REMINDER

The January

Assembly Business

Meeting will be held at

the Whittaker Council

hall. The Social starts

at 6:30pm. See details

on page five (5) of this

Newsletter

(Navigator News con’t. on page 2)

New Year Offers New Beginnings

As we close out another calendar year,

we reflect on the past year and assess our

future. It is common for some to make

resolutions for better financial health, physi-

cal and improved relationships. We, as

Catholic Christians, should be making spiri-

tual resolutions as well. There were plenty

of opportunities to deepen our faith and

prepare for the birth of our Lord. While

Christmas day has passed, we are still in the

Christmas Season. We must not forget

that our spiritual growth must undergird all

that we do. So let us reflect on our past

and look with promise to the future growth

of our Assembly. I wish all of you and your

families for continued health and spiritual

well-being in the coming year.

50th Anniversary Celebration

What a beautiful celebration of the 50th

Anniversary of Father Joseph and Father

F o r t u -

nato’s Or-

d i n a t i o n

to the

S e rv an t s

of Charity.

Thank you

to all who

p a r t i c i -

pated in

the Color

Corp for

the Mass

and for all

w h o

h e l p e d

put forth

such a

monumental effort to pull that off.

I do have to mention PFN Joe Yekulis as

he is always at the heart of the activities and

did a fantastic job coordinating and emcee-

ing the event.

District II Officer’s Meeting

There will be a District II Officer’s

meeting for the Lansing Diocese on Mon-

day, January 15th beginning at 6:30 pm at St.

Jude’s in Dewitt.

75th Michigan District II Exemplifica-

tion

Michigan District II Exemplification will

be held April 21st at St. Mary’s Parish and

School in Charlotte, hosted by the Bishop

Povish Assembly #2815. From our District

II newsletter, “We are privileged to have a

very special Class Honoree, Sir Knight Dick

Thelen, a World War 2 veteran and survi-

vor of the USS Indianapolis which was tor-

pedoed and sank in 1945. We are still

working on many of the details, including

Lady’s Program, hotel, and whether we’ll be

hosting a one or two day event (depending

on hotel costs) – but you now have the

date and location – so it’s time to seek out

those members that have not completed

their journey to Patriotic Degree.

As I have challenged in the past – re-

cruit a new Knight and take him through all

the degrees culminating with the Patriotic

Degree in Charlotte on April 21st!”

VA Bingo

The next Vet’s Bingo is Sunday, January

21st from 6:45 – 8:00 pm at the Ann Arbor

Veteran’s Hospital. There are six Sundays in

the year for an hour and a half. Please

show your support and sign up on-line with

t h e l i n k p r o v i d e d a t

VETS_BINGO_SIGN_UP. It’s a click, pick

a date and type in your name. Let’s try and

fill the slots in advance and continue our

support of our Veterans.

Navigator’s News 1

Friars Feature 2

Ladies Corner 2

Comptrollers Report 3

Admirals Nest 4

Commanders Call 4

Power of Prayer 5

Upcoming Meetings 5

Our Faith is our Strength 6

Pro-Life Events 7

Assembly Officers 8

Volume 10, Issue 1

O n e N a t i o n

U n d e r G O D

Website: www.assembly0489.org

The Cardinal O’Hara Assembly 0489 Monthly Fourth Degree Newsletter

January 2018

Inside this Issue

By SK Ray Singer

Navigator’s News

Continued on next page

Friar’s Feature By SK Rev. Joseph Rinaldo, SdC

Hypocrisy Hurts the Church

I f you wish not to damage the Church and others, be

truthful and never hypocritical.

Pope Francis gave this recommendation during his

daily morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta a couple of

weeks ago, while speaking to a group of pilgrims from

the United States. He warned that hypocrisy isn’t the

language of Jesus, nor of Christianity.

Drawing inspiration from the Gospel, where some

Pharisees and Herodians tried to ensnare Jesus in his

speech, the Holy Father observed: “The hypocrite always

uses language to flatter.” Jesus, Pope Francis reminded,

uses the word “hypocrite” often to describe the doctors

of the law, because, as their title illustrates, they claim to

have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the

case, they give opinions and issue judgments, but are

false.

