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Building a better worldBlessed Stanley Rother and FatherJames Coyle gave their lives in priestlyservice and sacrifice.BY SUPREME KNIGHT CARL A. ANDERSON

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The Knights vs. the KlanAt the peak of the Ku Klux Klan’s popularity,the Knights of Columbus stood as its most vigorous opponent.BY KEVIN COYNE

Iraqi Christians Return HomeOrder helps hundreds of families displaced byIslamic State militants to rebuild their shattered town. BY CAMPBELL MACDIARMID

A Natural ResponseThe Knights of Columbus provides swift relief followingrecent natural disasters.BY COLUMBIA STAFF

Detroit’s Miracle WorkerCapuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey was a humble friar whose witness of faith drew thousands to Christ.BY MIKE STECHSCHULTE

Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson and Supreme Master Dennis J.Stoddard assist members of Bishop Byrne Council 3077 in Hous-ton to load a trailer full of drinking water Sept. 23. The councilserved as the Knights’ command center in Houston for relief effortsfollowing Hurricane Harvey (see article on page 18).

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ON THE COVERMsgr. Bernard J. Quinn, a K of C chaplain, is shownat the orphanage he founded on Long Island, N.Y., in1929. Burned down twice in arson attacks attributed

to the Ku Klux Klan, it was rebuilt in brick.

AFTER FATHER Bernard Quinn wasordained a priest for the Diocese ofBrooklyn in 1912, he approached hisbishop with a special request. Theyoung priest, born to Irish immigrantparents in New Jersey just 24 years ear-lier, sought to start an apostolate to thediocese’s growing African-Americanpopulation, which consisted of thosefleeing the Jim Crow laws of the Southor immigrating from Caribbean coun-tries. After several other assignments,Father Quinn volunteered as a chaplainfor Allied troops during World War I,serving at racially integrated K of C hutsin France. Finally, in 1921, he wasnamed rector of St. Peter ClaverChurch, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s firstparish serving a black community.Inspired by his devotion to St. Thérèse

of Lisieux, who was canonized in 1925and whose birthplace he visited whileserving in France, Msgr. Quinn began aLittle Flower Novena at St. Peter Claver.Before long, 10,000 people of all eth-nicities filled the church each week forthe popular novena, allowing the min-istry to Brooklyn’s black Catholics to ex-pand. This included the building of theLittle Flower House of Providence in1928, an orphanage for black childrenin Wading River, Long Island, whichwas then part of the Brooklyn Diocese.After an arson attack attributed to theKu Klux Klan, Msgr. Quinn had the or-phanage rebuilt. After being burneddown a second time, it was rebuilt inbrick, and a headline in the The BrooklynDaily Eagle read, “New Fireproof Or-phanage Will Defy Incendiary.” It is this

building, together with Msgr. Quinnand first Communicants from the or-phanage, that is seen on the cover of thismonth’s issue of Columbia. Despite receiving numerous death

threats, Msgr. Quinn remained unde-terred in his ministry. He affirmed, “Iwould willingly shed to the last drop mylife’s blood for the least among you.”Msgr. Quinn fell ill and died in 1940 atage 52, and the cause for his canoniza-tion was opened in 2008. His story callsto mind other heroic priests, such asBlessed Stanley Rother and Father JamesCoyle (see page 3), and it is just onechapter in the history of fearless oppo-sition that Catholics, and the Knights ofColumbus in particular, showed to theKu Klux Klan during the Klan’s resur-gence in the 1920s (see page 8).Msgr. Quinn’s story also foreshadows

a historic 1957 essay by Rev. Dr. MartinLuther King Jr., titled “Nonviolenceand Racial Justice” (see page 13). Coin-cidentally, King was born on Msgr.Quinn’s birthday, Jan. 15, 1929, at thetime the Little Flower orphanage wasbeing rebuilt. Msgr. Quinn’s courageousand humble response to those who op-posed his ministry is reflected in King’swords: “At the center of nonviolencestands the principle of love. … Alongthe way of life, someone must havesense enough and morality enough tocut off the chain of hate. This can bedone only by projecting the ethics oflove to the center of our lives.”♦

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BUILDING A BETTER WORLD


Priests for the PeopleBlessed Stanley Rother and Father James Coyle gave their lives in priestly service and sacrifice

by Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson

ON A TRIP TO ROME in the 1980s,I had a long conversation with anAfrican priest who was serving in theVatican. We had become friends, and hehad just returned from a vacation inGuatemala. When I asked him about histrip, he replied that it had gone very well— he had been able to relax, catch upon his reading and get much needed rest. But he was also very troubled by

what he had seen concerning the situa-tion of the indigenous people there.“They treat these people like animals,”he said with emotion. His words struck me, since

years earlier he had livedthrough a violent transition in his own country, from centuries of colonial rule toindependence.I remembered this conversa-

tion in September while at-tending the beatificationceremony of Father Stanley Rother inOklahoma City.Blessed Stanley Rother was a priest

from Oklahoma serving as a missionaryamong the Tz’utujil people in the moun-tains of Guatemala. He was one of 10priests murdered in Guatemala in 1981,and the seventh in less than threemonths. Warned that his name was ona “death list,” he had returned to his par-ents’ farm in Oklahoma, and he couldhave remained there in safety. But Father Rother repeatedly said,

“The shepherd cannot run at the firstsign of danger.” He returned to hisparish in Santiago Atitlán, well aware ofwhat he was facing. A short time later,three men murdered him in his rectory.

St. Francis de Sales once said, “Allthe science of the saints is included inthese two things: To do, and to suffer.And whoever has done these twothings best, has made himself mostsaintly.” Blessed Stanley Rother didboth with great courage.Returning from the beatification of

Father Rother, I also thought of an-other priest — a brother Knight ofColumbus, murdered in his own rec-tory 60 years earlier. At a time when the Ku Klux Klan was

asserting itself as a national power andmobilizing a nationwide anti-immigrantcampaign, Father James Coyle emergedas a spokesman defending the Catholiclaborers in the coal mines and factoriesof northern Alabama. As a result, hesoon became a target of death threats. But like Father Rother, Father Coyle

refused to abandon his flock. On Aug.11, 1921, after celebrating the weddingof the daughter of a Protestant ministerand a Puerto Rican migrant worker, thewoman’s father, who was also a memberof the Klan, approached Father Coyle athis rectory and shot him dead.St. John Paul II often spoke of what

he called the “nuptial mystery” at theheart of Christ’s love for his Church,

which we see reflected in a priest’s lovefor his parishioners. In his book Gift and Mystery, John

Paul II asks, “What does it mean to be apriest?” He then writes, “According to St.Paul, it means above all to be a stewardof the mysteries of God…. The stewardis not the owner, but the one to whomthe owner entrusts his goods…. The

priest receives from Christ thetreasures of salvation.”We see in the sacrifices of

Father Rother and FatherCoyle that they understood, asstewards and shepherds, thatamong the “treasures of salva-tion” entrusted to their carewere the people of God intheir parishes. Both were pre-

pared, at the cost of their very lives, tolive in persona Christi — as priest andvictim for their people.This same devotion is reflected in the

life of our founder, the Venerable Ser-vant of God Father Michael McGivney,whose daily sacrifices for the families ofhis mostly immigrant parish led to thesickness that ended his life at age 38.We are grateful to Pope Francis for

bringing to the attention of the worldthe courageous life of holiness thatmarked the life and death of BlessedStanley Rother. May this saintly priestpray for us and for all Catholics, that we,too, may be worthy stewards of thosegoods the Lord has entrusted to our care.

Vivat Jesus!

Both were prepared, at the costof their very lives, to live

in persona Christi — as priestand victim for their people.

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LEARNING THE FAITH, LIVING THE FAITH


ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER, theauthoritative playbook on how to runa meeting, stipulates that meetingsshould include a segment called the“Good of the Order.” This is timethat is reserved for participants tooffer comments or observations aboutthe organization and its work. It isalso time set aside for disciplinarymatters involving fellow members.That’s what the phrase “the good of

the order” means to those who areskilled parliamentarians. But when Ihear this phrase, I also think aboutthe Knights of Columbus. Ithink about the good of ourOrder, founded in 1882 byVenerable Father Michael J.McGivney. Not even he couldhave imagined how hisbeloved Order would growand the world of good itwould do for its members,their families, the Church, andcommunities all over the world.

STRONG OPINIONSI think about who makes up theKnights of Columbus and all that itdoes in service of others, and I askmyself, “How can I promote the goodof the Order?”Left to my own resources, I can’t

adequately answer that question, forthe good of the Order cannot be re-duced merely to my opinions. Thesame is true of every Knight ofColumbus. The Order we joined isnot a debating society, nor is it anarena where we play out a contest of

wills. Rather, it is an organizationrooted in charity, which expresses it-self in genuine unity of mind andheart and in a brotherhood of service.In fact, our ability to do great good forour members, our Church and ourworld depends on our willingness topreserve and strengthen this solidarity.Time and again, I have experienced

the great dedication of many brotherKnights. In their commitment to theOrder, they are passionate about theprinciples upon which the Knights ofColumbus was founded, about the

brotherhood we share, and about thegood works that we do. Such commit-ment and passion sometimes lead tostrong opinions, and experienceteaches that these opinions can differ.At times, we may disagree with a de-cision made by our local or statecouncil, or with a decision that comesfrom Supreme. After we’ve expressedour opinion respectfully and cogently,we may be upset that our view did notprevail. When that happens, it’s easyto throw our unity and charity underthe proverbial bus. Sadly, somebrother Knights may even decide towalk away.

If and when we reach such a cross-roads, I firmly believe that we need tostop, look, and listen. We have tostop being angry, look at what theOrder is really all about, and listen tothe voice of the Lord.

SOLIDARITY IN CHRISTThe first step is quelling our anger.There is such a thing as just anger

when we see injustice or cor-ruption. However, that is notthe same as harboring enmity,grudges, rivalries or eventhoughts of vengeance againsta person who gets under ourskin. When we nurture ouranger against leaders or othermembers of the Order, we chipaway at the unity and frater-

nity that makes the Knights ofColumbus distinctive and great.Second is the need to look carefully

at what is central in the life of theOrder. The charity we share is notmerely our good will but the charityof Christ. The unity we share is notmerely a human consensus but ratherthe unity of the Holy Trinity. And thebrotherhood we share is that of theSon of God who became one of usand united himself to us. If you thinkthis sounds a bit inflated, please re-consider! Our Order was founded asa Catholic organization by a parishpriest to draw us closer to Christ and

The Good of the OrderWe can overcome disagreements through, and for

the sake of, our shared charity, unity and fraternity

by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori

We share profoundly in one another’s faith and humanity,

and together we open ourselves to God’s grace.


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CHRISTIANS IN ASIA: ThatChristians in Asia, bearing witnessto the Gospel in word and deed,may promote dialogue, peace andmutual understanding, especiallywith those of other religions.

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to the Church. Our principles comefrom the Gospel and lead us deeperinto the Gospel.Our solidarity in Christ, for exam-ple, is more than agreement based oncommon interests. It is a moral virtueand a God-given power to band to-gether to do enormous good. Our fra-ternity is, to be sure, a path to greatfriendships that extend to our familiesand a source of real support in livingour faith, especially in times of trou-ble. But in our solidarity, we are notconfined to our individual interestsand opinions. Rather, we participate

in something much greater than our-selves and accomplish things we couldnever do alone. We share profoundlyin one another’s faith and humanity,and together we open ourselves toGod’s grace. So, while it is natural to get upsetwhen we don’t get our way and ourviews are overridden, we must notstay angry and forget to look at thebigger picture.Finally, we need to listen — firstto the voice of the Lord and of theChurch, then to our loved ones, andthen to our brother Knights. From

time to time, our strong opinionscan make it difficult to pray so as todiscern the will of God and to hearwhat the Church or others aretelling us. Therefore, we need tokeep things in perspective by devel-oping our life of prayer — listeningto the voice of the Lord and seekinghis will in our lives. Then, when wespeak, even if we disagree, our words will have the ring of wisdomand authenticity.With this in mind, let us all de-vote ourselves anew to the good ofthe Order!♦

THE OLDEST of three children,Jérôme Le Royer was born in LaFlèche, France, March 18, 1597. Hewas raised in a devout Catholic familyof the minor nobility. Educated at thelocal Jesuit college, Jérôme’s classmatesincluded future Jesuit missionaries aswell as philosopher René Descartes. A faith-filled and energetic youngman, Jérôme was a member of severalreligious organizations. After his fa-ther’s death in 1618, he succeeded himas tax collector. Three years later, hemarried Jeanne de Baugé, and togetherthey raised five children (two sonswould become priests and both daugh-ters became religious sisters).Jérôme became known for puttinghis faith into action through variouscharitable apostolates. On Feb. 2,1630, after consecrating his family tothe Holy Family, he received an inte-rior call to found a religious commu-nity of sisters to serve the poor and sickunder the patronage of St. Joseph.Many deemed this a “pious fantasy,”because Jérôme was a layman. But aftermuch prayer, he raised funds, trans-formed an old almshouse into a hospi-

tal and founded the Daughters Hospi-tallers of St. Joseph in 1636. He alsoestablished the Confraternity of theHoly Family for lay people. Beginning in 1631, Jérôme also dis-cerned a call to found a colony for theevangelization of the Native Americansin Montreal, Québec. Supported by ahost of benefactors and priests, includ-ing Father Jean-Jacques Olier, founderof the Sulpicians, the astonishing ini-tiative came to fruition. A French set-tlement was established in Montreal in1642, and three Daughters Hospi-tallers of St. Joseph set sail in July 1659to run a hospital there.Jérôme Le Royer died in La Flèchefour months later, on Nov. 6. He wasdeclared Venerable in 2007.♦

Venerable Jérôme LeRoyer de la Dauversière

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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS


College Knights Called to Witness to Unity and Faith

MORE THAN 200 Knights from 84 colleges and univer-sities across the Unites States and Canada convened in NewHaven, Conn., for the 52nd College Councils ConferenceSept. 29-Oct. 1.During the opening awards banquet, Supreme Knight

Carl A. Anderson thanked the young men for their com-mitment to the Order and challenged them to be an ex-ample of unity to a divided nation.“The Knights of Columbus, and especially you as lead-

ers of the Knights of Columbus, need to be an example toa country that is divided by hatred,” the supreme knightsaid. “We have a civil responsibility to demonstrate thestrength of character and principles that bind us togetherand that can bring the country together.”The supreme knight noted that in the face of the many

challenges on college campuses today, “what will sustainyou is your Catholic character and determination.”At the conclusion of the banquet, awards were presented

to college councils for service in the categories of church,community, council, family, youth and culture of life, aswell as for membership and insurance growth. In recogni-tion of accomplishments and service, this year’s Outstand-ing College Council Award was presented to Council16402 at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D.The following day, Deputy Supreme Knight Patrick E.

Kelly addressed participants on the topic of “Leaders for Life.”

“The decision you have made already to align yourselfto the Knights of Columbus can set you on a trajectory ofgood choices,” Kelly said. “Our faith foundation and val-ues are a recipe for a clear conscience and a good life.”The conference featured a series of talks and breakout

sessions, fraternal activities and prayer. The Knights alsovisited Supreme Council headquarters, the Knights ofColumbus Museum and St. Mary’s Church, the birthplaceof the Order.At St. Mary’s, Dominican Father Jonathan Kalisch, di-

rector of chaplains and spiritual development, celebratedMass for the college Knights, and Dominican Father JohnPaul Walker, pastor of St. Mary’s Parish, gave the homily. “I challenge you to see each of yourselves as messengers

of mercy, being sent to that periphery of your campus,”Father Walker said. “None is beyond God’s mercy. Whatmatters for each human being is not where we begin butwhere we end.”He added that growing in the knightly virtues of

courage, honor and character, together with devotion tothe Order’s founder, Venerable Father Michael J. Mc-Givney, will “help us as men of God and as Knights totransform our campuses and build together an authenti-cally human society.”The Mass concluded with prayers at the tomb of Father

McGivney, located at the back of the church.♦

Knights from 84 colleges and universities, together with two dozen concelebrating K of C chaplains, stand together following Mass at St. Mary’s Churchin New Haven, Conn., Oct. 1.


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Order Hosts Meeting of International Alliance of Catholic KnightsFROM SEPT. 9-15 in Washington,D.C., the Knights of Columbus hostedthe 27th biennial meeting of the Inter-national Alliance of Catholic Knights(IACK). Supreme Treasurer Ronald F.Schwarz represented the Knights ofColumbus at the meeting of fraternalleaders, which primarily took place atthe Saint John Paul II National Shrinebut also included visits to many otherCatholic and civic sites in the area.The group’s international chaplain,

Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, La., addressed the meetingSept. 12. “How grateful the Church isfor you and for the many volunteerswhom you represent here today,” hesaid. “In the name of all my brotherbishops whom you offer great assis-tance, I express thanks to you for allthat you do for the Church!”Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, arch-

bishop of Washington, celebrated Massfor the participants the next day. In hishomily, he noted, “Whatever the historyof individual knighthoods and whateverthe focus of its specific charter, allknights have in common the desire to… bear witness and testify in word anddeed to the truth of our Catholic faith.”

Originally founded in Glasgow,Scotland, in October 1979 for the pur-pose of working together and extend-ing Catholic Knighthood throughoutthe world, IACK began with six frater-nal orders: the Knights of St. Columba,the Knights of Columbus, the Knightsof St. Columbanus, the Knights of theSouthern Cross of Australia, theKnights of Da Gama and the Knightsof the Southern Cross of New Zealand.

