Newsletter Knights of Columbus Archbishop Francis J. Furey Assembly No. 1855 SK Pedro Ybarra, Editor 211 Hot Wells Blvd San Antonio, TX 78223/2517 ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED Do you or anyone you know have 4th Degree regalia that is no longer being used. Please consider donating it to the Assembly so we can pass it on to SKs that need it but cannot afford it. If you don t want to give it away I would be interested in buying it. Call me, SK Pedro Ybarra, FN at (210) 441-2285. I will make you a cash offer.
January 2015 Issue Page 2 OFFICE SR KNIGHT PHONE NUMBER E/MAIL Faithful Navigator SK Pedro Ybarra 210-441-2285 pybarra44@gmail.com Faithful Friar SK Fr. William McNamara 210-288-8174 father.mcnamara@sbcglobal.net Faithful Captain SK Gregory L Haag 830-591-7535 gregoryhaag@gmail.com Faithful Pilot SK Santos Estrada 210-333-5862, 210-287-5823 sestrada1948@yahoo.com Faithful Admiral SK Ysaac Cortez 210-310-3188, 210-417-7975 ysaac44@yahoo.com Faithful Comptroller SK Rudy M Tabbutt 915-494-4923 rtabbutt396@yahoo.com Faithful Purser SK Al Berger 210-661-5243, 210-633-0801 agberger5243@sbcglobal.net Faithful Scribe SK Dr. Lloyd Sells 210-275-3647 lbs1935@hotmail.com Inner Sentinel SK Raymond Buyaky 210-449-1636 Outer Sentinel SK Harold J Rakowitz 210-241-5348, 210-648-2526 hrakowitz@excite.com Honorary Sentinel SK Craig A Shisk 210-333-6760 One Year Trustee SK Joe Moncada 210-722-6334 dadmomcadajr@yahoo.com Two Year Trustee SK Nick Gutierrez 210-912-6992 210-534-1386 Three Year Trustee SK Jesse Aguilar 210-534-1943, 210-464-5601 jesseaguilar@satx.rr.com Color Corps Commander SK Jesse Aguilar 210-534-1943, 210-464-5601 jesseaguilar@satx.rr.com Alt. Color Corps Comm. SK Gregory L Haag 830-591-7535 mgmcmahon59@yahoo.com Alt. Color Corps Comm. SK James E Raabe 210-621-4950, 210-333-1845 jameseraabe@yahoo.com Newsletter Editor SK Pedro Ybarra 210-441-2285 pybarra44@gmail.com Master, Dist. 2, Guadalupe Province SK Joe A Rodriguez (210) 464-8468 C (210) 537-3353 W joerodmaster2district@yahoo.com Vice Supreme Master SK Daniel P Hogan 918-331-3828 H dphogan.sd@gmail.com SK Pedro Ybarra, Faithful Navigator HAPPY NEW YEAR! Greetings Sir Knights, Blessings to you and your families, may you be enjoying the Kingdom of God. On New Year's Eve, Daniel was in no shape to drive, so he sensibly left his car parked and walked home. As he was wobbling along, he was stopped by a policeman. 'What on earth are you doing out here walking at four o'clock in the morning?' asked the police officer. 'I'm on my way to a lecture,' answered Roger. 'And who on earth, in their right mind, is going to give a lecture at this time on New Year's Eve?' enquired the constable sarcastically. 'My wife,' slurred Daniel grimly. Like every new year most of us make new resolutions& some we keep most we don t. Our leaders in Supreme have also made some resolutions& some concerning councils that have home associations and some concerning the forth degree. So sit back, take your time and carefully read this article because it concerns each and everyone of us in the fourth degree. Recall the Fraternal Survey I Continued on pg. 4
Page 3 SK Greg Haag, Faithful Captain Greetings Brothers, Sir Knights, According to Msgr. Kevin E. Ryan the Spiritual Director and Pastor of St. Mark the Evangelist church, the 2014 Celebration honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, held on December 7 th, was the best and most well attended service since its inception! The Msgr. went on to say that one of the main reasons was the support of the Knights of Columbus! It is always an honor to be part of this very Iconic Group, but it feels especially good to be recognized publicly! The Federation of Guadalupanos of the Archdiocese of San Antonio was well represented, there were over 22 