Hypocrites, the Holy Father warned, always begin with

adulation, exaggerating the truth, feeding into one’s van-

ity.

However, Pope Francis underscored, Jesus makes us

see reality which is the opposite of hypocrisy and ideol-

ogy. Pope Francis underscored that, as we see with the

doctors of the law in the Gospel, flattery is triggered by

bad intentions.

The Holy Father warned that they had put Jesus to

the test, flattering him first and then asking him a ques-

tion with the intention of making him err, namely that:

“is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?”

Pope Francis stresses that the hypocrite is two-faced,

but Jesus knew their hypocrisy. Jesus always responds to

hypocrites and ideologists with reality: everything else is

either hypocrisy or ideology. In this case Jesus said:

“bring me a coin”, and he answered with the wisdom of

the Lord: “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar.”

The reality was that the coin carried the image of Cae-

sar, and to God what belongs to God.

The language of hypocrisy, Pope Francis also said, is

the language of deceit, the same language the serpent

used with Eve. While it starts with flattery, it ends up

destroying people. It tears to pieces the personality and

the soul of a person. It destroys communities, Pope

Francis stated.

Warning all Christians who at times are hypocritical,

Pope Francis stressed how problematic this sin is for the

Church. The hypocrite is capable of destroying a com-

munity. While speaking gently, he ruinously judges a per-

son. He is a killer, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis concluded, giving two pieces of advice:

Respond to flattery only with truth, and respond to ide-

ology only with reality and prayer. Pope Francis contin-

ued: “Let us ask the Lord to guard us from this vice, to

help us be truthful, and if this is not possible to keep si-

lent; don’t ever to be a hypocrite.

Fr. Joseph Faithful Friar

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(Navigator’s News continued from page 1)

A Sad Note from the State Deputy

My Brother Knights,

It is with a saddened heart that I have to report that our

State Secretary Antonio Vittorini passed away around

midnight at the Henry Ford Hospital Macomb. Please

pray for Tony and the Vittorini family. As soon as the

arrangements become available I will pass them on.

Fraternally,

Kenneth B. Unterbrink

State Deputy

Yours in Christ,

Ray Singer Faithful Navigator

Ladies,

I encourage

you to

take time to

pray to your guardian angel. Each night, we say

this Angel of God prayer in Polish with my parents Ed

(88) and Jeannette (86) Kobylarz: “Angel of God, my

guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here.

Ever this day be at my side to light and guard to rule and

Ladies Corner By Lady Dianne (DeDe) Singer

T he Knightly News Page 3 January 2018

My Bother Sir Knights and Ladies:

Happy New Year, I hope that everyone had a wonderful

Christmas with your families. I know that we did, we

continue to be blessed with our Grandchildren, and ex-

tended family as I know that each you are.

As each year I take this opportunity to offer ideas for

New Year resolutions, and promises from each of us to

help build and maintain the progress of our Assembly.

Please consider these and offer some of your own.

• Meeting attendance, please update your Calendar as to

the dates of our monthly meetings. We need your in-

put and ideas, and for you to join in the friendship that

is had each month.

• New Members. Will you have the honor to sponsor a

new member this year? As we have noted before,

membership is the lifeblood of our Assembly. Think

about this. Need information, just contact me.

• Programs such as the Quarterly Vets Bingo, the August

Corn Roast, and other current programs need mem-

bership involvement. You might be surprised as to

how rewarding participation in activities such these

are.

• Please consider stepping up to a leadership position!

The Assembly needs your involvement, your ideas, and

your expertise.

Our annual dues statements were sent out on De-

cember 2nd, and to date quite a few have returned your

annual dues. I try to send out the Membership Cards as

soon as possible after receipt of your dues payment, if

you have sent your dues and not received a membership

card, please let me know, also if you have not received a

billing let me know also. Thanks to so many of you for

your quick response.

