JANUARY

2017

Council 11236 & Assembly 3504 - Knights of Columbus

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Brother Knights,

We find ourselves now in 2017. I am proud of being a Catholic gentleman and all that that means. I am excited for what is to come this year for our Laguna Council 11236.

Worthy PGK Iggy Lopez-Alvarez is busy organizing and assigning duties so that our St. Patrick's Day Dinner is a successful event. The proceeds will go to the Tree of Life that you soon will be seeing mounted in the narthex.

We have a good supply of wheelchairs that are needing to go to veterans or family members of veterans, so if you know of a disabled veteran or family member, please let me know so we can make arrangements to help him/her out.

Brothers Knights, I want to remind you of your commitment to 24 hours of service per year that you agreed upon at the time you were initially interviewed as a Knights of Columbus candidate. As Worthy FN Terry Rees always says, "Many hands make light work." Just coming to the monthly meeting gets you to your target, or helping to sell tickets, helping to set up the Fr. Philip Wells Hall before an event gets you there, or helping at a Knights event also gets you to your target. It's not a huge investment of your time but you and the other Knights will make a difference.

We welcomed two new Knights at an Admission Degree (First Degree) Exemplifica-tion this past week and we will be welcoming 4 new Knights later this month. I am sure they are ready to set out on an exciting journey into Knighthood and explore fur-ther their Catholic faith.

When attending Mass or a Parish event, please wear your Knights badge to show others that YOU are proud to be a Knight.

God Bless You,

SK Rich Thompson

Grand Knight

I hope you had a grace-filled Advent and a

holy and merry Christmas! I enjoyed the rela-

tively slow pace in December, with plenty of

time to spend with my brother (escaping the

cold and snow in Denver) and sister. We

made a side trip to San Francisco, where we

spent the Christmas holiday with my niece

and her family.

January marks the mid-point of the Columbi-

an Year. For those of you wanting to advance

to full Knighthood in the order, there will be

Formation and Knighthood (2nd and 3rd ) Degree Exemplifications scheduled between

now and April. Watch the Laguna Knightline for details as they become available.

All 3rd Degree members are invited to advance to the Patriotic (4th ) Degree at the Patri-

otic Degree Exemplification scheduled for April 22 at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacra-

mento. Speaking of 4th Degree membership, Sir Knights not currently members of St.

John Paul II Assembly #3504 are invited to transfer their membership into the Assem-

bly.

Please remember to pay your dues current in both the Council and the Assembly if you

have not already done so. These dues help fund our day-to-day operations, and your

prompt payment saves the Council and Assembly the expense of following up with sec-

ond notices. It also shows your commitment to the ideals and programs of the Laguna

Council and the St. John Paul II Assembly.

We have two events scheduled in January. The Council Free Throw Competition will

be held January 22nd starting at 9:00 AM in the Hall. Kids will compete against others

in their age group and gender, and awards will be made to local Council winners. The

Council winners will advance to the District and Chapter competitions, the dates for

which have yet to be set.

The second event is the 13th Annual Walk for Life West Coast in San Francisco on Jan-

uary 21th. We are underwriting a portion of the cost for the busses that will transport

participants from Good Shepherd to the event. This is an important and fun event and I

hope many of our members will participate. Please contact Gary Hickman for more

information.

We have a busy schedule for the remaining Columbian Year. Thanks for your support

and hard work in making all our programs successful.

God Bless! Vivat Jesus!

Terry F. Rees

Faithful Navigator

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Assembly Officers

Faithful Navigator

SK Terry Rees

Faithful Friar

SK Rev. Lestor Menor

Faithful Captain

SK Joe Wilhelm

Faithful Pilot

SK Bill Boles

Faithful Admiral

SK Tim Fukuda

Faithful Comptroller

SK Ed Casey

Faithful Scribe

SK Steve Hemenez

Faithful Purser

SK Hank Cornell

Faithful Inner Sentinel

SK Raul Basas

Faithful Outer Sentinel

SK Mike Blakey

Faithful Trustee 3 Yr.

SK Carl Gregsby

Faithful Trustee 2 Yr.

SK David Momoh Howard

Faithful Trustee 1 Yr.

SK Mike Blakey

Color Corps Commander

SK Larry Navarrette

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2nd and 3rd Formation and Knighthood Degrees Exemplification:

I’m very pleased to announce the following Brother Knights have advanced to the 2nd

and 3rd (Formation and Knighthood) Degrees on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at

Devine Savior Parish in Orangevale, California. Congratulations to Jesus (Jess) Velas-

co Jr, Robert Graves, Tony Charles, Clovis Karam and Michael Martin!