different Banners featuring Our Blessed Mother surrounded by Her angels and roses that were proudly carried down the center isles and placed along the walls of the church for all to appreciate. The atmosphere of this magnificent celebration was accented by the authentically dressed Indian dance group with their drum core, the wonderful choral group and musicians and the world famous Pipe and brass horn house organ that was artfully played by the church organist. I hearty suggest that you drop by St, Marks Church some time and hear this magnificent organ. What a wonderful experience for both the eye and the ear. The Homily by Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller was about What Are We Waiting For? His homilies are always heartfelt and this one was no exception! He explained that we as Catholics sometimes stand by and wait for something to happen when in reality we need to get off our duffs and get our hands dirty, which is exactly what we knights do on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly bases. Why wait when the Holy Spirit and Jesus are right here right now!! So as he said get out and get going for Jesus! He also gave the Knights recognition, as he always does. There were about 22 of us in full regalia and another half a dozen in tuxes. I must say we looked good and proud!! It was an honor to be there! I'm looking forward to next year s celebration and I hope to see you there with me! 2015 looks to be a very good year there is much on the horizon! HAPPY NEW YEAR! SK Greg Haag, FC, Program Director FUND RAISER HELPERS Thank you for helping in our continuous fund raising efforts Sir Knights: Gregory L Haag, Santos Estrada, Ysaac Cortez, Rudy M Tabbutt, Al Berger, Raymond Buyaky, Jesse Aguilar, James E Raabe, Joe Moncada, Tommy Cavazos, Henry Mendez, Victor Quesnot. Also 3rd Degree Jose from Council 14190 continue to help out regularly. We need to give these guys a break! I have been asked by several members why we don t assign members to help out in the kitchen so, we are going to start assigning members from the general membership to help out on Tuesdays and Fridays so, start looking at the calendar and watching your email for alerts. We will also call you, through a message system, to remind you of when you are scheduled to help out.
Page 4 Page 4 Continued from pg. 2 / FN Report mailed out to each of you. Of the ones that have been returned the VAVS sections has been left blank on all of them. So what is VAVS? On October 7, 2011 a memorandum was sent to the Vice Supreme Masters and the District Masters and they in turn sent it to the Faithful Navigators. This memorandum was from George Hanna, Senior Vive President of Fraternal Services Department. The memorandum was regarding the Knights of Columbus, Veterans Affairs Voluntary Services (VAVS) National Advisory Committee (NAC) and Volunteer of the year award. The full letter is attached on page 6 and 7 named, The VAVS Memorandum. In a letter to the Masters of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province from Daniel Hogan, IPSD, Vice Supreme Master, dated December 17, 2014, (Pages 8, 9 & 10) he wrote, Our Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson, has stated: The Fourth Degree shall have one set of rules, one Drill Manual, and one Color Corps. The Goal of the Province is for every member of the Color Corps to be able to serve in any District in the Province or Supreme Event with confidence and with minimal correction of action. The Laws and Rules Governing the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus dated September 2012, and the Color Corps Drill Manual dated October 4, 2008 are the primary references to be used for direction. He also states that, It is the responsibility of the Color Corps Com-mander to assure that his