Since that time, nine other ordershave been admitted: the Knights ofMarshall, the Knights of St. Mu-lumba, the Knights of St. PeterClaver, the Knights of St. Virgil, theFraternal Order of Sts. Peter and Paul,the Knights of St. Gabriel, theKnights of St. Thomas the Apostle,Ordre des Chevaliers de Marie Reinede la Paix, and the Knights of St.Thomas More.♦

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, and Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, La., join Supreme Treasurer Ronald F. Schwarz (top right) and other leaders of theInternational Alliance of Catholic Knights following Mass at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine.

Sports Leaders Join Knights to Distribute Coats for Kids in ChicagoMike Ditka, the NFL Hall of Fame playerand former coach of the Chicago Bears, joinsSupreme Secretary Michael J. O’Connor at aKnights of Columbus Coats for Kids eventin Chicago Sept. 14.

More than 300 children received wintercoats at the event, which took place at St. Agnesof Bohemia Catholic School. Darrell Miller,a former MLB catcher/outfielder, and FatherBurke Masters, vocations director for theDiocese of Joliet and chaplain of the ChicagoCubs, also participated.

Since the Knights of Columbus Coats forKids initiative began in 2009, the Order hasdistributed more than 400,000 winter coatsto children in cold weather cities throughoutNorth America.



One evening in the summer of 1923, Supreme AdvocateLuke E. Hart looked out the window of the train he was

riding through southern Indiana. “The lights of the automobiles lit up the roads for miles and

made quite an impression on the travelers on our train,” hewrote in a letter the next day. He estimated that there were “notless than 1,000 automobiles filled with members of the Ku KluxKlan” returning from a KKK parade in the town of Orleans.

A St. Louis lawyer, Hart had been named supreme advocatebarely a year earlier, at a time when the Klan was on the rise andon the attack. The Klan and its allies’ campaign of racial and re-ligious bigotry extended to Catholics in general and the Knightsin particular — portraying Catholics as foreign invaders be-holden only to Rome, and the Knights as the Church’s enforcers.

The introduction of a 1921 KKK pamphlet titled The KuKlux Klan or the Knights of Columbus Klan referred to theKnights of Columbus as “the Pope’s Knights of Mob andMurder, his Militia of Christ, his pliant tools who have boundthemselves together in a secret, unholy compact to destroyour free American Public School system, our Constitutionand its guarantees.” It further stated, “Apparently the organi-zation most interested in the destruction of the Ku Klux Klanis the Roman Catholic Order of the Knights of Columbus.”

The Klan grasped one grain of truth: The Knights ofColumbus did indeed work to counter the Klan’s maliciousideology. Moreover, the Order’s passionate, nonviolent re-sponse to the Klan’s anti-Catholicism, racism and historicalrevisionism remains a model for Knights today.

At the peak of the Ku Klux Klan’s popularity, the Knights of Columbus stood as its most vigorous opponent

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NATIVIST SLANDER & VIOLENCEThe size and reach of the Ku Klux Klan, and the racist, nativistbeliefs it traffics in, have ebbed and flowed through the historyof the United States. Born in the South after the Civil War,the group’s hatred was initially aimed at newly freed slaves andYankee carpetbaggers. The Klan surged again in the years be-fore Hart’s train ride, spreading to the rest of the nation andbroadening its list of enemies at a time when racial and culturalprejudice was magnified by political and economic fears.

Immigrants — “Italian anarchists, Irish-Catholic malcon-tents,” as a Klan pamphlet of the era described them, “thescum of the Mediterranean and the middle European coun-tries … masses of ignorant, superstitious, religious devotees… festering sores on the American body politic” — were still

arriving at a pace that alarmed those who believed that theUnited States was, and should remain, a nation of whiteAnglo-Saxon Protestants.

The Klan cast itself as the sentinel against the kind of rapidsocial change that many Americans found unsettling. Mem-bership soared past 4 million by the early 1920s, large enoughto gain wide political influence and sway elections. For exam-ple, the Klan was instrumental in electing governors or sena-tors in Oregon, Oklahoma, Indiana, Colorado, Maine andTexas, as well as many local government officials.

As the size of the Klan peaked, so did its battle with theKnights — fought with legal briefs and letters, pamphletsand magazines, speeches and meetings, and sometimes withviolence.

Ku Klux Klan members march inWashington, D.C., Aug. 8, 1925.

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Knights and their allies from around the country reportedon the Klan’s actions in missives addressed to Supreme Advo-cate Hart — typed neatly on the letterheads of parishes andlocal councils, scrawled hastily in pencil on pages torn fromnotebooks, dispatched urgently in telegrams. From Santa Maria, Calif.: The Klan was invited to march

in the Armistice Day parade, but the Knights were not. FromScottdale, Pa.: “The Klan is just now running the town, orthink they are.” From York, Pa.: The Klan was sponsoring ap-pearances by Neva Miller Moss, a “self-styled ex-nun” ped-dling copies of her salacious book, Behind Convent Walls. Many of the complaints concerned the Klan’s circulation

of the “Bogus Oath,” a compendium of lurid anti-Catholicfantasies that had been circulating in various forms for cen-turies, but that had been attached most persistently in recentyears to the Knights. It was purported to be an oath takenby Fourth Degree members and included such intentions asto “hang, burn, waste, boil, flay, strangle and bury alive”

Protestant “heretics” and to undermine civil government. In Terre Haute, Ind., Klansmen rode through the night

tossing copies of the Bogus Oath onto lawns and porches. “Each pamphlet was wadded up and jammed into a wooden

clothes-pin, thus making it easier to hurl,” one letter reported.In Kingsville, Texas, copies of the Bogus Oath in Spanish“caused quite a little excitement among our Mexican popula-tion,” another correspondent wrote.Protected by the dominance of the Klan in some regions,

KKK members went beyond propaganda to commit acts ofviolence. On an August afternoon in 1921, at St. Paul’s Catholic

Church in Birmingham, Ala., the pastor, Father James E.Coyle, presided at the wedding of Ruth Stephenson, a recentconvert, and Pedro Gussman, who was Puerto Rican. Bornand ordained in Ireland, Father Coyle had spent 25 years inAlabama ministering to immigrant Catholics, many of themdrawn to work in the mills, mines and foundries. He was a

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charter member of Mobile Council 666 and chaplain of Birm-ingham Council 635.An hour after the wedding, Father Coyle was sitting on the

porch of his rectory when Rev. Edwin R. Stephenson, aMethodist minister, approached with a gun. The minister,who was the bride’s father and a Klansman, shot the priest inthe head, killing him. The Klan paid for his lawyers, three ofwhom were members. The fourth, Hugo Black, who later be-came a U.S. Senator and Supreme Court justice, also joinedthe Klan after the trial. The judge and the foreman of the jurywere both Klansmen as well. After a weeklong trial, the juryreturned quickly with its verdict: not guilty.Several years later, as the Knights of Columbus spoke out

strongly against Mexico President Plutarco Elías Calles andthe violent persecution of the Church in Mexico, the Klan of-fered its own members as soldiers for the Calles regime in theevent that they were necessary.

K OF C RESISTANCEThe Knights’ first Spanish-speaking council in the UnitedStates, Del Norte Council 2592 in El Paso, Texas, repelled aKlan attempt to take over the school board and mayor’s officein 1922. K of C members followed Klansmen to their secretmeetings and then wrote down their license plate numbersand made their names public.K of C councils in other cities, such as Anaheim, Calif.,

had similar success in countering the Klan’s infiltration oflocal government.Sometimes, the Knights answered the Klan with their own

show of force. In 1924, after hooded Klansmen abducted, se-verely beat and mutilated Father John Conoley in Gainesville,Fla., Knights armed with shotguns stood in the windows ofthe rectory, protecting another priest and the church itselffrom the Klan’s threats to burn it. Most often, the Knights responded simply by using words,

reason and the law. Anyone circulating the Bogus Oath gota stern cease-and-desist letter from Luke Hart. Those whofailed to comply got a libel suit. The editor of the Rail Split-ter Press, which published reams of anti-Catholics tracts,called Hart’s letter “the most damnable piece of papal inso-lence that has ever come into this office,” but he neverreprinted the oath again. Rewards were offered to anyone who could prove the oath

was genuine. “It was clamoring to be claimed, but no onecame,” the bishop of Galveston wrote about the $5,000 de-posits that waited in banks in each of the five Texas dioceses— $25,000 with no takers.The Knights also distributed literature of their own, in-

cluding pamphlets reprinting speeches against the Klan bypublic figures. “I heard of the Knights of Columbus on the battlefields of

France; I heard of them in the hospitals over there nursing

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the boys; but I did not hear anything of the Klan over there,and no masks were worn over there except gas masks,” de-clared Mississippi Sen. LeRoy Percy after a Klan representativehad spoken at the county courthouse in Greenville, Miss. “Ifyou love your people, if you love the welfare of your commu-nity, do not be led off after this firebrand creed that is builton dissension, hatred and factional strife.”In the tumultuous debate over who was, or ought to be,

American, the Knights published more substantial volumes,too, defending not only their organization and their faith buttheir larger belief in an open and diverse nation. The Knights of Columbus Historical Commission was es-

tablished in 1921, and three years later, it published the RacialContributions Series: The Gift of Black Folk: The Negroes inthe Making of America, by W.E.B. DuBois; The Jews in theMaking of America by George Cohen; and The Germans in theMaking of America by Frederick Schrader.Around the same time, a KKK pamphlet titled Knights of

the Klan versus the Knights of Columbus portrayed Catholicand Jewish immigrants as a menace to U.S. society.Christopher Columbus, too, received the Klan’s hatred. Eager

to defame this Catholic, non-Anglo explorer, celebrated by im-migrants, the Klan targeted anything that honored him. InOregon, for example, the Klan fought to get rid of ColumbusDay. In places such as Richmond, Va., and Easton, Pa., theKlan nearly succeeded in blocking the erection of statues ofColumbus. Elsewhere, Klansmen disrupted Columbus Day cel-ebrations, such as with a cross burning in Nanty Glo, Pa. Whereas KKK publications called Columbus Day “a papal

fraud,” the Knights insisted that U.S. citizens’ embrace ofColumbus — and the immigrants he represented — enrichedrather than threatened American identity.

DEFENDING RELIGIOUS LIBERTYThe Knights’ most lasting victory over the Ku Klux Klan wasin a legal battle that went all the way to the U.S. SupremeCourt. In the 1920s, several states tried to force Catholicschool children out of parochial schools and into public ones,but none were as successful as Oregon, where the Klan wasstrong and Catholics were sparse.In the 1922 Oregon state election, the Klan supported Wal-

ter M. Pierce for governor, as well as the ballot initiative thatPierce endorsed. Later known as the Oregon School Law, itrequired all children to attend public school through eighthgrade. Pierce and the ballot initiative both won.“There is only one way left for us to defeat this infamous

law, and that is through the courts,” wrote the Knights’ statedeputy of Oregon. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty agreed. “I call upon

members of this Order everywhere,” he wrote, “to rally in de-fense of the Catholic schools.”The plaintiff in the case was an order of teaching nuns,

the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, and theKnights helped finance their legal battle. When the SupremeCourt eventually ruled unanimously against the Oregon law

in 1925, the Knights saw not just a legal victory but also amoral one. “We see about us the fruits of irreligion, and we see that

they are bitter fruits. It is clear to us that if the seeds of irre-ligion are sown and resown, our nation will reap a dangerousharvest indeed,” Flaherty wrote. “Let us be proud of our partin the good fight, let us rejoice that when, in the dark hoursof bigotry’s first threatening advance, the victims of a smalland prejudiced group sought our aid, they didn’t seek in vain.”Although the Klan was shrinking in numbers and influence

by the end of the 1920s, conflicts continued.After Msgr. Bernard J. Quinn, the founder of the first

church for black Catholics in Brooklyn, established a Catholicorphanage for black children on Long Island, it was burneddown twice in arson attacks attributed to the Klan. Msgr.

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Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944), a longtime governor of New York andmember of Dr. John G. Coyle Council 163 in New York City, givesa speech as the Democratic candidate in the 1928 U.S. presidential race.Smith was vehemently opposed by the Ku Klux Klan, which burnedcrosses during his campaign and claimed that “A Vote for Al Smith Is aVote for the Pope.”


KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS PROMOTE MLK’S MESSAGE OF NONVIOLENCE

JUST HOURS after the mass shootingin Las Vegas, a group of Christian lead-ers gathered at the Martin Luther KingJr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., fora news conference organized by theKnights of Columbus Oct. 2.Leaders from the Knights, the Seymour

Institute, the Church of God in Christ(COGIC), and the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops (USCCB) endorsed Dr.King’s message of nonviolence, famouslyoutlined in his 1957 essay, “Nonviolenceand Racial Justice.” They called on reli-gious leaders of all denominations to joinUSCCB president Cardinal Daniel Di-Nardo of Galveston-Houston and BishopGeorge V. Murry, S.J., of Youngstown,Ohio, chair of the USCCB’s new Ad HocCommittee Against Racism, in signing aletter committing to these principles. Citing the Las Vegas tragedy and

other contemporary challenges, “includ-ing a renewed racism by groups like theKu Klux Klan,” Supreme Knight Carl A.Anderson warned against discourage-ment or despair. While things lookedbleak in the early stages of the civilrights movement, Dr. King held fast tothe American principle that all are cre-ated equal and that there “can be noplace for political violence,” said Ander-son. “Dr. King held that high groundand people rallied to him.”

Pentecostal minister Rev. EugeneRivers, founder of the Seymour Insti-tute, and COGIC Bishop Edwin Bassalso called for 2018 to be declared theYear of Martin Luther King Jr., as nextyear marks the 50th anniversary ofKing’s assassination.Bishop Murry said, “Nonviolence is

the prerequisite to hearing each other’sstories and entering into an honest dia-logue.” Such dialogue, he added, can“open roads to justice and reconciliationthat will lead to the true communion ofcivic friendship.”Visit kofc.org/nonviolence for more

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From left: Rev. William Bass; Rev. Eugene Rivers, founder and director of the W. J. Seymour Institutefor Black Church and Policy Studies in Boston; Bishop Edwin Bass, president of the Church of God inChrist Urban Initiatives; Jesuit Bishop George Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, chair of the U.S. Conferenceof Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism; and Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson.

Quinn, who had previously served as a K of C chaplain inWorld War I, responded by simply rebuilding the orphanage,the second time in stone and brick.That same year, the Klan met Al Smith’s presidential cam-

paign train to Oklahoma with fiery KKK crosses.“I here and now drag them into the open and I denounce

them as a treasonable attack upon the very foundations ofAmerican liberty,” Smith said about the Klan to a packedcrowd of 10,000 in the Oklahoma City Coliseum Sept. 29.“Nothing could be so contradictory to our whole history.Nothing could be so false to the teachings of our divine Lordhimself. The world knows no greater mockery than the useof the blazing cross, the cross upon which Christ died, as asymbol to instill into the hearts of men a hatred of theirbrethren while Christ preached and died for the love and

brotherhood of man.”Though Smith, who was a member of Dr. John G. Coyle

Council 163 in New York City, ultimately lost the election,the Klan’s influence continued to decline.But decades later, when another Knight, John F. Kennedy,

a member of Bunker Hill Council 62 in Charlestown, Mass.,ran for president in 1960, the Bogus Oath surfaced yet again.Led by Luke Hart, who had served as supreme knight since

1953, the Knights once again responded. Through publica-tions, lawsuits and public witness, the Order was determinedto stamp out the Klan’s bigotry and falsehoods for good.♦

KEVIN COYNE is an award-winning writer and professor atthe Columbia School of Journalism. He lives with his familyin Freehold, N.J.



The photograph on the floor of Sab-hia Franso’s destroyed house in

Karamles recalled more peaceful times inIraq. The black and white pictureshowed a crowd watching a float passingin a parade. Atop the float is a crossstanding beside a mosque. “Peace comesto a peaceful community” is writtenbelow. On the back of the photo in blueink: “Mosul Spring Festival 1970.”Franso said those memories have now

been replaced by the horror of more re-cent events. The 66-year-old womanand her 85-year-old husband wereamong the last of the nearly 10,000 in-habitants of Karamles to leave after Is-lamic State fighters overran their villageon the Nineveh Plain in August 2014.Robbed at gunpoint and then forced toflee on foot, they have spent the lastthree years living nearly 50 miles to theeast in Erbil, the capital of the KurdistanRegion of Iraq.Now, with ISIS driven from northern

Iraq, they are among the first families tohave returned to their ancestral home-land, thanks in large part to an initiativelaunched by the Knights of Columbusat the 135th Supreme Convention in St.Louis Aug 1. “The Knights of Columbus is taking a

concrete step to save Christianity in Iraq,”

announced Supreme Knight Carl A. An-derson during his annual report. “Thisweekend, your board of directors has au-thorized a new effort to raise $2 millionto save a Christian town on the NinevehPlain. ... Now we will ensure that hun-dreds of Christian families driven fromtheir homes will return.” In September, Franso wept as she en-

tered her demolished home. Before, itwas filled with happy memories of neigh-bors gathering in the living room beforewalking to church. Now, it was filledwith dust and rubble from an airstrike. Still, it’s good to be back, even if she

and her husband are living temporarilyin a nearby house that has already beenrestored. “Better to be back here, becauseit’s our village,” she affirmed.

BUILDING FROM RUINS Since 2014, the Order’s ChristianRefugee Relief Fund has donated morethan $13 million in humanitarian assis-tance, primarily in Iraq, Syria and thesurrounding region. “Without the help of the Knights of

Columbus, the Christians of Iraq wouldhave disappeared,” said ChaldeanCatholic Archbishop Bashar Matti Wardaof Erbil, under whose auspices much ofthe refugee relief has been provided.

