The Patriot Knights of Columbus Edward A. O’Neil Assembly 1534 P.O. Box 590146 Tamarac FL 33359-0146

Dated Material Please Rush ASSEMBLY COUNCIL John A. Hill #4955 St. Gabriel Catholic Church Pompano Beach, FL 33062 Meetings 2nd & 4th Mondays GK. William W. Whiting 561-368-6531

Msgr. John J. O’Looney #6590 St Vincent Catholic Church Margate, FL Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesday GK William R. Rodriguez 954-720-9949

Coral Springs #8838 St Andrew Catholic Church Coral Springs, FL Meeting 1st & 3rd Thursday SK Lawrence Carballo 954-344-7669

St Joseph # 12872 St Elizabeth of Hungary Church Pompano Beach, FL GK Joseph Lucien 754-235-8313

Our Lady Queen of Heaven #13334 Our Lady Queen of Heaven No. Lauderdale, FL Meeting 2nd & 4th Wednesday GK Larry Breighner

St. Malachy’s #13355 St Malachy’s Catholic Church Tamarac, FL Meetings 1st & 3rd Tuesday GK Peter G. Stracke 954-290-1572

St Henry’s Council 14698 St Henry Catholic Church Pompano Beach, FL Meetings 2nd & 4th Tuesdays GK Daniel P. Diaz 802-233-5713 Jack Spanola dec’d Martin Knecht Jr. Frank Cennamo dec’d Don E. Vettorel

September – October 2016 ASSEMBLY OFFICERS—2015/2016 Navigator Angelo A. Sardo PGK Friar F. Dominick O’Dwyer Captain Peter Chiaravalle PGK Pilot Philop-Pierre Michel Admiral Manny A. Castano PFN Comptroller Harry J. Whitford PFN Scribe Todd A. Palgon Purser Michael P. Farrarelli In Sentinel Bill Ford In Sentinel George Hudak O Sentinel Anthony Oropollo O Sentinel Louis Lucien

1 yr. Trustee Louis E. Barrera 2 yr. Trustee Michael A. Cherup 3 yr. Trustee John G. Rebescher

DIRECTORS / CHAIRMAN Color Corps Commander PFN John O’ Toole Lt. Corps Commander PFN Ron Harper Program Director Peter A. Chiaravalle Web Master Peter Chiarvalle Membership Chairman Manny A. Castano Retention Chairman John J. O’ Toole Recruitment Chairman Manny A. Castano Religious Chairman Patriotic Chairman John J. O’ Toole Sick & Memorial Chairman Ron Harper Veteran Chairman Ron Harper Editor Harry Whitford Co-Editor Ron Harper

A SALUTE TO OUR PAST FAITHFUL NAVIGATORS Walter Millar Rocco Bochetto dec’d Earl Mills dec’d Robert Collins Robert Dugdale dec’d Ray Gauthier dec’d Albert Vincent, dec’d Thomas Armento dec’d Lindley Shipley James Zilai dec’d Warren Castline decd Adam Richter dec’d Michael Zofchak dec’d Stephen Press dec’d Frank Bonniol dec’d Tim Seifert Anthony Marro dec’d Drew Cavan dec’d Frank Dvorak dec’d Doug Murray Edward Jancas dec’d Martin Gabriel dec’d James Cupp John O’Toole Richard Chisholm dec’d Jim Cunningham dec’d Carmen Caliguire dec’d Robert Young dec’d 2 The Patriot September – October 2016 “One Nation Under God” Volume 43, Issue 6

September Meetings Officer Meeting Monday, September 12, 7:30 PM Wings Plus, Sample Road Coral Springs FAITHFUL NAVIGATOR Business meeting Sk. Angelo A. Sardo Monday September 19, 7:30PM [email protected] 954-275-3379 October Meetings Officers Meeting Sir Knights, Monday October 3, 7:30 PM Two months into the year, and we have grown some. Our officers Wings Plus, Sample Road and I are working hard to serve you. Keep the phone lines open and Coral Springs e-mails coming. I am always eager to work with our officers and to serve you. Business Meeting Vivat Jesus Monday October 17, 7:30 PM Angelo A. Sardo – Faithful Navigator All Business and Social Meetings are held at Saint Vincent Community Parish Faithful Admiral’s Report 6350 NW 18 Street SK. Manny A. Castano, PFN Margate Florida 954-670-3857

Brother Sir Knights, FAITHFUL CAPTAIN I welcome all our new members into our Assembly. I thank the proposers also. We still have more work to do. God Bless Peter A. Chiaravalle Vivat Jesus 954-990-6203 Manny A. Castano Sir Knights I was glad to see all our officers pulled together to make our FAITHFUL PILOT’S REPORT Installation great. We are working also to get our Cruise a success. SK. Philopierre Michel Football is around the corner. Don’t forget to get your tickets early. 954-695-7714 Sir Knights: Vivat Jesus Peter Chiaravalle – Faithful Captain I would again like to say a special thanks to my Brothers who come early and help set up and those who remain to assist with clean-up. We remain hopeful that we will have a key to the closet soon and PURSER’S REPORT keep all of the Assembly supplies in one place. Please remember to proudly display our Nation’s Flag. God Bless you and your SK John J. O’ Toole, PFN families. Have a Blessed New Year. 954-345-8227 Vivat Jesus Sir Knights Our Assembly accounts are in great shape. Our revenue has Philopi Pierre Michel – Faithful Pilot increased and looks like we are on the up and up.

