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The PATRIOT St. John Neumann Assembly #933
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus
GOD BLESS AMERICA PATRIOTISM
VOL. LX No. 2 CHARTERED OCTOBER 27, 1957 March 2017
This Newsletter is published bi-monthly, except in the months of July and August, for the information of its members and for the Order generally. All copy for publication must be submitted to the Editor on or before the 15th of the preceding publication. NOTE, this publication is also posted on the State Council website (www.pakofc.us/newsletters) . E-mail your copy to: [email protected]. If absolutely necessary, only short subject matter should be submitted for retyping to: Matthew Kresz, Editor, 3434 Oakmont St. Phila. PA 19136-3513
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St. John Neumann Assembly 933
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus
3434 Oakmont St.
Philadelphia, PA 19136-3513
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS FOR 2017-2018
Nominations for all offices for the Fraternal Year 2017-2018 year will be accepted during April 19, 2017 Conclave Meeting which is to be held at St. Helena Council #15687, 6161 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19120 ( St. Helena Church)at 8:00 P.M. Nominations will be reopened and elections will be held during the May Conclave at Pope Pius XII Council, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Hall, Croydon, PA 19021 at 8:00 P.M.
My Brother Sir Knights, I was recently impressed and moved by the outpouring of sup-port for a veteran, Army Sergeant Bill Hufford, who turned 103 years old this past January 28. A friend of mine from the Ameri-can Legion asked if the Knights would send birthday cards to Mr. Hufford. Shortly after sending the request my brother Knights starting forwarding the request to the Philadelphia Chapter, the Saint Katharine Drexel Catholic School, and other Assemblies. Thank you for honoring a man whose service in our armed services ensured the freedoms for which we are blessed in the United States of America. Thank you to all the veterans who have served our country in war and in peace. It is a special person who serves. I have nev-er served myself but I cannot help but get emotional and also very proud when I think of what you, who have served, sacri-ficed for all of us. Please contact me if you should know of an opportunity where the Assembly could help or honor a veteran. We are the Patriot-ic degree and this is our calling. Congratulations to Sir Knight Anthony Porretta on his election as Faithful Captain of the Saint John Neumann Assembly. I am looking forward to working with SK Tony throughout the remain-der of this Fraternal Year.
,The Fourth Degree Exemplification this year is on May 28. We can use more Sir Knights so please encourage your Third De-gree Knights to continue their journey and become a Sir Knight. Feel free to contact me should you need someone from the Assembly to attend your Council meeting or a meeting of Fourth Degree candidates to discuss the requirements for the Exempli-fication.
Finally please give some prayerful consideration of a worthy person to whom we can award the St. John Neumann Medal. The person should be someone who has demonstrated exem-plary service to God, Church, and Country. Please mail any names and resumes to me at my home address by March 31.
God bless the United States of America! God Bless you!
Vivat Jesus!
Fraternally and Patriotically Yours in Christ,
Michael H. Arment, FN
PRAYER REQUESTS
Please remember the prayers the following: Our Military espe-cially those in ‘Harm’s Way’, our Police, Fire and EMT personnel
Also our benefactors living and deceased together with our Military, Police, Firemen, and EMTs. Remember also our —Priests, Nuns, Deacons, and those studying and contemplating the religious life.
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Nominations of candidates for the St. John Neumann Medal: The nominee does not have to be a member of the Assembly, a Knight of Columbus, nor a member of the Clergy. Associated assembly GKs will be contacted separately for nominations.
COLOR CORPS ON THE MOVE January 8, 2017 St. John Neumann Mass In attendance: Jim Brennan, CCC, 4052
Michel Arment, FN, 4052—Giuseppe Innamorato, 1294 Fred May, PGK 4052—Anthony Porretta, 4052
CHALICE GUARD
Silvio Dipietro - Council 4052 Guard: December 3, 2017
In attendance: Jim Brennan, CCC 4052 Ray Burkett,PGK 4052—Fred May, PGK 4052
Rich Spencer, 4052—Rick Saldutti, 4052 Michael Arment, PN, 4052—Bill Miller, 4052 Ed Fitzpatrick, PGK 4052—Chris Dern, 4052
Carl H. Neri, PFN-Council 3885 DOD: January 2, 2017 Guard: January 8, 2017
In attendance: Matt Kresz, PFN 1284 Rich McMillan, PFN, 1284—Edward Sharp, 3885 Pat Corey, PFN 5036—Michael Arment, PN 4052 Jim Brennan, CCC 4052—Fred May, PGK, 4052
Raymond Teti –Council 4052 DOD: January 20, 2017 Guard: January 27, 2017
In attendance: Ray Burkett, PGK 4052
St. John Neumann Medal
1— The Saint John Neumann Medal shall be awarded to a person who has demonstrated exemplary service to God, Church and Country. Only one medal may be awarded per year. The eligibility of the candidate shall be determined by a vote of the Faithful Navigator and the Past Faithful Navigators in good standing with the Assembly. A proposer may NOT submit more than one nominee. 2— The proposed candidates’ resume must be submitted in writing to the Faithful Navigator. Resumes submitted by a person on his or own her behalf shall be considered ineligible and will not be forwarded to the Admiral or Past Faithful Navigators for their consideration. The Navigator will accumulate the resumes until March 1st, at which time he will submit them to the Faithful Admiral who will in turn distribute them to the eligible Past Faithful Navigators. The Past Faithful Navigators must submit their negative or affirmative vote on the candidate(s) by April 15th of the awarding year. Regardless of the number of resumes to be acted upon, the Past Faithful can submit only one (1) affirma-tive vote, however, all votes may be negative. Ballots and resumes for all candidates for the Saint John Neumann Medal shall be mailed to the Past Faithful Navigators and Faithful Navigator, to be returned by mail to the Faithful Admiral by April 15th. A simple majority of re-turned votes shall determine the recipient. A vote shall be cast for ONE (1) or NONE (0). It shall be understood that the Faithful Navigator has a vote. In order to maintain anonymity, it shall not be required that the Bal-lot be signed. The ballots, when returned to the Faithful Admiral in an envelope marked “BALLOT”, shall remain sealed until a meeting is called, prior to the June Conclave, at which time the ballots will be reviewed jointly by the Faithful Navigator. 3—The Medal shall be presented to the selected candidate as close to the anniversary date of Saint John Neumann’s canonization date (June 19) as possible, preferably at the beginning of the June Assembly meeting. The Medal will be presented by the Faithful Navigator. In his absence, the order of succession of presiding officers will be observed.3—The Medal shall be presented to the selected candidate as close to the anniversary date of Saint John Neumann’s canonization date (June 19) as possible, preferably at the beginning of the June As-sembly meeting. The Medal will be presented by the Faithful Navigator. In his absence, the order of succession of presiding officers will be observed.