IRAQI CHRISTIANS RETURN HOMEOrder helps hundreds of families displaced byIslamic State militants to rebuild their shattered town

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The K of C initiative to resettle and rebuild Karamles ispart of the Nineveh Reconstruction Project, administered inpartnership with the international papal charity Aid to theChurch in Need as well as local Christian communities.

In October last year, at the start of the military operationto liberate Nineveh province, Iraqi security forces drove theIslamic State from Karamles. Nearly nine months later, inearly July, the remaining fighters were dislodged from Mosul,Iraq’s second largest city, located just 20 miles west of Karam-les. Today, only isolated pockets of Islamic State resistance re-main elsewhere in Iraq.

In September, the government restored electricity toKaramles, though as with other towns across Iraq service hasbeen patchy.

“Water is on for six to eight hours a day,” said Father Tha-bet Habib Yousif, who is overseeing the restoration of thetown from a busy church hall filled with paint, plaster andplumbing fittings.

The 41-year-old Chaldean Catholic priest was among thefirst residents to return in October 2016, just two days afterthe town was liberated.

“I expended a lot of effort to get here, and it was very dan-gerous,” he recalled as he walked through the town’s quietstreets.

When he first arrived, Father Thabet found the churchesburned, the cemetery vandalized. Every house was damaged —whether by arson, looting or neglect. His own childhood home

had been destroyed in an airstrike. His response was stoic: “Weexpected the destruction. We have to start rebuilding.”

The task was a massive one, yet speed was imperative.Since being displaced, more than 200 Karamles families hadleft Iraq permanently. Some 500 more were living in exile incramped displacement centers, rented homes or with rela-tives, in or around Erbil. Within a week of the town’s liber-ation, Father Thabet was directing a team of local buildersand laborers.

In September, Father Thabet stopped at St. Addai CatholicChurch to inspect the work of plasterers covering up smokedamage from an arson attack that destroyed parts of the build-ing. A portrait of the church’s patron saint still hung in tatters,and bullet holes defaced the marble altar.

Masses were being held at the nearby St. Mary Chapel, thetown’s most ancient house of worship. More than 150 peopleattended Mass for the feast of the Exaltation of the HolyCross Sept. 14.

“All will be repaired by Christmas,” Father Thabet said,though he planned to leave the marble doorway soot-black-ened as a reminder.

Already, more than 120 families are back home, living inhouses that have been restored through the K of C-supportedNineveh Restoration Project.

“This project has had an immediate impact on the dis-placed people from Karamles,” Archbishop Warda said. “Be-fore, most of these people were completely filled with

Above: A newly erected cross stands in a Karamles plaza that was devastated by Islamic State militants who had overrun the town until it was liberated inOctober 2016. • Opposite page: Shafiq Shabi; his wife, Shatha Shamoon Tajo; their daughter, Andriana; and their son, Arenz, are pictured in the home ofa neighbor in Karamles Sept. 16 after spending three years in displacement. Their own house is being repaired with the help of the Knights of Columbus.



uncertainty. They wanted to move back to their homes, butmost of them had no money to repair them. This project hasallowed them to begin moving back as a group, which hasmade all the difference.”Calling the project a “tremendous success,” Archbishop

Warda added that more help was critical. “We still have severalmore towns that need a project like this in order for them tobe stabilized enough so that the long term rebuilding of viablecommunities can take place.”

FERTILE GROUND FOR HOPE In the heart of Karamles, a small grocery store has alreadyopened. Maher Lahib, the 24-year-old storekeeper, said thatwhen his family returned July 24, they were the first to stayand live full time in Karamles since the liberation.“We came back to repair our home, open our shop and

plant our fields,” Lahib said. “In Erbil we were paying for rent,and we just didn’t have the ability to keep paying.”After local militias known as the Nineveh Protection Units,

consisting largely of Assyrian Christians, took charge of secu-rity for the village and nearby towns, his family was not afraidto return. “We have faith in God,” he said, “and also the guards who

protect the village.”Lahib offered to leave his store to show off his family’s re-

planted fields, a short walk outside the town. After lying fal-low for three years, the fields have sprung back to life afterplanting, though the olive trees have died without water. Lush

rows of eggplants, beans, cucumbers, peppers and arugula arealready producing healthy crops. “We’ve been farmers for a long time; we’re experienced,”

said Lahib. “Things grow fast.” Maher Lahib’s 20-year-old brother, Miron, was tending the

fields with his friend, Sam Haitham, 17. After watering theplants, they checked the springloaded traps they had laid outaround a pool of water. The traps are intended to catch crop-eating sparrows, which make good eating themselves whencaught, according to Miron. Boiled or fried, they are espe-cially good with beer, he said. Back at Maher’s store, 42-year-old Shafiq Shabi dropped in

to buy a bag of locally grown green peppers, two pounds for750 dinars (about 60 cents). Shabi had recently returnedhome and was happy to be back, a broad smile spreadingacross his face. “It’s my village and I’m comfortable here,” he said with joy.Shabi strode off, stopping to kiss a neighbor’s baby, but

then returned to invite us for coffee with his family. Becausetheir home was still damaged, they were living in the houseof a neighbor who had emigrated to the United States. Sucharrangements are common in Karamles, allowing families toreturn quickly while their homes are being repaired. As his wife, Shatha Shamoon Tajo, poured coffee, she also

could not help smiling. “We’re living in heaven,” she said. “I’m smiling at every-

thing at the moment. When we were displaced in 2014, wedidn’t have hope that we would ever be able to return.”

A tradesman repairs damage to St. Addai Catholic Church in Karamles, Iraq.


Living in displacement was a source of endless depression,she recalled. The stress and sorrow manifested itself in vagueailments. “We were going to the doctors a lot,” she said. “But we didn’t

want to leave Iraq. We have deep roots in this village, our fore-fathers are from here. How could we leave the land that be-longed to our grandfathers? Since we’ve been back, everyoneis happy and we have energy again. No more doctors.”Still, a major challenge remains, said Shabi. Like many men

in this largely agricultural community renowned for its pro-duce, Shabi is a farmer. But his fields have yet to be clearedof mines. Last month, sheep grazing on a nearby hill deto-nated two hidden explosive devices. The unexploded rocketsand mortars lying in nearby fields make it clear that manymore explosive devices need to be removed. With military and demining agencies busy clearing homes

in urban areas, the fields have yet to be prioritized. “If thelands are cleared, then we will replant,” said Shabi. This hasn’t dampened his mood though, he said, his green

eyes twinkling. He’s just happy to be home again. “We’re sleeping easy with the security, and there’s electricity

and water,” he said. “This is a happy ending to a sad story.” ♦

CAMPBELL MACDIARMID is a New Zealand freelance jour-nalist currently based in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.


ON NOV. 26, the Solemnity of Christ the King, theKnights of Columbus will join the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops in sponsoring a day of prayer for per-secuted Christians. This day will kick off a week of aware-ness and education on the issue of Christian persecution,concluding Dec. 2. During the week of awareness, Knights are encouraged

to work with their parishes to distribute materials on thisissue and raise money in support of the Order’s initiativeto provide $2 million to resettle and rebuild Karamles,an ancient Christian town in Iraq that had been occupiedby Islamic State militants. Christian families have alreadybegun returning to Karamles at a cost of about $2,000per family.“The survival of Christianity in the Middle East hangs

in the balance,” said Supreme Knight Carl Anderson dur-ing his annual report in St. Louis Aug. 1. “I ask everycouncil to make sure that this effort receives the highestpriority within your council and your parish.”Donations can be made at christiansatrisk.org or

by calling 1-800-694-5713. For more information, visitkofc.org/weekofawareness.♦

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO

CO-SPONSOR WEEK OF AWARENESS

FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS

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Twenty-year-old Miron Lahib (left) and his friend Sam Haitham, 17,take a break from working on the Lahib family farm in Karamles.• Right:A man holding his daughter sells snacks and locally grown vegetables outsidehis family’s recently reopened store in Karamles.



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To provide relief to those affected by catastrophic naturaldisasters that struck the southern United States, Mexico

and the Caribbean beginning in late August, the Knights ofColumbus launched a nationwide appeal for donations andmobilized at the local, state and national levels to deliver food,water and other necessities to those in need. The K of C appeal began after Hurricane Harvey made

landfall Aug. 25, inundating a wide swath of the Texas GulfCoast with record-breaking flooding. It continued throughHurricane Irma’s torrential onslaught of Florida Sept. 10, Hur-ricane Maria’s pounding of Puerto Rico Sept. 20 and the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked central Mexico Sept. 19.In the weeks that followed, more than $2.8 million was col-

lected via Knights of Columbus Charities, with 100 percentof donations going directly to relief efforts. Meanwhile,Knights on the ground also distributed more than $720,000in food, water and other critical supplies.“Charity has always been the defining characteristic of the

Knights of Columbus, and people — both those in distress

and those who want to help — have placed a great deal of trustin us,” said Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson, who visited thedevastated Galveston-Houston area with other K of C leadersSept. 23-24. “The outpouring of generosity to our appeal byour members and others has been greatly appreciated. Manyof these volunteer Knights own homes and property that havebeen destroyed and yet are putting the needs of others in frontof their own.”During the two-day visit, Anderson was joined by Supreme

Treasurer Ronald Schwarz, Supreme Master Dennis Stoddardand Texas State Deputy Douglas Oldmixon. They met withlocal K of C leaders and volunteers, archdiocesan officials andindividual Knights and families affected by Harvey.

THE STORMS CLEARThe areas hit hardest by Harvey were Houston and Beau-mont, where 64 inches of rainfall in nearby towns shatteredthe U.S. storm record. The hurricane forced some 35,000people to evacuate their homes, damaged or destroyed

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135,000 houses and left 82 people dead.As part of the immediate response, the Texas State Council

identified families and communities most in need and mobi-lized its Disaster Response Program (see sidebar on page 21).“It starts with preparation,” explained Bob Sumicek, the

program’s regional coordinator for southeast Texas. “I’m al-ways gratified to know we’ve been able to help so many.”Scores of K of C councils across the affected region opened

their facilities to serve as shelters, distribution centers andmeal sites. Members of Ingleside Council 11570, for example,opened their hall to emergency personnel who used the loca-tion as a staging area, and also fed some 1,000 people. In Dickinson, where the Shrine of the True Cross was badly

damaged by floodwaters, members of Father Roach Council3217 used boats to evacuate a priest from the shrine and localresidents from their homes. The council then turned its hallinto a makeshift church.General Agent Joseph Hernandez of the Knights of

Columbus South Texas Agency helped organize an immensenumber of local K of C relief and recovery efforts across morethan a dozen dioceses, including 50 percent of the councilsin the Corpus Christi Diocese. As a result, some 8,000 af-fected people were fed while Knights provided over 5,000hours in relief work.“When Knights are united for a common cause, what ob-

stacle can we not overcome?” Hernandez said. “Many of usjoined the Order to give back in a unique way and to be partof something bigger than ourselves. This was a perfect exam-ple of what it means to be a Knight.”Deliveries of much-needed supplies and donations also arrived


Residents wade through floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey Aug. 28 inBeaumont Place, Texas.

IN THE DELUGE after Hurricane Harvey’s landfall,U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Cortez and his father, Paul, bothmembers of Santa Francesca Cabrini Council 15321 inHouston, pushed through chest-deep water with a kayakin tow to rescue 27 neighbors trapped in their homes. Fortheir bravery, Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson pre-sented the Caritas Award to Paul and Jacob Cortez inHouston Sept. 23.“I’m extremely humbled to be recognized for something

that I thought was just us doing our part,” 1st Lt. Cortez said.Established by the Knights of Columbus Board of Direc-

tors in 2013, the Caritas Award recognizes “exemplaryworks of charity” and includes a medal featuring an imageof the Good Samaritan.♦

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from Knights in Louisiana, Indiana, Washington, Michigan andFlorida, among other jurisdictions.In early September, Hurricane Irma churned a destructive

course across the Caribbean, prompting the largest evacua-tion in Florida’s history. Making landfall in the Florida KeysSept. 10, Irma inflicted widespread destruction, including atleast 80 deaths throughout the state.As with Harvey, K of C councils acted quickly to assist

those in need.“As soon as the storm cleared, the Knights of Columbus

were underway trying to find ways to help people who weresuffering,” said Father Robert Kantor, pastor of St. AgnesChurch in Naples and chaplain of St. Agnes Council 14202. Because his parish survived with all buildings structurally

sound and power restored after three days, “we were able toturn the parish center into a disaster response location for theKnights of Columbus,” Father Kantor said. “At a time likethis, the council showed us what they are made of in terms offaith and service.”Jose Padilla, grand knight of San Carlos Council 2596 in

downtown Fort Myers, led a Knights cookout and distribu-tion at Jesus the Worker Church Sept. 16. “Folks from the neighborhood came in under the tent and

we provided them with food and water,” Padilla said. Father Patrick O’Connor, OFSF, pastor of Jesus the Worker

Parish and chaplain of Jesus Obrero Council 10886, said, “Wewere really kind of a ground zero for the hurricane and werehit pretty hard. It is very beautiful that many English- andSpanish-speaking Knights are helping immigrants who aregoing through a tough time.”

‘A GREAT FORCE FOR GOOD’Knights also put their faith in action after back-to-back earth-quakes battered Mexico Sept. 8 and 19, with a death toll ofmore than 300, and Hurricane Maria made a decimating directhit on Puerto Rico Sept. 20, cutting off power on the entireisland and leaving scores of people dead or unaccounted for.The Supreme Council sent a donation of $100,000 to the

Archdiocese of San Juan Sept. 22 to assist with immediate re-lief efforts. A second donation of $100,000 was distributedamong the dioceses of Mexico City, Puebla and Cuernavacato assist earthquake victims.A number of councils in Mexico South and Mexico Central

set up centers to collect food, water, medicine, clothing andother supplies.In collaboration with Caritas and Bishop Faustino Ar-

mendáriz of Querétaro, the state chaplain, Knights in MexicoCentral delivered a trailer of the collected supplies to the Dio-cese of Cuernavaca, one of the most damaged areas.“It gives us great satisfaction being able to bring help di-

rectly to the affected communities and assist those who aremost in need,” said Francisco Sáenz Muñoz, state deputy ofMexico Central. “Together, we are a great force for good.” Earlier in the month, members of Eugenio Balmori

Martínez Council 13199 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico South,drove supplies to the town of Unión Hidalgo in Oaxaca,which was affected by the first earthquake.In Puerto Rico, 90 percent of the population still had no

power three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island.“The electrical grid and communication system was wiped

out, with roads washed away and many towns inaccessible

Gene Kranz (center), a retired fighter pilot and NASA flight director whose home was severely damaged by Hurricane Harvey, walks with (from left)Supreme Treasurer Ron Schwarz, Supreme Master Dennis Stoddard, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson and Texas State Deputy Douglas Oldmixonthrough the streets of Dickinson, Texas, Sept. 24. Kranz, a Fourth Degree Knight, was portrayed by the actor Ed Harris in the film Apollo 13.



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DURING THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH of Hur-ricane Katrina in August 2005, Bob Sumicek, a memberof Memorial Council 6527 in Houston, recognized anurgent need for organized relief efforts following hurri-canes and other natural disasters. “Nobody plans for these things, but we know that

they happen,” he said. By the time Hurricane Rita ar-rived a month after Katrina, the Texas State Council hadenough resources in place to distribute tens of thousandsof dollars in immediate emergency aid.Since that time, the Texas State Council’s Emergency

Response Program has developed to include five regionalemergency response coordinators, 17 diocesan coordi-nators and hundreds of coordinators at the council level.In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the Texas Knights werequickly able to identify those most in need, organize nu-merous service activities and provide financial assistancethrough an application and grant process.Sumicek urges other jurisdictions to create similar pro-

grams of their own. “Every state needs to start planningnow,” he said, so that they can better respond when nat-ural disasters and other emergencies occur.♦

Above, from left: During the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, Mauro Schiavoof St. Henry’s Council 14698 in Pompano Beach, Fla., joins other vol-unteers in going door to door with food and drinks for senior citizens atCentury Village in Pembroke Pines, Fla., Sept. 14. • Knights deliver foodand supplies to the Diocese of Cuernavaca, Mexico, for victims of the dev-astating Sept. 19 earthquake. • General Agent José Lebron-Sanabria, amember of San Francisco de Asis Council 15849 in Las Piedras, PuertoRico, fills a water jug to bring to people devastated by Hurricane Maria.

IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, TEXAS KNIGHTS LEAD THE WAY

even to military vehicles,” explained Armando Vivoni, grandknight of Mons. José Torres Diaz Council 3836 in RíoPiedras, near San Juan. “In the metropolitan San Juan area,only two councils survived without significant damage.”Still, Knights have been aiding their communities and

parishes as much as possible, added Vivoni, who assisted witha mid-October distribution of supplies from the SupremeCouncil. The shipment included 800 cases of food and water,as well hundreds of flashlights and battery backs.General Agent José Lebron-Sanabria, a member of San

Francisco de Asis Council 15849 in Las Piedras, coordinateda convoy of 10 pickup trucks to carry the supplies to the cen-ter of the island. In the days after Maria made landfall, Le-bron-Sanabria and his family also made deliveries of cleanwater to those in need, including retired priests.The Supreme Council assisted other affected areas as well. For

example, the Order worked with Archbishop Patrick Pinder ofNassau to provide portable stoves and fuel for storm victims inthe Bahamas, where Irma and Maria caused serious damage.

