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Arrowhead Desert Valley
California, United States & Territories
(www.KofCADVC.org)
Father Humphrys, you will always be loved and always be missed.
A truly outstanding group of Past Chapter Presidents at our 2016 PCP's Dinner.
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ADVC President Ivan Reek presents Bishop congratulatory letter from California State Office.
Blessed Fr. Michael McGivney Icon, sponsored by Del Rosa Council, is presented to Bishop Alberto Rojas by artist Vivian Imbruglia
The Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter
The Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter was organized in 1958 and it primary purpose is to promote the well-being of the order within the diocese of San Bernardino and to assist his Excellency, the Bishop of San Bernardino in all ways possible.
HABEMUS PAPAM!!
Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the first US-born pontiff and will be known as Pope Leo XIV
Next Chapter Business Meeting -- Friday, April 10th in Colton
The next Business Meeting will be Friday, April 10th, 2026
Hosted by Fr. Keane Council #4017
740 Pennsylvania Ave
Colton, CA 92324
Chapter Chaplain's Homily Reflection - RAISED FROM THE GRAVE OF SIN TO LIFE
RAISED FROM THE GRAVE OF SIN TO LIFE
The readings this Fifth Sunday of Lent place before us two movements that define the entire Christian life: death and life. Everything in these readings points toward God’s power to bring life out of death—not just at Easter, but now, in the concrete places where people feel stuck, dry, ashamed, or spiritually exhausted.
The Scripture uses the language of death not only for the end of physical existence, but also as a metaphor for what happens when sin separates us from God. To be “dead in sin” means to be alive biologically but cut off spiritually from God, who gives life.
In the first reading, Ezekiel speaks to a people who feel utterly abandoned. Six hundred years before Christ, Israel’s disobedience led them into exile in Babylon. Far from home, far from the Temple, far from the Covenant, they cried out: “Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, and we are cut off.” Their exile felt like a living death.
Into this despair, God speaks through Ezekiel: “I will open your graves and bring you back to life.” The message is unmistakable: there is no grave—whether of sin, despair, or hopelessness—that is beyond God’s reach. What looks dead to us is never dead to God. What seems impossible to us is never impossible to Him.
In the Gospel, Jesus raises Lazarus. The Church does not place this miracle before us simply to show Jesus’ power over physical death. It is a sign of what He desires to do in every one of us spiritually. When sin cuts one off from God, the Life-giver, the person becomes a living dead person. To demonstrate the impact of sin in the prodigal son, the father says to his elder son: “But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.” (Luke 15:32).
How does one know they are dead in sin? We are dead in sin when we become insensitive to the consequences of our sin or feel that our sins are too much and cannot be forgiven by God. We are dead in sin when shame does not allow us to confess our sins, and we are dead in sin when we cannot confess our sins for fear of sinning again. To keep living in this way is to remain buried in our sinfulness.
How can the sinner be raised? Jesus asks three things in raising of Lazarus that give us a pattern for our own resurrection from sin: First, “Roll away the stone.” The stone is whatever keeps our sin hidden—fear, pride, excuses. Conversion begins when we expose the truth, especially in confession. God cannot heal what we refuse to uncover. Second: “Untie him and let him go.” Jesus asks the community to help Lazarus. In the same way, He asks us to release one another from the grave of sin —let go of grudges, stop holding people in our hearts for old wounds, stop burying others with our words. We cannot rise if we keep others tied down. Third: “Lazarus, come out!” Even wrapped in burial cloths, Lazarus had to take a step. Jesus calls each of us to take the first step out of whatever tomb we have settled into—habits, addictions, attitudes, or patterns that keep us spiritually dead. Grace does not replace our effort; it empowers it.
So, the question today is simple: Are we ready to roll away the stone that blocks the light of Christ? Are we ready to come out of the places where sin has buried us? Are we ready to unbind one another and let each other go free? If we take these steps, then the same God who opened the graves of Israel and called Lazarus from the tomb will open the grave of our sins and bring us back to life.
