The Patriot Mother Teresa Assembly 2506

MTA 2506 Newsletter December, 2016 1

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Garland, Texas

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NewsletterDecember 2016, Issue XIX, Vol. 12

The Patriot

Mother TeresaSt. Teresa of Calcutta

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Table of Contents:• Navigator’s report (p. 3).

• Comptroller’s report and December thoughts(p. 4).

• Comptroller’s letter to the membership (p. 5).

• Captain’s corner and Admiral’s Table (p 6).

• Color Corps events and Commander’s report (p. 7).

• Veteran’s Day Activities (p. 8).

• Memorial Mass and Ceremony (p. 9).

• Silver Rose (P. 10-11).

• Christmas Social (p. 12-13).

• Calendar of MTA’s coming events and last rite forms (p. 14).

• Other comments and news (p. 15).

• Write and article.

• Tuxedos available.

• December birthdays.

• Historical patriot of the month (p. 16).

• Parting thoughts of the month (p. 17).


Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Faithful Navigator’s report

Our thanks to all of our Sir Knights who recruited new members for the MTA. At the Exemplification ceremonies this fall, we brought in 16 new Brother SKs into our Assembly. We all look forward to their participation in MTA activities and to the sharing of their talents. At this time we are only 3 members short from achieving one of our key goals, so as to be able to apply for the new “Star Assembly Award.”

Various important events took place this past November. Our Color Corps participated in various Veteran’s Day activities (p. 9). One gathering of great significance to us was the Memorial Mass and Ceremony for our departed Sir Knights (p. 10). Members of our Color Corps were also involved in the “Silver Rose” ceremony held at St. Joseph (p. 11-12).

Our general meeting in December will be our Christmas Social to be held at “Siciliano’s A Taste of Italy” on December 3 (p. 12-13). Come join us if you can! Please be aware that the Christmas Social takes the place of our routine general meeting on the third Tuesday of the month; thus, we do not have a meeting on December 20!

Have a wonderful Christmas season and very best wishes for a wonderful, prosperous and healthy New Year 2017!

Vivat Jesus and Viva Cristo Rey! God bless!

Robert


SK Robert Font, Faithful Navigator

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Comptroller’s Report and December Thoughts

Report

Half of the Fraternal Year is almost over and progress has been made in the Assembly’s membership and activities.

Please forward to me any information (hours spent) on Fraternal activities such as Church / Community / Youth / vising the sick or blood donations that you may have done this past year. The Assembly’s Survey of Fraternal Activities will be due in January.

It’s also time to pay your annual membership dues of $35.00. In addition, there is a new voluntary assessment of $5 for the Military Chaplains Fund. Please refer to the letter included in this newsletter and with you billing statement.

Finally: In union there is strength. – Aesop

December Thoughts

“How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God’s people to live together in harmony.” – psalm 133:1

The end of another year is upon us and it is time to reflect on what we have accomplished and to plan on what we would like to achieve in the coming new year. We need to remember to reflect on our relationships with our families, friends, co-workers, and brother Knights. Am I a member who just pays dues or am I one who knows my brother Knights? You can gain that knowledge by interacting with them at meetings. Make a note to attend at least one more meeting this coming year than in the last. You might be surprised at what you learn.

From your Faithful Comptroller - Have a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

“The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.” – William Blake


SK Chester Salacinski,Faithful Comptroller

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506 –- Comptroller’s Letter to the Membership


Dear Sir Knights,

This message is intended to clarify some issues and to provide new information. The annual dues for all members is $35.00 and includes

the $5.00 assessment for the Chalice Fund. All members are required to pay into the Chalice Fund as long it is being assessed. An

optional assessment of $5.00 has been added to this year’s dues to allow members to make a voluntary contribution to the Military

Chaplains Fund. This money will be sent to the Military Archdiocese each Fraternal Year.

If there are any members who have special circumstances such as financial hardship, illness, etc., please let me or the Faithful Navigator

know so that we can take this into consideration. Please, do not ignore the annual billing statement, since we do not wish to suspend

anyone for non-payment of dues. Any member who wishes to voluntarily discontinue membership in the Fourth Degree needs to make

his request in writing. The request will be forwarded to Supreme on the member’s behalf.

It is very important for us to have current contact information for all members. Make any necessary address changes on you billing return

receipt and please add your email address and telephone numbers. Please read the Assembly’s monthly newsletter. It provides

information on what the Assembly has been doing and what’s planned in the coming months. Also, if you wish to add something to it,

please forward it for consideration. It would be welcomed. Finally, remember to pray for our country and it’s leaders. We are, after all,

“One Nation Under God.”

Vivat Jesus.

SK Chester Salacinski, Faithful Comptroller

[email protected]; 214-436-0191

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Captain’s corner and Admiral’s table


Wishing you a merry Christmas and a great New Year 2017 ahead!

