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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Blessed Theodore G. Romzha Assembly 2279 P.O. Box 1391 Windermere, FL 34786 VOLUME 24, No. 6 June 2018 ‘Hold On To What Is Good’ Simpson, in the Northwest Territories, three decades ago: “The worthy traditions of the Indian tribes were strengthened and enriched by the 5/1/2018 Gospel message. ... Thus not only is Christianity relevant to the Indian Native American Catholic Communities Demonstrate peoples, but Christ, in the members of his Body, is himself Indian.” Often, in Columbia and elsewhere, I have written about Pope Francis’ Diversity Of Culture And The Unity Of Faith challenge to bring the Gospel to the peripheries. But Holy Week made clear to me that there is a “periphery” in the heart of our own continent THIS YEAR, I spent much of Holy — one largely overlooked by many Catholics but where the Gospel has Week in the Diocese of Gallup, N.M., already been lived for centuries. encountering the presence of our Catholic “Today, people are realizing more and more clearly that we all belong faith among Native Americans. to the one human family,” John Paul II said during his 1987 meeting I met Mercy Corps volunteers at the with native peoples in Phoenix, days before his visit to Fort Simpson. St. Michaels Association for Special “Within this family,” he continued, “each people preserves and Education on the Navajo Reservation; expresses its own identity and enriches others with its gifts of culture, greeted Navajos at the Villa Guadalupe tradition, customs, stories, song, dance, art and skills.” residence of the Little Sisters of the Poor; An outstanding example of this is Nicholas Black Elk, whose cause visited San Estevan del Rey mission Carl A. Anderson for canonization has recently been opened in the Diocese of Rapid City, church in “Sky City” on the Acoma Pueblo S.D. — the scene of a dramatic episode in Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the He fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn and later witnessed the Archbishop; and spoke with a missionary priest about his pastoral work death and destruction of the Minneconjou at Wounded Knee. These on the Zuni reservation. experiences could have led to a life of anger, hatred and despair. But the high point was the Easter Vigil at San José Mission on the Instead, after his baptism, he lived a life of hope and reconciliation — Laguna Pueblo reservation, after Dorian and I shared dinner with a for 50 years evangelizing his fellow Native American people. parish family. There is a Pueblo Indian prayer familiar to the Laguna tribe that Mass was an extraordinary experience as the church, built in 1699, reads like a poem: “Hold on to what is good, even if it’s a handful of filled with light during the procession. As Communion ended, the earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it’s a tree that stands by itself. congregation sang a hymn in the native Keresan language. Hold on to what you must do, even if it’s a long way from here. Hold Later, the governors of the pueblo stood in front of the altar and on to your life, even it it’s easier to let go. Hold on to my hand, even if spoke of the need to continue to live in a way that brought their Catholic someday I’ll be gone away from you.” faith “in harmony with their Indian way of life,” to treat each other in a We encourage our children to read the great literature of pagan Christian way and “to speak to each other with respect.” Greece such as Homer’s Iliad, not because we somehow endorse such The experience brought to life what St. John Paul II had said in Fort things as King Agamemnon’s bloody sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia WEB SITE: http://www.kofcassembly2279.org Assembly E-Mail - [email protected] to the goddess Artemis, but because such stories tell us something October 13th, Saturday, Family Pot Luck Dinner at St. Nicholas , follow- important about human nature and the moral life. We should not ing 4:30 Mass. hesitate to explore similar lessons in our own history. Saturday November 24, 4th Degree Exemplification at Rosen Plaza Pope Francis recently reminded us, “Each culture that receives the Hotel. Gospel enriches the Church by showing a new aspect of Christ’s face.” If we are truly the people “who long to see His face,” then there is one Monday December 10, at 07:00, Assembly Christmas Dinner and Show further voyage of discovery, this time close to home, that we have been at Sleuth’s Dinner Theater on Universal Boulevard. invited to make.. Christmas Party at Sleuths for Thursday December 13. Vivat Jesus! Vivat Jesus, Joe Grelish, BLESSED THEODORE G. ROMZHA Faithful Navigator ASSEMBLY 2279 4th Degree Assembly 2279 The Nominating Committee appointed by Faithful Navigator Joe Grelish has presented the following slate of candidates for elective Faithful Friar/State Chaplain Report Assembly Officers for the 2018-2019 fraternal year: My Dear Brother Knights, At the end of June, we will celebrate the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. Faithful Navigator Joe Grelish Two great Saints of the Church, but with two completely different Faithful Admiral Matthew Abbott personalities and missions. Faithful Captain Bob Dennenfelser St. Peter was chosen by Jesus to lead the Church. The keys of the Faithful Pilot Michael Macminamen Kingdom were given to him. He was the one to guide the Church in its Faithful Purser Michael Crawford ministry and to safeguard the truth of the Church. Yet, his personality Faithful Comptroller Peter Shine in regard to decisions sometimes faulted or was delayed. His leadership Faithful Scribe Henry Abbott needed to be supported and encouraged. Yet, he was head of the Church. Inner Sentinel Scotty Rilwein St. Paul's mission was to the gentiles. He brought Jesus to the gentiles Outer Sentinel Patrick Brand so that they might believe in Jesus and become the body of Christ. His personality was strong. He was decisive, and not afraid to confront the 1 Year Trustee John Adams other Apostles. 2 Year Trustee Donald Abate What this demonstrates is the diversity of the Church, the diversity 3 Year Trustee Joseph Chenette of ministries and the diversity of the talents of the people of God in the Church. Nominations may also be made from the floor at the next general We are the Church and the people of God. We are diverse with diverse meeting prior to elections. personalities and talents. But, just as with Sts. Peter and Paul, all of us are bound in unity with Jesus Christ. 4th Degree Assembly 2279 As the people of God, let us commit ourselves to express our talents in our ministry always united in the mission of Jesus Christ which is Faithful Navigator’s Report to make known the Name of Jesus to the world, as the body of Christ Brother Sir Knights, to perfect the world by our lives, witnessing to Jesus and preaching the A very special heartfelt thanks to all the following participatory risen Christ for the salvation of the world. members of our Assembly, 2279. God bless you all, To our State Deputy, Don Kahrer, and State Advocate, Robert Urru- Fr. Sal Pignato, tia for their long term planning and implementation of today’s Celebra- Faithful Friar/Florida State Chaplain tory Mass at St Nicholas for Father Sal. Copious thanks to our Brother of many years, Michael Krochmalni, Grand Knight’s Report and his son Peter, for taking momentous dozens of photographs at St Nicholas and the Hyatt Regency Orlando Room today. Council 9236 Also, the apogee of this joyous occasion was served with high honor Fellow Worthy Knights, Brothers all: by Sir Knights Mike MacMenamin, Donald Abbate, Henry Abbott, Newly elected officers for the 2018/19 are: Fr. Sal Pignato Chaplain, Matt Abbott and John Butcher in Honor Guard Regalia. Amos Isaac GK, Ainsley Reidhart DGK, Dan Buckley FS, John Butcher This was a once in lifetime occasion, and the highest honor to be in Treasurer, Mike Mac Menamin Recorder, Louis Ramos Warden, Don attendance. Thank you to all the other attending Brothers from our Abate trustee, Pris Romanillos trustee, George Davis Outside Guard. Assembly. We look forward to a great new year with Amos as GK and Ainsley For those that could not be there, you were with us in Spirit, and we as DGK. Prayers of intercession from Our Lady of Perpetual Help are look forward to seeing you at our next Assembly Meeting or Function. appreciated in our tasks of growing our membership. In the meantime, may God Bless each of you, and the members of your We offer our sincerest CONGRATULATIONS to Fr. Sal for his family with good healthv achievement of 50 years as a priest! How blessed we are to have Fr. Sal Assembly 2279 Upcoming Dates: as our Chaplain! You are a true apostle of Christ Fr. Sal and we love you! Ronald McDonald House Saturday June 16 and Saturday July 7. God's blessings to all St Nicholas Clean Up, Saturday Morning, September 6th at 09:00. Vivat Jesus! John Butcher, Grand Knight 9236 2 Gods Church in Prophesy and Fulfilment PART 1

