Knights of Columbus Newsletter, Council 2165
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Knights of Columbus Newsletter Tuolumne Council 2165 Sonora, California 95370 Volume II, Issue 2 — February 2012 Message from the Grand Knight Grand Knight’s Corner What is a knight? There is no one answer. Greetings, Brothers. In view of St. Patrick’s It depends upon the century, the country in financial problems, I have offered our which you lived, your social and economic services to help our Parish (i.e., yard work, status, and how devoted you were to your raking, mowing, trimming, whatever). causes. Early definitions translated knight as meaning ‘servant’ or ‘bondsman.’ About OFFICERS held a pre-meeting on Tuesday the 11th century CE, the concept of a knight to discuss expediting our meetings by narrowed to meaning a military mounted getting business matters sorted out. That follower of a king or other superior. The should make for better time management. pinnacle of a man’s career in the medieval Other issues covered: world was to become a knight. Fr. Ray asked the Knights of Do you remember the proud feeling you had Columbus and YLI for help in the when you were knighted in becoming a 3rd Church’s campaign to stop the Degree Knight of Columbus? Imagine what DEATH PENALTY, and to change it must have felt like in medieval times to be abortion laws so that parents will be knighted by a king, a queen, or a high notified if their child is requesting an ranking lord. abortion. That campaign should commence shortly, target for By 1300 CE, a knight was thought of as a February. mounted professional soldier who exhibited the ideal virtues of chivalry, honor, justice, SPEAKER at some meetings. Be and compassion. Even though knighthood short but on topic of interest to today takes on an honorary status, the Knights. One suggestion was to medieval era ideals remain “to protect the invite Andre (Seminarian we weak, defenseless, helpless, and fight for the support) to come. general welfare of all.” PROTOCOL: If you’ve noted, our The Holy See has awarded the distinction of protocol has been absent. Hence- knighthood to special persons of rank and forth, we will follow protocol more distinction since the medieval period. strenuously so it will be a work in Today there are five Papal Orders of progress until it becomes automatic. Chivalry (Knighthood): This should help with time (continued on page 3) management issues, too. TRUSTEES will henceforth be Announcements seated together to facilitate paying bills. (1) Joseph’s retirement recognition party was an overwhelming success. Joseph’s COMMUNION BREAKFAST: spirit of humility continues to reflect This has come up several times and God’s love for everyone without words. we’ve done this in the past. Knights He touches everyone who meets him in a would attend mass together (perhaps Christ-like manner. The light of God’s at our neighboring parishes, too) and love shines through Knight Joseph. afterward have breakfast at a local restaurant. Perhaps a couple of (2) Many thanks to the Knights who assisted Knights would take up organizing at our breakfast 1/29/12. A good time this? was had by all. USHERS: Have the Knights usher (3) Our next meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on for some Mass. The need is greatest February 9 in the Lower Hall, room 1. at the 11:00 a.m. Mass, except for the third Sunday when the youth are (4) We have two candidates to be inducted there. into the Knights of Columbus as 1st degree knights. Exemplification will be FUND RAISERS: We are not prior to the February 9 meeting. currently on the calendar. We need to coordinate dates with the Parish (5) February Birthdays: regarding our fund raising dinners. Charles Brewer 1ST DEGREE at this month’s Steve Golay meeting. The business meeting will Ray Harm be short so please keep these issues George Kosko in your computer brains for our next Phil Rodriguez meeting. Edward Soares Raymond Stroh PRAY for our deceased members and the James Ward Armed Forces. (6) The final application for our matching God Bless, Ray Harm: Grand Knight grant money has been received and approved by Supreme. I have presented our check for half the purchase price to Foothill Pregnancy Center. The machine is scheduled to be shipped and installed Prayer for Pope Benedict XVI at the Center by February 27th. Nicki Reeves, CEO for the Center, has asked May the Lord preserve our Holy Father, that we pick a day in March for a public Benedict. May He give him life and protect announcement and reception for we him in this life and reserve for him the Knights. She also asked me to tell all of reward of the just. Amen. you “WE LOVE THE KNIGHTS.” (George Kosko) 2 Prayers for the Sick and Infirm Order of the Golden Militia. A 1966 reform limits the award to Christian Sovereigns and “Love does not have the power to kill pain Heads of State as the Order of the Golden or to extinguish it, but it does have the Militia. It has since been described by power to diminish it. One can say ‘I will Annuario Pontificio as the Order of the accept this particular suffering in order to Golden Spur. At present, there is one living make reparation for my own faults.’ Or we Knight. can offer up suffering for others. Thus through love of God suffering becomes a The third award is the Order of Pius IX. sacrifice.” — “Once offered in sacrifice, Pius IV established an Order of Pian pain can liberate the soul and turn a curse Knights in 1560 CE. It fell into disuse and into a blessing.” (Bishop Fulton Sheen) was reorganized in 1847 by Pope Pius IX. Since that time there have been several reforms of the Statutes. The highest rank is In Memoriam the gold Collar of the Order, which is the most common award to Heads of State upon May the souls of all of the faithful who have official visits to the Holy See. The Grand departed rest in peace with the Lord. Cross is the highest award given to lay men and women for outstanding deeds on behalf of the Church and society. The rank of Message from the Grand Knight Knight Commander and Dame Commander may be given as a higher distinction. The (continued from page 1) rank of Knight or Dame may be awarded to Catholic and non-Catholic and on occasion Supreme Order of Christ to non-Christians. Order of the Golden Spur Order of Pius IX The fourth Order is the Equestrian Order of Order of St Gregory the Great St. Gregory the Great. It was founded in Order of St. Sylvester, Pope and Martyr 1831 and its rankings are similar to the Order of Pian Knights. In 1834 it had The highest Papal Order is the Supreme military and civil divisions. It was reformed Order of Christ. This Order was instituted in 1905 and is awarded for conspicuous by King Denis I of Portugal in 1318 as a service to the Church and society, regardless military religious that replaced Knights of religious affiliation. Templar. This Order became widely distributed and divided and fell into disuse. The Order of St. Sylvester is neither In 1878 the Order was revived as the highest military nor monastic. It was created in Order of Chivalry of the Catholic Church. It 1841 by Pope Gregory XVI as an honorary is awarded exclusively to male Catholic title. This award recognizes laymen who are Sovereigns and Heads of State. At this time active in the Apostolate in the exercise of there no living recipients. their professional duties and their mastering of different arts. It can, though rarely, be The Order of the Golden Spur is the awarded to non-Catholics. second highest Papal Order. It was formed into a high Award of Merit in 1841 as the Each of the five Orders has its own Order of St. Sylvester and the Golden particular decorations. Papal Knights or Militia. In 1905, Papal Orders limited the Dames do not have any specific obligations number of knights to one hundred as the due to their awards. 3 In addition to the Papal Orders of Chivalry, inspire torpor and even despair. But one there are several Military Religious Orders mistake that critics might make stems from under the protection of the Holy See that thinking that our present confusion over date to the time of the Crusades. We shall music is unprecedented, or that it can not be discuss these at a later date. remedied. There have been many periods throughout Catholic history when liturgical music has drifted from its roots. ABOUT OUR FAITH (Catholic Culture) Liturgical Music “The awful stuff that has passed for liturgical music in the Catholic Church for the past 335 years is a continuing disgrace How do you feel about the kind and quality and embarrassment. The inspired ‘hymns’ of the music offered at our masses? Don’t and utterly trite musical settings of parts of answer. No matter what your opinion, you the Ordinary of the Mass suddenly appeared have a counter part with an opposite from nowhere sometime shortly after opinion. It has always been this way and the Vatican II. Overnight, 1500 years of some situation is not likely to change in the near of the most beautiful, inspired music in all future. Let us take a look at liturgical music of Western culture was thrown out and through the eyes of the Church, Catholic replaced by what sounds like bad 1960s publications, a composer, Socrates, and then folk-pop-elevator music.