Knights of Columbus

Council 9665 Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Our Lady of Established December 9, 1987 Mt. Carmel www.kofc9665.org July 2008

Grand Knight Report Dear Brothers,

First of all my fellow brother Knights many thanks for the vote of confidence you gave me as your new Grand Knight. I take this opportunity to "Serve" all of you my brothers in Christ, the community of Rancho Peñasquitos especially our new Pastor of our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish. As your servant and leader not as your new Grand Knight, I believe to the words that it said: "WHO SO EVER WILL BE GREAT AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE YOUR MINISTER; AND WHOSOEVER WILL BE CHIEF AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE YOUR SERVANT; EVEN AS THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE MINISTERED UNTO, BUT TO MINISTER, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A RANSOM FOR Born April 30, 1955, in Oakland CA, Fr. Murphy is the third MANY : (Matt: 20:26-28 KJV). These words came to me son of seven children. He spent his early years in many when I joined the Knights of Columbus. different locations around the country due to his father’s career in the Navy as an aviator. Secondly, I want to congratulate my new Officers for the From 1969 on, his family has been located in next Columbian Year starting July 01, 2008. They were Escondido where Fr. Murphy attended high school. He installed in a special ceremony officiated by our Worthy attended both Palomar College and the University of District Deputy SK Vern Snyder from St. Michael Council California, Riverside. on June 08, 2008. This event was well attended by family Fr. Murphy received his B.A. Degree in Religious members and Brother Knights including our Asst. Pastor Studies from the University of San Diego in 1993. In 1997, Fr. Andre and Deacon Noel Rivera. I look forward to a year he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of San Diego with new and exciting ideas from you all especially our after receiving his STB pontifical degree and M.A. in CDEP program and Lighthouse program, I would be most Divinity degree from St. Patrick School of Theology in grateful if you email me or leave a note in the Church Mail Menlo Park, CA. Box #104 and I will share them with my Fr. Murphy comes to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel after committee members for consideration. serving 7 years as Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Ramona. Previous assignments include There are more forthcoming activities and events of the associate pastor at St. Patrick Church, Carlsbad and council that needs your participation and support so let us Director of Priestly Vocations for the Diocese of San keep the momentum at its highest peak. We request your Diego. He also served on the staff of St. Francis Seminary constant presence in these events such as the Annual as well. Picnic and Council Anniversary (Recognition of Past Information from Immaculate Heart of Mary, Ramona Grand Knights) to name a few. The more we are united, the more we can accomplish. Meet Father Pat on Sunday, July 13 As the Lord had said "FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS in the Hospitality Grove after the DEAD". Vivat Jesus, Masses! Joe Santos - Grand Knight to preserve one’s self-interest. From the Knights of Columbus website: www.kofc.org 6/20/2008 “Those who worship false gods become insensitive to the needs of their neighbors,” Bishop Tagle said. He enjoined Congress Pilgrims told to Make congress attendees to follow Jesus and “show compassion for the weak and the poor” and all of society’s outcasts. Just like Christ’s Life Their Life Jesus did, he said, “we must assure them God is not distant.” 15,000 Take Part in Eucharistic Procession Mrs. Elizabeth Nguyen Thi Thu Hong also spoke about her Christ’s injunction to “let your light shine before all” was taken brother, Cardinal Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, the to heart by an estimated 15,000 International Eucharistic Vietnamese prelate who spent more than a dozen years in Congress (IEC) pilgrims June 19. prison during the Communists’ rule of his country beginning in the 1970s. Bearing candles, they walked prayerfully through Quebec neighborhoods in a procession whose focus was the Blessed Pope Benedict XVI opened the cause for Cardinal Van Thuan’s Sacrament exposed in an oversized monstrance created canonization in September 2007. Mrs. Hong recounted how her specially for the congress. The trailer bearing the monstrance brother was in solitary confinement for nine years, sustained also carried congress organizer Cardinal of only by Jesus in a eucharistic host he kept in a shirt pocket near Quebec and Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Pope Benedict XVI’s his heart. representative to the congress, both kneeling in adoration. Her brother’s imprisonment, she said, “was a journey of holiness. He was firmly rooted in union with a loving God through the Eucharist.” Mrs. Hong’s presentation concluded with a preview of a new film biography of him, “Road of Hope: The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Francois-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan.” The documentary was produced by Salt and Light, Canada’s Catholic TV network, with funding from the Knights of Columbus.

