THE PATCHOGIAN February, 2019 —- Celebrating 116 Years of Faithful Service — 1903 - 2019

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, PATCHOGUE COUNCIL #725

From the Grand Knight’s Desk Officers

Chaplain S/K Fr. William Winters,

OFM, Cap.

Grand Knight

S/K John E. Terlecki

Deputy Grand Knight

S/K Joe Sheldrick

Chancellor

S/K James Kaan

Financial Secretary

S/K Robert Elliott PGK FDD

Warden

Keith Mandart

Treasurer

S/K Denis Boyce

Recorder

S/K Kevin Drawbridge

Advocate

S/K Michael Boehm

PGK FDD FCOB

Inside Guard

S/K Tom Liguori

Outside Guard

S/K Richard Costa

Outside Guard

First Year Trustee

S/K James Addie PGK

Second Year Trustee

S/K John Orlando PGK

Third Year Trustee

Richard J. Basak

Council Roster as of

January 1, 2019 Associate: Insurance: Inactive: Total:

271 140 19 430

Honorary: Honorary Life: Disability:

16 103 14

All material in this document was approved by GK John Terlecki for publication. Copyright 2019, Patchogue Council #725

Dates To Remember

February 4th——–Business Meeting, 8pm

February 11th——Monseigneur Corp. Meeting, 7:30pm

February 18th——Social Meeting,

February 25th——Officers Meeting, 7:30pm

Upcoming Events Information on pages, 5, 8 and 9

February 3rd, Super Bowl Party, 5:45pm

February 19th, Family Movie Night, 7pm

March 5th, Fat Tuesday Pot Luck Dinner, 7pm

March 16th, Annual St. Patrick’s Night at the Races and Dinner, 6pm

March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 11:30am

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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

Brothers,

The months keep flying by here, it is already February 2019, can you believe it! January is usually a month of recovery from the Christmas season. This Year has not been any different than previous years. We took down all of our displays here at the Council hall, Main Street in the village and the church’s we support. A big thank you goes out to our K of C volunteers who put in the time and labor to make for a wonderful Christmas season for the community which we serve.

As you know the March for Life was held in Washington DC on the mall once again this year and by all accounts was a great success with over 300,000 participants. The Patchogue council was represented by PGK, FDD, FCOB/DDs, Current Advocate 725 SK Michael Boehm and PGK and Current DD of the 3rd district, SK William Fontaine.

Jan. 21st. we held a dinner and a movie at the council hall and what a success it was. The food was great and so was the movie (Unbroken) that was shown. We had a full house, with lots of good conversation and fun for all.

The news is in- the final numbers for this year’s C&B book sales and Patchogue is in the top tier again, 2nd place in fact. Thanks to the hard work of our charity drive Chairmen PGK John A. Praino and Brother Rich Acosta. Good job!

In the month of January I along with Brother Joe Brandi had the opportunity to visit with Brother Phil Sgro. We found Phil doing well and in good spirits at the Gazzola Drive Rehab facility. We had a good visit and he expressed his desire to get well and return to the council as soon as possible.

Saturday, 1/26/19, we held our annual Basketball Free throw at the St. Francis di Sales gymnasium. We had a nice turn out of boys and girls and thanks to our brother knights plenty of supervision. It’s always a fun morning.

Things to look forward to in February:

Our annual Super bowl party being held on Feb. 3rd at the Council hall! Doors opening at 5:45. Food will be provided and prepared by Chef Fuddy and crew. Wine, Beer, and soda will also be available. Please feel free to bring you own table snacks. The cost is $5.00 with reservation’s and $10.00 at the door. Please call Current DD Bill Fontaine (631)-988-3758 or John Terlecki (631) 576- 9950 for reservations.

While we should always keep the health and well-being of our brothers and Sisters in mind, let us all make effort to call fellow members we haven’t seen or heard from for a while or pay them visit. It will make a difference to them and yourself as well.

In closing my eighth memo from the Grand Knights desk, as always, it is my continued hope that we reach out to the parishes we support and provide the services and people whenever and wherever we are needed.

Vivat Jesus!

GK, SK John E. Terlecki

May our Council Prayers be on behalf of the following:

Pray for Brothers Jim Addie, Sammy Garafola, Rudy Carrabus and his wife Vicki, Jim Craig’s daughter Airen, Bill Mones’ wife Virginia, PGK

Willie Marciano and his wife Jean, Eddie O’Reilly, Gerry Restifo, Ernie Maller, Andrew Carollo, Ralph DePinto, Frank Cooper’s wife Virginia,

Phil Sgro, Keith Mandart, Robert Naurek, Rich Basak, Rich Costa’s Mother, Tony Russo, Santo Liguori, Tony Baffo, Al Freytag, Robert Rizzo,

Roy Schiebel’s wife and Joe Fontana’s girlfriend Grace Bessieres.