James Ramos, a staff writer for the Texas Catholic Herald,the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, andTom Tracy, a photojournalist from West Palm Beach, Fla., con-tributed to this story.♦

Contributions can be made online at kofc.org/disaster.Donations by check or money order can be sent to: Knightsof Columbus Charities, P.O. Box 1966, New Haven, CT06509-1966 with “United Disaster Relief ” in the memo por-tion of the check.


Detroit’s MiracleWorker

Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Caseywas a humble friar whose witness of faith

drew thousands to Christ

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Like a leper coming to Jesus for healing, a woman with anincurable skin disease knelt in prayer before the tomb at

Detroit’s St. Bonaventure Monastery in 2012. “She never knew anything about Father Solanus until she

was here in Detroit,” said Msgr. Ronald Browne, archdiocesandelegate for the canonization cause of Franciscan FatherSolanus Casey (1870-1957), a Capuchin friar who spent alarge part of his ministry as the doorkeeper of St. Bonaventure. “A Capuchin friend was showing her the tomb and explain-

ing that he was a very holy man,” Msgr. Browne explained.“She was at the tomb praying for her family, and when shefinished, she heard a voice say to her: ‘Well, what about your-self? What do you need?’”The next thing she knew, “she was feeling warmth on her

leg where her skin disease was very prominent. She rolledup her slacks and looked down, and the skin disease wascrumbling off.” The woman’s instant, visible healing — later confirmed by

medical doctors in her home country, in Detroit and in Romeas without scientific explanation — became the miracleneeded for Pope Francis to officially declare the friar “blessed.” To Detroiters, such a healing is just

another entry in the long-running listof extraordinary favors attributed tothe holy Capuchin’s intercession dur-ing and after his lifetime. Devotion toFather Solanus is particularly strongamong Knights of Columbus councilsand assemblies that bear his name, aswell as many other Knights who willjoin the tens of thousands who are ex-pected to pack Ford Field for the beat-ification Mass in Detroit Nov. 18.

A DOMESTIC CHURCHBorn Bernard Francis Casey in OakGrove, Wis., Nov. 25, 1870, the sixth of 16 children to Irishimmigrant farmers Bernard James Casey and Ellen ElizabethMurphy will become the second U.S.-born male to be beati-fied by the Catholic Church. The first, Blessed StanleyRother, was just beatified Sept. 23 in Oklahoma City.The Casey family’s log cabin on the banks of the Missis-

sippi River’s headwaters — a “one-story mansion about 12by 30 feet,” as Father Solanus would later put it — was barelylarge enough for all to fit, but there was always room for theHoly Spirit.“With 16 children, they lived six or seven miles away from

church. Only half of the family could travel in a wagon, sothey would take turns going to Sunday Mass,” said CapuchinBrother Richard Merling, one the two vice postulators for Fa-ther Solanus’ cause. “Part of the family stayed home, and theywould read together the prayers of the Mass.”It was within this “domestic church” — with regular

rosaries, devotions and prayers led first by the parents andlater by some of the older children — that young Barney

Casey’s faith caught fire and flourished.“Surely, we were fortunate children that the Good God gave

us such sturdy, honest, virtuous parents. How can we ever begrateful enough? Thanks be to God!” Father Solanus wrote ina 1930 letter to his sister Margaret. That phrase, “Thanks be to God,” was not just a saying for

Father Solanus. He learned from an early age to accept withhumble confidence whatever the Lord had in store, even whentwo of his sisters died of diphtheria, a disease that also af-flicted him as a child.“One of his famous sayings is ‘Blessed be God in all His de-

signs,’” said Capuchin Father Larry Webber, the other vicepostulator in his cause. “He discerned that whatever happenedwas according to God’s will.”An adventurous, outgoing young man, the future Father

Solanus spent his younger years as a lumberjack, prison guardand railcar operator before enrolling at St. Francis High SchoolSeminary near Milwaukee in 1891. When academic limita-tions prevented his aspirations for the diocesan priesthood, hewas advised to consider joining a religious order instead.After praying a novena to the Blessed Mother and feeling her

urging him to “go to Detroit,” he setout to join the Capuchin order in 1897.Though he continued to struggle ac-

ademically, “Brother Solanus” — as hewas called after St. Francis Solanus, aSpanish Franciscan missionary to theNew World — was ordained in 1904as a “simplex priest.” He could cele-brate Mass but not preach doctrinalsermons or hear confessions.“Other people might consider it hu-

miliating or demeaning,” Father Web-ber said. “But he simply embraced it asthe will of God, and through that hebecame holy.”

Humble acceptance of God’s will eventually led FatherSolanus to his ministry as monastery porter, or doorkeeper.

‘FATHER, YOU HEALED ME’Serving for two decades in friaries and churches in New YorkCity and Yonkers, it didn’t take long for “the holy friar” to be-come a familiar face to New York’s Catholics. “Being a simplex priest, he couldn’t hear confessions, so it

left him with things to do around the parish,” Brother Mer-ling said. “He would respond to people who were sick andwere asking for the sacrament of anointing, and he would praywith them.”When visitors asked for prayers for a loved one who was

sick or in a desperate situation, Father Solanus would enrollthem in the Seraphic Mass Association; their intentions wouldthus be included daily in the Masses of Capuchins around theworld. He also took each person’s intention before the eu-charistic Lord in prayer and made sacrifices on their behalf.Many found their prayers were powerfully answered —

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sometimes even before nightfall. A deathly ill child would re-cover. Desperately needed rent money would arrive. A long-estranged relative would return to the faith. Father Solanus was transferred in 1924 to St. Bonaventure

Monastery in Detroit, the province’s headquarters. “Because so many favors were being attributed to him, his

superiors wanted him closer by to keep an eye on what washappening,” Father Webber said. The Capuchins’ recordsshow that requests for Mass intentions increased from 30 to200 a day in the weeks after Father Solanus arrived. “Wordof mouth spread rather quickly,” Father Webber surmised.Charged with greeting those who came to the monastery’s

doors, Father Solanus became flooded with visitors whosought his gentle, wise and compassionate counsel at all hoursof the day — and the favors didn’t stop.Brother Merling maintains the thousands of records of fa-

vors that today are packed into eight full drawers at theSolanus Casey Center. As a young boy, he, too, experiencedthe graces God poured out through Father Solanus’ prayersafter his brother was in a serious auto accident and needed anemergency amputation of his leg.“My mother said, ‘Let’s go down and see Father Solanus,’”

Brother Merling recalled with emotion. “So we came down ona Sunday afternoon and he simply said, ‘Oh, don’t worry, every-thing’s going to be all right.’ He went on to talk about otherthings. I remember thinking, ‘It’s fine for you to say that, butwe’re all worried about it.’ But sure enough, the leg healed.”Amid these grace-filled events, Father Solanus rejected

recognition, insisting constantly that God was to be thankedfor answering prayers.“People would come back and say, ‘Father, you healed me.’

And he would say, ‘No, it wasn’t me; it was God,’” BrotherMerling said. “He was insistent: ‘Don’t you dare say it was mewho did this.’”

CHARITY AND DEPENDENCE ON GODEven when he was on his deathbed in 1957, Father Solanus’reputation for holiness and compassion drew Detroiters seek-ing his prayers. Gerry Wilczynski, grand knight of Father Solanus Casey

Council 3797 at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in St. ClairShores, Mich., recalled the story of the late Gerald Downing,a charter member of the council who met Father Solanus inthe friar’s last hours.Downing, a young construction worker at the time, had

fallen off a 35-foot wall and was rushed to Detroit’s St. JohnHospital. “He was so battered that they predicted he wasn’t going to

live long,” Wilczynski explained. “Gerald’s wife knew FatherSolanus was in the hospital at the time, so she asked him topray with Gerry. They prayed together that night, and FatherSolanus died the next day — but Gerry got better and endedup living another 57 years.”When it was renamed in 1966, Council 3797 became the

first to adopt the priest as its patron, and his works of charitycontinue to inspire council members to this day.

Left: The Casey family is pictured at theirhome in Superior, Wis., Aug. 14, 1892.Back row (from left): Edward, Leo,Bernard Jr. (the future Father Solanus),James, Ellen, Patrick, Owen and Augus-tine. Front row (from left): John, Mar-garet, Mrs. Ellen Casey, Genevieve,Bernard Casey Sr., Grace, Thomas andMaurice. Father Solanus’ father and allnine of his brothers were members of theKnights of Columbus.

Opposite page: Father Solanus Casey(standing left) serves men together withother friars at the Capuchin Soup Kitchenin Detroit in 1940. Father Solanushelped to establish the soup kitchen 11years earlier, at the beginning of the GreatDepression.



Past Grand Knight Russell Kreinbring volunteers twice aweek at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, which Father Solanushelped establish in 1929 to feed the hungry during the GreatDepression.“It’s a thankful place to work. You’re giving back to the com-

munity, as Father Solanus did,” said Kreinbring, whose wife,Paula, volunteers at Capuchins’ food distribution warehouse.The Casey family itself has a deep connection to the

Knights: Father Solanus’ father and all nine of his brotherswere members of the Order. Father Solanus was strongly committed to the principles of

charity, unity and fraternity, but as a Franciscan, he was notpermitted to join lay societies.Two of his brothers, Patrick and Thomas, were charter

members of Council 676 in Seattle, where much of the Caseyfamily relocated during the war years. Two of his brothers alsobecame priests, including Msgr. Edward Casey, who served asa missionary in the Philippines.

Writing in 1947 to his brother Patrick, who was recoveringfrom an illness at the time, Father Solanus said, “Do notworry, Pat. Rather foster confidence in God’s mercy by thank-ing Him for everything — even ahead of time.” For Father Solanus, “thanking God ahead of time” — an-

other saying for which he became well-known — was part ofwhat it meant to be a humble instrument of the Lord. That message continues to resonate in Detroit as the city

prepares for the beatification of its beloved friar. “We are so grateful that because of this beatification, the

Gospel of Jesus Christ — and the freedom he alone offers —will be proclaimed all the louder through Father Solanus,” statedArchbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit, a member of FatherSolanus Casey Assembly 521 in Roseville, Mich. “Let us, likeFather Solanus, thank God ahead of time for all of these graces!”♦

MIKE STECHSCHULTE is managing editor of The Michi-gan Catholic, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Detroit.



JUST ‘DESERT’Monroe (Mich.) Council1266 coordinated and pub-licized a “Desert Meal” tosupport a formational pil-grimage for seminarians ofSacred Heart Major Semi-nary in Detroit. The eventfeatured a prize raffle, 50/50drawing and cash bar. Theevent was a great success,and the council will take onthe project again next year.

FAMILY PRAYERSts. Peter & Paul Council11475 in Palmyra, Va., to-gether with St. Joseph’s Shrineof St. Katharine Drexel inColumbia and its K of Cround table, hosted a parishfamily prayer retreat. Theevent expanded the K of CHoly Family Prayer Program

to include talks by Knights;opportunities for privateprayer; and a facilitator-ledrecitation of the rosary, Chap-let of Divine Mercy andSeven Sorrows.

SACRED SPACEPrince of Peace Council9144 in Toronto convertedDivine Infant CatholicSchool’s atrium into aprayer space, complete withan altar, a double kneeler,Stations of the Cross, andcustom shelving for a cruci-fix and the holy Scriptures.Donations from councilmembers and Prince ofPeace Parish helped makethe renovation possible, andafter the project was com-pleted, the new space wasblessed.

support after learning of afamily who lost their homeand belongings to a fire onChristmas Day. Thanks to thegenerosity of local businessesand the assistance of a neigh-boring Methodist parish, thecouncil was able to hold afundraiser breakfast that wel-comed more than 240 peopleand raised $5,581 to help thefamily rebuild their lives.

WELL-SUPPLIEDSan Gabriel Council 6453 inGeorgetown, Texas, con-ducted a three-week diaperdrive for the AnnunciationMaternity Home in George-town. The pro-life organiza-tion assists mothers andbabies who are in need. Thecollection yielded more than10,700 diapers and thou-sands of baby wipes.

WITH A TWISTSt. Vincent Pallotti Assem-bly in Hammonton, N.J.,donated $1,000 to DisabledAmerican Veterans Chapter66, using proceeds from a“Beef and Beer” eventwhich was enlivened by anElvis impersonator.

HELPING HANDSMason-Dixon Council 10100in Pylesville, Md., reachedout to the community in

KNIGHTS ACTION REPORTS FROM COUNCILS, ASSEMBLIES AND COLUMBIAN SQUIRES CIRCLESIN

Children display raincoats provided by Bagong Buhay Council

11953 in Las Pinas, Luzon South, in a regional adaptation of

the Coats for Kids program. The distribution provided 50 rain-

coats and 50 pairs of slippers to poor children entering their

first year of school.

Father Joy Chalissery (left), pastor of Most Merciful Jesus Catholic Churchin Madison, Ala., ob-

serves as members of St. John the Baptist Council 10232 convert a garage into the newly es-

tablished parish’s chapel and meeting space. At Father Chalissery’s request, the council took

on the 700-man-hour project, with Knights working nearly every weekday for six weeks to up-

grade the electrical system; install insulation, sheetrock and windows; build and carpet an altar

platform; and install lights and a curtain system to create storage and a vesting room.

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STAR COUNCIL WINNERS

Star Councils Awarded

Nearly 2,200 councils earned the Star CouncilAward, the highest distinction available to a local

K of C council, for the 2016-17 fraternal year. Thesecouncils, led by the grand knights listed here, con-ducted the required charitable and fraternal programsin the “Surge … with Service” areas and also achievedtheir membership and insurance quotas. Each councilwill receive an engraved plaque from the SupremeCouncil in recognition of its accomplishment. Of thesecouncils, 320 earned the Double Star Council Awardfor meeting 100 percent of their insurance quota, and200 percent of their membership quota and 239 earnedthe Triple Star Council Award or higher.

• Numbers in red indicate councils that achievedthe Double Star Council Award.• Numbers in blue indicate councils that achievedthe Triple Star Council Award or higher. Finally, 5,630 councils earned the Columbian

Award for excellence in programming; 3,245 attainedthe Father McGivney Award for meeting their mem-bership quota; and 2,713 earned the Founders’ Awardfor meeting their insurance quota.

ALABAMA 4888 Nicholas A. Young5597 Alan R. Whaley7584 Anthony F. Dalesandro9550 Mark S. Kielbasa12150 Robert A. Vinti12914 Billy A. Ferguson Jr.13085 John P. Wilson13174 Ronald M. Miller13446 James A. Downey14507 Richard K. Klusman16400 Coleton A. Baker

ALASKA12431 Mark A. Terhune

ALBERTA1184 David T. McMullin1938 J. Ronald Duguay4503 Bernard F. Burke5138 Peter A. Weidman6563 Edward R. Dittrich6986 Kenneth C. Standish7070 Greg P. Villeneuve7599 Leonardo M. Sosa Jr.7938 Jaime J. Jimenez8470 Froilan B. Serrano8636 Stanley A. Gonsalves8969 Jacob A. Van Der Zwan9658 George W. Matheri10065 Kevin Francis Power12904 Rolando T. Marcos13312 Edward G. Hill14492 Jeffrey G. Desrochers15290 Derek Brent16320

ARIZONA1229 Jose A. Gallegos 1858 Jose Manuel Perez-Cantu3136 David Uribe5133 Joe A. Pacheco6627 Thomas G. Donnelly7465 Kevin R. Barnes8305 Douglas H. Sinrud Jr.9378 William R. Packham9446 Richard Areyzaga9482 John B. Simpson Sr.10070 Thomas E. Murphy10540 James P. Walsh

10799 Mark D. Lobner11116 Randolph S. Moore11675 Paul F. Crawley11738 Thomas A. Bieger12078 Doug Sturm12164 Jerry T. Wood12338 Paul Rayis12449 William K. Pedene12708 Martin B. Pueyo13024 Jason P. Champagne13272 Joseph P. Dylla13278 David R. Foster13719 Patrick H. Schwindt13836 Mark D. Recker13841 Jesse J. Gonzales14121 John A. Sharpton14185 Jerry Bielawski15704 Raymond J. Obral

ARKANSAS7787 Matthew D. Snider10208 Thomas P. Donnelly11097 Benjamin C. Brewer11294 Jeffrey L. Hoffpauir

BRITISH COLUMBIA1283 Isidro Cresencio T. Saguindan1560 Kevin W. Kardos2552 Antonio S. Mate3127 John P. Dorosz3239 Ignatius Danny Kusnardi3478 Kenneth D. Claridge3821 Douglas R. McFeely5282 Fiorenzo P. Visentin5423 Mike Malsegna6232 Josef M. Hanrath7015 Brian W. Hoven7276 Matthew Klaponski7973 James W. Schwab8535 David J. Robinson8629 Calvin Mitchell8853 Nelson D. Balitaan9534 Michael Kumar9846 Dennis Kwan10277 Eduardo C. Valdez10500 Camil Chan10889 Michael M. Guterres11244 Richard W. Finnegan11587 David L. Sawatzky11748 Ryan C. DeHaan13072 Andrew C. Costales

