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Inside this issue:
Understanding the Roman Missal
2
October is the Month for Recruiting
3
Program Happenings in Iowa 4
Marian Prayer Program Starts in October
5
Iowa Knights of Columbus Retreat, November 11-13
6
Iowa Knights Fraternal Rec-ognition
6
From the Desk of the Forms Director
7
Ceremonial News & Exem-plifications
8
West Des Moines Exemplifi-cation, Oct. 15
9
October 2011 Volume 16 — Issue 53
THE KNIGHT LITE IOWA STATE COUNCIL
UPCOMING EVENTS: • Oct. 10 - Columbus Day • Oct. 15 - 4th Degree Exemplifi-
cation in West Des Moines • Nov. 11-13 - Annual Iowa KC
Retreat, American Martyrs Retreat House, Cedar Falls
PASTDUE REPORTS: • Sep. 12 - Local Level KC Soc-
cer Challenge Reports due • Sep. 26 - District Level KC
Soccer Challenge Reports due
Opportunities Abound - Serving God’s People!
Blue Mass Honors First Responders in Centerville Area
Knights of Columbus
Cultural Outreach—Making a Difference
H ere is a success story on how Cultural Outreach works best. Luis Salinas is a dedicated Catholic, recognized by his community as a leader and an active participant in his parish. He is bilingual (English/Spanish) and relates well to both An‐glo and Hispanic congregations in the Parish.
St Bernard Council 8702 added my good friend Luis Salinas to their roster. Luis joined the ranks and started becoming involved in the activities of the Knights and would tell his Spanish speaking friends about the good works of the Order. After being actively in‐
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B rothers All: Let me toss out a few ques‐tions to ponder: If you had the opportu‐
nity to save a life, would you? If you were walking and came upon a person needing help, help that would change their life, would you help them? What if the person in the pew next to you needed help, would you help them? Do you realize that membership in the Knights of Columbus affords all of these opportunities to the men who join us. We are saving lives with our ultrasound initiative and our pro‐life stand. We are changing lives through our
support of programs like Project Haiti; which offers to every child who lost a limb in the earthquake a prosthetic limb. Our wheel chair mission affords mobility to those in desperate need. And we offer help to oth‐ers through projects like Coats for Kids, PID Drives, Fund Raising events and many other programs too numerous to mention. Membership in the Knights of Columbus can
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State Deputy’s Message...
O n Sunday, September 11th, the 10th An‐niversary of the terrorist’s attacks on
America, St. Mary’s Church, Centerville Coun‐cil #2144 Knights of Columbus and the 4th De‐gree Knights from the James R. Baldridge As‐sembly #1925 honored First Responders of the Parish. A Blue Mass was held during the 9:00 a.m. Mass. Sir Knight Ed Pancrazio was the organ‐izer and acted as the Master of Ceremonies. The opening procession was lead by Sir Knight Darrin Carson carrying the American Flag. Following was the Papal Flag carried by Sir
Knight Patrick McKee and the Knights of Co‐lumbus Flag carried by Brother George John‐
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Understanding the New Roman Missal
bring a man closer to his faith, his church, and his family. Stop thinking it is only about numbers. Stop thinking it is all about more members. Realize that it is opportunity for growth in our Church, the defense of human life, and service to oth‐ers. Membership is an opportunity to join
Blessed Pope John Paul II in the New Evangelization of our Catholic Faith. Membership WILL build up the Church. As you remember in your younger years we were all taught that part of our job as a Catholic was to build up the Church. Reach out to that man you see every Sun‐day in Church. Offer your hand and an invitation to join us. Someone asked you
once, now it is your turn. We must stand together as one body as we are "Serving God's People". VIVAT JESUS Michael Laake State Deputy
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State Deputy’s Message...
