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GK Message 1
Special Prayers 2
Calendar Looking Ahead 2
Council 11672 Officers 2
Council Committee Chairmen 2
Knight & Family of the Month 3
December Birthdays 3
Monthly Breakfast /Can Drive
4
K of C Insurance 4
Charity Contributions 4
Short Story Corner 5
Questions of the Mind 7
Council Activities and
News of Interest 9
December 2016 and January 2017 Calendars
10
Membership Form 100 11
Volunteer Report Form 12
INSIDE THIS ISSUE: G R A N D K N I G H T ’S M E S S A G E
Brother Knights, Catholic Gentlemen,
Hope one and all have enjoyed Thanksgiving with family
and friends, had your fill of football, any travel was safe,
and the weather cooperated with any outside activities. In our ever increasing complicated and busy lives, hopefully
you had time to welcome new family members, set down to
a meal together, and pass along or start family traditions.
On the charitable contributions front, the annual Campaign for People with
Intellectual Disabilities Campaign (a.k.a., Tootsie Roll Drive) was another fan-
tastic success. For the fourth year Mike has done an extraordinary job in chairing this fund raiser. Mike and his entire team of volunteers, including a
number of family members, worked long hours collecting donations at Wal-
mart, Kroger, and following Mass. I would like to again thank all those
Knights and their family members who took time to help with the collections.
Looking forward on the calendar shows our Christmas party is approaching on
Saturday, December 10th from 2:00 to 5:00 PM. John Bellono will be chairing
this event, and you should have received both an email and a SignUpGenius invitation to attend. To help John with this event, please use SignUpGenius to
indicate your attendance, if you can bring something and if you can help with
the setup and/or cleanup. Remember Santa will be there, so if you intend to have him give a child (of any age) a gift, please bring it marked with the child's
name.
Also on the upcoming calendar are several Special Olympic activities in Febru-ary that are located in the North Alabama area. Please see the Looking Ahead
section of the newsletter for their dates and locations.
Finally, even though we are in the winter season, spring planning is underway which includes Council officers for the 2017/2018 fraternal year, Lenten fish
frys, and the shrimp boil. If you are interested in being a Council officer or
helping organize these events, please contact me for further information.
As always, please take time for yourself and family, aid where possible those
less fortunate, and pray for those in need.
Vivat Jesus,
Steve Gentz
Grand Knight, Council 11672
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S HEPHERD ’S W ATCH Newsletter of the Knights of Columbus Good Shepherd Council 11672.
S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 2 December 2016
Joe Arnold
Will Becker
Don Diemer
Kim Harris
Harry O'Beirne
Peter Paccio
Mike Rose
Chris Sloan
Our sponsored Seminar-
ian Josh Altonji
All our brothers in distress
Knights
LOOKING AHEAD
December 2016 Calendar Highlights
Dec 5 - Monthly Council Business Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
Dec 8 - Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 8 - 4th Degree Assembly Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
(Holy Spirit Catholic Church)
Dec 10 - Council Christmas Party @ 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Dec 11 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:15 a.m.
Dec 20 - Monthly Officers Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
Dec 25 - Christmas
January 2017 Calendar Highlights
Jan 1 - New Years Day
Jan 2 - Monthly Council Business Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
Jan 8 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:15 a.m.
Jan 12 - 4th Degree Assembly Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
(Holy Spirit Catholic Church)
Jan 17 - Monthly Officers Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
February 2017 Calendar Highlights
Feb 6 - Monthly Council Business Meeting @ 7:30 p.m.
Feb 9 - 4th Degree Assembly Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
(Holy Spirit Catholic Church)
Feb 12 - Monthly Parish Breakfast; 8:30-10:15 a.m.
Feb 21 - Monthly Officers Meeting @ 7:00 p.m.
