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The Manogue Helmsman Bishop Manogue Assembly (50)

5961 Newman Ct. Sacramento, CA 95819

www.bishop.manogue.org [email protected]

916.736.0953 (953 Hall)

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Volume 14 Issue 1 January 2014

A message from our Faithful Navigator…

hope that all had a merry Christmas and a

joyful New Year.

First let me thank SK Charles Mudd on a

wonderful Christmas dinner at the 953 hall.

This SK went above and beyond the call! The

hall was full of bountiful Christmas decor and he

even brought in a tree and had it set up! Again,

thank you Charles; wow, what a job you did!

Thanks are all so in order to our Faithful Pilot

SK Ricardo Saldana for the best ham I have ever

had!!! Just in case you missed it, SK Ricardo

smoked two hams for us and it was just the best

ham I have ever had and yes, they beat Honey

Baked by a mile. I know that everyone there

enjoyed the ham. My thanks to all who brought

dishes and the cooks at home who did a

wonderful job. We all enjoyed the great food,

and an evening of fellowship with the Master,

our brother SK’s, and family. My thanks to all

who attended. As a result of your generosity, we

were able to donate to the Bishop Gallegos

Maternity Home $360.00 this year. Again,

thank you.

Our January 27th meeting will be our annual

RIGHT TO LIFE MASS at the 953 hall at 7:30.

I hope to see all of you there. We will have a

short “pay the bills meeting” at 7:00 (for the

officers) with dessert being provided by your

Faithful Navigator and Faithful Captain after

Mass.

Our St. Valentine’s dinner will be a little early

this year as it will also be our Ladies Night Out.

The date is the 8th

of February at El Novillero’s

Mexican Restaurant at 6:30 P.M. We will have

our own room in which to dine and their food is

very good and not to spicy. They are located at

4216 Franklin Bl. (Franklin and 18th) with lots of

parking. They do not do separate checks, so you

will need cash or you can write a check to me as

I will be paying the

bill and they do add

a 18% gratuity. I

have planned a

small surprise for all

the Ladies in

attendance so please

call me with your

reservation no later

than the 5th of

February as I have

to give the

restaurant a head count on the 6th. I will have

flyers for this event at January’s meeting.

The last thing I want to bring up is that a date

has been set for our PFN dinner, March 8th. I

will go into detail about this event in my

February article (that issue of the Helmsmen will

be out a little early as the wife and I will be out

of town from January 9th - 26

th). If anyone has

anything that they feel should be addressed in

the Helmsman, please contact me and I will see

to it.

Your Brother in Christ,

SK Robert Reavis, FN

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Helmsman – January 2014

Please Remember in your prayers: SK John Condon and his wife Marty, SK Ron Bei, SK Charlie

Popp, Lorraine Cutting, and for the peaceful repose of the soul of SK George Donch, SK Arthur

Munguia, and Muggs Zarate.

Sick or in distress…

If you know of any Brother Knight, Lady of a Knight, and/or family member of a Knight who is ill or has recently

deceased, please notify or our Faithful Navigator, SK Rob Reavis (916.704.9293).

Color Corps News

Hello Brother Sir Knights. After a couple of heavy activity months for the color corps, things settled down quite a

bit for December and January. SK Rob Reavis and I participated in a 6 p.m. Christmas Eve Mass at Sacred Heart

Church. There was also a CC practice on December 22nd at St. Philomene School gymnasium that was pretty well

attended. On January 15th, our CC will participate in a funeral Mass for SK Arthur Munguia at All Hallows Church.

Upcoming Opportunities to Participate in Color

February 9th, 2:00 p.m. CC practice at St. Philomene School gymnasium

March 10th, 1:00 p.m. Confirmation at St. Robert Church

March 11th, 6:30 p.m. Confirmation at St Joseph

There will be eight more confirmations during March, nine confirmations in

April, ten confirmations in May, four confirmations in June, and one in

November. I will provide more information on these confirmations in future

Helmsman editions.

The practice on February 9th will be an opportunity for those CC members

who have not yet been certified to become certified. Our Worth District

Master and one or both of our Worthy District Marshals will attend to

inspect and certify our uncertified CC members. The certification will be

conducted after we have had approximately 45 minutes of practice.