SK Rick Bentine, PGKFaithful Captain

SK Jorge Gonzalez, PGK, PFNFaithful Admiral

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Color Corps events and Commander’s report

Color Corps Events:

• 1/14/17 – Sacred Heart. Council 10646 Corporate Communion. Assembly time: 5:00 P.M. Event time: 5:30 P.M.

• 1/29/17 – Divine Mercy. Council 13158 Corporate Communion. Assembly time: 9:30 A.M. Event time: 10:00 A.M.

• 3/18/17 – St. Joseph. Council 8954 Corporate Communion. Assembly time: 4:30 P.M. Event time: 5:00 P.M.

• 4/30/17 - Divine Mercy. Council 13158 Corporate Communion. Assembly time: 9:30 A.M. Event time: 10:00 A.M.

• 6/10/17 - Sacred Heart. Council 10646 Officers’ Installation. Assembly time: 5:00 P.M. Event time: 5:30 P.M.


SK Don O’Bryan. Color Corps Commander.

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Color Corps participation in Veteran’s Day Activities

Veteran’s Day activities:

• A Veteran’s Day parade was held on November 11 in Richardson starting at St. Paul Catholic School. Members of the MTA Color Corps participated along with other Sir Knights from other Assemblies. The MTA’s Color Corps was represented by:

• SK Don O’Bryan, CCC.

• SK George Ledbetter.

• A Veteran’s Mass and subsequent breakfast were held at St. Anthony Catholic Church on November 13. The MTA’s Color Corps was represented by:


• SK Raul Medina, DCCC, F. Sentinel.

• SK Frank Lopez, F. Sentinel.

• SK Joe Picard, PFN, PGK, FDD

• SK Wes Hollis.

• SK Patrick Okoye.

• SK Jorge Gonzalez, PFN, PGK, F. Admiral.

• SK John Parker, PFN, PGK.

• SK Rick Guzman, DD, F. Scribe.

• SK George Ledbetter.


Special thanks to Council 12300 and Grand Knight SK Raymond Zavala for organizing and leading the events at St. Anthony Catholic Church!

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Memorial Mass and Ceremony

This past November 5, we held our Memorial Mass and Ceremony at St. Joseph Catholic Church. We honored five of our departed Brothers:

• SKs Paul Sine.

• SK Elmer Resko.

• SK Paolo Siciliano.

• SK Anthony Pascarelli.

• SK Ramon Calderon.

Twelve our Sir Knights took part in the ceremony assuming ceremonial roles:

• Sir Knight Robert Font, FN, Navigator.

• SK John Parker, PFN, PGK, Ceremony Chairman.

• SK Jorge Gonzalez, PFN, PGK, Admiral.

• SK Rev. Fr. Sinu Joseph, Friar.

• SK Rick Bentine, PGK, Captain.

• SK Rick Guzman, DD, Acting Pilot.

• SK Don O’Bryan, CCC, Color Corps Commander.

• SK Roger Fulton, DCCC, Honor Guard.

• SK Bob Procsal, PFN, Honor Guard.

• SK George Ledbetter, Honor Guard.

• SK Fernando Velasco, Honor Guard.

• SK George Crossland, DCCC, Honor Guard.

Our thanks to all who participated and attended both the mass and the ceremony. The above-mentioned SKs were also part of the CC for the mass, along with SK Billy Kornegay, PGK.



In 1960, Columbian Squires in Mexico, Canada and the United states decided to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe by carrying a rose across North American from Canada to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey Mexico.

Subsequently, the original rose was replaced by a bronze and then a Silver Rose. In recent years the program has expanded to six Silver Roses traveling the western, central and eastern corridors of North America with the Knights of Columbus from Canada, the USA and Mexico carrying the roses from destination to destination and finally to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico.

Every stop along the route of the Silver Rose is an occasion for prayer and spiritual renewal centered around the rosary.

Silver Rose


The Silver Rose was celebrated on November 10, 2016 at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Several members of the MTA’s Color Corps participated in the mass and ceremony. From left to right:


• SK Bob Procsal, PFN.

• SK Kevin McGillis, PFN, PGK, Area Secretary.

• SK Frank Lopez, F. Sentinel.

• SK Raul Medina, DCCC, F. Sentinel.

• SK Robert Font, FN.


Our Christmas Social will take place on December 3, 2016 at the restaurant: “Siciliano’s A Taste of Italy.”

IMPORTANT: This social event takes the place of our general meeting for December 2016; thus, there is no

meeting in December on the third Tuesday of the month!

Please, plan to arrive at Siciliano’s about 6:30 PM so that we may start dinner at around 7:00 PM.

Our F. Captain, SK Rick Bentine, PGK and our social Chairman, is in charge of the program. This is what we

have so far:

Opening prayer and the pledge of allegiance.

Brief introductory remarks.