The day’s schedule also included a dramatic staging of the parable of the prodigal son during a penance service led by Cardinal Claudio Hummes of Sao Paolo, Brazil, and the congress Mass celebrated by Cardinal of Philadelphia. Throughout the afternoon, hundreds of priests heard confessions throughout the congress grounds. A 20-member honor guard of Quebec-area Knights led the ______procession of the Blessed Sacrament through the streets of

Quebec City on June 19. They marched alongside the Ark of the New Covenant, which Canadian Knights helped transport throughout the country this past year in advance of the International . “It’s a testament to my faith,” explained Vice Supreme Master Jean-Paul Germaine, who along with 20 Fourth Degree Knights marched at the front of the procession. The Knights walked alongside the Ark of the New Covenant, the symbolic centerpiece of the congress, reprising a role they had over the past year when Canadian Knights transported the Ark more than 50,000 miles throughout the country as part of the Church’s preparation for the IEC.

The dramatic public witness by so many to their belief in Jesus in the Eucharist capped a day of stirring testimonies to the power Christ has to transform the world. Bishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle of Imus, Philippines, told congress attendees that The Installation of the Officers for the new Columbian Year Catholics are called to conform their lives to Jesus’ life. That July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 was held Sunday, June 8 means “rejoicing with those who rejoice and grieving with those and followed by a reception for all Knights who grieve.” It also means standing up to the many “false gods” and family members. prevalent in modern society. Our mission, he said, is the “unearth the false gods of profit, pleasure and control” in order June 16: The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

This feast was instituted by the We all know the old adage – the grass seems greener on Carmelites between 1376 and the other side of the fence. When it comes to replacing 1386 under the title your existing Knights of Columbus life insurance with "Commemoratio B. Marif Virg. coverage offered by another company, the adage holds duplex" to celebrate the true. Perceptions are deceiving. A move to the other side victory of their order over its of the fence might seem like a good one, bit it can leave enemies on obtaining the you with less green in your wallet – in some cases, a lot approbation of its name and less. That’s why it pays to remember another old saying – constitution from Honorius III Read the fine print . on 30 Jan., 1226 (see

Colvenerius, "Kal. Mar.", 30 There are many reasons to keep your existing coverage in Jan. "Summa Aurea", III, 737). force, whether that coverage is with the Knights of The feast was assigned to 16 July, because on that date in Columbus or with another company. I’ll focus on the 1251, according to Carmelite traditions, the scapular was potential pitfalls of replacing coverage here – pitfalls that given by the Blessed Virgin to St. Simon Stock; it was first an agent trying to convince you that the grass actually is approved by Sixtus V in 1587. After Cardinal Bellarmine greener might neglect to mention. had examined the Carmelite traditions in 1609, it was declared the patronal feast of the order, and is now First, all life insurance contracts contain a contestability celebrated in the Carmelite calendar as a major double of period , which allows the insurer to contest claims made the first class with a vigil and a privileged octave (like the for a period, typically two years, after the contract is octave of Epiphany, admitting only a double of the first issued. Chances are, this is no longer an issue with your class) under the title "Commemoratio solemnis B.V.M. de current coverage. Monte Carmelo". By a privilege given by Clement X in

