KNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER Holy Trinity Council # 11789 & Assembly #3097 Serving the Church and Community September 2018 Grand Knight: John Guerrero 621-1944 Deputy Grand Knight: Jaime Rivera 434-6043 Recorder: John McGannon 692-3723 Financial Secretary: Bill Dewey 692-0782 Treasurer: Ronald Wilde 907-227-1587 Chancellor: Jack Seaman 267-4871 Faithful Navigator: John Guerrero 479-4091 Faithful Comptroller: John McGannon 692-3723 Faithful Captain: James Berry 360-830-5224 Faithful Scribe: James Kellogg 425-530-0823 Next Council Mtg: Tuesday, Sep 4, 6:30, Rm 12. Assembly Mtg to follow. Grand Knight s Corner My Brother Knights & Families, Our Main Event is upon us. Please help make this year s Harvest Dinner & Dance as successful as years past. Your Brother in Christ, John Guerrero GK / FN Harvest Dinner & Dance! We re ON! September 8th! All Hands: This is our Biggest Event of the year. Please help make this the same successful evening as we ve had the past couple of years. All the profits go to the Church remodel. From our Assembly Officer s Installation on Aug 5th CONGRATULATIONS to All! 1
Upcoming Dates for your Calendar: (No Men s Breakfast until October 6th due to the HDD.) Sat, Sept 1: Communal Rosary @ 4:30 PM, in the Church. POC: John Guerrero. Tue, Sept 4: Council Meeting @ 6:30 PM, Rm. 12. Assembly meeting to follow. Sat, Sept 8: Harvest Dinner & Dance, 6PM - 11PM. POC: Jaime Rivera, John Guerrero. Sat/Sun, Sept 22/23: "mini" Ministry Fair in Social Hall, Recruitment Weekend wear your vests! TBD: 2nd Degree Exemplification, Bremerton Council #3097. More info to follow. Sun, Oct 7: Life Chain Silverdale, 2PM. POC: Tom Holtsnider. See info. below. Sat, Oct 20: Tootsie Roll Drive, Bremerton. POC: Mark Alcamo. Sat, Oct 27: 3rd Degree Exemplification, HTC Council #11789. Sat, Nov3: Tootsie Roll Drive, Silverdale. POC: Mark Alcamo. Life Chain: Life Chain is an annual opportunity to make a prayerful and peaceful public stand for the unborn. They meet at Silverdale Way & Ridgetop Blvd, from 2-3:15PM Sunday, Oct 7th. Help make your neighbors aware that there is a better alternative to abortion. Welcome to our newest member: Perry Osterman Perry comes to us as a transfer from the Bainbridge Council where he has been serving as Deputy Grand Knight. Perry looks forward to being actively involved with his new Council. WELCOME Perry! Four New Second Degrees went through their exemplification on Friday, August 17th. In the front row, next to District Deputy Anthony Farrell (l-to-r) are Manny Balbas, Pat Guderski, James Reeder, and Antonio Ulangkaya. CONGRATULATIONS to all.
THANK YOU! to everyone that was able to help during our TWO very successful pig roasts in July & Aug... (Proving, once again, that two pig roasts are better than one!)
From our Assembly Officer Installation on Aug 5th. From Father Jack s 80th Birthday Bash... (r) John Guerrero GK making traditional Lechon presentation to Father Jack. September Birthday Knights! 1st: Robert Farmer 2nd: Edward Jakawich 3rd: Brock Burdyl 4th: Jay Carlson 8th: Juan Pablo 8th: John Klega 10th: Kenneth Deshano 10th: Thomas La Bombard 10th: Phillip Gardis 11th: Alpha Cooper 13th: George Diolola 16th: Leopoldo Toledo 19th: Art Edquid One of our Birthday Boys this month It s altogether fitting that our terrific church photographer, Bob Farmer, also takes a good photo himself. (One of Bob s pictures from Father Jack s celebration.)
