The ANCHOR Bishop Edward A. Fitzgerald Fourth Degree Assembly #548 October 2014 Volume VII: Page 1 SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR NEXT MONTH’S ISSUE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st! THIS MONTH'S MEETING NIGHT IS TUESDAY, October 21, 2014 SK Mark Zangs is the Meal Team Leader, so please call him at 289-6577 or by email at [email protected] to let him know you plan to attend. The cut off is 8:00 pm Sunday, October 19th If you would like to attend the meeting but need transportation, please contact Tommy Carey. Monthly Meal Teams SK Tommy Carey, FN This month’s Meal Team members are: Mark & Angie Zangs (Captain) 507-289-6755 Mike & Shelly Long 507-281-6653 Mike & Deanna Sheehan 507-288-3767 Mike & Barb Timm 507-281-0628 If you are unable to fulfill this obligation, please contact Tommy Carey as soon as possible!  Bishop Fitzgerald Officer Contacts Faithful Navigator: [email protected] Faithful Captain: [email protected] District Deputy: [email protected] Tommy M. Carey (507) 252-0623 Tim White (507) 358-8112 Bou Gazley (507) 287-6407 A complete listing of officers is available on our web site: www.KofCAsm548.org. ADDRESS CHANGES Please report your address changes to FN Tommy Carey as soon as possible and this includes your email addresses too! Anchors Aweigh Anchors Aweigh SK Tommy M. Carey, Faithful Navigator Faithful Navigator's Notes SK Tommy M. Carey, Faithful Navigator Monthly Business Meeting Format Change Effective with the September 16, 2014 business meeting a new format was implemented. Meetings remain the third Tuesday each month. As in the past members and spouses will gather as a body with the celebration of mass at St. Francis Catholic Church at 6 PM. Following mass members and spouses move to the Claire Room below the church for dinner. At approximately 7:15 PM a guest speaker will present information of a patriotic theme related to their organization or program. The topic scheduled for the October 21, 2014 meeting is Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial here in Rochester. Mr. Wayne Stillman, CEO and founder will provide background information relating to the evolution of the idea for a memorial, its location and funding efforts. At the conclusion of Mr. Stillman's presentation, questions will be answered. At approximately 8:15 PM Sir Knights will retire to the adjoining room to conduct the monthly business meeting. 2014 - 2015 Fraternal Year Officer Installation Schedule Installation of Assembly officers ceremony has been scheduled for Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Lourdes High School in Rochester. In addition, members of the Bishop Kelly Assembly 536 from Winona, Msgr Speck Assembly 2300 from Owatonna and General Shields Assembly 525 from Faribault have been invited to join us. We will meet at 2:00 PM for a tour of the campus by The ANCHOR by Principal Dr. Joseph O'Toole. At the conclusion of the campus tour, officer installation will be conducted by District Master Craig Larson. Mass in the Lourdes High School chapel followed by dinner. Please call Tommy Carey at 507-252-0623 prior to Noon Wednesday, October 8, 2014 so the number of those attending can be provided to the food service manager at Lourdes High School. Fourth Degree Exemplification - Fall 2014 The next Fourth Degree Exemplification is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the Knights of Columbus Event Center, 1760 4th Avenue East, Shakopee, Minnesota. Candidate registration begins at 11:30 AM with the exemplification ceremony to start at 1 PM. Following the exemplification ceremony mass will be celebrated at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 2700 17th Avenue East, Shakopee, Minnesota (a distance of three miles). The exemplification banquet will follow. All Assembly members are invited to attend. SK John Hunt will receive his MN Fourth Degree Hall of Fame award after dinner during an awards ceremony. At this time, six Third Degree Knights from the Rochester area will participate and join our Assembly. Vanguard Fund Investment The committee members (PFN Duane Melvin, Tom Furr and PFN Pete Solinger met to discuss the specifics. The committee has recommended leaving $3,000 of the current balance for emergency purposes. The balance to be made available as Assembly members deem