Volume 4 Issue 12 Le Chevalier June 2019 p.1 St. Bernadette Council 12164 480-905-0221 Scottsdale, AZ Le Chevalier Grand Knight’s Message WGK Dick Welp My My Dear Thank You to all who attended and supported our St Joseph Brothers: Parish Family. Thank you to Fr. On May 11, 2019, we held our annual St. Bernadette Golf Kline for Outing. Fifty Golfers were present on a beautiful day for golf attending our and fellowship honoring Fr Pete Rossa. The day began with Knights General Fr. Don Kline leading us in prayer. Thank You, Fr. Kline! A May meeting. good time was had by all. Thank you to all who assisted and We look forward to supporting special thanks to our leader, SK Lou DeLuco. Final results will your vision for our parish be presented at our General Meeting on June 12th. Inside this issue: family. Roses, honoring our Mothers, were presented after all Exciting news update: The IT masses on Saturday May 11 and Sunday May 12th. Our Grand Knights’ Report 1 committee, consisting of SK Ed chairman Ron Angelo (Thank you, Ron) indicates that over 46 Dunai, Trevor Mahan, and led by dozen Roses were presented. That was an increase of over Knight of the Month 2 SK Martin Perez, is working hard 20% more than last year. Well Done and to develop a new and improved Birthdays 2 thank you to all. communications link for St. Our own SK Jerry Wood received a Star Recruiter Award in Saint of the Month 3 Bernadette Council 12164. The May – a tee shirt from the Knights State Council. plan is to include an enhanced Sunday, May 19th we had two events: Our quarterly Blood Food for the Poor 4 website with much more Drive was held under the leadership of Dennis Logue and of capability and improved usability. Pictures 5 course our monthly Pancake Breakfast, a couple of busy They hope to have a prototype weeks. ready for review and Dressing for Mass 7 We developed and submitted a pro-forma calendar for the feedback for our June meetings. upcoming fiscal year to the parish officer to integrate with Alabama Abortion Law They will soon be reaching out other ministries. It will require updating as we refine our 8 for beta users, so if you are plans. interested, please feel free to June, the last month of our Fiscal year, is here. KofC helps with Funeral contact them to be included. Yes There is much to end the year, reporting our results and 10 and thank you. preparing for the 2019-2020 year. We have accomplished May Activities: Calendars 11 much. On Monday May 6th - The Coming Events 12 Our Council is in process of developing the slate of Council Knights of Columbus in Solidarity Officers for the coming year. Each of you has received the Good of the Order with Our Priests sponsored proposed slate (on p. 12 of this newsletter). Prayer List 13 “Heart of A Priest” Relic Only council members who have attained the 3rd degree are Pilgrimage of St Jean Vianney’s eligible to be officers. You will have the opportunity to Contacts 13 Incorrupt Heart. approve these officers at our June General Meeting. Consider In addition - Knights of St Joan of Sacred Heart of Jesus if you wish to participate in the leadership of your council. Arc Church ---7PM – 9PM. 14 With the new year, the State Knights will prepare and present the dates for degree exemplification. Watch for these dates. They will be on the chapter calendar, raise your hand as you feel appropriate. Advance to the degree of full Knighthood. St. Bernadette Council 12164 480-905-0221 Volume 4 Issue 12 Le Chevalier June 2019 p.2 Our Deputy Grand Knight – SK Michael Dill will be preparing our required activity report for the Columbia Report - submitting to Supreme for consideration. We will not be eligible for Star Council this year, the result of the reviewing and suspending a number of Knights on the 12164 roster. The Star Award has a net new member requirement. While we have added new members, the suspensions will prevent making net new members. We will be Star Council next year. June / July will be important activity months for our council as we prepare and set the stage for the coming year. Set Calendar activities for coming year. – Pro-actively SK Lou DeLuco Identify and select Chairmen to identify and set goals – Faith in Action Program Establish a budget that coordinates Knight of the Month Bless You All Vivat Jesus May 2019 SK Dick Welp Grand Knight Last month, in May, members of your Council 12164 provided the last Pancake Breakfast for our Parish until September. On Mothers’ Day, Knights passed out roses to all the mothers attending each mass. We had our annual Father Pete Golf Outing. We were also involved with