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A statue is seen in an art exhibit during the first International MarianCongress dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. The congress was sponsoredby the Knights of Columbus and took place Aug. 6-8, following the 127thSupreme Convention in Phoenix.

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Celebrating the Messageof Our LadyThe Knights help thousands to discover andcelebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe’s message ofunity and love.BY COLUMBIA STAFF

The Difference God MakesAn interview with Cardinal Francis George aboutthe Catholic Church, unity and communion ina fragmented world.

The Damien I KnowSt. Damien heroically embraced the call to servethose who suffered in exile.BY FATHERWILLIAM F. PETRIE, SS.CC.

Sacrifice of Enduring LoveEucharistic congress celebrates the vocations ofpriesthood, consecrated life and marriage.BY ALTON J. PELOWSKI

Weathering the StormFollowing destructive floods in the Philippines,Knights work to rebuild.BY BRIAN CAULFIELD

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D E P A R T M E N T S

Building a better worldChristian roots are the key to truefreedom.BY SUPREME KNIGHT CARL A. ANDERSON Learning the faith, living the faithGoing to Mass is much more thanjust an obligation for faithfulCatholics.BY SUPREME CHAPLAIN

BISHOP WILLIAM E. LORI

PLUS Catholic Man of the Month

Year for PriestsA military chaplain’s heroic faith andcourage are remembered.BY MARY ANN KUHARSKI

Scholarship Recipients

Star Council Winners

Columbianism by Degrees

Knights of Columbus NewsCollege Council Conference • Fed-eral court victory in Pledge case •McGivney miracle information sub-mitted • Knights sponsor religiousliberty conference • Vice SupremeMasters’ Meeting

Fathers for GoodBalancing work and family doesn’thave to be a tightrope act.BYWILLIAM GONZALEZ

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THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCILstated, “The Church, sent to all peoples ofevery time and place, is not bound exclu-sively and indissolubly to any race or na-tion, any particular way of life or anycustomary way of life recent or ancient.Faithful to her own tradition and at thesame time conscious of her universal mis-sion, she can enter into communion withthe various civilizations, to their enrich-ment and the enrichment of the Churchherself” (Gaudium et Spes, 58).

On the one hand, the CatholicChurch’s mission of evangelization mightseem obviously countercultural to manypeople today. The modern divisions be-tween faith and culture, and betweenmorality and freedom, often observed byPopes Benedict XVI and John Paul II, cre-ate a hostile atmosphere in which theGood News of salvation in Christ is diffi-cult to proclaim and to receive.

Nonetheless, the Church is not anenemy of culture. To the contrary, as JohnPaul II taught in his 1995 encyclicalEvangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life),“The purpose of the Gospel, in fact, is ‘totransform humanity from within and tomake it new.’ Like the yeast which leavensthe whole measure of dough (cf. Mt13:33), the Gospel is meant to permeateall cultures and give them life fromwithin, so that they may express the fulltruth about the human person and abouthuman life” (95).

This power of the Gospel to transformculture was perhaps nowhere more evidentthan on the foot of a hill near modern-dayMexico City in 1531. There, the extraor-

dinary appearance of the Virgin Mary toSt. Juan Diego led to an unprecedentednumber of conversions to Christianity.Our Lady’s message of God’s saving loveresonated with the indigenous people, whoperceived profound meaning through thenumerous symbolic elements of theGuadalupe image, which was miraculouslyimprinted on Juan Diego’s cactus fibercloak and has survived almost 500 years.

In 2002, the bishops of Mexico said,“Christ’s message, through his Mother,took up the central elements of the in-digenous culture, purified them and gavethe definitive sense of salvation.” In thislight, when John Paul II canonized St.Juan Diego in Mexico City on July 31 ofthe same year, he called the Guadalupeevent a “model of perfectly inculturatedevangelization.”

Recognizing that Our Lady ofGuadalupe, patroness of the Americas,continues to unite and transform culturestoday, the Knights of Columbus recentlysponsored a series of events to learn aboutand celebrate the Guadalupe message (seepage 10). Indeed, Our Lady leads us to herSon, uniting various cultures while over-coming the (anti)culture of death.

So, let us recall that the Gospel is meantfor all people and for every age. Neither re-treating from the world nor surrenderingto prevailing worldviews, we are called torecognize what is good in every culture, toboldly proclaim the Gospel of Life and totransform humanity from within.♦

ALTON J. PELOWSKI

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Transforming CultureCOLUMBIA

Supreme Knight’s Book Club – Nov. 24Participate in a discussion of Scott Hahn’s new book, Signs of Life:40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots (Doubleday, 978-0385519496), online at www.kofc.org. Dr. Hahn is a professorof theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenvilleand a member of St. John Neumann Council 11828 inSteubenville, Ohio. Take part in the discussion Nov. 24 at 5 p.m.(ET). For more information, or to submit questions in advance,visit www.kofc.org/bookclub.

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ON THE COVER“Juan Diego: Servant of the New Evangelization,”a painting by Italian artist Antonella Cappuccio,

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BUILDING A BETTER WORLD


POPE BENEDICT XVI has long madeclear that Christianity does not believe inpolitical messiahs. Recently, he remindedus that only faith in the true Messiah —Jesus Christ — can allow us to influencepolitics in a profoundly ethical way.

His words in September in the CzechRepublic — a country celebrating 20years since the fall of Communism —have important implications for all ofEurope, for the Philippines and for theAmerican continent, places whose his-tory is inseparable from Christianity.

Speaking there at an ecumenical meet-ing, the pope noted, “As Europe listensto the story of Christianity, she hears herown. Her notions of justice,freedom and social responsibil-ity, together with the culturaland legal institutions estab-lished to preserve these ideasand hand them on to futuregenerations, are shaped by herChristian inheritance.”

Moreover, Pope Benedictexplained, Christianity mustnot be limited to the marginsof society. Religious liberty must be pro-tected, and Christianity must have avoice in the public arena, in shaping theconscience of the continent and in bring-ing moral consensus.

He said, “I wish to underline the irre-placeable role of Christianity for the for-mation of the conscience of eachgeneration and the promotion of a basicethical consensus that serves every personwho calls this continent ‘home’!”

What Pope Benedict said about Europeholds equally true for the Philippines andthe Americas. Christians must bring thetruth of their faith to bear on the forma-tion of their nations’ consciences.

The same day the pope spoke in Pragueabout religion and ethics in the publicsquare, a symposium on religious libertysponsored by the Knights of Columbuswas held in Mexico City. It discussed thehistory — and future — of religious free-dom in the American hemisphere.

In the Americas, as in Europe and thePhilippines, the entire history is one of“baptized Christians.” Christiansfounded each country in America, and,equally important, each country has astrong Catholic tradition.

Indeed, from the days of Bishop Juande Zumárraga — the first bishop of Mex-ico — to the important work for reli-

gious freedom in the United Statescarried out by Bishop John Carroll, ourpredecessors in the Knights of Columbusand countless others, the Americas havebeen an important place for debates overconscience and religious liberty.

In the past century, the CatholicChurch has been a witness to conscience,whether the issue was civil rights, reli-gious liberty or the right to life.

So, what should the future of politicslook like?

We should start by considering howCatholic social teaching can inform theentirety of our political platforms. Theremust be space for Christianity in the “po-

litical ethics” of the state.Long before there was a “left wing” or

a “right wing,” there was the Gospel, andlong after these political labels have fadedinto oblivion, the Gospel will remain. Aspeople of faith, we all have the responsi-bility of protecting the Gospel from ma-nipulation by any political philosophy —including our own.

Pope Benedict is calling us to continuewhat French philosopherJacques Maritain called the“evangelization of the secularconscience” by applying “faithrespectfully yet decisively in thepublic arena, in the expectationthat social norms and policies beinformed by the desire to live bythe truth that sets every manand woman free” (cf. Caritas inVeritate, 9).

Our task as Knights is to continue thisevangelization of conscience and to workfor the protection of religious freedom.In step with Pope Benedict and his pred-ecessors, we embrace these responsibili-ties. And in this light, we recall themeaning of true freedom. During hismeeting with Czech leaders, Pope Bene-dict put it this way: “True freedom pre-supposes the search for truth — for thetrue good — and hence finds its fulfill-ment precisely in knowing and doingwhat is right and just. … For Christians,truth has a name: God. And goodnesshas a face: Jesus Christ.”

Vivat Jesus!

Christian Conscience andthe Future of Politics

Christian roots are the key to true freedom

by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson

Our task as Knights is to continuethis evangelization of conscienceand to work for the protection of

religious freedom.

LEARNING THE FAITH, LIVING THE FAITH


THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER isan especially fitting time to reflect on themeaning of the Church’s liturgy. This year,Nov. 29 marks the First Sunday of Adventand the beginning of a new liturgical year.Let us resolve to begin this year by deep-ening our understanding of the Church’sliturgy and her sacramental life.

We can begin with the word “liturgy”itself, which comes from an ancient Greekword meaning “public service.” In general,it refers to the public prayer of theChurch, such as the Mass and the sacra-ments. Delving into the Church’s sacredtradition, however, Pope Pius XII and theSecond Vatican Council gave us a deeperunderstanding of the word liturgy, whichis reflected in the Compendium ofthe Catechism of the Catholic Church.

‘SOURCE AND SUMMIT’The liturgy is, above all, the celebra-tion of the Paschal Mystery —Christ’s death and resurrection. It isthe highest and best means bywhich Christ, our high priest, con-tinues to act on our behalf to sanc-tify us, to redeem us from our sinsand to enable us to share in the life ofGod, both as individuals and as membersjoined together in the Church, the Body

of Christ. These outward signs, which arean essential part of the Church’s cere-monies, show us how Christ sanctifies usand are also the effective means by whichhe does so. Sharing in the holiness ofChrist, the head of the Church, we areunited as members of his Body in offeringGod fitting and acceptable worship (Com-pendium, 218).

Thus, we can readily understand whythe liturgy is rightfully called “the sourceand summit” of the Church’s life and mis-sion. It is the font from which the Churchcontinually receives Christ’s saving power,which is utterly necessary for her missionto proclaim the Gospel and to lead all peo-ple to salvation. The aim of all that the

Church does is to give honor and glory toGod by gathering people everywhere toshare in what Christ has done to save usthrough the liturgy (219).

Hand in hand with the liturgy is thephrase “sacramental economy.” We are fa-miliar with the word “sacrament” and theword “economy,” but many are not famil-iar with the combination of the two. First,recall that a sacrament is an effective signof God’s grace entrusted to the Church byChrist. Among other things, economyrefers to how wealth, the fruit of human

labor, is distributed nationally and glob-ally. In God’s saving plan, the sacraments,and especially the Eucharist, are the meansby which the fruits of Christ’s saving workare extended and distributed among God’speople “until he returns in glory” (220).Of course, the liturgy and sacramentaleconomy are interrelated: sacramentaleconomy dispenses among the faithful thefruit of the saving events that the liturgycelebrates and makes present.

GOD’S WORKAll too often we think of the liturgy assomething we do for God. But in fact, the

liturgy is first and foremost thework of the Trinity — Father,Son and Holy Spirit. We see therole of each Person of the Trinityby considering the prayers of theliturgy itself.

Most liturgical prayers are ad-dressed to God the Father. TheChurch begs the Father that wemight share, through the powerof the Holy Spirit, in what Christ

has done to save us. Through the liturgy,the Father “fills us with his blessings in theWord made flesh who died and rose for usand pours the Holy Spirit into our hearts”(221). Filled with these blessings fromabove, we ascend in worship, praise andthanksgiving to God, the Father of life andlove.

The second Person of the Trinity, Christthe Son of God made man, is our greathigh priest who acts on our behalf in andthrough the liturgy. The “work” thatChrist accomplishes in the Mass and

The liturgy is, above all, the celebration of the

Paschal Mystery — Christ’sdeath and resurrection.

The 20th installment of SupremeChaplain Bishop William E. Lori’sfaith formation program addressesquestions 218-223 of the Com-pendium of the Catechism of theCatholic Church. Archived articles areat www.kofc.org.

Worshipping in Spirit and in Truth

Going to Mass is much more than just an obligation for faithful Catholics

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sacraments is the re-presentation of thePaschal Mystery. In other words, the mys-tery of love at the heart of God’s plan forthe world’s salvation — the suffering,death and resurrection of Christ — is “sig-nified and made present” (222). Thismeans that the words and gestures of theliturgy not only remind us of Christ’s sav-ing deeds, but also make them active inour midst. How does this happen? “Bygiving the Holy Spirit to his Apostles,Christ entrusted to them and their succes-sors the power to make present” his saving

work, through the Eucharistic sacrificeand, indeed, all the sacraments (222). Inthe power of the Holy Spirit, Christ actsthrough sacramental signs to give grace —a sharing in divine life — to his people ofevery time and place.

Finally, we should have the highest ap-preciation for the work of the Holy Spiritin the liturgy and the Church’s sacramen-tal life. As we have seen, the Holy Spirit isthe soul of the Church and thus her livingmemory. The Spirit prompts the Churchto ponder Christ in her heart; recalls and

re-presents Christ to the members of theChurch already enlightened by faith;makes Christ truly present; unites theChurch to Christ and his mission; andmakes the gift of her union with Christbear abundant fruit in the Church and inthe world (223).

May this new liturgical year be a timewhen we allow the Holy Spirit to deepenin us the new life Christ won for us by hisdeath and resurrection, so that we maytruly worship the Father “in spirit and intruth” (Jn 4:24).♦

LEARNING THE FAITH, LIVING THE FAITH

refused to defend himself when ques-tioned by his superiors. Silently, he en-dured penance with patience andequanimity, and the woman recanted heraccusations several weeks later.

Majella died of tuberculosis on Oct. 16,1755, at the age of 29. At his beatificationin 1893, Pope Leo XIII called him “one ofthose angelic youths whom God has givento the world as models for men.” Pope St.Pius X canonized St. Gerard on Dec. 11,1904, declaring him the patron saint ofmotherhood.

St. Gerard Majella is a model for theKnights of Columbus in our work tobuild a culture of life, especially when as-sisting women who experience trouble,hardship or difficulty during pregnancy.

HOLY FATHER’SPRAYER INTENTIONS

Offered in solidarity with

Pope Benedict XVI

GENERAL: That all people ofgood will, especially those whomake political and economic poli-cies, may commit themselves tocare for all creation.

MISSION: That believers of differ-ent religions, through the testimonyof their lives and fraternal dialogue,may clearly demonstrate that thename of God brings peace.

St. Gerard Majella(c. 1726-1755)

ST. GERARD MAJELLA was born inApril 1726 in Muro, Italy, the son of a tai-lor. From his youth he was known to befervent in faith and piety, often stoppingat the local church to pray before theBlessed Sacrament for long periods oftime. After his father died, Majella with-drew from school and adopted his father’strade, dividing his earnings among hismother, the poor and offerings for thesouls in purgatory.

In 1749, Majella was accepted into thenewly founded Congregation of the MostHoly Redeemer (the Redemptorists) andwas taken under the wing of its founder,St. Alphonsus Liguori. Living as a laybrother in the community, Majella de-voted himself to prayer, working in the tai-lor shop and infirmary, begging alms forthe community, and aiding the poor.

The faithful flocked to see Majellawherever he was assigned, because he pos-sessed many extraordinary spiritual giftsand was known to be a powerful interces-sor. He effected a miracle for a woman inlabor through his prayers, and from thattime forward, countless women havesought his intercession in times of infertil-ity and difficult pregnancies.

In 1754, Majella was falsely accused ofsexual misconduct by a young woman and

CATHOLIC MAN OF THE MONTH

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS


“MANY OF YOUR BROTHER KNIGHTS will tell youthat the greatest way to realize [your] potential, the greatestway to implement so many opportunities, is to take seriouslythe vision of John Paul II, which is essentially the vision of theCatholic Church in our age,” Supreme Knight Carl A. Ander-son told college Knights attending the annual Knights ofColumbus College Council Conference, held Oct. 2-4 in NewHaven, Conn.

More than 143 Knights representing approximately 65 col-leges and universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico andthe Dominican Republic attended the conference.

Conference Chairman Steven D. Bierschbach of Cardinal

John Henry Newman Council 10829 at the University of NorthDakota in Grand Forks and a seven-member coordinating com-mittee made up of fellow college Knights, led attendees througha weekend that included seminars, an awards banquet and cul-tural events.

