The San Fernando Cathedral Knights of Columbus Council #9463 Newsletter Issue #3 March 2014 Council Business Meetings are held on the 2 nd Sunday of each month at 3:15 PM in the Parish Office Building at 231 W. Commerce, San Antonio, TX – these meetings are open to all Brother Knights who have achieved the First Degree of our Order Our Council Officers Meetings are held monthly on the Wednesday immediately preceding the Council Business Meeting – It's very important that all Council Officers attend these meetings! Our Council celebrates a corporate Mass in the Cathedral at 2:00 PM on the second Sunday of each month. Please attend and actively participate. Current Officers: Ruben Alvarado, Grand Knight Roscoe Ellis, Deputy Grand Knight Luis Amaro, Financial Secretary Greg Rufe, Treasurer Ramon Rodriguez, Recorder George Ramos, Chancellor Kenneth Grubbs, Advocate Louis Sanchez, Warden Eric Valadez, Lecturer Louis Farias, Inside Guard Juan Coronado, Outside Guard Tommy Ortiz, 1 st year Trustee Deacon Pete Nanez, 2 nd Year Trustee Dr. Ramon Figueroa, 3 rd Year Trustee March Days of Note : Ash Wednesday – March 5 Monthly Officers' Meeting – March 6 Monthly K of C Mass – March 9 Monthly Business Meeting – March 9 St. Patrick's Day – March 17 th St. Joseph's Day - March 19 th First Day of Spring – March 21 Day of the Unborn Child – March 25 (Knights of Columbus “Day of the Unborn Child” on the Feast of the Annunciation In keeping with the established tradition, the Order will once again celebrate the International Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child on the Feast of the Annunciation. The Day of the Unborn was instituted as an addition to the Order’s Crusade for Life and a symbol of commitment to building a culture that respects and protects every life, and to promote the cause of the unborn child.) Founder's Day – March 29 (131st Anniversary of the Order The Knights of Columbus celebrates the founding of the Order on March 29, 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, also known as Founders Day.) 1
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The San Fernando Cathedral Knights of ColumbusCouncil #9463
Newsletter Issue #3March 2014
Council Business Meetings are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3:15 PM in the Parish Office Building at 231 W. Commerce, San Antonio, TX – these meetings are open to all Brother Knights who have achieved the FirstDegree of our Order
Our Council Officers Meetings are held monthly on the Wednesday immediately preceding the Council Business Meeting – It'svery important that all Council Officers attend these meetings!
Our Council celebrates a corporate Mass in theCathedral at 2:00 PM on the second Sunday of each month. Please attend and actively participate.
Current Officers:
Ruben Alvarado, Grand KnightRoscoe Ellis, Deputy Grand KnightLuis Amaro, Financial SecretaryGreg Rufe, TreasurerRamon Rodriguez, RecorderGeorge Ramos, ChancellorKenneth Grubbs, AdvocateLouis Sanchez, WardenEric Valadez, LecturerLouis Farias, Inside GuardJuan Coronado, Outside GuardTommy Ortiz, 1st year TrusteeDeacon Pete Nanez, 2nd Year TrusteeDr. Ramon Figueroa, 3rd Year Trustee
March Days of Note :
Ash Wednesday – March 5Monthly Officers' Meeting – March 6Monthly K of C Mass – March 9Monthly Business Meeting – March 9St. Patrick's Day – March 17th
St. Joseph's Day - March 19th
First Day of Spring – March 21Day of the Unborn Child – March 25
(Knights of Columbus “Day of the Unborn Child” on the Feast of the AnnunciationIn keeping with the established tradition, the Order will once again celebrate the International Knights of Columbus Day of the Unborn Child on the Feast of the Annunciation. The Day of the Unborn was instituted as an addition to the Order’s Crusade for Life and a symbol of commitment to building a culture that respects and protects every life, and to promote the cause of the unborn child.) Founder's Day – March 29
(131st Anniversary of the OrderThe Knights of Columbus celebrates the founding of the Order on March 29, 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney, also known as Founders Day.)
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The San Fernando Cathedral Knights of ColumbusCouncil #9463
Newsletter Issue #3March 2014
March Birthdays:
Sam Alvarez – March 26Daniel Benedetti – March 26Robert Charles – March 22David Espinoza – March 18Ken Grubbs – March 21Ernest Martinez – March 04Patrick Portales – March 27
Grand Knight's Report:
Brother Knights, as we prepare for the Lenten Season, let us spend time in prayer and reflection.
Many people give up bad habits for Lentbut, once Lent is over, they're back to day one.
Some things we should reflect on are ways to better ourselves spiritually or physically. And we should follow through with these good Lenten disciplines all year round.
Brothers, Fiesta is around the corner and we have much work to do. Remember, the work we do is not for ourselves but for the Cathedral. We will need help withthe parade chairs. Without your help we cannot reach our goal of selling out for both parades.
CONDOLENCES
Mario Mandujano's wife, Lupita, has losther mother. Maria Lupe Alvarado passed away February 24, 2014. May she rest in peace.
Let us keep Mario & Lupita and their family in our prayer.
Ruben Alvarado, Grand Knight
Welcome, new Brothers!
Jorge Cruz, Emmanuel Quijano, Fr. Johnson Machado, and Rudy Rodriguez all earned their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees on Feb. 1st at the Knight in a Day Ceremony held at Our Lady of Good Shepherd in Schertz, TX.
