The Knightly News Volume 20, Issue 5 Council 11514, Monument, Colorado 80132, Dick Peters, Grand Knight May 2016

Chaplain’s Column

Father Gzregorz Golyzniak

Dear brother Knights

The month of May is right upon us. As you

know month of May is always devoted to

Mary. I would like to share with you some

thoughts on additional Mysteries of the Holy

Rosary. John Paul II introduced us to

Mysteries of Light. Enjoy reading this article

and even more enjoy praying the rosary.

Pope John Paul II, who has already done so

much to foster piety in the faithful, has

wanted to celebrate the beginning of his 25th

year in the papacy with an apostolic letter

introducing five new mysteries of the rosary

and encouraging the recitation of this popular

prayer by declaring a 'Year of the Rosary'.

It is very much like him. His pontificate was

put under the mantle of Mary when he chose

for his papal shield the letter "M", for Mary,

beneath a cross, and the motto "Totus Tuus",

"all yours". Over the years, he has handed out

thousands of rosaries. Pilgrims making the

effort to climb up to the dome of St Peter's

Basilica would often see him on his rooftop

terrace praying the rosary. Years ago he

confided: "The Rosary is my favourite prayer.

A marvelous prayer. Marvelous in its

simplicity and its depth."

The rosary arose over the centuries out of

popular piety. In the early centuries the

faithful who could not read the 150 psalms

would instead recite 150 prayers, usually Our

Fathers, counting them on beads known as

"Pater Noster beads". Around the 11th

century, with the rise in popularity of the Hail

Mary, especially in England, the Hail Mary

was substituted for the Our Father. In the 13th

century St Dominic did much to propagate the

recitation of the 150 Hail Mary’s, or "Angelic

Psalter", in his fight against the Albigensian

heresy, having received a message from Our

Lady to do so.

The name "rosarium", or rose garden, came to

be applied to this devotion around the

beginning of the 14th century, since the

prayers are like roses presented to Our Lady.

The 15 mysteries we know today, divided into

the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious mysteries

of the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of

Mary, were published in 1483 in a Dominican

"Psalter of Our Lady" in Germany. They refer

to the infancy and childhood years of Christ in

the Joyful mysteries, to his passion and death

in the Sorrowful mysteries, and to his

resurrection, ascension and subsequent events

in the Glorious mysteries.

In 1569 the Dominican Pope St Pius V

standardised the rosary in its present form; he

instituted the feast of Our Lady of Victories

on October 7, 1572, to commemorate the

victory of the Christian navies over the Turks

at the battle of Lepanto a year earlier - a

victory attributed to the recitation of the

rosary. The following year he changed the

feast name to Our Lady of the Rosary, a feast

still celebrated in the universal calendar today.

In 1883 Pope Leo XIII ordered that October

be dedicated to the Holy Rosary.

Now, after more than 400 years with 15

mysteries, the rosary is to have an additional

five, called Mysteries of Light, to be recited

especially on Sundays. Like the other

mysteries, they refer to important events in the

life of Christ, this time in his public life.

Yours Fr. G

P.S. thank you for keeping my body and spirit alive.

Thank you for your YMCA membership.

Committee: A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

Saint of the Month

Month of Our Lady

Saint Eugene de Mazenod

Born on 01 August 1782 at Aix-en-Provence in France,

Eugene de Mazenod early in life experienced the

upheaval of the French Revolution. None the less, he

entered the seminary, and following ordination, he

returned to labor in Aix-en-Provence. That area suffered

greatly during the Revolution and was not really a safe

place for a priest. Eugene directed his ministry toward

the poorest of the poor and others joined his labors

which were to become the nucleus of a religious

community, the Missionaries of Provence. Later Eugene

was named Bishop of Marseille where he built churches,

founded parishes, cared for his priests, and developed

catechetics for the young. Later he founded the Oblates

of Mary Immaculate, and in 1841 the Oblates sailed for

missions in five continents. Pope Pius XI said, “The

Oblates are the specialists of difficult missions.” After a

life dedicated to spreading the Good News, Eugene died

on 21 May 1861 and was beatified by Pope Paul VI in

1975. We celebrate his feast day on 21 May.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is

also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Council News

A member of St. Peter’s Council 11514 achieved

full Knighthood in our Order on Saturday, 02

April at an Exemplification held at Saint Frances Cabrini

Church in Littleton. Brother Rob Hickman was elevated to

the Third Degree and was accompanied on his journey by Sir

Knight John Hartling.