The Pre-Christian Message Fulfilled He directs the religious destinies of mankind. Through Moses the covenant with the chosen people was inaugurated, and through “Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast words of everlasting subsequent religious leaders such as Joshua and Samuel, that life, and we have come to believe and to know that thou art the covenant was defended and the duties it imposed on the chosen Christ, the Son of God” (John 6:69-70). Thus spoke Peter. The people were proclaimed. words are re-echoed in another well-known statement of Peter: So, when our Lord said He had no intention of destroying the “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). prophets. He had in mind the whole divine message enshrined in This ringing profession of loyalty to Jesus voices perfectly the the historical and prophetical books of the Old Testament. sentiments of every true Christian, for whom Christ is the greatest When, therefore, Jesus declared that He had not come to teacher the world has ever known, and Who spoke with absolute destroy but to fulfill the Law and the Prophets, He meant that the and final authority. His authority is absolute and final because He entire, essential message of the Old Testament system of revealed is the Son of God. He knows all truth. He cannot mislead because religion was to stand as it had been, but in a more perfect way. He is the Truth. “I am the way, and the truth and the life” (John The perfecting of what had been imperfect in the pre-Christian 14:6). revealed message was to be the work of Jesus. The message He brought to us is of capital importance. It is That is what He meant when He said that He had come to fulfill, simply unthinkable that God would send His only begotten Son that is, to perfect, to supply what was missing; to improve on what into the world for anything not of supreme significance and of was deficient and inferior. everlasting value for the well being of mankind. It is, therefore, of The deficiency or imperfection was due to the fact that the the utmost interest and concern to everyone to find out the views chosen people had to be prepared gradually for the full and of Jesus Christ; they are final and absolute. “He who follows me complete revelation to be made by the Messiah. The religious does not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life” (John message, which God first gave, had to be suited to the religious 8:12). capacity of a people who at the outset were like children. As In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus said: “Do not think that I they developed and matured spiritually and religiously, further have come to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to revelations from heaven would be made until the message should destroy, but to fulfill” (Matt. 5:17). Evidently some of our Lord’s be completed by the Messiah, Himself. An all-wise and indulgent enemies must have thought that it was His intent to do away Heavenly Father would suit His message to the spiritual capacity with the Law, because He did not always agree with the current of His children. understanding and application of it. His words show emphatically that His supreme purpose was just the opposite, namely, “not to Christ And The Scriptures destroy but to fulfill.” The declaration of our Lord that He would not destroy but What is meant by, the Law and the Prophets? At the time of complete the Law and the Prophets implied that He approved the Christ and long before, the Jew had different names than those Jewish Scriptures. In fact, He said on more than one occasion that in use today for the Bible and its various parts. What today is the Scriptures must be realized; they cannot be broken, that one known as the Pentateuch (the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, jot or tittle should not pass from the Law, till all is fulfilled (Matt. Numbers and Deuteronomy), they called the Torah. The word 5:18; John 10:35; Luke 22:37; Acts 1:16, etc.). is usually translated Law, but this word unduly narrows the meaning of the Hebrew term. It means rather teaching, and more How did Christ fulfill the Old Testament? specifically religious teaching, which makes known the will of First, it was prophetic; it looked to and foretold a future period, God, or in other words, a divinely imparted message or revelation. which would be realized with the coming of the long-expected So when Jesus said that He had no intention of destroying the Messiah and Savior. He was the fulfillment of the Old Testament Torah, it was the first five books of our Bible that He had in mind. prophecies. The books which we usually refer to as the Historical books of Secondly, the Old Testament presents a code of morality, whose the Old Testament (Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings), the Jews most basic expression is found in the Ten Commandments, Jesus called the Early Prophets, and what we usually refer to today filled out or completed by drawing out and making explicit what as the Major (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel) and Minor Prophets was implied but not expressly stated. For example, He declares (Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadaiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakuk, the Commandment “Thou shalt not kill” forbids not only the Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi), they called the Later external act of murder, but all those internal acts of anger, hatred, Prophets. They regarded Moses as the greatest of the prophets and the desire for revenge and like emotional states which prepare the the fountainhead of prophecy. way to lead to the external act. Mouthpiece Of God Thirdly, the Old Testament contained a ritualistic or ceremonial law, which regulated the worship of God and the manner of The meaning of the term prophet helps us to understand why purification and sanctification. These were all directed to the Joshua, Samuel and the rest of the Old Testament heroes follow on worship of God, but they were all imperfect, being but types Moses. Prophet means mouthpiece of God, the person through vaguely foreshadowing the much more perfect manner of whom God communicates His will to men and through whom worshiping God which Jesus established. 3 For example, circumcision was the rite of initiation into the No wonder then that Jesus ascribed such absolute authority to chosen people of God. Jesus establishes a much more perfect rite the Scriptures. Through them God speaks, and the word of God of initiation, Baptism, which introduces the recipient into the new is always final and decisive. Our Lord’s teaching on this point Israel by imparting to him the supernatural life of holiness and will be more fully indicated in the teaching of the Apostles, His making him a member of the body of the all-holy Savior (Gal. accredited representatives, which we shall discuss presently. 3:27). For the sacrifice of animals Jesus substituted the sacrifice Jesus was fully aware, as were His contemporaries, that the of His death on Calvary. He, God’s beloved Son, is the Victim, untrained mind is not capable of understanding the Scriptures incomparably superior to the Old Testament sacrificial victims, as correctly. This is why we read: “Beginning then with Moses and the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews insists (Heb. 9:13; 10:21). with all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures Likewise the Third Commandment expressing man’s obligation the things referring to himself” (Luke 24:27). He had to open of public worship was expressed in terms of the Temple Sabbath. the minds of His loyal followers so that they might be capable of When Christ became the new Temple (Cfr Jn 3,20-22), the essential understanding the revealed message of the Scriptures. “Then he obligation of public worship remained but the specification of the opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures” Sabbath was no longer binding. (Luke 24:45). The Civil Code Christ Interprets The Law Finally, there was the civil code in the Old Testament. This was In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus gave the authoritative perfected by substituting for the earthly promises of reward and interpretation of certain passages of the Old Law. Repeatedly He threat of punishment the far more effective promise of heavenly said: “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time . . .” Then and eternal rewards and the threat of eternal punishment in hell. He quotes a passage from the Scriptures and explains it. Our Lord Such a procedure was not the abrogation or destruction of the did not say, “Ye have read” because His audience for the most part Old Law but rather the perfecting of it. The comparison has been did not know how to read. They were, however, familiar with the used of a painter who takes a rough sketch, which gives the bare Scriptures from hearing them read in their synagogues. outline of an image, and adds color and detail to it. In a sense Jesus, therefore, granted full, even divine, authority to the the old original outline is abolished, but in another sense, it still inspired word of God contained in the Sacred Scriptures of the Old remains in the finished work of art. So all that was essential and Testament. But at the same time He recognized that much in them eternal in the Old Law remains in the new, and in that sense our was beyond the human mind to understand correctly without Lord said that He came not to destroy but to fulfill the Law and guidance and an authoritative interpretation. That interpretation the Prophets. He mercifully supplied. The human mind has not changed these twenty centuries. It still needs a guide to the correct interpretation THE CHURCH OF THE NEW LAW of the Sacred Scriptures. Has Jesus supplied this guide? If God had really inspired men to write the Old Testament The statement of Christ that He came not to destroy the Old, Scriptures and thus give expression in human language to a divine but to perfect it, indicates that