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The Manogue HelmsmanBishop Manogue Assembly (50)5961 Newman Ct.Sacramento, CA @manogue.org916.736.0953 (953 Hall)All personal information such as addresses, etc., is for the sole use of the Manogue Assembly # 50, Knights of Columbus and their spouses. Allother use is prohibited without the specific consent of the individuals and the Assembly.Volume 14 Issue 11December 2014The Nativity of Our LordPray for us, o Holy Mother of God That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ!

Manogue Helmsman - December, 2014A message from our Faithful Navigator Save the date: Bishop ManogueAssembly's 100th Year Celebration; savethe date Saturday, October 3, 2015.The Veterans Memorial Mass was held onSunday, November 9th at Our Lady of GraceChurch in West Sacramento. Our Color Corpswas well represented lead by, Former DistrictMarshal SK Michael Langer. The presentationwas made by SK Glenn Mochel, GK of OLGCouncil 9469, Worthy Faithful Trustee, SK JohnCox, who read the Poem and me. Lunchfollowed the Mass with 28 in attendance.Our next Assembly event is the Christmas Partyon December 15th at 953 Hall at 5:30, hosted byWorthy Faithful Inner Sentinel SK Charles Muddand Worthy Faithful Outer Sentinel SK MarioMejia with the entrée by Worthy FaithfulCaptain SK Ricardo Saldana. Theannouncement with more detail and RSVP is inthis edition of the Helmsman.Mark your calendars for our combinedValentine’s and PFN Dinner to be held February21, 2015 at El Torito, Mexican restaurant 1598Arden Way, planned by our Worthy FaithfulAdmiral SK Rob Reavis, PFN. More informationwill be provided in the January Helmsmanedition. Picture yourself perched excitedly atthe top of the stairs on Christmas morning, likea little child who is waiting to come down andlook at his presents. When the moment finallyarrives, you rush down the stairs to find a wholestack of gifts with your name on them. Someare in a neat little pile, while others are hidden,waiting for you to find them. Even though allthe gifts are beautifully wrapped, the contentsof each package are clearly labeled on the front:Patience. Wisdom. Fortitude. Humility.Peace. And then there is the biggest box of all:Joy. You immediately understand where thesegifts came from – your heavenly Father. Heknows just what you need and has given it all toyou.Which gift do you open first? Why not startwith the biggest gift? So you go to the packagethat has “JOY” written on the side and open itexcitedly.Immediately, youare filled withbeautiful warmth,a heartfelt,sincere delightthat emanatesfrom the center ofyour soul. This ismore than justhappiness, forthat is a morefleeting andsuperficial feeling.This joy is deeprooted life, lifeaffirming, andwholesome. It’slike having an eternal flame of contentmentinside that can’t be extinguished. What amarvelous gift!Joy is the perfect gift to open first. From theAnnunciation to Mary to the birth of Jesus, wehave heard the angles reminding us of the joythat God wants us to have. “Joy to the World”is not just a popular Christmas carol but God’spromise to us. He is offering us the joy thatcomes because Jesus has not only entered theworld; he has entered our hearts! In a sense,joy is also the basis for all the other gifts. Withjoy come peace, patience, courage and so muchmore.This Christmas Eve, rejoice in God’s goodness.Then take that gift of joy with you as you enterthe New Year so that you can share it with allthe people God puts in you path. “Lord, thank

Manogue Helmsman - December, 2014you for your gift of joy! Help me carry this giftwith me and share it with all the people I meet,family, friends, co-workers, and even foes!2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8-12, 14, 16 and Luke 1: 67-79.Our commitment to excellence and obedienceto God are a part of our daily lives as Catholicgentlemen conducting the business of theKnights of Columbus while following theprinciples of our Order - Charity, Unity,Fraternity and Patriotism through the conduit ofour Assemblies and Councils as was the visionof our founder, Venerable Fr. Michael J.McGivney. Your Faithful Navigator, SKMichael BradyDid you know Those interested only in board games atChristmas might just be chess nuts roastingby an open fire! And remember: Christmasdinner is a place where you can really talkturkey.Our Faithful Friar The Knights of Columbus have, sincetheir founding, been staunchdefenders of the Church, and haveled the way in promoting trulyChristian values. One issue which engagesmuch of their attention today is the Right toLife. They have been prominent in assertingthe value of each individual life, the ideathat God gave each of us the gift of life andwants us to respect that life in ourselves andothers, no matter how different from usthose others may be.The Right to Life struggle is a war waged onmany fronts. One front is crisis pregnancycare. Although it gets relatively littleattention it plays an increasingly importantrole the fight against abortion. Here again,the knights have done God-inspired work insupporting the selfless people (mostlyvolunteers) who keep this wonderfulministry going. It is certainly among themost important work in the world today.Done out of love, it reflects God’s love tothose whom it serves.Pam Belleck is a health and science writerfor the ultra pro-abortion New York Times.Here is what she wrote in that paper onJanuary 5th 2013. ‘With free pregnancy testsand ultrasounds, along with diapers,parenting classes and even temporaryhousing, pregnancy centers are playing anincreasingly influentialrole in the anti-abortionmovement. While mostattention has focused onscores of new state lawsrestricting abortion, thecenters have beengrowing in numbers andgaining state financingand support. Largely runby conservativeChristians, the centerssay they offer whatRoland Warren, head of Care Net, one of thelargest pregnancy center organizations,described as “a compassionate approach tothis issue.” As they expand, they are addingon-call or on-site medical personnel andemploying sophisticated strategies to attractwomen, including Internet searchoptimization and mobile units near PlannedParenthood clinics. “They’re really thedarlings of the pro-life movement,” saidJeanneane Maxon, vice president forexternal affairs at Americans United for