Blessing and Dinner.

After dinner program:

o A short gospel reading by SK John Parker, PFN, PGK, emphasizing the first Christmas and the birth

of our Lord and Savior!

o A little guitar music.

o Raffle:

We will raffle various items for both our SKs and specifically for our Ladies! These include:

A beautiful gift basket kindly donated to us by Lady Ellen and SK Billy Kornegay, PGK.

A wrist watch with the emblem of the 4th degree (see next page).

Two separate sets of a Lady’s clutch and a scarf holder with turquoise crosses (see next

page).

Please come and spend some quality time with your Brother SKs and our precious Ladies in this very special

time of our fraternal year! (Sir Knights, wear your tux and social baldric, if you can).

Siciliano’s A Taste of Italy2210 W. Buckingham Rd.

Garland, TX 75042

Cost: $20.00/person.


Lady’s tan clutch withturquoise cross and scarfpendant with turquoise and coral stones.

Lady’s black clutch withturquoise cross and scarfpendant with turquoise stones.

Set 1 Set 2

Knights of Columbus canvas sports watch.

Items to be raffled at our MTA’s

Christmas Social 2016 include:

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Other coming events and Last Rite forms

Other coming events:

• Ladies’ appreciation night, April 22, 2017 at either St. Joseph or TBD, 6:30 P.M.

• Stay tuned for others in the New Year 2017!

• Last rites forms:

• Have you filled out your last rite forms for the Assembly? If not, please review along with your Lady and return it with your Assembly Dues. This will help your loved one’s have peace of mind, and know that the Knights of Columbus are standing with them in their time of grief.


Certificates of Merit were awarded to various Sir Knights for recruiting new general members and members of the Color Corps. Awardees included SK Chester Salacinski, F. Comptroller and SK Raul Medina, F. Sentinel and DCCC. Other SKs receiving the certificates (not pictured) include SK Jorge Gonzalez, PFN, PGK, F. Admiral and SK Royce Cheek, GK of Council 10646. Also shown in the photograph is SK Frank Lopez, F. Sentinel and winner of the 2015-2016 Charles Loney Color Corps Award.

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506

Other comments and news:

• We invite you to write an article to be included in our newsletter. To do so, please contact any of our officers.

• Our Assembly has received donations of several tuxedos. Any Sir Knight or prospective Sir Knight interested in using these, please contact us.

Happy birthday to all SKs born in December!

• Daniel Henke, Joel Lanoux, James Williams, Carl Kunhardt, Wesley Hollis, Kevin McGillis, Ron Weingartner, Eliseo Gomez, Brian Roeten, Adrian Rodriguez, Jack Hopkins, Scott Kotrla, Gary Kruse, John Carl Scarna, Ozoemenam Ohagwu, Trieu Le, Jack Albert Eichman.

• If we left you out by mistake, please let us know!


Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Historical patriot of the month – Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)


Nathanael Greene was born a Quaker during the summer of 1742 and raised a pacifist. The Rhode Island native suffered from asthma and had a pronounced limp. Due to his physical maladies, Greene was initially denied election as an officer in the Kentish Guard militia that he helped form in 1774.

Regardless of this initial setback, Greene taught himself to be a soldier by reading books on military tactics, leadership and fortifications and caught the attention of General George Washington. Greene became the youngest brigadier general in the Continental Army in 1775 and was promptly promoted to major general under Washington.

After successes at the Battles of Trenton and Germantown, Greene served as a quartermaster after Valley Forge and as commander-in-chief of the Southern Army in a campaign that forced British commander Lord Charles Cornwallis out of the Carolinas as a prelude to Yorktown.

It is believed that George Washington had so much confidence in Nathanael Greene’s abilities that he would have chosen him to be commander in chief of the Continental Army had anything happened to him. After twice refusing the post of Secretary of War, Greene passed in 1786 at age 43.

Mother Teresa Assembly 2506Parting thoughts of the month

For us Catholics and for every Christian, the two most significant days on our annual calendar have to be Easter Sunday and Christmas Day. On the former, our Lord and Savior overcame death and bestowed upon us the promise and incredible gift of eternal life! To achieve this, our heavenly Father brought Christ into our midst.

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternallife.”

John 3:16

This month we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus. We look forward to spending quality time with our family members and closefriends. We shop for gifts for those whom we love. Without doubt, in today’s society the season has been greatly commercialized. From numerous sales at retail stores to a plethora of college and professional football games, etc., it is easy to lose focus of what this special time should be all about. Let’s ensure that this does not happen to us.

As some of the yard signs say,

“Christ is the reason for the season.” “Keep Christ in Christmas.”

This Christmas, take time to thank our Father and Creator for the wonderful gift of Jesus! And fill your hearts with joy by remembering our Lord’s own words:

“And lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.”

Matthew 28:20

SK Robert Font


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