As you may know our December meeting had to be

cancelled due to the Weather. At this meeting we have

traditionally received member donations for our annual

Christmas donation to St Louis Center. We can still do

this! If you would like to make a Christmas donation you

may mail it to me at 309 N Harris St, Saline 48176, or

make your donations at the January meeting, and I will

see that the donation is made to Fr. Joe and St Louis

Center. Also as part of the planning for the December

meeting we has two dozen Poinsettias ordered to be

given as gifts to our Ladies in attendance, as the cancella-

tion came too late to cancel the order, the flowers have

been donated to a local Nursing Home for the enjoy-

ment of the residents.

I will be submitting the annual Fraternal Survey Re-

port in the 2nd week of Jan, please help me with the infor-

mation as to visits to sick and bereaved, charitable dona-

tions to your Parish, and other charitable causes that

you may participate in. As noted in earlier newsletters,

this is a very important document as it keeps the Knights

of Columbus as tax free. I look forward to hearing from

you.

I will close my part of this Newsletter with this short

prayer for the New Year:

“Dear God:

Thank you that you make all things new, Thank you for

all that you’ve allowed into our lives this past year, the

good along with the hard things, which have reminded

us how much we need you and rely on your presence

filling us every single day.

We pray for your Spirit to lead us every step of this

New Year. We ask that you will guide our decisions

and turn our hearts to deeply desire you above all else.

We ask that you will open doors needing to be opened

and close the ones needing to be shut tight. We ask

that you would help us release our grip on things to

which you’ve said “no” “not yet” or “wait”. We ask for

help to pursue you first, above every dream and desire

you’ve put within our hearts.

To you be glory and honor, in this New Year and for-

ever.

In Jesus Name”

Amend Blessings,

Mike Anderson FC

By SK Mike Anderson, PFN, PDD

Comptroller’s Report

guide. Amen“- Polish version - “Wimie Ojca I Syna I

Ducha Wimie Ojca I Syna I Ducha Swietego (Sign of the Cross)

Aniele Boży, stróżu mój, Ty zawsze przy mnie stój.

Ajak niecke przy mnie stacz, To się połóż ze mnie spacz. Amen”

Also, please pray for all those who live on the streets with no shelter, especially during the cold winter weather.

As Pope Francis said last year, “During these very cold days,

I think of and I invite you to think of all the people who live on the streets, affected by the cold and many times by indif-

ference. Let us pray for them, and let us ask the Lord to warm our hearts so as to be able to help them.”

Keep the warmth and the love of Christ and others forever

in your heart. God Bless you, Dianne (DeDe) Singer

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The Admirals Nest By SK Ed Strach, PFN

Commander's Call By SK Gary Kistka Color Corps Commander

Happy New Year!

F rom Lady Lynn and I, we hope you and your family

have been blessed this Christmas season.

As this new year begins, let us give thanks for those

blessings bestowed upon us and our families. Let us re-

member those that have served our country to protect

the freedoms we enjoy. And with the cold weather now

upon us, let us remember our homeless veterans and

pray for their wellbeing.

I was recently asked by another assembly to drop off

blankets to the Ann Arbor Veteran’s Hospital and it was

humbling to see the many veterans in the hospital. This

may be the time for our assembly or our councils do the

same and consider donating blankets or other types of

clothing to the veteran’s hospital. In the past we have

continued to support the veteran’s hospital with toilet-

ries. This is another opportunity to broaden our sup-

port.

An on-going opportunity for our membership is to

support the veterans Vet’s bingo chaired by Trustee,

Kelly Donnellon. The next bingo is Sunday, January 21

from 6:45-8:00pm.

Time For A New Year Resolution

As many are setting New Year Resolutions or goals

for the year, I would like to ask that each Sir Knight make

a resolution to ask someone to join our ranks in the Pa-

triotic Degree of the Order. Take a moment and remem-

ber why you decided to attend the Exemplification to be-

come a member of the 4th Degree. Your reason may have

been that someone simply asked you, it was a goal to

make it through all degrees, you saw the honor and dig-

nity our Color Corps members brought to a fallen mem-

ber or participating in a local parade. Whatever the case,

I ask for your personal attention to go out and seek a

new member.

The 75th Exemplification will be held at St. Mary’s Par-

ish in Charlotte on Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Building the Domestic Church

With December 31st being the Feast of The Holy

Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and January 7th, 2018

The Epiphany of the Lord, let us remember the role and

importance each Knight of Columbus has is in Building

the Domestic Church. We can do so in many ways in-

cluding attending weekly Mass and supporting the families

in our parishes and community.

