December, 2005 Knights of Columbus Washington State Council Bulletin Page December, 2005 Knights of Columbus Washington State Council Lewis & Clark 200th Anniversary 1805 - 2005 Bulletin Inside This Edition State Deputy Message 2 From the State Officers 2 MERRY CHRISTMAS! Vice-Chaplain Message 3 Your Washington State Officers, General and Field Insurance Agents, Fourth Membership Message 4 Degree District Master, District Deputies, Regional District Coordinators, Membership Standings 5 Chairmen, Chief Squire and all members of the State Council wish you and General Program Message 6 your families all the happiness in this season of celebration of our Lord and Vocation Message 6 Savior’s birth. Retention Message 6 State Chaplains: Most Reverend Carlos Sevilla, Rev Wilmar O. Zabala Recruitment Message 7 State Officers and Ladies: Karl & Kyle Hadley, John & Tess Walker , Bulletin Editor Message 7 John & Sheila Wallace, Donald & Julie McBride, KCIC Message 8 George & Sharon Czerwonka, Patrick & Vera Maloney, Exemplification Fund 8 Edward & Annette Himebaugh A Knight Before Christmas Poem 8 District Deputies and Ladies: Daniel & Joan Donohue, David & Laura Mortimore, Knights in Christ, Daily Meditatn 9 Dwight & Rosa Booth, Stanley & Patricia Krajewski, Jerry & Teresa Jurgensen , Executive Secretary Message 9 Steven and Cathie de Grood, Marcel & Linda Bergeron, David & Alice Appel, Joseph & Kathy St Hilaire, Wade & Claire Walden, Robert & LeAnn Howell, Youth Message, Essay Contest 10 Stan & Diane Pence, Gene & Viola Brown, Mike & Cathy Gazarek, Family Message 11 Ken & Carol DeVos, Del & Lennei Treichel, Ron & Carma Kimball, Pro-Life Message 11 Don & Arlene Spragg, State Advocate Message 11 Leonard & Pat McGregor, Fourth Degree News 12 Larry McKeever, NCD/RT East and West 13 John Williams, First Degree Team Harold & Florence Bucholz, 14 Ceremonial Competition Alan & Kathie Newhouse, Fred & Barbara Moritz, Regional Meetings Schedule 16 Ken Botero, Reports Online 16 Lee & Diane Lutovsky, Insurance Messages 17-18 John & Norma Feuerborn, Parish Bulletin Inserts & Prayers 18 Greg & Verree Doiron, Del & Mary Ann Murray, Directory Changes 19 Robert Nuccio, Grand Knight’s Message 19 Wayne & Jerry Cote Happenings Around the State 19 State Chairmen and Ladies: Katrina Relief Honor Roll 20 Robert & Valeire Baemmert, John & Tamara Rowley Death and Illnesses 20 Frank & MaryAnn Grant, Robert & Josephine White, Edward & Sheila Hebert, Important Dates to Remember 21 Frank & Roseann Tyson, Wayne & Lori Hogan, PSD, David & Phyllis Tufts Deacon William & Esther Loranger, Edward & Ruth Caballero, Jim & Joan Toth, Recognizing a Stroke 21 Thomas & Diane Weber, PSD, Mark & Deborah Hines, Richard & Ada Wessling, David & Maria Olson, Duane & Sylvia Vincent, John & Donna Alexy, Keith Klaus, L.I.B.K Monte & Tina Cromwell, David Carbajal, Ed & Dawna Parazoo, Dec 10-11—District Deputies Winter Meeting—Bellevue Timothy & Mary Philomeno, Mark & Robin Davis, David & Denise Konzek, Dec 8—Immaculate Conception Thomas & Suzy Voiland & Field Agents, Keith & Carolyn Hageney & Field Agents, Dec 25—Christmas Storm & Caroleen Smole, Nick Montanari, Chief Squire Page 2 Knights of Columbus Washington State Council Bulletin December, 2005 Message From State Deputy Karl Hadley “Time to Get a Little Mud on the Tires ” Worthy Brother Knights: 829, 2999, 3611, 6686, 8872, 11217, 13560, 13606, and When Lewis & Clark crossed over to Oregon and built 13794 for having already achieved 100% or more of Fort Clatsop, they were looking at spending the next 106 their membership quotas and councils 829, 8455, 9721, days in a wet and miserable winter. Some of us will be 11134, 11217, 13560, 13606, 13794 and 13831 for tempted to hole up during the winter months and think achieving 100% or more of their insurance quotas!) recruitment can wait until Spring. (This followed the Also congratulations to the top recruiters in the state thinking that during Summer it was too hot and everyone this year (as of 9/30/05): Jeff Schumacher with 9 new was on vacation or during the Fall when members went members and Carmelo Ricciardelli, Greg Schmidt, fishing and hunting.) Such negative attitudes will only Don Maile, Renato Sacramento, and Gerald Jan- serve to put us deeper in the hole. Now is the time to start digging dacka with 3 new members each! our way out. The October Membership Blitz was extremely successful! With A recent Mass reading in November related the parable where the over 213 Form 100s signed and an additional 191 Prospect Cards master leaves three men with possessions of 10, 5, and 1 talents, signed, we can look forward to another 400 members taking their respectively. When he returned, the two who had 10 and 5 talents First Degree in the near future! Don’t let them go bery long with- invested them had doubled their amounts. The man with one talent out