“COUNCIL LIFE” Pope Pius XII Council 4422, 18th District

St. Raphael’s Parish

OKTOBER 2015

www.kofc4422.org

GRAND KNIGHTS MESSAGE

Dear Brother Knights,

In the month of September we had our Installation of officers, C&B drive and the St.

Raphael’s Picnic. I want to thank all of you who helped out with these events and keep up the

good work.

This month, we have scheduled our first membership drive and 1st Degree of the Colum-

bian Year. Let’s make an effort in recruiting new members. Remember, recruitment is the life

line in keeping this council alive and growing. So get out there and do your part and get some

new members this month.

Don’t forget about one of the best events we hold is this month, Oktoberfest!!! If you

didn’t buy your tickets, get them soon before they sell out. Paul Wissert and Alan Bacci always

do an amazing job every year with this event and I’m sure this year they will not disappoint. The

food made by Chef John Sarubbi and his crew is always terrific. John has put a menu together

that reveals some of the top German restaurants in the area. He will have a wide variety of Ger-

man faire which will include bratwurst, pork loin, red cabbage and much, much more… So

come out and have some fun dancing and eating the night away. I hope to see you there.

Tom Prykuta is working hard as C&B Chairman so please help him out and get your raf-

fle books in this month. Thanks Tom and keep up the hard work.

We will not be holding our 3rd Sunday repast this month due to the Oktoberfest being the

night before the 3rd Sunday of the month. I do want to thank John Sarubbi for heading up last

month’s repast. John, great job!

I can’t say enough about all of you who have put together the Sands bus trip every month

from Jim O’Brian who organizes the trip to Tom Pykuta, Tom Walawender, and Al Swiderski

who accompanies the bus to Sands and sells the pull tabs and runs the 50/50 during the ride.

Great job guys and keep it up…

God bless,

Vivat Jesus!!!

POPE PIUS XII

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

PO Box 507

East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

www.kofc4422.org

“COUNCIL OFFICERS”

COLUMBIAN YEAR 2014/2015

Chaplain Father Robert Holz 785-0236

Grand Knight Doug Gondek 468-0812

Deputy Grand Knight Al Clancy, PGK (Louise) 781-5852

Chanellor John Pavlica (Teresa) 826-0215

Warden John Sarubbi (Joan) 778-0888

Advocate Don Hoeffner, PGK (Cathy) 794-1968

Financial Secretary Joseph Zink, PGK, FDD (Dorothy) 486-2071

Treasurer Al Swiderski, PGK (Jo) 822-8562

Recorder Tom Donovan, PGK, FDD (Arleen) 486-4828

Inside Guard Daniel McCarthy

Inside Guard

Outside Guard Joe Realmuto 794-6823

Outside Guard

Lecturer Joe Iannone, PGK (Debbie) 565-6375

Trustee 3 years Alan Bacci, PGK

Trustee 2 years John Devany (Jeannine) 794-2147

Trustee-1 years Thomas Prykuta (Cathy) 735-1308

Insurance Agent John M. Kenny 524-1061

john.kenny@KofC.org

NASSAU CONFERENCE DELEGATES

AND THE NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION Doug Gondek, GK Al Clancy, PGK

Alternates John Pavlica John Sarubbi,PGK

NASSAU CHAPTER DELEGATES Doug Gondek, GK Al Clancy, PGK

Thomas J. Donovan, PGK, FDD Joe Iannone, PGK, FDD (Alt)

DISTRICT DEPUTY

District Deputy Martin J. Zafonte mzafont1@optonline.net

Joseph Bacci

Christopher Bonomo

George Brock

James Connors

John Conte

Joseph Cruz

Richard Derby

William Dunkerton

Richard V. Guardino

Timothy Maloney

Christopher Murano

Vincent Notaroberto

James O’Brien

Thomas Prykuta

Pancrazio Salamone

Engene Tiefenwerth

Fr. Tarcitius Toppo

Leonard Volpe Sr.

Fr. John Whelan

FABULOUS FOURTH

TEMPUS FUGIT! For those of you who may have considered becoming Sir Knights, you will have

to wait till 2016, as the deadline for applications this year was September 23, 2015.