Special Olympic Activities in North Alabama
Feb 4-5, Southeast Figure Skating, Huntsville
Feb 17 Sectional Aquatics, 1202 5th Ave, Decatur
Feb 23 Madison Area Bowling (Schools), Huntsville
Feb 27 Madison Area Bowling (Adults), Huntsville
COUNCIL 11672 OFFICERS (2016—2017)
Grand Knight ................ Steve Gentz 256-690-6195
Deputy Grand Knight .... Michael Weist
Financial Secretary ....... Ben Cumbie 256-783-9627
Treasurer ...................... Lane Mousel
Recorder ........................ Steve Nelson
Warden ......................... Mike Wolk
Chancellor..................... Thomas Geoffroy
Chaplain ....................... Deacon Paul Keil
Advocate ....................... Rodolfo Chavez
Inside Guard ................. Danny Nelson
Outside Guard .............. Bob Godwin
1 Year Trustee ............... Ed Gniadek
2 Year Trustee ............... Mike Rose
3 Year Trustee ............... Mike Lenz
Lector ............................ Rob Godwin
Family and Friends
Ester Wolk
Rose Bellono
Edsel Chalker
Christopher Dollman
Rebecca Dollman
Andrea Ely
Barbara Hills
Nichole O'Brien
Sophie Pace
James Rivette
Michael Rose
Fr. Kevin and his parish in
Anapra, MX
Our Members of the Armed
Forces
Our First Responders
Pope Francis
SPECIAL PRAYERS
Council 11672 Committee Chairmen For 2016-2017
Council Program Chairman - DGK Mike Weist
Committee Chairmen:
Church - James Mosley
Vocations - Tim Sullivan
Council - Merv Eberhardt Community - Mike Rose
Family - Open
Youth - Merv Eberhardt
Columbian Squires - Rodolfo Chavez
Culture of Life - Frank Tomasella Membership - Bill Schultz
Membership Recruitment - Open
Membership Retention - Mike Weist
S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 3 December 2016
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Shepherd’s Watch Newsletter Submissions
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interest to our readership about our community at
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MEMBER RECOGNITION & NEWS of INTEREST
Bruce Lowe....................... Dec 03
Sam Lanza ....................... Dec 05
Eric Brightwell ................. Dec 06
Larry Carleton .................. Dec 08
William Oliver ................... Dec 08
Richard Cislo .................... Dec 15
Paul Whitehurst ............... Dec 15
Zachary Wible .................. Dec 22
Gerald Miller .................... Dec 23
Paul Place ......................... Dec 25
David Tomlinson .............. Dec 27
Thomas Bouska ............... Dec 28
Franklin Kirsch ................ Dec 28
Mathew Boenker .............. Dec 30
Peter Smith ...................... Dec 30
The officers and members of Council 11672 wish a
Happy Birthday to the following members who have
birthdays in December:
Family of the Month
The November 2016
Family of the Month is the Frank Tomasella
Family. Frank and his
family are recognized for
their long-term and un-relenting support to the
Good Shepherd Church
and the Knights of Co-lumbus Culture of Life
Committee. Frank and
Sandra are synonymous
with the Pro Life Com-mittee. For many years
they have tirelessly
sought out and aided
numerous families who are often in dire straits
with few opportunities.
Frank and Sandra have provided those in urgent
need with groceries, gift
cards, clothing and dia-pers. In additional to
these material things,
they have counseled nu-merous young families,
single parents, and those
needing employment.
Frank and Sandra repre-sent our core the princi-
ples of Charity and Unity
to a level that many as-pire, but few approach.
Knight of the Month
The Knight of the Month
for November 2016 is Rodolfo Chavez.
Rodolfo, through count-
less examples of his self-less desire to help others,
exemplifies the Knights
of Columbus principles of Charity, Unity, and
Fraternity. He often
helps more people in
need in a week then most
of us do in a year. The assistance and guidance
he provides extends well
beyond the Council and
Good Shepherd Church. The list of individuals,
organizations, and
causes he aids is too ex-tensive to list in one
place. However, be sure
that he will be one of the first to arrive when
called, and one of the
last to leave when the task has been completed.
As with all Brothers who
seek the betterment of
others before themselves, when you see Rodolfo,
please extend your hand
in appreciation and thanks.
S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 4 December 2016
Council Shirts and Hats
Contact Michael Weist for
information about shirts and hats at
At each business and offi-
cers meeting, hats and shirts can be purchased
and ordered.
Note: Brother Weist also is able to order 4th Degree
shirts and hats.
