Fourth Degree
Archbishop Alemany
Assembly 76
San Mateo, California
Web Address: http://www.smartlinks.org/kofc4th0076.html
Newsletter from
the
Faithful Navigator - December 2005
Invitation
to Our Christmas Buffet - In lieu of the
December General Meeting, we will have our Christmas Buffet
on Friday, December 9, 2005
at Worner Hall, St. Gregory's, 28th
Avenue and Hacienda - San Mateo, California. (Formal tuxedo attire)
Cocktails will be at
6:00
p.m. followed by the dinner at 7:00 p.m.
Please volunteer to help with this annual get-together for which there
will be no charge.
RSVP with the
number to attend to Faithful Navigator: Elmer Bergman - (650) 366-1088
or bergman@smartlinks.org
BILLING FOR DUES for
Calendar Year 2006 and Honorary Membership
Cards ENCLOSED
Please
make the check
payable
to: K of C Alemany Assembly 76 and mail to our Faithful
Comptroller in enclosed envelope. Validated membership
card for 2006 will be provided.
SK Bernard Cafirma, Faithful Comptroller
K of C Alemany Assembly 76
766 Edgewater Blvd, Apt. 100
Foster City, CA 94404
The
Fourth Degree
The Fourth Degree is
open to
members in
the Knights of Columbus. The
Fourth Degree is the
highest and most prestigious degree in the Knights of Columbus. Upon
knowledge and request, honor guards will be made available
to deceased Fourth Degree members. Our Assembly also has what is called
the "Chalice Program" where our
deceased Fourth member name is engraved on a chalice and presented to a
priest as a lasting memorial.
Fourth
Degree
Exemplification - February 4, 2006
Our Archbishop Alemany
Assembly 76 next exemplification
has been set for February 4, 2006 at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert
Park, CA. This is south of Santa Rosa
or about 70 miles
from San Mateo. The
District flyer information on the exemplification follows this
Newsletter and has
been posted at
our Alemany Assembly web site at:
http://www.smartlinks.org/kofc4th0076.html The hotel room rate at
the Doubletree Hotel is $92. The initiation fee of $65 includes the
candidate's banquet ticket. Our annual dues are $24. File Form 4's with
our Faithful Comptroller. Let's recruit now!
Since
June of 2000, Archbishop Alemany Assembly 76 has had only four
or five active participants in the Color Corps. Now, we have had a
rebirth of our Color Corps members. Our members have more than tripled
with still more being outfitted. We have committed $3,200.00 for
regalia.
($2,000 from General Fund and $1,200 Donation). We invite
additional potential new Color Corps members to apply for the remainder
of these funds. It is important that each Council have a cadre of Color
Corps members for Parish and Council events.
Called to Their Heavenly Home
in the Past Year
SK Rev. William J.
Flanagan Council
7534 December 16,
2004
SK Valentine F.
Padovan
Council 11041 May 24, 2005
SK Patrick J.
Collins
Council
1346 July 22, 2005
General Business Meetings
The Alemany
Assembly 76 regularly meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each
month at St. Gregory's Church, 28th Avenue and Garfield,
(Worner Hall) San Mateo.
Assembly
Officers (Sir
Knights) for Columbian Year 2005-2006
Faithful Navigator - Elmer Bergman - (650)
366-1088 bergman@smartlinks.org
Faithful Captain - Peter Bodnar - (650) 712-1073
PJ@inSearchofAmerica.com
Faithful Pilot - Max Toscano - (650) 341-6756
Faithful Comptroller -Bernard Cafirma - (650) 578-0790
BDCafirma@comcast.net
Faithful Scribe - Daniel Abalos - (650) 533-3237
dbufman@hotmail.com
Faithful Purser - Erick Muñiz - (650) 356-0753
erick@munizfam.com
Faithful Inner Sentinel - Robert Vierra - (650) 341-1847
the_vierras@netzero.com
Faithful Outer Sentinel - Alonso Silva - (650) 345-8333
Faithful Admiral - Marvin Crockett - (650) 341-4058
themacman@frontiernet.net
Faithful Trustee (3) - Joseph Wucher - (650)
595-2441 jlwucher@aol.com
Faithful Trustee (2) - Harvey Roeder - (650)
341-3827 harv1lois@comcast.net
Faithful Trustee (1) - Michael Kenny - (650) 593-5224
Mpkenny714@aol.com
Faithful Friar - Fr. Frank Murray - (650) 548-9946
Faithful Assistant Friar - Fr. Al Furtado - (650) 591 5937
malaika99@hotmail.com
The
Past Year in Review - Assembly Calendar 2005
- January 8, 2005 - Exemplification for the Assemblies in the
Western
part of Northern California District at the Doubletree Hotel in Rohnert
Park, CA
- January 16, 2005 - Color Corps for Msgr. Heuring's 60th
anniversary
2:00 pm at St. Gregory
- January 20, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner
Hall, St. Gregory
- February 17, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday at 7:00
P.M., Worner Hall,
St.