I want to thank all those CC members that have made the effort to participate as CC in the past several months. I am hopeful that some of you that have not come out in color recently will be able to participate in the upcoming

confirmation season. This would be greatly appreciated! I will try to relieve one or more of our most active CC

members from some of the confirmations if lesser active members advise me in advance of their participation. I am

glad to say that I anticipate we will have a few more CC members joining us in 2014 after they go through the April

Exemplification for the 4th Degree.

Vivat Jesus

SK Dale, Color Corps Commander

For the Men and Woman protecting our rights by serving in the Military, those in law

enforcement, and for all of those who risk their lives every day to protect us…

We Pray to the Lord… Lord, hear our prayer!

For all of our dearly departed Brother Knights, family, friends, and benefactors…

Eternal rest, grant to them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through Thy mercy,

rest in peace. Amen!



shop Soto has designated

January 22nd

as a

Diocesan Day of

Reparation. January 22nd

marks

the 41st anniversary of the

“lamentable” 1973 U.S. Supreme

Court decision in Roe vs. Wade

which legalized abortion, thereby

making it legal to kill the unborn

routinely in order to solve

personal or social problems

(www.diocese-sacramento.org).

It’s a time to honor the dedicated

people who have worked and

prayed over the past four decades

to awaken and arouse the

consciences of our people to this

terrible injustice being committed

against the unborn. It is also a

time to appeal to the many who

are repelled by abortion on

demand, but who have not yet

become active in restoring a

culture of life to our society.

That appeal to the uninvolved is

more urgent today than ever

before. Our president is now

seeking to make religious

organizations and ordinary

citizens complicit in the

promotion of evils like

contraception, sterilization, and

abortion. This is reminiscent of

another time in our history.

During the antebellum period,

while the abolitionists were

leading the fight against slavery,

many people who opposed that

evil thought they could just wait it

out and let it die without getting

personally involved. Then came

the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850,

which “put teeth” into the largely

ineffective earlier law. Law

enforcement officials everywhere

now had a duty to arrest anyone

suspected of being a runaway

slave. Horrendous fines were

meted out for failure to do so.

Ordinary citizens found hiding

slaves were also subject to fines

and imprisonment.

Thus, the people who saw the evil

of slavery but remained on the

sideline were themselves forced

not just to tolerate, but to

participate in promoting and

protecting it. Do we not have a

similar situation today? And do

we not have a similar duty to

oppose this terrible evil and the

many other evils which have

sprung up from it, like euthanasia,

embryonic stem cell research,

infanticide and many others.

Our Bishops have quite rightly

made it clear that the mandates

require them to do something

which conscience will not allow.

Here is a quote from a “special

message” issued at the end of their

November 2013 General

Assembly in Baltimore, “As the

government’s implementation of

the mandate against us

approaches, we bishops stand

united in our resolve to resist this

heavy burden and protect our

religious freedom. Even as each

bishop struggles to address the

mandate, together we are striving

to develop alternate avenues of

response to this difficult

situation.” Let us pledge our

prayers and support for them.

Some bishops have already flatly

stated they will not comply.

Bishop Zubick of Pittsburgh and

Bishop Persico of Eerie are

among them. “I would not be able

to live with myself knowing that

we’re contradicting what we

believe,” they said recently.

Father Frank Pavone, president of

Priests for Life has also ruled out

compliance as his organization

files suit against the

administration.

The defense of unborn life and

freedom of conscience are now

one and the same. The present

administration is stacked with

people who are avid promoters of

abortion and who are strongly

biased against religion, especially

the Catholic religion. There is

little doubt that they are motivated

by that strong bias in their efforts

to force our people to violate their

consciences. As Christians and as

citizens we must resist this unholy

and un-American effort to curtail

religious freedom.

Fr. Patrick Lee

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http://www.diocese-sacramento.org/



*****ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2014-1*****

WHEREAS Bishop Patrick Manogue Assembly #50 now has many new Honorary

Life Members, thus reducing the dues received each year; and whereas a

new assembly has been chartered thus reducing our dues paying members;

and whereas we have received an increase in rent that took effect 1

February 2014; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the assembly by-laws be

amended to raise the annual dues to $40.00.

*Robert L. Reavis Faithful Navigator

Pray for Us!

Venerable Michael J. McGivney.



