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COME VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: www.gakofc.org Editor - Jim Gust - 770-649-0745 - [email protected] The Christopher Columbus Navigator Volume 9 Issue 1 OFFICERS 2009-2010: Georgia State Council STATE DEPUTY - EDITION THEME - Jim St. John Knights of Columbus Newsletter “IT’S THE NEW YEAR. LET’S CONTINUE TO 770-704-0217 January-February, 2010 DO OUR NIGHTLY WORKS [email protected] K ” STATE CHAPLAIN Fr Larry Niese 770-516-0009 Page One News. ! [email protected] ASSOC STATE CHAPLAIN Our Lady of Guadalupe – Silver Rose Ceremony Fr Ray Levreault 229-439 –2302 October 2009 - On 9/11/09, the “Running of the Rose” completed another step in its journey by Knights of [email protected] Columbus Councils to Catholic Churches across North America. The Silver Rose started its Eastern North STATE SECRETARY American journey in Ontario, Canada and continues across eastern North America to rest in its eventual Stewart Key III final destination in Monterrey, Mexico. It was accepted at the Georgia-North Carolina state line by our 912-898-0197 State Deputy - from the State Deputy of North Carolina and given to Clayton Council 13376. It made its [email protected] STATE TREASURER way around the state for 3 weeks and was presented by our State Deputy to the State Deputy of Alabama. Rick Sisko The “Running of the Silver Rose” from Ontario, CA through the U.S. to Monterrey, Mexico commenced 770-992-3476 on May 20, 2009 timed to arrive in Mexico on December 12, 2009, the feast day of Our Lady of Guada- [email protected] STATE ADVOCATE lupe. The “Running of the Silver Rose” started in 1960 with a group of Knights of Columbus in London, Sandy Hillsman Ontario in appreciation of the blessings that Our Lady of Guadalupe has reaped upon the Americas. Origi- 229-639-1684 nally, real rose was used, but eventually a silver one was created, as silver is one of Mexico‟s precious met- [email protected] als. The “Running of the Rose” involves 3 roses. Each rose procession started in Ontario. One rose traveled STATE WARDEN Mark McMullen the West coast, the other the East coast, and one in the Central U.S. All 3 roses met in Texas and traveled 770-948-6502 together to Monterrey, Mexico in December, 2009. [email protected] “Through the Silver Rose program, the Knights of Columbus show their support for the Church and its IMMEDIATE PSD Dan Baker bishop and priests. The Silver Rose symbolizes our commitment to restoring respect for the sanctity of hu- 770-456-6303 man life from conception until natural death. As we think in terms of “One Life, One Rose”, it is most ap- [email protected] propriate that we turn to Our Lady of Guadalupe who made known her will through Juan Diego and the EXECUTIVE SECRETARY miracle of the roses,” said a Georgia State Representative of the Knights of Columbus. Ron Rigby 770-922-7510 On December 9, 1531, Juan Diego, a Mexican peasant, was on his way through the countryside to Mass [email protected] and heard beautiful music and a woman‟s voice. Upon investigation he saw a beautiful woman who re- DISTRICT MASTER vealed that she was the Blessed Virgin Mary. She told him to go to the local bishop and instruct him to Herb Broughton 404-636-6481 build a church at that location. The Virgin cured Juan Diego‟s sick uncle, asked Juan Diego to pick flowers [email protected] who gathered the flowers in his cloak leaving the image of the Virgin on the cloak. The image and cloak DIRECTORS 2009-2010: are still on display today at the cathedral in Mexico City. Mark Corrigan - Program 912-547-3800 Pope John Paul II beatified Juan Diego in 1990 and declared him a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in [email protected] Mexico City in 2002. His feast day is December 9 and the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is celebrated on Lou Bonadies - Membership December 12. 706-754-1782 [email protected] The Silver Rose Ceremony, honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, officially began with a procession led by Monte Moon - Church two Honor Guards, Sir Knights Bert Bisson and Lee Langevin. The Rose was carried on high in the proces- 770-487-9708 sion to rest on an embroidered pillow at the altar in front of the statue and picture of Our Lady of Guada- [email protected] Alan Beaulieu - Family lupe. A live rosary was said in our Lady‟s Honor. Brother Knights alternated saying a decade of the Glori- 912-729-4436 ous Mysteries and the congregation responded aloud with the prayers. [email protected] At the end of the ceremony, a line was formed to approach the Rose with the Honor Guards standing by. It