FRIAR Fr. Jerome Ward 817-676-1937 FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR Bruce Mallory 817-439-1179 CAPTAIN 817-551-6301 PILOT Roy Shelton. 817-312-5756 COMPTROLLERR John Young 817-239-7595 PURSER Michael Walker 817-236-7458 SCRIBE Adrian Romero, Sr. 817-875-8208 INNER SENTINEL Ron Harris 817-307-2742 OUTER SENTINEL John Achtyl 817-629-0178 ADMIRAL Bill Mechura 817-560-1264 TRUSTEE 3 YR Don Grannan PFN 817-249-1944 TRUSTEE 2 YR Bill White PFN 817-244-1261 TRUSTEE 1 YR Pete Gomez, Sr.., PFN 817-626-2977 COLOR COMMANDER DEP.COLOR COMMANDER Bill White PFN DEP.COLOR COMMANDER John Lella PFN HISTORIAN Mike Smerick PFN DEP. HISTORIAN Lonnie Brown PFN PARLIAMENTARIAN Lawrence Bierschenk PFN WORT TH READING GWA 1089 July 2014 NEWS FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR S COMPASS Fellow Sirr Knights Ladies, At the July planning meeting, the Sirr Knights present discussed several topics that are worth sharing with those that weree unable to attend: Goingg forward, the Council Report form will be available to all Sirr Knights that plan to make a report during the 3 rd Degree portion of the agenda. Faithful Innerr Sentinel ( Editor) Ron Harris Faithful Outer Sentinel John Achtyl will have them available during the cardd checking sign-in process. After the oral report, pleasee give the hardcopy to Faithful Scribe Adrian Romero for thee minutes. It willl make Adrian s job much easier, addd value to the minutes. Another topic was how best to generate interest inn becoming a Sir Knight within our feeder councils. Faithful Admiral Bill Mechura plans to make presentations to thee feeder councils explaining the purpose benefits of becoming a member of the Fourth Degree. Faithful Captain ( Color Corp Commer) Tommyy Jones, Sr. will be visiting his home council during thee report of the 4 t h Degree,, have copies of the Honor Guard request forms available to focus members on just one, but a very important aspect off membership in the Fourth Degree. This was very effective att Council 10930 caused some of our Sir Knights that are unable to attend to consider makingg plans before the need arises. The Assembly is also considering planning a (purely) Social event for Knightss our Ladies between now d December. If you have any ideas, please let Faithful Captainn Tommy Jones or me know so that t it can be researched. We now have a celebrant for our annual Thanksgivingg Memorial Mass at the Carmelite monastery, Fr. Raphael Eagle, thanks to Sir Knight Ron Lady Priscilla Harris. July 2014 Newsletter General Worth Assembly 1089 Page 1
I want to thank Faithful Admiral Bill Mechura for his help in transitioning the BBVA Compasss Bank accounts from his administration to the current officers. We updatedd signature cards, Faithful Purser Michael Walker has online access. (At least he willl once the password is straightened out.) I am also grateful to Faithful Controller John Young, Faithful Purser Roy Shelton, Faithful Trustees Don Grannan Bill White for their help in accomplishing the semi-annual Assembly audit well before it was due this August 15 th. Be Safe may God Blesss You! Your Faithful Navigator SK Bruce Mallory 817-439-1179 - Home 817-807-2982 Cell b_mallory@att.net CAPTAINS CORNER I would like to start off by saying that we are going to try to keep the traditions of our Assembly thatt we have had in the past. Ever since I have joined the Fourth Degreee unity is what was first place in my heart mind. But in the past year something has taken over in our Assembly it is what we all call Life. Illness, vacations, I'm not going to this sting, old boy will be there, etc. Well I found out thatt our Councils are having the same problems. I'm striving for us all to pull together again be that top-notch Assembly we have always been. Please help me to keep us unified like super glue. Our next Sting will be at St Patrick Cathedral, Monday, July 28thh at 7:00pm for the Patriotic Rosary. Knowing that we will be thin for thee Honor Guard because the Religiouss Appreciation Dinner will be on that same day, you will have to make a choice, but please back whichever event you feel strongly about. Regalia or Tuxx please join in let us stay united. I am not saying we are not alreadyy united, but just putting a bug in yourr earss for us to stay that