Yearly
Profit to
Date
$ 4,720
Number
Meals
Served
1575
Monthly Parish Breakfast The following is a summary of our 2016 breakfast activity
as of November:
Avg. Profit per Breakfast
$429
Avg. Meals Served per
Month
143 KC Breakfast Workers
COUNCIL ACTIVITIES & NEWS of INTEREST
Council Charity Contribution for November The Council made the following charitable contribution this past month:
Council Meeting Can Drive for the Good Shepherd Pantry
Don’t forget those canned
goods. Each Knight is
asked to bring two canned or
non-perishable foodstuff or
money equivalent to the
monthly Council business
meeting. To the right is a summary of
our donations for the 2016-
2017 fraternal year as of the
November meeting.
Number /
Pounds of
Can Goods
335/322
Dollars
Donated
Equated to
Pounds
$652 = 652
TOTAL POUNDS
To date
974
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S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 5 December 2016
Piccola lived in Italy, where the oranges grow, and
where all the year the sun shines warm and bright. I suppose you think Piccola a very strange name for a
little girl; but in her country it was not strange at all,
and her mother thought it the sweetest name a little
girl ever had.
Piccola had no kind father, no big brother or sister,
and no sweet baby to play with and love. She and
her mother lived all alone in an old stone house that looked on a dark, narrow street. They were very
poor, and the mother was away from home almost
every day, washing clothes and scrubbing floors, and working hard to earn money for her little girl and
herself. So you see Piccola was alone a great deal of
the time; and if she had not been a very happy, con-tented little child, I hardly know what she would
have done.
She had no playthings except a heap of stones in the
back yard that she used for building houses and a very old, very ragged doll that her mother had found
in the street one day. But there was a small round
hole in the stonewall at the back of her yard, and her greatest pleasure was to look through that into her
neighbor's garden. When she stood on a stone, and
put her eyes close to the hole, she could see the green grass in the garden, and smell the sweet flow-
ers, and even hear the water splashing into the foun-
tain. She had never seen anyone walking in the gar-den, for it belonged to an old gentleman who did not
care about grass and flowers.
One day in the autumn her mother told her that the
old gentleman had gone away, and had rented his house to a family of little American children, who
had come with their sick mother to spend the winter
in Italy. After this, Piccola was never lonely, for all day long the children ran and played and danced
and sang in the garden. It was several weeks before
they saw her at all, and I am not sure they ever would have done so but one day the kitten ran away,
and in chasing her they came close to the wall and
saw Piccola's black eyes looking through the hole in
the stones.
They were a little frightened at first, and did not
speak to her; but the next day she was there again,
and Rose, the oldest girl, went up to the wall and talked to her a little while. When the children found
that she had no one to play with and was very lonely,
they talked to her every day, and often brought her
fruits and candies, and passed them through the
hole in the wall.
One day they even pushed the kitten through; but
the hole was hardly large enough for her, and she
mewed and scratched and was very much frightened.
After that the little boy said he would ask his father if the hole might not be made larger, and then Pic-
cola could come in and play with them. The father
had found out that Piccola's mother was a good
woman, and that the little girl herself was sweet and
kind, so that he was very glad to have some of the
stones broken away and an opening made for Piccola
to come in.
How excited she was, and how glad the children were
when she first stepped into the garden! She wore her best dress, a long, bright colored woolen skirt
and a white waist. Around her neck was a string of
beads, and on her feet were little wooden shoes. It
would seem very strange to us, would it not to wear wooden shoes; but Piccola and her mother had never
worn anything else, and never had any money to buy
stockings. Piccola almost always ran about bare-footed, like the kittens and the chickens and the lit-
tle ducks.
What a good time they had that day, and how glad Piccola's mother was that her little girl could have
such a pleasant, safe place to play in, while she was
away at work!
By and by December came, and the little Americans
began to talk about Christmas. One day, when Pic-
cola's curly head and bright eyes came peeping
through the hole in the wall, and they ran to her and helped her in; and as they did so, they all asked her
at once what she thought she would have for a
Christmas present. "A Christmas present!" said Pic-
cola. "Why, what is that?"
All the children looked surprised at this, and Rose
said, rather gravely, "Dear Piccola, don't you know
what Christmas is?"
Oh, yes, Piccola knew it was the happy day when the
baby Christ was born, and she had been to church on that day and heard the beautiful singing, and had
seen the picture of the Babe lying in the manger,
with cattle and sheep sleeping round about. Oh, yes,
she knew all that very well, but what was a Christ-mas present? (continued on p. 6)
LITTLE PICCOLA
SHORT STORY CORNER Submitted by Mike Rose
S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 6 December 2016
SHORT STORY CORNER Submitted by Mike Rose
LITTLE PICCOLA (cont.)
