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Assembly 2449
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Our Lady of Guadalupe |
TImothy Snowball, Faithful Navigator
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June 2025 – Assembly Newsletter Faithful Navigator – Ed Dondero Assembly get togethers are held on the 2nd Friday of every month. 6:30pm Mass, followed by dinner and an Assembly Business Meeting. Ladies, kids, and guests welcome Most Worthy Sir Knights and Ladies, July is here and we have reached the end of the 2024-2025 Fraternal Year. Congratulations to the newly elected officers and thank you for your service to Our Lady of Guadalupe Assembly and the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Some officers are continuing in their current position, two are assuming a new position, and four others are becoming officers for the first time. A big thank you to these four Sir Knights for stepping up to help. They are SK Dave Lewis – Faithful Pilot, SK Robert Yslas – Faithful Inner Sentinel, SK Mike Green – Faithful Outer Sentinel, and SK Mike Marmolejo – Faithful One Year Trustee. Our July get together and meeting was a big success. We had a very good turnout and a great meal thanks to the efforts of our new Worthy Faithful Captain, Nick Coppola, and the brother knights of St. Michael the Archangel #9590, who helped us host the event. Our next get-together will be on Friday, August 8th, at the usual time, also at Guardian Angels Parish in Santee. The cost is still only $15 per person. Please RSVP to the Faithful Captain Nick by Wednesday, August 6th. RSVP: [email protected]; [email protected] The California State Convention was held May 15-17. There were five members from Assembly 2449 in attendance representing their councils. Both the opening and closing masses were spectacular and included many Fourth Degree Knights in regalia. The closing Mass was held at nearby St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church with Bishop Joseph Brennan, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Fresno presiding. St Charles is the largest Catholic parish church in North America. There was a total of sixty Sir Knights in regalia, including Vice Supreme Master Tim Fukuda and all three of the California District Masters. We had a great turnout for Assembly 2449 at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony. Five 2449 Sir Knights participated in the ceremony and presented a floral wreath. Afterwards, we met the mother of SGT Rafael Peralta, USMC and asked if it would be alright if we laid the floral wreath at her son’s gravesite. We followed the family to the grave and Mrs. Peralta was quite moved. You can read the story of SGT Peralta at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Peralta Finally, this will be my last newsletter submission. I wish our new Faithful Navigator Tim Snowball all the best. I know SK Tim will do a great job and will lead Our Lady of Guadalupe Assembly on to continue as the best Assembly in the San Diego Diocese Chapter. I would like all of you for your support these last two years. I have learned a great deal and got to know a many of you a lot better. To my mentors: Thank you, I could not have done this without you. I am truly honored to have served with you. I look forward to serving as Faithful Admiral for the upcoming Columbian year. God bless Faithfully and fraternally yours, Ed Dondero Faithful Navigator Monthly moment in U.S. History... The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on June 6, 1944, of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on the day selected for D-Day was not ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and time of day, that meant only a few days each month were deemed suitable. German leader Adolf Hitler placed Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in command of German forces and developing fortifications along the Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion. US president Franklin D. Roosevelt placed Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower in command of Allied forces. The invasion began shortly after midnight on the morning of 6 June with extensive aerial and naval bombardment as well as an airborne assault— the landing of 24,000 American, British, and Canadian airborne troops. The early morning aerial assault was soon followed by Allied amphibious landings on the coast of France c. 06:30. The target 80-kilometre (50 mi) stretch of the Normandy coast was divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. Strong winds blew the landing craft east of their intended positions, particularly at Utah and Omaha. The men landed under heavy fire from gun emplacements overlooking the beaches, and the shore was mined and covered with obstacles such as wooden stakes, metal tripods, and barbed wire, making the work of the beach-clearing teams difficult and dangerous. The highest number of casualties was at Omaha, with its high cliffs. At Gold, Juno, and Sword, several fortified towns were cleared in house-to-house fighting, and two major gun emplacements at Gold were disabled using specialized tanks. The Allies were able to establish beachheads at each of the five landing sites on the first day, but Carentan, Saint-Lô, and Bayeux remained in German hands. Caen, a major objective, was not captured until 21 July. Only two of the beaches (Juno and Gold) were linked on the first day, and all five beachheads were not connected until 12 June. German casualties on D-Day have been estimated at 4,000 to 9,000 men. Allied casualties were at least 10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead.   Recent Honor Guard Call Outs It was an honor to have five our assembly members in regalia at the annual ceremony honoring the fallen at Ft. Rosecrans on Memorial Day. As we were often reminded by those speaking at the event, it is never “Happy Memorial Day,” but “Remember Memorial Day. We also had a great turnout of Assembly members both in and out of regalia for the big annual Fourth of July parade in Coronado. If you have never been, you should definitely also mark this one on your calendar.
Requests for Prayer As many of you may know, Dick Wade, a Charter member of Valle De Oro Council 9332 and longtime member of our Assembly, recently returned home from the hospital and is currently receiving home care. At this time, he has requested no phone calls or visitors to allow for a peaceful recovery. Dick wanted us to know that he is home, and we are grateful to hear this news. Mary Wade will keep us updated on his progress. In the spirit of our brotherhood and compassion, we encourage each of you to take a moment to pray for Dick's health and well-being during this challenging time. Your thoughts and prayers are invaluable to him and his family. Thank you for your continued support and for embodying the values of our organization during this time of need. Thank you. 
Prayer for Canonization of Blessed Michael McGivney
“God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue may we follow your Son, Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify your servant Blessed Father Michael J. McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now present (here make your request). Through Christ our Lord. Amen.”
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