Vivat Jesus Sick and Welfare Ron Harper, PFN John J. O’ Toole, Faithful Purser 954-718-8434

Brother Knights, John J. O’Toole Well it looks like we had a busy month, thank god nothing life Color Corps Commander threatening so far. The following did need our prayers and best 954-345-8227 wishes and I think they helped as all are getting better. [email protected] Stan Kuczynski (13334) is taking Chemo-Therapy for cancer and still needs our prayers for a complete recovery. A great many events have come our way. Please see the next Patriot Mike Ferrarelli (13355) was in the hospital overnight with a heart for an update. attack, thank goodness it was minor and he was able to go home the next day. Hope he stays well. Fraternally John O’ Toole (8838) was also hospitalized overnight with a severe John J. O’Toole - Commander Sinus infection, but with proper treatment he too was able to go

3 home the next day. Still a lot of swelling and pain. Stay with the prayers. As always I have the same plea. If anyone in your council is in need of our prayers, please let me know so we can follow up to keep all informed.

Fraternally Ron Harper – Co Editor [email protected]

*****FOOT NOTE*****

Brother Knights The Edward A. O’ Neil Assembly 1534 is working hard to put on a fantastic event open to all knights, parishioners and the public. The event is a dinner cruise on the South Beach Lady out of Hollywood on Saturday, October 15th (in honor of Columbus Day). Cost for tickets are $$65/per person. The beneficiary for the event is Special Olympics Broward County. We will have some great speakers including former Miami Dolphin players and our own Worthy State Peter A. Chiaravalle Treasurer Scott O’ Connor. There will be drawings for prizes each 954-990-6203 hour with a major 50/50 drawing at the end of the cruise. Did I [email protected] mention the food?! There will be Hors d’ Oeuvres served throughout the evening with various appetizer platters, choice of My Brothers entrees. And dessert. Alcohol is available at the cash bar. Space is limited so please contact myself or Michael Ferrarelli asap to The Assembly website is continually improving in form and reserve your seats. We look forward to having you to join us for an function. The “form” part is where content is added. Members of evening of fun, fraternity, and most of all Charity in support of the Color Corps have been added as well as the new officers. Special Olympics Broward County. Knights. This is how we tell our story. When visitors come to the site to use the Amazon link we want them to see what new and Fraternally exciting activities we’re up to. This can help with recruiting efforts. As far as the “function” part of the site, we continue to customize Peter Chiaravalle – Faithful Captain the site to reflect our interest and needs. One of the functions is the link to other pages. By adding links to those groups and organizations we support, we again show our Faith in Action. It is another way to highlight how the Knights support such important organizations as Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity on the local level. Go to the “link” button and click to see how we’re connected to these great groups.

Vivat Jesus Peter A. Chiaravalle – Web Master

From the Editor’s Desk Harry J. Whitford Jr. [email protected] Please support your Assembly and Patriot. Have any articles, let me know. Also for a $5.00 donation you could have a loved one memorialized in the Patriot.

Fish Bowl Winner Frank Telarico – Not Present

Faithful Comptroller Harry J. Whitford Jr. 954-649-3210 Brothers Knights As of today we have 260 members in our Assembly. 68% of them are paid up members. If you pay your dues for this year, all previous dues owed are erased. We need every member to keep our Assembly going. Hope to see you at the meetings. 4 Fraternally Harry Whitford Jr. - Faithful Comptroller

OFFICERS

Rev. Dominick O’Dwyer– Friar John A. Candela (SK Dan Davis) Angelo & Rose Sardo – Faithful Navigator Peter & Pat Chiaravalle – Faithful Captain Manny & Gladys – Faithful Admiral Phillopi Pierre Michel – Faithful Pilot Michael & Diane Ferarrelli – Faithful Purser Todd P. Palgon - Faithful Scribe Harry & Phyllis Whitford – Comptroller Louis E. Barrera – Trustee Past Faithful Navigators Michael & Theresa – Trustee John & Lillie Rebescher - Trustee Jim Cupp, PSD, FM, PFN Bob Collins, PFN, FSS Don Vettorel FSS PFN In memory of all the Aborted Babies Jim Daly, PFN, PGK In memory of Philip J DePaola John O’Toole, PFN In memory of Blanche & Herman Ron Harper, PFN Gamache Tom Neale, PFN In memory of Timothy J. Seifert, PFN John & Kathlyn O’Toole Sr. Nickolas Zurzolo David Peepers Ron & Mary Harper Harry Whitford, PFN Donald Macejko Lou Cimaglia,Jr. PFN Bernard Petreccia Eugene Bergeron –PFN Maurice & Linda Rohan Reyes Carrizales – PGK, PFN Joseph Silvers Dan & Pat Davis Louis Barrera, PFN, PGK Gary Silvers Michael A. Cherup, PGK, PFN Lynden Wordell John G. Rebescher PGK, PFN John & Dottie Fallon Thomas Beuschel Victor Garcia George Hudak Robert & Eleanore Caneron Walter Lee Thomas Sherlock Vincent Eberling Edwaed Miller Joseph & Rosanne Wolczanski Edward Miller SK. Joseph & Florence Zdrodowski SK. William & Christine Grimm II SK. Gordon & Marjorie Scott SK. William & Susan Whiting SK. James “Brad” & Christy Gaughan Ralph Colon (In memory of Ralph Colon) SK. Rudolph & Josephine Ponzio SK. Frank & Rachel Talerico SK. William X Tucker In memory of Harry & Helen Whitford SK. Edward Millar and family

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