We recently approved our new budget for the current Fraternal Year and in it we can see thousands of dollars resulting from some of our Good Works going to good causes. But it s always good to remember that behind those numbers are real people and real needs we are meeting and that they recognize our efforts and appreciate our contributions. Following are a few recent letters of appreciation thanking the Knights for our help. 5
Veronica Kelley, Pastoral Coordinator What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. - James 2:14, 17 Father Jack ~ Awesome at 80! 6
A Letter of Appreciation for our efforts in support of Easter Seal s Camp Stand By Me, where 80% of our Tootsie Roll Drive donations go, as well as the work parties led by Bill Dewey. 7
T.K. s Reflections T.K. with Haley Brendsdahl (his sponsor at confirmation), and Most Rev. Michael P. Driscoll, M.S.W., D.D. (Bishop of Idaho) Death of Faith? This past weekend the Gospel reading at Mass was John 6: 60-69: On hearing it, many of his disciples said, This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it? Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you they are full of the Spirit and life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them. From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. You do not want to leave too, do you? Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God. This scripture passage has always intrigued me. Just the day before, Christ took two fish and five small loaves of bread and fed five thousand men, as well as women and children. What a miracle! Many theologians believe that many of the disciples who were present, some believe anywhere from 500 to 1000, had been following Christ around for some time. They had witnessed him heal those afflicted with infirmities throughout the various towns and villages. The previous night, Christ walked on water. Despite the apostles being the ones who witnessed it, I am sure news spread quickly throughout the many disciples. So what was it that occurred between the previous day and this moment that contributed to the disciples not accepting Christ s teaching and then leaving? Well, they did comment, This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it? Even the miracles were not enough to bring them to understand, accept, and comprehend who Christ was/is; the one and only Son of God. Why were they following Christ anyway? Basically, it is just my opinion, but they were following a magic show. Their faith was shallow. After hearing Jesus teachings that day, their faith died. Why? After Jesus asked his apostles if they were going to leave too, it was Peter who gave the most profound comment which I believe is true even for us today. He responded, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God. Maybe miracles were what initially intrigued the apostles, but it was Christ s teachings that led the apostles to know who he truly was. Their faith was sincere. It was strong. It was rooted. Over the past decade or two I have witnessed Christians, protestant and catholic alike, with the Bless me Lord! Bless me Lord! attitude regarding their walk with God. Please don t get me wrong, I love to be blessed by God, and I know God desires to bless us; but that is not what our relationship with Him is about, and the apostles knew this. We are to Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength (Mark 12:30, NIV). For those of us who understand and heed this, our faith grows, it doesn t die. Yes, we struggle at times, but God continues to give us strength to press on. At times He even blesses us. I am so glad our salvation is not based on frills and emotion. Keep pressing on brothers. Tempus Fugit, Momento Mori Vivat Jesus! 8
The following letter was issued by Carl A. Anderson, our Supreme Knight, regarding the recent news about Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and findings of credible allegations of sexual abuse against 300 clergy. Worthy Chaplains and Dear Brother Knights, August 21, 2018 The issues that have come to light concerning sexual abuse by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report are cause for grave concern among Catholics and Brother Knights. Many feel deeply betrayed by those whom they long held in high regard. Such concerns are shared not just in the United States, but in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere. These sins of commission and omission have sent the Church we love, the Church we serve and the Church that Jesus Christ established into convulsions. Sadly, the disgrace not only is borne by the perpetrators, it hurts us all, as does the silence of shepherds who have ignored the cries of their flocks. There are many wonderful and faithful laborers in the vineyard of the Lord among our priests and bishops. However, it