T o begin, I want to sort of “check in” with our councils on how all of us are doing at encouraging our priest chap‐lains to attend and provide a spiritual lesson/formation discussion during our meetings. Chaplains are encouraged to provide a 10‐15 minute reflection on any particular topic or issue the chaplain wishes to discuss. Perhaps the council members may provide him with some suggestions. It was noted recently at the Supreme Convention that in many cases when a local chaplain attends a council meeting, not only does the council grow in size, but it also grows in its spirituality. Councils are asked to note the new coun‐cil meeting format recently approved by the Supreme Knight. Chaplains are in‐vited to provide a reflection near the be‐ginning of the meeting, as opposed to the end of one. A few words of thanks and/or encouragement are often appreciated too. Once again this month it would seem more than appropriate to draw some attention to the upcoming revisions in the mass. It seems to many of us that it was several months ago when we first began to learn of revisions being made in the mass. Soon we will be noticing some no‐table changes, in particular the Roman Missal, the large red book from which the Presider prays the mass. In September, some implementations of the missal be‐gan in many parts of our country. It was announced during the summer that dio‐ceses may begin to sing the revised trans‐lation of the Gloria, Sanctus and the Me‐
morial Acclamation. Unrevised recited versions of these prayers are expected to continue until the new Roman Missal begins on the First Sunday of Advent, November 26‐27, 2011. Several advan‐tages can be presumed in the Roman Mis‐sal’s gradual implementation, especially in regard to the Gloria. One of them is parish assemblies that sing the Gloria in the fall months will be better prepared to sing it during the approaching Christmas season.
As these preliminary steps of prepared‐ness begin, parishes are also striving to meet their parishioners’ desire to under‐stand why the adjustments are being made in the first place. Formation and communication are paramount to the “parishioner in the pew” who may not fully understand why the changes are being made. Please see my August article of this resource for an explanation of the adjustments. The Roman Missal, Third Edition, makes use of a more formal style of English. The prayers are intended to be more literal
and elabo‐rate trans‐lations of the origi‐nal Latin texts so that the mea n i n g contained in them is accurately expressed in English. Much more effort and conscientiousness of the new transla‐tion will be required. Yes it is true that old habits are hard to break, especially after praying them in our case for more than forty years. Many dioceses have utilized this time as an opportunity to learn more about the mass. Every day is a new opportunity to learn. Discover something new about the mass, its history and why we do what we do every time we gather for Eucharist. The intention and hope of the translators is that the new translation will help all of us to pray at our best. To pray the liturgy well will take some effort on everyone’s part, both for presiders and the faithful alike. The fruit of that labor, flowing from a language of prayer that moves and stirs our hearts, will be at work that gives God an offering of praise. Your Brother in Christ,
Fr. Brian Fr. Brian Danner, State Chaplain
Formation and communi‐cation are paramount to the “parishioner in the pew” who may not fully understand why the
changes are being made.
State Chaplain’s Message...
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If you have any questions or are interested in having Financial Secretary training in your area, contact: Bernard Schade, [email protected], 641-342-6317
FS CORNER
G entlemen, as we enter into the month of October, councils will be
in full recruiting mode to “Admit One” by just asking a man to join us. Councils can and should organize opportunities during the fall to introduce men of their parish to the Knights and what we can mean for each other. Church drives have proven very successful in the past; but there are other creative ways to ask: Father Wants You, Power of 10, 2 o n 1 etc. Other ideas can be found a t
www.iowakofc.org\membership_002.shtml. October is also Respect Life
Month with pro‐life events which bring together Knights and l ike‐minded p r o ‐ l i f e men. Take
the opportunity to point out the
Knight’s strong support of life and how together we can make
even more of a difference. The key is to plan for membership growth and work it each week. As Officers you can be the example for your council. Have you asked
a man to join yet this fall? Let’s not forget to call your District Depu‐ties to let them know how your efforts are coming along. We’d like to know how you are recruiting and the number of pros‐pects, First Degrees and new members you’ve been able to bring into the Knights. Do remember to keep scheduling first degrees. Call or email them just as soon as possible. Vivat Jesus, Your Membership Team
October is the Month for Recruiting!
