september 2015 esb

Vol. 54 Issue 3 September 2015

I Am With You Always

Empire State Bulletin Official Publication of the New York State Council

Knights of Columbus Organized February 3, 1896

A Message From Your State Deputy, Robert D. Weitzman To my Brother Knights and their Families,

Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism - these words are the foundation of our order. They say so much about who we are.

We, as Knights, have made these words come alive in our actions. We are committed to do CHARITABLE acts for all in need. We are

UNITED in our faith as Catholics to live our lives as disciples of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as written in the Gospel. Because

we are FRATERNAL in our beliefs and works, we improve the quality of life for mankind and due to our PATRIOTISM, we pledge

allegiance to the Republic of the United States of America, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. We take on these responsibilities without

hesitation.

The first two months of this Columbian year have been very busy for my brother Knights of New York State. We had our

Pilgrimages to The Shrine of Saint Anne at the Isle LaMotte and The Basilica of the National Shrine Our Lady of Fatima in Lewistown.

We also held a fundraiser for The New York Archdiocese Inner City Scholarship Fund at Yankee Stadium. There were almost 800

Knights and their families present to support this wonderful cause and enjoy a Yankee win!

Our New York State delegation was present at the 133rd Supreme Convention to listen to our Supreme Knight Carl Anderson

and our Spiritual Leaders speak about our Order and the good, or should I say GREAT, works we do. Present at the convention were our

Spiritual Leaders, our Cardinals, Bishops, Priests and of course our brother Knights and their wives. We had representatives from all 50

states, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Canada, Panama, Mexico, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Bahamas, Virgin Island, the Philippines

and other countries throughout the world. The message we received was inspirational and inspiring! We have been asked by our

Supreme Knight to celebrate the family and to bring the joy of the gospel into our homes. For more information on the 133rd Supreme

Convention please visit www.KofC.org.

I would like to thank my brother Knights from the Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Western, Finger Lakes, and Westchester / Putnam

Conferences for their hospitality to our Training Team and myself. The New York State Training Team includes our Training Director

Sal Restivo, (PSD), our C&B Director Tony Ippolitto, the Warden to the State Deputy Tom Boslet, and from Supreme, our MPC

Eric Johnson (PSD - Pennsylvania) and MPC Tom Ciborski ( PSD - New Jersey). Your presence at these training seminars and your

commitment to our order is very inspiring to all of us. The team looks forward to visiting the rest of our Conferences to prepare the

officers of today and the future to assume their responsibility of leadership.

We must continue to be committed to our Church. We must continue to be committed to our

community. We must be committed to the growth of our Order. We must be committed to the vision of

Venerable Father Michael J. McGivney and we must be committed to the principles of our order - Charity,

Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism. We all play an intricate role in determining the future of our civilization

for future generations.

As we move forward in this Columbian year, we are getting ready for our C&B Early Bird

Drawing which is being held on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Our Lady of the Rosary in Deer Park. We

are looking for big numbers so be sure to get your books in!

Again, I tell you that we are the most important lay Catholic fraternity in the world and we will

continue to build our Order so we can secure a future for our children filled with Faith, Love and Hope.

Yes, our yoke is heavy but our faith is strong and we will continue to move forward to build a

better world one Knight, one Council at a time.

God Bless You and Your Families

Vivat Jesu!

Sincerely, Bob Weitzman, State Deputy

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Website for up to the minute

information! Let us know

how you like it!

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Highlighted In This Issue

Message from your State Deputy 1 Table of Index 2 Message from Senior Associate Chaplain 3 We Remember 9 11 4 Supreme Convention 5 - 13 Around the State 14 - 23 Play Ball - Yankee Game 24 - 25 C&B Early Bird Drawing 26 Round Tables 27 A Message from your Program Director 28 - 29 A Message from your Membership Director 30 - 31 Christmas Spectacular 32 God Bless America 33 Staff of the New York State Council 34

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Prayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney God, our Father, protector of the poor and defender of the widow and orphan, you called your priest,

Father Michael J. McGivney, to be an apostle of Christian family life and to lead the young to the

generous service of their neighbor. Through the example of his life and virtue may we follow your Son,

Jesus Christ, more closely, fulfilling his commandment of charity and building up his Body which is the

Church. Let the inspiration of your servant prompt us to greater confidence in your love so that we may

continue his work of caring for the needy and the outcast. We humbly ask that you glorify your servant Father Michael

J. McGivney on earth according to the design of your holy will. Through his intercession, grant the favor I now

present (make your request here). Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be to the Father.

