Photos taken with my camera phone

Photos taken as of July 30, 2013

Kuya James Mendoza, Family of the Month, January 2013

Kuya Tony Tan, Family of the Month, November 2012

KoC Fellowship Night, June 17, 2013

Thoughts from GK Rudy Ibanez

   ROSES AND LOLLIPOPS

Dear Brother Knights,

That’s from the song with the same title. Puppy love, first love, answered love, that’s what it’s all about. It may also be about teardrops and unrequited love. It’s also a nice reminder to move our paradigm to more hopeful and positive out look. After all like medicine love is nothing but hope.

Ah! But more appropriately lollipops are for Kuya Nitoy, the man in whose shoulders the hopeful beginnings of our council lay and shepherded us throughout the years. The night of our installation made even more apparent his presence. The tread of the night was never lost. The music was soothing; he was there to keep the night moving all the way to the entry of DD Joe Carduce; and of course, lollipops for Kuya Tony and Kuya Manny for a lively program. And one more lollipop for Kuya Butch for all his work that paced the night in the right tempo. For the Knights who silently helped behind the scene especially Kuya Chito and Kuya Cen, Kudos!

And a big bunch of roses for all the ladies who graced the occasion and supported us all the way, it was a nice evening if only for the presence of long lost friends.

The last few meetings, I was feeling the Council looking for a sense of direction, trying to see which way the wind blows. What is our main interest? What can we focus on to get our bearings? Here again comes my mentor, Kuya Nitoy. The reading materials he gave were a discovery. It strengthened my resolve that our Governing Council must focused on the good of the order, care for the family with more involvement in the benefits derived from our insurance program, protecting our future with an organized Columbian Squires.

The family is first and the programs to make it happen are in the hands of Kuya Manny. To him both roses and lollipops!

A need common to the Knights is a sense of achievement. A real sense of achievement is more than the meetings and discussions we go through month after month. It is the ability to measure in real terms what the Council has done and what more to do. I saw our pride with the yearly Christmas tree that enlivens the season in our Parish, more important, the help it gives for the charity work we do. I saw how the corporate Mass we sponsor unites the families of the Council renewing our faith with the Lord, I saw the friendship we build with the fellowship we attended, limited as they may be, and of course, the involvement of the Knights with the Parish Council and the help we extended to make sure elections are clean since after all one of the pillars of the Knights of Columbus is love of country. Lollipops for Kuya Augie!

A bunch of Lollipops for Kuya Paul because as Deputy Grand Knight he will have to make sure we continue carry together the pillars of the Knights of Columbus.

Joy Gonzales writing on her column, “Worthless Wisdom,” (it’s a paradox seeing how her thoughts are so incisive) said, “Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four-year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old man’s yard, climbed into his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, ‘nothing, I just help him cry.”

It is nice to feel appreciated; when people tell you it was worth their time being part of the small things we do. A touch, a nod, a smile, a song of praise, even a tear drop, and these little things add up. Soon they will fill the barrel. And then….Glory Halleluiah!

Maybe that’s all we have to do!

GK Rudy Ibanez

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS

The Knights of Columbus (KoC)  Council 12461, an integral part of Christ the King Parish held its Installation of Officers and Induction of Service Personnel for the Columbian Year 2012-2013 on Friday, October 19, 2012 at the CTK Formation Center in Greenmeadows Avenue, Quezon City.

This year’s installation program started with a sumptuous dinner served council and district officers, members, guests, their spouses and members of their families who graced the occasion. A  short entertainment program followed thereafter while preparations for the installation proper were being made.

With less pomp and pageantry compared to last year’s but no less solemn and impressive, the installation ceremony started with the entry of the Council Officers  led by Fr. Peter Koching (standing in for KoC Chaplain Fr. Jose S. Tupino), immediate past Grand Knight Augusto Soliman and Warden Raul Botero. The officer-knights, dressed in their dignified knights’ robes, marched into the ceremonial hall in  grand orderly style and formed a human cross in the center amid the blare of   spirited, fighting music,  “Onward Christian Soldiers”

GK Augie Soliman opened the installation rites and delivered his valedictory address. In it he thanked his fellow knights for their invaluable support, counsel, cooperation and prayers in making his stint as Council Grand Knight a success. He likewise wished the incoming grand knight and his council officers success and pledged his unwavering support, advice and assistance whenever needed.  Fr. Peter Koching led the invocation thereafter.

