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Knights of Columbus Arden/Carmichael Council 4970 District 9 – Division 4

Serving St. Ignatius of Loyola and Our Lady of the Assumption Parishes

Prayer for our Nation Excerpted by Grand Knight- Miguel Sabral

We need prayer for our nation. We need the Lord’s wisdom and blessing on our country. We have faced difficult situations with our nation, and we have faced many difficult times in the past. Let us allow our love for our nation and patriotism to rise up within us. Let us seek God’s face, and be dedicated to our Lord and pray. Please join us with this inspirational prayer, and lift up our troops and our leaders, as well as all our citizens: Almighty God, We come to honor you on this day. We come to acknowledge that you are the only one who can rightly lead and guide our nation. Lord, we lift up prayer for our nation We ask that you would bless our nation with your wisdom, your love, and your compassion. May we be the people that are pursuing you, and your plan’s. Lord, we lift up prayer for our leaders Lord, we ask for the blessings on our leaders. May these servants who are in positions of authority, take their responsibility very seriously. And do their very best each day. May they realize their needs for you and for your help, may we hear your voice as they make their decision, and may they follow your guidance. May they have a passion for our nation, for our people, for truth, and for righteousness we thank you Lord for our blessing of life and liberty. May our nation continually show love and honor to you Lord. May our dedication to you cause us to reach out to all other nations and people with a strong desire for peace and harmony to be displayed whenever you desire. We ask all these things in the name of your beloved son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

APRIL 2020 VOLUME 20 • NUMBER 10

Program Directors Sr. Program Director

Jerry Butler (916-642-2904) FAITH

Thomas Nguyen (916-548-5489)

FAMILY Shawn Herrick (916-607-0404)

COMMUNITY

Chuck Cuny (916-971-1751)

LIFE Peter Mendenhall (916-616-6941)

John Mizerak (916-332-5511)

COUNCIL AFFAIRS Will Friesen (916-0225-2440)

Selected Service Committees Parish Liaisons

SI: Mike Fazio (973-747-6007) OLA: Mike Dougherty (916-470-7599)

Youth Loren Wallin (916-723-2970)

Membership Director Joe Kievernagel (916-487-7029)

Membership Committee Ken Macdonald (916-631-0774)

Public Relations Gene Gobbo (916-283-5223)

[email protected] Paladin Editor

Peter Mendenhall(916-616-6941) Photographer

Jerry Marenich(916-514-8027) Website

kofc4970.com Will Friesen (916-0225-2440)

April 2020 CHARITY – UNITY – FRATERNITY - PATRIOTISM

PRAYER LIST

Names on the sick/distress list are removed after being on the list for more than one year. Names may be reinstated simply by contacting Peter Mendenhall at 916- 616-6941, or by personal request at any meeting. Some very long-term entries (marked with an asterisk) will remain since they are known special cases. Names will continue to be removed each month as their anniversary occurs.

Brothers, families and friends listed below will be remembered during our

business meetings:

Aborted Children All Caregivers of the sick

Dominic (brother of Mario)

Barbara (daughter-in-law of Tony) Patrick (son of Jerry Butler)

Milt Amaral Ryan Bird (Zerilli family)*

Don Cotton Rick Di Regelo*

Dick Hill* Joe Kievernagel*

Rick Mocerin Thomas Nguyen

Mario La Schiazza Michael (grandson of Dcn. Larry)*

John Storelli Patty Kochis

Lady Knights:

Olivia Massetti (dec)

To report illness or death contact Fraternal Committee

GK Miguel Sabral

SAINT IGNATIUS BIBLE STUDY CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

The Men's Bible Study meets the first and third Wednesday of the month at Saint Ignatius in the Rose Room (across from the Small Chapel inside Church) from 7-8 p.m. Please come join us. For more information, contact Mike Fazio ([email protected]; 973-747-6007) or Rich Romo ([email protected])

LUNCHEON Jean Gobbo- Ladies Program

CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!.

