Knights of Columbus San Marco Council 6344

P.O. Box 417 - Marco Island, FL 34146 - 239-389-5633

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District Deputy SK Ben Farnsworth (239) 394-6105 Bishop Frank Dewane (941) 484-9543 www.dioceseofvenice.org

District Warden Pope Francis www.vatican.va

State Deputy SK Don Goolsby (850) 956-2276 Websites: State KOC floridakofc.org

Supreme Knight SK Carl A. Anderson San Marco Council (239) 389-5633 marcoknights.com

Field Agent SK Brent Labreche (239) 910-2431 San Marco Church (239) 394-5181 www.sanmarcochurch.com

Check out our new website: www.marcoknights.com

APRI L 2017

Knight of the Month SK Bob Myslivec

Family of the Month SK Joe & Maria Granda

**********SPECIAL NOTICE TO ALL 3RD DEGREE BROTHER KNIGHTS***********

There will be a 4th degree exemplification on April 29 in Sarasota. This is an excellent opportunity to advance to the 4th and highest level degree in the Knights Of Columbus at a reasonably close location.

Call SK John Caltabiano FN 239-642-9840 or GK SK Dan Moll for details…

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Meetings

&

Activities

All Meetings in the San Marco Parish Community Center Officers Meetings In a classroom. Council Meetings In the conference room or the social hall. Social Meetings In the

social hall. Assembly Meetings on the 4th Tuesday each month at 7:30 PM In the conference room. Rosaries at 7:00 PM in the Chapel.

April 2017 4 Officers Meeting 7:00 PM 4 Council Meeting 7:30 PM 5 St. Vincent DePaul Spaghetti 7 Final Fish fry 4:30PM 6 Bingo 5:00 PM 16 Easter 18 Social 5:30 PM 25 Assembly Rosary 7:00PM 25 Assembly Meeting 7:30 PM

May 2017 2 - Officers Meeting 7:00 PM 2 - Council Meeting 7:30 PM 16 - Social 5:30 PM 23 -Assembly Rosary 7:00 PM 23 -Assembly Meeting 7:30 PM

Knights in Action: Photos compliments of GK & FN

One of our most active months—March leaves us with many fond memories: St Mathews House dinner—Award presentations-

4th Degree High School dinner dance and St Joseph memorial mass with Color Corp leading the procession .

Grand Knights Message April 2017 GK SK Dan Moll April

Birthdays

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Council 6344 Officers 2016-2017 Assembly 2514 Officers 2016-2017

Grand Knight Dep. Grand Knight

Chancellor Financial Secty

Treasurer Recorder Advocate Warden

Outside Guard Outside Guard

Inside Guard Inside Guard Trustee 1 Trustee 2 Trustee 3

Lecturer Chaplain

SK Dan Moll SK Ed Eastwood SK Joe Swaja SK John Bingham SK Frank Caricato SK Steve Vasco SK Joe Granda PGK PFN FDD SK John DeRosa SK Jerry Hautman SK Joe Batte SK Joe Bartucci PGK SK Lee Cataldi SK Bob Wilcox PGK PFN SK Joe Fatony PGK PFN SK John Caltabiano PGK FN SK Mike Stapleton SK Fr. Tim Navin

Faithful Navigator Faithful Captain Faithful Admiral

Faithful Comptroller Faithful Purser Faithful Pilot

Faithful Scribe Inner Sentinel Outer Sentinel

Trustee 1 Trustee 2 Trustee 3

Faithful Friar Color Corp. Cmdr.

SK John Caltabiano PGK FN SK Dan Moll GK SK Joe Fatony PGK PFN SK Jerry Lawrence SK John Bingham FS SK Ed Eastwood DGK SK Steve Vasco SK John Fusco SK Joe Swaja Chancellor SK Wayne Waldack PFN SK Al Bismonte PGK PFN FDD SK Ben Farnsworth DD PGK PFN SK Fr. Tim Navin SK Wayne Waldack PFN

GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE APRIL 2017 Thanks to all of the hard work and time consuming effort of so many Sir Knights, Brother Knights, and Columbiettes we are continuing to have a very successful year doing our fundraising. We have distributed checks from the Tootsie Roll Drive, which after deductions for the cost of the Tootsie Rolls, amounted to the following: $8,346.00 to Spe-cial Olympics of Collier County, $2,782.00 to St. John Neumann High School Special Needs Department in Golden Gate, and $2,782.00 to St. Mary Academy/Dreams Are Free in Venice. All were very appreciative of the donations. Some pictures of the presentations are shown elsewhere in this Banner. Our Golf Outing at Eagle Creek on March 12 was the most successful ever. We had 136 golfers and more hole sponsors than ever. SK Joe Fatony and the Golf Committee did a fantastic job of making it the largest in attendance and fundrais-ing of our golf outings in memory. At the time of this publication we will likely have one more bingo, fish fry, and spaghetti dinner left to do. Please continue your participation/work at the re-maining events for this season. We are planning a Columbiettes thank you at our Social on April 18 so please be there to enjoy a very good meal and bring your Columbiette or special guest. THOUGHT OF THE DAY: It is much better to have common sense with-out education than to have education without common sense. Dan Moll, Grand Knight

Asst to the Treas SK Joe Fatony PGK PFN

Jeffery Kaczka 4/2 Stanley Moczydlowski 4/3 John Bingham 4/4 John Superits 4/4 Andrew Derwin 4/7 Francis Mazza 4/5 Paul Liddell 4/5 Anthony Dagata 4/5 Leonard Weigel 4/7 Armando Gonzalez 4/7 William Aufrecht 4/7 Michael Hafner 4/8 Aniell Mastellone 4/11 Christopher Heekin 4/11 Thomas Thomas 4/16 George Schroll 4/17 Harry Miller 4/17 Louis Wossner 4/21 Paul Giacomucci 4/21 Joseph Giannone 4/23 Otmar Netzer 4/25 Jeffery Dywan 4/26 Jack Drobnick 4/27