RSVP MASS
March 15, 2017, 7:00 P,M. Sisters of the Blessed Sacra-ment, St. Katherine Drexel Shrine, St. Elizabeth Chapel. The Assembly will be honoring 5 seminarians this year. Louis Monica, August Taglianetti, Kevin Okafor, Marco Casanova, Shawn Flannagan
HELP NEEDED
Brothers, your help is needed to host and assist the residents
of the Delaware Valley Veterans Home during a Pizza & Bingo
Party on Monday March 20, 2017 at 7:00 PM. This is a Charita-
ble event as well as a Patriotic event..
The Veterans Home is located at 2701 Southampton Rd. Phi-
la., 19154. Its entrance is opposite of the Guard Amory. The ac-
tual facility sits back from Southampton Rd.
Please come -out and help -out. I’m sure that you will enjoy
this 1 or 1-1/2 hour.
Give Mike Baratucci a call at 215-200-7385 if you will be
assisting.
Thank you.
CHALICE GUARD cont.
James J. Donnelly—Council 12384 DOD: 2/7/20177 Guard: 2/12/2017
In Attendance: Ray Forish, PFN 4546 –Ed Clark 12384, Joe McGregor 12384, Gerard F. Bowes, PGK 12384,
Rich Konstance, PGK, FDD 12384—Joe Connelly 4921
John Selinsky—Council 4546 DOD: 2/4/2017 Guard: 2/10/2017
In attendance: Richard McMillan PFN 1284 Ed Finley, PGK, FDD 4921—John W. Brown FS, PGK 4921
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Faithful Navigator
Michael H. Arment, GK
3418 West End Street
Trevose, PA 19053
215-470-2050
Friar
Rev. Michael J. Davis
1900 Meadowbrook Rd
Feasterville, PA 19053
215-357-4324
Captain
Anthony M. Porretta
1141 Green St.
Philadelphia, PA 19115-2017
215-416-2467
Admiral
Michael Baratucci, PFN
3428 Aubrey Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19114
215-200-7385
Purser
Matthew Kresz, PFN
3434 Oakmont St.
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215-331-0806
Comptroller
Thomas B. Finnegan, PFN
2458 York Road
Pennsauken, NJ 08109
215-327-7916
Pilot
John DeStefanis, PGK
3133 Welsh Road
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215-332-8923
ASSEMBLY OFFICERS 2016-2017 Scribe
William Wixted, PFN
10938 Modena Place
Philadelphia, PA 19154
215-637-3570
Inside Sentinel
Stephen Altimari,PGK
4516 Tolbut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215-332-9613
Outside Sentinel
Joseph Connelly
3511 Carey Road
Philadelphia, PA 19154
215-327-8133
3-yr Trustee
John Carroll, PFN
1130 Bloomdale Road
Philadelphia, PA 19115
215-278-9047
2-yr Trustee
Pat Corey, PFN
643 Hendrix St.
Philadelphia, PA 19116
215-677-8549
1-yr Trustee
Richard E. McMillan, PFN
15 Sweet William Way
Langhorne, PA 19057
215-702-0386
MPORTANT NOTICE
My Brother Sir Knights, in order to reduce the cost of printing and mailing the Patriot Newsletter, if you have Internet ac-cess, would you kindly furnish us with your email address when you return your dues notice to the Comptroller or to the email of Editor of the Patriot. Your cooperation will be gratefully appreciated and will afford the Assembly the op-portunity to increase its funding of Patriotic and Charitable causes.
PRO LIFE VERY ACTIVE IN 2017 By Stephen Jackson
On Friday, 27-Jan-17, the annual Pro-Life rally in Washing-ton, DC was held. Many thanks to the Knights of Columbus members who attend as their efforts were greatly appreci-ated.
It was the first time that a Vice President addressed the rally. Vice President Michael Pence spoke to the young and energetic crowd. Michael Pence confirmed that this ad-ministration will fulfill its campaign promises regarding the Pro-Life movement. There was the National Defund Planned Parenthood Rally held on February 11, 2017 at the Warminster Planned Parenthood facility as well as 200 hundred locations across the nation. These events were well attended. The next event is the 40 Days for Life vigil at the Comly Road Planned Parenthood facility. Every day during Lent, the Pro-Life supporters are asked to visit this facility for one hour to pray, demonstrate and council. Many local parishes have signed up for a specific day to have their parishioners be present at the facility during their sched-uled day. Below are the details. It would be a blessing to have the Saint John Neumann Knights support their local parishes in this event or have the Saint John Neumann as-sembly sponsor a day to visit this facility