Knights attended two days of presentations on topics thatranged from programming and membership to the leadershipresponsibilities of Knights on campus. Conference delegates alsotoured the Supreme Council office and the Knights of Colum-bus Museum, and attended Mass at St. Mary’s Church, wherethe Order was founded in 1882. Mass was offered in memoryof Kevin Sinnott, deputy grand knight of Southern CatholicCollege Council 14496 in Dawsonville, Ga., who had plannedto attend the conference but died tragically Sept. 21.

The conference formally began with representatives gatheringfor “breakout” sessions and presentations on topics such as re-cruiting, Columbia magazine, Knights of Columbus programs,the Order’s investment department, employment opportunities,leadership development and officer training, the Order’s insur-ance business, and volunteer service.

At St. Mary’s Church, Dominican Father Joseph P. Allen, pas-tor of St. Mary’s, celebrated Mass along with other college chap-lains in attendance. Dominican Father Juan-Diego Brunetta,director of the Order’s Catholic Information Service (CIS), de-livered the homily and spoke to attendees about the require-ments of membership in the Knights of Columbus: “Being afaithful and practicing Catholic is a struggle in every age andtime — for the struggle is within the human heart. It is what St.John depicts as the conflict between ‘those who follow the Lightand those who are in the world.’”

College Knights urged to realize their potential as leaders

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS scored an important vic-tory in federal court in New Hampshire on Sept. 30 when U.S.District Judge Steven McAuliffe upheld the constitutionality ofthe words “under God” in the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.

Atheist Michael Newdow had filed the lawsuit against theschool system in Hanover, N.H., on behalf of the Freedom FromReligion Foundation in a case that mirrored his earlier lawsuitagainst schools in and near Sacramento, Calif. As with the Cali-fornia case, the Knights of Columbus received permission fromthe court to become a “defendant-intervenor,” allowing attorneysrepresenting the Order (from the Becket Fund for Religious Lib-erty) to participate directly in the court proceedings. The Cali-fornia case, argued before a panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court

of Appeals in December 2007, has still not been decided. In 1954, the Knights of Columbus was the leading proponent,

along with 110 other fraternal societies, to add the words “underGod” to the Pledge of Allegiance.

Federal court victory inPledge of Allegiance case

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John Paul II Council 14188 at Harvard University was named Out-standing College Council at the annual Knights of Columbus CollegeCouncil Conference Oct. 2-4 in New Haven.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS


“YOU ARE A UNIQUE FRATER-NITY of Knights of Columbus leaders,”Supreme Master Lawrence G. Costanzotold current and former vice suprememasters of the Fourth Degree at the 99thSupreme Assembly meeting in NewHaven, Conn., Sept. 25. “Religiously de-voted and patriotically proud” is the de-scription now given to Sir Knights,Costanzo added, stating that 310,719, or17.4 percent, of the total Knights ofColumbus membership has taken itsFourth Degree, the Patriotic Degree of theOrder.

‘Religiously devotedand patriotically proud’

McGivney miracle information submitted to Vatican

OFFICIALS of a supplemental tribunalconstituted by the Archdiocese of Hart-ford formally sent a new report to the Vat-ican’s Congregation for the Causes ofSaints concerning the cause for canoniza-tion of the Order’s founder, FatherMichael J. McGivney. The tribunal — apanel tasked with gathering additional tes-timony — interviewed witnesses, includ-ing several medical doctors, about thecircumstances of a reported miracle attrib-uted to Venerable Michael McGivney’s in-tercession.

The report was signed and presented toArchbishop Henry J. Mansell of Hartford,Conn., on Sept. 22 and was affixed withthe archbishop’s seal. The postulator of thecause, Dr. Andrea Ambrosi, traveled fromRome to Hartford for the occasion.

The event was held in the chapel at thearchdiocesan chancery and was attendedby Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson,other Supreme Officers, relatives of FatherMcGivney and archdiocesan officials. For more information on the cause for Father McGivney, or to join the Father McGivney Guild, visit www.fathermcgivney.org.

Knights co-sponsor religious liberty conference

THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS andthe Archdiocese of Mexico City co-spon-sored a conference on religious liberty inthe Americas, Sept. 25-26, in the Mexicancapital. The Becket Fund for ReligiousLiberty, which has held similar conferencesin the Middle East, Europe and the UnitedStates, organized the event.

“Today, in an age of globalization, wesee the question of religious freedom takeon new importance,” said Supreme KnightCarl A. Anderson, when delivering theopening address. “Especially in secular cul-tures and in countries that are by their na-ture pluralistic, the danger is the

marginalization of Christianity and reli-gious liberty.”

Other speakers included Harvard LawProfessor and former U.S. Ambassador tothe Vatican Mary Ann Glendon, formerU.S. Ambassador to the U.N. HumanRights Commission J. Kenneth Blackwelland former U.S. Ambassador-at-large forInternational Religious Freedom RobertSeiple. Professors from universities in Mex-ico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia andCanada also made presentations. A specialWeb site, www.voices-symposium.org, fea-tures complete details of the conferenceprogram.

SUPREME KNIGHT Carl A. Ander-son spoke Aug. 28 at the annual gatheringof Communion and Liberation, tellingthe story of the founding and growth ofthe Knights of Columbus and emphasiz-ing the organization’s devotion to charity.“Each encounter with those in need is ac-tually an opportunity to create a civiliza-tion of love, one person, one act at a time,”Anderson said.

The weeklong “Meeting for FriendshipAmong the Peoples” in Rimini, Italy,drew as many as 700,000 people to thecity on Italy’s northeastern coast. Aspecial multi-lingual Web site — www.meetingrimini.org — provides ad-ditional details.

In his address, Anderson also notedthe personal nature of true charity. “Ourmembers,” he said, “are active in whatthe pope has emphasized in his most re-cent encyclical as charity in truth — ‘anauthentic gift of self ’ that goes beyondthe mere social work that can be done bya state.”

Communion and Liberation, a laymovement within the Catholic Church,was founded in Italy in 1954. It now hasmembers in more than 80 countriesaround the world.

True charity is ‘an authentic gift of self’

SPECIAL REPORT


THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES suffered devastatinglosses amid the worst flooding in Manila in more than 40 years,but their spirit and faith remained strong as the waters recededfrom a series of destructive tropical storms. Knights of Colum-bus in Metro Manila were among the first to respond to whatmany are calling “the Katrina of the Philippines,” handing outfood bags to the most needy, though many of these sameKnights saw the destruction of their own homes and property.

Tropical Storm Ketsana, known locally as Typhoon Ondoy,dumped more than 16 inches of rain on Metro Manila in thespace of 12 hours, Sept. 26, equaling the average rainfall forthe whole month of September. Rivers overflowed, sewersbacked up, dams were drained and water covered about 80 per-cent of the capital city, bringing the teeming metropolis to avirtual standstill. In low-lying areas outside the city, thousandsof families were forced to the roofs of their homes as water lev-els reached 20 feet. About 300 people were reported dead, andhundreds of thousands were left homeless.

The efforts of Filipino Knights paralleled those of theSupreme Council in New Haven, as Supreme Knight Carl A.Anderson authorized the immediate release of $50,000 to theCatholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) toassist their humanitarian efforts. Two additional payments of$20,000 each were sent later to the bishops’ conference to re-flect donations provided by state councils and individuals inthe United States and Canada to the Order’s Philippine Disas-ter Relief Fund. Moreover, all donations to the Knights ofColumbus United in Charity fund were targeted for the Philip-pines during the month of October.

Exactly two weeks after the first storm hit, Knights gathered

as scheduled, Oct. 10, for the 10th Luzon Jurisdiction Con-vention in Manila, which drew 535 delegates and was chairedby Luzon State Deputy Alonso L. Tan. Although the recoveryprocess was underway in Manila, with the streets mostlycleared of water and mud, 90 delegates from the rural provincesnorth of Manila were unable to attend due to the destructioncaused by another storm that had hovered for weeks along thecoast.

During the opening convention Mass, celebrated by BishopJesse E. Mercado of Paranaque, prayers were said for the stormvictims and for the health and safety of survivors. In a videomessage that was played afterward, the supreme knight recog-nized the resilience of Knights, and assured them of the soli-darity and support of Knights throughout the Order.

“Alleluia, we are here and alive!” said Tan at the beginningof his state deputy’s report.

Tan gave details of the four food bag distribution efforts thatKnights had organized in the days immediately after the storm,and said that a large van of food and supplies had been pro-vided by Knights from the Visayas jurisdiction.

He also recounted the many achievements of Luzon over thepast two years and set an agenda for continued growth andcharitable activity.

For more information, or to donate to the relief effort, visitwww.kofc.org.♦

BRIAN CAULFIELD is a communications specialist for the Knights ofColumbus and editor of the Order’s fatherhood Web site, Fathers for Good(www.fathersforgood.org). He attended the Luzon State Convention on be-half of the Supreme Council.

Weathering the Storm

Following destructive floods in the Philippines, Knights work to rebuild

by Brian Caulfield

FATHERS FOR GOOD


FIND ADDITIONAL ARTICLES AND RESOURCES FOR CATHOLIC MEN AND THEIR FAMILIES AT WWW.FATHERSFORGOOD.ORG.

IT WAS TIME to make another dreaded phone call to tell mywife that problems had come up and I wouldn’t be coming homethe next day as scheduled. I was thousands of miles away, yet Icould hear the disappointment in her voice as she tried to be un-derstanding. She was used to this happening, but it didn’t makeit any easier for me.

For four years I felt the strain that my frequent and sometimesunpredictable absences would render upon my family. I decidedsomething had to change. I chose to takea position that meant a significant reduc-tion in pay but would require far lesstravel and allow much more control overmy schedule. Doing what was right formy family — and what I believe wasGod’s will — brought serenity and relief.

My father-in-law served as an ad-mirable role model in this regard. A busydoctor with his own practice for years, hemade the sacrifice of taking a much lessdesirable position as a prison physician. Indoing so, he was able to work a more reg-ular schedule and be present to his eightchildren. Naturally, the work environ-ment presented its share of sufferings, buthe was home everyday when his kids werecoming home from school. Steve Woods,in his book, Christian Fatherhood, re-marked, “For our children, love is a fourletter word spelled ‘T-I-M-E.’” This res-onated deeply with my wife, who stilltalks about her father’s heroism withheartfelt gratitude.

While changing jobs is not a necessityor even an option for most, all of us should take time to evaluatethe importance we place on our work and family. As we considerthe task of “balancing work and family,” the word “balance”seems to infer a kind of equality. However, as husbands and fa-thers, our wives and children need to be a higher priority. Nomatter how much you pour into your job, in the final analysis,the day will come when you are no longer fulfilling that position;someone else will fill your shoes, perhaps even doing it better.On the other hand, no one can step into your role as father. PopeJohn Paul II observed that “the place and task of the father inand for the family is of unique and irreplaceable importance”(Familiaris Consortio, 25).

Balancing Work and FamilyIt doesn’t have to be a tightrope act

by William Gonzalez

At the same time, work and family should not be looked uponas opposing forces. Both duties are part of our vocation as fathersand a means of our sanctification. The Catechism of the CatholicChurch teaches, “By enduring the hardship of work in union withJesus, the carpenter of Nazareth and the one crucified on Calvary,man collaborates in a certain fashion with the Son of God in hisredemptive work” (2427).

In the daily struggle to do well in our careers and attend to theneeds of our families, we can follow somehelpful tips:1. Put God first. He will give you the

grace to properly order your life. Re-search daily Mass times in your area andattend when you can. If you have a longcommute, try using that time to pray orlisten to spiritual books on CD or tape.Cultivate a devotion to St. Joseph, whois both the patron of workers and our ex-emplar of fatherhood. Finally, as the spir-itual head of your family, learn to leadyour family in prayer at home.2. Be organized and use time effi-

ciently at work. When at work, work!Stay focused on your task and don’twaste time with other distractions. Avoidthe “water cooler syndrome,” wheremore time than water gets swallowed up.This will aid in your ability to accom-plish your duty and leave work on time. 3. Live within your means. I have

been asked by my co-workers, “How canyou afford to not work all the pay peri-ods available to you?” The answer is sim-

ple: We are content to live with less. This removes the inevitabilityof working overtime to pay for items that aren’t necessities.

Meeting the needs of both work and family is a continual chal-lenge, but with God’s grace and a willingness to follow his will, itdoesn’t have to be a tightrope act.♦

WILLIAM GONZALEZ writes from Enfield, Conn.,where he lives with his wife and six children. He is a pilotwith the Air Force Reserves at Westover Air Reserve Baseand is a member of Father John B. O’Connell Council14600 in Enfield.

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In an exceptional effort to underline the Catholic character of theWestern Hemisphere, the Knights of Columbus hosted the first

International Marian Congress dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupeand a Guadalupe Festival in Phoenix, following the 127th SupremeConvention last August. These events, along with a Guadalupe Cel-ebration in New Haven, Conn., one month later, highlighted OurLady’s enduring message of unity and salvation in Christ.

Nearly a decade after Spain’s conquest of Mexico, during a time ofgreat turmoil and hostility, an extraordinary event took place Dec.9-12, 1531. The appearance of the Virgin Mary to a humble Indian,a Christian convert named Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, changed theface of the continent. Our Lady appeared as a mestiza, or mixed-racewoman, to Juan Diego, and left a message and sign for Mexico’s firstbishop, Friar Juan de Zumárraga. In response to Our Lady’s request,a church was built by Tepeyac Hill, and her message of divine loveand the image she left on Juan Diego’s tilma, or cloak, soon inspiredmillions of conversions.

Today, devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of theAmericas, remains as vibrant as ever. Amid the moral and culturalchallenges of our own time, she is looked to as model of furtheringthe new evangelization and building the culture of life. Each year,millions of people make pilgrimages to the Basilica of Our Lady ofGuadalupe in Mexico City. And when Carl A. Anderson was installedas supreme knight there in 2000, he entrusted the future of the Orderto Our Lady of Guadalupe’s maternal care.

A MEETING IN THE DESERTMore than 1,000 Knights, their families and area Catholics at-tended the Marian Congress that commenced shortly after the closeof the 127th Supreme Convention, Aug. 6. Co-sponsored by theDiocese of Phoenix and the Institute of Guadalupan Studies, thecongress continued with academic conferences on the image ofGuadalupe, an art exhibit and the screening of a film about theGuadalupe event.

A small piece of St. Juan Diego’s tilma was on display for vener-ation throughout the congress and the Guadalupe Festival that fol-lowed it. The only known relic of the tilma in the United States, itwas generously loaned from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Re-ceived in the 1940s as a gift from the Archdiocese of Mexico, therelic is normally on display in Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral.

Opening the congress, Supreme Knight Anderson explainedthat the apparition and indelible image of Guadalupe helped con-vert millions of indigenous Mexicans to the Catholic faith, andemphasized that Our Lady’s message is still of relevance.

“It is a call to respect all life, in any condition, born and unborn,”Anderson said. “If [Our Lady] could heal the divide between Aztecand Spaniard, she can heal the rifts on our continent today.”

Msgr. Eduardo Chávez, postulator of the cause for canonizationof St. Juan Diego and rector of the Institute of Guadalupan Studiesin Mexico City, spoke about the significance of the Guadalupeevent over the course of a multi-part presentation. A member ofBasilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe Council 14138, Msgr.Chávez called the Knights of Columbus “modern Juan Diegos”for their part in hosting the Marian Congress and promoting de-votion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Just days earlier, the bestselling book titled Our Lady ofGuadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love (Doubleday),

CELEBRATINGOUR LADY’S

MESSAGEThe Knights help thousands to discover and celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe’s message of unity and love

by Columbia Staff

CELEBRATINGOUR LADY’S

MESSAGE

More than 20,000 people packed Jobing.com Arena in the Phoenix suburb ofGlendale for the Guadalupe Festival, Aug. 8. The historic celebration, which featuredperformances, talks and prayer, followed the 127th Supreme Convention andfirst International Marian Congress dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe.


co-authored by Msgr. Chávez and Anderson, was published andmade available to Congress participants. Proceeds from the bookare donated to Knights of Columbus Charities.

On Aug. 7, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix celebratedthe votive Mass of St. Juan Diego. Drawing on natural images fromthe Arizona landscape, Bishop Olmsted compared the saint to a“pincushion cactus,” which is so small that its flower hides the bodyof the cactus in springtime. Unlike the huge saguaro cactus, whichcan grow up to 50 feet tall, the pincushion catches the attentionof passersby with its diminutive beauty.

