Now that the Northern California Blessed Michael McGivney pilgrimage tour has been concluded. It is time for the councils to get in your request form to host Blessed Michael McGivney in your parish. The Southern pilgrimage tour will begin on November 1st through November 23rd. Click on the Image to go to the Museum page to turn in your request and to see the current SCHEDULE of the Relic Pilgrimage Tour.
As we move into November, remember that we should keep our deceased brother knights in our thoughts and our prayers. Consider holding a memorial mass, and read the names of your deceased brothers at the prayers of the fourth degree
Just an update on membership. Currently in California We have 40 Councils that are at 100% and qualified, One is at 620%. Go to the State Website to download this week’s Star Award Tracker. https://www.californiaknights.org/star-tracker-report/
We have a special opportunity coming up. The State Family will be conducting a “Knight before Christmas”. We will be traveling the State of California and assisting with 16 CUFs in 16 days. Watch for the schedule to be forth coming. We are looking to have over 250 new Knights move from the prospect before Christmas as we move to
Keep up with the programs, remember we need to be keep scheduling programs for the upcoming months. We have 3 Campesino distributions scheduled for November. Come join us in Dixon, Hanford and Oxnard. Consider Coats for Kids. Or you can contribute help with Coats for Homeless. We are also going to Mexico to deliver 100+ wheelchairs.
Given the current issues with the community food banks. I am challenging you to step up and increase our donations to a local Food Pantry. So many families are going without.
We need to be like St. Joseph and step in and care for those that God is asking us to do.
Remember Early is Easy!, Vivat Jesus , Our Lady of Miracles pray for us!
Ken Rose State, Deputy 2025-2026
STATE CHAPLAIN MESSAGE FOR NOVEMBER 2025
Worthy Brothers Knights and Fellow Chaplains,
TEMPUS FUGIT, MOMENTO MORI!
When I was initiated into our Order as a young seminarian, I recall a moment in the First Degree where we candidates were led before a skull and crossbones. This lesson of the shortness of life on earth and the inevitability of death was proclaimed to us. It impressed upon me that we have a limited time on earth to prepare well for our life in heaven. Some 45 years later, I find myself reflecting on what my life has been: what good have I accomplished? what weaknesses have I wrestled with? how well have I shared by love for Christ with others? how well have I prepared for the day when I will leave this earth and stand before Jesus as my Lord and Judge?
This month of November begins with the celebration of the Solemnity of All Saints and the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day). In these two celebrations we are reminded about those who have come and gone before us. The example of the saints inspires us to renew our desire to live a life that will one day bring us to share their heavenly communion. The prayer for the holy souls brings to mind all those whom we have loved and have loved us and reminds us that we are very much connected by our prayers for them and theirs for us!
At the same time, we are reminded of our own mortality. One day we too shall die! As disciples of Christ, this fact should not inspire fear; rather it should inspire us to make the most of our earthly life. As Knights, it should motivate us to see how we are living fully our values of Charity, Unity and Fraternity in the service of our Lord Jesus and His Church. The best way to prepare for death is to live lives full of faith, service and love!
As I move forward along my life’s journey, I find myself thinking about the when and how of my death. But I try not to let those thoughts distract me. The skull and crossbones are no longer used in the welcoming of new members into our Order, but the lesson is still taught as an essential element of our lives as Christians and as Knights. The Church, in her wisdom, presents us in these days with beautiful reminders that death, though certain, is not the end of life but the doorway by which we pass from this fleeting time into eternity with Christ! St. Paul reminds us powerfully: “That which is corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: death is swallowed up in victory. Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Cor. 15:53-55,57)
Finally, I ask your prayers for our state delegation that will be journeying to Mexico November 17-21 to distribute wheelchairs to needy children. May the Lord grant them safe travels and the blessings that will flow from this loving act of kindness.
