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Volume 4 Issue 1 Le Chevalier July 2018 p.1

St. Bernadette Council 12164 480-905-0221

Grand Knight’s Message WGK Richard Welp

My Dear

Brothers:

Brother Knights:

I am blessed and

honored to be the Grand Knight

for Council 12164 of the St

Bernadette Knights of Columbus

for 2108-2019.

Thank you for a Great Year 2017

-2018, as Catholic Men serving

God and our Parish.

To assist in our success for the

coming year, I request and

welcome your continued input

and participation.

We are all blessed with many

talents. Raise your hand. Offer

your special talents. We have

many opportunities.

“Faith in Action” is our new

rallying program for the coming

year. We will identify programs

that will further the development

and participation in our parish

family. By working with Fr. Scott,

we will supplement his goals with

ours and the parish ministries.

I welcome your input for

activities that would promote

unity in our council. I ask, what

activities could we have for you,

our brothers and our families? Be they social or faith

related?

What could we do to energize you as Brother

Knights?

Take some time! Review and become familiar and

util ize our St. Bernadette Knights of Columbus

Council website at www.kofc12164.org. We

continually look to improve and inform with this tool

that includes:

A calendar – forward looking and a record

of past events. The calendar provides

Knights the ability to plan and sign up,

making our activities successful. We will

share this ongoing calendar with the parish

identifying requests for approval of space as

needed and used as the basis for bulletin

“hold the dates’ for activities in the future,

allowing all parishioners to plan ahead.

A site to record your volunteer hours that

are collected and reported to Supreme at

year end.

You will find minutes of our monthly council

meetings

Copies of our monthly Newsletter – Le

Chevalier

You have the ability to pay your annual

Knights dues on-line

Photos, announcements and much more

TAKE A LOOK

BOOK MARK THIS SITE AND MAKE IT A PART OF

YOUR ROUTINE

God Bless You All

Vivat Jesus

SK Dick Welp

Grand Knight

St. Bernadette

Council 12164

480-905-0221

Scottsdale, AZ

Inside this issue:

Grand Knights’ Report 1

Knight of the Month 2

Family of the Month 2

Birthdays 2

2018-19 Officers 2

Saint of the Month 3

“With Mind and Heart

Riv eted” 4

Food for the Poor 5

Pictures 7-8

Calendars 9

Good of the Order

Prayer List 10

Contacts 10

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

11

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July 2018

Bruce Anderson

Larry Bramanti

Dan Conway

Angelo De Nitto

Oscar Gerardo

Ted Hinderman

Thomas Horst

August Locallo

Peter Milota Jr.

Timothy Pizzitola

J. Richard Stravolo

Timothy White

Gene Arvizu

Bob Bolin

Christopher Butcher

Dale Lewis

SK Daniel Conway

Knight of the Month

June 2018

SK Gene & Karla Arvizu

Family of the Month,

June 2018



Saint of the Month Saint Paulinus of Nola

(354 – June 22, 431)

Saint Paulinus of Nola’s Story

Anyone who is praised in the letters of six or

seven saints undoubtedly must be of extraordinary character. Such a person was Paulinus of Nola, correspondent and friend of Saints Augustine, Jerome, Melania, Martin, Gregory the Great, and Ambrose.

Born near Bordeaux, he was the son of the Roman prefect of Gaul, who had extensive property in both Gaul and Italy. Paulinus became a distinguished lawyer, holding several public offices in the Roman Empire. With his Spanish wife, Therasia, he retired at an early age to a life of cultured leisure.

The two were baptized by the saintly bishop of Bordeaux and moved to Therasia’s estate in Spain. After many childless years, they had a son who died a week after birth. This occasioned their beginning a life of great austerity and charity, giving away most of their Spanish property. Possibly as a result of this great example, Paulinus was rather unexpectedly ordained a priest at Christmas by the bishop of Barcelona.

He and his wife then moved to Nola, near Naples. He had a great love for Saint Felix

of Nola, and spent much effort in promoting devotion to this saint. Paulinus gave away most of his remaining property—to the consternation of his relatives—and continued his work for the poor. Supporting a host of debtors, the homeless and other needy people, he lived a monastic life in another part of his home. By popular demand he was made bishop of Nola and guided that diocese for 21 years.

Paulinus’ last years were saddened by the invasion of the Huns. Among his few writings is the earliest extant Christian wedding song. His Liturgical Feast Day is June 22.

Reflection

Many of us are tempted to “retire” early in life, after an initial burst of energy. Devotion to Christ and his work is waiting to be done all around us. Paulinus’ life had scarcely begun when he thought it was over, as he took his ease on that estate in Spain. “Man proposes, but God disposes.”

St. Paulinus of Nola, ora pro nobis!



With Mind and Heart Riveted

The definition of prayer I learned from the Baltimore Catechism as a child has always

appealed to me. Prayer as “the lifting up of my mind and heart to God” is more about attention than it is about words. Prayer is about

relationship.