Such “littleness and simplicity” was the key to St. Juan Diego’sservice to Jesus and his mother, Our Lady of Guadalupe, saidBishop Olmsted, who is a member of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathe-dral Council 12708 in Phoenix. “Because he was humble, he wasable to put aside his own affairs and respond to Our Lady’s call.”

As the congress reconvened, Msgr. Chávez continued his pres-entation on Mary’s apparition and the meaning of the messagegiven to Juan Diego.

“The Aztecs had taken the heart and blood of human victimsto feed the gods of their religion. Now, Holy Mary of Guadalupewas showing them the real sacrifice in the blood of Jesus Christ,”Msgr. Chávez said. “She is saying you don’t kill victims to feedgods, but the Son of God will give you his own flesh and blood inthe Eucharist, to nourish you with eternal life.”

The Aztecs were defeated and fatalistic after the Spanish con-

querors took away their altars of sacrifice and smashed their temples,Msgr. Chávez explained. In requesting a shrine of her own, Marywas asking her followers to establish a new civilization in the heart ofthe New World.

“This would be a civilization of love for all people,” Msgr.Chávez said. “We still need to build this civilization in obedienceto the request of the Mother of God.”

Talks continued later that day and into the next, highlighted bya presentation by José Aste Tonsmann. A civil engineer with a doc-torate from Cornell University, Tonsmann employed digital imageprocessing to examine the unique nature of the Guadalupe image.

Using methods that he learned at Mexico’s IBM Scientific Cen-ter, Tonsmann famously discovered 13 human figures in thecorneas of Mary’s eyes in the Guadalupe image. He believes thatthese figures correspond to the people who were present when theimage on Juan Diego’s tilma was first revealed in 1531.

On Saturday, Supreme Chaplain Bishop William E. Lori ofBridgeport, Conn., celebrated Mass and delivered a homily reflect-ing on his memorable visits to the Basilica of Our Lady ofGuadalupe.

Finally, and in anticipation of what was sure to be a grand fiesta,Anderson closed the congress with remarks about building the civ-ilization of love. He said, “Let us grow in faith. It is up to us to takeOur Lady’s message to all people; it is up to us to ensure that thefuture of this continent is one of hope and one of love.”

PRAYER AND CELEBRATIONWhen the Marian Congress concluded Aug. 8, Our Lady and St.Juan Diego’s tilma took center stage, literally, when thousands ofCatholics gathered at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Thevenue, which seats more than 16,000 spectators, was filled to capacityas people of all ages and many ethnic backgrounds came to enjoy anafternoon of song, dance, prayer and testimonies. The focal point ofthe event, though, was the solemn procession of the tilma relic. En-cased in a reliquary and draped by a chain, the relic was placed overa 17th-century statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which remainedon the arena’s stage throughout the festival.

The arena was also filled with an atmosphere of fun and celebrationas an international array of performers and speakers inspired thecrowd. Musical tributes to Our Lady of Guadalupe included thoseperformed by Alexander Acha, Dana and Filippa Giordano. A col-orful highlight was also the drumming and performance of Mat-achines dancers, who were dressed in the traditional garb of nativeMexicans. Speakers included actor Eduardo Verástegui, star of thefilm Bella, Immaculée Ilibagiza and Bishop Olmsted of Phoenix.

“Prayer has the power to change us,” said Ilibagiza during her ad-dress. A survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, she spoke abouthow prayer sustained her while she lived in hiding for three monthsin a minuscule bathroom with several other women.

“I was very angry,” Ilibagiza recalled. “I thought, ‘If I come out Iwill be a killer.’ I would just shoot everybody for what they did.” Hav-

Clockwise from the left: Father EduardoChávez, postulator of the cause for can-onization of St. Juan Diego, delivers anaddress. • Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted ofPhoenix celebrates a votive Mass ofSt. Juan Diego Aug. 7. • Matachinesdancers and international recording artistDana perform at the Guadalupe Festival.• Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson de-livers an address. • Women from EastAsia recite the Hail Mary in their nativelanguages during an international rosary.

ing received a rosary from her father, Ilibagiza prayed during the hard-est periods of her enclosure, when her enemies were literally one roomaway. “To tell you the truth, if it wasn’t for Our Lady, for the rosary,I wouldn’t be here today,” she said.

Supreme Knight Anderson also spoke about the significance of OurLady of Guadalupe with regard to the changing face of America.

“We might think of Hispanics in the Church in terms of the myth-ical phoenix,” he said. “Nearly 500 years after Our Lady ofGuadalupe’s transformation of this hemisphere, our Hispanic brothersand sisters represent the rebirth of Catholicism in the United States.Our Lady of Guadalupe points us to her son, but she also points us tounity in her son. For Catholics, this unity must transcend borders.”

The festival concluded with an international rosary, with prayersread in 26 languages from around the world. Prominent Catholicsfrom the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Philippines alsoshared meditations on the mysteries of light.

“We as Catholics must come to realize and be grateful that thekingdom of God is reached through our understanding, accept-ance and personal renewal that is achieved when performing thewill of God,” said Capt. Alfredo Fuentes, a retired member of theNew York Fire Department who was among the first wave of re-sponders to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A member ofGeorge W. Hudson Council 3701 in Woodside, N.Y., Fuenteswas buried alive when the north tower of the World Trade Centercollapsed.

“Having sustained numerous, near-fatal injuries,” Fuentes added,“being buried and alone — all alone during this time of need — Iinstantaneously reached for my faith and I recited my favorite prayer

Photos counter clockwise: Latin pop star Alexander Acha performs. • SupremeChaplain Bishop William E. Lori processes with the tilma relic. • Italian singerFilippa Giordana sings a Marian hymn in front a 17th century statue ofOur Lady of Guadalupe that holds the tilma relic. • Actor Eduardo Verásteguishares his testimony.

Facing page: Speakers at the Guadalupe Festival included Rwandan genocide sur-vivor and author Immaculée Ilibagiza; Retired N.Y. Fire Dept. Capt. AlfredoFuentes; Hon. Hilario G. Davide Jr., U.N. Ambassador and former ChiefJustice of the Philippines; and Miss Mexico (2008) Elisa Nájera Gualito. •A Mariachi band and Fourth Degree Knights lead a procession of the tilma relicthrough the streets of New Haven, Conn.

to my favorite lady, the Blessed Mother. I prayed over and over. Isoon recognized that I was not alone and I felt a sense of strengthand comfort.”

JUAN DIEGO COMES TO NEW HAVENAmid mariachi players, Mexican dancers and more than 2,200 pil-grims and onlookers, St. Juan Diego’s tilma then traveled to NewHaven, where it was again the centerpiece in a Guadalupe Celebra-tion sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

The faithful came from all across Connecticut and neighboringstates, Sept. 9, to celebrate Mass and take part in a procession fromSt. Mary’s Church, where the Order was founded in 1882, to theKnights of Columbus Museum. Archbishop Henry J. Mansell ofHartford, Supreme Chaplain Bishop Lori and Hartford AuxiliaryBishop Peter A. Rosazza carried the relic beneath a canopy on themile-long route through downtown New Haven. As participantsmarched joyfully behind, filling two city blocks, the procession wasa visible sign of the unity of all Americans under the patronage ofOur Lady of Guadalupe.

Before the procession, the Guadalupe Celebration began withMass at St. Mary’s Church. Bishop Lori delivered the homily, urgingall those who were packed inside the church to dedicate their lives toJesus Christ through Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Immediately following Mass, Msgr. Chávez gave a 30-minute talkthat condensed many of his previous presentations on the history andsignificance of the tilma and the Guadalupe event.

“The apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe was an important mo-ment, an encounter between God and human beings,” said Msgr.

Chávez, noting that the black sash around the waist of Our Lady in-dicates that she is pregnant with Jesus.

“Jesus Christ is at the center of the image of Our Lady ofGuadalupe,” he said. “He is at the center of her message to JuanDiego. He is at the center of the Church and her message to us.”

At the end of the procession, a prayer service and blessing cere-mony with the relic was held in the museum’s underground parkinglot, followed by a lively fiesta with Mexican food, music and dancers.

From the Marian Congress in Phoenix to the fiesta in New Haven,these Knights-sponsored events showcased the very best of AmericanCatholicism: a coming together of various cultures to celebrate onefaith, one Church and one Mother of all.

For additional photos, videos and resources, visit www.guadalu-pefestival.org.♦

OUR LADY’S IMAGE

Full-size, unframed images of Our Lady ofGuadalupe (#40104), consisting of a high-quality digital reproduction on a textile fab-ric (approx. 3.5’x 6’), may be ordered fromthe Knights of Columbus Supply Depart-ment for just $75 USD each — includingshipping and handling — using a Form #1requisition or the form on page 31. For moreinformation, e-mail [email protected].


The Difference God Makes

An interview with Cardinal Francis George about the CatholicChurch, unity and communion in a fragmented world


A lthough religion is often looked upon with suspicion in theworld today, the Catholic Church still boldly proclaims the

Gospel and presents a universal vision of God’s plan for humanity.This is evident, for instance, in the teachings of the Second VaticanCouncil, which state, “The truth is that only in the mystery of theincarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light” (Gaudiumet Spes, 22).

In his latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), PopeBenedict XVI articulates how this Catholic vision pertains to themost pressing social issues of our time and how it ultimately has thepower to unite the human race. The pope writes, “The earthly cityis promoted not merely by relationships of rights and duties, but toan even greater and more fundamental extent by relationships ofgratuitousness, mercy and communion” (6).

Cardinal Francis E. George, archbishop of Chicago and presidentof the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), echoes this

assessment in his new book, titled The Difference God Makes: ACatholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Culture (Herder andHerder, 2009). Although the book was written almost entirely be-fore Caritas in Veritate was released, it builds on the same traditionof Catholic social teaching and thus shares many of the same insightsand observations.

In this exclusive interview with Columbia, the cardinal discussesthe ongoing task of the Church to transform our culture in charityand truth.

COLUMBIA: You begin your book by discussing the Christian un-derstanding of creation, the incarnation and communio. Why arethese concepts foundational to how we see God and the world?

CARDINAL GEORGE: People understand God in different ways, butthe constant tendency, if we let ourselves go, is to reduce God to oursize and see him as just one more fixture in the universe — biggerand more important, but just one more. Yet, God both transcendshis creation and is present within it, as the cause of its very being.

This relationship to God, first of all, brings us into relationshipwith everyone else and with all of creation. This is done throughJesus Christ, who is God incarnate, and he enables us to understandhow our neighbor is also our brother or sister.

COLUMBIA: You also explain that the modern idea of the personis focused on individualism and subjectivism, in contrast to seeingour identity in terms of relationship. How do we see that individ-ualistic worldview play out in our society today?

CARDINAL GEORGE: If we are individuals for whom relationshipsare just added on, rather than being persons who are born related,then we start with rights and not with duties or obligations to others.Since rights have to be protected, we get into a legal framework thatis almost always adversarial. Society becomes brittle and violent. Nat-ural community, such as marriage, is much weakened. People’s mo-bility and pursuit of one’s own dreams, even in conflict with others,have become something of a priority in our culture. This doesn’tfoster the kind of relationship that is necessary to live humanely.

You can see it in all kinds of ways. Violence is the most obvious.Modern culture is based upon opposition and contention: the medianeeds oppressors and victims or there isn’t a story; courts are set upfor winners and losers; and politics is those in power and those whohave lost power. It’s all conflict.

The Church’s role is to say, while there is conflict to a certainlevel, the highest level is one of harmony and peace, mutual loveand love of God. Our job is to call people to that level, which isn’tonly higher, but also more global. It is more universal. It is broader.That is what is sometimes missing in the public conversation andin the institutions of our country.

COLUMBIA: How is the relationship between church and state af-fected by the modern understanding of freedom, rights and vol-untary association?

CARDINAL GEORGE: The relationship between church and state isa constitutional way of talking about what is far deeper, namely faithand culture, which is the way Pope John Paul II used to raise thequestion. If we forget that man is a social being, first of all, and webegin to think we are antagonistic beings in competition with others


in order to establish our rights, then the separation between churchand state necessarily becomes antagonistic rather than one ofcooperation.

In the beginning there was cooperation because the spheres weredelimited, and the church was free to pursue its own life without in-terference from the state. In the last 50 years there has been moreinterference by the state in the life of the church, and freedom of re-ligion has been reinterpreted to mean freedom of individuals to ex-press themselves using religious terms — but never to do thatpublicly because it may somehow infringe the rights of others whowant to be free of religion. This has created a situation of antagonismthat wasn’t there before.

COLUMBIA: There is also a trend in contemporary society to seemarriage and family as exclusively voluntary, rather than as naturalinstitutions.

CARDINAL GEORGE: It is true, in fact, that you choose freely tomarry someone, but once you do, that relationship is normative forthe rest of your life. Marriage means growing not only to live withsomeone but also through someone else, having their self-conscious-ness become part of your self-consciousness.

The same thing is true of the Church, where we bring into our self-consciousness the mind of Christ, as St. Paul says, and therefore every-one whom Christ loves. The Church is a network of relationships,called communion, and the human race is a network of relationships,called solidarity. The two should complement one another. At thatpoint there is no separation; there is cooperation, a recognition of dif-ference — and the difference is important. The Church isn’t just a de-partment of state, and the state shouldn’t make itself into a kind ofchurch, which is sometimes our temptation here in America.

Meanwhile, many immigrants come to the United States with asense of family that is still very strong. They come here so they cansend money back to their family, not in order to pursue their own

goals. Behind this is a sense thatthe family is the basic unit of so-ciety in ways that aren’t alwaystrue for Americans, who thinkthat individuals and their rightsare the basic unit.

COLUMBIA: You go on to talkabout the importance of evan-gelizing culture. How do weproclaim the distinctiveness ofthe Church’s message and theCatholic way of life?

CARDINAL GEORGE: Pope JohnPaul II was always interested inseeing how we were fostering aculture that was more Gospel-friendly, because if we had that,many other things would takecare of themselves. Evangeliza-tion involves not just convertingindividuals, but changing theculture so that society is trans-

formed into a place that is a little more just, loving and generous. The message is relational. The Church is not sectarian. It extends

beyond every community, even national communities. Pope Bene-dict XVI made that very clear when he visited the United Nations.The nation-state is not nearly as important as the global human fam-ily. That is a sense of catholicity, of universality, of global solidaritythat the Church has been talking about for a very long time.

COLUMBIA: How does that concept of global solidarity relate tothe challenges and opportunities that are presented with regard toreligious dialogue?

CARDINAL GEORGE: Unlike national identities, all of the great faithsare global. If we can cooperate on a social level, even though we aren’tgoing to believe the same things entirely, then the world will be amore peaceful place. We will be able to create a sense of identity thattranscends other divisions. The differences between religions will stillremain, but along with that sense of mutual respect comes a convic-tion that religion can never be used to justify violence. We will be-come peacemakers even with differences and disagreements.

COLUMBIA: What role can the Knights of Columbus, and thelaity in general, have in this new evangelization and the task oftransforming culture?

CARDINAL GEORGE: I think Knights will come up with the rightanswers, because they are connected to the Church and are menof faith. We have to allow a lot of subsidiarity. Evangelization is aglobal vision with a lot of actions that take place in homes, inparishes, in cities and in councils. I always count on the Knightsto be there when I need them, but more than that, they do goodthings entirely on their own. They do good things for the Churchbecause they are good Catholic men.

Christ shapes our minds and our hearts if they are open to himin prayer. We should all pray together and pray to understand what

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our roles are. We also have to study the Catechism, for example, sothat we can be of one mind with the Church.

Ordinary people live their lives, and religion is integral to that,but they aren’t always thinking about it theoretically. They’re livingit. People go to Mass regularly, do their best to build up their fam-ily and contribute to society. Catholicism is a way of life, a way ofthinking and a way of loving.

COLUMBIA: Beyond the contemporary idea of liberal and con-servative Catholicism, you say the answer is “simply Catholi-cism.” How would you define this concept, “simplyCatholicism”?

CARDINAL GEORGE: Liberal and conservative are, first of all, po-litical terms, so you have to get behind them to understandCatholicism because it isn’t primarily political, although it influ-ences politics like any other realm of human experience.

