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Chaplain’s Message On Sunday, May 24, 2009, Coun-

cil elected a new set of officers for the Co-

lumbian year 2009-2010. Deputy Grand

Knight Pete Escanlar was elected Grand

Knight with Bro. Gerry Abao as the new

Deputy Grand Knight. The rest of the of-

ficers are Bro. Jimmy Johnson as Chancel-

lor, Bro. Art Vanderzalm as Treasurer,

Bro. Dale Nagrampa as Recorder, Bro.

Clayton Hall as Advocate, Bro. Sonny de

Paz as Warden, Bro. Pete Siapno and Bro.

Rey Dimaano as Inside and Outside

Guards and GK Efren Alejandria as three-

year Trustee.

PGK James Madrilejos and Bro.

Mody Escanlar will continue as trustees.

Bro. Gregg Ravasco is serving his third

year as Financial Secretary. Bro. Allan

Ngui will serve as Lecturer and Bro. Gerry

Abao as Program Director. Fr. Emmett

Morrissey continues as our Council Chap-

lain. Installation of officers will be con-

ducted by DD Reuben Mercado on Sun-

day, June 14, 2009 at the Blessed Sacra-

ment Church.

GK-elect Pete

Escanlar is an architect

with Stantec Architec-

ture and Interior De-

sign. He designed and

supervised the construc-

tion of the winning

Knights of Columbus

float, Columbus’s Santa

Maria, at the 2008 Buf-

falo Day Parade. He is a visual artist. He

was elected Council delegate to the recent

State Convention in Saskatoon. He is mar-

ried to Anabellee who is a registered

nurse. They have two sons, Vincent and

Rocky, both medical doctors.

Pete Escanlar is our New Grand Knight

Santo Nino Council News

Volume 9 Issue 4 June—August, 2009

The Knights of Columbus is a family-oriented fraternal service society of practical Catholic men.

Officers:

Chaplain

Fr. Emmett P. Morrissey 522-7422

Grand Knight

Efren Alejandria 525-2235

Deputy Grand Knight

Pete Escanlar 751-0512

Chancellor

Carl J. Folk 757-9092

Financial Secretary Jeremias P. Ravasco 584-0856

Treasurer Art Vanderzalm 584-3156

Recorder Jimmy Johnson 522-2236

Advocate

Gil D. McDonald 789-4819

Lecturer

Allan Ngui 584-8103

Warden Luis B. de Paz 789-5650

Inside Guard

Ed Alvaro 522-6174

Outside Guard Marianito Estrada 525-0601

Trustees

Jaime L. Alvarez 949-3207

Modesto G. Escanlar 586-5802

James A. Madrilejos 789-9046

Field Agent Patrick Hunt 543-5632

Program Director

Pete Escanlar 751-0512

Membership Director

Adolfo Alvarez 586-6736

Church/Vocations Director Tereso E. Abadiano 924-3146

Council Director

Ferdie Feliciano 789-2296

Community Directors

Gerry Abao 586-7569

Reuben Mercado 775-0224

Family Directors Rey Dimaano 757-4521

Cris Masaoay 545-2906

Youth Director

Rec Mercado 775-0224

Fundraising Director

Art Vanderzalm 584-3156

News Editors

Jaime L. Alvarez 949-3207

Eusebio L. Koh 586-9386

St. Mary’s Round Table

Carl J. Folk 757-9092

Chaplain’s Message

Fellow Knights,

As the Co-

lumbian year 2008-

2009 draws to a

close, I would like

to congratulate our

Grand Knight Efren

Alejandria and the

entire Executive of

our Council for a most successful

year.

Congratulations also to Carl

Folk our Knight of the Year and to

Dr. Mody Escanlar and his family

who were named the Family of the

Year for 2008-2009.

On Friday May 29, 2009,

representatives of the Father Hugo-

nard 4th Degree Assembly, the Father

John Riffel 4th Degree Assembly and

the Santo Nino Council had a very

successful luncheon meeting at the

Hotel Saskatchewan Radisson Plaza

to plan our Canada Day celebrations.

I’m sure that our 2009 Canada Day

Mass and outdoor lunch and festivi-

ties will be a huge success.