Then the children began to laugh and to answer her
all together. There was such a clatter of tongues that she could hear only a few of the words now and
then, such as "chimney," "Santa Claus," "stockings,"
"reindeer," "Christmas Eve," "candies and toys." Pic-
cola put her hands over her ears and said, "Oh, I
can't understand one word. You tell me, Rose."
Then Rose told her all about jolly Santa Claus, with
his red cheeks and white beard and fur coat, and about his reindeer and sleigh full of toys. "Every
Christmas Eve," said Rose, "he comes down the
chimney, and fills the stockings of all the good chil-dren; so, Piccola, you hang up your stocking, and
who knows what a beautiful Christmas present you
will find when morning comes!" Of course Piccola thought this was a delightful plan, and was very
pleased to hear about it. Then all the children told
her of every Christmas Eve they could remember,
and of the presents they had, so that she went home thinking of nothing but dolls and hoops and balls
and ribbons and marbles and wagons and kites.
She told her mother about Santa Claus, and her mother seemed to think that perhaps he did not
know there was any little girl in that house, and very
likely he would not come at all. But Piccola felt very sure Santa Claus would remember her, for her little
friends had promised to send a letter up the chimney
to remind him.
Christmas Eve came at last. Piccola's mother hurried
home from her work; they had their little supper of
soup and bread, and soon it was bedtime, and time
to get ready for Santa Claus. But oh! Piccola re-membered then for the first time that the children
had told her she must hang up her stocking, and she
hadn't any, and neither had her mother.
How sad, how sad it was! Now Santa Claus would
come, and perhaps be angry because he couldn't
find any place to put the present. The poor little girl stood by the fireplace, and the big tears began to run
down her cheeks. Just then her mother called to
her, "Hurry, Piccola; come to bed." What should she do? But she stopped crying, and tried to think; and
in a moment she remembered her wooden shoes,
and ran off to get one of them. She put it close to
the chimney, and said to herself, "Surely Santa Claus will know what it's there for. He will know I
haven't any stockings, so I gave him the shoe in-
stead."
Then she went off happily to her bed, and was asleep
almost as soon as she had nestled close to her mother's side. The sun had only just begun to
shine, the next morning, when Piccola awoke. With
one jump she was out on the floor and running to-
ward the chimney. The wooden shoe was lying where she had left it, but you could never; never
guess what was in it.
Piccola had not meant to wake her mother, but this surprise was more than any little girl could bear and
yet be quiet; so she danced to the bed with the shoe
in her hand, calling, "Mother, mother look, look see
the present Santa Claus brought me!"
Her mother raised her head and looked into the
shoe. "Why, Piccola," she said, "a little chimney swal-low nestling in your shoe? What a good Santa Claus
to bring you a bird!" "Good Santa Claus, dear Santa
Claus!" cried Piccola, and she kissed her mother and
kissed the bird and kissed the shoe, and even threw
kisses up the chimney, she was so happy.
When the bridling was taken out of the shoe, they
found that he did not try to fly, only to hop about the room; and as they looked closer, they could see that
one of his wings was hurt a little. But the mother
bound it up carefully; so that it did not seem to pain him, and he was so gentle that he took a drink of
water from a cup, and even ate crumbs and seeds
out of Piccola's hands.
She was a proud little girl when she took her Christ-
mas present to show the children in the garden.
They had had a great many gifts, such as dolls that
could say "mamma," bright picture books, trains of cars, toy pianos; but not one of their playthings was
alive, like Piccola's bridling.
They were as pleased as she, and Rose hunted about the house until she found a large wicker cage that
belonged to a blackbird she once had. She gave the
cage to Piccola, and the swallow seemed to make himself quite at home in it at once, and sat on the
perch winking his bright eyes at the children. Rose
had saved a bag of candies for Piccola, and when she went home at last, with the cage and her dear swal-
low safely inside it, I am sure there was not a hap-
pier little girl in the whole country of Italy.
We should all have the faith of a child like Piccola!
S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 7 December 2016
November Questions and Answers:
1. The Gold Life Sav-
ing Medal and the Sil-ver Life Saving Medals
are unusual among
military medals. Why?
They are both unusual as both the Gold and
Silver Life Saving Med-
als are actually made with solid gold and sil-
ver.