15445 Oscar G. Perez De Tagle15564 Kevin J. Sullivan16257 David L. Diogo16364 Gerard P. Gouwenberg

CALIFORNIA615 Merlin C. Cayabyab874 Menandro B. Miraflor920 Sergio E. Diaz Sr.977 Dan D. Hargis1271 Frederick C. Haberkern1349 Donald A. Bouchard1615 John A. Piekarczyk1658 Efren C. Ramos1869 David S. Victorino2329 Jason Robert Baranek2431 Paul A. Gutierrez2475 Timothy E. Simmons2938 Gilberto. Reyna2996 Eric Vasquez3016 Jorge L. Ortiz3159 Valentin Rodriguez Jr.3265 Marc D. Lucio3449 Horacio L. Tadique Jr.3472 Louis R. Estrella3487 Lewis F. Williams3517 Xavier Vargas3571 Peter J. Walker 3585 Erwin R. Blancaflor3643 [No officer listed]3667 James R. Mullins3926 Kien T. Le4017 Alex Perez4038 Juan Cueva 4112 Tom J. Pearson4229 Rodolfo L. Bautista4258 Renato M. Paco4581 Juan Carlos Quezada4922 Gilbert Luna4953 Matthew J. Grisafe5007 Jose Estevez5277 Michael A. Armstrong5696 Martin Gallegos5803 Anthony De Marco 5815 Atilano O. Corona5978 William S. Daugherty6288 Frank S. Carrillo6322 Eugene E. Davidson 7164 Silvio J. Estrada7390 David P. Rymer7467 Frank M. Silva7534 Michael B. Druke7759 Reno M. Abdon7773 Louis R. Gervais7809 Rene O. Bautista7987 Joseph P. Lasala8072 Charles R. Harley8238 Christopher G. Curry8599 Virgil E. Smith8728 Robert G. Spieldenner8747 Guillermo H. Uribe9065 Gabriel P. Arias9076 Anthony Chigbolu9111 Paul R. McQuigg9133 Harold Gansert9213 Andre Alves9332 Gregory V. Villard9363 Patrick A. French9445 Kenneth M. Barnes9594 Robert R. Hannan9648 Arthur A. Cabello Sr.9665 Barry W. Martin9679 James M. Figueredo9897 Dann W. Nielsen9969 Michael L. Lo Collo10094 William C. Schemensky10248 Robert Hernandez10494 Charles A. Stanley10667 Terrence E. Vernor10802 John C. Ferber11335 John A. Ramos11612 William E. Young11653 Jonathan A. Fincher12213 James B. McBride12489 Rudy J. Mariscal12542 Manuel O. Villalobos12587 David K. Simpson13124 Timothy J. Murphy13237 Benigno C. Basco

13403 Nicholas A. Ewell13899 Michael J. Stoiber13925 Alfred Villegas14007 Ed A. Slingluff14541 Paciencio I. Juan Jr.14699 Hans J. Anter14772 Salvador S. Jarencio14783 Francisco A. Flores14836 Felipe O. Torres15016 [No officer listed]15034 Charles Y. Osmond15083 Jeffrey J. Graass15099 Ronald L. Saunders15191 William Guinto15317 Christopher H. Tse15339 Armando A. Hernandez15489 Anthony P. Colombo15625 Bruce J. Waelbrock15719 Kerry R. Dayhoff15883 Wallace M. Moore15965 Bartholomew N. Kinard16034 Joseph J. Schindler16073 Francisco X. Cabrera16112 Rodney D. Myers16154 [No officer listed]16185 Keith E. Jura16237 Jeffrey L. Scoby16256 Amado C. Mancilla16293 Paul L. Peirce16419 John Felix Jr.16452 David M. Deed16488 Blake E. Mahler16568 Dennis J. Kreta

COLORADO1072 Jason A. Cirone1183 Robert D. Gills4732 Bryan K. Heier9597 Kenneth W. Klispie9993 Dr. Richard R. Losey11514 Richard A. Peters11575 Michael Myshatyn12392 Matthew P. Rock13099 Telesforo H. Barrera13221 Thomas R. Goodman13253 Donald J. Laughlin13729 Richard P. Hergott13981 Charles Michael Rolla14338 Richard W. Schubert14479 Doyle H. Kisner14785 Daniel J. Rolenc14898 Bradford J. Jolly15956 Richard F. Kursevich16052 James L. Bentley

CONNECTICUT4 Robert J. Falkevitz6 Thomas M. Butler7 Antonio C.

Hernandez15 Richard J. Pillar31 Christopher C.

Gonzalez36 Michael A. Gimmelli42 Charles E. Shaker55 Andre J. Cote

1090 Vincent A. Gualtieri 5066 David A. Rohlfing10537 William K. Bowers11077 Jeffrey T. Thompson11913 Vincent Lupo, Jr.12698 Michael J. Purdy12968 Victor P. Flagello14664 William J. Murray16347 Ralph M. Burke Jr.

DELAWARE3182 Raymond W. Cobb3792 Andrew P. Fulton6768 Terrence R. Hills11285 Donald W. Clark13348 James H. Schatz14317 Chris N. Pierce

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA224 James P. Strahota433 Jonathan T. Sitko

11302 Jerome E. Driscoll13242 Philip E. Paulson15723 Kenneth A. Brown

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC12333 [No officer listed]

FLORIDA648 John D. Bowsman778 Andrew R. Chambers2105 Garth A. Albury3080 Austin E. Scott3274 Manuel Gonzalez3580 Manuel Diaz4357 Christian M. Davis4772 Stephen Paul Buzzella Sr.4934 George T. Seney4955 Donald W. Macejko4998 Emilio Morales5110 Eladio Jose Armesto5131 James M. Hyland Jr.5150 Gerard T. Brady II 5357 Kenneth H. Conrad5604 James P. Vanderhorst5643 Clifford G. Kennedy5958 George R. Annan5960 Goffredo J. Martelli6265 Douglas E. Blais6274 Patrick C. Coggins6391 Thomas Arduengo6569 William D. Van Keuren6988 Gregory A. Gast7052 Frank A. Viola7109 Frank X. McEwen7380 Glen A. Borges7408 Robert S. Burgess7420 Armando Guerra7567 Eulogio Torres7621 Joseph M. Gerek7667 Mark J. Williams7672 Charles R. Kahler7826 Daniel J. Bulinski8012 Lawrence J. Fusco III8086 Robert St. Amand8155 Edwin F. Pflieger8382 James P. Mazzacco8589 Bernard J. Jacobs8995 David Gonzalez9924 Thomas J. Reno10157 Gerald J. Sirgey10318 Dennis M. Robinson10462 Thomas J. Brown10484 James H. Read10498 James B. Golden Jr.10626 Albert P. Capone11069 Nestor A. Bautista Jr.11125 Robert B. Bloom11211 Richard H. Hosein11226 John Hughes11295 Martin P. Barrett11483 Allen G. Heyman11651 Matthew Brice La Londe11668 Willie E. Massaline11673 David A. Higley11755 Dwight D. Glinton11877 Salvatore Rotella Sr.11878 Agustin E. Garcia11967 Luis D. Rico12159 Fred H. Bradley III12178 Dennis M. Antoniotti12235 Jacob H. Donnay12240 Felix A. Hodges12322 Roger Difato12376 Carlos Rivera12402 George R. Olson12456 Alfred Cote12619 James H. Williams12746 Norman J. Fortson12896 Michael A. Lafayette13037 Melvin J. Ande13097 Rafael A. Reyes13116 William Crespo- Navedo Sr.13139 Michael J. McReynolds13153 Gerard J. Koziel13209 Robert. Jost13243 Larry E. Davis13277 Scott A. Rannals13300 Joseph M. Grindel13307 Sean M. Cooper13337 Justin T. Kling13341 Samuel R. Bastianelli13389 Douglas H. Doughty Jr.13483 Thomas L. Tarantelli13654 Gustavo T. Navarro13676 Joseph A. Cosentino

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KANSAS643 Richard A. Goodyear818 Clint Corpstein976 Michael E. Ruggiero1029 Michael W. Rhodes1052 Kenton W. Ludolph1181 Daniel C. Anderes1661 Jeffery B. Chaput1913 Stanley J. Werner2114 Jeffery M. Kindel2133 Max E. Klitzke2296 Jerry A. Urton2538 Larry Glenn2794 David M. Weigel3185 John C. Koelzer4708 Zachary S. Myslinski5631 [No officer listed]6665 Adam E. Jones6673 Stephen R. Jackson7485 Aaron J. Moeder10204 Michael J. Mills10483 Mark R. Stolz11692 Cesar R. Nolla11853 David G. Kronoshek12093 Ryan A. Werth12546 Troy D. Schumaker12577 Michael D. Pollock12858 Carl Witte12932 Thomas C. Weathers13354 Benjamin C. Croom14799 Brian D. Schreiber15100 16027 Jason G. Powell16159 Walter D. Rooney16168 Vincent A. Vander Putten

KENTUCKY390 Paul V. Tadatada5071 Michael C. Froelich6743 Jason R. Higdon11470 Christopher J. Muzinic12923 Douglas P. Willems13304 Scott W. Dant14128 Jeremy J. McQueary14130 Joseph A. Buckman14234 Gregory N. Eiden, Sr.15211 Mark J. Sippel15525 William J. Harp Sr.15841 Michael D. Lohuis15914 Anthony Carmona15979 Michael H. Saylor16125 Michael J. Mudd16232 Troy L. Anderson

LOUISIANA1134 Alfred L. Mathews Jr.1207 Stephen P. Broussard1286 John M. Fruge1337 Jeffrey W. Harkey2398 Carrol J. Comb2878 Perry C. Achee3088 Bradley C. Bordelon3202 Christopher M. Smith3411 Patrick J. Guise3534 David F. Karam3729 Robert E. Crais Jr.3743 Brennan P. Kluka4010 Thaddeus J. Rabalais5301 Kelan T. Madore5499 Eulice Marceaux Jr.7350 Raymond M. Griffin Jr.8770 Werlyn W. Simon8878 Mark A. Hurst8978 Charlie M. Moore9247 James D. La Bauve9260 Michael J. Torma9623 Michael A. Abbate Sr.10564 Todd A. Voiselle10728 Paul D. Malloy11270 Bruce A. Gaudin12906 Carlos M. Morales12989 Michael K. Davis13425 Steven E. Geiling13819 David J. Neal14542 Cory M. Stewart14657 Robert D. McGlothlan15676 Edward J. Benefiel

10639 Froilan Cruz Bautista10695 Rhoel A. Delos Santos10737 Dominador C. Primero10738 Patrocinio L. Apilado11183 Gerundio C. Cayapan Jr.11289 Cesar Larroza11297 Raul F. Cruz11367 Leoncio A. Baguling11593 Guillermo P. Ignacio11712 Francisco K. Panay11754 Florencio R. Landayan11765 Vicente B. Manliclic11885 Inocencio B. Lopez11979 Jerry G. Valentino12058 Ariel A. Manauis12095 Romeo A. Lamaton12125 Pacifico P. Villalino12259 Emmanuel Dela Cruz12262 Vicente C. Tayab12308 Danilo F. Del Rosario12316 Johnson D. Castillo12352 Sandy L. Valeriano12369 Leo Bernardine T. Serquina12498 Romeo C. Pajimolin12528 Artemio P. Apilado12568 Tomas A. Polking12755 Cesar V. Capinding12760 Benjamin M. Bersalona12794 Joel I. Matuanan12879 Delfin S. Espara12890 Ernesto U. Sanguir13059 Lorenzo T. Guzman13218 Maximo O. Santos13332 Nino Dagatan Diaz13644 Bernard Z. Abaya13725 Valentino T. Otadoy13751 Mixinio C. Palma13774 Claudio Y. Meracap13852 Lorenzo A. Bogayan13919 Leonardo A. Rojo13921 Marcelino V. Marigmen14147 Wenifredo G. Galong14177 Richard A. Mislang14194 Erliwin G. Gloria14226 Salvador Socito14227 Florante S. Espila14301 [No officer listed]14305 [No officer listed]14334 Efren G. Loogan14353 Maverick G. Marasigan14424 Renato S. Santos14441 Danilo C. Reyes14692 Albert B. Tawagen14742 Noel Ordillo Dela Iglesia14743 Hilbert B. Willie14846 Felix N. Reyes14876 Roberto P. Paulino14901 Ding C. Canda14908 Nelson C. Lopez15106 Helbert A. Binwag15166 Armin L. Alimboyogen15167 Leopoldo De Marquez15221 Arthur A. Bomogao15236 Prudencio L. Lacasandile15311 Zacarias F. Cruz15323 Jaime P. Pengla15342 Algerico C. Terrado15428 Ramil B. Rimorin15432 Gaudencio A. Mendoza Jr.15459 Roy D. Carino15481 Necitas P. Panes15503 Pedro P. Molitas15552 Emiliano B. Dontogan15559 Arce M. Yango15560 Mariano P. Pitel15580 Johnny I. Adjaro15591 [No officer listed]15599 Jimmy S. Seraspe15604 Felizardo A. Gamis15627 Richard H. Buhong15628 Fernando D. F. Ileto15697 Zaldy M. Soriano15702 [No officer listed]

13900 Jason E. Hickman14202 Alan C. Striebel14295 John C. Haag14456 Robert C. Marriner14485 Leslie B. McGlothlin14697 Edward J. Sweeney14839 Juan Palma14866 Richard W. Lizotte14975 Oscar E. Chavez15225 Robert M. Huard15231 Mark S. Gallagher15332 John A. Crescitelli15366 Neil R. Richards15425 Salvatore A. Titto15429 Robert J. Norton15619 James E. Tuscano15624 Vernon V. Schwieterman15781 David H. Clough II15821 Dr. David W. Tschanz15847 Alfonso Hurtado15858 Patrick J. Prendergast16080 Larry H. Orvis16236 Luis G. Rosas16413 John F. McKernan16492 Steven J. Wilson16495 Kevin Pham

GEORGIA1019 Jaime E. Herras4410 Ronald W. Bennetti Sr.6514 William J. Bast6517 Vernal G. Vincent6920 John M. Capies8495 McKinley Curtis III9458 James J. McClure9792 Harry R. Freeman9923 Thomas J. Schuler9975 Richard M. Staley10632 Victor M. Ojeda10633 Thomas J. McGrath10866 Brian A. Casteel11402 Nicholas P. Fahey12000 Aneneba I. Akufor12126 Joseph A. Monticello12287 Steven F. Pfaff12826 Timothy P. Esola Sr.12862 John E. Michalewicz12942 Richard J. Flaig13161 Robert D. Andrews13229 Donald E. Hasel13808 Kenneth P. Weber14122 Ronald E. Woods14425 Jerry W. Hobbs14496 Joseph G. Reifenberger14625 Adam L. Tate14773 Brian T. Musha15161 Krzysztof Sokolowski15716 Matthew H. Jarrard15848 Grosvenor W. Fish III15996 Michael S. Emanuelo Jr.16356 David E. Campbell

HAWAII6307 Mario D. Tadeo6734 Philip G. Perez6906 Romeo F. Gumboc8578 Michael P. Victorino10475 Alex G. Ty11485 Gary K. Jose11743 Robert S. Allen14620 Michael B. Hedge14663 Clyde S. Higa15952 Dennis W. McCartin16002 Cicero T. Seisdedos

IDAHO1416 David C. Ellingsen1663 Armando Ramos2014 Romel G. Reyna2685 [No officer listed]3703 Allen W. Darrow3762 Richard S. Freedle4058 Robert E. Ackerman12172 Marshall R. Forshey12516 Brian D. Harris

ILLINOIS324 Richard C. Whitlock967 James P. McGuire

997 Keith L. Betton1444 John J. Curtin1599 Timothy E. Mathias2874 Gary A. Vahling2964 Ryan J. Schmidt3024 Gerald E. Hughes3674 James L. Leffelman3789 Timothy M. Buehler4330 Santiago J. Montelongo4456 Michael S. Paul4739 Jason P. Ketter4836 Jaime Gonzalez4977 James M. Arns6483 Michael J. Hattie6521 Michael S. Enos7072 Brian J. Corbett7527 James A. Schilling7682 David A. Balmaceda7694 Crispin Jones8002 Felipe Tony A. Reyes8022 Jose Herrera8365 Joseph E. Silva8473 Stephan A. Zalas Jr.8596 Philip E. Weiss8699 Robert Perri10151 George J. Griffin10884 Brendan P. Daly11110 Clinton M. Schrage11666 Nicholas C. Nakis11981 Thomas C. Purvin12286 John V. Holevoet12407 Michael D. Appell12863 Daniel S. Lupton14435 Paul K. Deitche14562 Thomas F. Murphy15052 Sean P. Murray15530 Matthew J. Webb15732 Anthony J. Carlino Jr.16011 Michael A. Maziarek16126 Robert A. Bentel16350 Henry B. Fischer16369 Thomas L. Jensen16446 Carl W. Smith16660 Terry L. McCully

INDIANA451 Stephen M. Lutz1542 Raymond M. Borkowski II5521 Michael J. Huszar8052 David G. Baker8056 Kent Greenwell9114 William J. Pritchard9706 Dale E. Fleischman12510 Stephen J. Hanson15712 Frederick E. Fentz16008 Robert M. Hornback16305 Christopher S. Earnhart16454 John R. Sandwell

IOWA959 David E.