The “simply Catholicism” part is a community that is formedby sharing the gifts that Christ gives us: the Gospel, the sacraments,the pastoral governance of the successors of the Apostles. Themeans of Christ’s grace that make us truly one are now present.

The way of life can differ within the Church but the goal oflife is always sanctity. I see that as I go around the parishes inChicago. There are a lot of holy people here. They might notknow it and don’t always make the headlines, but they are there— fathers and mothers of families, and people dedicated not onlyto their faith but also to their work in society and to helping oth-ers. It’s very encouraging.

COLUMBIA: One of the major challenges facing the new evan-gelization is the disconnect of freedom and truth, of which JohnPaul II so often spoke and what Pope Benedict XVI refers to asthe dictatorship of relativism. How do we share the Gospel mes-sage when people are suspicious of claims of truth — especiallythose that pertain to religion or morality?

CARDINAL GEORGE: A lot of people do not believe that you canaccept a truth that you have not created for yourself and still befree. Yet, I think that people who try to live their own truths andtheir own dreams recognize, when they reach a certain level of ma-turity, that this path is a trap. To be ourselves, we have to be some-thing more than ourselves. We come forward with the truths ofwho we really are in Christ and our destiny for all of eternity, andthat is liberating. That is the truth that sets us free.

We have to watch for people when they are ready to hear thatmessage. It may be years, but we have to look for places where wecan proclaim it.

We must do what John Paul II always said: “Propose and neverimpose.” Goodness has its own attractiveness. We have to be betterwitnesses than we have often been, and then enter into dialogue.That’s the Catholic way of life, and that will draw some and per-haps repulse others. That’s what God expects us to do, and we leavethe results in his hands.♦

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St. Damien de Veuster poses for a photo at the Kalaupapa leper colony onMolokai in the Hawaiian Islands weeks before his death in 1889. The Belgianmissionary priest was beatified in 1995 and recently canonized at a Vaticanceremony Oct. 11.


A t 16 years old, as a high school student in Phoenix, it was notexpected that I should make a decision or commitment about

my future. Nonetheless, that is what happened. On the day my reli-gion teacher read excerpts from the life of Father Damien de Veuster,my own life was transformed. I decided to become a priest, a mis-sionary, and to work with people with Hansen’s disease (historicallyknown as leprosy). Amid challenges and ongoing discernment, I pur-sued my newfound vocation.

In 1873, Father Damien stepped onto the Hawaiian island ofMolokai to begin his special mission to serve at a settlement of morethan 800 people afflicted with leprosy. One hundred years later, in1973, I had my first experience visiting a leprosy settlement startedby Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

When I entered into the same religious family as Father Damien,the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, I neverthought I would live to see Father Damien canonized. While I wasin the seminary, however, thousands of people with Hansen’s diseasefrom around the world petitioned Pope Paul VI for the canonizationof Damien de Veuster. That event rekindled the knowledge of FatherDamien and his heroic love.

If I know Father Damien, it is first of all because of the 25 years ofexperience that I have working with people with Hansen’s disease,which has given me a comprehensive understanding of the physical,emotional and spiritual needs of those afflicted. In the beginningyears of my work, therapies that were later implemented in the 1980shad yet to be perfected. Now, we have taken steps to eradicateHansen’s disease worldwide.

I also came to know Damien through the letters he sent to hisbrother, Father Pamphile, who was also a member of the Congrega-tion. It was Father Pamphile who was initially appointed to Hawaii— then known as the Sandwich Islands — but because of illness,was replaced by his brother Damien.

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HIS CALL…Damien received permission to go to Hawaii even thought he wasnot yet ordained. Ten religious sisters, five priests and two religiousbrothers made the journey with him. Before departing, Damienwrote to his parents on Oct. 30, 1863: “The sacrifice is great indeedfor one who tenderly loves his parents, his family, his brethren andthe land of his birth. But the voice that has called upon us to make agenerous sacrifice of all is the voice of God Himself.”

Father Damien worked on Hawaii’s Big Island for 10 years be-fore he received a second call. In 1873, a church was to be dedi-cated on the neighboring island of Maui. Father Damien wasinvited to be present there with Bishop Louis-Désiré Maigret andother members of the clergy. At the event, Bishop Maigret ex-pressed his sorrow at not being able to help the patients ofMolokai. It was at this time that Father Damien volunteered: “Iwill go to Molakai and labor for the poor patients whose wretchedstate of bodily and spiritual misfortune has often made my heartbleed within me.”

Father Damien embarked that very day for Molokai with thebishop and 50 leprosy patients. Upon their arrival, Bishop Maigretsaid to the patients: “You shall no longer be alone. I have broughtyou one who will be a father to you and who loves you so much thatfor your welfare and for the sake of your immortal souls, he does nothesitate to become one of you to live and die with you.”

Bishop Maigret returned to Honolulu, and Father Damien wasleft behind without a house or a friend, but determined to face anydifficulty.

HIS WORK…In his new ministry, Father Damien had to build his own living quar-ters, repair a chapel, celebrate daily Mass, visit the bedridden, washand bandage patients, dig graves, build coffins, and construct houses.The raw wounds and repugnant odor of those afflicted often madeit challenging to hear confessions and administer last rites. In his firstletter home, he wrote: “Without the Blessed Sacrament, a positionof mine would not be tolerable. But having the Lord with me, I amhappy and work cheerfully for the relief of the unfortunate patients.”

In 1884, Father Damien began to suspect that he had contractedHansen’s disease, a diagnosis that was confirmed one year later. Yet,he was not distressed. He felt he was more closely united with hispeople, who became dearer to him than ever before. It was with realsatisfaction that he knew he would lay down his life for them.

“I am in my daily occupations as usual,” he wrote to his brother in1887. “I myself have been chosen by Divine Providence as a victimto this loathsome disease. I hope to be eternally thankful to God forthis favor.”

Though leprosy began to disfigure him, the disease had not dis-torted Damien’s hands, and he continued to celebrate daily Mass.“This privilege is my greatest consolation for my own sake as well asfor the benefit of my numerous fellow sufferers,” he wrote.

Before his death on April 15, 1889, Father Damien praised Godfor having two priests at his side. He acknowledged he was “no longernecessary” on earth and promised to continue interceding fromheaven. Today, those who continue to work with people withHansen’s disease and AIDS, and those stigmatized by society, rely onFather Damien’s prayers.

Like St. Paul, St. Damien has become all things to all people. Thelove of God in his heart directed him to the service of others, and hewas singled out by God to illuminate the world through his sanctity.He realized that his strength came from spiritual nourishment andthat circumstances do not affect one’s happiness. The salvation towhich we are all called is meant to be a joyful and fulfilling journey.God’s love invites us to have that abundant life wherever we are andin whatever we are doing.♦

FATHER WILLIAM F. PETRIE is the provincial superior of the Eastern UnitedStates Province of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and amember of McMahon Council 151 in New Bedford, Mass. The work that he beganmore than 35 years ago with people with Hansen’s disease continues in India today.

A HISTORIC CELEBRATION

On Oct. 11, in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI canonizedSt. Damien of Molokai along with four others: St. Rafael ArnaizBaron, a 20th century Spanish Trappist; St. Francisco Coll yGuitart, a 19th century Spanish Dominican and founder of theCongregation of the Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation ofthe Blessed Virgin Mary; St. Zygmunt Szczęsny Feliński, anarchbishop of Warsaw in the 19th century and founder of theFranciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary; and St. Mary of theCross (Jeanne) Jugan, founder of the Little Sisters of the Poor.

St. Damien — originally from Tremelo, Belgium — was de-clared venerable by Pope Paul VI in 1977 and was beatified in1995 by Pope John Paul II in Brussels. His feast day is May 10.

St. Damien’s canonization has been the cause of much cel-ebration by the Church in Hawaii, including the Knights ofColumbus who look to the saint’s example of charity. Mean-while, Our Lady of Peace Council 5000 in Honolulu spon-sored a Boy Scout troop to attend the historic event in Rome.Along the way, the Scouts posted videos, photos and journalentries on their blog: stdamienboyscouts.wordpress.com. De-votion to Father Damien, though, extends far beyond Hawaii.Several K of C councils throughout the United States arenamed after him, including Council 11411 in Rochester, N.Y.,and Council 4190 in Mattapoisett, Mass.

Hawaiian dancers perform at a special Mass for pilgrims from Hawaiiat the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome Oct. 12.

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Hundreds of religious sisters and thousands of guests gatheredSept. 11-12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Im-

maculate Conception in Washington, D.C., to reflect on and cele-brate the sacrament of the holy Eucharist. The eucharistic congress,titled “Sacrifice of Enduring Love,” was sponsored by the Council ofMajor Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR).

Taking place five years after the first CMSWR-sponsored eucharisticcongress, the event focused on the source and meaning of the universalcall to holiness and, in particular, the vocations of priesthood, religiouslife and marriage. Speakers reflected on how these three ways of livingthe Christian life have certain things in common — namely, “an irrev-ocable commitment,” “an identification with Christ in his submissionto the will of the Father,” and “a complete gift of self in love.”

‘THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE CALLED TO BE’In her words of welcome, Mother Mary Quentin, chair of the CMSWRand a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Mich., officiallyopened the congress and explained that, “Full participation in the Eu-charist requires each one of us to embrace our vocation.”

Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson delivered the congress’s openingkeynote address in which he observed that the various states of life— lay, ordained and consecrated — “are different manifestations ofthe vocation we all have in common: the vocation to love.”

This common vocation is central to what it means to be created“in the image and likeness of God,” he said. Moreover, “Living outour own vocations well helps other people live theirs.”

Especially during this Year for Priests, it is fitting to recognize theessential connection between the priesthood and the holy Eucharist.At the same time, the entire Church “draws her life from the Eu-charist” and every Christian vocation finds its meaning in Christ’ssacrifice (cf. Ecclesia de Eucharistia, 1).

In this light, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, archbishop of Quebec andprimate of Canada, told congress participants that if the family is toembrace its “mission to guard, reveal and communicate love,” it willrequire “re-centering marriage and the family on Christ and the Eu-charist” (cf. Familiaris Consortio, 17).

Mother Ann Marie Karlovic, prioress general of the DominicanSisters of the Congregation of St. Cecilia in Nashville, further ex-plained, “Baptism makes each of us one with Jesus in his sacrifice of-fered to the Father. This is true of all Christians.”

Yet, through the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, the con-secrated person lives this call in a particular way. “As a sign to theChurch,” said Mother Karlovic, “the entire being of the religious sayssomething vitally important to the world: ‘This is what you are calledto be: living temples of God, living sacrifices wholly belonging to theLord, marked out for this by the seal of your baptism.’”

Sacrifice of Enduring LoveEucharistic congress celebrates the vocations of priesthood,consecrated life and marriage in light of Jesus’ gift of himself

by Alton J. Pelowski

(From left to right:) Religious sisters of various congregations participate inthe eucharistic congress hosted at the Basilica of the National Shrine of theImmaculate Conception, Sept. 11-12. • Supreme Knight Carl A. Andersondelivers a keynote address on the universal vocation to love. • The shrine’sCrypt Church is filled to capacity as Laura Molla Pannuti, daughter ofSt. Gianna Beretta Molla, and her husband, Giuseppe, reflect on the life ofLaura’s mother.


Thus, while marriage is often seen in terms of pursuing one’s ownhappiness, and the vocations of priesthood and religious life are oftenseen in terms of what a person “gives up,” the Eucharist reveals thatthe inner form of each vocation is gift; authentic joy comes only fromsaying “yes” to God in love. The fathers of the Second Vatican Coun-cil put it this way: “[M]an, who is the only creature on earth whichGod willed for itself, cannot fully find himself except through a sin-cere gift of himself” (Gaudium et Spes, 24; cf. Lk 17:33).

WORSHIPPING TOGETHERMany of the 126 member communities of CMSWR, representingmore than 10,000 active women religious in the United States, werepresent at the congress, which featured a combined choir of morethan 100 sisters from twelve communities.

Meanwhile, many cloistered religious communities prayed for or-ganizers and participants. “We were being carried on the wings ofthose powerful prayers,” said Sister Mary Kathleen Ronan, R.S.M.,one of the congress organizers.

While the eucharistic congress offered a privileged occasion for re-ligious sisters to celebrate together, numerous clergy and lay peoplealso participated in the various events, which were televised interna-tionally. Masses celebrated by Cardinal Justin F. Rigali of Philadelphiaand Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States,each drew crowds of more than 2,000 people, filling the NationalShrine’s Great Upper Church.

Local Knights offered support in varied ways, including help withtransportation, and the Supreme Council provided organizationalsupport and assistance with printed materials, such as the congressbooklet. Fourth Degree honor guards were also present for the Massesand the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

Additionally, Knights coordinated the display of a small relic ofSt. Juan Diego’s tilma in the Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Fol-lowing a series of Knights of Columbus-sponsored events, the eu-charistic congress was the last stop before the relic was returned tothe Archdiocese of Los Angeles (see page 11).

In addition to the main addresses, numerous workshops that fur-ther explored the congress themes were held Sept. 12. For example,hundreds of people came to hear Laura Molla Pannuti speak abouther mother, St. Gianna Beretta Molla, who was canonized by PopeJohn Paul II in 2004.

Immediately after the closing Mass, Archbishop Sambi led a can-dlelight eucharistic procession to the outdoor steps of the shrine, asparticipants sang hymns and prayed. Religious, clergy and laity alike,embracing the gift and task of their respective vocations, were thank-ful for the opportunity to join together in worship of Christ in theEucharist, the Sacrifice of Enduring Love.♦

ALTON J. PELOWSKI is managing editor of Columbia and a 2006 graduateof the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family inWashington, D.C.

NORTH AMERICAN CONGRESS ON MERCY ♦ Nov. 14-15

As follow-up to the first World Apostolic Congress on Mercy,which took place in Rome in April 2008 with support fromthe Knights of Columbus, a North American Congress onMercy will be held at the Basilica of the National Shrine ofthe Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14-15. For more information or to register, call 1-800-462-7426or visit mercycongress.org.

YEAR FOR PRIESTS


OBSERVE THE YEAR FOR PRIESTS WITH A SPECIAL PRAYER CARD AVAILABLE AT WWW.KOFC.ORG/YEARFORPRIESTS

I WILL NEVER FORGET the last time Father H. TimothyVakoc, known as Father Tim, celebrated Mass at my parish. Hecame down from the pulpit to deliver the homily and strolled to-ward the center aisle as he spoke. Spotting a young family in thefirst pew, he scooped up an infant being held by the mother anddelivered his entire sermon on the importance of family and chil-dren. The whole congregation was captivated, including the baby,who never uttered a peep.

Indeed, Father Tim seemed to make animpression wherever he went.

Vakoc grew up in Robbinsdale, Minn.,the youngest of three children. At the ageof 18, he joined the Knights of Colum-bus, and after college and a few years inthe work world, he entered the seminaryat the encouragement of his boyhoodpastor.

While studying to become a priest,Vakoc entered the U.S. Army ChaplainCorps. He was ordained in 1992 and,while serving at local parishes, he realizedthe great need for military chaplains. Heentered the Army full-time in 1996, thesame year he joined the Fourth Degree— the patriotic degree of the Order.

Father Tim’s military assignments in-cluded Germany and Bosnia. Once, afterhearing of his mother’s concern for his safety, he told his sister,“The safest place for me to be is in the center of God’s will, andif that is in the line of fire, that is where I will be.”

Following service at military bases in the United States, FatherTim was called to serve in Iraq in 2003. His goal, he said, was tobe “an intentional presence” to the military men and womenthere. Often, he would wait outside the mess hall and tell soldiersthat he was available for confession or simply to talk.

In May 2004, an inquiry was sent to chaplains about the im-portance of their military service. “The chaplains, Catholic andothers, hold the light of Christ in a dark place,” Father Tim wrote.“There is a spiritual battle going on here, not between religions,but between the light of Christ and darkness…. As one of mysoldiers who recently died said, ‘Every day counts!’”

Just days later, on May 29, the eve of the 12th anniversary ofhis ordination, Father Tim was injured by a roadside bomb thatexploded near his Humvee. At the time, he was returning to hisbarracks after celebrating Mass on a makeshift altar for troops in

A Priest’s Sacrifice for God and CountryA military chaplain’s heroic faith and courage are remembered.

by Mary Ann Kuharski

the field. Gravely wounded, he lost an eye and incurred severebrain damage. Before being transported for medical care, he man-aged to utter, “Take care of my boys!”