ASSEMBLY EVENTS

Date/Function Time Chairperson/Location

January 27, 2014 RBM/Right to Life Mass (T)(S)

7:30pm FN/FF

953 Hall

February 1/8, 2014 4th Degree Exemplification (T)(S)

10:00 AM Registration Noon Exemplification

Master West Side Province

Rohnert Park

February 3, 2014 Officers Meeting

7:30pm TBD

February 8, 2014 Valentine/Ladies Night (S)

6:30 PM SK Reavis

El Novillero’s

February 9, 2014 CC Practice

2:00 PM CCC

St. Philomene

February 24, 2014 RBM (T)

7:30 PM FN

953 Hall

March 3, 2014 Officers Meeting

7:30 PM TBD

March 8, 2014 PFN Dinner (T)(S)

Cocktails 6:30 PM Dinner 7:00 PM

FN TBD

March 10/17, 2014 New Member Orientation (T)(S)

7:30 PM 953 Hall

March 10, 2014 Confirmation

1:00 PM St. Robert Church

March 11, 2014 Confirmation

6:30 PM St. Joseph Church

March xx, 2014 CC Practice

TBD CCC TBD

March 24, 2014 RBM (T)

7:30 PM FN

953 Hall (T – Tuxedo for Officers; C – Casual Attire; S – Spouses Welcome!, * Unknown at this time)

Join the 10th annual Walk for Life, West Coast on Saturday, January 25th in San

Francisco. Events begin on Friday the 24th

and continue through Sunday the 26th as well.

Visit the website www.walkforlifewc.com

and see your local parish for details on

transportation, etc. Come lend your voice

and your presence in prayerful, energetic

support of the unborn!

http://www.walkforlifewc.com/



atholic Definitions…

What is a Saint?

Saints, broadly speaking, are those who

follow Jesus Christ and live their lives

according to his teaching. Catholics,

however, also use the term narrowly to refer

to especially holy men and women who,

through extraordinary lives of virtue, have

already entered Heaven.

Sainthood in the New Testament

The word "saint" literally means "holy,"

and, in the New Testament, "saint" referred

to all who believed in Jesus Christ and

followed his teachings. St. Paul often

addressed his epistles to "the saints" of a

particular city (see, for instance, Ephesians

1:1 and 2 Corinthians 1:1), and the Acts of

the Apostles talks about St. Peter going to

visit the saints in Lydda (Acts 9:2). The

assumption was that those who followed

Christ had been so transformed that they

were now different from other men and

women and, thus, should be considered

holy.

Practitioners of Heroic Virtue

Very early on, however, the meaning of the

word began to change. As Christianity

began to spread, it became clear that some

Christians lived lives of extraordinary, or

heroic, virtue. While other Christians

struggled to live out the gospel of Christ,

these people were eminent examples of the

moral virtues, and they easily practiced the

theological virtues of faith, hope, and

charity.

The word "saint" thus became more

narrowly applied to such people, who were

venerated after their deaths as saints, usually

by the members of their local church or the

Christians in the region where they lived,

because they were familiar with their good

deeds. Eventually, the Catholic Church

created a process, called "canonization,"

through which such venerable people could

be recognized as saints by all Christians

everywhere.

Canonized and Acclaimed Saints

Most of the saints whom we refer to by that

title (for instance, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton)

have gone through this process of

canonization. Others, such as St. Peter and

St. Paul, received the title through

acclamation, or the universal recognition of

their holiness.

Catholics believe that both types of saints

(canonized and acclaimed) are already in

Heaven, which is why one of the

requirements for the canonization process is

proof of miracles performed by the possible

saint after his death. Canonized saints can be

venerated anywhere and prayed to publicly,

and their lives are held up to Christians still

struggling here on earth as examples to be

imitated. -Scott Richer

http://catholicism.about.com/od/thesaints/f/What_Is_A_Saint.

htm

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Bishop Manogue Assembly 50 - Officers for 2012-2013

Faithful Navigator SK Robert Reavis

Faithful Friar Fr. Patrick Lee

Faithful Captain SK Michael Brady Faithful Pilot SK Ricardo Saldana

Faithful Comptroller SK Luis Munoz

Faithful Purser SK Thomas Simms

Faithful Scribe SK Patrick Dolan

Faithful Admiral SK Dale Edwards

Faithful Inner Sentinel SK Charles Mudd

Faithful Outer Sentinel * Faithful 3rd Year Trustee SK Bill Hancock, PFN

Faithful 2nd Year Trustee SK Larry Rositani

Faithful 1st Year Trustee SK John Cox, PFN

Color Corps Commander SK Dale Edwards, PFN

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Bishop Manogue Assembly (50)

5961 Newman Ct.

Sacramento, CA 95819-2609 http://www.bishop.manogue.org

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