way! Matthew 5:44-45 Faithful Captain 817-551-6301 Tsr.papajones@ @gmail.com HONOR GUARDS 1 Sting with 20 Members in Tux 3 Honor Guards with 7 members in Regalia 2 in Tux July 28, 2014, Monday 6:45pm Fulll Regalia Patriotic Rosary at St. Patrick Cathedral CCC Honor Guard Request Form We now have a new honor guard request form for our Assembly. This form provides a wayy for our members who would like to have an Honor Guardd present at their funeral or rosary. It cann also be used for the spouse. If you would like to take advantagee please fill out the form bring it too one of our meetings or send it to: Sir Knight John Young 31088 Cimarron Road Weatherford, TX, 76087. July 2014 Newsletter General Worth Assembly 1089 Page 2
The theme of this year's Fortnight FIRST ANNUAL??? SOCIAL focused on the freedom to serve thee The combined Officer Installationn poor vulnerablee in accord withh Awards Banquet last June 6 th went human dignity the Church'ss so well that at the June 18 th Businesss teaching. Meeting it was unanimously voted to More than 1,000 people packed thee approve thatt format for the future. This Basilica of the National Shrine of thee effectively eliminates one Social Event Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Maryy from the Assembly Calendar. for the opening Mass of the thirdd Therefore, it was discussed at the annual Fortnight for Freedom, twoo July 2 nd Planning Meeting that we weeks dedicated to prayer, educationn should investigate adding a new Social advocacy for religious freedom. Event to the Calendar between now the Christmas Social, to invite all the members of the Assembly to discuss this with their wives to bring up possible alternatives. This provides an incentive to all members who have not attended an Assembly meeting in a long time to come to the Businesss Meeting July 16 t h to submit ideas suggestions for consideration. Those who can t make that meeting should send their The Eucharist conforms Catholics too proposals to either Faithful Navigator thee pattern of Christ s self-giving lovee Bruce Mallory or to Faithful Captain compels them to see the dignity of the poor perform acts of mercy, Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, the Supremee Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus, said at the June 21 openingg Mass which coincidedd with the feast of Corpus Christi. By entering thee dynamic of Christ s self-givingg love, wee are impelled to work for a loving d The Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom to justt society where the dignity of humann Serve took place from June 21 to July life is respected from conception until 4, 2014, a time when our liturgical natural death all the stages inn calendar celebrates a series of great between, he said in his homily. martyrs who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political power Archbishop Lori is the chairman of St. Thomas More St. John Fisher, the U.S. Conference of Catholicc St. John the Baptist, Saints Peter Bishops Ad Hoc Committee forr Paul, the First Martyrs of the Religious Liberty, formed in 2011. Inn Church of Rome. 2012, it published a letter Our First, Most Cherished Liberty launchedd July 2014 Newsletter General Worth Assembly 1089 Page 3
the Fortnight for Freedom event in response to government infringement on religious freedom rights in the United States abroad. Chief among those perceived threats is the U.S. Department of Health Human Services mate that most employers, including religious employers, provide insurance for artificial birth control, sterilization abortion-causing drugs. Archbishop Lori the Archdiocese of Baltimore are among plaintiffs in 100 lawsuits nonprofit for-profit organizations businesses have brought against the federal government over the mate. In his homily, Archbishop Lori criticized the mate, as well as state laws criminalizing churches that serve immigrants living in the country illegally discrimination against Catholic humanitarian services because they refuse to provide so-called services that violate Catholic teaching. Archbishop Lori acknowledged that in other countries, people are killed for professing their faith. In the United States, he said, the challenges to religious freedom are more subtle yet very real. Increasingly, government at all levels is