THE PATCHOGIAN January, 2020 —- Celebrating 117 Years of Faithful Service — 1903 - 2020

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 Michael Boehm

PGK FDD FCOB

Deputy Grand Knight

S/K James Kaan

Chancellor

S/K Kevin Drawbridge

Financial Secretary

S/K Robert Elliott PGK FDD

Warden

S/K Richard Costa

Treasurer

Bill Gonzalez

Recorder

S/K Joe Fontana

Advocate

S/K Vincent Lettieri PGK FDD PFN FM

Inside Guard

Bill Mones

Outside Guard

S/K Frank Bosco

First Year Trustee

S/K Pat Molluso

Second Year Trustee

Rich Basak

Third Year Trustee

S/K John Terlecki PGK

Council Roster as of

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

254 120 24 398

Honorary: Honorary Life: Disability:

16 103 14

All material in this document was approved by GK Michael Boehm for publication. Copyright 2020, Patchogue Council

Dates To Remember

January 6th——–Business Meeting, 8pm

January 13th—Monseigneur Corp., 7:30pm

January 20th——Social Meeting, 8pm

January 27th——Officers Meeting, 7:30pm

Upcoming Events Information on pages 5, 6 and 8

9 Days for Life Novena: January 21-29th

The Annual March for life is Friday, January 24th

Annual Basketball Free Throw Competition, Saturday, February 8th

Valentine’s Day Party, Saturday, February 15th

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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three

shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”

― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Happy New Year! Can you believe its 2020? I can’t. As we all know, this is the time of

year many of us pledge to start making resolutions to change a certain area, or

multiple areas in our lives. Maybe we have some extra pounds to shed, want

to stop smoking or just be a better person. New Year’s resolutions range from

simple desires to seemingly full-proof-plans for extensive life change. What

we all have in common is the hope that something will change, and life will be

different (and better) in the year ahead. Every year people pledge to start the

New Year off differently, however, a few short weeks later, many of us end up

discouraged and filled with remorse over our failed attempts to make our

resolutions come to pass. Don’t give up! Just start again the next day.

Remember that Jesus was born, he died and he rose again! That means this

year, this month, today, or even this moment, is filled with hope for a better

future — in Him. When we desire change, we have the perfect example to

follow: Jesus Christ. When we are ready to implement change, we have the

perfect guide book: His Word. Finally, we have the perfect power source to

strengthen our resolve: His Spirit. With Christ, we don’t have to wait for

another New Year to roll around, or for the big glittery ball to drop in Times

Square. His mercy is new every morning. We can pursue our own new

beginning right now, today, everyday!

Now that we have officially turned the page on 2019 and we are heading into

the second half of our Columbian Year, I’d like to take a moment to thank all

of the Officers of the Council who have stepped up and done a remarkable job

so far. Only through their hard work have we been able to accomplish all

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May our Council Prayers be on behalf of the following: Pray for Brothers 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, Robert Naurek, Rich Basak, Rich Costa’s Mother, Tony Russo, Santo Liguori, Tony Baffo, Robert Rizzo, Roy Schiebel’s wife, Joe Fontana and his girl-friend Grace Bessieres, John Orlando, Budi Budiarjo, Phil and Donna Butler, Peggy Oreste, Elaine Addie and Phil Graniello. Below are our recent notifications: · May we Congratulate PGK, DD Bill Fontaine on his recent retirement. May he find this next chapter of life filled with happiness. · May we pray for Brother Ralph Giannola whom had some recent medical issues. Best wishes to him and his family. · May we give our thoughts and prayers to the list of members, Columbiettes and family members mentioned above. · For the new year may our local and national leaders make decisions in a wise and careful manner. · Let’s give thanks for our parish communities at all churches. · May we pray for the homeless and economically disadvantaged during these cold winter months. We ask also that you pray for all our Brother Knights who are in need and for their families; those we know about, and the many that we do not know about.

Happy Birthday to All Brothers for the month of January!

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

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of the things that we have done, and I am proud to say that we are on our way to earning the Columbian Award

again this year!

I also want to thank everyone who worked to help with the C & B drive this year, especially PGK John Praino for

all of his hard work, and of course Rich Costa. As many of you know, this is where the bulk of our funding comes

from that allows us to do all of the charitable work. I don’t yet have all of the numbers, but I know our Council

will be at the top of the list of sellers this year once again. Awesome job!