Schumacher1164 Phillip K. Hascall1243 Johnathan R. McGee1354 Anthony W. Althaus3810 John Paul Heller3900 Richard L. Dotzler Jr.4009 James A. Bates4132 James M. Feldhacker4403 Patrick J. Monahan7504 Thomas E. Clancy8269 Dennis H. Ihrig10069 William J. Griffin10722 Ray J. White11162 William J. Dolan12216 Kyle J. Sheetz12334 Joseph B. Lickteig12432 Jeffrey D. Meyer13000 Samuel R. Palmer13109 Michael P. Kockler13160 Christopher A. Hoffmann14042 Fidencio V. Valdez14131 Gerardo A. Huizar Jr.14695 Eugene E. Hill14987 Kellen D. Kessler15049 Howard D. Goldman15060 Patrick J. Hashman15336 Paul J. Dupey15430 Kevin T. Lonergan15603 Paul H. Moritz15725 Thomas D. Heinold

LUZON NORTH3817 Virgilio F. Ongleo4073 Bonifacio C. Enriquez4105 Reynaldo V. Valero4207 Jonathan D. Dulnuan4275 Jeffrey G. Alberto4278 Vernon P. Ocampo4318 Arnel P. Aquino4610 Santiago B. Urmatan4710 Narciso M. Pote4758 Chito V. Lamigo4860 Carlos V. Francia5018 Robin A. Barillos5119 Alfredo F. Olivar5120 Edwin T. Trampe5234 Rogelio Cristobal Pablo5269 Saulo D. Aggabao5379 Carlos T. Maniago5435 Joseph T. Rol5443 [No officer listed]5691 Teodoro B. Austria5708 Alfronso V. Paningbatan Jr.5739 Florentino S. Garbe5775 Rolando C. Verde5994 Fidel S. Tolentino6029 Marcial D. Frias6073 Dino Rossano C. Aguilar6080 Gavino E. Colorado6085 Jose Y. Carlos6154 Jose Delos Santos Junio6171 Aurelio A. Juguilon6183 Carlo T. Sajul6185 Samuel S. Javier6613 Wilfredo M. Viernes6704 Ruben M. Dizon6775 Augustito C. Mendoza6818 Rodolfo A. Felipe6822 Regino T. Rocha6956 Ronald L. Perez7126 Nestor M. Sapon7178 Fredrick L. Ocampo7377 Ricardo T. Redaus7749 Victor-Paulo L. Sarmiento7758 Joven G. Maxion7818 Marcelino Esmund Odon7843 Crispin I. Legaspi7862 Perfecto J. Mansilla7876 Juanito C. Atienza8174 Joel P. Malunao8205 Octavio P. Garces8226 Joey M. Gonzaga8444 Rodolfo P. Barbero8537 Ernesto P. Galiza Sr.8567 [No officer listed]8677 Gilbert G. Crisostomo8693 Richard N. Ramos8711 Rudy S. Vallejo8751 Arnie O. Pinero8753 Bayani T. Romana8763 Leonides G. Valencia8825 Dennis O. Abaloyan8833 Dante D. Argulla8834 Roly B. Balutan9008 Francisco K. Palomo9057 Federico P. Doron9087 Ponciano M. Pablo9155 Troy Alexander G. Miano9173 Julius Cesar D. Nanadiego9353 Francisco E. Ramos9366 Gil V. Regio9370 Leopoldo A. Diaz9390 Ernesto A. Castillo9459 Rogelio J. Garma9489 Alejandro A. Alcaide9491 Felix N. Basilan Jr.9630 Sonny T. Apigo9763 Reynaldo F. Galapon Jr.9866 Antonio J. Nepomuceno9878 Artemio C. Dela Cruz10039 Edwin M. Galbis10187 Ernesto B. Sanchez10227 Pedro E. Salvador10353 Simon M. Guinid10368 [No officer listed]10399 Job D. Doroja10550 Eutiquio M. Dela Cruz




16231 Sergio F. Valencia Sandoval16613 Rafael Cueva Lopez

MICHIGAN575 Robert R. Sheets Jr.649 Joel J. Krupa2198 Jerry A. Waldron2508 Scott R. Hopkins2660 Dominic J. Raona2724 Dallas P. Compeau2975 James William Walkenhorst3092 Kenneth E. Klovski3848 Jerome M. Kunert3956 Ray J. Bilyk4141 Chad S. Thelen6742 Vern E. Miller7239 Glain C. Guilmette7688 Barry L. Fitzpatrick7761 Larry M. Denhof8117 Patrick J. Smiggen 8186 Bernard K. Young 8391 Matthew D. Shalosky 8605 Rick W. Collins 8669 Thomas W. Bigelow 8687 Lawrence A. Fuerst 8820 Robert L. Ludwick Jr. 8902 Douglas T. Scavio 9711 Frank M. Laurich10343 Michael Kaljaj11689 Arthur J. Krygowski11957 Deacon Donald E. Sandstrom13115 Darrell J. Guitar13340 Brian F. Barkkari13362 Adrian N. Van Bourgondien13419 Johnfrancis R. Twomey13450 Michael D. Terry II13452 David A. Rupp13453 Timothy T. Yoder13645 Arthur J. Spencer13793 John F. McGrath13799 Darren E. Petras13950 Alexander L. Dominique13958 Gary L. Van Raalte13980 Lawrence R. Masserant14366 Jeffrey T. Roberts14427 Richard P. Bennett15186 Richard J. Kane15337 Willie P. Rahrig15439 Peter J. Yanik15548 Michael G. MaGuire16169 Brian J. Zahn16223 Paul J. Fricke16628 Dennis F. Schneider

MILITARY OVERSEAS12488 Theodore E. Whitmer13945 Elijah R. Lopez14223 John E. Donnelly15700 Richard R. Pierce15969 Andre P. Greene16306 Michael S. Beighley

MINDANAO 3373 Rudy M. Dulera 3504 Bert D. Lorenzo 4552 Ricky Duran Morales 5097 Francisco P. Leonido 5098 Jesus G. Cornito 5339 Dennis H. Palabrica 5351 Salvador G. Himulatan 5831 Danilo A. Villanueva 5907 Arnel P. Ladra 6510 Edgardo B. Caday 6591 Ruben G. Fernandez 6610 Mario Francisc Gerong 6714 Viony B. Tiu 6738 Ike Y. Yuson 6960 Fernando B. Santander 7004 Alexander B. Bulahan 7112 Ben C. Guzman 7443 Marlon Fidel D. Bongay Jr. 7690 Roger Bulaybulay

4674 Ascencion Huerta Quintero12062 Felix Gerardo Gamez Barajas14720 Jose Jesus M Medina Brena15570 Juan Jose Cruz Perez16379 Magdaleno Valerio Fuentes

MEXICO NORTHEAST2081 Jaime De Leon Ledezma2312 Diego Alberto Trevino Rodriguez2359 Jose Luis Rodriguez Sanchez4559 Francisco Resendiz Morales4573 Carlos Daniel Rivera Neaves13570 Juan Vidal Zermeno Gonzalez14793 Efrain Solis Rodriguez14854 Victor M. Zamora Macias15103 Jose Manuel Beltran Garcia15218 Jose L. Castro Soto15565 Fidel Rodriguez Regino15695 Emilio Sanchez Pecina15890 Antonio Trejo Maldonado16139 Emmanuel Sanchez Villela16378 Marco Antonio Flores Trejo16537 Julio Cesar Gonzalez Hernandez16538 Manuel R. Valdez Saldivar MEXICO NORTHWEST2367 Jesus Guillermo Vazquez Araujo2419 Alvaro Vega Cordova3079 [No officer listed]3898 Isidro Oronoz Ordaz14038 Mario Alberto Rodriguez Carrasco15492 Felipe Tulio Soto Frayre15555 Jorge Noe Luna Loera15581 Jorge Alejandro Sanchez Brambila15668 Victor Hugo Canales Quezada16200 Luis E. Saldana Sanchez16283 Jose Francisco Galaz Romero16340 Jesus R. Cruz Lopez

MEXICO SOUTH13963 Carlos E. Cervera Ortiz

MEXICO WEST3338 Jose Salvador Solano Navarro3552 Ricardo Lozas Munoz4062 Ricardo Del Toro Farias4637 Miguel Arcangel Cetina Gongora4703 Juan Gabriel Hernandez Gonzalez4770 Rafael Sanchez Duarte5593 Abelino Bautista Farias14888 Ernesto Temores Plascencia15284 Jose Luis Guevara Uribe15388 Ricardo Espinosa Martinez15449 Victor Manuel Cruz Hernandez15476 Ricardo Negrete Garcia

15541 Deflin B. Gutierrez15549 Nestor S. Morillo15572 Joel N. Aliquio15663 Juanito M. Cayapan15758 Rodrigo B. Cullo Sr.15875 Benito P. Rivadenera15957 Felipe T. Taneza16025 Damiano T. Pojas16118 Antonio Z. Paranas Jr.16138 Alberto M. Lavisores16141 Serafin D. Laurito16188 Danilo B. Bienvenida16282 [No officer listed]16426 Oscar L. Lovedioro16434 Wilfredo A. Tating16439 Guedo E. Dela Vega16443 Roderick R. Ramos16450 Alberto D. Rivera16479 Michael C. Novela16575 Juan A. Artillero16637 Norberto D. Garcia16659 Robert B. Aviles

MAINE101 Paul Albert Leblond

11257 James R. Pizzo11376 Thomas G. Nigro

MANITOBA7253 Jason A. Baize8221 Gilbert H. Dupuis11005 Jose Maria F. Jovellano15596 Renerio G. Carino

MARYLAND5058 William J. Keenan5381 Dominic E. Forka5564 Daryl J. Hendricks6021 Daniel M. Alt7870 Donald A. Schuessler Jr.8251 Frank V. Klein9462 Modesto M. Carbon, Jr.10046 Ikechukwu C. Onochie10100 Jay Scott Friedman10957 Michael A. Holton11105 Daniel P. Thorpe11106 Randall W. Shannon11615 John E. Gallup Jr.11703 Mark B. Bevington13295 Antonio M. Zarrelli14099 Harry H. Wacke14455 Romero P. Cobo14572 Andrew T. Macyko14612 William J. Szyperski14775 Eric T. Byrd15084 Antonio M. Calaro15985 Jose R. Rector16104 William E. Bernard

MASSACHUSETTS347 Paul J.

Ohrenberger Jr.420 Christopher J.

Goldner1116 Jean H. Duquette1190 Allen K. Herrick 2536 Ernest L. Downing4044 Norman R. Fleury5188 Joseph Santangelo5406 Jacob F. Bennett

10049 Michael A. Gaffey11379 Allan R. Turmelle14725 Michael J. Walsh15125 Hector Maldonado15280 Alan P. Collins15962 William J. Dunbar15972 Thomas L. McGuirk16156 Edward A. Hebert16204 Michael G. Faris16480 Joseph R. Simoneau

MEXICO CENTRAL3337 Luis Alfonso Sotomayor Ibarra3566 Alfonso Cervantes Rodriguez

8987 Rommel C. Magsino9026 Vincent A. Paranal9027 Rodolfo B. Rivera9160 Junnardo D. Sayat9189 Ronald T. Austria9233 Wilfredo A. Datinguinoo9348 Teodorico C. Andres9468 Vicente I. Zantua9516 Fernando B. Carullo9877 Arnulfo F. Pesigan9926 Jaime Q. Lamzon10166 Roger R. Manlangit10383 Hilario O. Lipit10438 Edizon A. Consul10476 Moises A. Abilay10548 Efren C. Nuestro10971 Reginaldo P. Ignacio11030 Dominic C. Benavente11290 Allan D. Panopio11444 Edilberto D. De Jesus11594 Exequiel L. Bonuan11624 Justiniano De Castro11701 [No officer listed]11705 Jose F. Gaan11711 Emmanuel M. Carta11791 Firmo M. Torres11852 Melecio P. Allam11953 Rodel Bay11971 Rodrigo L. Lagasca11993 Cesar O. Ambrocio11996 Renardo G. Goio12162 Generoso E. Cahapisan12205 [No officer listed]12342 Eduardo A. Melgo12351 Nilo D. Macapanpan12370 Honorio Z. Rivera12405 Francisco De Luna Lobegas Jr.12442 Roberto P. Pelingo12508 Deonilo S. Molina12625 Roger J. Blas12626 [No officer listed]12715 Richard J. Joyosa13009 Mark Allan S. Real13020 Manuel B. Cruz13031 Leonardo B. Patilleros Jr.13137 Jose R. Cuba13150 Alfredo G. Illustrisimo13213 Manuel L. Cortez13298 Arnold L. Alvarez13536 Francis D. Mayor13538 Dominador T. Reyes13548 Alfredo H. Sambile13553 Agapito M. Kabigting13668 Clodualdo L. Jadaone13777 Armando S. Tejada13882 Geronimo Bembo Manzano Jr.13995 Amado A. Perez14019 Wilmar M. Dalisay Sr.14323 Ramuel A. Gullon14381 Severino A. Maghirang14405 Charlie D. Lazaro14467 Darius T. Valdez14618 Martolome G. Caparas14670 Randy F. De Lemon14708 Merlito G. Juanico14779 Augusto R. Rotone14800 Alejandro Calanasan Santos14904 Hilarion D. Ambayec14905 Ian Christopher G. Romero14907 Gilberto C. Ilao14958 Melanio B. Riva15055 Felipe O. Roxas15080 Gilberto O. Dueno15139 Avelino F. Miguel15169 Celso C. Dimaculangan15215 Alexander O. Ballo15298 Emmanuel B. Bayot15318 Alfredo A. Mendiogarin15370 Raul T. Magabo15386 Dindo T. Saballo15506 Leonardo C. Mendoza15508 Ladrillo D. Ordonez

15709 Rufino R. Balmaceda15928 Peter B. Dulnuan15933 Edgardo L. Tolentino15948 Jimmy B. Galawen15998 Danterius M. Rivera16110 Oswaldo B. Panggayan16131 Cesar C. Tadi16136 Alfredo G. Parungao Jr.16143 [No officer listed]16149 Mario Cruz Cervantes16163 Darwin D. Ambohnon16242 Leo C. Ayasao16272 Pedro C. Robles16286 Noel N. Wanya16302 Roy N. Oroyo16314 Dioscoro M. Relente Jr.16323 Asisclo B. Avestruz16395 Rodolfo T. Daileg, Jr.16416 Charlito C. Cruz16431 Christian Ephraim A. Aquino16445 Leandro D. Villanueva Jr.16476 Rev. Conrado R. Vargas16477 Alberto G. Canlas16485 Giovanni F. Burgarin16564 Gemiliano E. Delica

LUZON SOUTH1000 Antonio B. Tena3468 Floro B. Perez3469 Isidro L. Coloma3748 Braulio A. Panotes3937 Albert S. Habaluyas4103 Gerardo B. Pecana4267 Gonzalo F. Tianzon4290 Edmon L. Onal4407 Marceliano L. Abante4640 Lyndon Glenn F. Imson4668 Franco G. De Castro5124 Joseph Anthony M. Paduata5183 Virgilio N. Hermoso Sr.5377 Jose M. Ibabao5507 Reynaldo E. Tortona5575 Romulo M. Corporal Jr.5579 Maxnolie C. Legarse5617 Ricardo De Leon5622 Felix G. Balinado Jr.5774 Jose Mari A. Delada5857 Cesar V. Mateo5922 Jose Antonio M. Roces5937 Ronilo I. Samontanez6060 Rogelio S. Cervantes6102 Renato C. Cajigas6115 Joselito T. Taylo6122 Isidoro G. Castor6178 Noel C. Angeles6238 Apolonio G. Reyes6291 Jackson G. Caballero6300 John Erickson E. Torres6387 Rey Reyes Roces6830 Sanny B. Gan6843 Maximo R. Bales Jr.6932 Ryan Joseph R. Pino7037 Armando A. Adonay7147 Rodulfo D. Diaz7189 Demil C. Manzo7344 [No officer listed]7618 Ruby B. Lumampao7631 Angelo B. Agaid7806 Esmeraldo P. Natividad7844 Romeo C. Carlos7995 Randolfo A. Velasco8176 Joseph S. Geron8210 Edwin Dy Uy8262 Juan Dominador Francis M. Barros8421 Rizalito G. Bien8447 Mario B. Lamberte8451 Wally Saulog Barzaga8492 Albert D. Pervera8565 Edgardo G. Lerios8688 Teoderick Bonifacio Salamat




7854 Steve M. Miller 7910 John M. Barnes 7974 Michael T. Cancellare 8038 Robert A. Ganz 8848 Keith B. Merritt10901 Andrew P. Reynolds11541 Robert W. Pyle11995 Richard M. Hazen12331 Stephen A. Perkins13502 Dr. William C. Haire15155 Michael L. Rosas15382 Frank L. Holifield II

MISSOURI 756 Jamon D. Andreasen 1037 Donald J. Stuppy 1054 Brent T. Cain 1084 Joseph G. Timmons 1110 Joseph P. O’Connor 1893 Randal W. Miller 2241 Timothy Y. McClintock 2244 Martin A. Bell 2265 Matthew J. Hubbert 3267 Andrew R. Adrian 4613 John Polito 6525 Timothy B. Muldoon Sr. 6794 James E. Mahoney 7130 Donald B. Gripka 7516 Michael A. Huffington 8620 John R. Krier 8865 Timothy D. Colf 8915 Frederick G. Prewitt 9272 Dennis R. Fadler10144 Dennis L. Folwarczny10154 Joseph A. Young10490 Joseph S. Miller10690 Adam Michael Eisterhold10844 John Leonard Tieskotter12022 Steven S. Mackanos12655 Douglas C. Harr12676 Bruce R. Gardiner Jr.12986 Daniel P. Schoenekase13604 Peter K. Baxendale13671 Frederick George Krabbe13748 Charles E. Gripka13988 Richard P. Hutchison14330 Robert E. Ahrens14414 Robert M. Holland14745 John R. Milosevich14750 Chester G. Hishaw14972 Steve E. Berry15881 Daniel J. Vega16213 Matthew C. Nowak