Below are our recent notifications:

We were sorry to hear about the passing of Brother Robert Coletto. May we pray for his family.

Brother Deacon Bob Lyon is in the process of transferring from Mary Immaculate Church to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. May

the Brothers that attend Mt. Carmel give Deacon Bob and his wife Mary Pat a warm Welcome and assist him in getting to know

the Parish and the parishioners. May we pray for Deacon Bob’s continued service to the Diaconate and his continued sharing of

his time and talents.

GK John Terlecki and Brother Joe Brandi visited Phil Sgro on January 17th. He was in good spirits. He is having to learn to walk

and has other issues, but is improving. He will continue to be at Gazzolla Dr. for a while. He is still reluctant to have visitors, but

was happy to see fellow Brothers. May you continue to keep him in your prayers.

We ask also that you pray for all of our Brother Knights who are in need and for their families and their needs, those we know about, and

the many that we do not know about.

Happy Birthday to All Members in the Month of February.

Family Director SK James Ryan / 631-278-9429 / jpr_ryan@msn.com

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February 18, 2019 February 14, 2019

Financial Secretary

Congratulations to our newest Honorary Member’s Dennis McCarthy; Eric J. Russo and Ralph N. Giannola. I am happy to report that our records and forms are currently all up to date. Please update your information as needed. The retention committee is working to contact members who have not paid

their dues. Twenty seven have been sent to supreme for possible suspension, form 100’s are being completed to finalize the process. Please get your dues in. Membership cards are mailed as dues come in. The Survey of Fraternal Activity was submitted to Supreme Council. The Grand Knight, Financial Secretary, Treasurer and trustees are working on the semiannual audit. As of January 1, 2019 we have 271 associate; 140 insurance; 19 inactive members for a total of 430 members. The council is in good standing with Supreme and New York State. Robert W. Elliott, FS 151 Springdale Drive, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 631-588-2919 relliott7@verizon.net

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The January Chapter Meeting was held at Bishop McGann Council in Bay Shore. It was the Charity Drive

Kick-Off, but we also had the pleasure of the presence of our NY State Deputy Ken Latham. Our Worthy

SD came out to congratulate the 2017 International Soccer Challenge winner for girls age 12 from Our

Lady of Grace Council 11968 in West Babylon, Kelly Blanco. Also in the photo and presenting the Award

is NYS Auxiliary Chairman for Free Throw and Soccer for Suffolk County Mike Hearney, S.C. Conference

Chairman John Mastrosimone, John Creagen G.K. of 11968, and our Chapter Chairman Bob Elliott. Great

job Kelly, and special thanks to Mike Hearny for all of his hard work as well!!

Please get out and help to sell those Chapter Charity Award Books and Journal Ads. The

Charity Drive this year will benefit “Families in Arms”, which assists autistic children and

their families.

The next Chapter Meeting will be Friday February 15th at St. Regis Council in

Ronkonkoma.

The next Commander Shea Fourth Degree Meeting will be held on February 27th at Sts. Philip and James Church in St. James at 8 pm. FIRST SATURDAY EVENTS: Please help our Vets. We have two events each month, 10:00 AM at LI Veterans Home in Stony Brook. Assist council members from their room to their Meeting and back. For information contact Robert W. Elliott 588-2919 and also 1:45 PM at Building 92 at the Northport VA

center to run a bingo game for the residents. Contact Thomas F. Fawcett 790-4474. On Sunday, January 20th at our Assembly was proudly represented by The Honor Guard at the Annual Pro-Life Mass held each year at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC. Cardinal Dolan celebrated the Mass, which is held each year on the Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.

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District Deputy Report

Brothers,

Congratulations to all our new brothers that took their Admission and Formation

Degrees on January 17th at St. Jude Council in Rocky Point. My sincere thank

you to both Degree teams on a job well done as always. And mostly thank Gene

Johann and St. Jude Council for coordinating, cooking and setting up and

cleaning up such a very well attended Degree. 3rd Degree will be February 22nd and 1st Degree will be at Queen if all

Hearts (date to be announced).

