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Please enjoy the ADW Newsletter "The Shield". We will feature news, information, and updates from around the District,
the State, and concerning our Faith.
REQUEST FOR COLOR CORPS!!!
Worthy Navigators and District Knights:
Grand Knight and District of Columbia State Membership chairman requested the presence of Color Corps
to assist them with recruiting of new Knights of Columbus. This is a chapter out of our District’s method of helping
all to grow the Order.
I ask each of you if you can assist the Assemblies in Washington DC through their efforts to grow the
Order. Remember we cannot have a Fourth degree Sir Knight if there has not been a First Degree Knight asked to become
a member of our Order. Hence please use the information below and try as hard as you can to help our brother Knights.
Thank you in advance for showing your Fraternity for our Brothers in Washington DC
DC State Council Recruitment
Date:
March 14, 2010
Where:
St. Anthony Catholic Church
12th & Monroe Streets N.E.
Washington, DC 20017
Time:
10:00 am Mass ( Report 9:30 am)
12:00 Noon (Report 11:30 am)
Please note there are two masses and Color Corps will be used to lead the procession for each mass and
following mass to assist the Knights to talk with potential knights to tell them why they should become a part of this great
Order. In other words, tell them what’s in it for them.
It's Time To Get Moving!!!!!
Worthy Commander a while back I sent an email asking you to start rounding up Color Corps from you Assemblies
for the Exemplification. I asked for 8 from each Assembly . Thus far I have gotten “0” commitments. We need
LTs - 1 (Purple)
Candidate Escort - 4 (White or Red)
Door Guard – 3 (Red)
Attached is the Roster
I asked each of you to use ro report back to me with the names of brothers who will be helping. Please make the nessasary
calls and let get these guys lined up for the best Exemplification yet.
Thanks
SK John Winfrey (FDD,PGK,PFN)
Official Color Corps Exemplification Roster
Exemplification Rehearsals and Feedback
Our Next rehearsal is this Sat. 3/20/2010 following the AWD Meeting @ St. Mary's the Assumption School.
Please let me know of your availability.
This will be a full dress "rehearsal" with the exemplification of our
priests and other selected candidates.
I WISH TO CONSULT THOSE STUDYING PARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME AS TO NEED AND DESIRE
FOR ONE-ON-ONES at mutually acceptable time[s]. I could propose a meeting at St. John Vianney Columbus Room on Sat. 1/30/10.
We will talk Saturday.
Please put your thinking caps on for a session between 3/20 and 4/18. I trust we will not need
one, but a tune up session could be helpful after a long layoff especially for the TRIO which has a couple "poems" to recite.
The
problems are:
Sat. 3/27 4th Degree in the MD District in Frederick; some may be considering going
Sat. 4/3 is
Holy Saturday
Sat. 4/10 MD State Mtg in No. Beach may have some folk tied up
Sat. 4/17 is the eve of AWD's 4th
Degree; we certainly can have a tune up here.
Let us see how we do as scheduled then act accordingly.
Feedback
is much appreciated.
Vivat Jesus
LJS
S/K Larry J. Smialek
smialeklj@aol.com
Tuxedo's for a good price!!!
Worthy Sir Knights:
I know you all are working on getting new candidates to become 4th Degree Knights of Columbus.
I just know we will hae that class of 200 this year as we almost made it last year. Now it is most important that we
tell our new candidatures what the dress will be for the Exemplification.
For Priest and Deacons – the dress for them is their priestly clothing with their collar.
Priest and Deacons will not be asked to wear tuxedos
For Military, Firemen, Policemen – The uniform for these wonderful men are their dress uniform.
For lay persons – The uniform is the black tuxedo, white tuxedo shirts (Lay down collar) NO WING
TIP COLLARS), black bow tie, black cummerbund, black socks and shined shoes.
To assist the new candidates to get their tuxedos at a reasonable cost, please send them to the website
listed below. The prices are very reasonable and the turnaround time to receive the clothing is very quick. http://www.uniformalwearhouse.com/
Thank you so much for getting this information to your candidates.
Vivat Jesus
Charles H. Smallwood, Master
Archdiocese of Washington District
Veteran's Information Memo
Worthy Sir Knights
I just received this release regarding assistance to our Veterans. Please review the attached
and get the word out to all of your members who may come in contact with any Veterans as soon as possible.
The effect of this release is that the increase of the Veterans Co-Payments for medicines will be frozen
until June 30, 2010. To assist them in this and so they can properly plan how to deal with the shortfall, please disseminate
this document and information as quickly as you can.
Thank you so much
Charles H. Smallwood, master
Archdiocese of Washington District.
click here to download release
Dress for ADW and Provincial Events
Worthy Marshals, and dear Brothers
Just as a follow up, please remind you members we will be strictly adhering to the uniform standards
published in the new drill manual, and memo from the SM. This mean 2 lapel pins. One flag pin, and one 4th Degree
pin (113), also the mini jewels should be centered over the jacket pocket. Lastly no Past Chapter President jewel.
We have plenty of time to make sure the word is out, and our members can get the appropriate pins. If
you have any question please feel free to give me a call.
Thanks!