Do it for

the cause,

not the

applause. Ed Ciulla, State Warden

A Message from our Senior Associate State Chaplain,

Fr. Brian McWeeney... My Brothers and Sisters in Columbianism,

At this writing we are awaiting the visit of the Holy Father to our shores. While I have no

inside track as to what topics he will cover in his presentations, I am sure he will preach about the

same areas of concern that he has previously addressed. He will call on us to encounter Christ and

witness to him in our care for creation, especially its most vulnerable elements. He will include in

that theme the necessity of recognizing the dignity of human life, whether in the womb or in those

we see among us who are sick, poor, and homeless. Mindful of the World Meetings of Families, he

will challenge all of us to exemplify and support the Sacrament of Marriage, especially when it is

challenged either by societal pressures or personal crises. As Knights, we will be especially attentive

to his words about immigration, mindful that our Order was founded, in part, in response to Father

McGivney's concern for all who were coming to America and not welcomed by nativists. Some

whom we find among us even today.

I must admit to some concern as to how the Holy Father Has been perceived by some

activists, even Catholic ones, and unfortunately, even some self-identified Knights. Our Holy Father

is our shepherd who our Supreme Knight has stated, unequivocally, is all that we can hope for and is

truly a blessing for our Church. He is not a politician of the right or left. He is not a spokesperson for

any particular special interest. He is Catholic in all his

pronouncements. He is our teacher of the Church's wisdom.

He is the Vicar of Christ giving comfort to all who await the

Lord's return. He is our priest praying for us, strengthening us,

and calling us to holiness.

Viva il Papa! Vivat Jesus!

Fr. Brian

Senior Associate State Chaplain

We encourage all Councils to send completed forms to the New York State forms email address as listed below.

[email protected]

This will make certain they are recognized as submitted.

We thank you for your cooperation.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE

September 11th

God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world:

peace in the hearts of all men and women

and peace among the nations of the earth.

Turn to your way of love

those whose hearts and minds

are consumed with hatred.

God of understanding,

overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy,

we seek your light and guidance

as we confront such terrible events.

Grant that those whose lives were spared

may live so that the lives lost …

may not have been lost in vain.

Comfort and console us,

strengthen us in hope,

and give us the wisdom and courage

to work tirelessly for a world

where true peace and love reign

among nations and in the hearts of all. -Pope Benedict XVI

Prayer Service at Ground Zero April 20, 2008

At its 122nd annual meeting in 2004, the Supreme Council

resolved that September 11th be observed each year as a

World Day of Prayer for Peace.

September th

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SUPREME CONVENTION On the 6th, 7th, and 8th of August, the Knights of Columbus held its133rd Supreme

Convention in Philadelphia. Knights from all over the world gathered to celebrate their

brotherhood. Their charitable works and strength in their Catholic faith are outward

signs of their practice of the principles of Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism.

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson officially announced the convention theme "Endowed

by Their Creator with Life and Liberty”. The Supreme Knight spoke to an audience

of nearly 95 archbishops and bishops, including 11 cardinals, scores of clergy, and

approximately 2,000 members and their families.

New York State was very well represented by Most Reverend Robert J. Cunningham,

Bishop of Syracuse, Most Reverend Nicholas Di Marzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, Most

Reverend Salvatore R. Mantano, Bishop of Rochester, Most Reverend Richard Malone,

Bishop of Rochester and His Grace, Bishop Gregory Mansour, Eparch of St. Maron in

Brooklyn of the Maronites. Also in attendance were over 70 members of the New York

State Delegation including State Deputy Robert Weitzman and First Lady Connie

Weitzman.