is clear that in addition to devastating criminal acts, we have seen many other moral failings by clergy that represent a crisis of commitment to the Gospel. Too often the needs of victims have been subordinated to a distorted sense of mercy toward the perpetrators or an instinct for clerical self-preservation. The sexual acts both criminal and non-criminal highlight the need to recover a respect for and a renewed commitment to the priestly promises of celibacy. The Knights of Columbus has supported the pastoral and charitable work of our bishops and priests since our founding by the Venerable Father Michael McGivney. We understand that the priest should lead the parish and the bishop should be the center of unity in a diocese. But we like all Catholics are painfully aware of the wreckage that ensues when elements of this leadership are abdicated by evil actions whether directly perpetrated or covered up. Now, the Knights of Columbus laymen, priests and chaplains together will have an important role to play in rebuilding the Church. We must 9
commit the Knights of Columbus to work for repentance, reform and rebuilding of the Church. Repentance should include a full accounting of the misdeeds by those who have committed them. Archbishop McCarrick and others at fault owe us a full account of their actions, motivations and cover-ups. After years of having us confess to them, it is now time for them to come clean about what they have done and what they have failed to do. This will also help increase the recognition that clerical sexual abuse is a global problem that must be addressed at the highest levels of the Catholic Church. Moreover, priests and bishops who refuse to live according to their promises of celibacy should be removed from public ministry, not out of retribution, but for the protection of the faithful and to prevent future variations of the scandal we now suffer. Reform must include many good ideas that have been proposed, such as a full and complete investigation of sexual abuse led by an independent commission that includes laity; complete transparency by the Catholic hierarchy into all matters of criminal sexual misconduct past or future; an expansion of the zero tolerance policy to include sexual activity or misconduct by clerics including bishops, and by seminarians; and a call for faithfulness by all members of the clergy, including bishops. There must also be an independent ethics hotline for reporting of criminal and other conduct at odds with Catholic teaching on the clerical state of life; and there must be protections against retaliation. Such reforms will be difficult for a Church largely unused to them, and we must support our bishops and our priests in embracing these reforms in order to rebuild. We can help to rebuild our Church in several ways. Above all else, Knights and our chaplains must embrace love of God and love of neighbor. This is Christ s great commandment and the founding mission of our Order. It is also exactly the opposite of the rejection of God and exploitation of neighbor that our Church has witnessed in these scandals. Shortly before becoming Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger decried the filth in the Church even among those, who in the priesthood, ought to belong totally to Christ. He also provided the antidote, stating at other times that what the Church needs now more than anything else is saints. Pope Francis reiterated Pope Benedict s sentiments in his letter on Aug. 20. In the days ahead, the Knights of Columbus will help renew our Church on a national level through a Novena of Masses in reparation for these sins that have so grievously wounded the Body of Christ. I take this opportunity to 10
ask that you offer this Novena of Masses for our Church at your earliest opportunity. Beginning in November, the Knights of Columbus will sponsor, in cooperation with the Shrine of St. Jean Vianney in Ars, France, a national tour of the relic of the heart of this great patron saint of priests. In the coming weeks, I will share more details with you about this initiative. We will also continue to strengthen and rebuild our Church at the level of our families and parishes through our Building the Domestic Church program. Its twin elements of imbuing families with faith and strengthening parish life are critical to providing a Catholic Church that rebuilds based on the Gospel principles of love of God and love of neighbor. Together with our recently announced Faith In Action initiative, we will strive to make our parishes truly become, in the words of Pope Francis, a family of families. Now is the time for all brother Knights to stand steadfast in faith, as Catholics and as gentlemen. We will assist priests, bishops and our fellow Catholics in helping the Church chart a course