SAINT IGNATIUS WORK CREW CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

PLEASE CONSIDER THIS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

Council 4970 has initiated a work crew designed to handle light-duty tasks at St. Ignatius parish on the second Saturday morning of each month. Outdoor tasks are being developed by Fr. Chuck Tilley, SJ, who is the associate pastor. Two one-hour shifts are scheduled: 7-8 a.m. and 8-9 a.m. Plan to show up with work tools (shovel, rake, hoe, etc.); gloves; hat; sunscreen; and drinking water. For further details, please contact Mike Fazio at [email protected] or Dan Aseltine at [email protected]

KC FREE THROW - NOR CAL CHAPTER CONTEST RESULTS

Loren Wallin

Two of our Council 4970 Free Throw Contest winners, after winning the District 9 contest, went on and took first place at the Northern California Chapter contest on February 29, 2020 in Vacaville. Both are from St Ignatius. Emma Laird – 1st place – 10 year old girls – 23/25 Diego Cortes-Torres – 1st place – 14 year old boys – 18/25 Both would have gone on to compete at the State Free Throw Contest in Fresno on March 28th but it has been postponed. Congratulations to all!

PRE-BUSINESS MEETING DINNER

The April dinner (IF HELD!!!) provider is Brother Joshua Figueroa. Interested in being an upcoming chef? Contact Miguel Sabral (916-397-1728) or Jerry Butler (916-642-2904). Per Supreme rules, only Brothers can attend the meeting itself starting at 8 PM.


COUNCIL 4970 OFFICERS Grand Knight

Miguel Sabral (916-397-1728) Chaplain

Fr. Eduino Silveira (916-481-5115) [email protected] Deputy Grand Knight

Jerry Butler (916-642-2904) Financial Secretary

Dcn. Larry Niekamp (916-962-1324) Chancellor

Dan Aseltine (510-381-1357) Warden

Rick Di Regolo (916-966-1654) Guards

Mark Miller (760-954-3625) Bill Davis (916-944-1348)

Treasurer Steve Millner (916-502-3162)

Recorder TBD

Advocate Todd Wilson (916-961-2761)

Lecturer Gary Mello (916-996-7438)

Trustees Joe Romanazzi (916-965-4633) Peter Kilkenny (916-692-5446)

Don Cotton (916-849-2288)

District Deputy - District 9 John O’Donnell (916-961-4757)

Insurance Field Agent Greg Bronson (530-503-7473)

If some politicians don't want foreigners involved in our elections, why do they think it's all right for illegals to vote?

CALENDAR OF EVENTS—APRIL ALL ACTIVITIES CANCELLED UNTIL

FURTHER NOTICE 5 Palm Sunday 10 Good Friday 12 Easter 14 Pre-Meeting Dinner; 6:30 - St. John Hall, OLA 14 Business Meeting; 7:30- St. John Hall, OLA 15 Fed and State Tax Due! TBD Ladies Luncheon 28 Planning Meeting; 7:30- St. John Hall OLA

CALENDAR OF EVENTS—MAY 7 National Day of Prayer 10 Mother’s Day 12 Pre-Meeting Dinner; 6:30 - St. John Hall, OLA 12 Business Meeting; 7:30-St. John Hall, OLA TBD Ladies Luncheon- 25 Memorial Day 26 Planning Meeting –7:30- St. John Hall OLA