Fr. Imo
Chaplain
Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter
ADVC 2025-2026 Event Schedule (updated February 16th, 2026)
2025
July 11th - 13th - Fri-Sun - DD Orientation Meeting Visalia
July 6th - Sunday INSTALLATION OF CHAPTER OFFICERS / STATE DINNER
July 15 - Tuesday Officers Meeting: 6:00 PM Dinner
July 17 - Thursday Soccer Game– Priest vs. Seminarians
Aug 7 & 8 - Thu-Fri - St. Padre Pio Relic – St Peter St Paul Rancho Cucamonga
August 8 - Friday - Officers/General Business Meeting - Dinner after 6:00PM, Rosary at 6:30PM, Meeting at 6:45PM, Colton
August 15 - Friday Feeding the Poor with the Diocese Team
August 23 - Saturday Men's Rosary Walk, 9:00 am at the Diocese
September 13 - Saturday Serra House Seminarian Gym Blessing
September 13 - Saturday Plane Pull Long Beach
October 4 - Saturday - Walk for Life Lee V Pollard High School, Corona
October 10 - Friday Officers/General Business Meeting-Dinner after 6:00PM, Rosary at 6:30PM, Meeting at 6:45PM, Colton
October 25 - Saturday SOSC Golf Event (Riverside)
November 2 - Sunday - Farm Workers Feeding & Clothing
November 11 - Friday VETERAN'S DAY - Participate with 4th Degree
November 16 - Sunday Jubilee Year Day of Feeding and Clothing our Brothers and Sisters in need in Barstow November 21 - Friday SEMINARIAN BURSE-Christ the Redeemer Church — Cost? November 22nd-Saturday State Soccer Challenge
December 5 - Friday - Farm Workers Feeding & Clothing and Procession
December 10 - Wednesday - Farm Workers Feeding & Clothing and Procession
December 12 - Friday Officers/General Business Meeting-Dinner after 6:00PM,
Rosary at 6:30PM, Meeting at 6:45PM, Colton
2026
January 3 - Saturday - Seminarian Fundraiser
January 9-11 - Friday DD Midyear Meeting- Visalia
January 24 - Saturday - Saturday ONE LIFE LA TENTATIVE (DTLA)
February 6 - Friday CLERGY APPRECIATION NIGHT St. Peter and St. Paul
Clergy Gift
February 13 - Friday Officers/General Business Meeting-Dinner after 6:00PM, Rosary at 6:30PM, Meeting at 6:45PM, Colton
February 28 - Saturday - Knights Retreat St Peter & St Paul Alta Loma 8am to Noon (tentative)
March 7 - Saturday POLAR PLUNGE TENTATIVE BIG BEAR
March 14 - Saturday ADVC Free Throw Contest
March 21 - Saturday World Down Syndrome Day
March 21 - Saturday District Free Throw
April 5th - Sunday HAPPY EASTER!! He is Risen Alleluia
April 10 - Friday Officers/General Business Meeting-Dinner after 6:00PM,
Rosary at 6:30PM, Meeting at 6:45PM, Colton
April 11 - Saturday SOSC Spring Games (Murrieta)
April 25 - Saturday SOSC IE Spring Games (Fontana)
April - TBD - PAST CHAPTER PRESIDENT’S DINNER
May 15-17 - STATE CONVENTION – Visalia Convention Center
May 25 - Monday MEMORIAL DAY
June 12 - Friday General Business Meeting/ Elections; 11am Lunch, 11:45 Rosary, 12:15 pm Meeting Location Del Rosa
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ADVC Chapter Free Throw Contest - Saturday, March 14th
- The Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter Free Throw Free Throw Championship
Location: Notre Dame High School
7085 Brockton Ave Riverside, CA 92506
9am setup
check in 10 am start
March 14, 2026
Questions: contact James Duffy 909-376-2461
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Irish-American Dinner - Saturday, March 21st
Council #1638 is hosting an Irish-American Dinner.
St. Catherine of Alexandria
7005 Brockton in Riverside
6:30 - 9:30pm
Inland Charities Donates to the Bishop's Seminarian Burse
On Wednesday, March 11th, Inland Charities donated $51,000 to San Bernardino Diocesan Seminarian Burse.