I would also like to thank all of the Brothers and Sisters who made our Christmas season such a success. From

putting our Nativity and float together, to marching in the Christmas Parade, to coming and helping at the Adult

and kids Christmas parties and coming to the Light up for Christ prayer, selling the Wreaths at the Church and

everything else that we did. You are truly an amazing group of individuals and I am certainly blessed to call you

all my Brothers and Sisters.

With all that being said, we STILL have a lot of work to do in the upcoming months! The Novena for Life that we

are doing as a Council later this month is a MAJOR program and is a very important event. I hope to see many of

you there to help us kick off this prayer for life.

May the Peace and Love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all,

M. Boehm

The Chapter will be holding the 2020 Charity Drive Kick – Off on Friday, January 10th at Bishop

McGann Council in Bay Shore. All are invited to attend this very important meeting! Once again

they will be sponsoring “Families in Arms “ as the Charity of Choice! The meeting begins at

8 pm and is open to both Brother Knights and Sister Columbiettes.

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The January Assembly Meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 22nd. As of the time of this

printing, the location was not determined. Remember the First Saturday of the month Events:

10:00 AM LI Veterans Home Stony Brook. Assist council members from their room to their

Meeting and back. For information contact Robert W. Elliott 588-2919

1:45 PM Building 92 at the Northport VA center to run a bingo game for the residents. Contact

Thomas F. Fawcett 790-4474

District Deputy Report

Brothers, Happy New Year to all my Brothers and their families. May your New Year be healthy and prosperous. This new year will bring challenges to us as Knights, but let’s not lose focus as to

why we joined this organization. As we go to the Right to life Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on January 19th or the Right to Life March in Washing-ton in January 24th or if you can not go please pray for the unborn child. If you missed the opportunity to sell C&B books you can sell Chapter Books in January. As I said it my message. I stand for you. I appreciate everything you do and without you being in the Knights of Columbus we would not exist.

Thank you for being a Knight and God Bless, Bill

Congratulations to our newest Honorary Member Edward J. Lawler.

I am happy to report that our records and forms are currently all up to date. Please update your information as needed. If you have changed your mailing address and have not been receiving the Columbia magazine and membership bills please contact me. Membership cards are mailed as dues come in.

As of December 1, 2019 we have 254 associate; 120 insurance; 24 inactive members for a total of 398 members. Recruit a new member today. The council is in good standing with Supreme and New York State.

Intent to retain forms have been filed with supreme, this is the final step for members with dues in arrears. The retention committee is trying to contact members whose dues are in arrears. Send your membership dues in right away. Please make payment promptly to Patchogue K of C 725. Mail is being returned for the following members: James D. Addie Jr.; Leonard P. Amoruso; Kenneth M. Anziano; Timothy J. Asip; Brian E. Cassidy; Carlo A. DeLuca; David A. Felice; John A. Forza; Brian Hoare; Michael C. Massaro; James C. Mooney; Christopher M. Ortiz; Duane K. Parsons; Hector J. Rivera; Christopher M. Roach; Fred J. Schorden. If you know any of these members, please have them contact me or the Grand Knight. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Robert W. Elliott, FS 151 Springdale Drive, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 631-588-2919 relliott7@verizon.net

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This January our District has been asked to help at the

LONG ISLAND VETERANS HOME, located at 100 Patriots

Road Stony Brook, NY 11790 ( Off Nichols Rd ). We are

asking for Council Members to arrive at 9:45 to Assist the

members of Donald J. Burns Council from their room to

their Meeting, attend the Meeting, and help the members

back to their rooms. We will depart at the Council Hall at

9:15 am, or you can simply go directly to the Vet’s Home

and meet us there if you prefer.

Christmas Wreaths Sales:

Once again this year mem-

bers of our Council sold

Christmas Wreaths at Our

Lady of Mt. Carmel, and this

year for the first time at St. Francis. I am happy to

report that we were able to once again sell out and

hand over to Fr. Henry at Mt. Carmel $785 and to

Fr. Steve at St. Francis $500. Pictured here is our

Council Chancellor Kevin Drawbridge presenting

Fr. Steve his check. Great job and thanks to every-

one who helped out!!

Several members of our Council attended a

Testimonial for Past Suffolk Chapter President Elaine Addie.