2. The Commandant of the Coast Guard is
the awarding authority
for both the Gold and Silver Lifesaving Med-
als. Who can be
awarded the Gold Life-
saving Medal or Silver
Lifesaving Medals.
The Commandant may
bestow them upon any person who endangers
their own lives in sav-
ing, or endeavoring to save lives from perils of
the sea, within the
United States, or upon
any American vessel.
If any member of any
United States armed
service is awarded the Gold or Silver Lifesaving
Medal he or she may
wear the medal or rib-bon on their respective
services uniform. The
Gold Lifesaving Medal is the highest award that
the United States be-
stows upon civilians for
bravery.
3. Napoleon’s retreat
from Russia in 1812
was a major defeat for the French. 600,000
troops crossed into
Russia, but only about 10,000 survived to re-
turn to France. Cold
was the thing that was
one of major reasons for the defeat, as tem-
peratures reached be-
low -10 degrees Fahr-enheit (°F). What ef-
fect did the cold have
on the French military
clothing?
The French military
used tin buttons on their uniforms. At the
temperatures that oc-
curred during the winter
of 1812-1813 tin crys-talized and turned to
powder. The tin but-
tons dissolved and the troops were not able to
securely keep the uni-
forms on properly, thus lost a great amount of
protection from the cold.
The Russians knew how to live in the cold and
that is why the combi-
nation of cold and Rus-
sian military action against the French were
two of the major reasons
for the French defeat.
4. Humans prior to
the advent of motor-
ized transportation and modern means to
heat and cool build-
ings, historically, what type of culture did ar-
eas that were ex-
tremely cold in the
winter produce?
Historically, prior to the
Renaissance period in
history, areas that had
extremely cold climates
produced nomadic war-rior type societies, such
as the Vikings, and the
Mongols.
5. Humans prior to the advent of motor-
ized transportation
and modern means to heat and cool build-
ings, historically, what
type of culture did ar-eas that had warm or
moderate tempera-
tures in the winter
produce?
Historically, prior to the
Renaissance period in
history, areas that had warm or moderate tem-
peratures in the winter
produced agricultural and merchant type so-
cieties such as Egypt,
Rome, Greece, and the Mesopotamian societies
that were centered in
towns and cities.
6. The early develop-
ment of cities and
towns in prehistoric
and early historic times centered around
two resources. What
were they?
The two resources abso-
lutely required for a
town or city to develop in prehistoric and early
historic times were good
clean water and salt.
7. History has shown
that when the horse
was the main, primary,
or exclusive means of rapid transportation,
an empire could be-
come ineffectively too large. What is the
measure of how large
an empire can get be-
fore it cannot effec-tively controll or
manag its territory?
History has shown that when the capital city is
more than 14 days of
hard horse riding from the capital city, an em-
pire has trouble control-
ling its borderlands. Even the great Mongol
Empire, the largest ever
to exist, broke up into
four empires with bor-ders that were 14 days
of hard horse riding
from the capital city.
8. Why are pyramid
structures found all
over the world in an-cient societies, includ-
ing the Americas?
It is believed that when early persons observed
large mountains, they
noticed that they have a
pyramid shape. Gravity shapes large mountains
when the slopes become
unstable and rock falls toward the bottom of the
mountain peak giving
them a pyramid shape. So when ancient kings,
rulers or societies are
going to build a monu-ment to themselves, it is
believed they are emu-
lating a mountain peak
which impresses the people, their enemies,
and the conquered.
QUESTIONS OF THE MIND Submitted by Mike Rose
S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 8 December 2016
To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it.
— Mother Teresa
1. Which plants have
50% of the DNA of a
human being?
2. Caffeine is a natu-
ral substance that is a
very effective sub-stance designed to do
what?
3. What important part did coffee play in
the history of the
Americas and Europe?
4. In today’s dollars,
what was the value of the tea dumped into
the Boston Harbor,
during the Boston Tea
Party?
5. By 1800, the popu-
lation of the United
Kingdom had in-creased from five mil-
lion people in 1650 to
over 22 million people by 1800. What was
the major factor in the
increase in the popula-
tion of the United
Kingdom?
6. What did St. Fran-
cis of Assisi do on De-
cember 25, 1223?
7. From a historical
perspective why are
the dates December 25, 337 and December
25, 352 important to
Christianity?
