K of C News Father McNelis Council #1481 Indiana PA

WEB SITE: http://kofc1481.org

MARCH 2018

Grand Knight’s Message

* Grand Knight: Don Hogan

* Deputy Grand Knight:

Michael Morris

* Financial Secretary:

Kevin Strezo

* Treasurer: Jeff Bacha

Happy St Patrick's Day! As you know,

Blarney is spoken fluently at all Council

meetings, by Brothers Walker, Hogan,

Bresnahan, O'Sullivan and O’Bacha.

Remember: Friday, March 16, is K of C

Knights’ Night—helping at St Bernard's

Fish Fry … it will also be “Wearin’ of the

Green" night. For all you sorry 3-hour

Eagles fans, you too can be 3-hour

IRISH! Also, Sunday, March 18, is K of

C Hoss's fundraiser day. Eat at Hoss's

on the 18th and part of your bill will be

donated back to our Council. Get your

coupons From Br Jeff

O' Bacca at the meet-

ing, at the Fish Fry,

after Mass, or on the

web site. Thanks to all

who helped Br Greg Z

with the pancake

breakfast ... another

service to the Council well done!

We are also gearing up for the Arc Drive

and the Carnation sale.

Have a blessed Easter Season.

——G K Don Hogan

2017-18 CALENDAR _______________________________________

MARCH 7th—Officers’ Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)

16th—Knights’ Night—Helping at St. Bernard School Fish Fry (St. Bernard Church Hall)

14th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)

18th—Council Fundraiser at Hoss’s ________________________________________

APRIL

1st—Sibley Scholarship Application Deadline

4th—Officers’ Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)

11th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)

20th-22nd—Mens Retreat (St. Paul’s Monastery, Pittsburgh) ______________________________

MAY 2nd—Officers’ Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)

4th/5th—Arc Measure Up Campaign (Area stores)

9th—Council Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)

11th—Setup for Carnation Sale at Lodge

13th—Carnation Sale, Mother’s Day _________________________

JUNE

6th—Officers’ Meeting (7 PM, Lodge)

13th—Council Meeting & Picnic (6 PM, Lodge)

22nd—Charity Golf Outing

COUNCIL 1481 WEB SITE http://kofc1481.org

St. Bernard Fish Fries are now in full swing—as will be our “Knights’ Night” on Friday, March 16.

We will once again show our support for St. Bernard School by having Brother Knights staff the serving line and drink tables, bus tables, and help clean up afterwards. We always have a lot of fun doing this! You can sign up at the March 14th Council meet-ing, or contact me, Mike Morris, at

mikem5277@yahoo.com or 724-422-3905.

Of course help is always welcome at ALL the fish fries—set-up Friday mornings, and help with the fish fries beginning at 3:30 PM. Just check with the school by calling 724-465-7139.

Dinners are served on Fridays through March 23, from 4 to 7 PM.

Brother Knights, please support St. Bernard School's biggest fundraiser by attending the fish fries with your family—and encourage your friends to come as well for a delicious meal. We receive many compliments as we are seen “in action” supporting the school and church! —Mike Morris - School Liaison

Fish Fry “Knights’ Night’’ at St Bernard

2017-18 Knight of the Year

Nomination applications for this fraternal year’s “Knight of the Year” are now availa-ble from Committee Chair Tom Bresnahan (tbresnahansr@gmail.com). They will also be available at our next few Council meet-ings. Please note that nominees should be

approached for acceptance before nominations are submitted.

Council 1481 Men’s Retreat

St. Paul’s Monastery, South Side, Pittsburgh

APRIL 20-22

Join us this year!

The council offers a warm welcome to our new First Degree members,Frank Perfetti and Eric Dawson, who were inducted in January. Please take the opportunity to meet them and to intro-duce them to the programs and activi-ties of our council.

Note that our Second Degree members have the opportunity to advance through our ranks with the Exemplifi-cation of the Third Degree. Please contact me or one of the Council officers about upcoming opportuni-ties.

This brings us to the point in the mid-

dle, the Exemplification of the Second Degree. With no other nearby council offering this degree, efforts are under-way to update the Council No. 1481 Second Degree team with a full staff of brothers to assume each role in the ceremony.

Any Second Degree Knight in good standing is encouraged to consider taking a part, large or small, in this im-portant ceremony. Please contact me or

Br. Tom Pearson for details of this unique opportunity to help form our fellow Knights in the important principles and work of our order.

