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Vol. 54 Issue 9 March 2016

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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. WeitzmanTo The New York State Columbian Family,I would like to thank you for all you do to support our Church, Community and our Knights of Columbus family

We, as a Catholic fraternity, have a calling. Our calling is to live our faith and set an example for our Catholicfamilies. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson has asked us to renew the alliance between our Church and our familylife. We are called to bring our faith beyond the walls of our Church into our homes and communities. I know ththis is not an easy task in today’s world where there is a strong movement for a progressive, secular society. I als

know that we as Catholics will overcome this movement by staying steadfast in the teachings of our Savior JesusChrist. We sometimes may feel overwhelmed, but, all things are possible because the Risen Christ is with usalways.

We should welcome all practicing Catholic men into our Fraternity and to join us in building the Domestic ChurAs we grow in numbers, we will grow in faith, self-esteem and strength. We, as Knights, are in the best position strengthen our Church communities. We will strengthen our families, our Parishes and increase our charitable wthat will help to evangelize and declare our faith.

Here we are in the middle of Lent, a period of fasting, repentance, moderation and self-reflection. We mustunderstand that our faith is founded on the love of God, and the love of our neighbor as well as forgiveness. Aslong as we strive to live our faith, accept that we are imperfect, and are willing to address our imperfections, wewill grow as individuals. Our humility will be an inspiration for our families and Churchcommunities.

Holy Week will soon be upon us. It is a time to remember the Passion of Christ, who diedon Good Friday in reparation for our sins and rose on Easter Sunday to give new life to allwho believe. Holy Week is solemn and sorrowful. It also anticipates the joy of Easterthrough the recognition of God's goodness in sending His Son to die for our salvation.All who believe in Him, will find eternal life in Christ Jesus.

May God bless you and your family. Peace be with you.Vivat Jesu!Sincerely,

Bob Weitzman, SD





A Message from our Senior Associate State Chaplain,

Fr. Brian McWeeney... My Brothers in Columbianism,One of the advantages or disadvantages of my present assignment in the Cardinal CookeCatholic Center is having the ability to seeing the big picture in terms of the Church. In ourArchdiocese, like others, we have seen the closing and merging of parishes. The causes are

very complex: reduction in parishioners, changing demographics, the secularization of ourcommunities, conditions of buildings etc. However, the most troubling cause is the reductionin the number of priests and religious. I think in this Year of Mercy we might want to reflecton the causes for this happening. Again, the causes are complex but we do have some abilityto confront the problem and change it. All of us must pray to the Father for laborers in theharvest. Our brothers and sisters are befuddled by many temptations that come their way.They need the guidance of faith. But as Saint Paul wrote how can they believe if they do nothear the Word. We must ask our children and the children of others if they have ever thoughtof being a priest or religious. In our high schools and colleges there are recruiters espousingtheir particular vocations. Do we as Catholics do the same? How do we speak about theChurch and her ministers? Are we respectful? Or do we descry the terrible homily, orquestion the intelligence of the priest, brother, or sister? Do we engage the priest throughinvitations to dinner or other family occasions? All too often our young people do not knowtheir priests or religious. The future is up to all of us. It is not immutable. We can see ourchurches continue to close or see some reopened. We can get Father to do a Baptism onSunday or two months from now when he returns to the area. We can seek the Sacrament ofPenance every week or once in a blue moon. For the Church and our faith to prosper all of us

must be one in the vocation effort.

I hope that you are having a spiritually enlightening Lent. Two suggestions I might makeare: read the Pope's wonderful book Mercy is the

Name of God and gather the family and see the film:Risen. It is truly an experience. Pray for me as I will

pray for all of you.

Vivat Jesus,Father Brian

Senior Associate State Chaplain

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“It’s all about the members!”

by Sal Restivo, PSD, Membership Director

Everyone has March Madness on his mind. Take that 3

point shot! Get it down the court and go to the net! Drivethe ball! Action! Action! We want action the crowdwould cheer. My basketball coach would tell the team,“Just give the ball to Restivo, he’ll know what to do with

it!”. I really loved my days as the equipment manager on my HS basketball team!

We, in the Knights of Columbus, know that March means major recruitment drives andAction! Action! We want action! Your district deputy, membership vice chairman, andthe entire state membership team is here to assist you in your endeavors to bring inmembers. Remember that the Supreme council has reinstituted the $4.50 per

billable member incentive for those councils that reach STAR council. Bringing inmew members will help your conference raise money for charity under our New York

State Conference Recruitment Incentive. The current standings are posted in thisissue of the ESB.

