Friday, March 18, 2011

The Beatitudes Rosary

Message from the Archdiocese of Washington’s District Friar

The Beatitudes Rosary

We say that Jesus is Our Lord and Master. That means that he is our teacher. His first great teaching in the Gospels is the Sermon on the Mount. That contains His instruction on the spiritual life, the Beatitudes.

These Beatitudes are the essence of Jesus’ teaching on how His followers should live. The Beatitudes are His formula for holiness and happiness.

This Lent I hope you will join me in making these Beatitudes part of our Spiritual Memory Bank. We should take the Beatitudes to heart and know them “by heart.”

We can do that by saying a Beatitude Rosary. So what is a Beatitude Rosary?

A Beatitude Rosary is just like a regular Rosary, except we substitute a Beatitude for each Hail Mary on the five decades.

By reciting it regularly, we can commit the instruction of the Lord to memory, and make it part of our lives.

There are nine Beatitudes, so the last bead is the rewards of His spiritual instruction: “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.”

1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

2. Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

3. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

4. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, they shall be satisfied.

5. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.

6. Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God.

7. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

8. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

9. Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you, and utter every kind of slander against you because of Me.

10. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.

If we say this every day during Lent, by the end of Lent we will have committed these instructions for holiness to our hearts. They will become a pattern for our souls.

Fr. Peter Daly

Lent, 2011

Master's Log For March 2011

Master’s Log

March 2011

Let us welcome the March 12, 2011 Class of New Sir Knights who were exemplified this month. How will we include them in our Assembly activities? What plans do you as Assembly Officers and members have for them to become active?

By now your Faithful Navigator has appointed or will soon be appointing a Nominating Committee to put together a slate of potential officers for the 2011-2012 Columbian Year. What are your expectations for these Sir Knights and the Programs they may propose? It is so important to elect Leadership that will be active. Simultaneously, we need to include and encourage many more members to be active Sir Knights. The two go hand in hand. As I go about the district and attend meetings and Color Corps events, I see many excellent candidates as potential leaders of an Assembly. I would like each of you to consider what it is that you could be doing to build up the activity level of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus. We are the Patriotic, Educational, and Visible Knights of Columbus. If we truly believe we are, then we need to show it.

How can you, your Council and your Assembly better Serve God and Country? As Fourth Degree Sir Knights, be visible in your Council, your Church, and your Community. Consider, what could you do to help servicemen and women and our veterans? Let's actively support and help secure more Chaplains in our military so our servicemen and women can still practice their Catholic faith under these Chaplains' guidance. Pass on the lessons of Patriotism to our youth. Be an active Sir Knight of the Fourth Degree of the Knights of Columbus. Also, please work to help bring other Knights into the Order. Let’s do this by recruiting ONE First Degree Knight. But the challenge is to follow him through the second and third degrees. Accomplishing this task, we will have ready and waiting a new Fourth Degree Knight.

We also need to take a bit of a break now and then, spending some time preparing for Lent and Easter. As Fourth Degree Sir Knights and Ladies, let us strive to do even more this year. Praying a Beatitudes Rosary (See this in a separate cover), attending weekday Mass, Stations of the Cross, quiet time for prayer, and self-imposed fasting are just some examples. Lent is a time that we should not concentrate on giving up something, but concentrate on giving something of ourselves to our family, friends, community and church. It is my prayer that it be God’s Will that our country will once again be A Nation of Light and Life with Freedom for All.

Pray to St. Michael and the Holy Spirit to watch over our service men and women. Pray especially for those who return home with the mental, emotional, and physical wounds of combat. Please, let us not forget SK Brian Adkins. Please keep him and all fallen Knights in your prayers.

We are One Nation Under God, but it does come at a price. God Bless America, and God Bless you and your families!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

AMJC Assembly #383 FN Report 2/19/11

On 02/02/11, at the request of the Principal,Mr. Andrew Currier, the Faithful Admiral, John Landicho and myself attended the school assembly at St. Joseph's Regional Catholic School to make a presentation on patriotism. The FA introduced me and I spoke on patriotism. The presentation went well and afterwards Mr.
Currier did a review of my presentation and the children understood all my points on patriotism.
AMJC assembly sponsored an oratorical contest on 02/13/2011 at St. Joseph's School with the theme of Catholic Patriots.We had eleven speakers, ten from St. Joseph's and one from Holy Redeemer Catholic School. All the speeches were very good and results were as follows:
Grade Seventh Grade Eighth Grade
First Place Luke Hernandez Tiffany Akoakwa
Second Place Julia Pedersoli Andrew Rater
Third Place Mesode Ekaney Laura Irwin