the same general religious system message, the appearance of Jesus on earth would not change a fact or method would remain in force. As has already been pointed out, that had been already accomplished before He came to earth. Did that system was one of authoritative teachers appointed by God to Jesus accept such a fact and accept the Old Testament Scriptures convey religious truth to the minds of the people. Unless Jesus as inspired? He did. preserved the same system, He certainly would have destroyed He looked upon the words of Scripture as having absolute the Law and the Prophets. If He had willed and intended that each authority, and He ascribed this authority to the fact that the individual was to be his own guide in matters of moral conduct Scriptures were inspired by the Holy Spirit. Jesus has said: “Amen I and religious worship with no other authority than a book which say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not one jot or one tittle everyone could explain to suit his own fancy, He would have shall be lost from the Law till all things have been accomplished” basically destroyed the system which was in vogue from the time (Matt. 5:18). Elsewhere He said: “The Scripture cannot be broken” of Moses until the inauguration of Christianity. (John 10:35), and again: “These are the words which I spoke to Supreme Authority you while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled that are written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms Organization means harmonious and coordinated effort under concerning me” (Luke 24:44). authoritative leadership. The lack of organization and central Clearly then our Lord regarded the Scriptures as a final and authority leads inevitably to chaos and the ruin of any movement. absolute authority. Whatever they predicted must certainly come Our Lord said: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to pass. Their word cannot be broken. Why was this? to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will The reason for the absolute authority of the Scriptures is that not stand” (Matt. 12:23). Yet Jesus came to establish a kingdom — they are the word of God. Eternal Truth speaks through them. the Kingdom of God on earth. The very term kingdom demands Arguing with the Jews, Jesus appeals to the testimony of John the organization. A kingdom requires a king (or authorized ruler of Baptist, then to the more precious testimony of His Eternal Father, some kind, call him what you will). There must be a supreme Who speaks first through the works He gave Jesus to perform, authority, which will govern the Kingdom according to well- and secondly through the Scriptures. The reason then why the defined principles and laws. There is further need of duly Scriptures must be fulfilled, is that God speaks through them. appointed assistants, heads of various departments and so forth, The same truth is indicated by our Lord in another passage. In who will proclaim the laws after having enacted them, instruct Matthew 22:43, Jesus declares that what David wrote in Psalm 110, the citizens in their duties, interpret the laws, enforce them, he wrote in the Spirit, that is, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. adjudicate points of dispute, and punish violators of the laws of 4 the land. Is the Kingdom of God to be the only exception to this Alveda King And Frank Pavone: How universal law? Can You Use Martin Luther King Jr. To Necessity Of Organization Another consideration that deserves mention before we take up Promote Suicide? You Can't. the direct evidence is that the Kingdom of God on earth has a Fr. Frank Pavone, tremendous work to do. No such far-flung commission had ever National Director, Priests for Life been given to anyone as the commission given to the Church in Having spent the better parts of our lives fighting for the rights the person of the Apostles: “Jesus drew near and spoke to them of others to live, we are familiar with the death industry’s many saying, ‘All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. attempts to cloak itself with a veneer of respectability. Whether its Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them members champion killing through abortion, euthanasia, or assisted in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, suicide, they always strive to make the elimination of vulnerable teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and people appear palatable, even compassionate. behold, I am with you all days, even unto the consummation of the Now, the death dealers are at it again. They have linked one of world’” (Matt. 28:18-20). No such mission could be successfully history’s greatest champions of rights for the living to their anti-life carried out without organization. Without organization, men efforts. It’s an outrageous disgrace. would work at cross-purposes; there would be duplication of Compassion & Choices, which euphemistically bills itself as effort; there would be chaos. “the nation’s oldest, largest and most active nonprofit organization Everyone will admit, as experience proves, that organization is committed to improving care and expanding options for the end of a necessity whenever and wherever there is a definite purpose to life,” has misappropriated the words and image of the Rev. Martin be accomplished. That is true in any field of activity. It is equally Luther King, Jr. to promote its campaign for legalized assisted suicide. true in religion. For though Christianity is of divine origin, its On the 50th anniversary of King’s assassination, Compassion & spread and development is in the hands of human agents divinely Choices posted a photo of our nation’s most beloved civil rights appointed. But did Jesus actually state that it was His intention leader with the words, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in to follow this common-sense procedure? Let us take a look at the healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” evidence. The implications of the post is that laws against aiding or Christ’s avowed purpose was to establish the Kingdom of God. participating in suicides are somehow forms of inequality and are He Himself declared that a kingdom divided against itself cannot unjust, and that a doctor’s intentional participation in the taking of stand. And assuredly any kingdom where there is no supreme another’s life is a form of healthcare. Further, by using the image and authority, but where everyone is his own supreme interpreter in words of King, Compassion & Choices is trying to link itself to a matters of conduct and principle, is no kingdom at all. A kingdom man who never uttered a word in support of its cause. is an organized unit of governor and governed, of teachers and First of all, let’s examine the words attributed to King. As best as pupils, of leaders and those who submit to this leadership. can be determined, similar, if not the same words were spoken at It is quite possible that Jesus could have dealt with every a 1966 convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights individual soul immediately and directly, He being an invisible in Chicago. While no recording or copy of King’s speech exists, authority working through the invisible operations of the Holy the online authority QuoteInvestigator.com reports that several Spirit in souls and there would be no need for a visible kingdom newspapers published an Associated Press story covering a press or a visible head. conference he held the night before the speech. In addressing the Responsibility Of Leaders unequal levels of healthcare received by blacks and whites at the Jesus said that He personally was sent only to the lost sheep of time, King told the press, “We are concerned about the constant the house of Israel (Matt. 13:24). But He also said that the children use of federal funds to support this most notorious expression of of Israel must first be filled (Mark 7: 27). This implies that the glad segregation. Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the tidings of salvation were subsequently to be brought to the Gentile most shocking and the most inhuman because it often results in world, yet it was not the divine plan that Jesus Himself should physical death.” carry the message to them. This duty He was later to impose on A subsequent newspaper account of Rev. King’s actual convention others. “Go, teach all nations” He commissioned His followers. speech quoted him as saying, “Of all forms of discrimination and Was the fulfillment of this tremendous commission to be left inequalities, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman. to the caprice of disorganized individuals? What if all wanted to It is more degrading than slums, because slums are a psychological preach only at Rome? What if nobody was willing to go to the death while inequality in health means a physical death.” hinterlands of the far-flung Roman Empire? Would the most The quote used by Compassion & Choices, then, was made in reasonable Jesus have allowed such a haphazard plan in a matter the context of racial discrimination in healthcare. He was concerned that meant eternal salvation or eternal damnation? Would He that this unequal treatment resulted in ... wait for it ... physical not rather appoint leaders who in consultation with one another death. Whether intentionally or not, Compassion & Choices failed would divide up the various parts of the world, some going West, to include this last and key part of his statement. Suffice it to say, a others North, others South, and still others East, so that every quotation that argues against a policy because it results in physical nook and corner of the world could, in due time, hear the glad death cannot honestly be used in favor of another policy that also news and come to have the Faith in Jesus that saves?  results in physical death. The use of King’s quote then leads us to the question of whether Next Month - Gods Church in Prophecy and Fulfilment - Part 2 doctor-assisted suicide even qualifies as healthcare. Certainly, in