Gregory
- March 17, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner
Hall, St. Gregory
- April 21, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner
Hall, St. Gregory
- May 26, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday
at 7:00 P.M., St. Mark Church Parish Center, 325 Marine View
Ave, Belmont (rescheduled due to State Convention) (Color Corps
practice
at 6:00)
- May 27, 2005 - Color Corps for Valentine Padovan funeral vigil
and Mass
10:00am Millbrae
- May 29, 2005 - Communion Sunday for all members - Color Corps
participation
at St. Mark in Belmont at 11:30am Mass - Feast of Corpus Christi
- June 12, 2005 - Color Corps for Fr. Ward's 50th anniversary 9:00
am
at OLP - Half Moon Bay
- June 16, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner
Hall, St. Gregory
- June 17 & 18, 2005 - Color Corps for 54th Annual Convention
for
the State Circle of the Colmbian Squires at Notre Dame de Namur
University
in Belmont, CA
- June 19, 2005 - Color Corps participation in Chalice presentation
at
St. Mark in Belmont at 11:30am Mass
- July 17, 2005 - Sunday at 3:00 PM - Installation of Officers
Mass, Tuxedo
Attire and Regalia (for all who have regalia) - Location: St.
Gregory
Church, 28th Avenue and Hacienda, San Mateo, California. A
no-host
dinner will follow at Harry Hofbrau's Carvery. Installation of Officers
and Exemplification will be in lieu of the regularly scheduled meeting
of July. (No meeting on July 21, 2005)
- July 26, 2005 - Color Corps presence at Patrick Collins funeral
vigil.
- August 16, 2005 - Color Corps participation in San Mateo Council
1346
Installation of Officers and Mass at Serra High School.
- August 18, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner
Hall, St. Gregory
- August 27, 2005 - Color Corps participation in
Mass and Dinner at Half Moon Bay for deceased Knights.
- September 4, 2005 - Color Corps participation
in Wedding at St. Mark.
- September 15, 2005 - General Meeting -
Thursday at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner Hall,
St.
Gregory
- October 20, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday
at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner Hall,
St.
Gregory
- November 9, 2005 - Color Corps
participation
in San Mateo Council 1346 All Souls Mass (Communion Sunday) at
Serra
High School at 6:15 P.M.
- November 17, 2005 - General Meeting - Thursday
at 7:00 P.M.,
Worner Hall,
St.
Gregory
- December 9, 2005 - Friday - Annual Christmas Buffet - Cocktails
at
6:00
p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m.
We have had an extremely successful year as evidenced by
our growth and activities. My sincere thanks to all, especially the
Officers,
the Color Corps and other Sir Knights who made these things happen.
Color Corps Members - Archbishop Alemany
Assembly 76
Joseph Wucher - (650) 595-2441
jlwucher@aol.com
Co-Color Corps Commander
Marvin Crockett - (650) 571-6026
themacman@frontiernet.net
Co-Color Corps Commander
Elmer Bergman - (650) 366-1088 bergman@smartlinks.org
Michael Kenny - (650) 593-5224 Mpkenny714@aol.com
Harvey Roeder - (650) 341-3827 harv1lois@comcast.net
Harold Fuentes - (650) 591-3545 vcf34@hotmail.com
Peter Bodnar III - (650) 712-1073 PJ@inSearchofAmerica.com
Michael O'Malley - (650) 557-0652 HMB167@aol.com
Bernard Cafirma - (650) 578-0790 BDCafirma@comcast.net
Daniel DaRoza - (650) 341-3772
Erick Muñiz - (650) 356-0753 erick@munizfam.com
Alonso Silva - (650) 345-8333
Robert Vierra - (650) 341-1847 the_vierras@netzero.com
Arnaldo Rodrigues - (650) 726-5492
Kenneth Oden - (650) 596-3760 kenrayoden@hotmail.com
But let us not forget the true
meaning
of Christmas. It's
more than parties, cards, and gifts. It's to celebrate the birth of
Jesus.
So when you carry on tradition, don't forget the most important part --
put Christ into Christmas. God demonstrated his love for us by
entering
our world under the most humble of circumstances. His incarnation, the
infant in the manger, has made it possible that we go to meet Him
someday.
My sincere
wishes
to each of you for a
Merry
Christmas! May angels watch over you and the
love of Jesus Christ fill your heart and bless your days! Merry
Christmas and Best wishes in 2006!
Elmer Bergman , Faithful
Navigator