The Knights of Columbus is the largest and most important lay Catholic fraternity

in the world. We are building a better world one council at a time. If you are a

Catholic man over 18 years old and would like to join our order fraternity or would

like additional information please contact us at [email protected] or call the NYS

Knights of Columbus at 631- 366- 3787.

Picture from left to right are: The Most Reverend Nicholas Di Marzio, The Senior

Associate New York State Chaplain Father Brian McWeeney, New York State Deputy

Bob Weitzman and his wife Connie, The Most Reverend Robert Cunningham, The

Most Reverend Salvatore R. Mantano, and His Grace Bishop Gregory Mansour.

mailto:[email protected]

New York State Council Officers

Pictured below, from left to right:

Worthy State Warden, Ed Ciulla, and his wife Carole.

Worthy State Advocate, Gary Leonardo, and his wife Lilli.

Worthy State Deputy Robert Weitzman and First Lady Connie.

Worthy State Secretary Kenneth Latham, Jr., and his wife Carol.

Worthy State Treasurer Ed Kennedy.

Leading our great state to new heights!

Our Supreme Convention makes the Catholic Sun!

Queen of All Hearts, Mastic, NY

Annual Lobster Fest!

Suffolk Chapter

Indoctrination

Meeting

Patchogue, NY

Suffolk Celebrates

their

Knight of the Year

Michael Boehm,

PGK, DD

Congratulations!

Happy 11th

Anniversary

Donald J. Burns Council # 13588

at the Long Island State Veteran’s Home

Deacon Thomas F. Owens, Our Deacon and Spiritual Advisor

joined our Knights of Columbus Council here at the Veteran’s Home.

He served as our spiritual advisor until God called him home on

November 20th, 2012.

In August 2014 we dedicated a Christmas tree to Deacon Tom Owens

for all the work he had done for the Council and for his

support of our members at the Veteran’s Home.

Front Row L to R

James Tullo, PGK,

Michael Geronimo, Grand Knight

Financial Secretary Vincent Conetta PGK, FDD

NYS Chairman Veteran’s Facilities John Leonardo PGK, FDD, FCOB

Submitted by

NYS Chairman Veteran’s Facilities John Leonardo PGK, FDD, FCOB

St. Jude Council Installation, Rocky Point, NY

Suffolk County

Grand Knight

Andrew Delligatti

presents

Ryan Giancola

with a Scholarship

for $1,000.

He will be attending

OSWEGO.

Congratulations!

Sunrise Council,

Bohemia, NY

Installs their

Officers!

Congratulations

to

Pat Scala,

Grand Knight

and the Knights

of Sunrise!

Patchogue Council, #725, Going Strong Since 1903

Bill Fontaine, Grand Knight, his wife Kim, and Granddaughter Stephanie.

Robert Costa is Patchogue’s Knight of the Year.

The Officers

of

Patchogue

Council.

Suffolk County Celebrates their District Wardens

August 30, 2015

Mother Cabrini

#7278

Coram, NY

Thank you

for all

you do!

Seated left to right: Bill Larke,

Norm Wagner, Richard Grefig.

Standing left to right: Richard Burke,

George Lundin, Mike Tully,

Secretary to the State Deputy, John G. Joseph,

Frank Casillo. (Below)

Former Chairmen of the Board

Seated Left to Right: Bill Larke,

Norm Wagner, Richard Grefig.

Standing left to right: Mike Tully,

Secretary to the State Deputy, John G. Joseph

(Below)

Photos submitted by Carmine E. Soldano, PGK, DD-8th N.Y. District

Vice-Chairman of the Board of District Deputies

(Above)

Officers of the Suffolk Board

of District Deputies

Seated left to right:

Vice-Chairman,

Carmine E. Soldano,

Chairman,

John A. Mastrosimone,

Standing left to right:

Treasurer, Mike Boehm,

Secretary, Joseph Adamo

Celebrating 100 Years of Life! Look at what happens when you are a good

Catholic gentleman and are a member of the

Knights of Columbus.