At this time I would like to

pledge my complete support to our

Grand Knight elect Pete Escanlar as

he becomes the Grand Knight of the

Good Ship Santo Nino as we sail on

to another fruitful year.

Fr. Emmett Morrissey

The Knights of Columbus are dedicated to the four pillars of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism

GK-elect Pete Escanlar

The Tenth Anniversary of Santo Nino Council was held on Sunday, March

29th at the Best Western Seven Oaks Inn with a dinner-dance and program. Guest

speaker was our State Warden Brian Schatz who dwelt on the Council achievements in

the decade since Charter in 1999.

Program Director DGK Pete Escanlar presented Certificates of Appreciation to

council ladies and friends and to Rev. Emmett Morrissey and Certificates of Merit to

several members. Knights of the Month were Bros. Gerry Abao, Efren Alejandria,

Dophy Alvarez, Jim Alvarez, Sonny De Paz, Pete Escanlar, Jimmy Johnson, Seb

Koh, Rio Mercado, Allan Ngui, Gregg Ravasco and Art Vanderzalm.

The 50-year service award was presented to Brother James J. Fogarty by GK

Efren Alejandria.

Honored Knight of the Year was PGK Carl Folk – Council Trustee and St

Mary’s Round Table Coordinator. Bro. Carl joined the Knights of Columbus Council

#1247 in 1965, transferred to Council #4959 and remained there until it merged with

our Council in 2004. As Grand Knight he initiated the amalgamation. Bro. Carl coordi-

nates our efforts at St. Mary’s such as Simbang Gabi last Christmas and the annual pan-

cake breakfast. He was a committee member for the 125th Year Anniversary of St.

Mary’s . He provided input and liased with the Fourth Degree. He is an Honour Guard.

Our Family of the Year is the family of Dr. Mody Escanlar. As our Church

Director, Bro. Mody was Chairman of the Liturgy Committee for the 2008 State Con-

vention in Regina. He was in charge of Council participation in the Holy Masses for

the past ten years and he continues to serve Mass at Blessed Sacrament every Friday

noon. His wife Shirley is a greeter at church. Their daughter Gina was a member of

the organizing committee for the 2008 Council Tennis Tournament. Their son Patrick

was in the music ministry for Christ the King Church for many years. They have two

other children, Josephine and Phillip who live with their families in the United States.

Council Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

Photo Gallery from Anniversary Night March 29


Council Happenings **********

Santa Maria Senior Bingo

Council treated the residents

of Santa Maria Senior Home to Bingo

on Tuesday, May 19. Thanks to volun-

teers GK Efren Alejandria, DGK Pete

Escanlar, Lourdes Nagrampa and Bro.

Joseph Dionisio.

Young Sacristans Appreciation

The young altar servers were

treated on Saturday, March 14 to

bowling and pizza at the Golden Mile

Lanes in appreciation of their services

to Church. There were twenty two

young sacristans and some parents

from Blessed Sacrament, St. Mary’s,

Little Flower and St. Anthony, the

four churches covered by Council.

Thanks to Youth Director Rec

Mercado for making the arrangements.

St. Patrick Shamrock Drive

Council sold Shamrocks at the

Blessed Sacrament Church, St. Mary’s

Church, Little Flower Church and St.

Anthony Church on the weekends of

March 7-8 and 14-15. The amount of

$1000 was raised and given to Camp

Monahan.

Washing of the Feet

Twelve Santo Nino Knights of

Columbus had their feet washed on

Holy Thursday, April 9 by Fr. Joe

Firkola assisted by sacristans as part of

the Holy Week celebrations. The

twelve Knights put on their resplen-

dent Barong Tagalog.

Retreat with Fr. Burns Council

The joint annual retreat with

Fr. Burns Council #5949 at St. Mi-

chael Retreat House in Lumsden was

held on Tuesday, March 17. Dinner

started at 6:30 p.m. followed by a talk

by Fr. Anthony Gonsalves, meditation

and Mass.

DD Reuben’s New Job

DD Rio Mercado is the new

State Coordinator of Special Olympics

for Saskatchewan. His first big task is

the Summer Games in Regina on June

19-21.