Manogue Helmsman - December, 2014Life, an anti-abortion group. “That groundlevel, one-on-one, reaching-the-womanwhere-she’s-at approach.”’. In her January2013 article cited here, Belleck says therewere, at the time she wrote the article, about2500 crisis pregnancy centers in the countrycompared toabout 1800“abortionproviders”.Since then,we knowthat asubstantialnumber of“abortionproviders”have closed, and it seems likely the CPCshave grown in number.The legislatures of South Dakota, Michigan,Missouri, Ohio, Florida, Alabama, Arizona,Georgia, Missouri, South Dakota,Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsinand Oklahoma, all have passed resolutionspraising the CPCs in those states. InMissouri the vote (taken in May 2011) in theState House was 122 to 5 with sixabstaining. The resolution said, among otherthings, “The life-affirming impact ofpregnancy resource centers and maternityhomes on women, families, and thecommunities they serve is considerable andgrowing, and pregnancy resource centersand maternity homes serve with integrityand compassion ”In Wisconsin, the resolution was also passed(in 2011) by large majorities. The Senatevote was 28 to 5. Part of that resolutionreads “Resolved by the senate, the assemblyconcurring, that the members of theWisconsin legislature strongly supportpregnancy care centers in theirunique, positive contributions to theindividual lives of women, men, and babies–both born and unborn; and, be it furtherresolved, that the Wisconsin legislaturecommends the compassionate work of tensof thousands of volunteers and paid staff atpregnancy care centers in Wisconsin andacross the United States.” Perhaps thegreatest indicator of their effectiveness is theferocious legal attacks being made on themby the abortion industry, but that’s a storyfor another day.Needless to say the California Legislature isunlikely to recognize the great work thecenters do in this state. Here in Sacramentowe can site the Sacramento Life Center, theBishop Gallegos Maternity Home andAlternative Pregnancy Center to name afew. Working in concert with them areProject Rachel, the Gabriel Project andShowers on wheels, which provides showersfor the expectant mothers periodically.They, like others across the country, showthe love of God to distressed women in apowerful way, even though they face a morehostile climate than what prevails in mostother states. We pray that God will continueto bless their efforts and that the Knightswill continue their generous support ofthem.

Manogue Helmsman - December, 2014Color Corps ReportHope all had a pleasant Thanksgiving with family and/orfriends. Our color corps activities have slowed down of late.We had our last confirmation of the year at St. PhilomeneChurch on November 5th, and we were requested toparticipate in a funeral Mass for a deceased 3rd Degree Knightat St. Philomene Church on November 20th. Our next eventwill be the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Our Lady ofGuadalupe Church at 711 T Street on December 12th. Therewill also be a procession for the Feast of Our Lady ofGuadalupe starting at the church on Sunday, December 14th color corps members will be posted with the icon of Our Ladyof Guadalupe starting at about 4:30 a.m. prior to a 6:30 a.m.Mass with Bishop Soto. I will be issuing call outs for each ofthese events as we get closer to the dates.In the meantime, Merry Christmas to you all, and I and the other officers of Bishop Manogue Assemblylook forward to seeing you at the Assembly's Christmas party/dinner on December 15th.Your Brother in Christ,SK Dale, Color Corps CommanderPlease Remember in your prayers: SK Ron Bei, SK Charlie Popp, Marty Condon (widow of SK JohnCondon), Lorraine Cutting (wife of SK Dick Cutting), Aurora Wallin (wife of SK Loren Wallin), Lt. PaulHunt (son of SK Herold Hunt), Grand Knight Dennis Zanardi – Council 724, and for the peaceful repose ofthe souls of SK Alan Zingleman, SK John Condon, SK Carl Ponciano, SK Tom Loftus, SK Kevin Simpson,SK George Donch, SK Arthur Munguia, Martina Okoye (mother of SK Christian Okoye), and CMDR JohnRegelbrugge (USN) and family.Sick or in distress If you know of any Brother Knight, Lady of a Knight, and/or family member of a Knight who is ill or hasrecently deceased, please notify or our Faithful Navigator, SK Michael Brady (916.284.9882).

Manogue Helmsman - December, 2014 For the Men and Woman protecting our rights by serving in the Military, those in lawenforcement, and for all of those who risk their lives every day to protect us We Pray to the Lord Lord, hear our prayer! For all of our dearly departed Brother Knights, family, friends, and benefactors Eternal rest, grant to them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through Thy mercy,rest in peace. Amen!Rest in Peace Sir Knight AlanZinglemanASSEMBLY EVENTSDate/FunctionDecember 15Christmas Party Potluck (C,S)TimeChairperson/LocationCocktails 6:30 PMInner/Outer SentinalsDinner 7:00 PM953 HallDecember 25Christmas (Holy Day of Obligation)January 1Solemnity of Mary, The Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation)January 57:30 PMSK Edawrds HomeOfficers Meeting (C)January 26FN/FF/SK CuttingRight-To-Life Mass/Dinner7:30 PM953 HallRBM (Tux/Suit, S)February 27:30 PMSK Munoz/953 HallOfficers Meeting (C)February 7All DayRohnert ParkExemplification (S,T)February 18Ash Wednesday