1st Admission Degree Exemplification:

St. Joseph’s Council #7241 hosted a 1st Admission Degree exemplification ceremony

on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 7 pm. Our Council had two candidates exemplified:

Alan Rich and Frederick Pulido

Recruitment:

Remember, we still have time to reach our Council’s goal for Star Council. Our best

Recruiters are our own Brother Knights. We are still looking for a “Few Good Catho-

lic Men” to join the Largest Catholic Fraternal Organization. If any Brother Knight

knows of a prospective member, a friend, a co-worker, a relative, or a neighbor who

might be interested in joining the Knighthood, please make the contact. Give him the

New Form 100, and help them fill it out. Be sure to contact your Chancellor with the

completed form and submit it to him. The new Candidate will be contacted, and a home

interview will be scheduled with him and his family. Remember, you as a Recruiter,

can identify a potential member(s) to become a new Brother Knight. Don’t let the po-

tential member say “No one has Ever Asked me to Join”.

SK Camilo P. Pizarro

Chancellor, Council 11236

(916) 206-3835

February 22,

Council Officers

Grand Knight

SK Richard Thompson

Chaplain

SK Rev. Leon Juchniewicz

Deputy Grand Knight

SK Mike Blakey

Financial Secretary

SK Larry Stanton

Chancellor

SK Camilo Pizarro

Recorder

SK Ed Casey

Treasurer

SK Roy Tufts

Advocate

Vacant

Warden

SK Carl Gregsby

Inside Guard

SK Romeo Gonzalvo

Outside Guard

SK Braulio Mendiola

First Year Trustee

SK David Momoh Howard

Second Year Trustee

SK Ignacio Lopez-Alvarez

Third Year Trustee

SK Joe Wilhelm

All boys and girls ages 9 to 14 as of January 1st are invited to participate in the local Council-level of competition for the 2017 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Champi-onship. The council competition will be held on Sunday, January 22, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at our Good Shepherd Parish, Father Philip Wells Hall. The competition will begin upon registration. Parent/guardian’s consent is required by signing the registration form. Please bring a copy of the participant’s birth certificate as proof of age. The Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship is sponsored annually, with win-ners progressing through Council, District and State competitions. All boys and girls 9 to 14 years old as of January 1st are eligible to participate and will compete in their re-spective age divisions. So come on by and shoot some baskets! For more information, please contact Tim Fukuda at 916-539-4811 or Camilo Pizarro

at 916-206-3835.

Free Throw Championship

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The Knights of Columbus of Good Shepherd Catholic Church are offering a Rosary Night of Prayer in honor of our Blessed Mother on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6:30 PM in the Church.

This evening marks the third of four KofC sponsored Rosary services for the 2016-2017 Columbian year. We invite all Good Shepherd parishioners and all Brother Knights to attend.

We offer this Rosary Night to our Blessed Mother, the patroness of our order. We ask her to pray for us and ask that she bestow her blessings to us.

What a great opportunity for you to give thanks for blessings received, to pray for the sick in our parish family, or to pray for a special intention that you may have. Best of all, it gives us all an opportunity to pray the rosary together as a parish community. For more information contact SK Iggy Lopez-Alvarez at (916) 689-2428.

Free Throw

Competition

January 22, 2017

Fr. Philip Wells Hall

9 AM to 2 PM

Parish

Fellowship Breakfast

February 12th

Fr. Philip Wells Hall after

7 & 9 AM Masses

SK Steve May will lead the Knights for this event.

Please help our Church and fellow Knights make this a shared effort and a

West Coast Walk For Life

The 11th Annual West Coast Walk for Life in San Francisco is Saturday, January 21,

2017. For the 10th year, our Parish is chartering busses for those who wish to attend.

Seats are still available. Contact the Parish Office to reserve your seat on the bus.

For more information, visit www.walkforlifewc.com or email Brother Gary Hickman at

greenhope28@yahoo.com.

Please join us to make a public stand for families and for LIFE.

Parish Crab Feed

The 22nd Annual Parish Crab Feed will be Saturday, February 11, 2017. The Crab

Feed will feature raffle, auction, DJ, and of course, crab, clam chowder and all the tra-

ditional fixings.

We Knights have been asked to provide security and likely will be asked to provide

other assistance as the date of the Feed approaches. If you can help out, contact SK

Terry Rees (tfrees@reesconsultants.com). Donations are also needed for our auction

and raffle baskets.