for the future that puts Christ at the center, so that truly we may say, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. This is the moment in which Knights including in a special way our priest members can be part of a great renewal for good in our Church. And as we strive to follow the Lord more closely in the days ahead, may he deliver us from every evil and in his mercy graciously grant his Church peace and unity. In closing, know that your faithful witness and sacrifice can bring inspiration and hope to millions of your fellow Catholics. It will be needed in the days ahead more than ever before. And to every priest and bishop whose commitment and dedication to our Order and to our Church has been faithful and exemplary, please accept my gratitude in both a personal way and on behalf of the Knights of Columbus. Let each one of us prayerfully invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, so that in the words of St. Maximilian Kolbe, our hearts "would be cleansed and themselves become immaculate, similar and like unto her own heart." Fraternally, Carl A. Anderson Supreme Knight Knights of Columbus 1 Columbus Plaza New Haven, CT 06510 203-752-4000 11
Holy Trinity s Harvest Dinner & Dance Western Theme/Casual 4215 PINE ROAD NE, BREMERTON, WA Saturday, September 8, 2018 Parish Social Hall Dinner 6:00-8:00pm Dance Music (NAPU Band) 8:00-11:00pm MENU: BBQ Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pulled Pork, Chicken Kelaguen, Pancit, Rice, Baked Beans, Macaroni, Potato & Green Salads, Dessert Wine, Beer & Drinks available - NO Host Bar Knights of Columbus, Council 11789 Fund Raiser: Capital Campaign Church Remodel DINNER/DANCE TICKET PRICE $20 PER PERSON (AFTER AUG. 27, PRICE $25.00) Families add $5 per minor/child Best Harvest Dressed Contest PRIZE
HOLY TRINITY PARISH 4215 PINE ROAD NE, BREMERTON, WA 98310 HARVEST Dinner & Dance RAFFLE! DRAWING ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 8 TH, 2018 AT THE HARVEST DINNER & DANCE TICKET PRICE $5.00 EACH YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT TO WIN! PRIZES INCLUDE: *** AIRLINE TICKETS (SELECTED DATES) $1,200 VALUE FROM BAYANI TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL IN SILVERDALE *** *** 55 COLOR TELEVISION, FROM BREMERTON WALMART *** *** $500 CASH PRIZE FROM THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS *** *** NEW TIRES (A $250 VALUE) FROM THE FIRESTONE STORE IN BREMERTON *** *** $200 VALUE IN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FROM LES SCHWAB, ON WHEATON WAY *** *** $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM THE MARKET OF ASIA IN SILVERDALE *** CHURCH REMODEL CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND RAISER FOR RAFFLE TICKETS CALL: BILL DEWEY AT 360-621-7790 OR JOHN GUERRERO AT 360-621-1944 FROM THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 11789 & ASSEMBLY 3097
DANCE-A-THON ~~~ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd Fundraiser for Holy Trinity Parish Capital Campaign for major renovations. Back by popular demand - A total Dance CRAZE! Dance with Awesome Instructors in Bang Power, Bollywood, Hot Hula, MixxFit, & Zumba! Invite all your friends for 2 hours of crazee FUN! PLUS bring extra $ for Silent Auction! SEE YOU ALL THERE!!! Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm (Potluck 12:00-1:30) Where: HTP Social Hall, 4215 Pine Road, Bremerton Cost: Minimum donation - $10.00 Info: Each participant must sign a waiver. For safety purposes, children under 12 yrs. old will only be admitted if participating in the event with a parent/guardian. *** PARTY ON DANCERS *** Here are two more Special Upcoming Events in support of the Capital Campaign that your significant others may be interested in supporting! Holy Trinity s Fall Bazaar is coming! If you like to knit, sew, quilt, work with wood, make jewelry or cards, or make any other craft items, then please consider making some of your special items to donate to our Parish Bazaar. This is also a great way to market what you make! The Bazaar will be Friday, October 5 th from 9 am to 4 pm and Saturday, October 6 th from 9 am to 2 pm. All profits will go to our Capital Campaign. Each Monday, volunteers will be present in Room 4 of our Education Hall from 10 am to 3 pm to accept donations and to work on projects. Come meet other parishioners while working on crafts! We can store items once they are completed too. We will also need assistance with marketing, set up & take down of the event, and baking of items to sell. So, if you don t craft, but would like to lend your help, then we still have a place for you to be involved. If you have questions or need more information about how you can help, please call: Judy Balance: 360-830-9654; Sally Kaiser: 360-633-7804; or Lynn McDonough: 360-779- 2827.