Today’s Veteran Of The Day is Air Force Veteran Gerald J. Marenich, who worked on radar sites during his 20 years in the service. While attending the University of Detroit, Gerald J. Marenich was part of the Air Force ROTC program. In 1955, the Air Force commissioned Marenich as a second lieutenant. Once he entered active duty, he trained as an interceptor controller at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. Marenich first served at a remote radar site at Campion Air Force Station in Alaska. In 1958, Marenich was selected to participate in a six-month-long exercise to evaluate the ability of the Air Force long-range interceptors and the Army’s Nike system to defend against large waves of attacking jet bombers. He later transferred to a Semi-Automatic Ground Environment Site in Virginia and then to a radar site in Germany. He took on multiple assignments at Tactical Air Control Group sites in Texas and Arizona and one assignment in Japan. Marenich also deployed on temporary tours in Iceland, Thailand, Korea, Norway, and the Netherlands. His final assignment was with the 552nd Air Force Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing division in Sacramento, California, at the McClellan Air Force Base. After 20 years in the service, Marenich retired on May 1, 1975, at the rank of major. During his service, Marenich received a Meritorious Service Medal, an Air Medal, a Combat Readiness Medal, a National Defense Service Medal, an Air Force Expeditionary Medal and a Master Weapons Controller badge . Marenich went on to work as an air traffic control specialist within the Federal Aviation Administration. He served in this capacity in the California locations of Sacramento, Rancho Murietta, Arcata, and Marysville, until his retirement in 1996. Marenich joined the Knights of Columbus in 1951 but had to drop out due to his military service. He rejoined the group and Council 4970 in 1997, at the urging of a fellow Air Force Veteran. Within the Knights of Columbus, Marenich served in many positions, including the high honor of Grand Knight. He also served as chairman of the Family of the Month/Year Program. He is currently very active in voluntary service to his parish and community. His past activities include being Head Usher at his parish and volunteering for the parish food locker. He has also engaged in fundraising events for the intellectually disabled. Marenich currently resides in Sacramento, California. Thank you for your service!

UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE HAZARDS OF THE CORONA VIRUS, THE PRAYER GATHERING IN FRONT OF THE LOCAL ABORTION CLINIC HAS BEEN CANCELLED. PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY

IN YOUR OWN HOME, AND LIFT UP THE MOTHERS AND BABIES LOST TO THIS ATROCITY.


JOE’S CAFÉ…Stop by for a tasty bit! Joe Romanazzi, Past Grand Knight

Chug, Chug, Toot, Toot, Here We Go!

In late January, a small group of Brother Knights and Lady Knights from our Council once again made the popular, scenic Amtrak train trip to Reno. The trip was expertly facilitated by “Gobbo Family Productions”, a venerable institution specializing in great parties, sporting events, and exciting travel for adventurous Council 4970 members. For those of you who may not know, the California Zephyr route travels between Chicago and Emeryville, California. We rode the portion often referred to as the Snow Train from Roseville to Reno and back. This was the second time my wife and I went along on this trip. Last year you may recall that I had my very first gall bladder attack on the return trip home. About a month later, I experienced a second painful attack which resulted in emergency surgery to remove my diseased gall bladder. Thank God our then Deputy Grand Knight Miguel Sabral, stepped up and covered for me for a couple of weeks while I recuperated and could finally resume my duties. The youngster made me proud and continues to do well this year as he moves our council forward as our current Grand Knight. But alas, I have digressed and need to get back on track before the wheels fall off this article. All Aboard!! Our High Sierra train odyssey began when the magic carpet made of steel pulled out of the Roseville Amtrak Station headed for Reno. As we traveled east, we rolled along past towns, farms and fields, and beautiful shimmering lakes. We admired pristine rivers and traversed high mountain passes. We could feel the wheels rumbling beneath the floor as we rocked to a gentle beat and felt the rhythm of the rails. Along the way, we had to pull onto rail sidings to allow freight trains with higher priority to zip around us. The train sped up, then slowed down as it climbed steep grades and snaked its way around curves. We were plunged into total darkness at a tunnel’s entrance and into marvelous light at the tunnel’s exit. The stunning rock formations and beautiful coniferous forests were incredible to behold. Naturalist John Muir was 100% correct when he wrote, “Everybody needs beauty...places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.”

