Grand Knight Report Knights Knews Knights Knews Knights Knews Knights Knews June 2019 Brothers, This month marks my second consecutive year attending the State Convention. I was accompanied by DGK Chris- topher Smith, PGK Bill Martin and our wives. The lot of us traveled via Amtrak which proved to be an enjoyable ex- perience, in spite of the fact that our train broke down west of Los Angeles. Finally arrived at Old Town Station in San Diego some two hours late, PGK Bill Martin stepped off of the train and noticed he had the wrong suitcase. Both Bill and Chis jumped back on-board in an effort to retrieve Bill’s bag, only to have the doors shut and train proceed to Mexico. Let it be noted that when the Con- ductor says, “don’t get back on that train”, you might want to listen. I’m still laughing! This year, Supreme made the decision to reduce the number of award catego- ries, making the process even more competitive. With that, I’m delighted to an- nounce that Council 5803 took first place for Family Activities and received a certificate of recognition for Culture of Life Activates. These are both awards we should all be proud of as they highlight the true essence of our commitment to Christ and the Good of the Order. Our State Deputy, Joseph C. Salaiz, gave a compelling speech during the awards ceremony. He congratulated everyone for their charitable work, but Knights of Columbus Council No. 5803, 1255 E. Patricia Ave. Simi Valley, CA
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Brothers,
This month marks my second consecutive year attending the State Convention. I was accompanied by DGK Chris-topher Smith, PGK Bill Martin and our wives. The lot of us traveled via Amtrak which proved to be an enjoyable ex-perience, in spite of the fact that our train broke down west of Los Angeles. Finally arrived at Old Town Station in San Diego some two hours late, PGK Bill Martin stepped off of the train and noticed he had the wrong suitcase. Both Bill and Chis jumped back on-board in an effort to retrieve Bill’s bag, only to have the doors shut and train proceed to Mexico. Let it be noted that when the Con-ductor says, “don’t get back on that train”, you might want to listen. I’m still laughing! This year, Supreme made the decision to reduce the number of award catego-ries, making the process even more competitive. With that, I’m delighted to an-nounce that Council 5803 took first place for Family Activities and received a certificate of recognition for Culture of Life Activates. These are both awards we should all be proud of as they highlight the true essence of our commitment to Christ and the Good of the Order. Our State Deputy, Joseph C. Salaiz, gave a compelling speech during the awards ceremony. He congratulated everyone for their charitable work, but
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made it very clear that the future was going to be different. He stated, “You’ve tak-en care of everyone else thus far, now it’s time to take care of one another”. These words hit home as the room erupted in applause. As Knights we are called to assist all in need; however we must never forget that our Order was founded on the princi-ples of caring for orphans, widows and Brother Knights. In summary, the convention was enlightening and a good time was had by all.
I want to thank PGK Jerry Padgett for stepping in as the Fish Fry chairman at the beginning of this Colombian Year, as well as all our brothers who have supported this event throughout the years. Due to chronic back pain, Jerry will be stepping down after the June 7th dinner service. Please note; we are still in need of a new chairman for this event. Jerry has graciously offered to continue ordering the fish and necessary supplies after his departure as chairman. As mentioned at our last meeting, there will not be a Fish Fry for the month of July as we look for a new chairman. Unfortunately if we are unable to find a replacement, we will be forced to close this event. Please contact PGK Jerry Padgett if you are interested. Brother John Lemos is in the process of replacing the swamp cooler over the kitch-en. We hope to have this effort complete in the next several days. We are current-ly taking bids to replace the roof.
Looking at the bingo work schedule, I see the same names every week. Once again, this is a call to new and senior members who are not supporting bingo. We need callers and folks to help sell pull tabs for Saturday night. A couple hours a month would help lighten the load for those who continually support this revenue source. FYI. your wives are welcome to help as well. Call PGK Rich Ostrich or PGK Norm Ouellette for details.
Elections will be held at our next business meeting on Tuesday June 11th. Please be sure to attend and support our newly nominated officers.
Vivat Jesus,
Robert W. Smith, Grand Knight
Deacon’s Corner
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Grand Knight Report (continued)
HABIT
The word “habit” occurs only a few times in Scripture. Rather, we have words “virtue” and “vice”. We call the habitual performance of good acts “virtue”. Bad habits result in doing bad things that are performed so often that they no longer trouble our conscience are called, vices. Good habits are not necessarily difficult but are acts that become routine through constant use which can help us to a greater insight and perceptions to holiness.