5 1966 when King spoke at the Medical Committee for Human ing through the downtown streets, participants returned to hear testi- Rights convention, neither euthanasia nor “aid in dying” were monies and attend a prayer service. considered legitimate medical practices; neither should they be “It is very crucial that the Knights are involved because of our Catho- today. Compassion & Choices and other death dealers like to think lic faith,” Supreme Director Nicholas said. “In Canada, there are peo- that involving doctors turns their practice into medical care, but it ple of many other faiths besides Christianity who believe in the right doesn’t any more than having a lawyer administer a lethal injection to life and strongly oppose abortion and euthanasia.” qualifies it as legal aid. Canadians are strongly opposed to the new abortion requirement in It’s understandable that a group would like to link itself to King, the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program, and two-thirds would also a great man who was an uncle to one of us and a hero to both of limit abortion to — at most — the first trimester of a woman’s preg- us. But it’s not a compliment when the group seeking to associate nancy, according to a recent Knights of Columbus survey. itself with him is one that is antithetical to the cause for which he Learn more about the Knights of Columbus’ pro-life efforts, or make stood, life. a donation to the K of C Culture of Life Fund by visiting here.  King was willing to lay down his life for others, but he would have never taken his own or anyone else’s. Compassion & Choices, a 4th Degree Assembly 2279 group that grew out of the more accurately named Hemlock Society, should stop peddling the poison of deceit.  Faithful Navigator’s Report Sir Knights, Knights All-In As we all know, when we were Knighted, that the Fourth Degree is 5/10/2018 all about Patriotism and service to country. Shown below is one true story, of thousands, that occurred during Canadian Knights And Their Families Among The Thou- WWII. sands Participating In Canada’s Annual National March For The true story of The Four Chaplains is well known amongst most Life veterans and active military. Knights of Columbus members and their families joined the However, the heroism, sacrifice, honor, love of country and God of thousands who gathered in Ottawa for Canada’s 21st annual Na- these four Patriots should never be forgotten, and their story always tional March for Life, Thursday, May 10. Thousands more partici- told, for as long as we are a nation. pated in local marches across the country. It is with GREAT HONOR, here is the true story of the “Four Peacefully gathering on Parliament Hill, the marchers came Champlains” together to demand that the laws of the nation once again uphold the most basic right inherent to all human persons: the right to life. The 2018 theme for the march is “Pro Life —All In.” It encour- ages everyone to commit themselves to defending human life at all its stages and to speak the truth in the face of adversity, without exceptions, without excuses, without compromises. Recent actions by the Canadian government make this year’s march even more relevant, said Supreme Director Larry Kustra of George L. Fox Alexander D. Goode Clark V Poling John P Washington Manitoba. Joining Kustra were Supreme Director Graydon Nicho- las of New Brunswick and Supreme Director Arthur Peters of On- The Four Chaplains, also sometimes referred to as the "Immortal tario. Chaplains" or the "Dorchester Chaplains", were four United “The government is requiring that agencies attest their support States Army chaplains who gave their lives to save other civilian for abortion in order to qualify for the summer jobs program,” and military personnel as the troop ship SS Dorchester sank on Kustra said. “This issue is front and foremost with many groups — February 3, 1943, during World War II. They helped other soldiers Christian and non-Christian. Canada currently has no law which board lifeboats and gave up their own life jackets when the supply gives rights to pre-born children.” ran out. The chaplains joined arms, said prayers, and sang hymns as The first official Canadian national march was held in 1998.- On they went down with the ship. tario State Deputy Daniel Heffernan, an organizer for this year’s The relatively new chaplains all held the rank of first lieutenant. They event, has been part of the march since that time. included Methodist minister the Reverend George L. Fox, Reform “At the 1998 march, we had about a thousand people. Last year, Rabbi Alexander D. Goode (Ph.D.), Roman Catholic priest Father we had around 25,000,” Heffernan said. “Since the beginning, we John P. Washington, and Reformed Church in America minister have grown and grown. I see the march as a sign of our freedom. the Reverend Clark V. Poling. Their backgrounds, personalities, I don’t like the fact that we have to do this, to protest about some- and denominations were different, although Goode, Poling and thing as clear as the importance of the sanctity of life, but I’m glad Washington had all served as leaders in the Boy Scouts of America. that we have the freedom to do so.” They met at the Army Chaplains School at Harvard University, where The Knights, he added, are very involved in the march, helping they prepared for assignments in the European theater, sailing on to organize the event, acting as marshals and providing a Fourth board Dorchester to report to their new assignments. Degree contingent of more than 150 Knights to lead the march. George L. Fox : They also encourage people from throughout the nation to attend, George L. Fox was born March 15, 1900, in Lewistown, and assist by funding bus trips. Pennsylvania, the eldest of eight children. When he was 17, he left The march began with a rally on Parliament Hill. After proceed- school and lied about his age in order to join the Army to serve in 6 (Continued on Page 10) I have fought in every battle of every war for more then 200 years.