The trip to visit veterans at the McCandless Veteran’s Home

in Penrose was two-pronged in April. Due to a

misunderstanding in dates, John and Karen Hartling, and

members of the American Legion Post 9-11 made the trip with

books, puzzles and money on Saturday, 02 April, while

Council members Rob Hoette, Tim and Rose Walter, and

Dave Nelson drove there on Sunday, 03 April. No doubt, the

veterans did not mind and would welcome visitors every day

of the week. Thanks to all for brightening the day of these

veterans of America’s Greatest Generation!

Grand Knight Dick Peters presents the April Knight of

the Month Award to Rob Hickman.

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and

campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect

each from the other.

Three of the 8th

graders helping with the French toast

breakfast. Left to Right: Lauren Sauley, Seneca Hackley, Haley

Morgan

Many thanks to the Knights who helped with the French toast

breakfast on Sunday, 10 April that was a fund raiser to help

the eighth graders at St. Peter’s School defray costs for a trip

to Washington, D.C. A record number of parishioners showed

up to eat the delicious breakfast of French toast, link or patty

sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit, orange juice and coffee. The

net proceeds amounted to $764.82 – a bit higher than the $500

requested of the Council by the students!

Grand Knight Dick Peters presents the $764.82 check to the

8th

graders as Principal Sheila Whalen looks on.

Knight of the Month for May goes to SK Bob Leise. Bob is a

daily communicant at St. Peter’s, is an Extraordinary Minister

of Holy Communion, serves on the parish finance committee,

chairs the parish safety committee, is the Sunday Mass

coordinator for the 0800 Mass, is the leader of Team B that

works on fund-raising events, and is an all-‘round good guy!

Family of the Month award was an easy one: Ed and Shelly

Paulovich! Both are daily communicants at St. Peter’s, both

are Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, and Shelly

is part of the group that prays the Hours of the Day. Ed is

president of the Tri Lakes Cares Board of Directors and can be

seen at every fund raising function. He is also on the St.

Peter’s School Advisory Board.

As The Knightly News went to press, it was learned that

Council member Dr. Brad Burtwhistle and family were

leaving for a meeting with Pope Francis in Rome. Daughter

Olivia will be presented a Patient Hero Award by the Holy

Father that was awarded to her by the Adult Stem Cell Group

for Research. More news and hopefully some pictures will

follow in the next newsletter.

Fr. Kekeisen Assembly

Congratulations to Sir Knight Jim Van Camp who was

awarded an Honorary Life Membership after completing 25

years in the 4th

Degree of our Order.

During the 21 April meeting of the Father Kekeisen Assembly

meeting, it was voted upon by all members present to pay for

half of a chalice and paten in memory of the late Sir Knight

Gene Noel. Gene was a member and Past Faithful Navigator

of the Fr. Kekeisen Assembly, but transferred to the Major

Broyles Assembly at St. Gabriel’s when it was organized. It

was decided by both Assemblies to share the cost and the

chalice will be presented to a priest yet to be determined. The

usual practice has been to present such a chalice to a newly

ordained priest.

If you ever forget that we’re one nation under GOD, then

we will be a nation gone under.

~ President Ronald Reagan

Answer on page 9

"If we knew at what time we were to depart

from this world, we would be able to select a

season for pleasure and another for

repentance. But God, who has promised

pardon to every repentant sinner, has not

promised us tomorrow. Therefore we must

always dread the final day, which we can

never foresee. This very day is a day of

truce, a day for conversion.”