Membership ‐ Six Reasons Why You Should be a Knight 1. As an integral part of the world’s largest and most dynamic Catholic fraternal organization, you will be
united with over 1.8 million Brothers and their families in 14,000 councils located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Central America and the Caribbean.
2. Your personal involvement as a Knight will provide opportunities, in charity and fraternity, for service to the Church at the local, diocesan and universal levels; to your communities; and to the less fortu‐nate especially the most vulnerable: the unborn and handicapped.
3. Your active participation in council affairs: spiritual, fraternal, family, social, civic oriented, athletic and recreational ‐ will serve as a school of leadership and enable you to develop qualities that enhance your strengths and abilities.
4. You will enjoy a sense of "belonging" in an organization that shares your religious beliefs, brings to‐gether like‐minded men joined in a common cause, and offers the opportunity to develop and cement friendships for years to come.
5. Your concerns for your family and for your retirement years can be addressed by the Order's low‐cost insurance program, conducted by Brother Knights for Brother Knights, assuring your security and peace of mind.
6. You will share in the sense of pride what all Knights feel in knowing that their Order is second to none in support of Our Holy Father, our Bishops and Priests; in working for our fellowmen, especially those most in need; and in binding together to preserve traditional values in the face of attacks against the family and innocent human life.
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G reetings Brother Knights, the Lord must have given us the month of October to tempt us on what heaven must be like. The temperatures are cool and comfortable and the trees are turn‐ing beautiful colors. Here in Iowa the Knights of Columbus have a lot of pro‐grams happening. Lets’ take a look at a few of these activities. On the youth side, October 1st and 2nd, we can enjoy the Regional Penalty Kick Soccer Challenge throughout the state. Then on October 15th you can journey to beautiful Pella for the State Soccer con‐test. The Pella council does a great job of hosting this event. On October 23rd, there is the World Youth Day in the United States. The theme for WYD 2011 is – “Planted and built up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith”. October is football time. Football Frenzy coach Jon Aldrich is ready to announce winners each week for those who are playing the game. Too bad for those who
didn’t participate; all they can do is sit on the sidelines and watch. Remember if you don’t play you can’t get paid. October is also Respect Life Month. Hopefully everyone participated October 2nd in Life Chain Sunday. With the beauti‐ful fall weather, it would be a great time for councils and assemblies to host an outdoor Living Rosary offered up to end abortion. October 10th is Columbus Day. Many councils host special events like Steak Fries or March in parades. October can be a great month to conduct a Fraternal Benefit Night. Some people have to do some advance financial plan‐ning before the end of the year. Your councils Knights of Columbus Field Agent or general agent can help you conduct the program by sending out invitations, promoting it in the parish bulletins and in your council newsletter. You may want a couple of door prizes and refreshments.