8. What did Massa-
chusetts General Count order on Decem-
ber 25, 1651?
9. What astronomical
event happened on De-
cember 25, 1758?
10. What happened on
the island, later known as the Dominican Re-
public, on December
25, 1492?
December Questions
November Questions& Answers (cont.)
9. Are there any indi-
viduals that have a feast day of December
25?
Yes! There are four
saints and one blessed
individual. They are:
St. Adalsindis was a
Benedictine nun that
died in 680.
St. Alburga was the
Abbess of Wilton and
died peacefully in 810.
St. Anastasia III was
martyred in 304 under the persecution of Em-
peror Diocletian
St. Eugenia was mar-
tyred by beheading on December 25, 258. She
dreamt she would be
headed on December
26, 258
Bl. Michael Nakashima
was martyred in 1628 by being scalded to
death for hiding mis-
sionaries.
10. How many coun-tries have a national
holiday that would be
considered a Thanks-
giving Day Holiday?
Civilizations and socie-
ties from the very dis-tant past to today cele-
brate a "thanksgiving."
The Greeks and Romans had gods/goddesses
that were responsible
for a bountiful harvest.
The Israelites also ob-served the harvest in a
celebration known as
Purim. All societies, es-pecially agricultural
ones, have set aside a
time to thank their no-
tion of God for the blessings of harvest. In
a non-theological sense,
the country fairs of the
U.S., usually held in the autumn, are non-
religious harvest cele-
brations.
The only two countries
that actually cele-
brate Thanksgiving are the United Sates and
Canada. Thanksgiving
in Canada is celebrated on the second Monday
of October. In the
United States, Thanks-
giving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of
November.
The Canadians celebrate their Thanksgiving to
thank God for giving
them a good harvest.
The United States is the
only country to cele-brate Thanksgiving in
honor of the pilgrims
and Indians working
together, and God's grace at helping the pil-
grims to survive, and for
thanking God for our
liberties.
Since many Americans
and Canadians have moved to each other’s
countries through the
years, the celebration and customs have be-
come overlapping in
both countries. For ex-
ample pumpkin pie is a staple at both feasts as
well as a cornucopia
representing a bountiful
harvest.
S he phe r d ’ s Wa tch Pa ge 9 December 2016
COUNCIL ACTIVITIES & NEWS of INTEREST
ALABAMA STATE COUNCIL
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Drawing
Prizes
1st Prize: $1,000 Gift Card
2nd Prize: $500 Gift Card
Tickets $5.00 each or books of 5 tickets for $20.00
Drawing To Take Place
At the State Convention Banquet
Need Not Be Present To Win
Order your tickets from: Danny Garcia, State Advocate
Cell No. 256-604-2756
Make Checks Payable to: "Alabama State Council Knights of Columbus"
Mail Ticket Stubs and Money to Danny Garcia
124 Mountain View Lane, Madison, AL 35758
Immaculate Conception
By Tradition, the Catholic
Church dedicates the month
of December to the Immacu-
late Conception. The Solem-
nity of the Immaculate Con-
ception is a liturgical feast
day in the United States and a Holy Day of Obligation. It falls
17 days before Christmas on
the 8th of December. The Im-
maculate Conception of Mary
represents God's saving grace at work, in recognition of
Mary's complete submission to
His Will. The accompanying
prayer to the Virgin Mary, the
Immaculate, we ask for the
assistance we need in order to
avoid sin. Just as we might
ask our own mother for help,
we turn to Mary, "Mother of
God and my Mother", that she
may intercede for us.
O Virgin Immaculate, Mother of God
and my Mother, from thy magnificent
height turn your eyes of pity towards
me. Filled with confidence in thy
goodness and knowing full well thy
power, I beseech thee to extend to me
your assistance in the journey of life, which is so full of danger for my soul.
And in order that I may never be the
slave of the devil through sin, but
may ever live with my heart humble
and pure, I entrust myself wholly to thee. I consecrate my heart to thee,
my only desire being to love thy di-
vine Son Jesus. Mary, none of thy
devout servants has ever perished:
may I too be saved. AMEN
Paul Rivette receiving
Family of the Month Award from Grand
Knight Steve Gentz at the November meeting.
Mike Rose receiving Knight of the Month Award from Grand Knight Steve Gentz at the November meeting.
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