Pictured (left to right) are: Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter (ADVC) Chaplain Fr. Cletus Imo, Inland Charities Secretary Dr. Donald Averill, Bishop Alberto Rojas, Inland Charities President Marc Cobb, ADVC Vice President James Duffy, and ADVC Marshal William Calderon.
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Color Corps Callouts (updated Friday, March 20th)
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UPCOMING CALL OUTS
1) Date; Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Location; San Salvador, 169 W. L St. Colton, Calif. Committal Secvice at 1:00pm, Mt. View Mortuary, 570 E. Hightland Ave. San Bernardino, Calif.
Time Call Out is at 10:00am, The Mass is at 11:00am
Reason; Funeral Mass for Brother Morio Martinez, Grand Knight of Council 905
Contact; Brother Louie Ramos F/S, Ph 760-985-3680
Celebrant;
Approved by the Master
2) Date; Tuesday, March 24,2026
Location England Mortuary, 27135 Madison Ave. Temecula, Calif.
Time Call Out is at 2:45pm Vigil starts at 3:30pm
Reason; Vigil for Deacon Fred Voigt
Contact; SK Al Castro CCC, Ph 619-980-3795
Celebrant;
Approved by the Master
3) Date; Wednesday, March 25,2026
Location; St. Angela Merci, 585 S. Walnut Ave. Brea, Calif.
Time Call Out is at 9:00am, Mass is at 10:00am
Reason; Funeral Mass for Deacon Fred Voigt
Contact; SK Al Castro CCC, Ph 619-980-3795
Celebrant; Fr. Carlos Martinez
Approved by the Master
4) Date; Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Location Holy Family Church, 9974 Iave. Hesperia, Calif.
Time Call Out is at 9:15am Viewing 10:00am, Rosary 10:30am, Mass is at 11:00am.
Reason; Funeral for SK Gary Schlemmer, 4th Degree member of Hesperia Coubcil 4228
Contact; SK Ruben Baltierra CCC, Ph. 760-987-8824
Celebrant;
Pending for the Master
5) Date; Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Location; Sacred Heart, 12704 Foothill Blvd. Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Time Call Out is at 2:00pm The Mass is at 3:00pm
Reason; Crimson Mass (Blessing of the Holy Oil for the year)
Contact; SK John Coffman F/N, Ph 951-662-1412
Celebrant; Bishop Alberto Rojas
Approved by the Master
6) Date; Thursday, April 2, 2026
Location St. Christpher Church, 25075 Cotton,wood Ave. Moreno Valley, Calif.
Time Call Out is at 5:30pm, Mass is at 6:30pm
Reason; Mass and after a Eucharistic Procession
Contact; SK Ed Robillard Faithful Navigator, Ph
Celebrant;
Approved by the Master
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The Passing of Fr. George Gonzales
Fr. George Gonzalez was a member of the Knights of Columbus for 74 years. He did his first degree 11-1- 1951. He was a member of Grand Terrace council 12050 & was member of Assembly 2247 Padre Pio in Temecula. Our brother got called home “Good and faithful servant job well done.”
May Our Lord Jesus grant him eternal peace and may the perpetual light shine upon him.
Here are the services for Fr George:
Tuesday, December 30: Viewing, Vigil and Rosary at Christ the Redeemer, Grand Terrace
4PM to 5PM: private family viewing
5PM to 7PM: public viewing
7PM: Vigil and Rosary (Msgr. Lopez presides)
Small reception afterwards
Wednesday, December 31: Funeral Mass at St Frances Xavier Cabrini, Yucaipa
10AM: Mass (Bishop Rojas presides; Msgr Webber homilist)
Reception after Mass in parish hall
1:30 PM: Burial at OLQP Cemetery (Bishop Barnes presides, tentatively)
The Passing of Former District Deputy Manuel Joia Jr.
It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Color Corps Commander, Former District Deputy, Sir Knight Manuel Joia Jr.
Please keep brother Manny in your prayers, who passed into eternal rest Thursday, February 5th at 5:14pm with his loved ones surrounding him. Brother Manny was always there for the call-outs and served with distinct honor as our District Deputy. He exemplified the ideals of our Brotherhood and will be dearly missed.