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, then-head of the Archdiocesefor Military Services, USA, visited Father Tim at the Walter ReedArmy Medical Center in Washington, D.C. There, he told him,“Tim, you are still a priest. This bed is now your altar.” Thisphrase was later written on the program at Father Tim’s funeral.

Even in his darkest hours, when hecould not respond or communicate, andhis body could do little more than fightoff infection, there was an awareness,upon entering his room, that God waswith Father Tim.

“Nurses and hospital workers wouldgo into his room, pull the curtains andjust sit there,” his mother said. “Theysaid they could just feel that there wassomething special about him.”

Father Tim began to make a remark-able, almost miraculous, recovery inthe five years after his injury. He re-gained limited use of his hands andcould even navigate his own motorizedwheelchair. Though a tracheotomylimited his ability to speak, his freespirit and teasing personality often

came through as he communicated with his eyes, a nod of hishead and hand gestures.

On June 20, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Heart of Maryand just one day after Pope Benedict XVI initiated the Year forPriests, Father Tim died unexpectedly at a nursing home in NewHope, Mo. He is the only chaplain to have died from injuriessustained in the Iraq War.

Father Stan Mader, a seminary classmate and friend, deliveredthe homily at Father Tim’s funeral Mass. “Tim went to Iraq notfor war, but to provide the possibility of peace,” Father Madersaid. “He was a priest, and answered the call to minister in a dif-ferent and powerful way…. Tim died to so many things when hewas injured, but rose to a new ministry as a powerful witness tothe value of life.”♦

MARY ANN KUHARSKI is the author of several books and serves as thedirector of Prolife Across America, a national educational organization in Min-neapolis, Minn.

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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS


Supreme Council Awards $1.6 million in College Grants

FOR THE 2009-10academic year, theKnights of Columbushas awarded scholar-ships totaling more than$1.6 million to 190 stu-dents. Most recipientsare the children ofKnights or Knightsthemselves attendingCatholic universities orCatholic colleges in theUnited States, Canada,Mexico, Puerto Rico or the Philippines. These figures in-clude $105,000 in grants to 42 seminarians in the UnitedStates and Canada. Additionally, nearly 500 existingscholarships will be renewed, provided the recipientsmaintain their current academic status.

At the grassroots level, K of C councils and assembliesreported distributing more than $7.1 million in scholar-ships during the 2008-09 fraternal year, according to the2008 Survey of Fraternal Activity.

For more information about the Order’s scholarshipprograms, visit www.kofc.org and click on the “ForMembers” link.

Tomassi, Joncarlo Villegas,Joseph R. Wawrzynski,Matthew J. Windels, Andrea J.Zinn

FOURTH DEGREE PRODEO AND PRO PATRIA

SCHOLARSHIPS(CANADA)

These scholarships are forstudents entering colleges oruniversities in Canada, with re-quirements regarding Knightsof Columbus membership thesame as for their U.S. counter-parts. Ten new scholarshipswere awarded and 36 renewedfor a total of 46 grants for thecurrent academic year. New re-cipients are: Rachael M.Berger, Kelsey C. Doiron, Bar-bara M. Forbes, Jillian M.Hanson, Rochelle S. Jalbert,Ariel Leyson, Jackie A. Mc-Grath, George L. Worthen,Marisa L. Yang, Nicholas J.Zambon

JOHN W. MCDEVITT(FOURTH DEGREE)SCHOLARSHIPS

This scholarship was estab-lished in 1998 in honor of theOrder’s 11th supreme knight.Recipients must be enrolled ata Catholic college or Catholicuniversity in the United Statesand be a Knight, the wife of aKnight, or the son or daughterof a Knight. Widows and chil-dren of members who died ingood standing are also eligible.In addition to the 30 new re-cipients listed here, 100 schol-arships were renewed, for atotal of 130 awarded. New re-cipients are: Katherine A.Baglini, Donald J. Barron III,Denis J. Berry, Victoria M.Bonutti, Kelly S. Brakora, Hal-ley E. Chavey, Daniel L.Cruickshank, Christopher K.Delisle, Gregory A. Doonan,Kasey A. Duncan, Michelle C.Ginter, Maureen F. Hansen,Michael P. Hinnenkamp,Kaitlyn M. Holyfield, Paul E.Kaefer, Joseph P. Knowles,Timothy W. Lilley, NathanM. Maurer, Andrew J. Nalepa,Marienicole T. Nowak, John

P. Otto, Courtney L. Rauch,Jessica A. Stangl, Evan P.Thompson, James T. Tighe,Grant T. Van De Casteele,Jonathan J. Wadle, MatthewM. Winterhalter, Scott N.Wisniewski, Michelle A.Young

ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS

The Percy J. Johnson Schol-arships are awarded to youngmen attending U.S. Catholiccolleges or Catholic universi-ties and are funded by a 1990bequest of Percy J. Johnson, amember of Seville Council 93in Brockton, Mass. Five schol-arships were awarded and 16renewed for a total of 21awarded for the 2009-10 aca-demic year. New recipients are:David J. Benedetto, Lance J.Glunz, Benjamin C. Starnes,Nicholas B. Vipperman,Nicholas J. Webber

In 2000, Knights of Colum-bus Charities Inc. received a$100,000 donation fromFrank L. Goularte. A scholar-ship fund in his name was es-tablished to provide $1,500 inneed-based grants that are ad-ministered, in general, accord-ing to the rules of the Pro Deoand Pro Patria Scholarships.One new scholarship wasawarded for the current aca-demic year and two were re-newed. The new recipient isAdriana M. Grecco

From 1995 to 1997,Knights of Columbus Chari-ties Inc. received bequests to-taling nearly $200,000 fromthe estate of Anthony J. La-Bella. In his will, LaBella re-membered the kindness shownto him by Knights when hewas an orphan in Farmingdale,N.Y. The bequests have sincebeen used by the Knights to es-tablish a scholarship fund inLaBella’s name. Earnings fromthe fund provide scholarshipsfor undergraduate study in ac-cordance with the rules andprocedures of the Pro Deo andPro Patria Scholarships. Threenew scholarships were awarded

FOURTH DEGREE PRODEO AND PRO PATRIA

SCHOLARSHIPSA total of 197 U.S. students

received Fourth Degree ProDeo and Pro Patria Scholar-ships of $1,500 each. Thesescholarships are awarded on thebasis of academic excellence toincoming freshmen in bache-lor’s degree programs atCatholic colleges or Catholicuniversities. The recipients areKnights of Columbus orColumbian Squires, the son ordaughter of a Knight in goodstanding, or the son or daughterof a Knight who was in goodstanding when he died. Con-tingent on satisfactory academicperformance, scholarships arerenewed for a total of four years.

This academic year, 45 newscholarships were awarded and152 were renewed. The follow-ing are first-time recipients:Maurice B. Aufderheide, Kris-

ten G. Bachteler, Thomas L.Barnes, Allison Behette,Nicholas F. Blank, ThomasW. Brown, Laura M. Capo-raletti, Matthew P. Charnley,Jacob R. Clark, Ryan M. Cop-pola, Alexander F. Crawford,Ellen C. Dechant, KatherineA. DeGreef, Sabina DeMatteo,Kimberly A. Doudna, Brett R.Garland, Luca Giani, Kather-ine A. Griffin, Karolyn J.Halpin, Elizabeth E. Herbert,Christen N. Heye, Michael C.Hogan, Ritamarie Holden,Sean Holden, Kathleen M.Hull, Joshua K. Jacques,Kaitlin M. Kent, Michael E.Kilner, John D. Lamansky,Dominic M. Mason, Marie E.Meyer, Evan W. Oliver,Theresa C. Palid, Megan M.Para, Andrew J. Patton,Katherine A. Ritchey, RebeccaRougler, Karalyn G. Stauffer,Rachel A. Steenson, Robert F.Thompson III, Patrick N.

Educational Trust Fund

THE FRANCIS P. MAT-THEWS and John E. Swift Ed-ucational Trust offers scholarshipsto the children of members whoare killed or permanently and to-tally disabled by hostile actionwhile serving with the armedforces during a covered period ofconflict. In 2004, the Order de-clared that military conflicts inIraq, Afghanistan and Pakistanwould be covered under the trustfund. Also eligible are the childrenof members who are killed as a re-sult of criminal violence directedagainst them while performingtheir duties as full-time law en-forcement officers or full-timefirefighters. An application mustbe filed within two years of themember’s death or the determina-tion of his total and permanent disability.

As of June 30, 805 children have been recorded as eligi-ble for benefits from the trust fund since its establishmentin 1944. Thus far, 341 eligible children have chosen notto use the scholarships, three have died and 125 who begancollege either discontinued their studies or fully used theirscholarship eligibility before graduation. There are 48 fu-ture candidates. To date, 279 students have completedtheir education through the fund.

During the 2009-10 academic year, nine students willpursue undergraduate degrees through the Matthews-Swift fund — seven renewals and two new recipients. Thenew recipients are Christina M. Booth and Ethan E.O’Flaherty.

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS


FOR MORESCHOLARSHIPINFORMATION

Scholarship applicationsfor the 2010-11 aca-demic year are available.

Contact:Department of ScholarshipsKnights of ColumbusPO Box 1670New Haven, CT 065071-203-752-4332

12 were renewed. New recipi-ents are: Jean C. Rivera-Durán,Glorimar Rodríguez- Sánchez,Carmelo Serrano-Figueroa,Francisco Vélez-Rivera

PHILIPPINESSCHOLARSHIPS

For the 2009-10 academicyear, nine new scholarships of$500 each were awarded and27 were renewed. New recipi-ents are: Jussel A. Basanta,Dean M. Garcia, Gerald S.Martinez, Christian S. May-buena, Bernice M. Reyes, SolGeorge A. Sombilon, WallyVillaflor, Jirwell L. Villanueva,Jessa Mae P. Virtudazo

and nine were renewed for thecurrent academic year. First-time recipients are: Kayla C.Becker, Zirca S. Godenciuc,Amy L. Narges

In 1997, Knights of Colum-bus Charities Inc. received abequest from Dr. Arthur F.Battista to establish scholar-ships for graduates of theCornwall (Ontario) Collegiateand Vocational School. These$1,500 and $2,000 annualscholarships are awarded onthe basis of academic merit, fi-nancial need, community serv-ice and extracurricularactivities. Preference is given toKnights; to the children orgrandchildren of members; tostudents recommended by theOntario State Council; and tostudents bound for Catholiccolleges or Catholic universi-ties. For the current academicyear, 29 new scholarships wereawarded and 30 grants were re-newed. New recipients are:Aliya Abdur-Rahim, FaizanAli, Muhammad Amjed, Kate-lyn Beaudette, Shane Besner,Kevin Brady, AminaChoudhry, Shelby Com-modore, Michelle Desjardins,Tracy Handy, Kaytlie Harpur,Olivia Jonkman, Saadia Khilji,Erin Lee, Kayla Markell, LydiaMcIntosh, Meghan McRae,Nicholas Merizzi, NushaMubarak, Sadaf Munir, RubabNadeem, Jessica Price, AnilRavindran, Ayman Shahein,Heather Spencer, Jessica Tang,Linda Tchen, Jessica Wilson,Natalie Zimmer

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

The Order has an endow-ment at The Catholic Univer-sity of America in Washington,D.C., that provides Knights ofColumbus Graduate Fellow-ships. Two new fellowshipswere awarded and three re-newed. New recipients areAlexandra Lupu and JamesTillman.

A fellowship for the JohnPaul II Institute for Studies on

Marriage and Family, on theCatholic University campus,was renewed for the current ac-ademic year.

Full-time students in a mas-ter’s degree program for class-room teachers of persons withintellectual disabilities are eli-gible for the Bishop Charles P.Greco Fellowship, named forthe former supreme chaplain.One fellowship was renewedfor the current academic year.

SISTER THEA BOWMAN FOUNDATION -

KNIGHTS OF COLUM-BUS SCHOLARSHIPS This scholarship is named

for Sister Thea Bowman(1937-1990), an African-American religious who in-spired many people with herurgent and uplifting call forbetter education for children ofthe black community.

In August 2005, the Boardof Directors approved a four-year grant in the amount of$37,500 per year for five singleblack mothers to study at theCollege of St. Mary in Omaha,Neb., while their children at-tend daycare offered throughthe college’s Living and Learn-ing Program. The scholarships,each in the amount of $7,500,were awarded in 2006 and willbe renewed for the 2009-2010academic year.

MEXICO SCHOLARSHIPS

Five new scholarships wereawarded in the amount of$500 each, renewable for up tofour years. In addition, sevenwere renewed for a total of 12scholarships. New recipientsare: Mariana I. Díaz-Garza,Mónica E. Domínguez-Anda-zola, Jesús O. García-Castillo,Zelma S. Guzmán-Escobedo,Diana Rodríguez-Sánchez

PUERTO RICOSCHOLARSHIPS

For the 2009-10 academicyear, four new scholarships of$500 each were awarded and

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STAR COUNCIL WINNERS


ALABAMA 2736 raymond e. bogan 3038 James v. love* 4083 Steven r. Griffin* 4304 John T. Spratley* 7270 John l. Swan Jr. 8551 David W. Hester 9550 mark S. Kielbasa 9676 edward J. langan10354 Kenneth T. Friedrich 11366 Andrew l. bouchard 11480 robert G. Sitze 11537 nicholas Cvetetic* 11554 Jacob G. oestriecher 11672 John A. bellono 12150 richard J. ragaller 12270 James W. Gregg 12765 Steven C. Anthony 13085 James T. Pacher 13174 e. bryan Pate13367 Gregory e. Smith

ALASKA11745 Calvin e. Williams

ALBERTA 3241 Joseph A. novakowski* 4788 Joseph bacac* 4878 michael A. Driscoll* 6994 ricardo Giammarino 7432 Paul W. Schulz* 8470 rick r. Schuh* 10014 vittorio Cerminara 10547 James P. Wensveen 12353 michael David Ho 12658 Paul l. Cavaliere 12904 manuel e. Ibasco* 13226 Kurtis e. briscoe 13312 Gregory W. Amerongen* 14497 John F. majowski*

ARIZONA 1229 Dennis J. revering

6848 Wayne m. Glembin 7521 richard valencia 7562 Sean A. baldwin 8305 edward J. nelson* 8813 Alexander W. barber II* 9312 Joe r. rios 9482 Todd A. Huffman* 9485 Dante S. romeo* 10062 William J. Drummey* 10070 Pedro A. Alaniz* 11738 brother leonard W. rheaume 12144 eugene S. Cirzan 12246 Paul A. Spatz 12345 Albert l. Tucker*12696 richard T. Poirier* 12708 luigi J. baratta 12856 James r. Sallmen 13286 James C. Gragnano 13719 Shawn P. masterson* 13841 George A. Fisher 14157 Jon l. Gordon 14230 richard D. Winkel 14357 Joseph m. link*

ARKANSAS 812 Danny P. naegle 6609 bernard W. Krumpelman* 6615 William l. Durbin 8815 Francis A. Grillot Jr. 7258 leroy J. Anderle 10167 michael D. Halter 10208 ronald m. boudreaux 10908 Alan l. Halman 11604 James e. mcClain* 12458 Trey m. Willis 14010 Jimmie W. rofkahr 14609 Godwal J. viera

BRITISH COLUMBIA 1256 roland Wauthy* 4712 Paolo C. Suraci 6767 Paul A. Theberge

6855 Americo C. Silva* 8853 Jude H. noronha 8927 robert A. bigelow 8943 Dennis r. ranada 9703 rheal J. Henri 10500 Koon-ming lau* 10681 melvin W. Dear* 12861 ben m. Santos 13072 renato v. montilla* 14652 Felipe P. Siglos Jr.