Color Corps Members are trained and qualified to serve. Correct me if I am mistaken, but as I understand his statement means that the Color Corps is to be comprised of qualified members. If I m not mistaken, what this comes down to is that one must qualify to be in the color Corps and only qualified color corps members can participate in turn-outs and district fall-outs. It seems to me that just having full regalia does not qualify one to participate in turn-outs and district fall-outs. On top of that we now have to have tuxedo shoes to be a member. As Faithful Navigator, in order to comply with these directives, I have informed Jesse Aguilar, our Color Corps Commander to equip his assistants with the proper training and to assemble a membership from our Assembly 1855 for a Color Corp unit. Once the Color Corps unit is assembled we will begin the process of training and certifying the unit to perform as ONE. If you would like to be a member of the Color Corps please contact me, Pedro Ybarra, FN at (210) 441-2285 so we can get you started. If you are a new member of the 4th Degree you do not have to have full regalia. If you have full regalia but would not like to participate in the color Corps please consider selling it to someone that would like to participate in the Color Corps. You do not need full regalia to be a Sir Knight. If you do have full regalia and would like to participate in turn-outs and districts fall-outs you must first join the color corps and go through the training and be certified to qualify. The full letter in enclosed as Our Lady of Guadalupe Province if you care to read it in full. You may call me if you have an issue with this directive or if you have any questions. Now, at the November 15, 2014 District master s meeting for the Faithful Navigators, Color Corp Commanders and Faithful Comptrollers at St Joan of Ark Church the Master covered: 1. An introduction of the Master 2. An introduction of the Marshals (Page 11) 3. The goals of the Order - The goals of the Order are Visibility of the Order, forms submitted in a timely manner and ONE UNI- FORM/ONE ORDER. The membership growth goal for District 2 is 246. 1. Rosters (page 11) 1. 4th Degree membership and recruitment 2. Military Chaplain Fund - Supreme and Assumption Seminary (page 12) 3. Forms - 186, Report of Officers; 1315, Annual Audit; 1728, Annual Survey; TBP1, To be a Patriot; 2321, Civic Award; 286A, RSVP Plauqe. 4. Uniforms Turn outs and Fall outs and Continued on pg. 5
Page 5 Prayer Request Please send your prayers request for the sick and departed Brothers and relatives to SK Joe Moncada at 210-337-1280 or email dadmoncadajr@yahoo.com so we may include them on our Assembly s prayer request list. SK Theodorico H Jaceldo SK Richard Anderson SK Gerald D Langloss SK Jose Flores Jr SK Patrick B Miller SK Marshall F Hebert ALSO PRAY FOR: Lady Paula Cortez: who is recovering from knee surgery. Lady Linda Moncada: who is recovering from a foot injury. Lady Magalen Ibrom who is very ill. SK Pete Almanza Jr 09/12/14 SK Eliseo Farias Jr 01/20 SK Jeffery B Berger 01/23 SK Melvin A Flieller 01/24 Lady Lois Sells 01/09 Lady June Marie Lammons 01/11 Christopher M Dunlavy San Juana - Jaine 01/02 Jimmie Charles Irwin Elena Cheng 01/08 Manuel M Tamayo Sr Carolina 01/16 John Frank Bukowski Anne 01/29 Victor M Quesnot Marie 01/31 SK Yssac Cortez SK Emil C Kruciak Pedro C Almanza Ill 01/28/95 20 Rev James Conway 01/28/95 20 Membership Dues Are Now Due, Again Membership Dues of twenty two dollars ($22) and Honorary Life dues of ten dollars ($10) are now due and are being collected. Our Assembly s Faithful Comptroller, SK Rudy Tabbutt had surgery on his shoulder and is now back. He will continue to collect dues. The 2nd billing will go out on January 15th. Please pay your dues now and help us save stamp money. FOURTH DEGREE EXEMPLIFICATION TEXAS SECOND DISTRICT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PROVINCE Saturday, January 24, 2015 St Brigid Parish 6907 Kitchener Rd San Antonio, Texas 78240 Call or email SK Pedro Ybarra, FN (210) 441-2285 pybarra44@gmail.com DEAD LINE FOR APPS January 07, 2015 Greetings Sir Knights, I hope you and your families are in good Health. 