I have slipped the bonds of Earth and stood watch over the uncharted I Am the Flag of the frontiers of space from my vantage point on the moon. I was flown at Valley Forge, I have borne silent witness to all of America’s finest hours. Gettysburg, Shiloh and Appamatox. Of America I was there at San Juan Hill,

the trenches of France, in the Argonne Forest,

Anzio, Rome and the But my finest hours are yet to come. beaches of Normandy.

I am the flag of the United States of America. My name is Old Glory. I fly atop the world’s tallest buildings. I stand watch in America’s When I am torn into strips and used as halls of justice. Guam, Okinawa, Korea and bandages for my wounded I fly majestically over KheSan, Saigon, Vietnam know me. comrades on the battlefield, institutions of learning. I was there. When I am flown at half-mast to honor I stand guard with power in the world. I led my troops, I was dirty, my soldier, Look up and see me. battleworn and tired, Or when I lie in the trembling arms of a But my soldiers cheered me and I was grieving parent at the grave of their fallen proud. son or daughter,

I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice. I stand for freedom. I have been burned, torn and trampled I am proud. I am confident. on the streets of countries I have I am arrogant. helped set free. I am proud. It does not hurt for I am invincible.

I have been soiled upon, burned, torn and trampled in the streets of my country.

And when it’s done by those Whom I’ve served in battle - it hurts. I am flown with my But I shall overcome - for I am strong fellow banners, My head is a little higher, My colors a little truer. .

I bow to no one! I am recognized all over the world. I am worshipped - I am saluted. I am loved - I am revered. PRAY FOR OUR MILITARY! I am respected - and I am feared. 7 The 6th fold is for where our hearts lie. It is with our heart Our Flag: Did you Know? that We pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States Of America, and the Republic for which it stands, one Nation Do you know that at military funerals, the 21-gun salute stands under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all. for the sum of the numbers in the year 1776?

Have you ever noticed the honor guard pays meticulous attention to correctly folding the American flag 13 times? You probably thought it was to symbolize the original 13 colonies, but we learn something new every day!

The 1st fold of our flag is a symbol of life. The 7th fold is a tribute to our Armed Forces, for it is through the Armed Forces that we protect our country and our flag against all her enemies, whether they be found within or without the boundaries of our republic.

The 2nd fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life.

The 8th fold is a tribute to the one who entered into the valley of the shadow of death, that we might see the light of day.

The 9th fold is a tribute to womanhood, and Mothers. For it The 3rd fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veterans has been through their faith, their love, loyalty and devotion that departing our ranks who gave a portion of their lives for the the character of the men and women who have made this country defense of our country to attain peace throughout the world. great has been molded.

The 10th fold is a tribute to the father, for he, too, has given his sons and daughters for the defense of our country since they were first born. The 4th fold represents our weaker nature, for as American citi- zens trusting in God, it is to Him we turn in times of peace as well as in time of war for His divine guidance.

The 11th fold represents the lower portion of the seal of King David and King Solomon and glorifies in the Hebrews eyes, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The 5th fold is a tribute to our country, for in the words of Ste- phen Decatur, “Our Country, in dealing with other countries, may The 12th fold represents an emblem of eternity and glorifies, in she always be right; but it is still our country, right or wrong. the Christians eyes, God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.

8 The 13th fold, or when the flag is completely folded, the stars are of the United States, preserving for us the rights, privileges and uppermost reminding us of our nations motto, “In God We Trust.” freedoms we enjoy today.

There are some traditions and ways of doing things that have deep meaning. In the future, you’ll see flags folded and now you will know why.

