THE PATCHOGIAN

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

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, PATCHOGUE COUNCIL #725

Officers From the Grand Knight’s Desk
Chaplain
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or
S/K Fr. William Winters, even touched - they must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller
OFM, Cap.
Brothers,
Grand Knight The months keep flying by here, it is already February 2019, can you believe it! January
S/K John E. Terlecki 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
Deputy Grand Knight
church’s we support. A big thank you goes out to our K of C volunteers who put in the time and labor to
S/K Joe Sheldrick
make for a wonderful Christmas season for the community which we serve.
Chancellor As you know the March for Life was held in Washington DC on the mall once again this year and by all
S/K James Kaan 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,
Financial Secretary SK William Fontaine.
S/K Robert Elliott PGK FDD
Jan. 21st. we held a dinner and a movie at the council hall and what a success it was. The food was
Warden great and so was the movie (Unbroken) that was shown. We had a full house, with lots of good
Keith Mandart conversation and fun for all.

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

Council Roster as of Dates To Remember Upcoming Events

January 1, 2019 Information on pages, 5, 8 and 9
Associate: 271 February 4th——–Business Meeting, 8pm February 3rd, Super Bowl Party, 5:45pm
Insurance: 140
Inactive: 19 February 11th——Monseigneur Corp. February 19th, Family Movie Night, 7pm
Total: 430 Meeting, 7:30pm
March 5th, Fat Tuesday Pot Luck Dinner, 7pm
Honorary: 16 February 18th——Social Meeting, March 16th, Annual St. Patrick’s Night at the
Honorary Life: 103 February 25th——Officers Meeting, 7:30pm Races and Dinner, 6pm
Disability: 14
March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, 11:30am

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

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 17 th. 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.

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 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.

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.

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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 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.

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 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!

All Articles for the March Patchogian

must be submitted by

February 20th

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.

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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!

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 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
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.

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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------

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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 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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 COLUMBIETTES CORNER
WE CARE - WE SHARE

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

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

Knights of Columbus Senior Club

Meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the K of C Hall.
1 pm to 3 pm

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
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.

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