For Jesus, the cross was the habit of His life on earth. “Whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me” (Mat 10:38). These words are difficult for us to digest. The little things that we offer daily (our prayers, works, joys and sufferings) with fidelity and love constitute the cross for most of us.
Good habits influence not only the spiritual side of our existence by are constantly at work in the trivial matters of our daily life. Humor is a virtue because it helps us not take ourselves so seriously. Since we do things out of habit, there is the possibility that some of those things we do are vices. The sad truth is that we can be trapped by activities, thoughts and desires that are vices. These can be most difficult to change. Here again we do things out of habit. Our bad habits become a state or condition of being.
So the bottom line is this: Love is the force behind the forming of good habits and dis-solving of bad ones. It is out of love for Christ that we can begin and continue on the path that leads to good habits and virtue.
Vivat Jesus,
Deacon Terry
Deacon’s Corner
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Motions to be voted on in the June meeting
There are no motions to be voted on in the June meeting.
June Bereavement & FraternalJune Bereavement & FraternalJune Bereavement & FraternalJune Bereavement & Fraternal Hi, my Brothers & Sisters in Christ: 6/1/19
This month we grieve the passing of Catherine Meehan Deacon Chris Ryan’s Mother in Law Please keep the Meehan and Ryan families in your prayers. Please keep the following especially in your prayers: SK Fred Erickson, SK Jim Fabry, PFN Alan Canfield, PFN Tom Lotz, Ginger Trematore wife of Joe, Fr. Jim Maher, PGK Al McKinley, Kathy Lavigne Niece of PFN Dominick Costanzo, Shirley wige of SK Dan Zengierski, Amelia Hernandez nice of Tony Demarco and Lou Gammariello Tony’s Mother.
The Sick below and their families also need our love & prayers.
Please continue praying for our service men and woman, they serve throughout the world helping to maintain peace and the ideals of our country. My brothers, if you know of someone in your family, or a friend who is in ill health, who needs our prayers, give me a call at the phone number below. Peace and God’s blessings from your Bereavement and Fraternal Ministry.
Jerry Myszkowski 805 522 1641
Tracy sister of John Antonacci Jacob Arauza brother of PGK Tony De Marco Elaine sister of FN Bob Spielman Walter Bingham Uncle of Tom King Ludetta Bolcelli Cecelia Briones Ron Brown Dorothy, wife of Jerry Brusseau Andrew Budinski PFN Alan and Irene Canfield Richard & Susie Case Greg Cassidy Bernadette, wife of Hugh Chisholm (d) Michael Claton Jim Coleman Jean Conant, wife of Herman (d) PGK Al Coster Mary Conarchy Sister of PGK John Antonacci
Trudy wife of PFN Dominick Costanzo Kathy Lavigne Niece of PFN Dominick Costanzo Ann and Tony Crane Sal D’Angelo Silvia Delorida aunt of Dan Zengierski PGK Tony DeMarco Abrianna granddaughter of PFN To-ny Demarco
Sahera (Sam) Doka Ronald Dumias Jim Fabray Seth Fabry, Jim's grandson Fred Erickson Kitty Fidermutz, daughter of Lonnie Todd Mary Fitzgerald Bob Fowler Brian Fransen son of Don
Carmen Zarcone daughter of Paul Friedeborn Luis Garcia III Lou Gammariello Mother of Tony Peggy, wife of Gerald Giarrusso Harrison Goodwin Cody Gorecki Peter Grace Andrea & Jacqueline Griffith, wife and mother of Mark Tanya Guzman Angela Hernandez, niece of Tony DeMarco
Rosa Camacho sister of Alfredo Hernandez Terry, wife of Tim Hodgins Debbie Hollar Lois, wife of PGK Ron Huerth Carmel Kelly Bob King Brother of Tom Mariann, daughter of Tom King Dan Lang Francis Lemos Vincent Lendonne Harold (Chris) Lev Jr. PGK/PFN John Linscott Veronica Lopez & Alberto Anaya Cousin & nephew of Alberto Lopez Marlin, brother of Joseph Lopez Ramon Lopez Bill Martin’s daughter Julianna Reed Sharon Martin Bill’s wife
Henry Mancilla Scott, grandson of Henry Mancilla Fr Jim Maher Rachel, wife of PGK John McCrack-en
Richard McFeters, father of Chloe Conant; PGK Al McKinley Kellie daughter of PGK Al McKinley Charles Miserendino
PGK John Mitchell Julia Mora, daughter of Joe Lopez Hope Morrissey, wife of Tom Flora Mulet PFN Jerry Myszkowski Joann Occonel Bill Otto Toni & PFN/PGK Gerry Padgett Saylor Padgett grand daughter of PGK/PFN Jerry
Roman Palma Libia Perez Wren Pitstick, Jerry’s grandson Barbara Prete, wife of Andy (d) Christina Reveles, sister of Henry Mancilla Tyler Ritch Esteban Soto Grandson of PFN Mariano Robles Jose Paz relative of PFN Mariano Robles Afra, wife of Ralph Rogers (d) Carla Romero, wife of SK Willie Mika Shepard Pat Silvestri Colleen Small David Smith son of GK Bob Sara, wife of Jim Spencer David & Alberta Tellez PGK Earl Todd Sandy, wife of Mike Tortorici Joe & Ginger Trematore Gene Walinski Family Ed Weigand Colleen, wife of Jim Weir (d) Helen, wife & Chelsea, grand- daughter of Jack White (d) Michael Wilkomm Shirley, wife of Dan Zengierski Mallery Tech Granddaughter of Dan Zengierski
Lazy Days of Summer