1672, some Carmelite monasteries keep the feast on the Second, it’s unlikely that you can obtain the same amount Sunday after 16 July, or on some other Sunday in July. In of coverage, for the same premium, that you were able to the seventeenth century the feast was adopted by several obtain with your existing contract. The two factors that dioceses in the south of Italy, although its celebration, determine how much you’ll need to pay for life insurance outside of Carmelite churches, was prohibited in 1628 by a coverage are age and health. Certainly, you’re older now decree contra abusus. On 21 Nov., 1674, however, it was than you were when you took out your current coverage. first granted by Clement X to Spain and its colonies, in There’s no way around that one. And you have to ask 1675 to Austria, in 1679 to Portugal and its colonies, and yourself, has your health changed during that time? Is in 1725 to the Papal States of the Church, on 24 Sept., your blood pressure the same? Your cholesterol? Have 1726, it was extended to the entire Latin Church by you gained weight? All these factors affect the amount of Benedict XIII. The lessons contain the legend of the coverage you’ll get for your premium dollar. scapular; the promise of the Sabbatine privilege was inserted into the lessons by Paul V about 1614. The If someone encourages you to replace your existing Greeks of southern Italy and the Catholic Chaldeans have coverage, please call me. I’ll show you how your existing adopted this feast of the "Vestment of the Blessed Virgin coverage is working for you and why Mary". The object of the feast is the special predilection of replacement is not in your best Mary for those who profess themselves her servants by interest. wearing her scapular.

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Around San Diego: July 4, 2008 The Knights in Action

See the Declaration of Independence on the Our Council Knights along with other parish ministries, USS Midway! One-day exhibit of an original helped with the Main Hall setup for Father Frank’s copy from 1776 on board July 4. retirement dinner and Father Andre’s farewell dinner.

A Multi-Media Event

An original copy of the Declaration of Independence is coming to the USS Midway courtesy of Cricket Wireless Declaration Road Trip 2008 and Declare Yourself. It will be on display as part of a multimedia exhibit all day on July 4. The Midway will be open earlier at 9:00 a.m. and close at 5:00 p.m. Regular admission prices apply. Bring the Brother Knights who helped were; PGK Bill Betts, PGK entire family to share in celebrating America’s birthday. Mike Chau, Ron Doris, Lance Martini, Matt McGinnis ,Chris ______Morales, GK Joe Santos, Steve Scoggin, Mike Simon , Bob Birthdays in July: Spieldenner, David Trujillo, Boris Volbeda Happy Birthday to the following Knights… ______

July 4 – Arturo Canaria July 4 – Joe Malabanan Council Officers: July 6 – John Bailey July 13– Boris Volbeda Grand Knight - Jose Santos July 19 – Bill Marlette Deputy Grand Knight - Mark Malebranche July 26 – Reynald Rodriguez July 26 – Mike Simon Chancellor - Dave Phillips July 26 – Travis Woolley Warden – Howen Fernando July 28 – Ovid Radovan Recorder - Ralph Paige ______Treasurer - Mike Carlin The Tickler Corner: Advocate - Joe Malabanan Inside Guard - Mike Rogers How Many States Can You Name? Outside Guard - Kieron Leano Three Year Trustee - Bill Betts Father William, the old priest, made it a practice to visit Two Year Trustee - Michael Forte the parish school one day a week. He walked into the 4th First Year Trustee - Michael Chau grade class, where the children were studying the states, and asked them how many states they could name. They came up with about 40 names. Father William jokingly told them that in his day students knew the names of all the NOTE: For future newsletters please forward any articles, states. notices or address changes to me at [email protected] or One lad raised his hand and said, 'Yes sir, but in those parish mailbox 297 or mail to Ron Doris, 9120 Meadowrun days there were only 13 states. ” Place, San Diego, CA 92129-3300. Thank you!

July 2008 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 Independence Day 7 pm General Meeting in Bldg. A

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OLMC Vacation Bible School "Power Lab - Discovering Jesus' Miraculous Power!"

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Meet our new pastor, Father Pat! Join him for coffee & donuts at the Hospitality Our Lady of Grover after Mt. Carmel Mass Feast Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

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7 pm Officers Meeting in Bldg B-1

CDEP July Watch Schedule: July Bankers Schedule :

All Saturdays & Sundays of July: July 6: Palzkill 5:30 p.m. Forte , Fernando, Morales July 13: Malabanan 7:00 a.m. Jeanson, Simon July 20: Chau 8:30 a.m. Mayer, Somera July 27: Ordonio 10:30 a.m. Mitchell, Leano Aug 3: Betts 12:30 p.m. Malabanan, Andaya Aug 10: Trujillo