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The Knights of Columbus Msgr. James T. Weber Assembly 2152 PO Box 19106 Tucson, Arizona 85731-9106 Friends to Each Other in Christ Vol. 15 No. 10, October 2017 Regular Business Meeting: 3rd Thursday Geml, Irene (Fred Falgiano’s Mother in law) Location: St. Pius X Church, Hopi Room Art and Jean Gill Time: 7:30 PM Krueger, Ron Chapter Meeting 2nd Monday Lingrel, Terry Location Holy Family Church Marsh, Ed Time: 7:00 PM Marsh, Pat McFerren, Sylvester Event Calendar Mork, Joan Myers, Collette October Palomino, Bob 9 Columbus Day (Observed) Quiroz, Ruben 13 US Navy Birthday Reedy, James 19 Regular Business Meeting Thompson, Jen 23 Beirut Bombing - 1983 Zaepfel, Charles 25 Grenada Invasion - 1983 28 Boots ‘n Bling (Reachout) To add or remove a name from this list, 31 Halloween contact Ron Garvin or Pete Karculias. November 1 All Saints Day Prayer for a Sick Person Father of mercies and God of all 2 All Soul’s Day comfort, our only help in time of 4 Catholic Men’s Conference need, visit and relieve your sick 7 Election Day servants. Look upon them with a 10 Marine Corps Birthday sense of goodness, preserve them 11 Veterans Day from temptations, and give them patience to 11 Veterans Benefit Dinner accept the suffering they must endure. 16 Regular Business Meeting God of heavenly power, by the might of Your 23 Thanksgiving command, You drive away from our bodies all sickness and all infirmity. Be present in Your For degree schedules, visit the Chapter goodness with these, Your servants, so that their Web Site www.tucsonknights.com. weakness may be banished and their strength restored. Relieve their pain, guard them from all For These We Pray danger, and restore them to full confidence in Anelli, Peter Your loving care. We ask this through Jesus Bokken, William Christ our Lord. AMEN. D’Auria, Anthony Demoranville, Fred Our departed Sir Knights are memorialized on our web site :”Sir Knights in Memoriam”, Fiederer, Paul www.weberassembly.com Page 1 Oct our church stronger and positively Faithful Navigator’s Corner enhances our character. My faithful brother Sir Knights in the service of Christ, Our Arizona District Master Bryant R. Sayers laid out a simple food for thought in Why did we choose a recent correspondence which struck a to become Fourth chord within me, “there are three types of Degree Sir Knights? people in this world, first, there are people What is it in this who make things happen, then there are degree that people who watch things happen, and beckoned us to take lastly, there are people who ask, what another step in our happened?” Which one are you my great Catholic brothers? fraternity? Wasn’t our desire to help our Parishes and We, as Fourth Degree Sir Knights, communities answered through what we do compose a brotherhood united in a singular in our Councils? dedication to Patriotism in unity with and enlightened by our Catholic faith. Our Each one of us must reach our own assemblies are an important part of the conclusions. I do know most of us did not Knights of Columbus which we enhance take the extra step to the Fourth Degree to through strengthening our families, through attend another meeting or to pay more our fraternal activities and through our dues. support of service organizations. This is a vital part of our mission as Faithful Sir The Fourth Degree was established on the Knights. principle of Patriotism, defined as a love for and devotion to one’s country. We are Finally, to effectively celebrate and taught in this degree the importance of faith perpetuate our ideals, our Assembly needs and charitable love in our development as to grow to have an impact in our Parishes Catholic men and Sir Knights. Nations use and Communities. We learned in the these important beliefs to shape the Second Degree that many Knights united in character of their citizens as does our order a common purpose have an unsurpassed in shaping our characters as Sir Knights. strength. Therefore, encourage those brother Knights in your Councils who have I, and I believe many of you, took the extra not yet taken the step, to become a part of step to becoming a Sir Knight because of a the Patriotic Degree in our Order. firm believe that a strong Patriotism for one’s country combined with a strong Become an example by being involved in believe in our Catholic faith leads to a our Assembly meetings, held on the third binding and lasting juxtapositions which Thursday of each month starting 7:30PM at then strengthens and protects both our St. Pius X Parish, by attending and county and our religion. Putting it in simpler supporting our functions and activities in a words, our Patriotism and religious faith united fraternal communion. Involve your working side by side makes our nation and families in open Assembly events. In conclusion, be proud to say that you are a Knight of Columbus and as such live up to the tenets of our faith and the ideals of www.weberassembly.com Page 2 Oct our Order. Be a true Sir Knight “who makes veteran and served in the Korean and things happen”. Vietnam wars as a flight engineer. He was a past grand knight in Wyoming and helped