My Brothers, besides capturing spectacular views of the snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains, riding on the Snow Train afforded golden opportunities to reflect on numerous other vistas as they presented themselves through the windows of the moving train. Thinking about our train being pulled by two large locomotives and also seeing motionless strings of freight and passenger cars in the railyards got me ruminating about the powerful force needed to pull and push all of them along. Without engineers operating powerful locomotive engines, train cars go nowhere. In a way, this is the same sort of a role the Lord plays in our own lives. We may sometimes feel our lives have been derailed or stalled by an event that prohibits forward movement. We may even feel abandoned. But suddenly, the Chief Engineer of Life takes control, places us back on the main line, blows the whistle, and away we go continuing with all the excitement our journeys through this lifetime have to offer. The Lord proves over and over that He is the Good Shepherd who is our strength and our salvation. He guides us on our earthly journeys and eventually leads us to everlasting joy and peace. I thank the Lord for granting us a safe and memorable train excursion across the Sierras to The Biggest Little City in the World and for showcasing His Divine Father’s wondrous hand in Creation. Now Lord, about those wretched slot machines…

CURRENT EVENTS COMMENTARY: I am using a home remedy for the Coronavirus. I don't use TP, I don't brush my teeth, I don’t use deodorant, I eat a lot of beans, and I sniff pepper to increase my sneezing. I can't say that these actions will prevent catching the virus, but that social distancing thing has been going pretty well.


FAMILY OF THE MONTH

Mario La Schiazza, Family Activities Congratulations to the Gerald Marenich Family, Arden-Carmichael Council's February 2020 Family of the Month. Sir Knight Gerald and his wife Barbara were long time parishioners at St John the Evangelist Parish, until her passing in October 2013, and where Gerald continues to be involved. Gerald was an usher at St John's for many years and served as the Head Usher from 1996 until 2006. Gerald and Barbara were also very active in St John's St Vincent de Paul's Conference, where both volunteered at the parish Food Locker, and, in addition Barbara provided home visits to the needy of the community. She also volunteered as a member of the Bereavement Committee. Their two children, Robert and Lisa, attended St John's Parish School and Robert served as an Altar Server.

Gerald joined the Knights of Columbus in 1951 and received his Second and Third Degrees in 1952 while attending the University of Detroit. He was enrolled in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC) at the same time, and upon graduation in January 1955, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force and entered active duty in April of the same year. As a result of his military commitment, he dropped out of the Knights. His last assignment in the Air Force was as a member of the 552nd Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing at McClellan Air Force Base, which brought the family to Sacramento. After twenty years of military service, he retired from the Air Force, and began a second career with the Federal Aviation Administration as an Air Traffic Control Specialist. He eventually retired a second time after twenty years of service with the FAA. Following that retirement, and with the strong urging of Brother Gene Gobbo, Gerald rejoined the Knights in 1997. He has served Council 4970 in a number of positions, including serving as the Grand Knight during the 2001-2002 Columbian Year. He currently serves as the Council Photographer. In April of 2002, Gerald received his Fourth Degree in a ceremony in

Modesto, California, and is currently a member of Christ the King Assembly. His son Robert served in the Marine Corps and Robert's son, Christian joined the US Navy and is assigned at the Charleston Naval Station in Charleston, South Carolina, undergoing Nuclear Engineering training. Gerald’s daughter and her husband Jens, and their three daughters (Ella, Sonja, and Emi) returned from Singapore last summer, after having lived there for the past fourteen years, and now reside in Redondo Beach, California.