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The San Fernando Cathedral Knights of ColumbusCouncil #9463
Newsletter Issue #3March 2014
Pray with Pope Francis:
The Holy Father's Prayer Intentions for March 2014 are:
Universal - Respect for Women. That all cultures may respect the rights and dignity of women.
For Evangelization - Vocations. That many young people may accept the Lord’s invitation to consecrate their lives toproclaiming the Gospel.
Field Agent's Report:
Think You Are Too Old for Coverage? Maybe Not
You are never too young or too old to consider purchasing life insurance. If you have a financial need forcoverage, or will in the future, a permanent life insurancepolicy can be just the thing you need.
When you are young and presumably healthy, coverage will be very inexpensive when compared to purchasing the same policies when you are older.
If you’ve put off purchasing coverage, or you realize that you may need additional insurance, the Order may still be able to help you, even if other companies cannot. In fact, in 2012, the issue age of our permanent life insurance products was extended to age 80. Naturally, your health, and whether or not you smoke, will be taken into consideration, so underwriting standards for risk andage apply. But, the extension is a great blessing for me – and it could be for you too. Now I can help members thatI couldn’t help before. Are you or one of your brother knights one of those members?
Whether you’re 18 or 80, the Knights of Columbus has products that will work for you and your family. I look forward to discussing coverage with you.
Michael Henriquez, FICF 210-367-0653 Mic [email protected] ww.alamoknightsofcolumbus.com
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.
Preparing for a fruitful Lent:
There are many wonderful resources available that can help us prepare properly for a fruitful Lenten experience.
Some of the best resources for practical Catholics, as we Knights of Columbus are, come from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. At the USCCB website this year we find the following advice:
“... The three traditional pillars of Lenten observance are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving The Church asks us to surrender ourselves to prayer and to the reading of Scripture, to fasting and to giving alms. The fasting that all do together on Fridays is but a sign of the daily Lenten discipline of individuals and households: fasting for certain periods of time, fasting from certain foods, but also fasting from other things and activities. Likewise, the giving of alms is some effort to share this world equally—not only through the distribution of money, but through the sharing of our time and talents.
“... During this Lent, the U.S. bishops are encouraging Catholics to make going to confession a significant part of their spiritual lives. They have issued a statement: God's Gift of Forgiveness: The Pastoral Exhortation on the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation that can be distributed and shared in parishes.”
God's Gift of Forgiveness: The Pastoral Exhortation on the Sacrament of Penance and
Reconciliation is offered for our edification and canbe found in its entirety on the next page of this
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:“Peace be with you!” With these words, the Risen Lord greeted his frightened Apostles in the Upper Room on the day of his Resurrection. They were troubled, anxious, and fearful—much like each one of us at some point in our lives. Christ repeated the words, “Peace be with you.” But then he added, “Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them” (Jn 20:19-23).
What an extraordinary gift! The Risen Lord was proclaiming that all the suffering he had just endured was in order to make available the gifts of salvation and forgiveness. He wanted the Apostles to receive these gifts. He wanted them to become apostles of this forgiveness to others.
In the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, also called confession, we meet the Lord, who wants to grant forgiveness and the grace to live a renewed life in him. In this sacrament, he prepares us to receive him free from serious sin, with a lively faith, earnest hope, and sacri-� cial love in the Eucharist. The Church sees confession as so important that she requires that every Catholic go at least once a year.1 The Church also encourages fre-quent confession in order to grow closer to Christ Jesus and his Body, the Church. By the grace of the Holy Spirit, we seek forgiveness and repentance, let go of patterns
of sin, grow in the life of virtue, and witness to a joyful conver-sion. Since the graces of the sac-rament are so similar to the pur-pose of the New Evangelization, Pope Benedict XVI has said, “The New Evangelization . . . begins in the confessional!”2
We bishops and priests are eager to help you if you experience dif� culty, hesitation, or uncer-tainty about approaching the Lord in this sacrament. If you have not received this healing sacrament in a long time, we are ready to
welcome you. We, whom Christ has ordained to min-ister this forgiveness in his name, are also approach-ing this sacrament, as both penitents and ministers, throughout our lives and at this special moment of grace during Lent. We want to offer ourselves to you as forgiven sinners seeking to serve in the Lord’s name.
During Lent—in addition to the various peniten-tial services during which individual confession takes place—we bishops and priests will be making ourselves available often for the individual celebration of this sacrament. We pray that through the work of the Holy Spirit, all Catholics—clergy and laity—will respond to the call of the New Evangelization to encounter Christ in the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. Come to the Lord and experience the extraordinary grace of his forgiveness!
1 Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 1457-1458. 2 Pope Benedict XVI, Address to the Annual Course on the Internal Forum
Organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary, www.vatican.va/holy_father/ben-edict_xvi/speeches/2012/march/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20120309_penitenzieria-apostolica_en.html.
“He said to him, ‘My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. But now we must
celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and
has been found.’” (Lk 15: 31-32)
God’s Giftof Forgiveness
A Pastoral Exhortation on the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation
San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, TX
Knights of Columbus, Council 9463
March 2014 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
23 Feb 24 25 26 27 28 1 Mar
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ash
Wednesday
6:30p -7:30p Officers' Meeting #KofC
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 2:00p -3:00p Mass #KofC 3:00p -4:00p Council Meeting #KofC
7:00p -9:00p 1st degree ceremony at St. John Neumann, 6680 Crestway Drive
12:00p -10:00p 4th Degree Exemplification at St. James the Apostle, Council 7770
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