CALIFORNIA 920 michael W. Crough 1311 luis P. barboza 1346 Steven l. Heitzman 1875 robert J. Smearden* 1990 ranil m. Fernando* 2431 Dean J. Smith* 2498 raymond J. o’Toole III 3073 rommel S. valarao 3162 Charles r. Abood 3517 mark e. Padilla 3523 Israel Fonzalez 3526 Juan F. baca 3601 oscar Garcia 3926 raymond Jackson Jr. 4060 ronald m. Cortez* 4793 Gerald n. balagna* 4901 James P. Howley Jr.* 4929 James F. lima* 4936 matthew D. bell 4970 richard S. Schultz 5322 Paul l. labbe* 5568 bruce A. Killian* 5696 robert D. byrne 5803 ronald D. browne 5978 robert P. Cortese 6028 efrain Delgadillo 6043 mark J. Kotch* 6066 Joseph P. van Zant* 6095 John C. norton Jr.* 6322 Aurelio C. Jimenez 6922 Francis T. Zawalick Jr. 7412 michael n. okafor 7683 ruben A. Galindo 7759 rolando P. Castillo* 8424 Jeffery C. Greco 8599 Kenneth l. Peterson* 8879 michael D. Slavin 9065 Gary F. Andrews* 9159 Joseph r. roano* 9195 Anthony Depaola* 9202 Gerald l. Zimmerman 9206 James W. radding* 10067 Andrew v. Stay* 10234 Paul C. Diaz 10925 Joseph e. Syms 10948 edmundo I. Dantes 10991 edward l. Clark 11033 Jesus S. Ty* 11137 Trent J. benedetti* 11465 Felix l. Zamora 12221 melchor P. Camua* 12394 Thomas r. Waller 12527 Jesse Saldivar* 12805 Danny I. Flores 12887 mario e. Cateriny* 12975 Dionisio m. Dela Cruz 13195 ernest W. Strongman 13672 Joseph W. luchi 13756 rufino murillo 13765 David A. brandt* 14541 Jeffrey r. Stamp 14554 Castrenze D. lombardo* 14581 barry G. Crawley 14699 Albert o. lee

COLORADO 557 Frank G. romero* 1188 Steve e. monjaras 1498 John C. Whattam* 2096 Jacob D. ortiz 2688 Climaco velasquez 4699 Jerome D. Sundee* 4844 Alfonso S. marquez* 5064 Ian J. buljung*

5512 Armando e. marquez 5757 Dennis l. Kreller 5768 mark b. broeckelman 6393 Charlie C. valdez Jr.* 6905 lawrence K. Peterson* 7640 Donald b. Ferega 8200 Joseph r. baldwin* 9349 John r. eiler* 9993 Gregory v. Schymanski 10937 ronald J. rietsch* 11730 John m. mcGuire 11732 Alan K. mitten* 12020 David A. layden* 12063 Joseph Phillips 12228 morton van Sims 12335 Guy r. Green* 12392 larry A. ottele* 12425 Arthur I. valencia 12567 Jesse Taitano* 12979 Thomas e. lyons 13099 Douglas J. marsh 13301 John J. Hilton 14338 John P. lopez* 14398 robert G. Archibald Jr. 14407 Thomas J. Zink 14436 John J. Doherty 14443 Gerald l. Dreher*

CONNECTICUT 10 Joseph D. nardini 1943 James A. bbbiati 2883 michael G. Schaefer Sr.* 2968 Steven J. Collison 3600 michael A. Deconti 4313 Albert landry Jr. 6107 Jeffery l. Fiducia 6190 robert l. Ashton Jr.* 9921 Anthony J. bozzuto* 10267 Steven Garofalo* 10651 norman e. noel 10817 michael J. Howard 11245 Joseph P. monico* 11913 robert S. Terry 13862 Thomas K. varney 14014 bernard H. mcGorty* 14216 Christopher r. randall*14590 Peter A. Sonski Jr.*

DELAWARE 6543 Kevin F. Corcoran* 7517 richard C. de Zao* 7990 Henry F. Kordik* 11285 John J. mcGinley 12374 michael F. o’Connor*

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 417 David I. merriwether* 433 edward m. Sullivan 11302 mauro n. Farinelli*

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC10708 emeterio Taveras romero*11795 Toribio Acevedo12247 William A. rosario-Pujols12614 robert H. Campusano Pérez*13231 Julian Frias13541 Juan J. reynoso14252 Jorge l. Amadis nuñez14253 melvin m. lara ureña14296 miguel A. Calderón*14532 Gilberto Sánchez mesa14533 leonidas lópez García14668 Atanacio D. oleo rodríguez*14633 Carlos Sánchez Figuereo*

FLORIDA 2105 James e. Gillis 4800 Paul rod 5131 leonard J. romano 5399 William e. Craig* 5407 Pete J. Grondin* 5629 John F. Fitzgerald 5644 William e. eager* 5737 Peter F. rocca Jr. 5758 Joseph F. Welsh 5960 Joseph S. Ivaskewitz* 6032 James H. Starkes 6274 Henry b. Gurney Iv 6800 michael e laird Sr. 6988 Donald H. rochon 7027 ronald l. Winn 7109 John r. Papa 7121 Daniel e. Floryan 7621 Alfred r. Anci 8074 ronald J. muschong* 8120 Chet Sedke* 8791 Frederick D. Weston 9618 Joseph r. Campobasso* 10377 Charles r. Wills 10484 robert J. Thies 11046 Allen J. mcCaffery 11211 Frank r. mazzie 11410 David J. Gleinn 11448 Charles F. Henault III* 11483 roger Chavez* 11877 Wade P. Pacuch* 12155 John r. Hansen 12306 Frank J. Dillon* 12402 Cody J. Pitre* 12456 Charles P. mclaughlin* 12664 Carlos Irene 12956 Douglas D. Gephart* 13018 Jeff m. Harris 13045 michael P. lynch 13047 Kevin W. Cahill 13139 louis A. manz 13209 mariano m. Caltabiano* 13277 michael W. Pinter* 13300 Frank m. Kosa* 13307 Peter Pezzati Jr.* 13338 Donald C. Galloy 13369 Paul m. Walkington* 13389 Tristan J. Thomas* 13527 Thomas r. Sanders Jr.* 13571 Arthur C. broska Jr. 13639 ronald A. Klaasse* 13654 miguel Santibanez- leon* 13657 edward m. meza* 13996 Andrew J. Youngross 14084 Julio l. Alvarez Jr.* 14086 Timothy P. raines 14132 John G. ricci 14178 Dennis m. Kelly* 14212 Johannes meijer* 14295 Charles F. belinski* 14390 W. Clenworth Francis 14391 eugene A. Dolecki* 14415 Carlos J. Gutierrez* 14456 Dennis J. lynch* 14485 victor J. Jamnik* 14573 William r. Post* 14730 James A. buzzella Sr.

GEORGIA 660 matthew A. Schuh* 9458 robert D. Pratt* 9792 Joseph F. Costa 10633 Patrick J. Gannon Sr.* 10821 Phillip S. Weatherford* 11340 Thaddeus J. mcCaustland 11746 William F. rogers 11768 Joshua Gregory* 12580 Steven b. martin* 12826 William A. Grasse 12883 lawrence Kozlowski* 12942 David burgett

Star Councils AwardedA TOTAL of 1,425 councils earned the StarCouncil Award (including adjustments), thehighest distinction available to a local K of Ccouncil, for the 2008-09 fraternal year.

These councils, led by the grand knightslisted here, conducted the required charitableand fraternal programs in the “Surge…withService” areas, and also achieved their mem-bership and insurance quotas. Each councilwill receive an appropriately engraved plaquefrom the Supreme Council in recognition ofits accomplishment.

Of these councils, 531 earned the DoubleStar Council Award for meeting 100 percentof their insurance quota and 200 percent oftheir membership quota. Councils thatachieved the Double Star Council Award areindicated with an asterisk.

Additionally, 3,707 councils earned theColumbian Award for excellence in program-ming; 3,539 attained the Father McGivneyAward for meeting their membership quota;and 2,212 earned the Founders’ Award formeeting their insurance quota.



13052 Phillip F. Gasior 13204 George D. Yourick* 13217 Steven Z. Walters 13457 David A. Pazienza* 13491 edwin T. Dibble* 13808 Arthur l Hargrove III* 14181 Harrell r. newbury* 14275 edward m. brussard 14425 Stephen P. landkamer

HAWAII11485 Gilbert K. Jose* 11636 ben G. Adona* 13227 Gary m. Davis* 14663 Clyde r. Sauget

IDAHO 1663 ronald o. Denney 11548 Daryl m. Staskey 12172 eduardo l. Herrera*

ILLINOIS 182 Gerald P. baggot 661 roger l. newenham 805 Chester r. Wasik 1005 James e. machan* 1143 Jerome A. Hengehold 1704 Jason r. Kuhl 4007 Philip A. Schmillen 4024 michael J. Drake 4175 James T. meyer 4179 Christopher l. reichert 4338 Dennis C. martin 4372 Timothy l. berry 4836 Cristov Dosev 4837 norman J. Schaeff 4977 Daniel J. Kliarsky 5025 roger T. Stachnik 5572 Andrew e. nelms 5732 Daniel A. macShane Sr. 5918 Kenneth J. bastuga* 6481 Gary J. St. onge 7072 Daniel r. Poncin 7580 edward J. Dennis 7624 Kenneth G. mattson 8473 Steven Saunders* 8596 Daniel J. biggins 9167 ronald W. marulewski 9266 Frederick m. Schreiber* 9768 Joseph r. obernuefemann 9770 Timothy A. mack 9806 John C. molin 9893 Frank bruno* 10944 leo J. Cisco* 11091 Timothy D. o’neill 11112 Joseph A. Falotico 11582 Paul C. Whitley* 11666 David A. Parmer* 12302 Howard e. emery* 12407 everett Fritz II* 12639 Todd m. benzschawel 13123 othello G. Garganera 13216 Jonathan H. Hicks 13448 michael bryscan 13476 robert C. marks* 14024 Daniel S. blentlinger* 14171 Timothy J. rogers* 14284 Charles J. Calcitrai* 14373 norman m. Fruhauf* 14463 Jerome T. Heitschmidt* 14553 Henry F. montoya 14562 richard G. Prete

INDIANA 565 Thomas e. Anslinger 1096 robert P. muldoon* 2111 J. David Wismann 2957 James Almeda 3283 Harry e. Slease Sr. 6323 brian e. Weideman 7473 bruce J. Spindler*

7839 James D. mueller 8487 William J. mcDonald 9114 Gilbert e. Spisak 12387 mark K. Peterson* 12540 mark e. Alexander* 13968 Albert J. Hodgen Jr.*

IOWA 707 James e. Horst 1164 Todd b. roecker 1168 leone D. vargason 2144 Frank e. belloma 2818 Daniel l. lillis* 4132 Dan l. Jarrens* 4151 ralph J. Scheve Jr. 4248 michael C. Wilkins 4287 Alan l. lansing 5390 John T. Stapley 5513 robert r. Hammel 7294 Stephen P. Slobodnik 7459 mark F. Kerkhoff 8227 Thomas C. mcGlaughlin 8269 Paul H. Gerlach 8384 Kevin r. Althaus 8702 michael l. evink 9574 martin T. Pieper* 10069 vincent F. meis* 11038 michael Skaggs* 11222 Wayne C. Helmle 11296 roger F. Harvey 11942 nicholas G. volk* 12422 Scott l. Cahill* 12432 Karl D. ehlers 12482 David m. miller* 13108 William A. Talken* 13109 Thomas l. brandt* 13503 roger l. lortz 14393 Gerald J. loew 14481 ricardo rangel

KANSAS 534 matthew J. Chappell 657 John r. Simecka 883 Douglas K. Stuckey 902 lawrence l. bach 1052 ryan J. Tastove 1149 James l. Pritchard 1370 eric K. Schwein 1383 James n. Schmitz* 1392 robert b.miller 1510 Thomas o. melroy 1521 Gregory o. Willis 1832 Jerome beihl 1993 eugene l. becker 2131 brian b. Stegman* 2133 Wade A. King 2296 Jerry A. urton 2614 Daniel n. Givens 3033 Thomas P. marks 3114 matthew T. baalmann 3146 edward b. Hoffman 3316 William Forrest 3423 Gerald A. vinduska* 3828 John m. mackey 5631 Fred J. Keener 6618 William D. Hrencher 6660 John W. boyington 6665 michael C. Antholz 6761 reay F. Cano 6817 lewis J. Scully 8488 Kelly J. Adams* 10755 marvin e. burgett 10786 ricky l. Hudson 10834 ernest e. Petite 10932 Joseph P. Kennedy* 11352 mark J. rucker 11661 Gregory l. miller* 11692 bernard l. Wolters* 12858 Duane F. Koehler 13012 michael e. barnard* 13354 Gregory T. beck* 14218 James H. Douglas

KENTUCKY 5453 Dean r. Adams 6317 Darin D. Pendergraft

10682 Douglas W. moeller 12852 Kenneth D. Schwendeman 13917 randy e. Kraemer* 14372 Cameron G. Peck* 14471 Alfonso A. Fiorucci Jr.*

LOUISIANA 1710 Patrick vidrine 2398 bart J. Hebert 3857 Darryl J. Fontenot 4683 emile F. Prejean 5352 Troy m. lake* 5747 Darrel C. Gonzales Sr.* 6326 Anthony J. labello 7557 michael P. malagarie 8901 Jarreau m. villere III* 9016 Joseph A. mannino 9384 leroy Jackson Sr. 10178 Philip o. brabham 10293 e. richard Yandle 10349 nicky J. bourgue 10728 melvin l. Westerfield 12163 larry J. bernard 13931 Paul D. Farnell 14542 Alexander m. Albert*

LUZON 1000 noel S. lacanilao* 3654 ortiz rodolfo J. Cal 3655 richard b. Diolazo* 3696 Jesucrates m. Carolino 3710 rasul Joselito A. Abayan 3713 Ferdinand T. linatoc 3937 Angel m. Tolentino* 3941 Fernando S. Galsim 3951 Antonio u. Abagat 4073 bonifacio C. enriquez 4105 Jose rodrigo A. Francisco* 4275 Herculano S. malana Jr.* 4288 Tito Z. Quinagutan 4318 bienvenido A. estrada* 4610 michael P. bautista 4640 Susano v. bihag Jr. 5234 mario G. Hipolito* 5377 Julio o. Gonzaga 5433 romulo C. buquid 5579 Gregorio D. Yao* 5617 ricardo C. Garcia* 5622 Gilberto G. Amadure 5774 manuel C. mesina* 5973 Danilo l. Gob 5993 roberto C. Pabustan* 5996 mariano T. machacon* 6080 ramon T. Asprer* 6115 rogelio Domingo* 6178 Teodoro b. Yangco Jr. 6185 Ivan richard A. viray* 6259 ruben P. Inocencio* 6287 Francisco v. Caoili* 6303 noel r. maniacop* 6613 edwin S. mendoza 6677 Arnold J. valenzuela* 6737 Adriano Santos 6775 reginal S. del rosario 6821 D. G. nazareno Jr. 6953 reynaldo e. Acu* 7126 Alberto r. Arrojo 7286 lope T. Trajeco Jr.* 7398 Wilfredo l. lopez* 7415 ronilo S. barashari 7664 marcial b. Plando 7758 Jorge P. Jimenez* 7813 Patricio T. Tenedor* 7844 nicanor C. Felix 7957 Alejandro r. elazegui 8210 victor H. Torres* 8444 Terence v. Abueva* 8447 Antonio S. marifosque Jr.* 8573 vicente e. Aceveda*