Have you ever heard the expression “lazy days of summer”? While the hot weather may encourage a slower paced life, in many ways summer can be the busi-est time of the year. Especially for parents with school-aged children. And being busy, it’s easy to forget about such things as reviewing your life in-surance coverage. The purpose of this column is to encourage you to meet with me, your Knights of Columbus agent, before the end of the summer. Whether or not you have life insurance with the order, I’ll be happy to meet with you and make sure your coverage continues to meet your needs and goals. If you’ve had any life changes since you last bought a policy (new home, new child, new job, etc.) chances are your life insurance needs to be up-dated. I’ll work with you to make sure you have the coverage you need at a price you can afford. Call me to set up an appointment. When we meet you’ll discover that time spent with me is time well spent. But make the call today. Because sum-mer is not only busy, it’s also coming to an end.
Fraternally,
Willie Romero FICF
Insurance Report
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Chancellor’s Corner
Fingerprints of God
An amazing thing happened to me earlier this week, which shows how God is working in my life. We were at a celebration for my grandson’s baptism, and my brother-in-law’s tooth fell out. The next day was crazy with packing as we were planning to leave the next day at 5:00 a.m. We did not start looking for a dentist until about 4:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon to see if we could get it fixed. When I called Neil Fanning’s office it went to voicemail. We did not know if he was even open. We decided to just drive down and see if we could get in. We were in luck, the office was open, but the receptionist told us that Neil had left at 1:00 p.m. and was not scheduled to come back. Feeling defeated we turned around and as my hand touched the door, Neil’s car pulled in and he was able to take care of the dental emergency. Now, many people would say we got lucky (I would have before I became Catholic). I think, however, it was the fingerprints of God at work in my life, giving us what we needed when we needed it. Let’s look at this a little deeper at all the things that happened to make this possible: • The receptionist did not answer (she was on the phone with the insurance company);
had she answered, she would have sent us away • The receptionist did not call us back before we arrived; had she done so, she would
have sent us away • If we would have decided to go in before calling, we would have missed Neil • If we or Neil arrived 3 minutes earlier or later, we would have missed each other At the end of the visit, I apologized for interrupting his day as he must have come the office for something. He said, however, he did not remember why he came in. So, when people say God does not take an active part in their lives, I tell them that he does; we just need to look. Vivat Jesus, Clark Pentico, Worthy Chancellor
Train with a Brother Knight
You don’t work with our Knights for long without noticing how much we do for the Church; and how much energy and drive it takes to move the mountains we move. Energy and resilience is needed to serve the Lord as we strive to do. Pain and fa-tigue can drastically slow our ability to serve. So, is it not worth our attention and effort to try to stay as healthy as possible? To treat our body as a Temple of The Holy Spirit by providing it with the nutrition, training, sleep and rest fit for its ser-vice? Not by poisoning it with ignorance and addictive indulgences? I am now on staff at a facility to help us accomplish much of that; to train my Broth-er Knights how to use strength training to build up and repair our aging bodies for many years of service to come. With that in mind, I can also coach on better eating habits for fitness, using supplements for aging optimally and sleeping restoratively. In the past, I could only talk or write about strategies for getting the most out of an aging body; now I can help you put them into practice! Fitness19 in Simi is an awesome facility, with mint-new equipment; bright, shiny and clean! Training fees are reasonable and I’m on the job Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. I have some open slots in my schedule and would love to help my Brother Knights stay fit for service! Here is more on the benefits of training with me. Take a positive step to a Better Life: Come in, sign up, get on my schedule - Together we will make that happen! To your greater fitness and health, in Chris, Frank
Fitness Report
Training wth Lou Farrigno– A Father’s Day Gift
NOMINATIONS CONDUCTED BY GENE WALINSKI, Tuesday 5/14
POSITION NOMINATED
Grand Knight Chris Smith
Deputy Grand Knight Dominick Costanzo
Chancellor Jorge Curiel
Warden John Lemos
Recorder Joe Ferrell
Treasurer Lee Turner
Advocate Richard Buetow
1 yr Trustee GK Bob Smith to check with Tony DeMarco to see if he will be able to serve as trustee.