It would be good to have additional speakers, such as a tax expert, lawyer, funeral home director or college admis‐sion official. This should be a family event. The agent can cover the Knights of Columbus Scholarship Program, spouse fraternal benefits, family fraternal benefits and widow benefits. Please visit with your insurance agent regarding this. Part of being a Knights of Columbus member is the opportunity to become a better catholic. Here in Iowa we have a great opportunity to do just that, with a retreat on November 11th to November 13th, at the American Martyrs Retreat House in beautiful Cedar Falls. This year’s theme is – “The Strong Right Arm of the Church”. The retreat will be di‐rected by Father Matt Walsh O.P. Please consider signing up. Have a great October. John Beckman Program Director
volved in the Knights for about half a year, he invited one of his friends to join the Knights. Miguel's English is not as fluent as Luis' but his love for the church and willingness to help his Parish is at the same level. With time, these two started inviting other members in the Hispanic c o m m u n i t y . Last March they held a First Degree Exem‐plification for 11 candidates, with the as‐sistance of the First Degree Team from Spanish Council 14267 in Des Moines. They started a Round Table within Council 8702, in order to have their meetings in Spanish and sort of govern themselves according to their schedules a n d a b i l i t i e s . Osceola holds an Annual Latino Festival at the town's Main Square. In previous years
I had seen a stand from the KofC council, a stand from St. Bernard Hispanic Congrega‐tion, and some volunteers from the His‐panic community. On August 28, I saw one stand from the St. Bernard's KofC Council manned by the Hispanic Round Circle. They took turns working the stand while picking up trash and assisting in other Festival needs. Also, I saw other members of the Council holding the Pen‐alty Kick Challenge, since there were al‐ready so many kids in the festival. They announced the winners from the main s t a g e o f t h e F e s t i v a l . Luis attended the 2011 State Convention in Coralville where he received his 2nd and 3rd Degrees. He told me he hopes to be a delegate to the Sioux City Convention in 2012 once again. My good friend Luis told me they have 4 more Hispanic candi‐dates. Luis is also thinking about getting his 4th Degree in October. Did I mention that they are now translating their news‐
letter into Spanish and for the first time in 27 years of existence, the council was rec‐ognized as a Double Star Council? The moral of the story: Find one or two members of the Hispanic (or Vietnamese, or Sudanese, or whatever “ese”) commu‐nity that are seen as leaders, preferably bilingual, and that have that fire to serve and worship the Lord. Invite them to the Order and make sure they become active participants (make sure they get 2nd/3rd Degree ASAP so you can even make them officials/service personnel.) Soak 'em in the works, the prayer, and the good of the Order. Before you know it, he will be in‐viting all of his friends to join the Knights. Here is where our pastors or deacons can help. They know who those leaders are – the “sparks” in the commu‐nity. Ask them – then let the Knights fan them into flames.
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Cultural Outreach...
Program Happenings in Iowa
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son. The main aisle was lined with 4th De‐gree Knights of Columbus in full regalia presenting arms during the passing of the flags and Ministers of the Mass. Each of the honorees was called for‐ward and a short biography was read. Grand Knight Bob Pontious presented a Certificate of Appreciation to each individual honored. After all honorees were standing on the Altar facing the congregation, Sir Knight Fr. Dennis Schaab, pastor, asked all to extend their hands as he prayed the “Blue Mass Blessing”. Those honored at Mass were: Fire Captain Mike Bogle, 23 year veteran of the Centerville Fire Department and recently retired after a 21 year career as a Reserve Police Officer; Firefighter Tony Caraccio, 11 year veteran of the Center‐ville Fire Department; Trooper Bartt Car‐
ney, 11 year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol; Chief Tom Demry, 18 year law en‐forcement veteran, currently serving as Chief of Police Centerville Police Depart‐ment; Deputy Wade Duley, 21 year vet‐eran of the Appanoose County Sheriff’s Department and 25 year Firefighter with Centerville Fire Department; Sergeant
Mike Moore, 9 year veteran of the Cen‐terville Police Department; Firefighter Ryan Moore, 15 year veteran of the Cen‐terville Fire Department; EMT/Firefighter Deborah Ollinger, 34 year veteran First Responder currently serving as a member
of the Moravia Fire Department; EMT/Firefighter Frank Ollinger, also a 34 year First Responder veteran serving with the Moravia Fire Department; Trooper/1st Sergeant Kevin Stallo, 14 year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol and a 19 year vet‐eran of the Missouri National Guard.
All of the above male honorees are members of Centerville Knights of Co‐lumbus, Council #2144. Also honored, but unable to attend due to work obligations, was Fire‐fighter Tom Sheston, a 35 year vet‐eran of the Centerville Fire Depart‐ment. Following Mass, a reception was held in Marian Hall of St. Mary’s Church.
The Blue Mass has been in existence for years and was instituted to honor “Men in Blue” as police officers were known. To‐day, it encompasses all First Responders including, police, fire and EMT’s.
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Blue Mass...