8618 eleno b. Calongui* 8693 victor m. villostas* 8708 rolando D. bambilla* 8751 Serafin A. ramirez Jr. 8754 benedicto D. Avellanosa* 8757 rodrigo n. Quiambao* 8922 eugene A. baltazar 8996 Carlito e. manabat* 9006 Antonio C. mendoza 9015 Gervacio S. Santiago* 9057 Artemio l. Juliano* 9101 edwin C. Zaldivar* 9118 Alfonso C. Cruz II 9160 Jose r. balete* 9189 rosendo o. Chaves 9348 marcelito G. Talabong* 9353 Wilfredo S. Santos* 9366 Prudencio m. marcial* 9390 romarico u. Saquing* 9414 Paul Gaffud 9440 Antonio manzano 9491 Isidro P. reyes* 9591 edgardo o. luna 9877 oscar P. Paguinto 9926 edwin C. boneo* 9934 raul S. venturina 10104 luis rodel T. del rosario 10173 victorio S. Garcia 10438 rodolfo I. Caballero* 10550 Jeremias b. berdin 10582 Gonzalo r. malonzo* 10695 ramon o. Giron* 10734 Dionisio C. buhay* 10735 ernesto b. Perez* 11124 Dante n. macaibay 11183 virgilio m. Gonzales 11249 edwin A. Gregonia* 11297 ramon A. Gabat* 11322 lamberto r. Almero 11444 rodrigo C. rosqueta* 11754 Federico m. Arboleda Jr. 11791 melvin P. nechaldas* 11847 Tirso m. Sulanguit* 11852 Amador I. reyes 11894 michael b. baronda 11931 mariano m. David 11953 ernesto b. rodriguez 11990 Jerry r. Tugade* 12051 nilo l. Cabreros 12125 ernesto m. Tolentino 12162 Plaribel D. rellosa 12308 Danilo F. del rosario 12442 bonifacio e. Ferrancol Jr.12461 enrico S. bautista12466 Jose v. Tan 12513 mario A. engracial* 12714 Arturo r. Tumambing* 12757 rizal C. morales 12770 Ponciano b. Josef 12810 Aleleio r. Tullao 12890 rolando e. Hernandez 12908 Domingo T. Pantino 13137 Donailo m. Agravante 13213 roldan l. Alburo* 13298 rolando l. Duque 13536 manolito m. magsino 13548 luis C. Pangulayan* 13725 Dominador r. rescate 13776 renato u. Coronel 13852 Hernanie P. lagdamen 13853 moises G. Pangan 13883 ernesto F. Festin 13919 restituto S. San Pedro* 14020 Albert Paz de Dios* 14177 leandro Flores 14194 virgilio A. Hernandez 14258 Cipriano evangelista 14323 rosendo r. Pagcaliwagan 14528 Cesar P. Arcilla*

MAINE 680 bruce A. rioux 7300 robert m. bizier 13861 Daniel J. rooney*

MANITOBA 9790 Ted Jendras* 10551 leonard J. mariash*

MARYLAND 1384 lee r. Heath 1393 mark A. Hall 1622 William W. Wierzbicky* 2002 John Paul Correri Jr.* 2065 micheal W. Thumm 2427 Kenneth l. van Golen 2797 Joseph G. Doniger* 4011 Joseph e. Stout 5547 Innocent Chukwu 5564 edward D. Tirador 7612 Thomas o. Greul 8159 Paul J. Zimmerman 8251 lawrence J. Giglio 9302 Andrew J. Smith 9729 Thomas r. Wojtek 9968 ronald S. Sableski 10100 ronald J. Perzinski 10137 Keith m. Wolf 10525 Donald C. D’valle 10966 michael l. ragolio11214 James l. Quick Jr. 11304 Joseph o. Thomas 11372 William o. elliott 11484 Philip G. Desmarais 11552 Joseph m. Sudo 11615 Jason J. Karolkowski 11703 Thomas Candelaria* 11898 Francis W. Curran 12054 Christopher r. Spinner 12127 James P. barr* 12128 William J. Goodwin Jr. 12254 David F. russo 13008 John H. o’Donnell 13091 William A. Waldron 13290 James J. Zik 13294 Fred W. Haley 13295 Christopher J. mcGrath* 13859 Joseph G. noppinger 14011 Joseph J. Wiggins 14102 Franklin m. Taylor Jr. 14297 Stanley A. Fisher* 14455 George H. Johnson*14534 Jeffrey r. Denzel* 14572 Arthur r. ma soero Jr.* 14612 edward F. Huelsenbeck 14775 larry J. Clark

MASSACHUSETTS 202 Thomas A. Anthony 228 Paul J. Perry 365 John l. brouillard 1619 Frank P. lattuca II 1701 barry e. rodgers 1721 roger r. roux 3745 bruce K. Healey 5004 Thomas e. Foley 5188 Terrance F. Keeney 6064 Albert A. Hanlon III 9275 eugene F. bartos 10877 James A. mcKain 13140 Gary J. lizotte 13966 Allan J. Gillis 14298 Frederick F. Davis* 14557 Steven n. Guillotte* 14725 richard r. Dube

MEXICO SOUTH13910 Yuri Alberto Alamilla-Schrund*

MICHIGAN 414 Donald H. Francis 521 Pietro v. Cervini* 575 Gregory m. Finnila



744 William m. Hielscher 788 David l. luedtke 1120 Jack e. Holbert* 1546 raymond l. Geiger 1585 Dan l. Cahee* 1802 David n. Sledge 1987 vincent J. Klusek 2173 David C. Schmidt* 2659 Thomas G. Wittstock* 2781 raymond J. Sroka 2890 Gene K. Pline 3092 Gregory P. de Draff 3615 Thomas F. Jackson 3823 Calvin e. Stacer 4693 Phillip r. Parrish 4764 Kenneth e. Simpson 5981 michael C. Cousins 5999 David l. Fountain 6314 John Czarniecki* 6687 Charles A. de boe 6694 Joseph F. Sollinger 6824 Gary l. Schafer 6865 John m. Corbat 6980 ronald m. Harwood 7018 ronald D. Stec 7200 Timothy F. bussineau 7237 James r. Sigmon 7304 James P. osborne 7311 Stephen P. mcCarthy8 7329 James e. Krcmarik 7413 Thomas J. Kleparek 7561 Joseph P. bova 7591 James m. Klepoch 7717 David l. Currie 7761 William J. Koltak 7796 Donald W. leveille 7869 John r. nowak 8117 Arnold C. Zueger 8489 John T. Howe 8659 russell H. e. Coy-burt 8695 matthew r. Cebulski* 8820 mark A. Dye 9131 Jonathon e. Ferguson 9526 Webb T. Coates 9568 Paul S. rogers* 9937 robert m. Tooman* 9962 Jeffry J. Cypher 10006 John r. le Fevre 10170 michael J. brown 11099 Thomas J. Fox* 11113 ralph l. Westbrook 11432 Tom A. opaka 11658 William G. Dorne 11689 Kenneth H. Grobbel 12423 eugene J. Cianek* 12850 Gerald l. Sweeney 13319 Christopher J. Pawloski* 13360 eugene C. mcKay* 13362 mark e. vogel* 13419 Gerald Wilczynski* 13453 mark S. brezenski 13475 Jeff e. Dombrowski* 13485 Joseph J. Salvador 13579 Garret A. Kelenske* 13600 Dennis Dopke* 13950 edward G. ratzenberger 13958 James m. Hanes* 13983 Patrick W. Wosek 13992 michael A. Hughes 14211 michael T. Ambroziak* 14404 lawrence D. Adams 14586 Julius A. Horvath* 14642 robert C. Grove Jr.

MINDANAO 3417 Dela Dexter b. riarte 3504 Samson e. murillo* 4409 Pedro e. Trinidad Jr.* 4576 Danilo F. Aranez* 4639 rafael o. bolabon* 5331 lawrence J. Paradina* 5339 lino C. ragandang

5905 Alric A. r. Abellanosa* 6511 roqueto e. Actub 6512 Adrian b. boston 6974 Fausto A. labado 7004 roland G. Duran* 7658 Joseph T. Arandia* 7892 Sheldon l. Calonzo 7994 vincent e. ubas 8006 bienvenido F. Yamis* 8134 rogelio D. belacaol 8167 edito m. Seares* 8202 Alijandro Telmo* 8206 Placido J. Jayoma* 8209 Alfredo C. Sebastian 8330 Alejandro C. navato 8406 elias A. Alimboyong 8764 vivencio C. Cadorna* 8824 Jose A. b. mangune 9063 Yobolo b. Tabaranza* 9480 Danilo A. Guigayoma* 9517 Ponciano J. Dawal* 9566 Alberto m. malcampo* 10059 edwin b. Pelosas 10159 Alexander S. Talidro* 10237 Alvin b. vacalares 10359 Adelberto G. Samuya 11031 victor D. montero* 11039 Paul A. rosacena* 11048 Celso b. osmena 11783 Arthuro T. borneo 11842 Ponciano Q. Joven* 12506 Armando P. Pagdato* 12736 Pio n. ong Jr. 12978 Inhelberto m. Cuevas* 13211 nazario P. Acu*t 13546 romeo m. llacuna* 13648 vincent r. Sanchez* 14287 Federico b. Deocampo 14364 Santiago e. Tagalogon 14438 Wendell C. Catam-Isan

MINNESOTA 2029 bernard F. Schulte 3657 Charles J. Kropelnicki 3949 George A. Hoene 4374 Gregory r. mencke 4718 Harvey C. Chermak 5202 Jacob m. rose* 5296 John W. lyrenmann 6374 lloyd J. moosbrugger 6608 robert J. nosbush 8367 Jay A. ostergaard 8571 Dennis J. Dehn* 9261 Jamie D. ranweiler 9552 raymond n. burwell 9905 Terry G. meyer* 10732 Steve J. Philion* 12519 Gary l. Stuckmayer 13529 Henry lubbesmeyer 14145 John A. Tanaka* 14250 Alan J. Gregerson* 14460 Paul A. leska 14574 Donald F. Ahlstrom* 14616 James J. Sinclair

MISSISSIPPI 802 John l. bennett* 848 Guy J. Heying 6765 Daniel m. Setaro* 8912 Stephan D. Clapp 9094 David A. Seymour* 9124 Daryl l. ladner* 9543 Charles W. Wilkerson Jr.* 10216 Kevin m. o’Donnell*

MISSOURI 846 Jimmy r. Dick 876 Gary e. Arth 1171 ron J. berhorst 1270 Alvin J. Schafer 1321 bernard J. Schlager 1339 billy D. Ingels* 1376 Joe S. Poelker* 1587 robert J. Kemna

2044 Gerald A. beck 2269 William D. Schwendeman 2440 William r. Deutsch 2619 James J. madden 3267 Delbert J. evers 3375 William r. Crnic* 4858 richard J. Seidel* 5898 ronald l. Wesbecher 6506 louis J. Soliz Jr. 6550 michael G. Tesmer 6794 lawrence G. boeh Jr. 7133 Jimmy D. Godfroy 7231 Jacob S. Fowler 8334 Thomas J. Dedonder 8400 richard P. Hentges 8588 James m. reiter 8887 Gale G. Wessling 9522 David Shaw 9981 Scott J. Arbaugh* 10154 Gregory r. lippert* 10381 Gene Hanrahan 10794 Thomas W. Wardenburg 11139 bernard Schmidt* 11794 Steve T. Topping 12992 brian D. Johnson 13270 Scott r. boner 13604 William C. meirink 13671 John T. lynch 13823 robert J. Goeke 13901 George D. Heib 14067 James P. Kahre* 14264 ray e. Cassidy* 14270 eugene J. Twellman* 14414 Stephen J. Sutter 14489 John Parks*

NEBRASKA 1128 Jim r. Gardner* 1904 David l. Wiedel 2716 ronald K. Kluck 3736 Joseph G. raus 6192 Charles m. Karnik 7021 eric T. Fulton* 7704 raymond J. Chrastil 7740 raymond K. Honaker 8469 Terry Wehrs 9264 Chris r. maul 9518 mark A. Gerow* 9563 David m. vifquain 10000 robert J. Steinauer 10108 Allen J. Ihnen 10305 Garrett J. Flynn 10815 Joaquin G. Garcia 10894 ralph meister 10895 Woodrow G. Armentrout 10909 Thomas l. Tokos 10913 John F. Pfeiler* 11001 Timothy W. Hindman 11312 Gregory C. Kozakiewicz Sr. 11879 David J. o’Kane 13576 Craig A. Arent* 14077 michael J. matukewicz

NEVADA 3741 Wilfred bocage Jr. 4828 robert S. Greer 12845 John e. Solt 13456 John C. rios* 13842 William G. Kraus*14544 John P. Privitera*

NEW BRUNSWICK 8654 Daniel m. Atkins 8704 Jean Guy Godin 9270 John r. Coughlan 12215 Jeremie J. Theriault

NEWFOUNDLAND/LABRADOR 3742 Irving m. Campbell 7405 ronald J. mcCarthy 7702 Douglas Furey 10599 Patrick G. Power

11776 George J. Hynes

NEW HAMPSHIRE 2179 Glen e. White Jr. 6850 richard J. Cabral*

NEW JERSEY 262 edward J. maksym 474 James W. martin Jr. 588 Kevin J. Cavanagh 1672 Stan J. buraczynski Jr. 2248 John l. Costello 2393 Albert A. licata 2858 owen P. mcKenna Jr. 2976 michael W. Walter 3451 matthew r. Gagnon 3632 Charles J. Collins* 3665 Thomas r. migliorino 3784 norman r. Glenn 3826 John D. Pescatore 3962 Joseph P. reap 4154 Douglas r. Stetser 5170 William G. Wargin Jr.* 6139 robert m. Gamble 6201 Thomas b. Sheridan* 6296 Harry r. Cross* 6336 richard rendeiro 6342 matthew J. Simons 6364 Joseph P. Gehousky 6380 Gerald S. Hrycyshyn 6462 Timothy F. Kearney 6552 Albert Fiorello 6572 John D. Chiappetta* 7046 Scott C. Williams* 7103 Joseph A. melillo Sr. 7333 Angelo J. battisti 7429 William H. Harle* 7463 michael J. Querubin 8982 Stephen Hutnik 9021 rudolph J. richter* 9199 Frank brzychcy 9852 Alvin C. miester Jr. 10627 Wayne J. mcKay 11349 Joseph J. mendryk* 11386 raymond Goger 11409 robert morgan 11529 George becker 11671 Carlos A. roco* 11873 Thomas D. Amico 12004 Henry J. Wieck* 12430 Andrew Smith12769 neal m. mcGarrity 13264 martin J. Carrara* 14191 martin m. brady 14291 James P. Fernandez* 14483 michael Hellrigel 14493 Joseph Hofmann* 14615 Thomas e. Hartley Jr.

NEW MEXICO 3355 benito A. montoya 4227 Henry J. Drees Jr.* 4256 rick J. Kocab* 6696 Allen J. rowbotham 9527 Silvestre Sanchez 10517 lee A. Garcia* 10560 Paul G. brachle 14254 Patrick b. Griego 14410 Albert n. Griffin*

NEW YORK 207 John b. oliver 312 Andrew r. Giacomazza Jr.* 1106 lohn F. Carey 1206 James J. murphy Jr. 1662 richard l. Cole* 2122 John m. lokay Jr. 2147 Frank Alessio 2204 Patrick J. Flannery* 2228 Charles v. rosaschi 2458 Walter n. Kedjierski* 3102 William J. mitchell 3536 Dominick D. ruggiero* 3852 William l. Christensen

4126 Dominick Peppaceno 4255 robert m. Hogan* 5314 Paul J. Capobianco 5917 Daniel T. Clifford 6802 Frank P. Antun 6844 richard m. burke 6911 Joseph A. bonarrigo* 7006 ramesh D. ramlogan 7266 roy J. Wood Jr.* 7551 Peter J. Stafford 11449 barry e. Ferguson 11950 Stanley m. burghardt* 12223 richard K .Campbell 12993 Dennis J. Colichio* 13127 Peter b. Guibord 13410 vincent Genna* 13588 leroy A. Fonfara* 14219 James r. Giustizia* 14520 Peter J. Sammarco* 14578 John r. mohr*14666 Kevin m. lyons 14687 Thomas J. behan

NORTH CAROLINA 1074 edward v. Grace 2838 mark m. Falcon 3303 maurice P. Casem 3498 mark A. bailey 3574 Dale e. Graf 4600 Paul Gemberling* 4660 John A. mezera 6451 James W. rand* 6717 robert l. bridwell 7024 Daniel J. Shipko 7152 Kenneth J. Jewell 7186 Patrick l. Caporale 7232 edwin P. nealis 8363 Daniel r. Allegretti 8680 James m. Sabo 8684 Anthony C. maturo 8759 Timothy G. Gregory* 8886 Thomas l. Fortener 9039 norman r. melanson 9364 michael e. malloy 9570 ronald J. Carney Sr. 9579 John H. lefeber 9746 ricky D. White* 9847 ernesto r. Chapa* 9880 Joseph S. Smith* 10495 Thomas r. Horten 10783 Wilbur C. Stovall III 10891 Thomas A. murphy 10910 James b. boyd* 11101 Thomas J. Heslin 11494 John A. Castillo* 11683 riley r. Williams Sr.* 11911 Thomas e. Kotz 12017 John P. lilienthal* 12119 bruce e. meyer* 12455 Terrance e. Whalen* 12478 Anthony J. minniti 12537 richard A. Chickillo 13220 leonard m. Quemuel*13488 Kenneth S. Fischler 13812 Peter T. marino