I had the privilege of marching in the Right to Life March in Washington on January 18th. A very long day but a great

experience and would highly suggest that you make every attempt to get down there next year. I know that I am

going. You know that it will take the Federal Government to right the terrible wrong that was made in New York on

January 22nd.

On January 26th the District Free Throw was held. Congratulations to all our District winners and will see you March

9th at St. Cyril and Methodius in Deer Park.

Thank you for being a Knight and God Bless,

Bill

March For Life: On Friday January 18th PGK’s Mike Boehm FDD and Bill Fontaine DD attended the 46th Annual March for Life in Washington DC. It was a very long day, we left Patchogue to catch the bus at Our Lady of the Snow in Blue Point at 4:15 am and returned home at 1:15 am. the next morning. Special thanks to Loren Christie and the OLS Pro-Life Ministry for planning this trip. Pictured are the members of the Ministry along with Bill Fontaine and myself. It was a very rewarding day Marching and talking to so many pro-life people from all over the country. Our Supreme Knight Carl Anderson was

on hand and was one of the featured speakers, along with our Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen. The most notable thing was the large amounts of young people who were there and participating in the March. It is very encouraging to see that the youth of today is concerned about the unborn. I highly recommend that if you are able that you attend this event next year. I know I am.

On Saturday January 26th the Patchogue Knights of Columbus held their annual Free Throw Challenge at Holy Angels

Gym. Special thanks to GK John Terlecki and the Free Throw Chairman Bill

Fontaine PGK, DD for all their hard work on making this happen and to Fr. Steve from St. Francis for the use of the Gym,

and to Brother Pat Molluso for picking up the key.

We also want to thank all the Brothers who came down to help that morning and made this event such a success. We hope

to see you again next Year.

All Articles for the March Patchogian

must be submitted by

February 20th

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Order Now!!

If you are in need of Council Apparel, now is a good time to order them. See Brother Knight Keith Mandart or call him at 516-480-2076 for

tee-shirts, polo shirts and hats!! We have jackets available too. Order them now for Marching in the Parades and Council Events!!

Our WEBSITE has been undergoing some MAJOR CONSTRUCTION. Take a few minutes to check it out at www.kofc725.com.

Our new Webmaster Kevin Drawbridge has been working hard to update and improve the website.

Use it to print the newsletter, get forms, and all kinds of cool stuff.

Let him know how you like it and make some suggestions on what you would like to see on the website going forward.

Join us on Tuesday, February 19th at 7 pm for

another Family Movie Night. This Movie rated

PG and is suitable for the entire Family. We will

supply the snacks and drinks; all you have to

bring is the Family!! We will be showing

“SMALLFOOT”. Smallfoot turns the Bigfoot leg-

end upside down when a bright young Yeti

named Migo finds something he thought didn’t

exist—a human. Join Migo and his friends on an

adventure that will change their world forever!

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PLEASE JOIN US FOR A DIOCESAN MARIAN

HOUR OF PRAYER

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019 AT 7:30 P.M.

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

495 NORTH OCEAN AVE.

PATCHOGUE, NEW YORK.

CLERGY, FAMILY, FRIENDS, KNIGHTS,

COLUMBIETTES, ALL ARE INVITED TO

PARTICIPATE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

PLEASE CONTACT WILLIAM P. MURPHY, PGK,

FDD

631-629-4383

Join us for an evening of Prayer, we can all use it!

Volunteers Needed

On July 4-7, 2019, Our Lady of Mount Carmel will be hosting a Parish

Festival as part of our 100th Anniversary Celebration. In order for this

event to be successful, we need your help! Please fill out the infor-

mation below and return to the Parish Center.

Name:_______________________________________________________________

Phone:____________________________ (H) ___________________________(C)

Email:_______________________________________________________________

I would like to:

Set up _____________

Clean up _____________

Sell tickets _____________

Beer Garden _____________

Gaming _____________

Casino Night _____________

Security ______________

For further information, please contact:

Phyllis Messina: 631-774-7999

Linda Locantore: 631-447-8157

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Upcoming Events

On Tuesday, March 5th, at 7 pm we will be having a

FAT TUESDAY POT LUCK DINNER

We are asking members to come down and bring a dish, perhaps A “SPECIALTY”. There is no charge for this event, but we are asking that you bring a dish and participate.

If you cannot bring a dish, perhaps you can volunteer to help set up and clean up afterwards. Dishes can be either homemade or store bought.

Please fill out this form so that we have an idea of what we can expect. We need appetizers, main dishes and desserts. Please bring your dishes in standard aluminum serving trays, either full or half size. We want to keep track of who is bringing what. The council will be supplying spaghetti and tomato sauce, so we will

be limiting ‘PASTA” dishes.