the Ron Angelo Parish’s First Annual Talent Show, both as performers and behind-the-scenes helpers with setting up and serving Knight of the Month th dinner. On May 19 , Dennis Logue organized a blood drive. On the 17th and 18th, the State Convention was held in May 2019 Phoenix. We sent our delegates, but you could’ve attended as well. There’s something for everyone if you just show up. How do your Brother Knights serve on a Regular Basis? This month, in June, you could become June 2019 involved with planning for our next Fraternal Year. I might Ron Angelo add that on June 12, we will be electing new (and some Ric Fichera old) officers. If you attend this meeting, you could still Santo Graziano nominate someone/yourself for an officer’s position if you Gerald Gresko are a 3 rd Degree Knight. There are many of you who are still Michael Kalweit 1 st Degree, and that is not “full Knighthood.” You must be Michael Kar 3rd Degree to hold an office in the Council. One of our goals Timothy Nowicki for the coming year is to move you 1st Degree holders to 3rd David Wagner th John Young Degree. Become involved! See you on June 12 at 7:00 PM in the Parish Hall! St. Bernadette Council 12164 480-905-0221 Volume 4 Issue 12 Le Chevalier June 2019 p.3 Saint of the Month Cyril presided over the third Saint Cyril of Alexandria General Council at Ephesus, attended by some two hundred (376 AD – 444 AD) bishops, which condemned all Saint Cyril’s Story the tenets of Nestorius and his St. Joseph of Leonissa, ora pro followers before the arrival of nobis! Archbishop John of Antioch and St. Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church forty-two followers who believed Nestorius was innocent. (June 27) Cyril was born at Alexandria, Egypt. He was When they found what had been done, they held a nephew of the patriarch of that city, Theophilus. Cyril council of their own and deposed Cyril. Emperor received a classical and theological education at Theodosius II arrested both Cyril and Nestorius but Alexandria and was ordained by his uncle. He released Cyril on the arrival of Papal Legates who accompanied Theophilus to Constantinople in 403 and was confirmed the council's actions against Nestorius and present at the Synod of the Oak that deposed John declared Cyril innocent of all charges. Two years later, Chrysostom, whom he believed guilty of the charges Archbishop John, representing the moderate Antiochene against him. He succeeded his uncle Theophilus as bishops, and Cyril reached an agreement and joined in patriarch of Alexandria on Theophilus' death in 412, but the condemnation, and Nestorius was forced into exile. only after a riot between Cyril's supporters and the During the rest of his life, Cyril wrote treatises that followers of his rival Timotheus. Cyril at once began a clarified the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation series of attacks against the Novatians, whose churches and that helped prevent Nestorianism and Pelagianism he closed; the Jews, whom he drove from the city; and from taking long-term deep root in the Christian governor Orestes, with whom he disagreed about some community. He was the most brilliant theologian of the of his actions. In 430 Cyril became embroiled with Alexandrian tradition. His writings are characterized by Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople, who was accurate thinking, precise exposition, and great preaching that Mary was not the Mother of God since reasoning skills. Among his writings are commentaries Christ was Divine and not human, and consequently she on John, Luke, and the Pentateuch, treatises on should not have the word theotokos (God-bearer) dogmatic theology, and Apologia against Julian the applied to her. He persuaded Pope Celestine I to Apostate, and letters and sermons. He was declared a convoke a synod at Rome, which condemned Nestorius, doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1882. His feast and then did the same at his own synod in Alexandria. day is June 27th. Celestine directed Cyril to depose Nestorius, and in 431, St. Bernadette Council 12164 480-905-0221 Volume 4 Issue 12 Le Chevalier June 2019 p.4 Food for the Poor Project Good week to all our Volunteers, Hello, and good week to all our volunteers, please let us know if you have not received the new schedule, which was sent out last week for June/July. Don't forget to put your volunteering days in a place to remind you. Don't always rely on an e- mail sent the week before. Today is Memorial Day on which we honor men and women who fought and died while serving in the armed forces.