NORTH DAKOTA 4690 Joseph m. Hastings

NOVA SCOTIA 5449 merlin A. macAulay 7077 robert J. Jenkins 13017 Gordon r. Jewers

OHIO 847 Jeffrey W. briggs 910 michael J. nester 2374 myron l. Flaugher* 3123 robert A. Carlson* 3376 larry e. Schmolt* 3754 Peter G. Snyder 4130 Paul J. Pirrone 4168 michael P. Conley* 4324 Charles l. Kramer* 4603 robert G. neider Jr.* 4731 James l. Sanzi 5023 John v. busam



5139 Charles l. Gibbons 5253 Phillip r. Siedlecki 5534 Duane K. lord 7970 Andrew A. rak* 7981 Timothy J. mangan 10215 raymond J. mock II 10765 Herbert l. Thorndal III* 10792 James P. Gero 10876 roy G. Sabo Jr.* 11187 Frank J. Piper 11207 Thomas e. Deliduka* 11208 lawrence m. Hanchin* 11275 Paul F. breen* 11355 William F. Johansen 11445 Cyrus J. Cottrell 11550 Scott e. beetz* 12359 nicholas l. mcCarroll 12900 vincent m. lombardo 13586 Terrence e. bogan 13608 Jerry l. Trumpey* 13984 nicholas m. Gresko* 14282 louis J. Griffith 14400 Jeffrey m. rohde* 14406 David b. Zuber* 14416 Dale m. Delgado* 14457 Donald e. Postiy 14491 Kevin r. Greer 14502 Wayne T. vreeland* 14504 michael D. Freil* 14545 John e. brannon 14551 Thomas l. bader*

OKLAHOMA 767 louis G. Slater* 962 Alan T. Zbavitel 1287 leo J. meyer 11237 Dennis r. Kunnanz 11909 Henry C. evans III 11959 randall Young* 14106 David valenzuela

ONTARIO 2004 marinus T. vanden Heuvel 2444 raymond J. leclair 3515 A. Wayne Sczepanski 5420 robert n. morris 5957 Peter J. binelli 7570 William e. Thuss 7969 Danyl o. lohin 8008 michael P. mcCarthy 8360 roland A. bedard* 8661 Denis F. o’Sullivan 8783 edward J. richardson 9005 Shane J. Silva 9108 John W. Watts 9295 Gilles l. boisvert 9447 rodney P. Fraser 9544 Gilbert l. roy 9612 George H. Presz* 10619 Florencio C. Hidalgo 10956 John mattaroccia 11086 John matser Jr. 11525 rupert b. Johnson* 11752 Albert Corace* 12067 valens W. Almeida* 12106 Father Hugh J. macDonald 12249 Thomas r. burnett 12859 Claude bruneau* 13630 Tony Genco* 13701 Jean Pierre leury 13896 Giovanni F. rossetti* 14421 marcel J. lemmen 14540 michael A. rodriguez

OREGON 1307 ray A. Prom 1785 Douglas e. Johnson 5511 robert A. St. Jean 8355 michael I. laird

PENNSYLVANIA 956 michael J. lucas 1083 ralph J. Troiano* 1275 Joseph W. Korelko III*

1426 Joseph Fields 2194 John J. Siget Jr. 2555 robert m. Tyrseck* 3862 edward J. Schellhammer 4609 Drew D. Schauble* 4738 mark v. Schall 10921 Craig J. Traverson* 11018 Kenneth T. Sobeck* 11051 Harry J. Hartman 12043 Stephen e. rash 12250 richard P. Heibel 12406 Donn P. Tourscher 13141 Harry J. Tucci Jr. 13241 William G. Chesson 14035 James A. mcFaul 14078 William l. Hilderhoff* 14081 edward C. Yescavage* 14082 eugene P. Clarke 14161 louis A. odorizzi* 14349 Charles A. becker 14392 Frank J. manole Sr. 14395 michael J. moglia 14397 matthew J. Kloiber 14464 Kenneth J. boyce 14524 James m. Graham 14527 brother Angel r. Sanchez* 14654 John n. Cocco

POLAND14002 marek malawski*14023 ryszard nosowicz*14567 Krzysztof Wąsowski*

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 824 G. David Abbott*

PUERTO RICO 5014 Jorge C. Santos-Sostre* 6580 Juan de Jesus luciano-Plaza 11706 Felix J. Fuentes- Torres*

QUEBEC 284 brian o. mcbrien 2015 etienne monette 3258 Albert Duchesne* 5661 Jacques Claveau 12222 Gustave Drapeau 13881 Irenio S. nacino*

RHODE ISLAND 3547 James P. raviele

SASKATCHEWAN 6381 Jerome Kress 8279 Dean Graham 8547 Antonio H. Gareau 8638 earl W. Synkiw* 12415 efren A. Alejandria 13214 lorne r. Kirzinger*

SOUTH CAROLINA 3067 raymond C. Fischer 5026 Francis X. Pastore 5086 lawrence P. Flood 6756 brian Garscadden 6884 ray r. Stimart 7531 Joseph m. Dumovich* 9575 louis m. Alberta 9576 richard J. Whitaker 10668 robert C. oppenheimer12263 richard m. bachner* 12366 John J. Dugas* 12554 James J. Corbett 13713 michael A. Allen 14475 vincent J. Poto*

TENNESSEE 1101 michael C. Solberg 5062 robert W. raiteri

6645 ronald D. Sykes* 8354 ronald C. Wagner 11424 Douglas W. Schott

TEXAS 1289 Frank Conti* 1422 David H. Zeigler 1450 larry v. Gray 2597 Arnulfo A. Gonzalez 2623 valdemar Sanchez 2698 oton J. Guerrero* 2776 Gregory J. batenhorst 2791 leonel A. Ibarra 2801 ron F. Hollas 2902 ernest J. Kutac 3008 Andreas A. neuber 3203 Joe A. Jacobo 3205 russell v. Kellen 3365 Wayne G. Cromis 3367 Jose G. Cortez* 3412 David A. rogers 3910 Jack e. Ferguson 4157 bill r. Klepac 4497 Jose T. ortiz 4550 Thomas J. Horrell 4771 David W. Petty 4843 michael W. Duarte 5052 Anthony A. leto 5967 robert A. berend* 6366 Stephen A. Kocurek 6527 matthew b. Kirsch 6557 Daniel J. Armbruster 6878 Philip Ardoin Jr. 7099 ruben v. Cisneros 7386 bernabe r. Davila 7600 James r. Poche 7641 leslie r. ewell 7736 Christopher G. Heath* 7850 George T. eldridge* 7965 Caesar bustos 7983 richard Delgado Jr.* 8156 Glenn J. Dobmeier 8157 Chris A. edwards 8225 robert r. Wenske* 8298 mario l. Contreras 8327 robert e. vega Sr. 8404 Pedro A. Davila* 8482 Peter H. Craney 8493 David n. Dillon 8494 Anthony P. Scarpa* 8771 richard J. Thompson 9041 Flenard J. bush* 9151 William nance 9291 Joseph l. Zimmer 9337 Francis H. Sarmiento 9368 Stephen H. George 9902 Apolonio l. Fernandez 9903 Jack l. Clapp* 9930 Charles D. Fitzpatrick* 9967 valentin C. Arias 10181 Clayton A. Ainsworth III 10245 William S. morris* 10373 Sammy G. levario* 10413 eduardo benavidez Sr.* 10420 roger Hovis* 10524 richard o. Haynie* 10555 John Sifuentes Jr. 10574 Gregory T. Treacy* 10624 Christopher m. Drury 10720 Clyde J. Harper 10764 Carlos S. Cano* 10816 ernest J. Duran 10836 Gregg r. Kronenberger10861 Gerald H. Kastner* 10930 Philip W. Talbert 10959 edgar C. Aguilar 10995 Dominic D. Palazzolo 11026 robert J. Winkler* 11107 Arthur J. valdez 11293 michael e. Steffens 11423 George T. Webster* 11620 Antonio martinez* 11716 David Carr*

11862 Gary F. labac* 11866 ronald r. Kmiec 11905 James r. ott 12040 oscar lopez* 12300 William m. Kane Jr. 12327 John r. bundscho 12480 Stanley J. Zmorzynski* 12553 Sean A. Stenovitch 12558 valentine J. eschenburg 12601 leon e. rieger 12632 roy rodriguez 12657 Cody W. Wilson 12672 owen l. Glover Jr. 13005 James J. rieger 13044 richard b. mcCaffrey Jr. 13408 Alan e. mcIntyre* 13447 billy b. Simmons 13470 Philip P. Hoffman* 13520 Christopher J. Diaz 13534 Anthony W. Ingram 13704 Francis J. Holguin* 13902 edward W. Hurta Jr. 13940 Phillip C. Johnson* 14055 Joseph P. ortiz 14426 Stephen l. Schwieterman* 14549 Anthony W. martin* 14617 Gary G. bentz*

UTAH 602 Paul A. Yribar* 5214 elmer F. Downs* 6147 John m. Axelsen 6966 robert e. Smith 9849 John r. valdez* 12181 larry Jones 14239 edward r. Goffaux

VERMONT10417 Kevin J. barron* 14351 Keith e. Grimes

VIRGINIA 511 John r. nicholson 4034 loui J. Stevens* 6457 Samuel Patterson III 6546 David W. robinson 6828 barton P. Crews 6936 Kenneth J. Perrault Sr.* 7165 John J. Dubelko 7363 Joseph A. Dobbins 7771 raymond A. newcomb* 7812 Steven A. Heitmeyer 7877 Shon A. ramsel 7992 George J. Getek 8240 William A. meznarich Jr.* 8600 Paul A. maltagliati 9002 lawrence P. Kreitzer 9056 Thomas r. Tumilty 9259 Hal H. Hanna 9407 John e. Thibeau 9428 Joseph W. Shabbott 9655 Phung m. nguyen 10015 Daniel r. mcbride 10515 earl G. reid III 10601 mike P. Paselio* 10723 luis e. vega* 10947 richard J. Kovaleski 11136 David A. miles* 11170 Kevin J. Palgutt* 11533 A. Francis Guidarelli* 12117 robert b. Storms* 12378 marcelito Y. Sangalang 12525 raymond A. Smith 12579 russell T. Gustin 12791 Andrew m. Altman 13170 James P. Yosh Jr.* 13467 vincent m. Kapral* 14263 ralph orzo 14516 Gerard P. romanko

VISAYAS 4327 lino Francisco C. Gonzalez 5028 mike I. Chin Jr.* 5308 renato C. Cagalawan 5395 raul W. leberiaga 5684 Alex m. Gane 6048 Isidoro m. espinosa* 6070 roberto r. Somosa 7204 Albert S. Quinanola 8185 Felino b. Canete 9466 noeni S. nepomuceno* 10095 melchor Jan T. minerva 12363 nicholas D. Asparen* 13261 russel P. rupecio* 14044 Jose benito D. madrones III*

WASHINGTON 829 Gary D. metcalf 1460 ray W. Wolf 1565 Gregory J. Schultheis 3455 Agapitos Hernandez Jr. 3598 brian e. Steele 4367 Scott J. olson 4385 Tuan A. nguyen 7642 Andris Galvins 7863 James v. Taylor* 8179 Jeffrey l. Hylden* 8201 robert J. Joy* 10653 Kenneth r. Wise 11085 Frank b. Jones 11134 Francis A. malone 11642 George l. Doyle* 11789 John F. Guerrero 11906 raymond e. bly* 12273 robert n. mcKellar 12591 ronald b. Johnson* 12983 Ygnacio m. Calderon* 13374 lawrence e. Frampton Sr. 13395 James m. michaelis 13606 Shawn F. Peake 13794 renato e. Sacramento* 14046 Thomas J. o’brien 14510 Dean r. martinez

WEST VIRGINIA 603 Francis G. Koenig* 7772 Jack W. Wroten 10545 michael l. Fleming 12036 Harold S. Gibson 12195 Alan A. lander 12830 richard rinschler Jr.

WISCONSIN 719 Kenneth l. King 746 bryan J. Thompson 1257 roger T. langkamp* 1471 neal l. Schwartz 2854 Theodore A. Palzkill 3099 eric l. breunig 3492 edward J. Pulvermacher 5438 Thomas Hogan 5456 Duane l. Hanson 6371 James b. Tillman 6690 louis G. Dunning 6718 richard A. Janiszewski 7827 Calvin e. lukasavitz* 8810 edward W. Fischer* 9230 Kevin S. o’leary 9360 mark r. lessner* 10552 William J. Cowans 13733 David K. Kirner 13880 Gary D. Wolf 14478 Kevin l. Harvancik

WYOMING 2441 Stewart H. miller*

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COLUMBIANISM BY DEGREES

RETIRED AUXILIARY Bishop ThomasJ. Flanagan of San Antonio sits in his newgolf cart while surrounded by archdioce-san employees and members of theKnights of Columbus. Knights from theSan Antonio Chapter donated the golfcart for Bishop Flanagan’s transportationuse between the archdiocesan PastoralCenter and surrounding buildings.• After a devastating tornado sweptthrough their community, members ofWindsor-Johnstown (Colo.) Council11575 provided relief and aid to vic-tims. Funds received from the Col-orado State Council and from otherlocal units totaled $23,300, whichKnights distributed to those affected bythe disaster.

Unity

Charity

MEMBERS of St. John’s Council8917 in Interlachen, Fla., work to wa-terproof the outside of their parishbuildings. After sustaining years ofwind and water exposure, St. John’sChurch was in need of repair. Knightsstripped, waterproofed and repaintedthe church, rectory, church hall andadministrative offices, saving theparish an estimated $20,000.• St Joseph’s Council 11611 in OtisOrchards, Wash., repainted the back-yard deck at their parish rectory.Knights spent the day refinishing andrepainting the deck for their newparish priest.

Patriotism

MEMBERS of Brunswick Assemblyin Southport, N.C., stand withwounded Marines during a barbecuehosted by the Knights. The assemblytreated 45 Marines from Camp Leje-une to a steak barbecue. All of theMarines are recovering from woundsreceived in Iraq or Afghanistan.• Members of Bishop Charles M.McLaughlin Assembly in Brandon,Fla., and their families regularly visitpatients at the James A. Haley Veter-ans’ Hospital and the Fisher House.Knights also provide care items andtoiletries for distribution.

Fraternity

CHILDREN of K of C membershelp folk singer Tony Prophet per-form his set during a family picnic co-hosted by New Westminster (B.C.)Council 1283 and Blessed Joseph Al-lamano Council 11359. Knights andtheir families enjoyed an afternoon offood and entertainment.• Each year for the past 50 years,Quincy (Ill.) Council 583 has spon-sored a retreat for members and theirfamilies at the Jesuit-run WhiteHouse in St. Louis. Attendees embarkon a three-day silent retreat of reflec-tion, prayer and meditation.


Katie Wellmann (front) participates in the19th annual MS Walk with her husband,Michael, and Knights from 11 councilsthroughout the Diocese of Salt Lake City.Fifty-five Knights walked in honor of Katie,a parishioner at St. Joseph the WorkerChurch in West Jordan who has multiplesclerosis. The council raised $1,800 for theUtah Chapter of the MS Society.

Building a better world one council

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KEEP THE FAITH ALIVE

‘ONLY A DEEPRELATIONSHIP WITHCHRIST WILL DRAW

OTHERS TOFOLLOW HIM.’

My father, in particular, is a strong role model forme. He recently became a Knight of Columbus,which is a great grace considering he was raised withno religious training and did not consider enteringthe Catholic Church until he met my mother. In1983, both he and my eldest brother were baptized.Since that time, he has striven to grow in his faith —a daily commitment to struggle ever onward in agenuine relationship with the living God. This hasdeeply inspired me in my vocation. Throughout my novitiate, two K of C councils in

Tucson supported me financially and spiritually.Many times I was reduced to tears at the enormousgenerosity of these men who had adopted me. Eachof their little notes of encouragement made Jesus’love for me very tangible. These Knights are verymuch like brothers and fathers to me.I professed my first vows on July 16, 2008, and it

is with much love and gratitude that I strive daily togrow closer to Christ. Only a deep relationship withhim will draw others to follow him.

SISTER MARIE RACHEL

OF THE SACRED WOUNDS, O.C.D.CARMELITE SISTERS OF THE MOST SACRED HEART

OF LOS ANGELES

PLEASE, DO ALL YOU CAN TO ENCOURAGE PRIESTLY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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