GASOLINE Submitted by the editor

It’s always been a puzzle why the German Luftwaffe kept on using 87 Octane Aviation Gasoline while the Americans and British used 100 Octane Gasoline in their Spitfire Fighters and Americans used 130 Octane in our P-51 and other fighters. This morning I discovered the reason! It seems that the German and British aircraft both used 87 Octane Gasoline in the first two years of the war. While that was fairly satisfactory in the German Daimler-Benz V-12 engine, It was marginal in the British Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engine in British aircraft. It fouled the spark plugs, caused valves to stick, and made frequent engine repair problems. Then came lend- lease and American aircraft began to enter British service in great numbers. If British engines hated 87 Octane gasoline, American, General Motors Built, Allison 1710 engines loathed and despised it. Something had to be done! Along came an American named Tim Palucka, a chemist for Sun Oil in their South East Texas Refinery. Never heard of him? Small wonder, very few people have. He took a French formula for enhancing the octane of Gasoline, and invented the "Cracking Tower" and produced 100-octane aviation Gasoline. This discovery led to great joy among our English Cousins and great distress among the Germans. A Spitfire fueled with 100 Octane gasoline was 34 miles per hour faster at 10,000 feet. The need to replace engines went from every 500 hours of operation to every 1,000 hours. Which reduced the cost of British aircraft by 300 Pounds Sterling. Even more, when used in 4 engine bombers. The Germans couldn't believe it when Spitfires that couldn't catch them a year ago started shooting their ME-109 E and G models right out of the sky. Of course, the matter had to be kept secret. If the Germans found out that it was a French Invention, They'd simply copy the original French patents. If any of you have ever wondered what they were doing in that 3 story white brick building in front of the Sun Oil Refinery on Old Highway 90, that was it. They were re-inventing gasoline. The American Allison engines improved remarkably with 100 Octane gasoline, but did much better when 130 octane gasoline came along in 1944. The 130 Octane also improved the Radial Engine Bombers we produced. The Germans and Japanese never snapped to the fact that we had re-invented gasoline. Neither did our "Friends" the Russians. 100,000 Americans died in the skies over Europe. Lord only knows what that number would have been without "Super-Gasoline". And it all was invented just a few miles west of Beaumont, and we never knew a thing about it. (This is a declassified article by the British Society of Chemists (Declassified in 2014))


Editor’s Note: The following article written by Mary Farrow was posted on the Catholic News Agency website on March 11, 2020. Only excerpts from the article could be used here because of our space limitations.

The Fourteen Holy Helpers: Plague saints for a time of coronavirus

A depiction of the Fourteen Holy Helpers from Bavaria, 19th century, restored by Alois Liebwein. Public domain.

Denver, Colo., Mar 11, 2020 / 03:01 am (CNA).- By this time in the coronavirus outbreak, you may have cruised the empty toilet paper aisles and pasta shelves at your local grocery store, and could have had moments of panic, or at least heightened anxiety.With 13 U.S. states having declared a state of emergency over COVID-19, what was once an overseas worry is now stateside. And for the general population, being a part of something like this is a new, and disconcerting, experience. But it’s not a new experience in the life of the Church.

In the middle of the 14th century, the plague - also called “The Black Death” - also called “The Greatest Catastrophe Ever” - ravaged Europe, killing 50 million people, or about 60% of the population (a vastly higher death rate than coronavirus), within a few years.

Lacking the advances of modern medicine today, and layering dead bodies in pits like “lasagna,” the people had no choice but to cling to their faith.

It was at this time that the Fourteen Holy Helpers - Catholics saints, all but one of whom were early martyrs - came to be invoked by Catholics against the plague and other misfortunes.

According to New Liturgical Movement, devotion to these 14 saints started in Germany at the time of the plague, and they were called “Nothelfer,” which in German means “helpers in need.”

As bouts of the plague resurfaced over the decades, devotion to the Holy Helpers spread to other countries, and eventually Nicholas V declared that devotion to the saints came with special indulgences.

According to New Liturgical Movement, this introduction to the feast of the Holy Helpers (celebrated Aug. 8 in some places) can be found in the Cracow Missal of 1483:

“The Mass of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, approved by Pope Nicholas…it is powerful on their behalf, however so much one is in great illness or anguish or sadness, or in whatsoever tribulation a man shall be. It is powerful also on behalf of the imprisoned and detained, on behalf of merchants and pilgrims, for those that have been sentenced to die, for those who are at war, for women who are struggling in childbirth, or with a miscarriage, and for (the forgiveness of) sins, and for the dead.”

The collect for their feast in the Missal of Bamberg reads: “Almighty and merciful God, who didst adorn Thy Saints George, Blase, Erasmus, Pantaleon, Vitus, Christopher, Denis, Cyriacus, Acacius, Eustace, Giles, Margaret, Barbara and Catherine with special privileges above all others, so that all who in their necessities implore their help, according to the grace of Thy promise, may attain the salutary effect of their pleading, grant to us, we beseech Thee, forgiveness of our sins, and with their merits interceding, deliver us from all adversities, and kindly hear our prayers.”


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