After the flag is completely folded! and tucked in, it takes on Share this with others who love the symbol of “Liberty and the appearance of a cocked hat, ever reminding us of the soldiers Freedom” who served under General George Washington, and the Sailors and Marines who served under Captain John Paul Jones, who were If you can read this, thank a teacher.... If you are reading it in followed by their comrades and shipmates in the Armed Forces English, thank a soldier. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Red Skelton had a favorite teacher in school and that teacher once explained the origins and meanings of the Pledge of Allegiance to the class. Red Skelton never forgot it and recorded it as he remembered his teacher saying it. Here is a transcript of that recording. “ ‘I’ — Me, an individual, a committee of one. ‘With Liberty’ — Which is freedom. The right of power to live ones own life without threat, fear, or ‘Pledge’ — Dedicate all of my worldly goods to give some sort of retaliation. without self pity. ‘And Justice’ — The principle, equality, for dealing ‘Allegiance’ — My love and my devotion. fairly with others.

‘To the Flag’ — Our standard, Old Glory. A symbol ‘For All’ — For all; which means boys and girls, it’s of freedom. Wherever she waves, there’s respect. Be- as much your county as it is mine. cause your loyalty has given her a dignity that shouts ‘freedom is everybody’s job’. And now boys and girls let me hear you recite the Pledge of ‘United’ — That means that we Allegiance. have all come together. I pledge allegiance ‘States’ — Individual com- to the flag munities that have united into of the the United States Forty eight great States, forty of America eight individual communities and to the Republic with pride and dignity and pur- for which it stands, pose. All divided with imagi- one nation, indivisible, with nary boundaries, yet united to liberty and justice for all. a common purpose. And that’s love for Country. Since I was a small boy two States have been added to our Country and two words have been added to the ‘And to the Republic’ — Republic; A state in which Pledge of Allegiance —— ‘Under God’. Sovereign power is invested in representatives cho- sen by the people to govern. And government is the Wouldn’t it be a pity if someone said that is people. And it’s from the people to the leaders, not a prayer, and that would be eliminated from from the leaders to the people. schools too?”

‘For which it stands, one Nation’ — One Nation; ( Note: I have placed the audio and a video of this from the old meaning so blessed by God. Rush Limbaugh TV show on our web site—Assembly Home Page) ‘Indivisible’ — Incapable of being divided.

9 World War I. He joined the ambulance corps in 1917, assigned to as an Army chaplain, accepting an appointment on June 10, 1942 as Camp Newton D. Baker in Texas. On December 3, 1917, George a chaplain with the 131st Quartermaster Truck Regiment, reporting embarked from Camp Merritt, New Jersey, and boarded the USS to Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on June 25. Later he Huron en route to France. As a medical corps assistant, he was reported to Army Chaplains School at Harvard, where he would highly decorated for bravery and was awarded the Silver Star, Purple meet Chaplains Fox, Goode, and Washington. Heart and the French Croix de Guerre. John P. Washington: Upon his discharge, he returned home to Altoona, where he completed high school. He entered Moody Bible Institute in Illinois John P. Washington was born in Newark, New Jersey on July 18, in 1923. He and Isadora G. Hurlbut of Vermont were married in 1908. He studied at Seton Hall, in South Orange, New Jersey, to 1923, when he began his religious career as an itinerant preacher complete his high school and college courses in preparation for the in the Methodist faith. He later graduated from Illinois Wesleyan Catholic priesthood. He graduated in 1931 with an A.B. Degree, University in Bloomington, served as a student pupil in Rye, New entering Immaculate Conception Seminary in Darlington, New Hampshire, and then studied at the Boston University School of Jersey, where he received his minor orders on May 26, 1933. He Theology, where he was ordained a Methodist minister on June 10, served as a subdeacon at all the solemn masses and later became 1934. He served parishes in Thetford, Union Village, and Gilman, a deacon on December 25, 1934. He was elected prefect of his class Vermont, and was appointed state chaplain and historian for the and was ordained a priest on June 15, 1935. American Legion in Vermont. Father Washington's first parish was at St. Genevieve's, in In 1942, Fox volunteered to serve as an Army chaplain, accepting Elizabeth, New Jersey. He later served at St. Venantius for a year. In his appointment July 24, 1942. He began active duty on August 1938, he was assigned to St. Stephen's in Kearny, New Jersey. Shortly 8, 1942, the same day his son Wyatt enlisted in the Marine Corps. after the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, he received his After Army Chaplains school at Harvard, he reported to the 411th appointment as a chaplain in the United States Army, reporting for Coast Artillery Battalion at Camp Davis. He was then united with active duty on May 9, 1942. He was named Chief of the Chaplains Chaplains Goode, Poling and Washington at Camp Myles Standish Reserve Pool, in Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and in June 1942, in Taunton, Massachusetts, where they prepared to depart for he was assigned to the 76th Infantry Division in Ft. George Meade, Europe on board the Dorchester. Maryland. In November 1942, he reported to Camp Myles Standish in Taunton, Massachusetts, and met Chaplains Fox, Goode and Alexander David Goode: Poling at Chaplains School at Harvard. Reform-Rabbi Alexander D. Goode (Ph.D) was born in Brooklyn, The Dorchester had been a 5,649 ton civilian liner, 368 feet long New York on May 10, 1911, the son of Rabbi Hyman Goodekowitz. with a 52-foot beam and a single funnel, originally built in 1926 He was raised in Washington, D.C., attending Eastern High School, by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, for the eventually deciding to follow his father's footsteps by studying for Merchants and Miners Line, operating ships from Baltimore to the rabbinate himself, at Hebrew Union College (HUC), where he Florida, carrying both freight and passengers. It was the third of graduated with a B.H. degree in 1937. He later received his Ph.D. from four liners being built for the Line. Johns Hopkins University in 1940. While studying for the rabbinate The ship was converted for military service in World War II as a at HUC, he worked at the Washington Hebrew Congregation during War Shipping Administration troop transport operated by Atlantic, summer breaks. Gulf & West Indies Steamship Lines (Agwilines) allocated to United He originally applied to become a Navy chaplain in January 1941, States Army requirements. The conversion was done in New York but was not accepted. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he by the Atlantic, Gulf, and West Indies (AGWI) SS Company, and applied to the Army, receiving his appointment as a chaplain on July included additional lifeboats and liferafts; guns (a 3-inch 50 caliber 21, 1942. Chaplain Goode went on active duty on August 9, 1942, and gun forward, and a 4-inch 50 caliber gun aft, in addition to four was selected for the Chaplains School at Harvard. Chaplain Goode 20mm guns); and changes to the large windows in the pilot house so was then assigned to the 1333rd Airbase Squadron in Goldsboro, that they would be reduced to slits to afford more protection. North Carolina. In October 1942, he was transferred to Camp Myles Designed for 314 civilian passengers and 90 crew, she was able to Standish in Taunton, Massachusetts, and reunited with chaplains carry slightly more than 900 military passengers and crew. Fox, Poling and Washington, who had been among his classmates Sinking of the Dorchester: at Harvard. Dorchester left New York on January 23, 1943, en route to Clark V. Poling : Greenland, carrying the four chaplains and approximately 900 Clark V. Poling was born August 7, 1910, in Columbus, Ohio, the others, as part of a convoy of three ships (SG-19 convoy). Most of son of evangelical minister Daniel A. Poling, who was rebaptized in the military personnel were not told the ship's ultimate destination. 1936 as a Baptist minister. Clark Poling studied at Yale University's The convoy was escorted by Coast Guard Cutters Tampa, Escanaba, Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut and graduated with his and Comanche. B.D. degree in 1936. He was ordained in the Reformed Church in The ship's captain, Hans J. Danielsen, had been alerted that Coast America, and served first in the First Church of Christ, New London, Guard sonar had detected a submarine. Because German U-boats Connecticut, and then as Pastor of the First Reformed Church, in were monitoring sea lanes and had attacked and sunk ships earlier Schenectady, New York. He married Betty Jung. during the war, Captain Danielsen had the ship's crew on a state of With the outbreak of World War II, Poling decided to enter the high alert even before he received that information, ordering the Army, wanting to face the same danger as others. His father, who men to sleep in their clothing and keep their life jackets on. "Many had served as a World War I chaplain, told him chaplains risk and soldiers sleeping deep in the ship's hold disregarded the order give their lives, too—and with that knowledge, he applied to serve because of the engine's heat. Others ignored it because the life

