COLOR GUARD FUNCTION DATES ****JULY 2017****
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12TH.....FUNERAL FOR BROTHER DON LENNOX, A 3RD DEGREE MEMBER OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL PARISH COUNCIL IN WINDSOR....
FUNERAL MASS WILL BE AT OUR LADY OF GRADALUPE CHURCH, 834 RAYMO ROAD,WINDSOR, ONTARIO AT 11:00 AM.....COLOR GUARD WILL GUARD THE CASKET FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 10:45 AM. PLEASE BE AT THE CHURCH BY 9:30 AM TO DRESS IN YOUR REGALIA. THANK YOU
SATURDAY, JULY 15TH....THE BELLE RIVER SUNSPLASH PARADE. WE ARE TO MEET AT THE BELLE RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL, 370 PETER STREET, AT 9:00 AM TO PREPARE FOR THE PARADE WHICH STARTS At 10:00 AM. COLOR GUARD WILL CAR POOL FROM ST. JEROME PARISH PARKING LOT AT 8:30 AM. PLEASE BE AT THE PARKING LOT BY 8:15 AM. THANK YOU.
FUNERAL MASS WILL BE AT OUR LADY OF GRADALUPE CHURCH, 834 RAYMO ROAD,WINDSOR, ONTARIO AT 11:00 AM.....COLOR GUARD WILL GUARD THE CASKET FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 10:45 AM. PLEASE BE AT THE CHURCH BY 9:30 AM TO DRESS IN YOUR REGALIA. THANK YOU
SATURDAY, JULY 15TH....THE BELLE RIVER SUNSPLASH PARADE. WE ARE TO MEET AT THE BELLE RIVER PUBLIC SCHOOL, 370 PETER STREET, AT 9:00 AM TO PREPARE FOR THE PARADE WHICH STARTS At 10:00 AM. COLOR GUARD WILL CAR POOL FROM ST. JEROME PARISH PARKING LOT AT 8:30 AM. PLEASE BE AT THE PARKING LOT BY 8:15 AM. THANK YOU.
Worthy Sir Knights... .we have received a request from SK Alan Sims, District Deputy of District #76 requesting our presence at an installation of Officers on Sunday July 16. Our Color guard is requested to be at Most Precious Blood Parish by 1:15 pm. Details are included below in an email from DD Alan Sims.
NOTE: We will only require 6 to 8 Color Guards for this function
Subject: Instalation of District # 76 Officers
District # 76 of which I am the District Deputy will be holding our Installation of Officers ceremony on Sunday July 16, 2017, at Most Precious Blood Church. The Mass starts at 2, and I am requesting everyone to be at the church for 1-15 in order to dress for the occasion. We will when dressed go to the back car park and then parade around to the front and then into the church. for 2 for the Mass.
During Mass the Installation will also take place, and following Mass conclusion refreshments will be available in the church hall.
The councils involved from District # 76 are :-
Victor C. Cote Council # 9671.
Tecumseh Council # 4375 .
Father P. Wattson Council # 8919.
St. Jerome Council # 8682.
Most Precious Blood Council # 9645.
Cardinal Stepinec Council # 11774.
This means that 90 Executives will be Installed that day, and as you know after Installation the cross is formed by the officers before leaving the church BUT on this day the Mass carries on until the end. This is a Mass of Obligation so a collection will be made.
Before the parade into church, all members will be instructed on what will be required of them. I will speak with you and let you know what we want.
Will you please contact other F.N. of the other Assemblies to join us... It would be a great gathering if I could have a total of 24 members of the colour guard made up of our 3 assemblies. I will leave that to you if I may. Andy if you need anything else please get back to me.
Thanks, Alan Sims DD # 76.
Worthy Sir Knights... .we also have a request from Grand Knight, Greg Olczak of St. Therese Parish Council, for an Installation of Officers from from St. Therese Council and St. Vincent de Paul Council. The Installation will take place on Tuesday evening, July 18th. We should be there around 5:45 pm to dress in our regalia. The Mass will commence at 6:30 pm followed by the Installation of Officers. There will be food available after the ceremony.
NOTE: We will again only require 6 to 8 Color Guards for this function.
NOTE: We will only require 6 to 8 Color Guards for this function
Subject: Instalation of District # 76 Officers
District # 76 of which I am the District Deputy will be holding our Installation of Officers ceremony on Sunday July 16, 2017, at Most Precious Blood Church. The Mass starts at 2, and I am requesting everyone to be at the church for 1-15 in order to dress for the occasion. We will when dressed go to the back car park and then parade around to the front and then into the church. for 2 for the Mass.
During Mass the Installation will also take place, and following Mass conclusion refreshments will be available in the church hall.
The councils involved from District # 76 are :-
Victor C. Cote Council # 9671.
Tecumseh Council # 4375 .
Father P. Wattson Council # 8919.
St. Jerome Council # 8682.
Most Precious Blood Council # 9645.
Cardinal Stepinec Council # 11774.
This means that 90 Executives will be Installed that day, and as you know after Installation the cross is formed by the officers before leaving the church BUT on this day the Mass carries on until the end. This is a Mass of Obligation so a collection will be made.
Before the parade into church, all members will be instructed on what will be required of them. I will speak with you and let you know what we want.
Will you please contact other F.N. of the other Assemblies to join us... It would be a great gathering if I could have a total of 24 members of the colour guard made up of our 3 assemblies. I will leave that to you if I may. Andy if you need anything else please get back to me.
Thanks, Alan Sims DD # 76.