4th Degree Exemplification of January 24, 2015 Please call FN Pedro Ybarra regarding candidates for the upcoming 4th Degree Exemplification. Candidates need to be read and voted on and go before the admissions committee before being accepted for the exemplification. Forms 4s must be filled out by the candidate s council financial secretary, certifying he is in good standing, before being turned in to the assembly. (Make sure he has paid his council dues for 2015 as they are due by exemplification day.) As a result the assembly dead line for form 4s with dues is January 06, 2015. An exemplification packet has been prepared for each candidate with all the information they need. Contact FN Pedro Ybarra to get one for your candidates. The fees of $70 per candidate and $35 per guest are due upon turning in the form 4s to the assembly. (Continued from pg 4) 5. Addendums to Color Corps Protocol (Pages 13 & 14) HAPPY READING! Vivat Jesus, Pedro Ybarra, FN
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Page 11 TEXAS SECOND DISTRICT OUR LADY OF GUADALUPEPROVTNCE DISTRICT MARSHALS DISTRICT MARSHAL HERMAN POOTHONG - ASSIGNED ASSEMBLIES... 2622, 2628, 2748, 3191, 3417 AND 3439 CONTACT INFO. 210-843-4097...EMAIL: herman.poothong@gmai1.com DISTRICT MARSHAL JOSEPHA. SOTO-ASSIGNEDASSEMBLIES... 1126, 1128, 1131, 1136, AND 1527 CONTACT INFO. 361-401-0077...EMAIL: joseph_soto49@yahoo.com DISTRICT MARSHAL DOMINGO GUERRERO-ASSIGNEDASSEMBLIES... 1791, 2040, 2102, 2465, 2523, 2764, AND 3018 CONTACT INFO. 210-340-8852...EMAIL: domingo.guerrero@gmail.com DISTRICT MARSHAL JOSEA. MARTINEZ- ASSIGNED ASSEMBLIES... 1088, 1102, 1855, 1965, 1998, 2055 AND 2145 CONTACT INFO. 210-386-6454 EMAIL: martinezja@sbcglobal.net ROSTERS 1. FAITHFUL NAVIGATORS IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER NOT LISTED IN YOUR ASSEMBLY ROSTER, GET WITH YOUR COMTROLLER TO OBYAIN A COPY OF YOUR FORM 4S AND SUBMIT THEM TO ME VIA EMAIL OR REGULAR MAIL. 2. I HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM SUPREME FOR ME TO SIGN AND SEND TO SUPREME FOR PROCESSING. 3. DO NOT CONTACT SUPREME OR THE VICE SUPREME MASTER ON THIS ISSUE. FOURTH DEGREE MEMBESHIP and RECRUITMENT 1. FORM 4s FOR EXEMPLIFICATIONS SHOULD BE CHECKED BY YOUR COMPTROLLER AND MUST BE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY WHERE NEEDED AND MAKE SURE IT'S LEGIBLE. BEFORE YOU SUBMIT TO DISTRICT COMPTROLLERS AND DISTRICT MASTER. 2. I SIGN THE COPY AND SEND TO SUPREME
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January, 2015 Archbishop Francis J. Furey Assembly No. 1855 Calendar SUN MON TUES WED THUR FRI SAT 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 Blue Team Faithful Admiral 4 5 6 7 St John 8 St Gerard 8 10 Berchman 10270 7697 St Patrick 8087 Holy Name 8789 OLOPH 14190 Red Team Faithful Purser Red Team Inter Sentinel Red Team Outer Sentinel Our Lady of Fatima 4315 CHAPTER MEETING 6:30 PM Good Shepherd Council 6358 Open Meeting ASSEMBLY 1855 Officers 6 PM Business 7 PM Blue Team Faithful Purser 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 San Martin de Elemendorf St Ann 12208 Porres 12521 Saspanco 7697 La Vernia Blue Team Inter Sentinel 18 19 20 21 22 Our Lady of 23 24 Manaoag 15343 Blue Team Outer Sentinel 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4th Degree Exemplification St Brigid Parish 6907 Kitchener SAT 78240 Red Team 1st Year Trustee Blue Team 1st Year Trustee