SW Brian & Lois Schatz with FDDs Merv

Kealey and Murray Campbell

From the left: DD Gerry & Theresa Seidle,

DD George & Ellen Deneve, GK Kevin &

Patty Rosch, GK Wayne & Linda Matt

Knight of the Year Carl Folk singing

A song with PGK Jim & Susan Alvarez and

Eric & Kristine James

Richard & Eva Wasserle, Gina & Jim Johnson, Allan Ngui; Anabellee Escanlar, Lor Ngui, Fatima Robinson

Family of the Year and GK

Left to Right: Bro. Mody Escanlar,

Shirley Escanlar, GK Efren Alejandria,

Gina Escanlar, Patrick Escanlar

June

03: Regina Chapter meeting

14: Installation of officers

16: Bingo for charity at Bingo Palace, 6-12 p.m.

19-21: Special Olympics in Regina

21: Father’s Day

24: St. John the Baptist feast day

28: Fourth Sunday Liturgy by Council;

Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul

July

01: Canada Day Mass and Brunch by Council

14: Bingo for charity at Bingo Palace, 6-12 p.m.(?)

24-26: Council Tennis Tournament at Lakeshore

26: Fourth Sunday Liturgy by Council

August

04-06: Supreme Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.

15: Assumption of Mary?


15: Family Picnic (tentative)

23: Fourth Sunday Liturgy by Council

September

02: Regina Chapter meeting

07: Labour Day


27: Fourth Sunday Mass and Council meeting

Upcoming Events Happy Birthday Brother!!!

June

01- Anthony Bernaski

01- Benedict Gelsinger

05- Fernand L’Arrivee

09- Allan Ngui

10- Gary Lazo

12- Harvey Kuntz

13- Anthony Dyczkowski

14- Joseph Giesinger

15- Edwin Beaudin

15- Brendo Arrojado

20- Junior Herreria

20- Rio Mercado

27– Joey Baluyut

28- Boomer Quangtakoune

July

01- Jim Ziegler

04- Gil Feliciano

05- Warren Poncsak

06- Richard Alejandria

07- Gerald Ennis

08- Ron Dielschneider

16- Ken Schaeffer

21- Brig Siapno

30- Tom Ventocilla

August 01- Edward Deck

05- James Madrilejos

09- Rey Mariano

10- Wayne Debert

13- Ralph Kessel

13- Reden Sampang

17- Doug Engele

18- Eugene Exner

19- John Kaye

20- John Fahlman

21- Francisco Ayuban

21- Azel Siapno

28- Cory Schaeffer

29- Alex Tayco


My Church

A hard day’s work

Of stress and toil

Brings me homing

To your solace.

Racked by Weltschmerz

I find myself

Sick to aching

In your embrace.

With doctor’s words

Of health and cure

I seek healing

In holy grace.

House of my Lord

My Eucharist

Keeps me coming

Back to this place. ELK

DD’s Message continued: undertakings, thank you.

Lastly, to Cecille who always re-aligns my perspec-

tive, thank you, love ya!

Rio Mercado

District Deputy #3

Ms. Gina A. Escanlar, daughter

of Dr. Mody and Shirley Escanlar, re-

ceived the Jerry Zoerb Award for the high-

est mark of 94% in the 2008 Principles of

Professional Practice Exam. The Associa-

tion of Professional Engineers and Geo-

scientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) pre-

sented her a wall certificate last May 2,

2009 in Saskatoon. Mr. Zoerb, shown

above, presented the award himself.

Congratulations to our new third degree Knights!

From left: Pete Siapno, Gary Lazo, Gil Feliciano,

Gabriel Katas, Clayton Hall, Armand Rivero and

Joseph Dionisio, exemplified May 3, 2009

Our Deep Condolences To Gary and Marge Dionne

For the passing away of

Gary’s mother

Olive Marie Dionne On Sunday, May 3, 2009

In Steinbach, MB.

Mrs. Dionne was 88 years old.

Gina is Topnotcher


Message from our Grand Knight

Brother Knights,

The Columbian Year 2008-2009 will

end.soon. I am thankful to my brothers in Christ

especially to my DGK Pete Escanlar, without

whom my term would have passed without ac-

complishing much. Thank you , muchas gratias,

maraming salamat.