MONTANA 9395 Sylvester M. Barros13050 Edward L. Helgeson

NEBRASKA 975 John P. Courtney 1904 Roger D. Retzlaff 2272 Justin C. Steffensmeier 2411 Gerald L. Heithoff 2681 Stephen F. Viessman 3736 James A. Neneman 3844 Jon D. Conway 4434 Dan L. Arner 5143 Marvin C. Nordhues 5439 Bernard J. Hegemann 7614 William A. Formanack 7684 Reginald M. Sissel 7704 Robert A. Siedhoff 7740 Win N. Lander 7887 [No officer listed] 7954 James E. Knopik 8469 Mark J. Peery 8579 David K. Podany 8986 Paul A. Kellen 9771 Jeremy L. List 9918 Richard M. Koch II10160 James T. Spurgin10305 James J. Hubschman10412 Mark A. Havlovec10592 Loren J. Bratetic10795 Mickey V. Morrell10895 Daniel J. Walsh10909 Todd R. Trautman10965 Joseph B. From11001 Mitchell W. Lowery

14254 Patrick B. Griego14920 Nathan Andrew Morley15062 Stephen B. Sutton15199 Roland M. Gatti15578 James D. Beasley15618 Kevin P. Serrano15651 Remijio V. Martinez Jr.15854 Anthony D. Martinez15977 Damian S. Hall16196 Louis C. Trujillo16201 Jay T. Tourtel16465 Steven J. Garcia

NEW YORK 536 Paul Grandetti 545 Ryan T. McGrath 1816 Brian K. Evans 1974 Ronald A. Flood 3102 Frank E. Gallagher 3476 Guy Van Noy 3676 Philip R. Barcomb 3892 Richard S. Paoletti 4065 Edmund T. McKenna Jr. 5252 Thomas J. Desimone 5314 Thomas J. Martin 5872 Anthony Belviso 5890 Vismal Cordero 6652 Joseph A. Lemark 7085 James A. Robinson 7460 Thomas C. DiSalvo 7551 Charles E. Harkins 9461 Carmey R. Carmestro10904 Anthony J. Mele11160 Robert J. Rugar12533 Kevin M. Fitzpatrick14279 Fernando Martinez- Urrutia14520 Peter J. Petrino14560 Thomas E. Murray Jr.14622 Tyler James Clark Gagliardi14666 Michael R. Shoule14687 Matthew E. Girard15025 Washington Quiroz15638 Stephen J. Palermo Jr.15809 John M. Delany15833 Richard H. Hilliard15917 Dr. Daniel G. Klein16134 Philip B. Maddalena Jr. 16261 William D. Bonneville16334 Jesus M. Gomez16411 John J. Veloski

NORTH CAROLINA 3390 Donald K. Hester 3498 Peter J. Leavitt 3574 James W. Simpson 6451 George H. Brown 8363 James F. Pilat 9249 James F. Hoyng 9549 Robert C. Shaw10783 Jose Luis J. Mendoza11076 Vincent A. Lindgren11911 James M. Venglarik11966 Matthew W. Bagley12266 Joseph Rybak13488 Dennis P. Hill13511 Joseph P. Olivieri16247 Felix Castrejon-Vera16442 Robert Martin

NORTH DAKOTA 1260 Thomas S. Helbling 2205 Wayne M. Steiner 5057 George A. Podhradsky 5451 Ben D. Kaspari 6438 Dr. Fredrick Mitzel 6446 Robert P. Nelson 6752 William C. Hanson 7083 Tony A. Ladwig 7176 Marcus B. Tanabe 9126 Tyler A. Losinski10829 Luke J. Eicher10837 Keith L. Holly11714 Simon D. Stang13533 Mark A. Thielges16402 Joseph P. McDonald

7705 [No officer listed] 7711 Carlos P. Flores III 7824 Calixto B. Salada 7852 Jose Nelson G. Namocatcat 7905 Raymundo D. Apatan 7994 Nestor C. Alegado 8068 Roberto P. Legarde 8134 Jimmy B. Ong 8202 Romeo B. Acenas 8209 Valentine Marlon Guevara Cabato 8212 Inocencio D. Ragunton 8330 Onesimo A. Santos Jr. 8352 Julius Ceasar A. Talle 8408 Manuel M. Cabada 8426 Fernando G. Elarcosa 8516 Benjie A. Ponce 8531 Jose D. Inot 8543 Jose A. Ma 8764 Hernando Q. Las 8766 Armando M. Asotigue 8777 Ronie S. Galendez 8864 Andres D. Mataganas 9047 Gil L. Alpas 9099 Fernan Aljon M. Canete 9427 Diosdapo D. Sumaylo 9474 Alfonso Sepe Ganto Jr. 9517 Manuel G. Octobre 9566 Aristotle A. Santos 9573 Francisco C. Sigaya Jr. 9688 [No officer listed] 9816 Artemio G. Parreno 9867 Ignacio R. Pascua10078 Dennis F. Cabasis10124 Kim Bune P. Cong10218 Pamelo P. Catli10219 Andrew P. Jalagat10255 Helson A. Rosete10262 Enrico D. Espinola10425 Angel A. Lim Jr.10440 Ruben R. Saavedra10481 Diego D. Laurio10549 Pedro Elorde B. Binoya10597 Moises S. Rasgo10741 Eduardo P. Rabil10849 George P. Ladres11031 Efren N. Reyes11048 Wilfredo H. Secretaria11199 Roberto H. Domingo11504 Romeo C. Vargas11549 [No officer listed]11842 Archie A. Busico11863 Ferdinand G. Evangelista12284 Rolando F. Burlaos12356 [No officer listed]12506 Ernesto A. Leoberas12536 Averino L. Yamomo12565 Jerry C. Labrador12566 Silvestre G. Saladores12645 Nilo C. Suarez12723 Florencio V. Embudo12736 Agustin Z. Geroy12790 Donato B. Pidlaon12920 Ruben I. Sayat13208 Noel N. Sedentario13246 Richard H. Villaea13258 Ronald C. Tojong13372 Felix O. Ranara13409 Nelson G. Oficiar13414 Arsenio A. Lomod13589 Pulbio Beringuel Cabiladas13591 Edgardo C. Sanchez13648 Ely O. Geneston13706 Mauro T. Pontillas13718 Jose Ma A. Sta Teresa13768 Felix R. Encarnado13770 Jasper V. Lumacad13817 Teofilo J. Encarnacion13886 Roger B. Decir13898 Cecilio E. Lozada14065 [No officer listed]14126 Juanito A. Rojas14127 Eliazar R. Gualdajara Sr.14179 Emmanuel C. Abarrientos

14207 Edgardo C. Lofranco14221 Gerald Agustin Campos14288 Randy C. Engalgado14564 Nelson V. Tallorin14641 Juan B. Marte14718 Paul O. Tayong14812 Bernardino B. Vergara14837 Regino C. Abrio14843 Inocencio T. Amora14889 Carlos C. Albatera14971 Jonathan B. Balambao15108 Ernesto D. Pedrito15202 Dominador B. Pancho Jr.15335 Jesus P. Cabayacruz15378 Virgilio Pano Caingin Jr.15409 Toribio S. Quizmundo15502 [No officer listed]15534 Narciso B. Abuan15539 Roger M. Nopueto15546 Lloyd Y. Rizada15601 Simplicio C. Segundino15602 Virgilio B. Medida Jr.15664 Gregorio V. Sergas15816 Aries Vincent B. Jurolan15823 [No officer listed]15839 Gilbert A. Mangaser15879 Cresenciano S. Sastre16007 Arman M. Lugo16036 Dixter A. Plaza16040 Oscar M. Orlandez16085 Rogelio D. Votojan Sr.16116 [No officer listed]16219 Wilfredo N. Soria16284 Alex M. Gracia16288 [No officer listed]16307 Zaldy C. Celebrar16325 Nelson C. Pabalinas16332 Amado C. Pericon Jr.16335 Eduardo C. Cabalo16336 Juanito B. Saracho16337 Anacleto P. Baldo Jr.16339 Ener L. Velasco16429 Joel S. Baino16470 Leoncio B. Lumacad16473 Elmerado L. Viernes Sr.16489 Jaime E. Quiambao16509 [No officer listed]16528 Deserto L. Mission16547 Jose P. Rosales16578 Andrito Oclarit Roboca16610 Jonathan S. Balambao Jr.

MINNESOTA 1491 Keith C. Gadacz 1836 Daniel R. Moore 4184 Joseph R. Gutzman 4374 Robert C. Altman 4967 Walter M. Polchowne 5101 Lee A. Auers 5647 Daniel R. Dines 6374 Rexford L. Smith 9307 Michael E. Peters 9905 Donald A. Hohn11941 Charles A. Dehn11949 David J. Kirsch12140 Donald C. Whitaker12293 Daren L. Grothaus13359 John H. Yaeger14420 Michael A. Vlaminck14832 Randall B. Temple16106 Barry J. Fritzke16455 Keith G. Overman

MISSISSIPPI 1522 Deacon Edward A. Renz Jr. 2969 Eugene W. Hymel Jr. 4472 Jose A. Diaz Del Valle 6765 Richard F. Coughlin 6872 Theodore H. Barze Jr. 7087 John Gary Cuevas 7120 Matthew L. Hatch

11054 Robert L. Hoffmann11737 William M. Chapman11823 Dan T. Orr11879 John C. Steinauer12086 Keith G. Albracht12200 Vincent B. Moreno12530 Gregory L. Vandenberg12687 Terrence L. Taubenheim13015 Jeremy M. Sousek13496 Charles D. Pearson13576 David E. Wilson13584 Gerald P. Smith14320 Ronald R. Boden Jr.14423 Thomas J. Bougger14470 John J. Bosco14685 Keith C. Goeden15068 Richard A. Elske15101 Tracy W. Potter15407 Paul B. Bauer15869 Mark Billesbach

NEVADA 1340 Frederick E. Sanders 4828 Jim E. Shurtliff 9102 Tom Villardi10442 William P. Koss13392 Romeo T. Panon13754 Robert J. Leroux13897 Daniel E. Mayne Sr.13924 Rolland E. Ray13944 Robert J. Dahl14144 Kenneth L. Chipman14544 Frank H. Holich14784 Franklin T. Edwards

NEW BRUNSWICK 9270 Raymond James March

NEW HAMPSHIRE 122 David P. Croteau 819 Andrew J. Cardine 3023 Joseph J. Falbo 7572 George R. Fredette16174 James R. Stevenson

NEW JERSEY 335 Anthony A. Fabiano Sr. 636 Joseph A. Bendas 2248 Charles A. Pane 3451 Charles M. Middleton 3546 Daniel E. Gilliam 3644 Khaldoun Androwis 5563 John S. Higgins 6139 John Soovajian Jr. 6173 Henry B. Glover Jr. 6202 James J. Ford 6247 Mark J. Pawlowski 6520 George E. Finan 6551 Daniel G. Worstall 6621 Carmine J. Amico 7020 James P. Lawson 7032 Vito J. Palo 7046 Raymond R. Wuertz 7333 John J. Toman 7755 Richard M. Cerwonka 7926 Thomas M. Kozlowski 8603 Francis J. Smith 9193 Thomas A. Skelly 9199 William J. Herring10627 Kevin J. Loughney10994 Gregory W. Kruse11017 Gregory P. Varga11527 Joseph P. Battista

NEW MEXICO 2719 Christopher M. West 4205 Ricky A. Sisneros 4445 Justiniano A. Valdez 8304 Max J. Pino 9105 Anthony P. Abeyta 9504 Clinton J. Deeley 9527 Richard J. Hoyle10560 Ezequiel L. Ortiz12282 Richard M. Garcia12812 Richard A. Sandoval13596 Miguel S. Troncoso13969 Jaime M. Flores




15936 Jesus J. Rodriguez Femat15981 Trevor M. Moeller16088 Vincent R. D’Alessandro Jr.16523 James P. Dee

TEXAS 799 Thomas W. Kelton 830 Gary L. Walton 2771 Sanford C. Valentine 3071 Cory R. Rylander 3098 Joel Rico 3110 Juan Miguel Hernandez 3266 Michael A. Galindo 3365 Ramsey Martinez 4298 Brian K. Otto 4779 Jose V. Baldovinos 5192 Ernesto Aguilar Sr. 5656 Michael D. Burns 6234 Philip M. Augustine 6358 Henry Alves 6812 Mark L. Jasek 6950 Sean A. Linkenheimer 7175 Kenneth D. Oefinger 7206 Peter W. Hayes 7265 Humberto C. Reyes 7323 Butch J. Rodriguez 7445 David J. Hobson 7563 Fernando T. Silva 7600 John W. Hicks 7736 Mark A. Von Plinsky 8135 Gerard A. Marroquin 8170 Richard L. Marcantonio 8298 Ruben De Leon 8327 Rojelio V. Frausto 8417 Robert L. Green Jr. 8521 Rudy A. Gonzales 8771 Roger V. Johnson 8773 Peter Carrillo III 8954 Steve B. Snyder 8975 Rickey E. Flanary 9215 Richard J. Montez 9310 Joseph M. Songy 9463 Gilbert A. Casillas 9681 Timotheo T. Zepeda 9708 Michael A. Hahn 9759 Clarence J. Hattier 9817 Robert D. Fief 9868 Gary N. Acrey 9884 Daniel H. Jacobs 9967 John H. Ly 9982 Jose F. Perez Jr.10191 Gregory M. Clary10207 Albert A. Arevalo10209 Christopher M. Jistel10380 Isabel Jaramillo Jr.10404 Abel Palma10413 Jorge-Armando Quintanillo10420 Armando Acosta10677 Ray E. Salinas Jr.10711 Carlos Hernandez10720 Thomas J. Gooney10816 Ryan T. Halfmann10872 Jay C. Richardson10879 Phillip A. Timmons11026 James N. Edelen11070 Ismael E. Herrera11107 Rudy Ortiz Jr.11169 Richard L. Dake Jr.11438 Ralph Aguirre11472 Mark A. Lewandowski11567 Ryan S. Evans11695 Richard F. Strahan11862 Chris D. Fowler11897 Arturo Garza11933 Charles E. Goff11980 Jorge Alanis12021 Timothy M. Lyons12084 Jesus J. Gutierrez12153 David B. Harmon12367 Armando Jose Gauna12642 Mark G. Meuth12657 Warren S. Ivey12711 Guy L. Guerin12748 John M. Solis12809 Michael A. Candiloro12818 Manuel Cervantes13044 Scott A. Brkovich13133 Jack L. Haynes13357 Carl J. Guillory13520 Michael B. Greene13824 Jimmy P. Flores

11614 Bruno Gagnon11627 Benoit Robidoux12007 Alain Bédard12339 André Giasson12556 Jacques Ethier

RHODE ISLAND 57 Kevin W. Audette 379 Warren R. Rensehausen 2295 Richard D. Swanson Jr. 2385 [No officer listed] 3563 Michael F. Del Signore Jr. 5295 Joseph Robenhymer 5702 Eugene G. Baillargeon 5787 Alexander J. Napoli7238 Michael G. Colvin

10557 John J. McGinn12613 Alberto M. Nunes14417 Robert R. Catineault

SASKATCHEWAN 3575 Greg R. Mamer 4704 Raul T. Roduta 5858 Martin J. Nienaber11429 [No officer listed]

SOUTH CAROLINA 2207 Christopher R. Hilditch 7129 Lee P. Van Voris12268 Thomas J. Swartz12366 Ronald C. Cray12995 George R. Taylor13713 Edward L. Hogue Jr.14475 Richard A. Engel14765 Roch J. Girard

SOUTH DAKOTA 1079 Vincent H. Boddicker 1532 Blaine M. McCance 2703 James R. Logan 2864 Mark J. Nesladek 4806 Jerome J. Schaefers 5738 Jerrod J. Gutzmer 6137 Danny L. Defries 6251 Raymond J. Rice 6341 Eric J. Fowler 6605 Vernon A. Myers 6912 [No officer listed] 7079 Johnathan C. Gehlsen 7681 Royce L. Grimsrud 8025 William D. Schneider 8844 David J. Dimaria10328 Micky J. Rasmussen10546 Peter J. Franck11739 Brian J. Voss15457 Alex M. Nagel15748 Joseph J. Cudzilo15817 Donald J. Wenande16017 Michael D. Bruske16230 Tim J. Vavra16457 Anthony Rieckman

SOUTH KOREA16000 Young Kyu Lim

TENNESSEE 544 David A. Johnson 4563 Keith D. Shellhart II 5207 Shawn P. Comerford 6099 Craig C. Bodnar 6321 Ricky D. Ancar 6784 Donald R. Myers Jr. 7170 Ryan D. McElfresh 7764 Christopher J. Chamberlain 8152 Denny J. Roy 8354 Nicholas C. Bennett 9132 Thomas E. Ashton 9168 Craig A. Potts10327 Roberto Martinez11074 Martin Ryan Jr.12012 James H. Kiser12256 Christian Hofstetter12633 Donald G. Hoyle14931 Jose F. Baez-Garcia15020 Blake R. Tamez15706 Henri J. Usey

10772 Joseph M. O’Brien II11013 Bruce J. Wright11434 David L. Horvath11454 Douglas J. Fleming12532 Charles A. Mayo12572 Brian C. Hallock12573 George J. Hallesky12703 Archie A. Trader12788 Francis V. Crupi13752 Jay O. Crandall Jr.14329 Robert H. Reissner Jr.14807 Josh D. Miller15351 Joseph J. Rock15456 John R. Nimmerichter Jr.15590 William J. De Stefano16090 Joseph R. Carfley