receiving their exemplifications. Nothing could discourage or buried his and didn’t even get interest from a bank. He was thrown demoralize a new member more than anxiously expressing in- out into the “wailing and gnashing.” God has entrusted each of us with his precious possessions to invest wisely. In our case, we terest and then being ignored. have been given the opportunity to lead our councils in service to Lewis & Clark may have had no choice but to hole up at Fort Clat- our priests, church, community, council, family, and youth. When sop fort he winter. As for us, I’m reminded of the country-western our terms end, we do not want to be called to task for having song by Brad Paisley that says, “It’s time to get a little mud on wasted our time and God’s gifts, but instead look forward to the tires!” being known as “true and faithful servants.” Vivat Jesus! As of November 30, 2005, over half of the councils are now mem- bership active, but 56 of 138 councils (41%) have not recorded Karl A. Hadley any new members with Supreme. (Congratulations to councils Karl A. Hadley State Deputy From the State Officers During the month of December most council members will be pageant” programs. Civic groups will be barred from placing visibly demonstrating to our local communities the primary prin- nativity scenes on public property unless they are accompanied ciple of our Order – Charity. Some will assemble and distribute by secular symbols, Santa Claus, reindeer, and snowmen. But food baskets to poor families or participate in caroling groups. we Knights will not back down – we will proudly assert our Others will sell Christmas trees. Many will hold a “Tom & inalienable right to worship our God! Jerry” or other party to celebrate the season with their Brother On behalf of the State Officers and their wives, Kyle and I wish Knights. All, I hope, will sell Keep Christ in Christmas cards. all Grand Knights, Financial Secretaries, Faithful Navigators, In all of these activities, let us remember the Reason for the Sea- and Faithful Controllers, and all council and assembly members, son – the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Throughout a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! the country we will see efforts by some to remove Christ from Christmas. Some stores will prevent their employees from saying Karl A. Hadley “Merry Christmas.” A few newspapers will publish blatantly Karl A. Hadley bigoted anti-Christian cartoons and commentaries denigrating State Deputy Christmas. Schools will ban religious music from their “winter The following 6 councils (4.3%) have All councils (100%) have submitted The following 4 councils (2.9%) have not submitted form 365 Form 185 as of 12/1/2005 not submitted audit form as of 12/1/2005 as of 12/12005 CONGRATULATIONS!! 00683 01449 07908 08137 09237 10534 And Thank You 03044 07117 09237 12002 December, 2005 Knights of Columbus Washington State Council Bulletin Page 3 Christmas 2005 by Fr. Wilmar O Zabala Like most of you, Christmas is my us. This Christmas, let’s receive God’s favorite time of the year, and yes, even gift to us: Jesus Christ! Christmas is not as a priest. I find it very interesting to a date on the calendar but rather a way see my office transformed into a of life. We can participate in every fes- cookie museum during the holiday tivity of this Christmas season, but until season! People would bring in cookies we receive the gift of Jesus Christ, until in different sizes and shapes: an angel we make room for Jesus in our lives, we cookie, a smiley face cookie, a snow- will never truly experience Christmas. man cookie, a bear cookie, a wreath To have a Christ-centered Christmas, cookie, a heart cookie, and, yes, even a STATE CHAPLAIN we must not only recognize him as the STATE VICE-CHAPLAIN Barney cookie! Yes, there’s something MOST REVEREND center of a season, but the center of our THE REVEREND CARLOS A. SEVILLA, S.J. magical about Christmas. And what I entire life as well – every part of it, WILMAR O. ZABALA see during this season of giving and every day of the year. sharing always brings joy to my heart. How could it not be! We take time to Secondly, a true celebration of Christmas includes “worship.” My care and love. We give generously of seven- year-old nephew brought this to my attention when he called our time and treasure. We take a break me last Christmas and said: “Uncle Wilmar, isn’t strange that at from our busy lives to remember dis- Christmas time we buy presents for everyone, except the person tant or separated family members, whose birthday we’re celebrating – Jesus!” That’s quite true! Every relatives, or friends. We write them. year, thousands celebrate the birthday of Jesus by giving gifts to We visit them. We get together. We everyone in their lives but him. But what do we give the man who enjoy each other’s presence.