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FEBRUARY 2017 Volume 2-17 Issue 69 Official Publication of the New Jersey State Council Knights of Columbus State Deputy’s Message My Brother Knights, The Fraternal Survey is now due and councils need to also complete their audits and submit them both to the state and Supreme. If you have not submitted your 365 and 185, the list of elected council officers and council chairmen, you can still can send them in both to the state and Supreme. The second half for the State per capita has been mailed and you should have received this in the mail. Please pay this as soon as you receive it. We are now beginning to plan for our convention in May. Registration information and the “call to convention” will be mailed shortly. Please make every effort to attend and participate on both days of the convention, Friday and Saturday. The Father McGivney Founders Day membership incentive and award program will be finalized on March 29. Now is the time to increase your membership intake to win the membership prize in your Diocese by Council size. All Grand Knights and DD’s were e-mailed copies of this incentive. If you still need this information, please contact the State Membership Director, Mike Vaclavicek. We wish you continued success in all your programs and membership. May your Council achieve star council and star district this fraternal year. Vivat Jesus Bruce De Molli KSG State Deputy Bruce DeMolli State Deputy Inside This Issue: 1 ~ STATE DEPUTY MESSAGE 2 ~ From the Editors Desk 3 ~ HIighlighted Program 4 ~ Program Corner 5 – Special Programs Corner 6~ Membership Corner 7~ Culture of Life 8~ Patriotic Corner 9 ~ Insurance Corner 10~ Degree Schedule 10 ~ Charter Anniversaries 11 – From our Webmaster 12~ Mark Your Calendar

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FEBRUARY 2017 Volume 2-17 Issue 69

Official Publication of the New Jersey State Council Knights of Columbus

State Deputy’s Message

My Brother Knights,

The Fraternal Survey is now due and councils need to also

complete their audits and submit them both to the state and

Supreme. If you have not submitted your 365 and 185, the list of

elected council officers and council chairmen, you can still can send

them in both to the state and Supreme.

The second half for the State per capita has been mailed and

you should have received this in the mail. Please pay this as soon

as you receive it.

We are now beginning to plan for our convention in May.

Registration information and the “call to convention” will be mailed

shortly. Please make every effort to attend and participate on both

days of the convention, Friday and Saturday.

The Father McGivney Founders Day

membership incentive and award program

will be finalized on March 29. Now is the

time to increase your membership intake to

win the membership prize in your Diocese

by Council size. All Grand Knights and DD’s

were e-mailed copies of this incentive.

If you still need this information,

please contact the State Membership Director, Mike Vaclavicek.

We wish you continued success in all your programs and

membership. May your Council achieve star council and star district

this fraternal year.

Vivat Jesus

Bruce De Molli KSG

State Deputy

Bruce DeMolli State Deputy

Inside This Issue:

1 ~ STATE DEPUTY MESSAGE

2 ~ From the Editors Desk

3 ~ HIighlighted Program

4 ~ Program Corner

5 – Special Programs Corner

6~ Membership Corner

7~ Culture of Life

8~ Patriotic Corner

9 ~ Insurance Corner

10~ Degree Schedule

10 ~ Charter Anniversaries

11 – From our Webmaster

12~ Mark Your Calendar

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Brothers,

Let me begin by stating that we are almost through

winter, and I know this because pitchers and catchers report to

spring training in about 2 weeks, and at the end of the month,

your NJKofC Polar Penguins will again join thousands of other

lunatics in the cold Atlantic Ocean as we take the Polar Bear

Plunge for Special Olympics NJ.

As I write this, our team is in 2nd place, barely $120

behind the 1st place team from Little Silver. With your help, we

could catch them this year. Please go to the website and pick a

Penguin you know and make a donation toward their individual

goal. DD Dave Coppola and FDD Gary Seals lead our team in

donations. They have been working very hard since October to

raise funds. Please consider a donation, thank you. Our team

goal is $40,000 this year, after raising over $36,000 last year.

Having just come back from the March 4 Life in

Washington, I feel blessed again to be in these United States of

America. Not only do we have a President that respects life and

is behind the cause, the Vice President came and gave a speech

to the crowd, not a video as in the past, but a live, breathing

person.

Our State Deputy and State Secretary marched along with

the 500,000 marchers, and there were more young people this

year than I ever saw before, and that bodes well for this country.

Easter will be upon us soon and right behind that is the

annual NJ State Convention in Wildwood. In past years, we have

seen attendance fall a bit and would like to see that change as

this is your State Council, you should know what happened last

year and what is happening in 17 – 18. Is your Council in line for

an award at the Convention this year? Come on down and pick it

up. Even if your Council is not getting an award, please

consider coming down and spending a nice enjoyable weekend

“Down the Shore” with your Brother Knights. It is a nice way to

introduce your family to your Brothers, as well as spend some

time relaxing by the shore, the ocean breeze washing over you,

putting you at ease from whatever is on your mind. As they say

on the Price is Right, “COME ON DOWN!!!”

