Arrowhead Desert Valley
 

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.

Inland Charities presents Bishop a $15,000 check.

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

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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.


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Next Chapter Business Meeting -- FRIDAY, December 13th

Friday General Business Meeting
Location: F. Oliver McGivern Council #10494
18350-CA 18 Apple Valley., CA
Dinner 6:00 PM,
Rosary 7:00PM,
Meeting 7:30 PM. 
 

 


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Chapter Chaplain's Homily Reflection - BORN TO RESTORE THE KINGDOM

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ADVC 2024-2025 Event Schedule (as of August 12, 2024)

Shown below is the ADVC meeting and event schedule:

July 4th – Tuesday INDEPENDENCE DAY

July 19th - Friday Officer Planning Meeting - 8PM; Inland Charities 6:30PM Dinner Served After 6PM Fr. Keane Council 4017 Hall- 740 N. Pennsylvania Ave, Colton 92324

July 4th &nda
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Bishop's Seminarian Burse Dinner

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BISHOP'S SEMINARIAN BURSE DINNER

Christ the Redeemer Church
12745 Oriole Ave. Grand Terrace CA 92313

5:00pm - Mass

6:00pm - Doors Open

7:00pm - Dinner

 


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ADVC Soccer Challenge 2024

The 2024 ADVC Soccer Challenger will be held at St. James Catholic School Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 9:00am.  The address is 250 W. 3rd Street Perris, CA 92570  

Questions regarding the event should directed to ADVC Secretary James Duffy.


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Color Corps Call Outs in the Chapter (updated Sunday, 11/24/2024)

Listed below are the Color Corps Call Outs in the Chapter by Date. Please contact Color Corps Commander SK Art Manzano  for any additional details,  unless otherwise noted.

 

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4th degree Exemplification - Saturday December 07, 2024

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

12704 Foothill Blvd. Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739

 

10:00 AM Candidate Registration (TBD Registration)

EVENT DRESS CODE TO BE ENFORCED: CANDIDATES – please wear appropriate suit with dark “business” tie, plain white
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ADVC is California's 2023-2024 Chapter of the Year

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The Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter wins the California Jurisdiction's chapter of the year!

 


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50 Year Anniversary of St. Anthony's in Upland

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The Color Corps was called out to serve at the 50th Anniversary celebration of St. Anthony's in Upland.


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Council 9986, in Perris, is California's Council of the Year

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Council 9986, in Perris, wins California Jurisdiction's Council of the year!


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Zaki Mustafa is California's Knight of the Year

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Arrowhead Desert Valley Chapter's own Zaki Mustafa wins California Jurisdiction's Knight of the year!


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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.

href="http://erickaandersen.com/2019/01/pro-life-in-practice-20-active-ways-to-help-2.html">Show me 20 ways that I can hel
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15 Promises to Those Who Pray the Rosary

  1. Whosoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces.
  2. I promise my special protection and the greatest Graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary.
  3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against Hell, it will destroy vice, de
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Prayer for Priests

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,  href="https://www.enmarchepourlavie.fr/">Marche Pour La Vie>.

It honestly left our staff speechless. It is that powerful.

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LINKS TO COUNCIL WEBSITES OUTSIDE OF THE U-KNIGHT SYSTEM

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href="http://kofcguasti.org/">Click to open the 12938 website.>

href="https://sites.google.com/view/kofceastvale/home?authuser=0">Click to open the 16570 website.>

 

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Arrowhead Desert Valley

MEETING SCHEDULE:
Planning meeting-2nd Fri. of odd numbered months.
7:00 Rosary, 7:30 Meeting
MEETING LOCATION: MAP
Fr. Keane Council #4017
740 N. Pennsylvania Ave
Colton, CA 92324 US

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Bernardino

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Alberto 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.