Each time Pat Coulter steps before an audience to speak, he takes three deep breaths and says a prayer taught to him by the late actor and speaker Pat\u00a0Buttram.<\/p>\n
\u201cLord, give me the wisdom to say the right stuff, then nudge me when I\u2019ve said enough,\u201d Coulter, an ordained deacon at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Moorpark, said silently as he stepped from the pulpit during the 8 a.m. Mass Friday\u00a0morning.<\/p>\n
Standing before the congregation, Coulter began his homily. His distinct broadcaster voice filled the church without the aid of a\u00a0microphone.<\/p>\n
Today, his voice will fill the Los Angeles Coliseum before an anticipated audience of 100,000 Catholics as the emcee for the Guadalupe Celebration, billed as an afternoon of prayer, music and speakers, including the archbishop of Los Angeles, the Most Reverend Jos\u00e9\u00a0H.\u00a0Gomez.<\/p>\n
The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic charitable, fraternal order, and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles are co-hosting the event honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is known as the Patroness of the\u00a0Americas.<\/p>\n
Those at the Coliseum will celebrate the Virgin Mary\u2019s appearance to St. Juan Diego in 1531. Our Lady of Guadalupe left her image on Diego\u2019s cloak, known as a tilma, according to the Guadalupe Celebration\u00a0website.<\/p>\n
The tilma, kept in Mexico City\u2019sBasilica, is the most visited shrine in the Western Hemisphere. The basilica is built on the site of where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary\u00a0appeared.<\/p>\n
A relic of Diego\u2019s tilma is kept in Los Angeles\u2019 Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels. The relic, the only one in the United States, was brought to the altar of St. Jude Catholic Church in Westlake Village on Thursday by members of that parish\u2019s Knights of Columbus\u00a0members.<\/p>\n
For Coulter, a member of the Knights and former grand knight for Holy Cross\u2019 local chapter, providing the voice of the Guadalupe Celebration is an opportunity to use his talent to further his commitment to service. It is a commitment deeply rooted in\u00a0his\u00a0faith.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe voice has always been incidental,\u201d said Coulter, 71. \u201cI have truly looked at it as a gift, and I am always asking myself what can I do to make that gift available to wherever, it might be helpful. It seems\u00a0to\u00a0work.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the 12 years he and his wife, Jerie, have lived in Moorpark, Coulter has voiced numerous charitable events, including golf tournaments, awards banquets and other fundraisers for\u00a0organizations.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just a wonderful guy,\u201d said Mike Pavone, a fellow Knights of Columbus member. \u201cFunny and sincere, you can take his word to\u00a0the\u00a0bank.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pavone stopped to say hello as Coulter sat outside It\u2019s a Grind Coffee in Moorpark after Mass on Friday\u00a0morning.<\/p>\n
Dressed in a dark suit with gold Marine Corps cufflinks and a simple gold cross lapel pin, Coulter also had been greeted warmly by the coffeehouse\u2019s staff and owner, who the former Marine was quick to point out was a generous supporter of the Knights and the\u00a0church.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave you ever done voice work?\u201d is a question that has followed Coulter through his 25 years as a Marine and as a public relations\u00a0executive.<\/p>\n
The first time he was asked that question, Coulter was a young Marine stationed on Guam, and it led to an opportunity to do broadcast television and supplement his limited\u00a0income.<\/p>\n
It was also on the island, a U.S. territory, that Coulter first took steps to become a deacon, at the encouragement of a local bishop. But as he started his training in 1972, the Marine Corps reassigned him to another\u00a0location.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t until Coulter and his wife of 50 years made their 33rd and final move to Moorpark that Coulter was able to get into and complete the deacon program that includes five years of\u00a0training.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got into the program and loved it,\u201d Coulter said. \u201cThis is really what I believe God wants me\u00a0to\u00a0do.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is, for him, another way to\u00a0serve.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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