The event was held at the Mediterranean Manor in Patchogue and was very well

attended.

Pictured here is Grand Knight Mike Boehm presenting a Certificate of Appreciation and

a bouquet of flowers to Elaine.

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Keller’s Korner January 2020

Time for New Beginnings

After 40 years in the work force my time has come to begin a new and exciting chapter in

life. March 31st, 2020 will be my last day as a Knights of Columbus field agent. It’s time to spend more time

with my wonderful wife and family and do the things I could not because of the demands of a Knights of

Columbus field agent, like being more involved with my own council activities.

It has been an honor and pleasure to serve the members of your councils. Over the last ten years I have met

with hundreds of terrific families, some hopefully becoming lifelong friends.

If there is anything I can do for you between now and March 31st please do not hesitate to contact me.

Alex Keller FICF

The Annual March for life is Friday, January 24th

We strongly encourage any member of the Knights or

Columbiettes from 725 who can March to participate in

this great event. Buses will be leaving locally from Our

Lady of the Snow Parking Lot, Departing at 5 a.m.

sharp and St. Lawrence the Martyr Parking Lot at 5:15 a.m. sharp. This is the same bus.

Please inform Grand Knight Mike Boehm if you are going no later than December 16th.. Bus

reservations are $10 per person. This cost will be covered by Patchogue Council for any

Brother Knight or Sister Columbiette from 725 who is attending this event and reserves their

spot by the 16th. We hope to see you there!!!

9 Days for Life: January 21-29, 2020

Our Council will be participating in the Novena for Life. I would like to invite our Brother Knights and Sister Columbiettes to join us on Monday January 20th for a meal and to review this program.

We ask that you all go to www.9daysforlife.com each day starting on January 21st and ending on January 29th. We will be praying for the end of Abortion.

9 Days for Life is a multi-faceted novena for the respect and protection of human life. Each day, a different intention is accompanied by a short reflection, suggested actions, and related information. Sign up to receive the novena by email, text message, or an app at www.9daysforlife.comor or at our Council website at www.koc725.com

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The Patchogue Knights of Columbus

Will be holding their Annual Basketball

Free Throw Competition on Saturday,

February 8th

From 9 am – 10:30 am at the Holy Angels Regional

School / St. Francis Gymnasium, located on the

corner of South Ocean Ave. & Division St. in

Patchogue. Registration will begin at 8:30 am.

* Competition is open to all Boys and

Girls Age 9 - 14.

* There is no cost for this Event.

Winners from each age group will compete at the District Level

which will be held at 11:00am.

* next level to be held in Deer Park in March.

Proof of age is required TO PARTICIPATE,

so please bring a

Photocopy of the child's Birth Certificate.

any questions call Mike at (631) 774-2605

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Order Now!!

If you are in need of Council Apparel, now is a good time to order them. See GK Michael Boehm or call him at 631-774-2605 or email him at mb1122@msn.com

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

Important! Please Read:

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automatically to their plans without customers having to make any election. This may

impact your receipt of the Council “Robo Call” when they are sent. Please make sure

you have the “Robo Call” number added to your acceptable number list. Thank you.

Caller ID: 631-866-6735

Also, we will no longer be recording the information from the most recent call to the number above to make sending the messages more efficient. Thank you.

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Upcoming Events

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My Dear Sister Columbiettes and Brother Knights,

Happy New Year and welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas season. Now it is time

to get back to work because we only have three months before our annual Victorian Tea and Chinese

auction.

Please start bringing in new or nearly new items for the baskets. We will also need gift certificates from local busi-

nesses, so please ask the places you frequent. I have letters for you to give the managers. Please ask them to

make sure the gift certificates are dated for at least 6 months past the date of the Tea, which is March 31, 2020.

Rose Marie Libertilli will have sign up lists with her at our meeting January 20th. Thank you all in advance.

Please keep all our sister Columbiettes and brother Knights in your prayers especially Elaine Addie, Terry Bobe,

Gerry Restifo and Tatiana Drawbridge, we are so proud of Tatiana and her service in the Navy.

Happy Birthday to the November 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. Why not come on down and see if you would be

interested. See ya there, The Netties

For all other info, trips etc. our Entertainment leader is back. Call Ronnie at 631-289-5758 or Elaine 631-475-5722. So until next month tootles

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