~ St. Gregory our Pope from 590 to 604 A.D.

“Your Insurance Corner” Update Your Beneficiaries

Sometimes it is easy to overlook the simplest of things.

Take the beneficiaries on your insurance policies. If your

policy was applied for and issued several years ago, it could

very well be that the person you originally selected as the

beneficiary is no longer the person you would want to receive

the policy proceeds. If you bought the policy when you were

single, for example, you may have named your parents as

beneficiaries. If you have since married, your policies should

be updated to reflect your wife as beneficiary. Maybe you’ve

had children who are not named on the policies.

Most people list a primary beneficiary, who is specifically

designated as the first in priority to receive policy proceeds.

We also encourage the naming of a contingent beneficiary, an

alternate person designated to receive policy proceeds, usually

in the event that the original beneficiary pre-deceases the

insured.

I routinely call all my policyholders for annual review

appointments, usually near the anniversary date of your policy

– the date it was originally issued. One of the matters that I’ll

discuss during this review is the status of your beneficiary

designations. If they need updating, and often they do, I can

complete the paperwork during that appointment.

I look forward to meeting with each of you to discuss your

family’s needs.

Your K of C Field Agent and Brother Knight,

Kip Gaisford

Kip.Gaisford@KofC.org

Telephone: 719-332-2938

It’s not how you play the game, but how you place the blame.

.Month’s Sermonette

The gospel of Mark 9:14-21 presents a lengthy narrative of an

exorcism performed by Jesus on a boy possessed for many

years by a mute spirit. An argument has arisen between the

people and the disciples of Jesus due to the fact that the

disciples could not drive out the demon. Upon hearing of this

situation, Jesus utters a frustrating response about this faithless

generation. This gives a clue to what is wrong. It has

something to do with faith – or the lack thereof. Jesus sees

clearly that the boy is possessed by a demon. The

conversation between the boy’s father and Jesus is crucial for

understanding what is really going on. The father approaches

Jesus with an “if-clause”: “But you can do anything….” Jesus

immediately interprets this as a lack of faith on the part of the

father. When confronted by Jesus the father has an immediate

change of heart and professes faith in Jesus’ ability to heal the

boy. Once this happens Jesus quickly moves in and expels the

demon and restores the boy to health. He raises up the boy to

new life. Jesus tells the disciples that they could not help the

boy because this kind of situation requires prayer. The

presence of faith is what allows the healing power of God to

be mediated through Jesus. Where there is no faith in Jesus

there is no healing.

There are three paths to disaster; not to teach what we

know, not to practice what we teach, and not to ask what

we do not know.

~ Saint Bede

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is celebrated in

the United States on the

second Sunday of May, which

is the 8th

this year. The day

celebrates motherhood and it

is a time to appreciate mothers, living and dead. It is not a

federal holiday, but is a busy day for restaurants and greeting

card companies.

The roots for Mother’s Day started in the late 1800’s and was

more or less formalized in 1907 starting with a service in the

Andrew’s Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West

Virginia, which was attended by 407 children and their

mothers. That church has now become the International

Mother’s Day Shrine, a tribute to all mothers and has been

designated as a National Historic Landmark.

Let us remember our mothers, living and dead, and be ever

grateful for the life they gave us. Since May is the month of

Our Lady, let us also remember our Heavenly Mother with a

sincere “Hail Mary”.

CHARITY is a child’s angel

She is clothed with strength and dignity, and she laughs at the

days to come. She opens her mouth in wisdom, and on her

tongue is kindly counsel. She watches the conduct of her

household. Her children rise up and praise her. Give her a

reward for her labors, and let her works praise her.

~ Proverbs 31

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born. One day

the child asked God:

How am I going to live on earth being so small and helpless?

Among the angels, I chose one for you. She will care for you.

But here in Heaven, I don’t do anything else but sing and

smile.

Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every

day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be happy.

And what am I going to do when I want to talk with You?

Your angel will place your hands together and teach you to

pray.

I’ve heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect

me?

Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.

But I will always sad because I will not see You anymore.

Your angel will teach you the way to come back to Me.

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but prayers

from earth could already be heard. The child asked softly:

Oh God, please tell me my angel’s name.

Your angel’s name is of no importance, you will call her:

“Mommy”

Everything comes to us from others. To be is to belong to

someone. ~Jean Paul Sartre

From K of C Booklet “Knights To Christ”

When blondes have more fun, do they know it?

Word of the Month

From Catholic Word Book, a K of C

Publication

Materialism: The theory which holds that matter is the only

reality, and everything else in existence is merely a

manifestation of matter; there is no such thing as spirit, and

the supernatural does not exist. Materialism is incompatible

with Christian doctrine.

If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

Monthly Council Mass

Knights and Families Urged To Attend

The Knights celebrate Mass as a group on the

first Sunday of each month at the 0800 Mass.

The Council also has these Masses said for members or family

members who are ill or deceased. The Mass on Sunday, 01

May 2016 will be for the repose of the soul of Father Bill

Carmody.

A breakfast or brunch will be planned occasionally and

advance notification will be made at council meetings.

Remember to sit in the pews reserved and wear your Council

nametag and the Order lapel pin.

If you know of any Knights, or their families, who should

have a Mass said for them, please contact SK Bob Leise at

303-681-2182.

May Birthdays

A Monthly Feature

Our birthday recipients for the beautiful Colorado month of

May include;

01 May- Frank Evans

04 May- Scott Brunton

06 May- Mark Fini

06 May- George Sawyer

07 May- Jim Rech

08 May- Francis Doiron

09 May- Keith Reback

10 May- Randy Elmer

11 May- John Hartling

15 May- Ed Hettler

16 May- David McCloy

21 May- Walt Brower

21 May- Andre Bergeron

21 May- Jim Taylor (the elder)

22 May- Randy Fritz

22 May- John Wishart

24 May- Richard Wieseler

26 May- John Pletcher

27 May- Father Don Brownstein

Happy Birthday to our brother Knights celebrating

birthdays during this usually green month of May.

Remember in our prayers: Butch Christensen, Bob

Mikulich, Jim Burling, Father Brownstein, Father Stanley

Golyzniak, Gasper Blea, Fred and Melanie Seiter, Earl

Depner, Don Manzanares, Adolf Jonaitis, Terri Stauber, Laura

Gomez, Joan Durbin, Maria Golyzniak, and Bogdan

Golyzniak.

Please pray for the repose of the souls of our departed

Knights, especially Father Bill Carmody and SK Gene Noel.

Continue to pray for vocations to the priesthood and religious

life.

Let us pray for the safety of our Armed Forces, especially

those in the combat zones.

Upcoming Events

01 May- Council Corporate Mass and

Communion at 0800

04 May- Council Business Meeting at 1900

05 May - Ascension of the Lord (Holy Day of

Obligation) Mass ay 0800 and 1900

07 May- Spaghetti Supper after 1700 Mass

(Team C)

08 May- Mother’s Day

15 May – Pentecost Sunday

15 May – 4th

Degree Exemplification in Security

18 May – Council Social Meeting at 1900

19 May – Fr. Kekeisen Assembly Meeting at

1900

21 May- Armed Forces Day

30 May- Memorial Day

May World History

01 May 1931- The Empire State Building opened

01 May 1967- Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las

Vegas

03 May 1921- West Virginia imposed the first state sales

tax

05 May 1961- Alan Shepard went on the first manned space

flight

06 May 1937- The Hindenburg crashed in Lakehurst, N.J.

07 May 1915- A German U-Boat sank the British liner

Lusitania off the coast of Ireland

08 May 1945- V-E Day (Victory in Europe) – WWII

10 May 1908- First Mother’s Day Observance

11 May 1947- B.F. Goodrich developed the tubeless tire

13 May 1981- Pope John Paul II shot and seriously wounded

in St. Peter’s Square by a Turkish fanatic

14 May 1796- First smallpox vaccine administered in

England

20 May 1506- Christopher Columbus died in poverty in Spain

25 May 1935- New York Yankee great Babe Ruth hit his

714th

and last home run

30 May 1431- Saint Joan of Arc burned at the stake in France

31 May 1927- The last Model T Ford was made

A new addition to St. Peter’s staff??