M arian Prayer Program has officially kicked off. We have three images
that will be traveling across Iowa councils starting in October 2011. Please plan each council to have the image for a week and hand‐off to the following on FRIDAY. This will allow for a whole weekend in each council. The first Districts to get the Image are: East: District 35, Robert Jones ([email protected]) Central: District 41, Tom Brandt ([email protected])
West: District 3, Timothy Mielke ([email protected]) The Prayer Service is a Rosary accompa‐nied by a Liturgy Service and special prayers. Schedule 45 minutes to an hour. We will be publishing the complete sched‐ule on the web page. For details in Iowa contact Antonio Bañue‐los ([email protected], 515‐991‐2791) or PSD Mike P. Gaspers ([email protected], 712‐883‐2074). For more information on the program, visit
http://www.kofc.org/un/en/service/church/marian/index.html
Marian Prayer Program Starts in October
Blue Mass Prayer Dear Heavenly Father, We are forever thankful for Your gift of life and love. Please bless these men (and women) who serve and protect us. We thank them for their dedication. Watch over them, protect and guide them and bring them home safely to their families at day end. Give them a restful sleep so they are prepared for their next duty. We pray for intercessions from Venerable Fr. Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus; St. Michael the Archangel, Patron Saint of Police Officers; St. Florian, Patron Saint of Firefighters; and St. Albert the Great, Patron Saint of EMT’s. May these intercessors watch over them and be a means of support and encouragement. We make this prayer through Your Son Our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God forever and ever. AMEN. (Ed Pancrazio 9/2005; 9/11/11)
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Iowa Knights Fraternal Recognition Knight of the Month Family of the Month
Family of the Month—Every month, all the families submitted through the Supreme Form are enter into the drawing for a Figu‐rine of the Holy Family. The Family of the Month participation is up to 18 Councils per month. It is a 50% improvement as compared to the end of the past Fraternal year, but still very low compared to the 232 councils in the state. Keep Selecting your families of the Month and send the Supreme Form (http://www.kofc.org/un/en/forms/council/1993AOnline.pdf) Antonio Bañuelos, Cultural Outreach/Family
Knight of the Month—monthly Sport Shirt Drawing. Send me the name of your council's “Knight of Month”, along with his shirt size and council number by the 10th of each month and be entered into a monthly drawing for a KC sports shirt. E‐MAIL to [email protected] or mail. It only takes a few minutes to recognize a worthy Knight. Shining Armor Award—Jump start new members into ac‐tive members in the first year! For more information about the award, visit: http://www.kofc.org/eb/en/officers/membership/retention/shining_armor_award.html Don Burger, Every Council Active Chairman
Derwin & Karen Dorpinghaus Ankeny, Council 5038
The American Martyrs Retreat House will be hosting its yearly KofC Retreat starting with Mass at 8:00 PM on Friday Novem‐ber 11 and ending on Sunday November 13 after lunch. The theme of the retreat is: “The Strong Right Arm of the Church.”
The retreat will be directed by Father Matt Walsh OP, who is original from Northern Illinois, joined the Order of Preachers in 1951. Father Walsh saw the
quote “the Strong Right Arm of the Church” in one of the websites of the Knights of Columbus and wanted to cen‐ter his talks around it during the retreat. “The strong arm lifted in prayer – stretched out to help – stretched out to defend.”
During your short stay you will have a private room, prayer time, talks, the Sac‐raments, wonderful meals and time to
relax and rest in the Lord. There will be times of silence and times for conversa‐tion. AMRH requests a donation of $120 for the weekend. Be the strong Christian leader our church needs. Register by call‐i n g 3 1 9 ‐ 2 6 6 ‐ 3 5 4 3 o r [email protected].
There are only 59 spots left open so hurry up.
Darrick Van Maaner Rock Valley-Sioux Cnt-Alvord, Co 13000
AUGUST 2011
Father Matt Walsh OP
Correction on Family of the Month for June 2011. It should read Guido & Eleanora Franzen , not Mike.