I am also very grateful to our loving

Chaplain, Fr. Emmett Morrissey for supporting

us all the way with his spiritual guidance. Thank

you, merci beaucoup, comas mida, dziekuje.

Since January 2009, we had two First Degree Exemplifi-

cations at Blessed Sacrament Church; attended the retreat at St.

Michael’s in Lumsden; and recently, entertained senior citizens at

Santa Maria Nursing Home with bingo, coffee, and donuts.

The Knights of Columbus will host the Special Olym-

pics on June 19 to 21 in Regina. Our Council was part of the plan-

ning of the project that started five months ago and was given the

responsibility to deliver food to over 300 athletes, chaperones, and

volunteers in four different venues.

For Council’s own project, the planning for the Canada

Day Mass and Brunch will start on Friday, May 29. Since we

started this seven years ago, we have fed around 400 to 500 peo-

ple per year. It has become so popular in the community that even

those from different faiths came to celebrate Canada Day with us.

This will be my last activity as GK of Santo Nino Coun-

cil but will be the first program activity for the incoming GK Pete

Escanlar for the Columbian Year 2009-2010.

Efren Alejandria

Last April 12, 2009 at South Leisure Center, the

Easter bunny took a break from hiding eggs to visit, play and

dance with Santo Nino Council kids. Rance Dimaano, son of

Bro. Rey Dimaano led the opening prayer. GK Efren Alejan-

dria shared his thoughts on the importance Easter. Weng and

Tita Paz coordinated the games and that was so much fun.

The kids were all excited to shake hands with Easter Bunny

who posed for pictures and started some bunny dance. This

egg-citing event had lots of games, pictures with the bunny,

egg hunting, and coloring contest.

This event will not be successful without the help of

the following: Bro. Rey and Anne Dimaano for the prepara-

tion of food, Bro. Jim and Gina Johnson for a delicious spa-

ghetti, GK Efren and Tita Paz Alejandria for the arroz caldo,

my wife Weng and my kids for the games and hosting the

event. Thank you for all your endless support. Special thanks

for Babes Pamintuan for helping us in the kitchen.

Brother Knights, Ladies and Families,

Two years being District Deputy pro-

vided me great opportunities. It allowed me

to interact with the other councils not just in

Regina but with the whole province. I meet

and work with chapter leaders and the State

Board. I lived up with the expectation that a

Knight of Santo Nino Council can contribute

to the set goals of the Order. They are not

attainable without your great support and

confidence. Your push and determined efforts to be a council

worth reckoning with served as a strong and deep motivation.

During your decade of existence you have proven that

united council members can shine among other councils and

had been shown by your numerous Star Council Awards.

As the 2008 - 2009 Columbian year comes to an end, my

hat's off to the past executives who added vibrancy to our

council. Congratulations to the newly elected officers and I

look forward to a fun, challenging year.

To Father Morrissey who inspires and leads us on our spiri-

tual journey and stands shoulder to shoulder with us in serving

the church and community, thank you.

To the ladies of our council who supported and assisted our

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Reuben Mercado

Message from our District Deputy

E. Alejandria

Editorial: “IF IT AIN’T BROKE…!”

We are about to embark on a new Columbian Year and the

council is abuzz with excitement and anticipation….what with the

new officers being sworn in and the Canada Day celebrations com-

ing up so fast. We are all looking forward to the prospects of new

faces doing new things, etc. With the advent of all this, we need to

take a hard look at what we now have in terms of expertise, experi-

ence, knowledge and skills and also, dependability. Let us appraise

and recognize the talents and gifts that we now enjoy from our

members, as well as, the spiritual knowledge, guidance and support

we receive consistently from our chaplain, Fr. Emmett Morrissey.

We must continue to move forward with new and innovative pro-

jects however, let us not lose sight of the wonderful counsel and

strength of the council’s treasures. Let’s take advantage of the gifts

that the Lord has bestowed on us through our beloved chaplain,

who epitomizes the Life we look to follow…..the Life of Jesus

Christ.

In a nutshell, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”. JLA

FAMILY EASTER CELEBRATION

By Bro. Chris Masaoay

Easter Sunday Egg hunt

Bunny with some kids

Bunny with Bro. Terry Abadiano

and Anne & Ally Dimaano

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