CARLOS' SALUTE TO THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS # 8599

CARLOS' SALUTE TO THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 8599

Today, after 8:30 A.M. Mass at St. Irenaeus Catholic Church, Brother Carlos Chavez was buried at Cypress Forest Lawn. Yesterday, at the Wake and prior to the Rosary, I gave this eulogy. Monday, Jan. 6, 2020

WHAT DO I REMEMBER ABOUT CARLOS CHAVEZ?

1. IT ALL BEGAN WITH THE THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. CARLOS WAS A SERIOUS, MILD-MANNERED PERSON WITH STRONG CATHOLIC BELIEFS IN THE WORK OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. AFTER ALL, CARLOS WAS A PROUD FOUNDING MEMBER OF KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN THIS PARISH MANY YEARS AGO.

2. AT THAT TIME, ONCE MY NAME WAS TURNED IN TO BECOME A MEMBER, I RECEIVED A HOME VISIT FROM CARLOS CHAVEZ AND EARL SMITH TO CHECK ME OUT. MY WIFE MICHAELENE AND I WERE AT HOME AND THEY LOOKED AROUND AND ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS, TO CHECK WHETHER I'M A PRACTICING CATHOLIC AND POSSIBLY RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS IN THE HOME. DURING THAT YEAR, MY WIFE AND I BECAME NEW MEMBERS OF ST. IRENAEUS PARISH.

3. ANYHOW, THEY GOT ME INVOLVED AND SIGNED ME UP TO BE PRO-LIFE CHAIRMAN.

4. WE TRIED TO GET A MONTHLY GET-TOGETHER STARTED AFTER THE 8:30 AM MASS DURING THE WEEK TO MEET MONTHLY AT MCDONALD'S. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHLY GET-TOGETHERS,  I  NOTICED THAT CARLOS WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS LEGS.

5. WE SIGNED UP WITH THE FIRST FRIDAY FRIARS. A GET-TOGETHER MONTHLY, WITH A MASS, THEN A FISH DINNER AND A SPEAKER. TODAY, WE MEET AT ST. JOHN MORON LEBANESE CATHOLIC CHURCH.  AGAIN, AFTER A WHILE THAT CEASED FOR CARLOS BECAUSE OF WALKING PROBLEMS.

6. AND THEN IT HAPPENED. CARLOS WAS CONFINED TO HIS HOME IN A BED FOR MANY YEARS. WHEN I VISITED HIM, OVER ALL HE HAD A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND PRAYED A LOT (ROSARY) AND ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.  HE WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ME.

7. I DON'T KNOW IF HE TOOK A POWER OF SUGGESTION PILL LIKE A MEMORY PILL [WHICH I DO], BUT CARLOS WAS ALWAYS ALERT AND DEEPLY LOVED HIS WIFE ROSE AND FAMILY. HE FELT THAT THROUGH THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, WE CAN LIVE BETTER OUR CATHOLIC BELIEFS AND PASS IT ON TO ONE ANOTHER IN ALL THE VOLUNTEER WORK THE MEN DO FOR THEIR PARISH.

8.FINALLY, AND INDIRECTLY, THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ARE PROUD AND HONORED TO HAVE CARLOS MEET JESUS TWO SUNDAYS AGO.

GEORGE H. KUBECK