Faithful Navigator's Report
November 2006
Worthy Sir Knights,
It is less than a week until the election on November 7 on Constitutional Amendment 2 to promote embryonic stem-cell research. Please promote your fellow parishioners, family members, and friends and get them to the polls to vote NO on Amendment 2.
Elections were held at the October meeting to fill the opening of Captain with the following the results:
Worthy Captain Sir Knight Jack Giebe
Worthy Pilot Sir Knight Rick Schmidt
Worthy Inside Guard Sir Knight Charles Schwartz
Congratulations to these Worthy Sir Knights and please give them your support and prayers in their new positions. All other positions remain the same.
The Honor Guard Christmas party will be held on Saturday, December 9th at 6:00 PM at the Santa Maria Council Hall at 4091 Mount Olive Road, St. Louis, 63125. Please RSVP to Faithful Pilot Sir Knight Rick Schmidt at 314-846-4361. The cost is $10.00 per person. A reminder that the Honor Guard Christmas raffle tickets and money should be mailed to Sir Knight Eric Bruns, 4824 Sigel Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 63116. Drawing will be held that night.
The Assembly will be celebrating the annual Memorial Mass November 8. Mass will begin at 7:30 PM with an abbreviated meeting after Mass. We will serve our annual turkey dinner with all the trimmings after the meeting. This would be an excellent time to bring your wives to meet other members of our Assembly. Honor Guard should be dressed out and report at 7:15.
The 2007 dues billing were mailed to all members in October and are due by January 1, 2007. To facilitate in the mailing of your 2007 membership card, please return your billing statement with your payment, or otherwise include a self-addressed envelope to our Worthy Comptroller Ernie Useted to the address shown on the statement.
The application for candidate Edward R Schultz Council 9522, proposed by San Tedesco, will be read for the second time and a vote will be taken on his application at the November meeting.
My fellow Knights, we all need to work on membership for the March 10, 2007 Exemplification. Please ask me or any board members for help in recruiting members.
Reynolds Blackburn
Faithful Navigator
Faithful Friar's Report
Dear Brother Sir Knights,
The month of November presents some special days in the Catholic calendar. We begin with the Solemnity of All Saints on November 1(Holy Day of Obligation) and All Souls on November 2, when we remember all our loved ones who have entered eternal life. In this month we also celebrate in our country special holidays including Veterans Day on November 11 and Thanksgiving Day on November 23. And it goes on without saying that this month is the beginning of the Christmas holidays. However, some will not be with us to celebrate these holidays because they are protecting us by their service in the military. I wanted us to remember in a special way our military women and men in Iraq. The internet has many beautiful prayers for our soldiers and very good web sites for support of our soldiers. I ask you to please pray this prayer whenever you gather as a family to celebrate the holidays. Remember it is because of them that we have the freedom to enjoy family gatherings.
Our Heavenly Father, we
come to You with humble hearts.
We come to praise and worship You for who You are,
the ONE and ONLY God of the universe. Thank you for the
blessings you bestow upon us daily, those blessings we
see, and those we fail to see. We want to thank You for
our salvation through Jesus Christ, Your son.
We ask your forgiveness Father, for the sins of omission,
and those we commit daily. Thank You for the eternal love
You have for ALL people unconditionally.
We come to You now with a special prayer for our nation
during this time of crisis. We know Father, You are always
in control. We ask Your blessings on this nation, our
military, and our leaders. Thank You Heavenly Father for
the freedoms You have given us, and help us to protect
those freedoms we take for granted. For the families of
those who have lost their lives, we ask the peace and
comfort only You can give. We ask for a swift end to this
conflict, with no more death or injuries. Your will be done
Father, not ours, as we have faith in You knowing what is
best. Thank You for hearing our prayer, in the name of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
(Dan Tackett)[http://www.minibite.com/america/soldiers.htm]
Yours in Jesus, Mary and Joseph,
Father Alberto Treviņo, Jr, M.S.F.
Faithful Friar