"Under Blessed Michael McGivney’s protection, eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Catholic Scouting Donation Opportunity
My Brothers,
I am asking that you prayerfully consider making a monetary donation to our Catholic Committee on Scouting so that we may supply these awards and patches to every Scout that earns them. We would also use these funds to promote Catholic Scouting as a Youth Ministry throughout our Diocese of San Bernardino with your help. There are two ways in which you can send your donation. • Zelle to sbcatholicscouting@gmail.com • Mail a check payable to San Bernardino Catholic Committee on Scouting o C/O Manuel Alexandre, Treasurer 11831 Amethyst Ct, Jurupa Valley CA 91752 I would like to thank you for taking the time to consider donating to Catholic Scouting. If you have any questions, please feel free to email, sbcatholicscouting@gmail.com, or call me, (909) 896-5832.
Vivat Jesus!
Mark Glaudini
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Knights of Columbus Arrowhead Desert-Valley Chapter Installs New Officers
On July 6, the Knights of Columbus Arrowhead-Desert Valley Chapter, which oversees all activities of the Knights of Columbus in the diocese for the 2025–2026 fiscal year, installed nine new officers. The officers are: Nick Ewell, Chapter Advocate; Alex Castanon, Immediate Past Chapter President; William Calderon, Chapter Marshall; Father Cletus Imo, Chapter Priest Chaplain; Ken Rose, State of California State Deputy; Msgr. Gerard Lopez, STL, representing Bishop Rojas; Zaki Mustafa, Chapter President; James Duffy, Chapter Vice President; and Andrew Gonzalez, Chapter Treasurer. Thank you to the Knights for their continued service to our bishops, priests, seminarians, and parish communities!
ADVC wins Third consecutive California Chapter of the Year
Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter President Alex Castenon receives the 2024-2025 California Jurisdiction's chapter of the year award.
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Council 9986, in Perris, wins Division 4 Awards
Grand Knight Javier Reina, from Council 9986 Fr. Patrick Scanlon at St. James the Less in Perris, in Division 4, received 6 program awards which included 2 1st place awards for Faith, and Family, and a special family award in support of Disabled Children
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Council 5392 wins Division 5 Awards
Grand Knight Jess Ocampo, from Council 5392 San Gorgonio Council Beaumont/Banning, Division 5 received 5 awards which include 1st place in Family Program.
2024-25 ADVC Star District Deputies
Congratulations to the 2024-2025 ADVC District Deputies that achieved 100% or more.
District DD Quota % Achieved District Deputy
141 248.00% Jason Negrete
142 227.27% Jason Lucero
144 252.63% John Coffman
145 207.14% Jose Sanchez
146 114.29% Conrad Trinidad
147 263.64% Ed Robillard
148 176.19% Michael Hall
149 183.33% Hans Monod de Froidville
150 131.58% Rudy Saldana
152 307.41% William Calderon
153 126.32% Mark Lanca
156 125.00% Jorge Hurtado-Gomez
The passing of PCP Charles Howard and Funeral Information
It is with great sorrow to notify you of the passing of Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter Past Chapter President Charles Howard.
Brother Charles was influential in many brother's journey in the Knights of Columbus. We ask you to remember him and Cinthy in your prayers.
Funeral services for our dearly beloved PCP Charles Howard:
Funeral Mass will be on Wednesday April 9th at St. Patrick's Catholic Church
10915 Pigeon Pass Rd. Moreno Valley
Rosary we be at 10:30am
Mass 11:00am
Interment 1:30pm at Riverside National Cemetery
LINKS TO COUNCIL WEBSITES OUTSIDE OF THE U-KNIGHT SYSTEM
Grand Terrace Council #12050: Click to open the 12050 website.
San Secondo Council d'Asti Council #12938: Click to open the 12938 website.
St. Oscar Romero Council #16570: Click to open the 16570 website.
Please notify the web master if you wish your Council's site to be listed.
Pro-Life in Practice: 20 Active Ways to Help
The Bible tells us that "Faith without works is dead." The link below will lead you to some practical ideas of how you can convert your pro-life faith into action.
15 Promises to Those Who Pray the Rosary
- Whosoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
- I promise my special protection and the greatest Graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
- The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.
- It will cause good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant Mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men [and women] from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire for Eternal Things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.
- The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not perish.
- Whosoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying himself [herself] to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the Grace of God, and become worthy of Eternal Life.
- Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without the Sacraments of the Church.
- Those who are faithful to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the Light of God and the plenitude of His Graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the Merits of the Saints in Paradise.
- I shall deliver from Purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
- The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of Glory in Heaven.
- You shall obtain all you ask of me by recitation of the Rosary.
- All those who propagate the Holy Rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.
- I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall have for intercessors the entire Celestial Court during their life and at the hour of death.
- All who recite the Rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only Son, Jesus Christ.
- Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
Prayer for Priests
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The Pro-Life Video Every Person Needs To See (Even People Who Are Pro-Choice)
This is one of, if not the, most powerful pro-life messages we’ve ever seen. This video was produced by the French March for Life movement, Marche Pour La Vie.
It honestly left our staff speechless. It is that powerful.
The description of the video in French reads: “À un choix de te perdre, découvrez l’histoire de Lucie et à travers elle de toutes les femmes qui ont dû faire face à la décision d’avorter” which translates to:
A choice to lose you, discover the story of Lucie and through her all the women who had to face the decision to abort:
At 1:02 it says “What would my life have been without you.”
Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino
To Catholic Diocese SiteAlberto Rojas
Most Reverend Alberto Rojas was born January 5, 1965 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, a small state in the central part of the country. His parents are Fidel Rojas (deceased) and Maria De la Cruz Garcia. He has three sisters and four brothers.
Bishop Rojas was raised in a devoutly Catholic household and attended Catholic elementary school and high school in his community. He heard the call to the priesthood in his early teens and entered the Diocesan Seminary of Santa Maria de Guadalupe in Aquascalientes at the age of 15. During his seminary formation in Aguascalientes he also attended Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades.
Following a visit with family members in California, Bishop Rojas made the decision to complete his seminary formation in the United States. He entered the University of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois where he would complete his theological studies and earn a master’s degree in Divinity. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago by Francis Cardinal George on May 24, 1997 at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
In the first years of his priestly ministry, Bishop Rojas served as Associate Pastor of St. Gregory the Great parish and then St. Ita parish in Chicago. “I was involved in many pastoral programs and doing ministry with people of all ages from many cultures was a great learning and joyful experience,” he recalls of his years as a parish priest. In 2002, Cardinal George asked him to join the faculty of the University of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary where he taught for the next eight years.
He was ordained a bishop on August 10, 2011 at Holy Name Cathedral and is the only man that Cardinal George ordained both a priest and a bishop. He chose as his Episcopal Motto, Nos basta el amor de Dios (God’s love is all we need).
In his service to the Archdiocese of Chicago as Auxiliary Bishop, Bishop Rojas served as the Episcopal Vicar of Vicariate III and later Vicariate I. He worked extensively in Hispanic ministry, serving as Cardinal George’s Liaison to Hispanic Catholics and the Archbishop’s Delegate to Consejo Pastoral Arquidiocesano Hispano-Americano. At the national level he has served as a Spiritual Assessor for the National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors for Hispanic Ministry (NACDDHM).
Bishop Rojas has served on five committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops – Catholic Home Missions, Hispanic Affairs, Liturgy, the Church in Latin America and, most recently, V Encuentro as the Lead Bishop for Region VII.
On December 2, 2019, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States announced that Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Rojas as the Coadjutor Bishop of San Bernardino.
Reflecting on his journey as a bishop at the time of his appointment as Coadjutor, Bishop Rojas stated, “Becoming a bishop has been a powerful, humbling, and learning experience because I never thought I would be one. However, in serving the people of God along with my brother priests, religious sisters, parish leaders, other auxiliary bishops, Cardinals, lay ecclesial movements and lay people in general, I have become more aware of who we are as Catholic Church. There is a beauty and a challenge in becoming part of the Church Jesus Christ founded once we understand the purpose of His mission which is the salvation of souls. But we also know Jesus is in charge, He is with us, and has given us the Holy Spirit to lead our steps along the way.”
Bishop Alberto Rojas became the Third Ordinary Bishop of the Diocese of San Bernardino on Dec. 28 when the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerald Barnes, signaling his retirement.