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Brothers, As we move into Fall and the upcoming Christmas Season, don’t forget our Pocket Rosary Program. The Rosary will make an excellent Christmas present. Each council should work on a plan to sell the Rosary to members and parish‐ioners. The program offer is included with this issue and is also available on o u r w e b s i t e : www. iowakofc .org . Please contact me if you have questions or need any help; by e m a i l : [email protected], home phone 641‐856‐3391 or by cell at 641‐895‐1364. Vivat Jesus! Ed Pancrazio Administrative Assis‐tant Reports/Forms Director
From the Desk of the Forms Director
How to Donate to United in Charity In the United States donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and must be made out to Knights of Columbus Charities, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Visit http://www.kofc.org/un/en/charities/uic_donate.html
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This newsletter is written and published for the members of the Iowa Knights of Columbus. It is distributed via e-mail noti-fication and archived on the Iowa Knights of Co-lumbus websi te at w w w . i o w a k o f c . o r g /publications.shtml Father Michael J. McGiv-ney and a handful of lay-men founded this order in New Haven, CT, in 1882. Today the Knights of Co-lumbus is the world’s larg-est organization of Catho-lic men and their families. Along with providing finan-cial support to families through insurance, the Knights of Columbus pro-vides support within the Church for programs of evangelization and Catho-lic education, and for civic involvement and aid to those in need.
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2nd/3rd Degree Exemplification Schedule
Want a 2nd/3rd Degree in your council or district? Contact your District Deputy who will contact State Program Director – John Beckman
4th Degree Exemplification Schedule
Want a 4th Degree Exemplification in your area? Contact - District Master Pat O’Keefe (515) 253-0551 or by email at [email protected]
Ceremonials’ News
City Date Staff Districts
Harlan Oct. 23 Des Moines 23-24-44-45-46
Davenport Oct. 30 Davenport 33-34-35-36-38
Marion Nov. 13 Cedar Rapids 11-15-29-30-31-32
Elkader Nov. 20 Cedar Rapids 7-8-9-10
Esterville Dec. 11 Lakes 2-3-4
Altoona Jan. 22, 2012 Des Moines 26-27-40-41-42-43-49
Oelwein Feb. 26, 2012 Cedar Rapids 7-9-12-13-14-15
City Date
West Des Moines Oct. 15 Sioux City April 13, 2012
Our Principles All the good works we do are informed by our four core principles: Charity - Our Catholic faith teaches us to “Love thy neighbor as thyself.” Members of the Knights of Columbus show love for their neighbors by conducting food drives and do-nating the food to local soup kitchens and food pantries, by volunteering at Special Olympics, and by supporting, both spiritually and materially, mothers who choose life for their babies. Knights recognize that our mis-sion, and our faith in God, compels us to ac-tion. There is no better way to experience love and compassion than by helping those in need, a call we answer every day. Unity – None of us is as good as all of us. Members of the Knights of Columbus all know that – together – we can accomplish far more than any of us could individually. So we stick together…we support one another. That doesn’t mean that we always agree or that there is never a difference of opinion. It does
mean that – as a Knight of Columbus – you can count on the support and encouragement of your brother Knights as you work to make life better in your parish and community. Fraternity – The Venerable Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, in large part, to provide assistance to the wid-ows and children left behind when the family breadwinner died – often prematurely. The Order’s top-rated insurance program contin-ues to do this today, as do individual Knights, who last year gave more than 10 million hours of their time to assist sick and/or dis-abled members and their families. In the Knights of Columbus, we watch out for and take care of one another. Patriotism – Members of the Knights of Co-lumbus, be they Americans, Canadians, Mexi-cans, Cubans, Filipinos, Poles, or Domini-cans, are patriotic citizens. We are proud of our devotion to God and country, and believe in standing up for both. Whether it’s in public or private, the Knights remind the world that Catholics support their nations and are amongst the greatest citizens.