Fraternally, Vivat Jesus establish a council there. Emmanuel Steenbakker Faithful Navigator 520-760-0786, 619-889-1800 (Cell) He is survived by his wife of 72 years, [email protected] Adele, daughter Diane Weber, sons Robert Jr. Jerry, and daughter-in-law Debbie.He In Memoriam was preceded in death by his son John in We mourn the 1990. passing of Sir Knight Hurricane Victims Need Your Help Albert Laezza at the In the wakes of the recent hurricanes age of 95. He and earthquake, thousands of people passed into eternal are beginning the long process of life on September 18, putting their lives back together. They 2017 in Zephyrhills, need your help in this recovery effort. FL Please DONATE TODAY to help those Al was a veteran of WW II and survived the suffering immense devastation. One D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach June 6, hundred percent of the proceeds will go 1944. directly to relief efforts. This includes providing immediate needs of food, Services were held September 26, 2017 in clean water, shelter and other Zephyrhill, FL necessities. He is survived by two daughters, Sandra Click here to Visit the Supreme web site and Patricia, sons Edward and Paul along to donate now! with 8 grandchildren, 109 greatgrandhildren and many nieces and nephews. Catholic Men’s Conference Join men from all over the Diocese of Son Edward is the Deputy Grand Knight of Tucson to take up your call to CAST OUT Council 1768 in Zephyrhills where Al was INTO THE DEEP! God created you to be a an active member. fisherman – a fisher of Men, drawing your families and communities closer to our We mourn the passing Lord, Jesus Christ. into eternal life of Sir Knight Robert F. Crews on Keynote Speakers August 15, 2017 at the Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC age of 94. Burial at sea services were pending. Robert was a US Navy www.weberassembly.com Page 3 Oct A convert to Catholicism, is Known around the world as a member of the the “Dynamic Deacon” – is Congregation of Marian one of the most sought- Fathers of the Immaculate after speakers in the Conception. Before his Church today. He is a conversion to Catholicism, powerful and passionate he was a high school dropout who had evangelist and preacher whose no- been kicked out of a foreign country, nonsense approach to living and institutionalized twice, and thrown in jail proclaiming the Catholic faith is sure to multiple times. After his radical conversion challenge and inspire those who hear him. he earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Theology from the Franciscan University of Deacon Harold travels across the United Steubenville, M.Div. and S.T.B. degrees States and around the world speaking at from the Dominican House of Studies in conferences, workshops, retreats, parish Washington, DC, and an S.T.L. in missions, high schools, and young adult Mariology from the International Marian events – in short, to people of all ages and Research Institute in Dayton, Ohio. from all walks of life who desire to know Jesus intimately and enjoy a deeper Dubbed, “the Surfer Priest”, Fr. Calloway personal relationship with Him. exhibits an unmistakable zeal for the priesthood and devotion to Our Lady. He is His areas of expertise include marriage and a well-known conference speaker on Divine family life, discerning the will of God, the Mercy and the Blessed Virgin Mary. He sacraments, the Church’s vocational speaks passionately about these topics in choices and how they are lived out, male his moving conversion story. He is the spirituality, pro-life issues, evangelization, editor of two books: The Virgin Mary and prayer, and many others. Deacon Harold Theology of the Body and The Immaculate holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Conception in the Life of the Church. He Economics and Business Administration has also authored seven books: Purest of from the University of Notre Dame, and a All Lilies: The Virgin Mary in the Spirituality Master of Theological Studies Degree from of St. Faustina, No Turning Back: A the University of Dallas. Witness to Mercy, Under the Mantle: Marian Thoughts from a 21st Century He co-hosts a weekly broadcast, “Living Priest, Marian Gems: Daily Wisdom on Our Stones,” every Monday on Mater Dei Radio, Lady, Mary of Nazareth: The Life of Our and has appeared as a guest on numerous Lady in Pictures, Rosary Gems: Daily other national and international radio Wisdom on the Holy Rosary, and programs, including “Catholic Answers Champions of the Rosary: The History and Live” and “Vocation Boom Radio.” In Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon addition, he is the host or co-host of several popular series on EWTN television, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers including “Made in His Image: Family Life Today,” “Priests and Deacons: Ministers of www.weberassembly.com Page 4 Oct Mercy,” and “Grace Filled Living.” Deacon Name Date Harold is also the author of the best-selling Stephen F Surmik 10/11 book, Behold the Man: A Catholic Vision of David A Herrera 10/13 Nevin E Gatchalian 10/20 Male Spirituality published by Ignatius Joseph F Stead 10/20 Press.