It is often said, “There is nothing new under the sun.” Our Order has been in existence

since 1882 and for Catholic men and their families, it is the most “important” Catholic

Fraternity in the world. Our mission, especially in New York State, is to keep our veryCatholic, very charitable, fraternal benefit society alive and well. If you don’t know

what to do with the completed form 100 after the first degree, scan it and email it to

[email protected], or give it to Restivo, he’ll know what to do with it!

As of this writing, we need 1262 new members by April 21! Let’s get to the goal!

Remember, “Just ask him"!

Have Faith, Act and Focus on the Future!

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LONG 2/1/16 TO 4/21/2016 FINAL #S

Feb-16 Mar-16

SUFFOLK 16

NASSAU 31

QUEENS 10

KINGS 21

TOTALS 78



Essay and Poster

Council Contests

The 2016 Essay Contest is in full swing. The topic for this year’s

contest is: The Importance Of Religious Freedom. Participatingstudents from grades 8-12 are welcome. Winning entries from each

Council are to be sent to me by March 30, 2016 at 57 Amsterdam Ave.,Hawthorne, NY 10532. Please use the Supreme K of C Fraternal Servicessite for official rules etc.. Councils should be either judging or getting

ready to judge their entries by this point.

For the Substance Abuse Poster Contests: The age Groups are 8-11 yearolds and 12-14 year olds. There are two categories for the contest, whichare: Drug Awareness and Prevention or Alcohol Prevention/Awareness.

Winning entries are to be sent to me at the above address no later thanMarch 7, 2016 as State winners are due at Supreme by March 31, 2106.The office of Fraternal Services on the Supreme site has all the relevant

rules and information. Please use their site as a reference.

Submitted by Bill Julian,

Chairman for Essay and Poster Contests

Pos te rs

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Family of the Year

All councils who intend to submit a family to compete for the

title of “Family of the Year” must submit a completed entryfrom directly to:

Anthony B. Palazzolo4 Preekness CourtGoshen, NY 10924

All Family of the Year entry forms must be in my possessionon or before March 30, 2016. This will allow me to form acommittee to choose the Family of the Year prior to the startof the New York State Convention on April 21st.If any council has questions regarding the Family of the Year program, do not hesitate to call me at 845-360-5239.

Anthony B. PalazzoloState ChairmanFamily of the Month and Family of the Year

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NYS K of C School Support

This year has been a very good year so far for the Catholic school's in NewYork State as far as support from the council's within the state. Since the

beginning of our fiscal year starting July 1st 2015 the Catholic school's in

the state have received over $50,000.00 between the state and the individualcouncil's in support of their need's . We as members of the New York StateKnights of Columbus should be very proud that we have been able to helpour students by supporting their school. It is through the catholic educationof our student that we will succeed in having a better world to live in.

This is a program every council should get behind and push because without itsome of our school programs will fall and possibly even the school will fall. Itis a program that shows what is meant by our first principle “Charity”. We can

show our love and charity to our students by supporting this worth while en-deavor.

I am hoping that by the end of this Columbian year, July 31, 2016, we will have presented our Catholic Schools of New York State with over $100,000.00 between the donations from our councils and the State matching funds.It can be done with your help and generosity and I know it will be.

God bless each and every one of you.

Tony ZibellaState Chairman School Support

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St. Jude Council #5814, Rocky Point

Celebrates their 50th Anniversary

Pictured in the photo above to the left are three of the four Charter Members.

Pictured in the photo above to the right are Past grand Knights of the Council and the currentGrand Knight, Andrew Deligatti.

A great time was had by all.

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Prayer to End AbortionLord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life, And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters.

I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion,Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death by the Resurrection of Your Son.

I am ready to do my part in ending abortion.Today I commit myself Never to be silent,

Never to be passive, Never to be forgetful of the unborn.

I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement, And never to stop defending life

Until all my brothers and sisters are protected, And our nation once again becomes

A nation with liberty and justiceNot just for some, but for all.

Through Christ our Lord. Amen!

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Council #206 hosts their Annual Right to LifeDinner and love every minute of it!