But words have their place in prayer, as in the passage from the second Book of Kings. Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, had

slaughtered all the countries of the Northern Kingdom and now turns his attention toward

Jerusalem. Judah’s King Hezekiah takes Sennacherib’s threatening message directly to prayer and lays out his plea before God.

Almost bargaining, Hezekiah assures the Lord that if he defends Jerusalem, all the kingdoms

of the earth will know for sure that he alone is God. Surely there have been times when we have gone to God in prayer with just that kind

of directness, our words an expression of a heart and mind turned toward God.

As Jesus continues the Sermon on the Mount I imagine his disciples sitting on the hillside,

minds and hearts also riveted, taking in his every word. Sometimes in prayer I find myself in his more conversational kind of posture, still

lifting my mind and heart to God, not plea bargaining, but simply enjoying the company of

a good friend. “Enter through the narrow gate…that leads to life.”

Both Hezekiah and disciples, by being faithful to prayer and relying on God, had found that

narrow gate. We trust that our constant devotion will lead us through that gate to.

Sr. Julia Upton Julia Upton, RSM, is a professor of theology at St. John’s University in New York . She is the author of Worship in Spirit and Truth: The Life and Legacy of H. A.

Reinhold

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the

Kingdom of Heaven.

Jesus calls us to break down the barriers of race and sex so that we might become disciples.

Save the dates, Brother!

August 18th, right after the 5:00

mass, the annual Ice Cream Social

August 25th, Right after the 5:00

Mass, Installation of Officers

followed by dinner and

Presentation of Awards



Food for the Poor Project

. Good week Knights and all our volunteers,

We are starting a new week with the expanded

days that we have maintained for the last few

weeks. For us TO KEEP EXPANDED DAYS

WE MUST HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS. The

days were added because some volunteers

wanted to help every week. I must remind

everyone that our program was built on

volunteering once a month. If we are unable to

maintain the extra days, then we will go back to

the schedule that enabled us to keep that

promise intact. We will see when the new

schedule comes out for August/September.

The purpose of once a month is not to get

burned out from too many days of volunteering.

We are all doing a great job and we THANK

YOU.

We want to keep this program to make it easy for everyone. The homeless at St Vincent De

Paul Becker House all say thank you, for helping their days each week with the bread and pastries to make the day complete.

Remember: you are helping homeless Veterans, single mothers and their children, the

intellectually challenged, on our street unemployed because of bad luck, and refugees from war torn lands. Tell your friend

to say YES, to help us out once a month. So far we have heard from a few expressing

interest but without serious commitment to volunteer. Just ask the question, “Would you like to help the poor of Phoenix?” Have a good

week everyone. Food For The Poor Project Chairperson and Committee, Santo Graziano cell: 602-321-1673 Larry Brainard,

Robert and Jackie Franciosi, Mike and Susan Dalton

HELP Brothers! We have a situation and NEED your help NOW!

SK Santo Graziano



Keeping

the skillet

hot!

Building the Domestic Church strengthening our Parish

Monthly Pancake Breakfast

Third Sunday of every month between September and May $5.00 Family: $15.00

Join us in the Parish Hall!

Pancakes, Scrambled Eggs, and Sausage! This is the last

Pancake Breakfast of the season.

May 20th (They will resume on September 16)

Grotto on the campus of Mount St. John, Bergamo, Beavercreek, Ohio



Pictures for you….

4th Degree Exemplification

June 9, 2018

St. Bartholomew’s Roman Catholic Church, Manchester, Maryland

As many of you know, I visited my family in Maryland in June, and I wanted to share some pictures of my son’s church (on the next

page) in Manchester. Please note that their K of C Council has

also erected a monument to the Sanctity of Life.

Figure 3: SK Chancellor Martin Perez, Lady Josie Perez, SK Tom Munks, SK GK Richard Welp, and SK DGK Michael Dill. Photo: SK J. Wood

Figure 1: Brand new Sir Knight Martin Perez receives the dubbing of the sword. Photo: SK J. Wood.

Figure 2: Brand new Sir Knight Tom Munks

receives his dubbing of the sword. Photo: SK J. Wood

Figure 4: Brand new Sir Knight Edward Dunai Photo: SK J. Wood



Figure 5: St. Bartholomew RC Church, Manchester, MD Photo: J. Wood

Figure 6: Memorial to the Sanctity of Life Photo: J. Wood

Figure &: St. Bartholomew RC Church, Manchester, MD Photo: J. Wood

The above monument was

erected by the St. Bartholomew

Knights of Columbus. The

inscription on the plaque before

the statue reads:

“Dedicated to the Sanctity of

Life and the Lives Lost to

Abortion and Euthanasia.

Mary, Our Mother

Inspire within us a respect for

life from the moment of

conception until natural death.”