POLAND14000 Sławomir Wójtowicz14002 Tomasz Salich14004 Andrzej Trzosek14023 Zenon Łodej14271 Ireneusz Wojciechowski14955 Andrzej Bera15078 Paweł Czachor15111 Wojciech Pacula15117 Jerzy Warasiecki15128 Stefan Weigel-Milleret15142 Piotr Taras15160 Witold Zmysłowski15195 Dariusz Kołodziejczyk15216 Piotr Traczyk15219 Radosław Stolski15239 Tomasz Skulski15249 Piotr Kiełtyka15268 Paweł Wais15279 Piotr Mec15415 Jan Marciniak15500 Tadeusz Tyc15520 Kazimierz Giżewski15527 Robert Kupc15588 Bogusław Kucab15622 Andrzej Raczkowski15631 Jacek Bartosiewicz15649 Tadeusz Kwiatkowski15652 Wiesław Grala15726 Stanislaw Chmura15766 Robert Szymański15767 Andrzej Piechowski15820 Jacek Perłak15856 Bohdan Chołod15947 Robert Zasieczny16014 Eugeniusz Rakoca16015 Kacper Paczesny16100 Franciszek Florek16105 Piotr Malinowski16128 Antoni Kamiński16181 Tadeusz Rzońca16262 Jerzy Mazurkiewicz16266 Robert Wolski16380 Ryszard Kosturek16405 Jakub Cybulski16412 Henryk Borowski

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 6917 James J. Sampson

PUERTO RICO 1543 Carlos M. Homs- Santiago 5950 Greighton F. Torres- Rodriguez 9572 Noel De Leon- Lozada

QUÉBEC 446 Mario Jacques 3007 Pascal Frappier 3072 Jean-Pierre Caron 3258 Claude Huot 5118 Clément Richard 5321 Claude Lachance 6329 Stéphane Poulin 7477 Jean-Denis Royal 8260 Pierre Côté 9592 Jean-Guy Lajeunesse 9954 Patrice Lemyre10171 Yvon Couturier10634 [No officer listed]10793 Robert Kennedy11362 France Tremblay

15834 William L. Mclain III16214 Steven Ackerman16367 Jayce A. Palmer

ONTARIO 1388 John W. Connolly 1429 Norman Monteiro 1926 Ken R. Cavanagh 2671 George Cervoni 3305 William F. Harrison 3909 Melvin S. Chomiak 4917 Tony F. Materno 5153 Dwayne K. King 5558 Richard Gagne 6161 Anthony C. Carvalho 6217 John M. Brennan 6777 Stan R. Smith 6861 Rene P. Cormier 6894 [No officer listed] 7251 Rodney E.J. Papak 7743 Joël F. Bouchard 8008 David S. Hnatiw 8050 Paul D. Hansen 9005 Michael Goulet 9144 Gregory O. Saldanha 9235 Carlo DiCarlo 9295 Wesley Ramage 9447 Richard D. Brown 9557 Paul T. Kozak 9619 Richard H. Blais10091 John G. Warden10102 Gregory J. Stewart10665 Joseph J. Young10873 Francis A. Johnston11086 Greg H. Walsh11164 Charles W. Bathurst11500 Marcel N. Lachance11525 Michael McManus11528 Larry Gerard Hallihan11531 Peter D. Desrosiers Sr.11708 Armando Gamboa11886 George S. Smith12047 Pierre M. Beaumier12582 Jerom T. Peralta12782 Amadeo Cuschieri12820 Robert C. Gauthier13094 Mel Asuncion13244 Albert C. Nascimento13417 Jaime A. Libaque13443 Joe Chiappetta14201 David A. Bell14337 Wayne N. Chernow14969 Timothy J. McKinley15045 Ibrahim Akleh15162 Donald McDonald15329 Keith G. Hendricks15333 Jim F. Keracher15920 Ken B. Fleming15945 Randy W. Neff16624 Aloysius Mekkunnel

OREGON 1577 Jonathan P. Keefer Jr. 1748 John A. Schaefer 1767 Richard A. Bielenberg 1872 Mark T. Reinig 3484 Duane J. Kloser 3509 Roy P. Salvetti Jr. 3591 Brian K. Fihn13700 Lorenzo Nicholson15263 Huong Nguyen15526 Linh N. Vu15595 Anthony S. Shumway15640 Gregory A. Dahinden16145 Michael Q. Lam

PENNSYLVANIA 604 Dennis C. Garrett 1083 Dr. Rick L. Logue 1530 Edward L. Lane 1941 Wallace J. Zielinski 3868 Bernard A. Komoroski 4052 Michael H. Arment 4160 Michael M. Dougherty 4282 Dennis M. Sullivan 4397 Kenneth S. Lupole 8530 Thomas M. Southard 9164 Robert L. Boule 9832 Brendan F. O’Sullivan10175 Bruce W. Lazar10194 Joseph A. C. Plum10474 Robert D. Farabaugh10502 Jack R. Yanni10685 Mark C. Burkhardt

NOVA SCOTIA 3133 Joe Beaton 7302 Gregory P. Gallant13987 Gary L. Moore

OHIO 310 Shaun O. White

478 Kenneth L. Offenberger 721 Bert T. Scott 847 Jeffrey W. Briggs 1162 Richard A. Chunnic 1195 Thomas J. Hahn 1597 Bradford C. Lautar 1727 Matthew D. Foster 1782 Sean W. Coakley 1786 Benjamin D. Yoder 1800 David A. Brackman 1801 Thomas M. Burr 2158 Roger L. Rutschilling 2280 David J. Gutschalk 2565 James H. Schoeppner 2643 Patrick J. Tabeling 3369 Robert O. Stroebel 3930 Chad M. Rachic 4378 Steven E. Warniment 4424 Edmond D. Sharp 4603 William H. Merriman 4733 Frank D. Kohring 5009 Anthony C. Schumacher 5128 Thomas M. Moorman 5286 Mark E. Kahanca 5429 Michael W. Hicks 5534 John R. Schwendenman 5628 Mark D. Boyer10003 Robert S. Brookens Sr.10043 Edward G. Mendez10765 Michael A. Durst10941 Christopher M. Sarka11216 Dr. Garry H. Rupp11224 Tony Sommer III11550 Joachim J. Fischesser11828 Roger R. Gibson12359 Michael J. Merz12772 Carl J. Haaser13429 Christopher P. Chalifoux13813 Philip J. Wentzel13984 Thomas B. Vitou14111 Ralph E. Conrad14282 Edward J. Price14416 Steven M. Hupp14457 Keith A. Rubadue14502 Arron R. Mier14504 Steven F. Berns14551 David W. Grajzl14834 Matthew F. Gockerman14995 John A. Brown15023 John F. Mohorcic15086 George R. Summers Sr.15401 Daniel A. Hitchcock15569 William J. Rudinsky15905 Patrick R. Irmen15942 Thomas E. Lippert16164 Andrew J. Wellmann16279 William J. Eichenmiller16376 Joseph A. DiDonato16425 Justin C. Orr16461 John E. Slewitzke16561 Ernest J. Winnestaffer16571 Don M. Maines

OKLAHOMA 916 Charles A. Bohan 962 Patrick M. Walker 965 Kevan Riley 1104 Conrad C. Bergschneider 1287 Alan J. Glanzer 4721 Joe F. Deere 5160 Daniel E. Zimmerman10388 William H. Parish III10822 Thomas R. Greenlee11237 Greg D. Greenlee11959 Doyle G. Heathcott13313 Timothy J. Bunkers14220 Miguel A. Rodriguez Martinez




15648 [No officer listed]15718 Alberto P. Jaculba15724 Judy D. Dorado15770 Sebedio A. Seraspe15772 Rodante F. Andres15784 [No officer listed]15927 [No officer listed]15989 [No officer listed]16024 Edwin Baldado16029 Samuel G. Saul16044 Cezar P. Bermejo Jr.16054 Ronnie L. Pelongeo16098 Arlen M. Gaitan16114 Valerio M. Carias16309 Victor D. Lacdao16312 Cirino R. Anabieza16313 Stephen I. Legarda16341 [No officer listed]16372 Larry B. Deysolong16432 Jonathan A. Pongcol16569 Eugene-Francis B. Belicano16608 Ronilo A. Barnuevo16616 Ersyl T. Biray16657 Gilbert A. Benjamin

WASHINGTON 894 Federico G. Lopez 1488 Travis J. Frei 3361 Francis Bagarella 4322 Edgardo M. Liloc 7360 Allen L. Farrand 7642 Carmon R. Comunale 8015 Michael S. Schultz 8136 Sean M. Cronkite 8437 Cliff D. Macaraeg 8476 Gary W. Cloninger 9833 Ronald G. Long 9910 Jose Oscar Rodriguez10664 Alan K. Newhouse11252 David J. Bryant11642 Patrick D. Di Julio11789 John F. Guerrero12483 Augustine H. Lopez12583 Charles S. Marks13794 Renato E. Sacramento14046 Arthur G. Rodriguez III14268 Stephen G. Sommer14689 Brian J. Comfort15338 Andrew B. Bendokas16690 Stephen G. Schweyen

WEST VIRGINIA 1415 Christopher K. Todd 4694 Italo V. Dalessio10011 Carl F. Corbett III 13887 William C. Gray Jr.15610 Robert W. Grabenstein16494 [No officer listed]16530 Andrew P. Nowak

WISCONSIN 531 James A. Schneider 2035 George R. Ploof 4586 Richard T. Raulin 4902 Joshua N. Sazama 5127 [No officer listed] 6554 Bel R. Swan 6568 Matthew A. Salm 6599 Jeffery J. Pitman 6759 Eric C. Schachtner 6997 Dennis R. Hladilek 7030 Peter D. Lefeber 8108 Melbourne K. Ort12588 Jon A. Fehring13880 Robert J. Elwood Jr.15659 William J. Roszkowski15665 Wayne J. Bush16022 Gordon J. Gerstner16079 Brian C. McMichen16280 Andrew M. Krautkramer16298 James E. Mitchell16444 Douglas H. Reinhart

WYOMING10027 Felix G. Campos

5665 Joel F. Jaranilla 5672 Romeo B. Jamero 5762 Florentine T. Ibabao 5822 Mario F. Pao 5889 Jesus Evans S. Demorito 5894 Randy T. Tanamal 6036 [No officer listed] 6070 Lope L. Cabalonga 6109 Nelson L. Leornas 6129 Nestor Palmitos Maglinte 6179 Pedro R. Moreno 6235 Meliton E. Buyco II 6400 Jose Rex S. Pilador 6432 Peter James M. Fille 6639 Renato J. Siervo 6840 Oscar M. Raquit 7154 Francisco S. Castete 7507 Federico P. Godoy Jr. 7730 Edwin M. Maguillo 7815 Romualdo D. Saises 7936 [No officer listed] 8148 Efren C. Flaminia 8584 Eddie P. Torreverde 8730 [No officer listed] 8796 [No officer listed] 8816 Marcelo B. Alinab 8856 Lauro I. Yatar 9013 Santos R. Pagdilao 9051 Luciano A. Sucgang 9091 Leo S. Navidad 9179 [No officer listed] 9209 Silverio C. Esid 9214 Christopher D. Endrina 9379 Adolfo B. Balona 9466 Edwin V. Antonio 9694 Jonathan C. Vipinosa10095 Eric C. Jandoquile10099 Manuel C. Dabalse10110 [No officer listed]10485 Simeon L. Orais10767 Charlie T. Magtulis10970 [No officer listed]11131 Miguel P. Calama An11447 Joaquin T. Peralta Jr.11517 Alexander C. Sindico11698 Ildefonso A. Dolorino11920 Roland Baguion Jr.12039 Exs D. Dorado12324 Wilfredo G. Gallenero12363 Gallardo N. Lazo12667 Johnny C. Vicentino12728 Restituto S. Pableo Jr.12860 Wildy D. Devela13013 Romeo C. Arancillo13054 Roy Jacob A. Madresta13066 Keith V. Adlao13075 Jovencio M. Espino13092 Teddy Policarpio Causing13254 Rufino G. Alcala13281 Rizalino O. Treyes13385 Leo F. Rendaje13493 Nilo A. Mora13528 Jose I. Bretana13660 [No officer listed]13868 Samuel R. Rizon13878 Jun Cesar E. Galila13937 Romeo G. Acosta14043 Michael M. Rosal14118 Paulus Victorious C. Villegos14119 Carlos Romeo G. Villanueva14195 Lowel T. Arban14480 Hannibal Nabor Cometa14514 Marlon T. Ninouevo14655 Carlito B. Santana14759 Fritz B. Palma14782 Ian S. Dalumbar14985 Larry C. Gallenero15071 Domingo R. Lojares15072 Goodrich V. Gonzaga15150 Edsel T. Tordecillas15316 Paulino C. Jerusalem15468 [No officer listed]15488 Jelbert C. Damacino Jr.15532 Wenceslao A. Sollano Jr.15566 [No officer listed]15586 Rolando E. Llamelo15635 Arnel L. Del Cruz

14261 Felix Moreno14413 Michael R. Bogdan14617 Lawrence A. Prahin14679 Joseph E. Glover14700 Donald R. Huml15017 Ruben Hernandez15033 Hugh V. Fisher15105 Anthony P. Ladin15240 Jaime Piedra15262 Edwin E. Forshage III15448 Mario A. Reyes15782 Roy A. Novak15852 Brian L. O’Donnell16047 Zeb H. Genn16103 Bernard D. Bixenman16258 [No officer listed]16275 Victoriano Garcia16375 David Solis16391 Isaul S. Montez16394 Jose L. Olivarez16464 Avery P. Murdock16663 Gerard Rodriguez

UTAH 602 Jaime Gomez 5214 Vincenzo J. Simonelli 6010 Joseph A. Neid 9731 Ryan S. Graveley11246 Harry E. Polland12181 Francisco E. Carmona13297 William Michael Derrick15418 Richard F. Hall

VERMONT 642 Stephen E. Ketcham 7525 Bernard F. Hemond Jr.

VIRGINIA 367 John F. Person 418 Carl F. Kregiel Jr. 459 Lawrence H. Clark 595 James D. Meyer 670 John C. Wirth 2473 Christopher J. Bannon 5476 Richard A. Witty 5561 Curtis E. Gearhart Jr. 5998 John J. Daly 6372 Joe A. Parr 6546 Robert J. Brescia 6747 Thomas Susano 7369 Rupert W. Harmon 7771 Anthony A. Rozanski 7812 John P. Lobuglio 7992 Michael F. Litzelman 8116 Daniel C. Gibbs 8240 Ferris A. Hayward 8600 Brian C. Prindle 9286 Patrick J. Ogden10804 Michael H. Yatsko11122 James H. Beggs11172 Gregory M. Pitrone11264 Alan M. Dupont11475 Patrick James Dempsey11639 Arnold R. Bohanan Sr.11678 Ricardo A. Atristain11781 Julio C. Santiago11806 Lloyd E. Miller11947 Aaron R. Davila12134 Thomas J. Sellinger12982 Robert Scott Rose13170 Stephen A. Haddon13784 Norman R. Wood Jr.13860 Earl A. Lord14059 Lan H. Nguyen15244 Jeffrey R. Cuiper15794 Dwayne C. Owens16226 David Brin16535 Thomas H. Cockerham

VISAYAS 3690 Juanito Quero 4276 Sergio E. Borres 4432 Rufino G. Duran 4491 Edgar I. Aranas 5028 Norberto O. Rocio 5123 [No officer listed] 5196 [No officer listed] 5215 Roy A. Sudario 5577 Gilbert P. Moises 5601 Norberto Estolatan 5614 Vito K. Navarra 5639 Pablo Gamayao

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TO BE FEATURED HERE, SEND YOUR COUNCIL’S “KNIGHTS IN ACTION” PHOTO AS WELL AS ITS DESCRIPTION TO: COLUMBIA, 1 COLUMBUS PLAZA, NEW HAVEN, CT 06510-3326 OR E-MAIL: [email protected].

Members and chaplains of the Knights of Colum-bus in Poland, led by State Deputy TomaszWawrzkowicz, gather in the chapel of the resi-dence of Polish President Andzrej Duda Oct. 7,the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. The Knightswere invited to pray the rosary in the presidentialresidence as part of a special rosary event aroundPoland, in which more than 1 million Catholicsentrusted the nation to the Mother of God.

Knightsof charity

Every day, Knights all over the world aregiven opportunities to make a difference— whether through community service,raising money or prayer. We celebrateeach and every Knight for his strength,his compassion and his dedication tobuilding a better world.

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PLEASE, DO ALL YOU CAN TO ENCOURAGE PRIESTLY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.PLEASE, DO ALL YOU CAN TO ENCOURAGE PRIESTLY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

KEEP THE FAITH ALIVE

‘GODWILL ALWAYS BETHERETO GUIDE ME.’

When God called Abram to be the father ofa multitude of nations, he said: “Look up atthe sky and count the stars, if you can” (Gen15:5). A few verses later we learn that this con-versation occurred in the middle of day! Howdoes one count the stars then?After discerning my vocation to enter the

Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eu-charist, at age 18, I wrestled with the un-knowns about my future. I found myselfgazing up at the sky, walking an unknownpath. Where would I be sent after makingvows? How often would I see my family?Though I didn’t have the answers, I trustedthat God was calling me to love and serve himas his bride.Since professing vows as a consecrated reli-

gious, there are still plenty of unknowns in mylife. But I learned to trust that as long as I amfaithful to his call, God will always be there toguide me — regardless of how many stars Ican see.

SISTER MARIE JEANNETTE LEWIS, O.P.Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the EucharistAnn Arbor, Mich.

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