asserting itself in the internal life of churches, telling them that houses of worship are fully religious, whereas religious schools charities that serve the common good are less so, therefore less deserving of religious freedom protections, he said. The 2014 Fortnight theme is The Freedom to Serve to emphasize the charitable works of Catholic organizations individuals. During this opening Mass, Archbishop Lori distinguished the church s work from that of non-governmental agencies, as Pope Francis has done, adding that Catholics are to be more than an NGO by virtue of a eucharistic heart. We are seeking for the church for church institutions no special privileges, he said. We are seeking the freedom to serve, or as Pope Francis once put it, the freedom to proclaim live the Gospel in its entirety. He asked Catholics to keep in the forefront of our hearts people whom U.S. Catholic humanitarian agencies, parishes individuals serve. Let us look at them not merely as statistics but as persons created in God s image called to enjoy friendship with God, he said. Catholic parishes organizations throughout the country planned events celebrating religious freedom charitable works to coincide with the Fortnight. Among the Mass attendees were members of the Baltimore-based Little Sisters of the Poor, plaintiffs in a well-publicized lawsuit against the federal government over the HHS mate. The U.S. Supreme Court granted the sisters a temporary injunction in January. In an interview after Mass, Mother Loraine Marie Clare Maguire, the Little Sisters provincial superior, urged Catholics to pray for religious freedom. Religious freedom is very important to us to our mission of caring for the elderly, she said. You can t do anything without prayer, the Eucharist is the summit of our prayer life. It s what brings us together as a community to pray. The Fortnight for Freedom culminated with a July 4 th Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Both the opening mass closing mass were televised on ETWN. July 2014 Newsletter General Worth Assembly 1089 Page 4
UPCOMING MEETINGS Planning: Wednesday July 2, 2014 Rosary/Business: Wednesday July 16, 2014 Monsignor Joseph G. O Donohoe 7:30 PM Council #4709 Building 3809 Yucca Street, Fort Worth, Texas July Birthdays: R. Adam Mann 4 th Ewell L. Brown 6 th Dennis P. Helgeson 8 th Patrick H. Slocum 8th Juan L. Gil 10 th Timothy P. Aziere, Sr. 10 th Francis C. Skiffington 11 th Richard E. Nold 13 th Ronald R. Harris 15 th Joseph N. La Barbera 17 th John W. Crumley 20 th Charles M. Davidson 20 th David J. Straka 21 st Louis G. Hemler, Jr. 23 rd Sterling E. Lewis 24 th Michael W. Walker 25 th Timothy L. Vrbka 26 th Terry J. Le Boeuf 27 th Charles A. Levitt 28 th Pedro S. Olguin, Jr. 29 th Paul J. Gramza 30 th Gerard G. Leon 30 th Prayer Requests: Please keep everyone in your prayers ask the Holy Spirit to be with them. PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING FRIENDS, AND ALL MILITARY PERSONNEL IN HARMS WAY, EMTs, POLICE, & FIRE FIGHTERS Ralph Bailey Al Babbosa Lonnie Brown Rita Girard Isabel Gomez Pete Gomez, Sr. Cynthia Hernez Susan Smerick Jackowski Yvonne Jones Maria Lagunas Bobbi Lockwood Bill Mechura Joan Muresik Fr. Jim Pemberton A. J. Romero Angelica Romero Shehan Family Jessica Small Skiff Skiffington Lenny Trossky Betty Young John Young Assembly Members, Families any who wish to add to this Prayer List forward info to: SK John Breed 817-451-6368 jwb texas@att.net Chapter Meeting: Wednesday, July 23 Dinner 6:30 Meeting 7:30 Lady Knights are invited, have their own meeting breakout after dinner. St. Jude Catholic Church, Council 7736 500 E. Dallas St., Mansfield, Texas For the Repose of the Souls of: Rachel Algeria Ann Ashton John Manno Mary Mendoza Janice Olsen Georgia Shehan James Shehan, Sr. All of our Military Lost in the Present Past Conflicts. In the Event of Death or Serious Illness within our Assembly, please notify: Faithful Pilot SK Roy Shelton 817-312-5756 sailorroy@swbell.net It is requested that any member who receives this news letter in the postal mail, if you do have an email address please provide it to the Editor, Ron Harris, at the following: ronrharris@galaxy500ltd.com July 2014 Newsletter General Worth Assembly 1089 Page 5
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