2 yr Trustee John Antonacci
3 yr Trustee Bob Smith
Guard Chris Fabray
Guard Chris Valle
Guard Saher Doka
Elections for officers will take place at the Business
Meeting on Tuesday, 6/11 — Don’t be shy!
The dinner includes: Delicious grilled or fried fish cole slaw, fried clams, French fries,
mac & cheese, bread
There will be no Fish Fry in July. Stay tuned to see if the Fish Fry re-turns on the First Friday in August.
ANNUAL POSTAL CAN FOOD DRIVE
Joe and I would like to thank all the volunteers that helped with the Postal Food
Drive on May 11th. Joe managed the transfer of the donations from the Post Office
vehicles to the Brother Knights’ trucks which were then delivered to St. Rose Chris-
tian Services Food Pantry at the Church.
I managed the unloading of the trucks and sorting & filling the storage shed to its ca-
pacity with 1000 sq. ft. of packaged food. We actually had overflow that we put into
the Christian Services Office and back-up shed. Our truck drivers also took 8 truck-
loads of food over to the Samaritan Center.
Volunteers at St. Rose were:
• Christian Service Director Penny Liberatore with a number of parishioners along with youth from the St. Rose confirmation group.
• From the Knights were Jan & I, Jerry & Mary Beth Pitstick and PGK Dan Owens
• The Volunteer Truck Drivers from the Knights were Joe Trematore, Paul Friedeborn, John MacKenzie, PGK John Antonacci, PGK John Mc Dermot & PGK Bob Spielman and Jim.
If we forgot someone please except our apologies!
Thanks to all of you in helping to feed those in need!
VIVAT JESUS!
Co-Chairmen
PGK George Gnesda & Joe Trematore
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Homeless Breakfast
There is no homeless breakfast in June.
Call me if you would like more details.
Rick Ostrich 805-501-8818
Homeless Dinner
The upcoming homeless dinner is on Friday, June
21st at the Knights Hall. If you can come by and
help please show up between 3 and 4pm.
Questions, please call Rick Ostrich at 805-501-
8818.
JUNE BLOOD DRIVE
Please plan to give the gift of life in blood for the Knights of Columbus blood drive! Roll up your sleeves for your community on Saturday, June 15th, from 8 AM —12:30 PM at the St. Rose of Lima Church hall. If you can’t give, send someone else who can! Vitalant (formerly United Blood Services) will be collecting blood for our community hospitals—all eligible donors are appreciated. FREE T-SHIRTS! For more details or to make an appointment: call Paul Friedeborn at 805-395-1126 or Vitalant at 877-258-4825; you can also visit Vitalant online.
Men’s Holy Hour of Power
St. Rose of Lima Adoration Chapel
Every Saturday 7:00 a.m.
Prayer to St. Joseph, Rosary,
Brief Talk, Silent Prayer & Benediction
BINGO WORKERS
We are in need of more pull tab workers and we still need a caller and a
call back person. Training is free and it is not a hard job. For pull tabs you
basically sell lottery tickets to the players. If you are new to the council
please call me so I can get you on the Bingo Schedule. If you can’t work
a specific weekend in July or have a shift preference please email me at