Our Lady of the Rosary Council N0.4428,

Knights of Columbus in Deer Park, held their annual Clergy Night onFebruary 18th, 2016. Traditionally this night is set aside for all the Clergy in thearea to get together with each other, the Council, and the community. Members of

the Clergy give some background information on themselves and the Parish/Church they represent. The Council presents each of the Clergy with a gift and

refreshments are served. Seated Left to Right: Joan Loring, O.L.O.R.Columbiette President, Msgr. Robert J. Clerkin, Pastor, Ss. Cyril & MethodiusParish, Fr. Stephen H. Donnelly, Chaplain of Our Lady of the Rosary Council,Fr. Moise Aime, Associate Pastor, Ss. Cyril & Methodius Parish, Fr. Charles

Scrion, Associate Pastor, Ss. Cyril & Methodius Parish and Deacon William Sperl,Ss. Cyril & Methodius Parish. Standing left to Right: George Lundin, Suffolk

Chapter President, Host & MC, Nicholas LaSorsa, Grand Night, Our Lady of theRosary Council, Gerard Wilhelm, Faithful Navigator, Our Lady of Fatima

Assembly, and Carmine E. Soldano, Past Grand Knight andDistrict Deputy of the 8th NY District.

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The Knights of Columbus of the 8th New York Districtrecently held the District’s Annual Free Throw Basketball Championship. The event

was held in the gymnasium at Ss. Cyril & Methodius Parish in Deer Park on Saturday,February 6, 2016 at 9:30am. Boys and Girls between the ages of 9 through 14 who werewinners at their council levels competed against each other. The participating councilswere Our Lady of the Rosary Council #4428 in Deer Park and Our Lady of Grace Council#11968 in West Babylon. The eleven (11) winners above, 5 girls and 6 boys will beadvancing to the Suffolk County Championship on March 5th. 2016.

Pictured Left to Right :Front Row Kneeling: Felicia Barreiros(F-13), Grace Canonica(F-12), Kelly Bianco(F-11),Dahlia Lind(F-10), Jaclyn Morra(F-9)

Middle Row: Jonathan Cook(B-13), Tyler Wynn(B-14), Giuseppe Vitale(B-12), BobbyMurphy(B-7), Matthew Terrano(B-11), Billy Murphy(B-10), Carmine E. Soldano, DistrictDeputy, 8th NY District.

Back Row: Thomas Humel, Grand Knight, Our Lady of Grace, West Babylon, NicholasLaSorsa, Grand Knight, Our Lady of the Rosary, Deer Park, John Lazar, Council FreeThrow Coordinator, Our Lady of the Rosary, Frank J. Schook, Deputy Grand Knight,Our Lady of the Rosary, Lance Karniewich, Free Throw Coordinator, Our Lady of Grace.

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8th New York

District Free Throw

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Be sure to view the Knights of Columbus

Building His Dream Show on Telecare, the Best in Catholic TV!

This year’s schedule will begin on Monday, November 30, 2015.

Listed below are times, dates, and channels.

Channel 296 FIOS

Channel 20 Nassau & Suffolk Cablevision / Elsewhere on Ch. 137 on Cablevision

Channel 471 on Time Warner and you can always watch it live on the internet

www.telecaretv.org

Monday, 9:15 a.m. and 7:15 p.m., Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, 9:00 a.m., Friday, 7:00 p.m., Each show will air 6 times.

We know you will like what you see.

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Prayer to St. Joseph

Oh, St. Joseph, whose protection is

so great, so strong, so prompt before the

throne of God. I place in you all my

interests and desires.

Oh, St. Joseph, do assist me by your powerful intercession, and obtain for me

from your divine Son all spiritual blessings,

through Jesus Christ, our Lord. So that,

having engaged here below your heavenly

power, I may offer my thanksgiving and

homage to the most loving of Fathers.

Oh, St. Joseph, I never weary of

contemplating you, and Jesus asleep in

your arms; I dare not approach while Hereposes near your heart. Press Him in my

name and kiss His fine head for me and ask

him to return the Kiss when I draw my

dying breath.

St. Joseph, Patron of departing souls -

Pray for me.

Prayer to Saint Patrick Christ be with me, Christ within me,

Christ behind me, Christ before me,Christ beside me, Christ to win me,

Christ to comfort and restore me.

Christ beneath me, Christ above me,

Christ in quiet, and in danger,

Christ in hearts of all that love me,

Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

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EMPIRE STATE BULLETIN

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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 SchoenhofenState 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 LeonardoState 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 ConnellyEvents 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 FlanaganState 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

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