Dick Bertrand will turn 100 years old on

September 10. He is an active member

and has been for the last 82 years. He is a

member of Council #350 in Clayton, NY.

Dick lives alone in his big village house

since his wife passed in 1993. He drives himself

around town and goes to the gym 3 - 4 times

a week! God bless him!

Pictured is William Ose, FSW and Dick Bertrand

Happy

Birthday

Dick! Article and photo submitted by William Ose, FSW

We will

never

forget.

Our Nassau Squires are

Recognized for Their

Great Works

On Friday, July 31, 2015, the Squires of Nassau County were recognized by the

Nassau County Executive for all of the charitable work they do. Five of the eight

Circles were able to attend, along with 3 of the NYS Squire Officers. The NY State

Officers and each Circle received a certificate, along with a medal recognizing their

service. The ceremony took place at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater, located at

Eisenhower Park just prior to a performance of West Side Story. It was a great

opportunity for the Squires and Knights of Columbus to be publicly recognized

in front of several thousand residents from Nassau County.

Submitted by Michael Hearney, PGK, FDD, NYS Director of Youth

New York State Supports Inner City Scholarships!

What a Game!

The Yankees Win!

Yankees 6

Indians 2

New York

State Council

Charity &

Benevolent

(C&B)

Early Bird Drawing

Our Lady of the Rosary

Council #4428

759 Long Island Avenue

Deer Park, NY 11729

Please encourage your

councils to submit all sold

books for this drawing.

Thank you for your support.

2015

ROUND TABLES - CREATING AND REPORTING Council Round Tables is an outreach effort for councils that cover several churches. The

intent is to encourage and promote open lines of communication between the council and

the Clergy and parishioners.

During Supreme Knight Carl Anderson’s first address to the state deputies, he stated that

“we have nothing less than a moral obligation to offer every eligible Catholic man the

opportunity and the privilege of membership in our Order.” He also stated, “We must

have a Knights of Columbus presence in every parish.” Therefore, councils which cover

more than one parish are urged to implement the Parish Round Table program in each of

the parishes they service.

Each council that covers more than one church should assign one brother Knight as a

liaison to work with each church they are associated with. If the church your council

is associated with has an ethnic Mass, please make certain to have your liaison include

that population in their communication.

Parish Round Tables allow our councils the opportunity to have an open dialogue with

the Pastor and/or Priests in their churches they are connected with allowing them to learn

the needs of that parish, and parishioners.

Listed below are some parameters for all Parish Round Tables to follow:

1) If a council is covering three churches, two of the churches should have a round table

and the form 2629 should be submitted.

2) If a council is covering one church and it has an ethnic Mass, (example: a Mass in

Spanish) there should be a form 2629 submitted for the ethnic Mass.

3) If a council is covering one church and it has a Mass in Spanish, a Mass in Italian and

a Mass in English it should have 2 round tables.

4) The Grand Knight should also be informed that if a form 2629 was submitted the last

Columbian year, it needs to be submitted again this Columbian year.

Round Tables will give us an opportunity to help our Priests as well as our Catholic

brothers and sisters. Please make every effort to establish round tables where needed and

make certain to submit the form 2629. Please visit www.kofc.org and type “form 2629”

in the search engine to find this form. A page will open where you can click on "report

of round table coordinator" which you will be allowed to print, complete and mail as

directed. Thank you for your support. Vivat Jesu!

“It’s all about the members!” by Sal Restivo, PSD, Membership Director

While traveling around the state it is great to see enthusiastic brothers ready and

willing to go for the STARS. Our Worthy State Deputy Bob has been traveling with

the training team bringing his message of “We are all the New York State Council”

and “We are about charity!”. Bob’s message has been well received and we are on

our way!

To date, we have trained 405 brothers in 8 minor conferences and are preparing

to travel to Syracuse as I write this article. Brother Tom Cibroski, PSD New Jersey,

Fraternal Trainer, joins the team when MPC Erick Johnson, PSD Pennsylvania, cannot

be with us. Brothers Tom and Eric present the Fraternal Planner and give instructions

on its use. The SP-7 is also introduced as a planning tool for council officers.