Worthy Sir Knights... .we also have a request from Grand Knight, Greg Olczak of St. Therese Parish Council, for an Installation of Officers from from St. Therese Council and St. Vincent de Paul Council. The Installation will take place on Tuesday evening, July 18th. We should be there around 5:45 pm to dress in our regalia. The Mass will commence at 6:30 pm followed by the Installation of Officers. There will be food available after the ceremony.
NOTE: We will again only require 6 to 8 Color Guards for this function.
4th Degree Colour Guard
The Colour Corps of the Knights of Columbus Fourth degree are the uniformed members of the Order. The Honour Guardsmen are those members who have mastered the manual of the sword. The Colour Corps follows a naval theme with ranks and insignia. The Chapeau, (never called hats), is similar to the old naval uniforms headgear.
The Cape Colours are an indication of rank and are as follows: Supreme Master wears a dark blue cape and dark blue chapeau; Vice-Supreme Masters of a Province wear a light blue cape and light blue chapeau; Masters of District wear a gold cape and gold chapeau; District Marshalls (District level Commanders) wear a green cape and green chapeau; Faithful Navigators of an Assembly wear a white cape and white chapeau; Colour Corps Commanders (Assembly level) wear a purple cape and purple chapeau; Rank and file Colour Corps wear a red cape and white chapeau.
Former Supreme Masters, Former Vice-Supreme Masters, Former Masters and Fast Faithful Navigators are all permitted to wear their respective cape and chapeau when they finish their term of office.
The District Marshall's (appointed by the Master) and Colour Corps Commanders (appointed by the Faithful Navigator) revert to the colour of regalia of their last level in the Colour Corps when their appointment is completed.
The Cape Colours are an indication of rank and are as follows: Supreme Master wears a dark blue cape and dark blue chapeau; Vice-Supreme Masters of a Province wear a light blue cape and light blue chapeau; Masters of District wear a gold cape and gold chapeau; District Marshalls (District level Commanders) wear a green cape and green chapeau; Faithful Navigators of an Assembly wear a white cape and white chapeau; Colour Corps Commanders (Assembly level) wear a purple cape and purple chapeau; Rank and file Colour Corps wear a red cape and white chapeau.
Former Supreme Masters, Former Vice-Supreme Masters, Former Masters and Fast Faithful Navigators are all permitted to wear their respective cape and chapeau when they finish their term of office.
The District Marshall's (appointed by the Master) and Colour Corps Commanders (appointed by the Faithful Navigator) revert to the colour of regalia of their last level in the Colour Corps when their appointment is completed.
The need for a patriotic degree was first considered in 1886 and a special plea was made at the National Meeting of 1899. The first Fourth Degree exemplification followed in 1900 with 1,100 Knights participating at the Lenox Lyceum in New York City. Today there are more than 2,500 Assemblies.
Only Fourth Degree Knights may optionally purchase the full regalia and join the Assembly’s Color Corps. The Color Corps is the most visible arm of the Knights as they are often seen in parades and other local events wearing their colorful regalia. Official dress for the Color Corps is a black tuxedo, baldric, white gloves, cape and naval chapeau. Baldrics are worn from the right shoulder to left hip and are color specific by nation. In the United States, Panama and the Philippines, baldrics are red, white and blue. Red and white baldrics are used in Canada; red, white and green in Mexico; and blue and white in Guatamala. Service baldrics include a scabbard for a sword and are worn over the coat while social baldrics are worn under the coat. The colors on a Fourth Degree Knight's cape, and chapeau, denote the office he holds within the Degree. Faithful Navigators and Past Faithful Navigators are permitted to carry a white handled silver sword. Masters and Vice Supreme Masters, as well as Former Masters and Former Vice Supreme Masters, are also denoted by their gold swords.
Emblem Of The Order
The emblem of the Order dates from the second Supreme Council meeting on May 12, 1883, when James T. Mullen, who was then supreme knight, designed it.
The emblem indicates a shield mounted upon the Formée cross (having the arms narrow at the center and expanding toward the ends). The shield is that associated with a medieval knight. The Formée cross is the representation of a traditional artistic design of the cross of Christ through which all graces of redemption were procured for mankind. This then represents the Catholic spirit of the Order.
Mounted on the shield are three objects: a fasces (a bundle of rods bound together about an ax with the blade projecting) standing vertically and, crossed behind it, an anchor and a dagger or short sword. The fasces from Roman days, carried before magistrates as an emblem of authority, is symbolic of authority which must exist in any tightly-bonded and efficiently operating organization. The anchor is the mariner's symbol for Columbus, patron of the Order, while the short sword or dagger was the weapon of the Knight when engaged upon an errand of mercy. Thus, the shield expresses Catholic Knighthood in organized merciful action, and with the letters, K of C, it proclaims this specific form of activity.
Fourth Degree Emblem
The triad emblem of the Fourth Degree features the dove, the cross and the globe. The dove, classic symbol of the Holy Spirit and peace, is shown hovering over the orb of the Earth (globe). Both are mounted on a variation of the Crusader's cross, which was found on the tunics and capes of the Crusading knights who battled to regain the Holy Land from the pagans.
Spiritually, the sacred symbols on the emblem typify the union of the Three Divine Persons in one Godhead, the most Blessed Trinity.
• The Globe -- God the Father, Creator of the Universe.
• The Cross -- God the Son, Redeemer of Mankind.
• The Dove -- God the Holy Spirit, Sanctifier of Humanity.
The colors of the symbols are:
• A blue globe with the land of the Western Hemisphere in white.
• A red cross with gold borders and gold knobs at the end of the points forming the ends of the arms of the cross, also known as the Isabella cross.
• A white dove.
Red, white and blue are the colors of the flag of the country in which the Knights originated. They are used to stress patriotism, the basic principle of the Fourth Degree.