10 jackets were uncomfortable." Publishing Group. As the title indicates, it is "based on" the During the early morning story, not an actual factual account. hours of February 3, 1943, at 12:55 • The story of the Four Chaplains was also printed in the a.m., the vessel was torpedoed form of a comic book, "Chaplains at War," The Living Bible by the German submarine U-223 #3, March 1946. off Newfoundland in the North In music: Atlantic. • A composition entitled "The Light Eternal," written by Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Escanaba rescues The torpedo knocked out the Dorchester survivors. James Swearingen in 1992, tells the story of the Four Dorchester's electrical system, Chaplains through music. leaving the ship dark. Panic set in among the men on board, many • "The Ballad of the Four Chaplains" written and performed of them trapped below decks. The chaplains sought to calm the men by Dead Men's Hollow and organize an orderly evacuation of the ship, and helped guide In art: wounded men to safety. As life jackets were passed out to the men, In addition to the stained glass windows recalling the chaplains the supply ran out before each man had one. The chaplains removed and their heroism, paintings include their own life jackets and gave them to others. They helped as many • Four Chaplains, 1943, by Alton Tobey. men as they could into lifeboats, and then linked arms and, saying • "A Moment of Peace," Ft. Jackson, South Carolina, painted prayers and singing hymns, went down with the ship. by Steven Carter. As I swam away from the ship, I looked back. The flares had • The Four Chaplains, Chapel of Four Chaplains. lighted everything. The bow came up high and she slid under. The • "The Four Chaplains," by Art Seidan (the four, pictured at last thing I saw, the Four Chaplains were up there praying for the the rail of the ship). safety of the men. They had done everything they could. I did not • Four chaplains mural, by artist Connie Burns Watkins, see them again. They themselves did not have a chance without commissioned by the Rotary Club of York, Pennsylvania. their life jackets. • Four Chaplains mural, painted by Dean Fausett, at — Grady Clark, survivor: entrance to Joseph "Ziggy" Kahn Gymnasium, Jewish According to some reports, survivors could hear different Community Center Irene Kaufman Building, Squirrel Hill, languages mixed in the prayers of the chaplains, including Jewish Pennsylvania. prayers in Hebrew and Catholic prayers in Latin. Only 230 of the • "Four Chaplains mural", painted by Connie Burns Watkins, 904 men aboard the ship were rescued. Life jackets offered little in York, Pennsylvania. protection from hypothermia, which killed most men in the water. • Four Chaplains mural, painted by Nils Hogner, at the The water temperature was 34 °F (1 °C) and the air temperature was Chapel of Four Chaplains 36 °F (2 °C). By the time additional rescue ships arrived, "hundreds • Four Chaplains monument and eternal flame, River view of dead bodies were seen floating on the water, kept up by their life park, Sebastian Florida jackets." Other: According to some reports, survivors could hear different • The two-hour audio documentary No Greater Love tells the languages mixed in the prayers of the chaplains, including Jewish story, including interviews with survivors, rescuers, and prayers in Hebrew and Catholic prayers in Latin. Only 230 of the naval historians. 904 men aboard the ship were rescued. Life jackets offered little • The 23rd degree conferred by the Ancient Accepted Scottish protection from hypothermia, which killed most men in the water. Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, entitled "Knight of The water temperature was 34 °F (1 °C) and the air temperature was Valor" tells the story of the four chaplains as a lesson of 36 °F (2 °C). By the time additional rescue ships arrived, "hundreds personal sacrifice to aid one's fellow man. of dead bodies were seen floating on the water, kept up by their life Awards: jackets." Four Chaplains' Medal Four Chaplains' Medal In film: On December 19, 1944, all four chaplains were • The 60-minute TV documentary The Four Chaplains: posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and the Sacrifice at Sea was produced in 2004. Distinguished Service Cross. • It was announced in 2008 that development of a movie Additionally, members of Congress later based on the chaplains' story, titled Lifeboat 13, had begun. authorized a special medal, the Four Chaplains' As of January 2013, however, no further information had Medal, approved by a unanimous act of Congress been released about the project. on July 14, 1960, through Public Law 86-656. The In print medals were presented posthumously to the next of • The book Sea of Glory: The Magnificent Story of the Four kin of each of the Four Chaplains by Secretary of the Army Wilber Chaplains, written by Francis Beauchesne Thornton, was M. Brucker at Fort Myer, Virginia, on January 18, 1961. published by Prentice Hall in 1953. Remembrance: • The book No Greater Glory: The Four Immortal Chaplains and the Sinking of theDorchester in World War II, written Four Chaplains Day by Dan Kurzman, was published by Random House in In 1998, February 3 of that year was established by senate 2004. resolution 169-98 as "Four Chaplains Day" to commemorate the • Sea of Glory: Based on the True WW II Story of the Four 55th anniversary of the sinking of United States Army transport Chaplains and the U.S.A.T.Dorchester, written by Ken Dorchester and subsequent heroism of these men. Some state or Wales and David Poling, is a 2006 book published by B&H city officials commemorate the day with official proclamations, 11 sometimes including the order that flags fly at half-mast in memory In addition to supporting work that exemplifies the idea of of the fallen chaplains. In some cases, official proclamations Interfaith in Action, recalling the story of the Four Chaplains, establish observances at other times: for example, North Dakota the Chapel presents awards to individuals whose work reflects legislation requests that the Governor issue an annual proclamation interfaith goals. 1984 was the first time that the award went to a establishing the first Sunday in February as "Four Chaplains Sunday." military chaplain team composed of a rabbi, priest, and minister, The day is also observed as a feast day on the liturgical calendar of recalling in a special way the four chaplains themselves, when the the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Rabbi Louis Parris Hall of Heroes Gold Medallion was presented to U.S. postage stamp: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff; Catholic Priest Fr. George Pucciarelli; and Protestant Minister Danny Wheeler—the three chaplains present at the scene of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. The story of these three United States Navy Chaplains was itself memorialized in a Presidential speech by President Ronald Reagan, on April 12, 1984.