Stan Rapciewicz - Community 770-830-9179 was a spiritual moment to behold. The sincere love for Our Lady of Guadalupe was obvious, as the people [email protected] came close, one-by-one, to witness the Rose. Anthony Riviere - Council 770-732-3175 (See “Silver Rose” - Continued on page 3) [email protected] Mark Hofmann - Youth 770-504-0557 [email protected] From The State Deputy By Jim St. John - State Deputy As we conclude the year 2009 and begin the second half of our fraternal year and prepare ourselves to celebrate the great feast of Christmas, there is much to celebrate. We have raised enough money to place 3 ultrasound machines and I am told that shortly after the first of the year, councils in one district will send enough for a 4th machine. We hope to place the first of these in the next few weeks and the others as soon as 3 more centers receive the medical certifications necessary for them to accept the machines. State Pro-Life Chairman David Canale and PGK Paul Zock of Dalton are doing great things in this area. In June, 120 wheelchairs were donated to VA hospitals in Atlanta, Augusta, and Dublin. We have raised enough to order the next shipment of wheelchairs which will be donated to Children‟s Hospitals in Georgia with a few going to each diocese in Georgia for use by priests or religious who may need them. “Georgia - Living the Vision of the Our Charity raffle brought in over $33,000 dollars (up from $20,000 last year.) Checks to the winners Venerable were sent in December. The checks for local charities designated by the councils and the charities se- Father Michael J. McGivney” lected at the Annual Meeting in May, will be distributed at the Grand Knights Meetings on January 9 at Holy Spirit Church in Macon and on January 16 at St. Peter Chanel Parish in Roswell. The raffle was moved from Spring to Autumn at the request of several councils who wanted to take care of local charities before next summer. We have brought over 450 new members into the order and in January we will institute a new council in Norcross. We now have more than 14,000 Knights of Columbus in Georgia. Georgia continues to be recognized as a leader in the Order. This was evidenced by the election of our Immediate Past State Deputy, Dan Baker, to the Board of Directors at the 127th Meeting of the Supreme Council. I want to thank every Brother Knight in Georgia for all you have done to serve our Church and communities and to help our order grow. During the next year let each one of us truly live the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism; the vision of the Venerable Servant of God, Father Michael J. McGivney. NOTICE WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE STATE NEWSLETTER AVAIL- ABLE ELECTRONICALLY. IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE NEED TO HAVE ALL STATE RECIPIENTS OF THE MAILED NEWSLETTER TO SIGN UP FOR THE “YAHOO K-C GROUP” EMAIL ADDRESS. TO DO THIS YOU NEED TO DO THE FOLLOWING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE: SEND AN EMAIL TO [email protected]. IN THE SUBJECT AREA, BE SURE TO PUT THE WORD - “SUBSCRIBE.” Page 2 The Christopher Columbus Navigator (“Silver Rose” - Continued from page 1) The ceremony was attended by 50 people, including children, including many Hispanic parishioners and their families. On 9/12/09, the Rose was transferred to the Covington, GA Council to again be honored and continue its journey to Monterrey, Mexico. Here are some photos as shown below: Page 3 The Christopher Columbus Navigator The Jedlicka General Agency Has Moved By John Jedlicka - General Field Agent By the grace of God and through the hard work of your Field Agents the Jedlicka Agency moved into new offices on De- cember 1 quadrupling the space the Agency already occupied. Continual growth in the number of Field Agents necessi- tated the new office space which includes separate workstations for the agents and a The Jedlicka Agency conference room where the agents can meet individually with clients. 1720 Old Spring House Lane In December the Agency added a new Field Agent for the Savannah area and ex- Suite 300B Dunwoody GA 30338-6215 pects to bring on another agent for Northeast Georgia. This brings the Agency to 10 770.455.6313 Field Agents but there still is room for more. Again, Brothers, I ask you for recom- mendations of qualified men you know who are interested in a career with your Order‟s insurance program. Next year will bring several enhancements to your Order‟s insurance program including new products, better database management systems and an enhanced underwriting process. All these make the best insurance program available only better.