SK John Winfrey (FDD,PGK,PFN)
Provincial Marshal
Calvert Province
District Marshal
Archdiocese of Washington District
MD State Deputy Message from Supreme Knight
Dear Brother Knights,
I am sending you this letter because I believe we need to help our Bishops and Priests, we do not want a bill with language
that destroys the long-standing policy against the federal funding of abortion. Please contact every Knight you
know and ask them to help oppose the wording of this bill.
Please everyone, read the letter that is attached from Supreme Knight, Carl Anderson.
This is very important! Please contact your Representatives in the House and Senate. You can call
them or send a letter or fax. It is crucial that every member hear from us so that the final bill will not have
wording for federal funding of abortion. We must let all our representatives know how we feel.
Time is important we need to do this ASAP.
Jesus We Trust in You!
S/K Dick Siejack
SD Maryland
Letter From Supeme Knight Anderson
Knights of Columbus wins Pledge of Allegiance case in Federal Appeals Court
Ninth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals upholds constitutionality of
"under God" in Pledge
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) -- The Ninth U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals ruled today that he words "one nation under God" in the Pledge of
Allegiance "do not violate the Establishment
Clause" of the First
Amendment to the Constitution.
The Knights of Columbus led the campaign to add the words "under
God" to the Pledge in the early 1950s, and the trial court agreed to allow the Knights of Columbus to join the present case
as defendants when it was originally filed in 2005.
"This decision is a victory for common sense," Supreme Knight Carl
A. Anderson said. "It is also a welcome reversal of the Ninth Circuit's 2002 decision in a similar case that was ultimately
thrown out by the
Supreme Court on technical grounds. Today, the Court got it
absolutely right: recitation of the
Pledge is a patriotic exercise,
not a religious prayer. Best of all, the Court said that the words
'under God' add
a 'note of importance which a Pledge to our Nation
ought to have and which in our culture ceremonial references to God
arouse.' Every reasonable person knows that, and today's decision is a breath of fresh air from a court system that has
too often seemed to be almost allergic to public references to God. This is a very
good day for America," Anderson concluded.
In
today's ruling, the Court noted that, "Among the 'self-evident
truths' the Framers believed was the concept that all people
are
entitled to certain inalienable rights given to them by the 'Laws of
Nature and Nature's God' and that the purpose
of government should be to "secure those rights.'" Such beliefs provide the context in which the words of the Pledge must
be understood, the Court said.
The Knights of Columbus and several individual Knights and their
families were defendant-intervenors
in the case, and the court's 2-1
decision incorporates many of the arguments presented to the Court by The Becket Fund
for Religious Liberty, a public interest law firm that represented the Knights in the case. Oral arguments before the Ninth
Circuit panel had been heard in December 2007. Other defendants in the case included the United States government and a Sacramento-area
school district.
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March 11, 2010
Veteran-students eligible for a special emergency
payment of their education benefits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katie Roberts Sept. 30, 2009 katie.roberts@va.gov Secretary Shinseki Announces Ability to Sign Up for Emergency Education Benefit Payments on VA Web-Site this Friday
Vans to Help Veteran-Students WASHINGTON – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki today announced further
outreach to Veteran-students eligible for a special emergency payment of their education benefits. Veterans can now apply
online beginning Oct. 2. Veteran-students can also request courtesy transportation to VA regional benefits offices. “Our
Veterans went the extra mile for their country,” Shinseki said. “One of our top priorities in transforming VA
is to be, first and foremost, the advocate for Veterans.” Last week Shinseki announced that on Friday, Oct.
2, VA’s 57 regional benefits offices will begin providing on-the-spot emergency payments up to $3,000 to students who
have applied for their education benefits but who have not yet received a government payment. Citing the distance
many Veterans would have to travel to apply in person at a VA benefits office, Shinseki announced Veterans can also apply
online at < http://www.va.gov/>www.va.gov, starting Oct. 2. The online application will guide Veterans through the process to supply needed information.
Shinseki noted that online applicants will receive their emergency payments through the mail after processing. “VA
is adapting to meet the financial needs of our Veteran-students who are on campus,” Shinseki said. “They should
be focusing on their studies, not worrying about financial difficulties.” Students without their own transportation
can also request free van service, provided by volunteers, to carry them to the nearest benefits office. To obtain this
service, Veterans would have to call their nearest VA medical center and ask for the “Volunteer Transportation Coordinator.”
Transportation will be on a first-come, first-served, space-available basis. Veterans can find a map and list of medical centers
at < http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=1> http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=1. Whether traveling by personal vehicle or volunteer van, VA officials suggest students check their mail boxes and
banking accounts before leaving home, since some Veterans will find their checks have already arrived. VA would like to
recognize the volunteers and Veterans Service Organizations for partnering with the Department to ensure that Veterans’
needs are met. The emergency checks are an advance on each student’s education benefits, and the amount will
be deducted from future benefits payments. Checks will be written at the regional offices for Veterans who bring a photo
ID and evidence of their enrollment. VA officials emphasize that $3,000 is the maximum payment, with many Veterans receiving
smaller payments based upon their likely monthly education benefits. A map and list of the participating VA regional
benefits offices is available on the Internet at < http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=3> http://www2.va.gov/directory/guide/division_flsh.asp?dnum=3. The most updated information regarding VA issuing emergency checks will be available at VA’s web site < http://www.va.gov/>www.va.gov starting Oct. 1. Applications from approximately 25,000 Veterans are currently being processed for Post-9/11
GI Bill education benefit payments to students or schools.
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