One by one, led by the new grand knight, GK Rudy Ibanez, each elected officer stood before the installing officers – District Deputy Jose L. Gardoce and District Warden Lorenzo G. Maranan – and was read before him his respective mission and oath of office which he acknowledged with a vertical ‘cut of the cross’. The newly installed officers are:

Chaplain                           :   Fr. Jose S. Tupino III

Grand Knight                   :   SK Rodolfo D. Ibanez

Deputy Grand Knight     :   SK Benedicto Paul Uy

Chancellor                        :   Bro. Jose Victor A. Sison

Financial Secretary         :   SK Francisco M. Gomez, Jr.

Recorder                           :   SK Henry A. Tanedo

Warden                             :   Bro. Inocencio M. Hernando

Treasurer                           :   SK Jose B. Pilar

Lecturer                              :   SK Antonio O. Tan

Trustee (3 Years)              :   SK Augusto C. Soliman

Trustee (2 Years)              :   SK Gonzalo P. Bengzon

Trustee (1 Year)                :   SK Enrico S. Bautista

Advocate                           :   Bro. Alex L. Quiroz

Inside Guard                      :   Bro. Luis R. Aquino

Outside Guard                   :   Bro. Rodolfo L. Retirado

Alternate Inside Guard     :   Bro. Jeffrey M. Evangelista

Alternate Outside Guard  :   Bro. Arsenio R. Topacio

Program Director               :   SK Benedicto Paul U. Uy

Membership Director       :   SK Lucenito N. Tagle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

After their formal installations, the elected officers knelt on a mini-pulpit and were each prayed over and given the blessings by Fr. Koching.  A merry-go-round of congratulatory messages, handshakes, smiles and  hugs and kisses erupted and circulated among the officers, their families and friends at the end of the ceremonial rites.

After a brief intermission, induction of Service Personnel, officiated by the newly installed Grand Knight, SK Rudy Ibanez followed. The inducted service personnel are the following:

Church Service Director                 :   SK Raul L. Botero

Community Director                        :   SK Glicerio J. Integan

Family Director                                 :   SK Emmanuel M. Magbag

Youth Director                                  :   SK Luisito Laudico

Council Director                                :   SK James Y. Mendoza

Good of the Order Chairman           :   SK Barry A. Salvador

Fraternal Counselor                          :   SK Ding dela Cruz

Liaison to P. Gomez Assembly        :   SK Leonardo C. Angeles

Commander of the Guards                :   SK Raul L. Botero

Finally, after completion of the installation and induction ceremonies, newly minted GK Rodolfo Ibanez, in his inaugural address, gave an inspiring talk about the Catholic order of the Knights of Columbus; how it was organized in New Haven, Connecticut USA, by Fr. Michael J. McGivney, his mission and vision and his concern for the families left behind by their deceased breadwinners that led to the establishment of an insurance organization catering to the financial needs of the families. The GK also reiterated the 4 pillars of the Knights of Columbus, namely, Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism  and urged each worthy knight to advocate and uphold.  Deputy Grand Knight Paul Uy spoke subsequently about the many programs and activities of the Council, among which are the campaign against the RH Bill,  active participation in the PPCRV election watch,  Youth Squires programs,  Christmas Tree Light Up project,  sponsorship of the monthly 4^th Sunday mass  and good of the order series of talks on our Catholic faith.

In the same venue, awards of recognition were given to the following knights for their outstanding contributions to the affairs and welfare of the Council:

SK Manny Magbag                          -   Knight of the Year

SK Augie Soliman                             -   Knight of the Year

SK Nitoy Tagle                                  -   Family of the Year

SK James Mendoza                           -   Knight of the Year

After the ceremonies proper were all done, the much awaited relaxation and fellowship part of the evening program followed.  The indefatigable duo ‘night-shining’ knights, SK Tony Tan and SK Manny De Leon led the knights and their guests in an evening of music and entertainment. There were wild singing, ballroom dancing graced by gorgeous and handsome D.I.s and rounds of drinking and plain camaraderie enjoyed by everyone present.   SK James Mendoza

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