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January

18 Combined Council/Assembly Meeting—7:00 PM, St. John Paul II

Room

21 West Cost Walk for Life—12:30 PM, San Francisco Civic Center

22 Free Throw Competition—9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Fr. Philip Wells Hall

February

1 Officer Meeting—7:00 PM, FN Terry Rees residence (6001 Rimini

Court)

11 Parish Crab Feet—6:00 PM, Fr. Philip Wells Hall

12 Fellowship Breakfast—9:00 AM, Fr. Philip Wells Hall

15 Combined Council/Assembly Meeting—7:00 PM, St. John Paul II

Room

22 Rosary Night of Prayer—6:30 PM, Church

March

1 Officer Meeting—7:00 PM, TBD

12 Fellowship Breakfast—9:00 AM, Fr. Philip Wells Hall

15 Combined Council/Assembly Meeting—7:00 PM, St. John Paull II

Room

Calendar

Color Corps

Beloved Color Corps Members,

The Patriotic (4th) Degree Exemplification Ceremony will be held April 22, 2017. The Northern Cali-fornia Color Corps Competition will be held during the Exemplification festivities. CCC Larry Navar-rette has sent out the Color Corps practice schedule to all Color Corps members and we need a firm commitment from ALL Color Corps Members to attend our scheduled training sessions.

At the present, we have enough time to produce a superior Color Corps Team with enough confidence to compete with other Assemblies, and become Number One in the State of California. Our Slogan this year is " Leave No Doubt."

If you are interested in joining our Color Corps, please call: CCC Larry Navarrette at 916 230-0369, WFN Dr. Terry Rees at 916 687-1266, or WSDM Tim Fukuda at 916 539-4811.

CCC SK Larry T Navarrette St. John Paul II Assembly 3504

Steve Machado FA

916-802-2587

steve.machado@yahoo.com

Council #15589,

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Knights of Columbus

Laguna Council 11236

St. John Paul II Assembly 3504

Fifth Annual

St. Patrick’s Day

Dinner Party March 18, 2017

6—10 PM, Fr. Philip Wells Hall

Tickets & Information

Terry Rees (916) 687-1266

tfrees@reesconsultants.com

6:00 PM Social Hour

7:00 PM Dinner

8:00 PM Irish Dancers

8:45 PM Bingo & Raffle

$20 Per Person / Traditional Irish Menu

Gold Country Irish Dancers

Beers From Around The UK

Includes Free Bingo and Prizes

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January 2017

Family of the Month

Terry and Ruth Defrates

Knights of the Month

Bobby Aglubat

Romeo Gonzalvo

Fr. Lestor Menor

Helpful Web Links

www.laguna-knights.org

Council 11236

www.elkgroveknights.org

K of C District 10

www.californiaknights.org

K of C CA State Council

www.kofc.org

K of C Supreme

www.gscceg.org

Good Shepherd Parish

www.diocese-acramento.org

Sacramento Diocese

www.vatican.va

Holy See official site

Knight and Family of the Month

Ernesto S Sahagun 01-04

Fred Guillory 01-06

Jorge A Torres 01-08

Gill Pascua 01-10

Steven H Hemenez 01-15

Jonathan A Flores 01-18

Michael J Blakey 01-19

Eric J Garcia 01-19

David A Hutchinson 01-21

Modesto W Tomeldan 01-23

Timothy T Fukuda 01-25

Earl J Gray 01-25

Michael W Pott 01-27

Michael J Genelli 01-30

William Nichols 01-31

Michael J Pope 01-31

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Please Pray for our Brothers and Sisters

Brother Knight For Whom Comments

Steve Machado Dan Heisler, F.A. Repose of his soul

Coleman Stevens Barbara Thibodeaux Foot Surgery

Coleman Stevens Dennis Cummings Throat Cancer Surgery

Iggy Lopez-Alvarez Al Michel Leg Surgery

Joe Wilhelm Jessy (niece) Lupus

Steve May Katie and Richard McGuiness For peaceful and holy end of life

Bill Boles Chuck McCoy Pancreatic Cancer

Edwin Camerino Br. Knight Michael Pina Repose of his soul

Edwin Camerino Mother-in-law Evangeline Arevalo Cancer

Edwin Camerino Rollie Swingle Cancer

Edwin Camerino Julie Gutierrez Cancer

Edwin Camerino Coleman Stevens Continued health wellness

Matt Marcotte Effie Flor Pneumonia (96 years old)

Matt Marcotte Self Help with employment search

Rev. Fr. Leon Juchniewicz My brother, Chester Prostate cancer

Larry Stanton Brother-in-law C. Holley Serious Fall injury- UCD

Roy Tufts Brother Bob Alzheimer’s

Larry Navarrette Grand-daughter Eating disorder

Terry Rees Sister Maureen Numerous health problems

Terry Rees Julie Gutierrez Cancer

Terry Rees Deacon Ed Smith Cancer and Parkinson’s

Terry Rees Lyn Eder Alzheimer’s

Earl Gray Mother Extreme pain

Earl Gray Father Needs peace

Earl Gray Myself Hopeful for a State Job

Earl Gray Myself Medical procedures to go well

Tim Fukuda Myself Ear cancer & surgery

Dan Aguiar D. D. District 12 Jack Kasper &John Rago

Ed Casey Past GK Matt Dariano Healing of Leg Injury

Ed Casey Brother Patrick Casey Healing of health issues