KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Father Maguire Council #3851
Covina / West Covina, California
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS "All things to all men" |
The FATHER MAGUIRE COUNCIL
was chartered on May 10, 1954 to serve the parishes of Saint
Christopher in West Covina, CA and Sacred Heart in Covina, CA.
Click here to learn more about our namesake, Father William A. Maguire.
Our council is located on the border of our two cities, Covina and West Covina, approximately 18-20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles along Interstate 10. The population of Covina is around 40,000 while West Covina boasts a population of over 100,000. We are also a member of the West Covina Chamber of Commerce.
We are part of the San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, located within District 79 of the California State Council. Our council is the seventh largest council in California (over 550 statewide) with a total membership of 365-plus members. Our council's Fourth Degree members belong to the Christopher Columbus Assembly.
We proudly occupy one of the largest council facilities in California which includes a large hall that can seat 300 people, a council meeting room, additional office and storage space, a lounge/bar that can seat 80-100, and a large backyard where we hold family picnics. The picnic area features a playground area for our children, volleyball court, bocci court, horseshoe pits, large built-in gas BBQ and plenty of shade for our California summer events. Stop by for our annual picnics on Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day.
Click here for the Calendar of Events.
Grand Knight: Ernie Clark
Chaplain: Rev. Sergio Contran
Deputy Grand Knight: Rafael Evangelista
Chancellor: Andy Abeyta
Warden: Manuel Jaramillo
Recorder: John Hasha
Financial Secretary: Gene Hays, PGK, FDD
Treasurer: Jay Gonzales
Lecturer: TBA
Advocate: Mark Concialdi, PGK
Inside Guard: Christopher Jacobo
Outside Guard: Thomas Coble
Trustee 3rd Year: Tony Landry, PGK
Trustee 2nd Year: Don Gacevich, PGK, FDD, PFN, PCP
Trustee 1st Year: Andy Ruiz, PGK
District Deputy #79: Steve Johnson, PGK
District Warden #79: Mark Concialdi, PGK
Insurance Agent: Bill Lueddman
Membership Director:
Don Gacevich, PGK, FDD, PFN, PCP
Church Activities Director (Sacred Heart): Richard Delgado, PGK, FDD
Church Activities Director (St. Christopher): Christopher Jacobo
Council Activities Director: Andy Ruiz, PGK
Youth Activities Director: James Munoz, PGK
Community Activities Director: Mark Concialdi, PGK
Family Activities Director: Christopher Jacobo
Our primary, year-round activity is our charity Bingo games which are held each and every Thursday in our main hall starting at 6:30PM. Each year Bingo is closed on Thanksgiving. All other Thursdays, "COME ON DOWN"!!!!
Our council is affiliated with the Ladies of Columbus, Our Lady of the Snows Council. The LOC is an entirely separate organization (as opposed to an auxiliary) complete with their own Supreme Council and their own local officers. Ladies must be related to a Brother Knight in order to join. That relationship can be wife, mother, sister, or daughter of a member (or deceased member).
Our LOC council provides a tremendous and invaluable service to our Council. They are there helping at all of our functions. The Ladies also conduct a few of their own programs raising funds for: the Holy Family Adoption center in Los Angeles, and the Comboni Missions.
For more information concerning this group, forming your own local council, etc. please contact Mrs. Linda Jaramillo.
The FATHER MAGUIRE COUNCIL is located at:
4315 N. Vincent Avenue, Covina, CA 91722
(Interstate 10, Vincent offramp, 1.4 miles north)
Phone: (626) 960-6740
Goto Officers Section for E-Mail
Addresses
The Columbian Squires is the official youth group
for the Knights of Columbus. Catholic boys aged 10-18 are
eligible to join this organization. Each Squires Circle must
be sponsored by a council, assembly or chapter. The Father
Maguire Council sponsors the Bishop Daily Circle for the students
of the parish and public schools in our area. Contact Brother James Munoz if
you have any questions.
The monthly council newsletter is known as THE DEGREE. Due to a change in personnel, we are no longer able to offer the current editions online. HOWEVER, you can also read COLUMBIA MAGAZINE online. This is the Order-wide publication of the Knights of Columbus. Click the banner below to be connected to the Supreme site, but be sure to come back to our site when you're finished......