Seek, Ask … Recruit!

Ed Strach - Faithful Admiral

A Very Merry Christmas and a blessed, healthy, and happy new year.

As you all know, we have been granted an additional year to

proudly wear our regalia. I hope that all of you will take this oppor-

tunity to attend as many events as possible over the next 18 months.

The Color Corps proudly served at 33 events in 2017. My heartfelt thanks to my fellow leaders, Don McDevitt, Thom Publiski,

and Joe Yekulis for making my job much easier,and thereby allowing

the Color Corps to be a much more visible arm of our assembly

throughout the year.

In addition to the normal activities we take part in every year, I

would like to highlight the following events we were given the honor

of serving: The wake services and funerals of Ed Lirette and Robt

Washington. The diaconate ordination in E Lansing where one of

our own assembly members, Wayne Slomiany, was ordained. The

Mass of Thanksgiving of newly ordained Fr Campbell from Christ the

King Parish. The 60th anniversary of the founding of St Mary/Manchester K of C Council. The 25th anniversary of the ordination

of Fr. Bosco from St Mary/Manchester. And my favorite, the cele-

bration at St Louis Center of 50 years of priesthood for Fr Joseph

and Father Fortunato. Over 300 people took part in this celebra-

tion, the Mass was celebrated by Bishop Boyea, and 21 Color Corps

members took part. What a wonderful year! As we begin a new year, I would encourage you to find a copy

of a new CD, Beyond Belief, by Fr Michael Schmitz who challenges us

not to settle for just believing our faith, but by allowing Christ to

profoundly change how we live. He challenges us to look back to

see how we spend our time and money and ask if our history proves

our love for Jesus. Faith without action serves no purpose. We

have been blessed with our lives to help the poor and disadvantaged.

Also, St Mary Parish in Chelsea will be offering the Alpha pro-

gram beginning January 8. “Is there more to life than this? You can

find information concerning this program if you visit stmarychel-

sea.org and then clicking on the Alpha tab. The weekly program consists of a meal, a video presentation, and an opportunity for dis-

cussion. This might be a good opportunity to begin to meet the

concerns of Fr Schmitz mentioned above.

In any event, challenge yourself to really follow Jesus. There are no scheduled events for January.

Gary Kistka, Color Corps Commander

January 10, 2018

Regular Business Meeting

Whittaker Council Hall, 10700 Whittaker Rd., Whittaker, MI

Click Map for Location / Directions

Hosted by St. John Council #3230, Ypsilanti

Social Starts at 6:30pm

Dinner served at 7:00 (Main Course TBD)

Last names starting with A thru L bring a side dish

Last names starting with M thru Z bring a dessert

Business meeting will begin immediately following

dinner

February 21, 2018 (Due to Ash Wednesday

falling on February 14th, this meeting date has

been changed to Wednesday, February 21st at

6:30 pm.)

Regular Business Meeting

St. Andrew the Apostle - Saline Council 910 Austin Dr, Saline, MI 48176

Click MAP for Location / Directions

Social Starts at 6:30pm

Dinner served at 7:00 (Main Course TBD)

Last names starting with A thru L bring a dessert

Last names starting with M thru Z bring a side dish

Business meeting will begin immediately following

dinner

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Let Us Pray for all our Brothers and Sisters who

are ill, in distress or in harms way

All the men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces

All of our Priests and Religious

Council #2959

SK Joe Veltri, Lady Linda Veltri, Lady Mary Lou

Veasman, SK Myron Welsh, SK Russ Manning, SK Al

LaCosse, SK Ivan "Skip" Brewster, SK John Goff,

Council # 3092

Father Joseph Rinaldo, SK Alan Maciag, Lady June’s

son Alexander T. Etue

Council #3230

SK Keith J. Metty, Lady June Metty, SK Johness Du-

mas, SK Paul Trapani

Council #4354 Lady Betty Kripas, Paul and Delores Randall,

Delores Randall, sister of SK Dick Krzyzaniak, , Shirley Kryzaniak, Russaiuto, wife of Bernito