appropriate. Suggestions are welcome. October 2014 Volume VII: Page 2 The Chalice Program - Chair Mike Sheehan The committee members (Mike Sheehan, Mike Timm, Chuck DeVos and Ambrose King) have met a number of times and will present their proposal to the Assembly officers at their meeting October 7, 2014. A review of the program proposal will be done and if there are no critical issues needing to be addressed, said proposal will then be brought to the Assembly membership at its October 17 monthly business meeting for consideration and vote to approve for implementation. Upcoming Color Guard dates: October 11 - Officer installation ceremony at Lourdes High School October 26 - Present Fr. M. Pothireddy Fourth Degree Certificate, St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Spring Valley November 9 - St. Pius X Veterans Day mass November 11 - Veterans Day Program, Rochester Event Center Details will be provided by Color Corps Commander Ed Robinet as they become available at least two days prior to the event. Also any member of our Assembly interested in joining our Color Corps, contact myself or Ed Robinet for information on acquisition of the regalia. Your participation would be most welcome. Fundraising Opportunity Plans are being formulated to sell Christmas wreaths to remember and honor America's deceased veterans at Calvary Cemetery through the Wreaths Across America (additional information can be found at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org) Program. The program was established in the mid 1990's by a nursery owner with surplus Christmas wreaths wanting to honor veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery. The ANCHOR October 2014 Today the program is present in all fifty states and a number of locations outside the United States. A wreath is purchased for $15 to honor a veteran. $10 pays for the cost of the wreath and the remaining $5 is returned to the sponsoring organization selling the wreath which would be our Assembly. Your financial support would both remember and honor a deceased veteran and also provide funds for our Assembly to support patriotic projects and programs identified through approved requests Comments for the Good of the Order Please keep all of the Parish Priests in the Winona Diocese in your prayers because they are over worked. Please pray for vocations to the priesthood, deaconate and religious life. Please pray for our Armed Forces Servicemen and Women who keep our country safe. Be especially mindful of those who will be serving overseas and their families during this holiday season. Say a Volume VII: page 3 special prayer for those who offered the ultimate sacrifice so that we may enjoy the freedoms we do. Please pray for our family members and friends dealing with medical issues, life challenges and for intentions we hold in the silence of our hearts. DID YOU KNOW? Fr. Michael J. McGivney, an Irish-American priest founded the Knights of Columbus March 29, 1882 at his home parish, St. Mary's in New Haven, Connecticut. Fr. McGivney's council, San Salvador Council # 1 is still active and has been joined by 8 other councils in the New Haven area. The Fourth Degree held its first exemplification February 22, 1900 at the Lenox Lyceum in New York City. Approximately 1,400 Knights participated at the time. As of 2013, there are 335,132 Sir Knights in 3,109 Assemblies worldwide. Sir Knights represent less than 18% of all Knights. Minnesota is joined by Illinois and Wisconsin in the Marquette Province. While Illinois and Wisconsin have two District Masters, Minnesota currently has one. Contacts - Bishop Edward A. Fitzgerald Fourth Degree Assembly #548 Faithful Navigator Faithful Friar Faithful Captain Faithful Comptroller Faithful Admiral Faithful Purser Faithful Pilot Faithful Scribe Inner Sentinel. Outer Sentinel, One Year Trustee Two Year Trustee Three Year Trustee Color Corps Commander Tommy M. Carey Fr. Mark C. McNea Tim White Bou Gazley Jeff Bagniewski Jerome Lensing Chuck De Vos Jim Lundholm Jim Decker Tom Doyle Mark Zangs Mike Kleinschmidt Greg Sanders Ed Robinet 507-252-0623 507-288-7313 507-358-8112 507- 287 -6407 507-884-1521 507-251-5626 507-281-8029 507-288-1583 507-282-5227 507-288- 2061 507-289-6755 507-289-3323 507-287-8606 507-951-2251 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]