Every saint has a past

Every sinner has a future!

Pentecost Sunday The Birthday of the Church

This day marks one of the most ancient feasts of the Church,

celebrated early enough to be mentioned in the Acts of the

Apostles and St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. It is the

50th

day after Easter and it supplants the Jewish feast of

Pentecost which took place 50 days after the Passover and

celebrated the sending of the Old Covenant on Mount Sinai.

On this day with the descent of the Holy Spirit, Christ’s

mission is complete, and the New Covenant is inaugurated.

The Magic Bank Account

Article found in the billfold of Coach Bear Bryant after he

died in 1952.

Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest:

Each morning your bank would deposit $86,499 into your

private account for your use. However, this has rules. The set

of rules:

1. Everything that you did not spend during each day

would be taken away from you.

2. You may not simply transfer money into some other

account.

3. You may only spend it.

4. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your

account with another $86,400 for that day.

5. The bank can end the game without warning; at

anytime it can say, “Game over!” It can close the

account and you will not receive a new one.

What would you personally do? You would buy anything you wanted – right? Not only for

yourself, but for all the people you love and care for, even for

people you don’t know, because you couldn’t possibly spend

it all on yourself – right?

You would try to spend every penny and use it all up, because

you knew it would be replenished in the morning.

Actually, this game is real…

Each of us is already a winner of the “prize” We just can’t

seem to see it.

The prize is “Time”.

1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds

as a gift of life.

2. When we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is

not credited to us.

3. What we haven’t used up that day is forever lost.

4. Yesterday is gone forever.

5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank

can dissolve your account at any time without

warning!

So what will you do with your 86,400 seconds? These

seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in

dollars. Think about it and enjoy every second of your life

that God has given you because time races by so much quicker

than you think.

So take care of yourself, love deeply and enjoy life – and start

“spending”. Don’t worry about growing old; some people

don’t get the privilege.

A well-worn one dollar bill and a similarly distressed

twenty-dollar bill arrived at a Federal Reserve Bank to

be retired. As they moved along the conveyer belt to be

burned, they struck up a conversation. The twenty-

dollar bill reminisced about its travels all over the

country. “I’ve had a pretty good life,” the twenty

proclaimed…”Why I’ve even been to Las Vegas and

Atlantic City, the finest restaurants in New York,

performances on Broadway, and even a cruise to the

Caribbean… “Wow!” said the one-dollar bill. “You’ve

really had an exciting life!” “So tell me,” says the

twenty, “where have you been throughout your

lifetime?” The one-dollar bill replies, “Oh, I’ve been to

the Catholic Church, the Presbyterian Church, the

Baptist Church, the Lutheran Church..” The twenty-

dollar bill interrupts, “What’s a church?”

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might

be better to change the locks.

Six little paragraphs to live by.

Once all the villagers decided to pray for rain.

On the day of prayer all the people gathered,

But only one boy came with an umbrella.

That’s FAITH.

When you throw babies in the air,

They laugh because they know you will catch them.

That’s TRUST.

Every night we go to bed without any assurance

Of being alive in the morning,

But we still set the alarms to wake up.

That’s HOPE.

We plan big things for tomorrow

In spite of zero knowledge of the future

That’s CONFIDENCE.

We see world suffering

But still we get married and have children

That’s LOVE

On an old man’s shirt was written a sentence

“I am not 80 years old

I am sweet sixteen with 64 years of experience

That’s ATTITUDE

Editor-In-Chief………..Jim Bergeron

Staff Photographers…..Chuck Hardy

Rob Hoette

Contributors…………..Dr. Tom Hebda

Dr. Tom Satalowich

Additional photos by Susanna Peters