COLUMBIETTES April 2017 Mary Cay Moll, Pres

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THINKING OF YOU by SK Joe Swaja-Chancellor APRIL 2017 Pray for our fallen Brother Vincent “Vinny” Lamendola & Brother Joseph Seria PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AILING KNIGHTS: Brother Jerry Blevins SK Joe Granda[PGK,PFN] Brother Jerry Pelltier SK Ed Paltani Brother Louis Woessner SK Sal Sciarrino[PGK,PFN] Brother Thomas Stefanik SK David Hill Brother John Vernon SK John Coff Father Andrew Malarz PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AILING FAMILY MEMBERS OF BROTHER KNIGHTS: Brother Frank D'Alessandro's wife Anna SK Joe Granda's sister Raquel Brother Bob Myslevic's wife Columbiette Marge SK Joe Swaja's brother Richard

Brother Rich Kaelin's son-in-law Mark Puccio SK Ed Eastwood's son Brian Brother Roy Birkeland's wife Pat SK Ron Saffin's brother Roger Brother Jerry Brosky's wife Hilda SK Bob Newman's wife Betty Brother Jerry Brosky's grandson Alex SK Matt Rizzo's brother-in-law David Glassgold SK Steve Vasco's wife Columbiette Darlene DD/SK Ben Farnsworth's sister Alice McCullough SK Bob Wilcox's wife Columbiette Trish Wilcox's son Chris Barr SK Mike Stapleton's granddaughters Harper and Teagan SK Tom Vanasco's wife Barbara and mother-in-law Irene Foster SK Sal Sciarrino's wife Columbiette Ruth THOUGHT FOR THE DAY- Never feel bad if people remember you only at the time of their need. Feel privileged that they think of you like a candle in the darkness of their life. PLEASE call at 239-269-7033 or email me at joeswaja@comcast.net to include a Knight or Knight's family member in the THINKING OF YOU column. You may also call SK Sal Sciarrino[PGK,PFN] at 239-370-1675 or email him at ymf461@comcast.net.

Dear Sister Columbiettes: I want to thank everyone who participated in the St. Patricks Day Parade this year. The weather was sunny but windy. Fun was had by all, especially the food that our Knights cooked in Veterans Park afterwards. We had our election of officers that followed the meeting in March. Chair Wilcox pre-sented the slate of officers for 2017-2018. President: Anne Batte Vice President: Maria Granda Financial Secretary: Betty Fusco Treasurer: Alice Rizzo Secretary: Cindy Imm Sentinel: Kathy Cataldi. We will have our Installation of officers on April 28, 2017 in the Chapel at 10:00am. There will be a Luncheon afterwards at Hide-Away-Beach. We can celebrate the coming of a new year for the Auxiliary. Remember we still have our Bingos and Fish Fryss every week until Easter: Bingo every Thursday and our Fish Frys every Friday. Please join us for a fun evening. Our next meeting will be April 4, 2017 in the Parish Center. God bless the Columbiettes and Knights with good health during the busy weeks ahead. Mary Cay

april Anniversaries

Assembly #2514 April 2017 SK John Caltabiano PGK Faithful Navigator

The Knights of Columbus recorded its 16th consecutive year of growth in

insurance sales in 2016, with $8.54 billion in new life insurance sold — an in-crease of more than $125 million over the previous year. The K of C now has more than $105 billion of life insurance in force, marking a $50 billion increase in the Last decade due to the record sales. “More and more Catholic families are turning to the Knights of Columbus for their insurance needs,” said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson. “By leveraging our fraternal network of professional field agents and Remaining faithful to our Catholic roots, we offer something unique to members and their families: top-quality Financial protection provided by professionals who are brother Knights and who share our values — And act on them.” This new sales record caps a year of milestones for the Knights of Columbus, the largest Catholic fraternal Order in the world. In March, the organization was named a World’s Most Ethical Company® by the Ethisphere Institute for the third consecutive year. The Knights was one of only two companies named in the life insurance category. In September, the Knights was again listed on the Fortune 1000 list and, for the 41st consecutive year, earned the highest possible rating for financial strength, A++ (Superior), from A.M. Best. For more information on Knights of Columbus Insurance, visit kofc.org/insurance.

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Sir Knights All, The Senior Prom Dinner/Dance was attended by 128 guests who enjoyed a delicious dinner from Frisco’s and

danced the night away with Naples Disc Jockey Scott and Tina Dean. King and Queen of the Prom honors were awarded to Joe and Maria Granda. Pictures were sent to marcoknights.com and this month’s banner. 10 members of the Color Corp were in attendance at the St. Joseph’s Mass on March 20th. On April 1 the Color Corp will be participating in the Relay for Life event at Veterans Park. Congratulations to our Sir Knights of the Month: February Jack Hannigan March Mike Sbertoli. Please continue to pray for all the Knights, Columbiettes and their families. Vivat Jesus, SK John Caltabiano FN 239-642-9840 The miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have.

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Thomas & Janice Martin 4/7

Joseph & Therese Giannone 4/10

Frank & Anna D’Alessandro 4/11

Herman & Muriel LaPointe 4/21

Anthony & Maria Feola 4/23

Joseph & Kathi Swaja 4/24

William & Marilyn Prigge 4/25

Emanuel & Mary Puglisi 4/25

Roger & Nancy Nadeau 4/27

John & Helen Kispert 4/28

John & Carmen Bingham 4/30

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Our best wishes and God’s blessings to all the Knights

and their Families.

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