Council #7587

SK Frank X. Stukenberg,

Council #8113

SK Jerry Armstrong, SK Ray Schrock, Elaine Staziak,,

SK Stan Komar, Brother James Blaszak, brother of

SK Jerome Blaszak, Marie Washington

Council #8989

SK Fr. James Conlon, SK Thom Ciesicki,

Cletus Denoyer, SK Carl Larkin

Council #10963

SK Michael Cesar

Council #13360

Fr. Satheesh, FR. Bill Spencer, Fr. Pat Egan

‘OUR FAITH IS OUR STRENGTH’ From a tricycle driver to CEO/President

By Yen Ocampo

Poverty is not a hindrance to success, but it can af-

fect a marriage. This is the view of a young couple from

the Philippines whose family backgrounds did not match.

Carlito Fernando and his wife, Laarni, were grade

school classmates. Yet when it came time for secondary

education, Laarni, from a prosperous family, went to a

Catholic school, while Carlito’s family could only afford

to send him to a public school. Yet Laarni was far from

“out of sight, out of mind” for

Carlito. He searched a phone

directory for her number and

they became phone pals.

Despite the difference in the

financial status of their families,

the two eloped at age 17. The

couple was secretly married and

then had their church wedding

on Dec. 14, 1997.

The chance of failure for the

young couple was enormous.

For a while, Carlito was a tricy-

cle driver, earning pesos by rid-

ing passengers with his scooter and sidecar through the

busy streets. Laarni suffered a miscarriage and then gave

birth to a healthy child. The bills piled up. At times, they

went to a breadline for food. From this experience, they

realized that poverty can cause problems in a marriage if

the spouses worry or fight about money.

Yet their faith became their strength. They engaged

in different parish activities and became involved with the

Cursillo Movement, Family Life Apostolate and Knights

of Columbus. As they faced life’s challenges, their parish

community was a big help, reminding them that there’s a

solution for every problem if they remain strong and

faithful to God.

“One of the most important things when you engage

in church communities, there’s always someone who will

remind you that happiness comes from your family and it

is the most important thing for me – my family,” said

Carlito.

Carlito and Laarni are blessed with five children, in-

cluding the miscarried child, named Angelito. Their other

children are Lawrence Carlo (13), Lian Cyrel (11), Lara

Christen (8) and 1-year-old Andre Catalina.

Even while working and caring for his growing family,

Carlito took classes and excelled in his studies. He be-

came a bank manager at the age of 23, and then was

made a vice president at a large financing and lending

company at the age of 26. Two years later, he and his

wife decided to start their own business.

Carlo is now the CEO/President of a lending com-

pany that focuses on small loans for entrepreneurs. With

42 branches in Central and Northern Luzon, Philippines,

the company aims at helping villagers in the provinces to

manage their own businesses. The company provides

business training, education in saving and credit tech-

niques, and values formation.

Carlito and Laarni share their experiences and

knowledge with their clients.

They have hundreds of em-

ployees, who pray together

before work and at 3 o’clock,

and engage in Bible reading and

worship.

“We are not just a company

focusing on micro entrepre-

neurs or a company who

wants to help others because

we were deprived; but because

we are family and our core

value is honesty, integrity, team

work and God centeredness,”

Carlito said. “Our faith is our strength,” Carlito said.

They return the blessings they received; one of them

is giving scholarships (vocation/college) to deserving stu-

dents thru the Knights of Columbus. Carlito and Laarni

have received plaques of appreciation for their untiring

support to the Church and Knights of Columbus activi-

ties.

They want their children to grow closer to God.

“We pray the rosary together, we also pray before and

after meals,” Carlito explained. My perspective is for my

children to appreciate the blessings of the Lord and

share them with others.”

He added, “It is always a matter of choice on how

you can be determined to change your life and to help

your family, your community, the Church and the people

who need help.”

Yen Ocampo is a professor at the Manila Times College School of Jour-nalism and a reporter at the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philip-pines

(This article was printed in its entirety from The Fathers For Good website - An initiative for men by the Knights of Columbus)

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