Four Chaplains stamp, 1948

Memorial, Ann Arbor, Michigan Four Chaplains Stamp on official first day cover, 1948 Ceremonies and services: The chaplains were honored with a commemorative stamp that Ceremonies and services are held each year on or around the was issued in 1948, and was designed by Louis Schwimmer, the head Feb 3 "Four Chaplains Day" by numerous military and civilian of the Art Department of the New York branch of the U.S. Post Office groups and organizations. Civitan International, a worldwide Department (now called the USPS). This stamp is highly unusual, volunteer association of service clubs, holds an interfaith Clergy because until 2011, U.S. stamps were not normally issued in honor Appreciation Week every year. The event honors the sacrifice of of someone other than a President of the United States until at least the Four Chaplains by encouraging citizens to thank the clergy ten years after his or her death. that serve their communities. The First Parish Church (Unitarian The stamp went through three revisions before the final design Universalist) in Dorchester, Massachusetts, hosts an ecumenical was chosen. None of the names of the chaplains were included on "Service of the Four Chaplains" each January. The American Legion the stamp, nor were their faiths (although the faiths had been listed commemorates the day through services and programs at many on one of the earlier designs): instead, the words on the stamp were posts throughout the nation. "These Immortal Chaplains...Interfaith in Action."Another phrase On February 14, 2002, as part of the annual award of the Immortal included in an earlier design that was not part of the final stamp Chaplains Prize for Humanity, a special reconciliation meeting took was "died to save men of all faiths." By the omission of their names, place between survivors of both the American and German sides of the stamp commemorated the event, rather than the individuals per the sinking of the Dorchester. Kurt Röser and Gerhard Buske, who se, thus obfuscating the ten-year rule in the same way as did later had been part of the crew of the German U-boat that had torpedoed stamps honoring Neil Armstrong in 1969 and Buzz Aldrin in 1994. the Dorchester met with three Dorchester survivors, Ben Epstein, Chapel of Four Chaplains: Walter Miller, and David Labadie, as well as Dick Swanson, who had been on board the Coast Guard Cutter Comanche, escorting the The Chapel of the Four Chaplains was dedicated on February Dorchester's convoy. 3, 1951, by President Harry S. Truman to honor these chaplains On February 3, 2011, the Library of Congress Veterans History of different faiths in the basement of Grace Baptist Church of Project and the United States Navy Memorial co-hosted a special Philadelphia. In 1972, that congregation moved to Blue Bell and program at the Memorial, in Washington, D.C. sold the building to Temple University two years later. Temple The Jewish Chaplains Monument at Arlington National Cemetery's University eventually decided to renovate the building as the Temple Chaplains' Hill was dedicated on October 24, 2011. The monument Performing Arts Center. In February 2001, the Chapel of the Four honors 14 Jewish chaplains who died during their military service. Chaplains moved to the chapel at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. The monument is a granite upright with a bronze plaque, similar to In his dedication speech, the President said, "This interfaith the three other monuments at the site honoring Catholic, Protestant shrine... will stand through long generations to teach Americans that and World War I chaplains. Rabbi Goode's name is the first listed as men can die heroically as brothers so should they live together in on the plaque. The Jewish Chaplains Monument was approved mutual faith and goodwill." by the United States Congress in May 2011, and the monument The Chapel dedication included a reminder that the interfaith itself, designed by Debora Jackson of Long Island, New York, was team represented by the Four Chaplains was unusual. Although the reviewed and approved by the U.S. Fine Arts Commission on June Chapel was dedicated as an All-Faiths Chapel, no Catholic priest 16, 2011. The dedication ceremony was held in Arlington's Memorial took part in the dedication ceremony, because, as Msgr. Thomas Amphitheater. The ceremony was attended by Ernie Heaton, who McCarthy of the National Catholic Welfare Conference explained survived the Dorchester sinking, and Richard Swanson who was on to Time magazine, "canon law forbids joint worship." the Coast Guard rescue team. 12 Some pictures from Fr. Sal Pignato's 50th anniversary of being a priest. REPORT FROM OUR INSUR ANCE AGENT ARE YOUR BENEFICIARIES CURRENT?

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JUNE 2018 Monday 12 7:30 P.M. Assembly business meeting Thursday 14 FLAG DAY Sunday 17 FATHER’S DAY Sunday 24 FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Thursday 29 FEAST OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL Friday 30 All articles and reports due for next month’s newsletter JULY 2018 Wednesday 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY Monday 9 7:30 P.M. Assembly business meeting Monday 30 All articles and reports due for next month’s newsletter AUGUST 2018 Monday 6 TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD Monday 13 7:30 P.M. Assembly business meeting Wednesday 15 DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD Wednesday 29 BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Wednesday 29 All articles and reports due for next month’s newsletter

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