Knights of Columbus March All Saints Council 11402 2013 Dunwoody, Georgia Volume 20 (Established July 4th, 1994) “Opere et Veritate ” 1 John 3,18 Issue 3 Brothers: biblical scholar who speaks six languages. However he has caused controversies in the We are now more than halfway through the past few years with some of his comments, Fish Frys – and what an amazing start! While including linked clerical sex abuse with homo- the numbers are down slightly from last year’s sexuality. record-setting Lenten season, the customer experience is better than ever. The lines are The leading candidate from North America is moving faster, the orders are more accurate, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 68, of Canada. and the food is fabulous. Ouellet served as Archbishop of Quebec from 2002 to 2010 before taking over as head of the Thanks to all the volunteers that have made powerful Vatican office that oversees the this possible. Your hard work not only helps appointment of the world’s bishops. Critics unify our parish and community, but fills our point to the poor state of the Church in council’s coffers with the funds that our Quebec during his tenure, and wonder if he charities have come to rely on. would be able to reinvigorate the faith in the Later this month the College of Cardinals will West. form a conclave in Vatican City to pick the Insiders have long said the Vatican has an next leader of the church. Just who are the unwritten rule that no American will ever favorites to replace Pope Benedict XVI? head the Catholic Church. But Italy's fourth Of the 118 Cardinals eligible to vote - those largest daily, Il Messaggero, said the Holy See under the age of 80 - 62 are from Europe and may be seeing the light. Il Messaggero writes, 28 of those are of Italian heritage. Does that “If the church’s new evangelization will come make an Italian the favorite? Two Italians are through a smile not a frown, maybe Cardinal among those considered “papable”, or suitable Timothy Dolan is the best candidate of all.” to become Pope. There are reasons to think Cardinal Dolan, 63, Cardinal Angelo Scola, 71, the Archbishop of Archbishop of New York, could be a serious Milan, is considered a brilliant theologian, a candidate. If the culture of the United States is major supporter of the New Evangelization currently in full vigor and affects the world at and a leader in Catholic-Islamic dialogue. large, perhaps so, too, an American Pope can However, his election could be hampered by offer an authentic Catholic response to the age internal divisions among the Italian cardinals. in which we live. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, 70, is one of the After all, it was a great minds in the contemporary Church. Polish pope who Pope Benedict charged him with rekindling ushered in the the Catholic Church's dialogue with non- radical changes believers. But he may be too intellectual and that affected East- may not be the kind of reformer that the ern Europe in the Roman Curia needs. 1980s, leading to Cardinal Peter Turkson, 64, of Ghana could the fall of commu- 1 become the first Pope of color in the modern nism. era. Turkson is president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace as well as a Vivat Jesus, New Brothers on February 26th David Adelman Duane Neil Albert Arokia On February 26th in McGivney Hall, the Order No picture available. exemplified 3 new brothers at combined 1st/2nd degree ceremonies. One brother from St. Thomas Aquinas also joined the Order at that time and took both degrees. A ceremonial team from St. Brigid Council 13204 came to McGivney Hall to administer the 2nd de- gree. We were honored that our past grand knight and current state deputy, Rick Sisko, participated as a member of the St. Brigid team. We also voted to re-admit Steve Valenti to our Steve Valenti council. He had been inactive since 1983. Eucharistic Guardians Needed As the ministry chair for Eucharistic Adoration, I am sending you this email to personally invite you to spend time in our lovely Adoration Chapel during the year. Additionally, we are in need of Guardians (people who commit to one hour of time a week) for specific time slots which you can view on the schedule located in the binder on the table across from Our Lady of the Knights Adora- tion Chapel's door. Please prayerfully consider becoming a Guardian. For safety purposes, we have added a coded lock to the Chapel door as we intend to have occasional 24 hour Ado- ration days in the future. The code for the door is 1979*. If you should forget this code, it is also in the Adoration sign-in binder on the weekly schedule under the Friday title. If you are already a Guardian, thank you for your commitment. We hope your time with Jesus has sent you many blessings and graces. If you would like more information, please email me at [email protected] . 