We have Three candidates; Our Chaplain Father Holz, Dan Kitson and John Scala, who will be

taking the 4th Degree Exemplification on October 11, 2015. Saint John XXIII Assembly hospitality

room will be in Room # 2090, on the second floor. For those Fourth Degree members who wish to sit

in on the Degree, a tuxedo or dark suit & tie is the appropriate dress code.

Every Knight Should Be A Sir Knight. To learn about the Fourth Degree, you can come to one of

our Council meetings, to get that information, or contact me.

Joe Zink

SICK AND VISITATION

Please pray for the following members who are sick and distressed and can use our support:

Ed Dolan Anthony Sequeira John Devany, PGK John Bonsignore, PGK

Michael Fitzpatrick Al Koening Mark Pozarycki

Chuck Griffiths Al Lusardi James O’Brien Tom Prykuta, PGK

James Taggert Gene Tiefenwerth Selvaraj Anandan Francis Fitzgerald, PGK

For our Deceased Brothers:

Prayers for sick and distressed friends and relatives of Our Council:

JoAnne Brazenor Patricia Skinner Dorothy Robert

Carmen Garcia Rita Ryan Domenica Anzalone Trudy Maron

Mary Pavlica-Lienhop Gerard Boettcher, PGK,

For our deceased friends:

Our Country, The United States of America, needs our prayers for leadership to deal with the many

issues it faces.

Also please keep in your prayers the men and women of our armed forces.

BASEBALL The current Baseball pool winners are:

W/E Name Number Amt For

8/30/15 Richard Fitzgerald 58 $ 5.00 Sat High

9/6/15 Marion Abbott 5 $ 2.50 2 way Sun High

9/13/15 Tom Hollweg 46 $ 1.75 3 way Tues High

“ Dot Robert 28 $ 1.75 3 way Tues High

“ Dan McCarthy 87 $ 5.00 Sat High

9/20/15 Tom Hollweg 46 $ 2.50 2 way Fri High

9/27/15 Joanna Formont 75 $ 2.50 2 way Wed High

These are the winners to date. Final week will be in next month. Football tickets are still

available. Cost is $17 for 17 weeks. Any new players can get in touch with me via phone or e

-mail. Since we are still selling I will publish Football winners next month. As always thanks

for your support.

If you have any questions contact me via email swideze@verizon.net or phone call 516-822-

8562.

SANDS BUS TRIPS

The remaining trips are Oct 17 & Nov 14. Cost is $39 & you get back $30 in coin credit & a

$5 meal voucher. If you plan on going give Jim O’Brien a call at 516-794-7764. He’ll take

your reservations & let you know seat availability. Seats are assigned first come-first served.

Buses leave at 8:30AM form St Raphael’s parking lot & return about 9PM. We spend 7 hrs at

the Sands. See you on the bus.

Schedule of Events

OCTOBER 2015

03 Sat Membership Drive

04 Sun Membership Drive

06 Tue Business Mtg 8 PM

10 Sat Oktoberfest

11 Sun 4th Degree Exemplification

12 Mon Columbus Day

13 Tue District Deputy’s Mtg 7:30 PM

17 Sat Sands Casino

18 Sun K of C Sunday

20 Tue Social Mtg 8 PM

23 Fri Chapter Mtg 8 PM

27 Tue Officers Mtg Budget 7:30 PM

28 Wed 4th Degree Mtg 8 PM

31 Sat Halloween

NOVEMBER 2015

01 Sun All Saints Day Sands Casino

03 Tue Election Day Business Mtg 8 PM

10 Tue District Deputy’s Mtg 7:30 PM

11 Wed Veterans Day

15 Sun K of C Sunday

17 Tue Social Mtg 8 PM

20 Fri Chapter Mtg 8 PM

24 Tue Officers Mtg 7:30 PM

25 Wed 4th Degree Mtg 8 PM

26 Thu Thanksgiving Day

28 Sat Park Creche and Sign

DECEMBER 2015

01 Tue Business Mtg 8 PM

06 Sun Brunch

07 Mon Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

08 Tue District Deputy’s Mtg 7:30 PM

15 Tue Sing a long

18 Fri Chapter Mtg 8 PM

20 Sun K of C Sunday

22 Tue Social Mtg 8 PM

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