield Salas Ray Young Jr Ignacio Prieto Mr. Cooper Enrique & his family The Sanctity of Life from Conception to Natural Death The Sanctity of Traditional Marriage All Knights of Columbus and our Families Amen.
Upcoming Events November December 2018 January Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Notes: RMM Meal: TBD Las Posadas: TBD 1 Weekly Food 2 KofC State Mid-Year Meeting Bernalillo, NM 9 3 4 5 Programs & Officers Meeting 6 pm Yannes Hall 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 KofC State Mid- Year Meeting Bernalillo, NM 8 Weekly Food Immaculate Conception Holy Day of Obligation 15 Weekly Food 16 17 18 19 Monthly Mtg & Food 6:30 pm Yannes Hall Meal by TBD 20 21 22 Weekly Food Possible Admission Degree 23 30 Weekly Food 24 25 Merry Christmas! 31 26 Assembly 3330 Meeting 7:00 pm St. Gen s Hall 27 28 29 Weekly Food
Upcoming Events October January 2019 December Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 Solemnity of Programs & Officers Mary Meeting Holy Day of 6 pm Obligation Yannes Hall Notes: RMM Meal: TBD FGR: TBD 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Monthly Mtg & Food 6:30 pm Yannes Hall Meal TBD 17 18 19 Possible Admission Degree 20 21 22 Admissions Degree St. Gens Hall 6:30 pm 23 Assembly 3330 Meeting 7:00 pm St. Gen s Hall 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
From the Brothers The Mission of the Laity ~by Supreme Knight Carl Anderson~ The renewal of the Church depends on charity and on our commitment to the common good, the family and growing in faith. On Oct. 16, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of St. John Paul II s election to the See of Peter. It is easy to forget the situation of the Church at the time of his election. Since the publication of Pope Paul VI s encyclical Humanae Vitae a decade earlier, the Church had been embroiled in theological controversies. Many in the news media considered the Church out of touch, with a frail, elderly pope no longer able to respond adequately to the daily attacks upon Catholic beliefs. Then, a young, dynamic pope was elected. In his first homily, John Paul II told Catholics, Do not be afraid! And to the rest of the world he announced, Open wide the doors to Christ! And to show that he would personally open many of these doors, John Paul II traveled to Mexico, Poland and the United States in the first year of his papacy. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of St. John Paul II s great apostolic exhortation on the vocation and mission of the laity, Christifideles Laici. In its opening pages, we read, A new state of affairs today both in the Church and in social, economic, political and cultural life, calls with a particular urgency for the action of the lay faithful. It is not permissible for anyone to remain idle (3). Those words ring as true today as they did when written. Christifideles Laici outlines four principles especially important for us. First, At this moment, the suffering individual is the way of the Church because that person is, first of all, the way of Christ Himself, who is the Good Samaritan who does not pass by (163). Second, the laity has the specific duty and irreplaceable role to work towards the Christian animation of the temporal order by means of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy (41). Related to this is the recognition that charity is never able to be separated from justice, and that the laity are never to relinquish their participation in public life or their responsibility to promote the common good (42). Third, The lay faithful s duty to society primarily begins in marriage and in the family (40), and the family as a domestic church is a community in which the relationships are renewed by Christ (52). As a domestic church, the family shares in the Church s mission to build up the Kingdom of God through its everyday work that expresses the love between husband and wife and between members of the family. Fourth, the lay faithful should grow and mature in the faith in order to overcome in themselves the separation of the Gospel from life, to again take up in their daily activities in family, work and society, an integrated approach to life that is fully brought about by the inspiration and strength of the Gospel (34). Christifideles Laici is an extraordinarily rich document that has provided sure guidance for the Knights of Columbus for two decades. St. John Paul II summarized the mission of the laity in these words: Their responsibility, in particular, is to testify how the Christian faith constitutes the only fully valid response to the problems and hopes that life poses to every person and society (34). The spiritual genius of Father Michael McGivney is that he established a way in which Catholic men could fulfill this responsibility by joining together to live the principles of charity, unity and fraternity. Now, with our new Faith in Action program model, the Knights of Columbus will demonstrate his genius in even more effective ways. As we confront the challenges that Catholics face today, we can say of Father McGivney that he was a man ahead of his time, but more appropriately that he was a man just right for our time. Vivat Jesus!
Picture This... Thank you to all the Brothers and Ladies that helped make Our Parish Veterans Appreciation Night so very touching. Special thanks go out to Brother Richard Lohmeyer, Sir Knights Sol Padilla and Fred Flores who provided our Color Guard, Conrad Dela Cruz who spoke about his service in Vietnam, and Command Sargent Major (Ret.) Kent Maddox (US Army) who spoke with us about his faith and service.
Picture This... Sir Knight Brother Sol Padilla (center) along with other Sir Knights from the area provide the Honor Corp for the Funeral Mass of Father Ron Burke at St. Genevieve s.