2 Vivat Jesus-- Therese Birkbeck (wife of Sir Knight Doug Birkbeck) 404-213-7510 2 Additional Brothers Progressing to 2nd Degree Jerry Adkins Bill Camden Dave Davis Len Dorrien Bill Garrett Jack Kill Jim Gonzales Ralph O’Connor Dave Pavadore Steve Pfister Robert Scoboda Jim Talley These 12 first degree brothers progressed to the second degree as did the three new brothers on the previous page. That makes these additional 15 brothers eligible for 3 the third degree at the All Saints Social Hall on Saturday, April 6th, at 10 AM. 3 Fish Fry Numbers are Accelerating After a start that was a bit slower than last year, we set an all-time record of 1,297 meals served for Friday #3. Because we are still 275 meals behind last year, we need three more nights of near 1,300 to beat last year. It is difficult, but not impossible. We ask everyone to bring their families and neighbors to the last three events to continue our record streak. Who else serves $8 and $9 seafood meals with free coffee and tea? 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 +/- Knights Only 136 144 103 128 215 151 224 298 244 -54 Ash Wednesday 469 543 578 638 746 670 689 745 589 -156 Friday 1 614 623 710 717 814 881 1,044 963 960 -3 Friday 2 748 918 937 872 1,004 975 1,130 1,200 1,087 -113 Friday 3 778 617 1,032 945 1,050 1,026 1,119 1,246 1,297 51 Friday 4 854 987 953 1,003 1,030 943 1,242 1,131 0 Friday 5 753 931 918 904 875 951 971 1,201 0 Friday 6 762 858 926 952 979 1,139 1,154 1,225 0 Totals 5,114 5,621 6,157 6,159 6,713 6,736 7,573 8,009 4,177 -275 Good publicity like this article from a recent over 1,000 meals red number Dunwoody Crier Newspaper has always over 1,100 meals brown backfill helped us boost meal traffic to record levels. over 1,200 meals yellow backfill “They also serve, who only stand and wait.” 4 --John Milton 4 Knights Annual Free Throw Tournament On Sunday, February 24th, the District Free Throw Championship was held in the All Saints gym. Only those youngsters who had won or tied their divisions previously were allowed to compete. Our district was able to send seven youngsters on to the state finals in Macon, Georgia on March 16th. Each participant got a souvenir medal and a KofC basketball for participating. Some of our winners with council connections are shown below. Bruce Malinoff sent us the left picture showing him demonstrating proper dunking techniques to the young basketballers. Only later did we discover that he and Bryan Kler had conspired to photo- shop the picture. Bruce has never come close to dunking a basketball (even when starting from a chair or a six-foot ladder). 5 5 Additional Acolytes Needed All Saints Council 11402 has a special parish service ministry that may be unique over all the councils in the world. We know of no other council that provides rotating teams of knight altar servers that assist on the altar at all funeral Masses in their parish. We currently have about 70 brothers assigned to 5 teams that provide this service first requested by former pastor Monsignor Donald Kiernan in 1998. Acolytes wear matching outfits composed of navy blue blazers, medium grey dress slacks, white shirts, black shoes and socks. The council provides each with a blue Knights of Columbus logo tie worth $30. A full complement of Mass acolytes might consist of a cross bearer, two torch bearers, two water and wine handlers, and an incense bearer. Team members alternate roles and learn them all in good time. Visitors to All Saints marvel at the reverence and professionalism of the formal presentation that each parish funeral exhibits. There are about 50 funerals per year at All Saints, and some other special Mass occasions utilize our teams as well. If you work during the week, we can still use you on Saturdays or for special evening Masses. If you have been wondering how to serve your council and the parish in an enjoyable and meaningful way, please contact our Acolyte Director, Norbert Braza, at 770-393-8645 or [email protected] . No previous altar server experience is necessary, you will be trained. Any knight is eligible.