The K of C Emblem is displayed

below the inscription. I felt an

immediate kinship with our St.

Bartholomew Brothers when I

read the plaque and admired

their monument.

J. Wood



July 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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3 4 Independence

Day

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6 7

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9 10 VE Day 1945

11 Counci l Meeting

7:00 pm

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25 26 27 End of Korean

War 1953

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August 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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30 31

1 Officers’

Meeting 7:00 pm

2 Invasion of

Kuwait Operation

Desert Shield 1990

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4

5

6

7 Purple Heart Day

8 Council Meeting 7:00 pm

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10

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12

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14 V-J Day 1945

15 Assumption of

the Blessed Virgin Mary.

16 17 18

19 20 21 22

23 24

25

Officers Installation & Awards

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Good of the Order Prayer List—June 2018 Brothers, please join us as we pray for the following Knights and their families.

SK Ken McDonald

SK Virgil Grzywa.

SK Al and Johnna Minetti SK Al is back on the breathing machine.

Rosie Pate

Sergio Romero, SK Gene Arvizu’s cousin, who’s suffering from cancer.

SK Will iam Torresala.

Debbie Wood, Jerry’s sister, who is sti l l struggling with respiratory issues..

For the Pope, every Priest and Deacon and all the clergy.

For the safety and good health of all our military, police, and fire fighters.

For the good health of all Knights and their families and our own Knights who continue to find the

strength to keep coming out to do God’s will.

Officers, Directors, and Program Chairmen—2017-18

Officers: Committee Chairmen:

Grand Knight SK Richard Welp 602-826-1241 1st

Degree Team SK Dan Conway 480-368-1427

Chaplain Fr. Edward Gilbert 480-905-0221 Blood Drive Dennis Logue 602-595-1460

D. Grand Knight SK Michael Dill 702-213-3737 Oktoberfest SK Gene Arvizu 480-272-9442

Chancellor SK Martin Perez 602-418-6511 Social Committee HELP!

Financial Sec. SK Michael Smalley 602-799-2256 Italian Dinner SK Will iam Torresala 404-668-9399

Treasurer SK Gene Arvizu 480-776-4794 Food for the Poor SK Santo Granziano 602-321-1673

Recorder SK Frank Scarpone 480-540-8460 Tootsie Roll Drive Chair needed HELP!

Advocate Dennis Logue 602-595-1460 Rosary Sunday Chair needed HELP!

Warden SK Vince Cefalu 602-350-9106 Free Throw Contest Dennis Logue 602-595-1460

Outside Guard Ron Angelo 480-322-2035 Le Chevalier Graphic Design SK Don Tellis

Inside Guard Conrad Franks 623-628-6392 Fr. Pete Memorial Golf Tournament HELP!

3yr Trustee SK Jerry Wood 602-568-2779 SK Richard Welp

2yr Trustee SK Will iam Torresala 404-668-9399 Lenten Fish Fry – SKs Michael Dill and Vince Cefalu

1yr Trustee SK Daniel Conway 602-524-7447 Webmaster SK Roberto Pastrana

Editor SK Jerry Wood



Our Lady of Mount Carmel

The Story of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Hermits lived on Mount Carmel near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel in the 12th century. They had a chapel dedicated to Our Lady. By the 13th century they became known as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” They soon celebrated a special Mass and Office in honor of Mary. In 1726, it became a celebration of the universal Church under the title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. For centuries the Carmelites have seen themselves as specially related to Mary. Their great saints and theologians have promoted devotion to her and often championed the mystery of her Immaculate Conception.

Saint Teresa of Avila called Carmel “the Order of the Virgin.” Saint John of the Cross credited Mary with saving him from drowning as a child, leading him to Carmel, and helping him escape from prison. Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus believed that Mary cured her from illness. On her First Communion day, Thérèse dedicated her life to Mary. During the last days of her life she frequently spoke of Mary.

There is a tradition—which may not be historical—that Mary appeared to Saint Simon Stock, a leader of the Carmelites, and gave him a scapular, telling him to promote devotion to it. The scapular is a modified version of Mary’s own garment. It symbolizes her special protection and calls the wearers to consecrate themselves to her in a special way. The scapular reminds us of the gospel call to prayer and penance—a call that Mary models in a splendid way.

Reflection

The Carmelites were known from early on as “Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.” The title suggests that they saw Mary not only as “mother,” but also as “sister.” The word sister is a reminder that Mary is very close to us. She is the daughter of God and therefore can help us be authentic daughters and sons of God. She also can help us grow in appreciation of being sisters and brothers to one another. She leads us to a new realization that all human beings belong to the family of God. When such a conviction grows, there is hope that the human race can find its way to peace

St. Bernadette

Council 12164

16245 N. 60th Street

Scottsdale, AZ

85254

Phone:

(480) 905-0221

Fax:(480)905-0249

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