—-Brother Chauncey Ross Membership Chairman

Membership Report

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Report of the 4th Degree Father McNelis Assembly #968

Our Assembly met on Wednesday, February 28 at the Lodge. One of the discussion items was about sending out minutes of our meetings to members by e-mail. We will be attempting to gather more e-mail addresses from our members. Also, we discussed developing a list of Of-ficers for the next fraternal year. Names will be discussed at the March meeting. As of this writing we have two candidates who will be taking their 4th Degree on June 3rd in Washington, PA. Any 3rd Degree member in good standing is eligible to join. For more information, please contact me or any 4th Degree Officer. Our March Meeting will be on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:00 PM at the Lodge. —Tom Pearson Faithful Navigator Assembly 968.

ARTICLE DEADLINE

for the April newsletter:

TUESDAY, MARCH 27

E-mail articles to

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CHARITY GOLF OUTING

FRIDAY, JUNE 22 Save the date!!!

Recitation of the Rosary at the funeral home the evening prior to burial of a Brother Knight is a long-standing tradition of councils throughout our Order. If your name is added to the list, you will be notified about the Rosary recitation. You will not be required to con-tact anyone else. To be added to our Council’s Rosary Tree, please contact Don Hogan: 724-349-5333 or dhogan7@verizon.net

John Sokol 724-465-6387 Chuck Nace 724-349-1497 Victor Stelma 724-463-3335 Jim Dalecki 724-422-0645 Tom Pearson 724-349-1717

Ray Micco 724-465-2827 Dave Miller 724-349-5452 Greg Zawrotny 724-349-2509 Ed Salerno 724-349-2676 Stan Yerep 724-349-1601 Kevin Buggey 724-463-3285 Mike Morris 724-422-3905 Bill Ager 724-465-4522 Tony Maniccia 724-349-1736 Nick Hoffman 724-349-2474 Larry Miller 724-349-8763 Tom Klunk 724-349-0407 Jeff Bacha 724-479-3776 Tim Petro 724-349-3581

Phil Jablunovsky 724-463-9786 Joe Angelo 724-465-6341 John Angelo 724-465-6341 Bob Dalecki 724-349-4492 John Varasak 724-465-2564 Bill Runco 724-349-5272 Don Hogan 724-349-5333 Tony Sottile 724-349-3157

P J Belin 724-349-5771 John Walker 724-463-8829 Chauncey Ross 724-463-4262 Ray Kulis 724-463-8176 David Lieb 724-465-8328

Dennis Ragan 724-541-4825 Bernie Liscik 724-463-3181 Jim Bianco 724-549-3233 Bill Moreau 724-465-4342 Tony Sgro 724-422-8733 Joe Bobick 724-541-3392 Bill Balint 724-465-9701

K OF C ROSARY TREE

Don Hogan—724-349-5333

Applications are now available for our Council’s

2018 FRANK SIBLEY MEMORIAL SCHOLAR-

SHIP. Any high school senior who is a child or

grandchild of a Council member in good stand-

ing—or of a deceased member of Council

1481—is eligible for the $1,500 scholarship.

An applicant must be a member of the Catholic

Church and a candidate for graduation from a

recognized four-year high school during the

term ending in May/June, 2018. Proof of ac-

ceptance to an institution of higher education,

an official high school transcript showing an

overall grade point average of at least 2.75,

two letters of recommen-

dation and an autobio-

graphical manuscript

identifying career goals

are among the require-

ments for consideration.

Complete details are included in the applica-

tion, which is available from Dennis Ragan

(dvragan@comcast.net), Grand Knight Don

Hogan and in the guidance departments of

area high schools. The application deadline is

April 1, 2018.

Council 1481 Offering $1,500 Sibley Scholarship

Call to

conversion

and love this

Lent

Lent is about

sacrifice (from

the Latin sacrum

facere - to make

holy), conversion

and drawing closer to Christ.

It's about putting Christ above

all and others before our-

selves. Be assured of my

prayers for you this Lent. I'm

counting on yours.

If you're looking for extra

ways to make a Lenten sacri-

fice … meet with me! :)

God bless!

Michael Steele, K of C Field Agent 951-901-0803. Michael.Steele@kofc.org

PLEASE BRING FOOD ITEMS

FOOD DRIVE

— Nonperisha-

ble food items

will be collect-

ed at every

Council meet-

ing and deliv-

ered to the St.