Julia Pedersoli was from Holy Redeemer, all others from St. Joseph's. After the contest Mr. Currier said " I am very proud of how the students performed! What a great skill to cultivate, and we have the Knights to thank." I also need to thank our Faithful Pilot for chairing the event.
The Color Corps have participated in 36 activities and are looking forward to participating at the ordination of Bishop Neal Buckon of the Military Diocese and the Exemplification for priests.
For the Exemplification of the Fourth Degree we have paid for our hospitality room, our assembly ad, and one commercial ad.Two of our associated councils also have ads. We have two priests coming to make the degree on 02/26/11 and twelve other candidates for March 12, 2011 and possible six more.
We continue to plan an activity to celebrate AMJC Assembly 383's fiftieth anniversary.

AMJC Assembly #383 FN Report 11/20/10

AMJC Assembly #383 FN Report 11/20/10:
We continue to plan an activity to celebrate Archbishop Michael J. Curley Assembly # 383 fiftieth anniversary next spring. We are considering a harbor cruise of Baltimore or Washington, or a dinner/dance.
To date our Color Corps has participated in twenty-three activities, three since the last report. These include
the Mass for people with disabilities, the Mass honoring veterans and the memorial Mass for Council 2203. For the rest of November we have three more memorial Masses and the Mass for Cardinal Wuerl.
For the Exemplification of the Fourth Degree we have sent our reservation and money for the hospitality room, brought payment for the assembly ad in the program book, the ad will follow electronically and are working on commercial ads.
We have five firm candidates for the fourth degree and one transfer. We have contacted eight knights, six of which look very promising. We have also started visiting other councils affiliated with our Assembly.
AMJC Assembly is sponsoring an oratorical contest for seventh and eighth grade students with the theme "Catholic Patriots". St, Joseph Regional Catholic School in Beltsville, MD and St, Mary of the Mills Catholic School in Laurel, MD are participating. We are working on getting Holy Redeemer Catholic School in College Park, MD involved.
We are having our Christmas Party on Friday December 11 at council 2809 starting at 1830.It will be a pot luck supper and will include a visit by Santa Claus.
Assembly #383 does not have a EIN, tax number. I have contacted the Supreme Advocate and have not been called back. Will call them again.

Faithful Navigator Report 12/18/2010

Assembly 383 has received a thank you letter from the Archbishop for the Military Services for our donation to the Archdiocese for the Military Services. A copy will be provided Saturday.
We have five firm candidates for the Fourth Degree and one transfer. We have contacted 14 knights of which nine look very promising. We are in the process of visiting the councils associated with our assembly.
For the Exemplification of the Fourth Degree we have sent our reservation and paid for our hospitality room, sent and paid for our assembly ad and are working on commercial ads.
We continue to plan an activity to celebrate AMJC Assembly # 383 fiftieth anniversary next spring.
The assembly Color Corps has participated in 26 activities. Since last report we participated in three memorial Masses and Cardinal Wuerl's Special Mass.
A Christmas Party was held by the assembly on Friday 12/03/10 at Council # 2809. It was attended by around 60 Sir Knights and their families. Santa Claus also visited and listened to children and adult requests.
AMJC Assembly is sponsoring an oratorical contest for seventh and eighth grade students with the theme "Catholic Patriots". St. Joseph Regional Catholic School and Saint Mary of the Mills Catholic School are participating. Holy Redeemer Catholic School has also been invited to participate.

Faithful Navigator Report 1/15/2011

The assembly Renewal of Obligations was held on 01/03/2011. The Master, SK Charles Smallwood, presided over the ceremony. In attendance from the Master's staff were the Secretary, SK Ernest Harley and the Marshall, SK John Winfrey. The event went well and after the meeting we enjoyed baked Ziti. My thanks to the Master and his staff for helping Assembly 383 carry out this event.
For the Exemplification of the Fourth Degree we have paid for our hospitality room, our assembly ad and one commercial ad. Working on other ads, the assembly has six firm candidates and another dozen that look very promising. We will continue to visit the councils associated with our assembly.
AMJC Assembly is sponsoring an oratorical contest for seventh and eighth grade student with the theme "Catholic Patriots". The finals will be on Sunday 02/13/2011 at St. Joseph Regional Catholic School. St. Joseph and Holy Redeemer Catholic School are participating. St. Mary of the mils Catholic School is also expected to participate.
The Color Corps have participated in 32 activities.We have recently done a couple of wakes and funerals and Cardinal Wuerl's Mass.
We continue to plan an activity to celebrate AMJC Assembly # 383 fiftieth anniversary next spring.