Items we need: Meatballs Desserts Bread/Rolls Meat Dishes Salad Side Dishes

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NAME:___________________________________________________________________________________

PHONE # : ________________________________________________________________________________

DISH / DESCRIPTION: _______________________________________________________________________

Please bring this filled out form to the February 18th meeting and give to Mike Boehm, or

email it asap to :mb1122@msn.com

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Our Super Bowl Party will be held on Feb. 3rd at the Council hall!

Doors open at 5:45 pm. Food will be provided and prepared by Chef

Fuddy and crew. Wine, Beer, and soda will also be available.

Please feel free to bring you own table snacks.

The cost is $5.00 with reservation’s and $10.00 at the door.

Please call Current DD DD Bill Fontaine at (631)-988-3758

Or GK John Terlecki at (631) 576- 9950 for reservations.

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Annual St. Patrick’s

Day Night at the Races!

Saturday March 16th

Patchogue Council

38 West First St., Patchogue

Join us for a night of “FUN”, food and exciting racing.

“DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 !!!!!

MENU

Corned beef and cabbage, with Potatoes

Phil’s (Fuddy’s) Award winning Sheppard’s pie!!!!! Beer wine and soda, coffee and cake.

ALL FOR ONLY $20.00 PER PERSON. ($25.00@ THE DOOR)

50/50 Raffles Fun

TO PURCHASE TICKETS OR RESERVE TABLE, Seating limited

Tickets going fast……CALL… JOE SHELDRICK at 631-872-2631

This is Joe

Sunday, March 17th Patchogue's 22nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade

Our Council will gather near the corner of Rt. 112 & Main St. at 11:30 am, Parade steps off at 12 p.m.

Location/Route: Parade starts on Route 112 and East Main Street and runs west to the corner of West Avenue and West Main Street, featuring pipe bands, floats, baton twirlers, fire departments, pipe bands and local officials.

All Brother Knights and Sister Columbiettes are encouraged to March with us!! We hope to see you there!!

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My Dear Sister Columbiettes and Brother Knights,

Can you believe its February already, it felt like the holidays were only last week. Well we have a few busy months ahead

of us starting with our Valentines party supporting on February 9th, tickets are $35.00 per person includes, dinner, music

and dancing so bring your special someone and enjoy. Next we are preparing for our annual Victoria Tea on March 31st. I want to thank

Rosemarie Libertelli for chairing this year. She will be asking for volunteers at our meeting to go to local businesses and ask for gift

certificates, volunteers to make food and volunteers to help with setting up and clean up. Any one bringing donations please new items

only.

We will be having a mass for Joann Brandi on March 2nd, at 5 pm St. Frances church in Patchogue. Please try to attend if you can. Joann

was a valued member of the Columbiettes and is greatly missed.

Please keep our sister Columbiettes and Brother Knights who are ill or going through difficult times in your prayers especially, Elaine and

Jim Addie, Terry Bobe, Michele McGill, Maryanne Friend, Grace Bessieres and Grace McGloine.

Happy Birthday to the January babies.

May the peace of our Lord be with you always,

Betty Weeks, President

COLUMBIETTES CORNER

WE CARE - WE SHARE

Knights of Columbus Senior Club

Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the K of C Hall.

1 pm to 3 pm

Chuck Gerlach, President,

VP, Pat Molluso——Treasurer, Theresa Baker——Secretary, Elaine Addie, (631) 475-5722

Communications Chairperson Dorothy Zeo, 475-8508——Entertainment Chairpersons, Ronny Pliszak 289-5758

and Elaine Addie 475-5722.

Nettie Knitters

We are still here!!!!!! We meet on Tuesday’s at 1pm. In February we are having our Birthright Shower

at Resurrection of Our Lord Shower. Thanks to our Netties and Mount Carmel Ladies we have an

abundance of Carrier Covers, Blanket Sets and a box will be coming from our Netties in Florida. We also have

from one of our Netties, Infant toy balls. Why not come on down and see if you would be interested, or just have a cup of Jim’s

Delicious Coffee. See ya there, The Netties

Well here we start again!!!! We are planning trips, movies and all sorts of goodies. We are experiencing a few of

our members being out of sorts, but we plan on being back one hundred per cent. Please be patience, and just ask

any one of the seniors “WHAT’S DOING” and we will be glad to fill you in.

So thank you for your patience and please keep an eye out for coming events.

Your Seniors