Thomas More Food Pantry to

help feed needy families in

our community. Please re-

member to bring an item or

two!

NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES

————————— 15 YEARS+ OF SERVICE

MARCH 2018

KNIGHT / YRS

LOUIS CALVETTI JR—52

EDWARD SALERNO—52

PETER SESTI—52

GILBERT ZILNER—52

WILLIAM BALINT—51

PHILIP JABLUNOVSKY—51

JOHN LARKO—51

ROBERT ROMANCE—51

JOHN SOKOL—51

LOUIS YANNI JR—50

ARNOLD HABERKORN—48

JAMES BUCKSHAW—48

JAMES MULLER—48

ANTHONY MANICCIA—38

LARRY CRAVEN—37

ARTHUR BRENNAN—34

ROBERT DECKER—33

REV. EMIL PAYER—32

REV. DONALD CONROY—30

ROBERT CHVERCHKO—29

DONALD NADZADI—29

WILLIAM BIRD—26

VITO DONGIOVANNI—26

PAUL HART—26

PAUL MAJORIS—26

W. JOSEPH ENGLER—19

STEVEN TUNINK—19

JOSEPH BOBICK—17

ANTHONY SOTTILE III—17

JERRY HANKEY—15

DONALD HOGAN—15

GARY WEAVER—15

GREG ZAWROTNY—15

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Council Fundraiser at Hoss’s March 18 We will again have a fundraiser at Hoss’s restaurant for our Council on Sunday, March 18. A portion of the cost of your

meal will be donated to our Council by Hoss’s on this date. We need brother Knights to help hand out fundraiser cards after Saturday evening Masses on March 17, and at all morning Masses on Sunday, March 18, at both St.

Bernard and St. Thomas More parishes. The cards will in-clude all the information about the fundraiser on it. Contact Brother

Jeff at jbacha@verizon.net or 724 422-5829.

The 2018 Spring 40 Days for Life Campaign began on Ash Wednes-day and runs through March 25. Christians throughout the world have been participating in this peaceful international campaign, which is occurring simultaneously in all 50 states, in 741 cities and in 47 countries!

Please join us in this Pro-Life initi-ative that to date has resulted in more than 14,000 lives being saved, 170 workers in abortion facilities

leaving their jobs, and 90 abortion facilities being closed. Help us to UNITE in prayer, fasting and peaceful vigil, when we stand and pray from 10 AM to 1 PM in front of Planned Parenthood’s abortion clinic in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, March 21. Your prayerful presence there

could save a life or even a soul from the devastation caused by abortion!

Members of our Council and local parishes will travel to Pittsburgh on Wednesday, March 21, to be part of this important Pro-Life effort. All are welcome to join us—several men and women from area churches have joined us in the past. We will leave from

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (upper parking lot) at 8:30 AM and return by approximately 3:00 PM. Transportation will be provided.

Please contact Brother Bill Ager at 724-465-4522 for more information or to make your reservation to join our group.

Store collections for this year’s Measure-Up

Campaign are scheduled for Friday, May 4,

and Saturday May 5.

As in past years, we will be collecting for the Arc

of Pennsylvania in Indiana at the BiLo, Giant

Eagle and Walmart stores — and in Clymer at

Tates Supermarket.

Signup sheets will be available at the March 14

and April 11 general Council meetings. You can

also view the schedules for each grocery store

online at http://kofc1481.org and sign up for one

or more available time slots by e-mailing the

current Measure-Up chairman, Eric Moisa at

EricM10980@gmail.com or text him @ 724-

550-3842. He will reply to confirm your sign up

time and date.

“Measure-Up” Collections at Local Stores May 4 and 5

Is God calling you to attend a weekend retreat this year?

We know from the numbers that close to 95% of our Council members have never made a retreat at St. Paul’s. Please seriously consider going this year to at least try it. It’s a weekend that literally can change your life. You can even customize the weekend to make it your own special time of spiritual rejuvenation. Yes, pray—but also rest, read, attend workshops and discussions, enjoy fellowship—and participate in the holy sacraments (and the meals are very good, too!).

You’ll be among approximately 100 men from Pittsburgh area par-ishes and organizations like ours. To have any questions you have about the retreat answered or to reserve a spot the weekend of April 20-22, see or contact Bill Balint at 724-465-9701 or capt1952@yahoo.com

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