Organizing and planning are the initial elements used by successful leaders to

accomplish their goals. Our council leaders are focusing upon organizing for success,

using goals and action plans to facilitate their vision to better secure the future of their

councils. As our Worthy State Deputy says “We are all in this together”! Building a

team is essential to building an active council.

New York State is focused on the recruitment of new members and reactivating

members. As of this writing, there are only 33 days left to accomplish the FIRST

QUARTER MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT INCENTIVE. When your council

brings in 5 new or reactivated members before October 1, 2015, the council will

receive a 10% discount on its state per-capita. I know you can do this! Let’s make

September a BIG recruitment month!

We are stronger when our councils are ACTIVE and CHARITABLE. Our best

resource is our members; make your councils all about your members! Give them a

practical outlet to express their faith by uniting in charity and fraternity. Keep their

faith alive by keeping the Order alive in New York! Tempus fugit!

Reminder: Please be sure to send your NY state council copies of ALL forms to

[email protected] or mail to: NYS K of C Forms, 109 Caroline

Avenue, Solvay, New York 13209. Send the forms to ONE place and our man Jim

Smith will do the rest!

Visit these web sites for important information on membership.

http://www.kofc.org/en//index.html

http://kofc.org/un/en/membership/drive/index.html

EMPIRE STATE BULLETIN

Knights of Columbus

New York State Council

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A message from

the Editor:

We want to share the good work of our Order with

everyone! Kindly submit your article to me by the

15th of each month and it will be in the next

Empire State Bulletin. Please send articles to [email protected].

I look forward to hearing from you.

John G. Joseph,

PGK, FDD, FST Secretary to the State Deputy

STAFF OF THE NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL

Honorary State Chaplain…........His Eminence Timothy Cardinal Dolan State Chaplain………………………......Most Rev. Robert Cunningham Senior Associate State Chaplain………..Rev. Father Brian McWeeney Associate State Chaplain………..………...........Rev. Msgr. James Cox Associate State Chaplain…………….…...…Rev. Fr. Donald Bourgeois Associate State Chaplain………………………...Rev. Fr. Robert Dwyer Associate State Chaplain…………..……….Rev. Fr. Darr Schoenhofen State Father Prior of Youth………………….Rev. Father Dennis Nikolic State Deputy…………………..…………...….……..Robert D. Weitzman State Secretary………………………...…………….Kenneth Latham, Jr. State Treasurer………………………………….….……Edward Kennedy State Advocate………………..………………….…...……Gary Leonardo State Warden…………………………...…..………..……...Edward Ciulla Chief of Staff……………….……………..……………....Edward O’Toole Secretary to State Deputy………………………………..John G. Joseph Warden to State Deputy………………………..…………Thomas Boslet Admin. Assistant to State Deputy..….....…………..……....Frank Bagley Admin. Assistant to State Deputy..….....…………...…....Jerry Connelly Events Coordinator…………...……………...Anthony “Sonny” Mangone Counsel to the State Deputy……..……..Carmine Musumeci, Esq. PSD Counsel to the State Deputy…………………...…….Joseph Lupia, Esq. State Membership Director……….…….Salvatore A. Restivo, PSD, XS Assistant Membership Director……………………..………….Rich Elias State Program Director……………...……..……..……Michael Flanagan State Youth Director………………………………........ Michael Hearney State C&B Director……………………...…..………...…Anthony Ippolitto Assistant State C&B Director…………………...………….Hank Theiling State Ceremonials Chairman……………………....James. A. Foy, PSD Admin. State Coord. Ext. Fund Raising……….……....Rocco D’Erasmo ESB Editor………………………………………………....John G. Joseph Web Master…………………………...…………...…………...Brian Ennis State Logistics Chairman……………………..Deacon Charles Esposito Insurance Liaison………………………...……………...James Grabinski

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