| 1954-1955 Michael Burton* 1955-1956 Henry Rynicki 1956-1957 Alan Fitzgerald* 1957-1958 H. "Mike" Jenkins* 1958-1959 Hank Gendron 1959-1960 Joseph Visosky* |
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1980-1981 Ralph J. Monaco* 1981-1982 Jack Bertini* 1982-1983 John Lewis* 1983-1984 Charles "Chuck" Gover 1984-1985 John Hayes 1985-1986 Dan Riddle* |
| 1960-1961 A. "Bogie" Brouckaert 1961-1962 William Weiderholt* 1962-1963 Joseph Walsh 1963-1964 Jean Poulin 1964-1965 James Houlihan* 1965-1966 William Witzlsteiner* |
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1986-1987 Vincent "Vince" Licorni 1987-1988 Darrell Scholl 1988-1989 Robert "Bob" Bohanon 1989-1990 Robert "Bob" Bohanon 1990-1991 Vincent "Vince" Licorni 1991-1992 F. Donald Gacevich |
| 1966-1967 E.R. "Ernie" Neault* 1967-1968 E.R. "Ernie" Neault* 1968-1969 William "Bill" Shriver* 1969-1970 John "Jack" Altiere* 1970-1971 Robert Kennerknecht 1971-1972 William Witzlsteiner* |
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1992-1993 Albert J. Yerkish 1993-1994 Arlan J. Goetz 1994-1995 Ralph A. Castro, Sr. 1995-1996 Gilbert Gonzales, Sr. 1996-1997 R. Eugene Hays, Sr. 1997-1998 George H. Presley |
| 1972-1973 Earl Cameron* 1973-1974 Harvey Simpson 1974-1975 Martin Rossney* 1975-1976 Jack Bertini* 1976-1977 Andrew Carpenter* 1977-1978 Albert "Al" Pincin* 1978-1979 Jack Beauchamp 1979-1980 L.J. "Lou" LaCroix* |
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1998-1999 James A. Muņoz 1999-2000 Adam R. Treviņo 2000-2001 Robert "Bob" Gerardo* 2001-2002 Richard I. Delgado 2002-2003: Karl E. Frey 2003-2004: Mark J. Concialdi 2004-2005: Anthony M. Landry 2005-2006: Stephen M. Johnson 2006-2007: Andrew M. Ruiz |
* Deceased
A new Fourth Degree Assembly exists in our area thanks to the efforts of a few members of our council during the 1996-97 Columbian Year. The CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ASSEMBLY #2482 was chartered on February 12, 1997 with Brother Ralph A. Castro Sr. from our council as the Charter Faithful Navigator and Brother R. Eugene Hays Sr. as Faithful Comptroller. Other Brothers that helped form the Assembly include Brother Gilbert Gonzales and our former Field Agent, Brother Jim Baker Sr.
Read more about the Fourth Degree in the Who Can Become A Knight section.
Our council has two areas available for rentals for functions such as wedding receptions, birthday parties, and company parties. The MAIN HALL can seat up to 300 people and the BAR/LOUNGE can seat 80-100.
We now offer our own catering under the direction of Chef Jorge Bruce with a variety of pricing options.
Please call us at (626) 960-6740 for more information.
Click
here to view photos of the hall
Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to practical Catholic men in union with the Holy See, who shall not be less than 18 years of age on their last birthday. A practical Catholic is one who lives up to the Commandments of God and the precepts of the Church. Application blanks are available from any member of the Knights of Columbus. Every knight is happy to propose eligible Catholic men for consideration as members.
Acceptance of the applicant depends upon a vote of the members of the subordinate council in which he is making application.
All priests and religious brothers having duly made application for membership and participated in the ceremonials become honorary life members of the Order and are exempt from payment of dues.
Application for membership must be made through the council in the community nearest the applicant's place of residence. Interested prospects without a permanent domicile, such as men temporarily away from home through duty in the armed forces, may make application through their hometown council or at the nearest council on a military base.
If favorably voted upon, the applicant becomes a member by initiation known as the First Degree. He subsequently is advanced through the Second Degree and the Third Degree.
There are modest initiation fees and dues set by subordinate councils under regulations established by the Supreme Council. The insurance privileges are available to all members who can qualify, which represents an important advantage of membership. For men in every walk of life the name Knights of Columbus engenders the image of a united organization, efficiently going about it tasks of charity, unity, fraternity, patriotism and defense of the priesthood. It is composed of men who are giving unselfishly of their time and talents in service of God and their country.
Membership in the Knights of Columbus provides opportunity for wholesome association with congenial companions who are, first of all, practical Catholic gentlemen. It offers the opportunity for fellowship with those who are of the same belief, who recognize the same duty to God, to family and to neighbor and who stand side by side in defense of those beliefs. Programs are so organized as to appeal to the individual interest of the members. Through many constructive activities of Christian fraternity, members are enabled to render service to their Church, their country and their fellowman. Through membership they develop a consciousness of their ability to lead and to assist.
Organized Columbianism, united behind the individual Knight of Columbus, provides the power of an intelligent, alert body of Catholic men--a strength which the individual by himself cannot achieve.
The Knights of Columbus has a proud heritage. The qualified Catholic man can share in that heritage and build an even greater future by affiliating himself with this forceful, effective body.
This information, along with other laws and rules of the Order, is contained in a booklet called These Men They Call Knights which is given to each man when he joins.
To join our Council, contact one of the officers listed above.
Another degree open to members of the Knights of Columbus is that of the Fourth (or Patriotic) Degree. On February 22, 1900, the first exemplification of that degree was held in New York City. The ritual added patriotism to the three original principles of the Order: charity, unity and fraternity. Any Third Degree member in good standing, one year after the anniversary of his First Degree, is eligible for membership in the Fourth Degree.
The primary purpose of the Fourth Degree is to foster the spirit of partiotism by promoting responsible citizenship and a love of and loyalty to the Knights' respective countries through active membership in local Fourth Degree groups called assemblies. Fourth Degree members must retain their membership as Third Degree members in the local council to remain in good standing.
Certain members of the Fourth Degree serve as honor guards at civic and religious functions, an activity which has brought worldwide recognition to the Knights of Columbus organization.
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