John A Gazis, FDD

Crusader Editor

View previous

Issues of

Our State

E-Newsletters

Official Publication of the

New Jersey State Council

Knights of Columbus

Published Monthly

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

172 Main Street

West Orange, NJ 07052-5605

Executive Secretary

John W. Connell, FDD

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EDITORIAL BOARD

Publisher

Bruce DeMolli

State Deputy

Editor

John A. Gazis, FDD

Circulation

Bernard J. Ernst, FDD

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Chaplain of the Year

Application to State Chairman: DUE BY: March 31, 2017.

The NJ State Council is aware of the many wonderful spiritual and fraternal activities done by our

local council Chaplains. In a way to show our appreciation for all their service and to show our gratitude

for their vocation we ask that each Council that has an appointed Chaplain submit a detailed resume

for consideration of the State Chaplain of the Year by March 31, 2017 to the state chairman.

The recipient of the Award will be announced at the NJ State Convention in May.

The Resume should list the accomplishments of your Chaplain in the following areas:

Church activities

Community Involvement

Leadership

Pastoral care

Evangelization

Lay Apostate Development

Parish Ministry

Knights of Columbus involvement

This list is provided, but is not all inclusive, as a guide of areas that the Committee will evaluate for

selection of the most outstanding Chaplain of the Year. We ask that each Council submit its nomination

by the cutoff date mentioned above.

Please participate! The honor of "Outstanding K of C Chaplain" would be cherished by the

recipient, his Council, his Parish and the Diocese.

STATE CHAIRMAN: John Crovo Jr. FDD

1400 Harding Road

Vineland, NJ 08361

856-691-8328

[email protected]

The Deadline for submission is: March 31, 2017

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Happy Winter, Brothers,

It was good to see you at the Grand Knights mid-term meeting on January 7th at St. John

Newman Center in Piscataway. Many of you came out in spite of the snow and made it a

successful meeting. The material that was presented by the Programs and Membership team was

informative and vital for you to finish out a successful second half of your Columbian year. For

those of you who missed the meeting, you can review the material online at the NJ KoC Website,

where you can view presentations from General programs, Culture of Life and the Squires.

With winter in full swing it is time to button up those winter coats and brace for the cold. In the

same way, I hope your Council’s are helping the disadvantaged children in your area to do the

same. This is easily accomplished with Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids programs. It is never

too late and there is always someone in need. Order a box and distribute to the shelters or

Diocesan programs. If you are feeling the cold, so are these children. Please don’t delay.

As I reminded you at the GK meeting, there are very critical forms due to Supreme shortly.

Form 1728 (Survey of Fraternal Activities ) - Due Jan 31 - keeps KoC “legal”;

Form 1295-2 (Semiannual Council Audit) - Due Feb 15 - keeps your council solvent;

February program considerations should be:

State Bowling Tournament - application due 02/01 to Chairman Kevin Del Monico;

CCD Teacher of the Year - Council application due 02/01 to your District Deputy;

Parochial Teacher of the Year - Council application due 02/01 to your District Deputy;

Emergency Care Service Award - Council application due 02/01 to your DD;

Senior Citizen of the Year Award - Council application due 02/01to your DD;

Shield Award - Council application due 02/01 to your District Deputy

Habitat for Humanity - Council application due 02/01 to your District Deputy

Food for the Hungry - February is the hardest month for food banks and the needy

New Eyes for the Needy – Start collections in your church and medical outlets

Early March programs dates to be considered and acted upon soon…

“Keep Christ Before Us” Lent/Easter coloring book order due 03/01 to the chairman;

Bishop Dougherty Scholarship Application - due 03/01 to Grand Knight;

Fr John Murray Scholarship Application - due 03/01 to Grand Knight;

John Attardo Memorial Scholarship Application - due 03/01 to Grand Knight;

Substance Awareness Poster Contest - due 03/01 to the State Chairman.

Let us, together, do our best to develop a calendar of programs with the tools supplied by our

State Council and Supreme. Remember, have fun and work together to Protect God’s Kingdom.

Keep the Faith, Jim Sweeney, FDD NJ State Program Director

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The pictures below were taken by members of the NJ Knights of Columbus that attended the March

for Life in Washington on January 27. An estimated 500 thousand marchers endured a windy, chilly

day, but it was worth it if Roe V Wade is overturned and abortions are made illegal, as most of us feel

they should be. More pictures available on Facebook at : New Jersey State Council Event Pictures

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Brothers,

Even though the weather did not co-operate, the midterm Grand Knights meeting was well

attended. The theme of the meeting was the legacy that you will leave as a Grand Knight, District

Deputy, and what we will leave as a Membership Team. We stressed the fact that between us all,

team work will definitely lead to our goal of STAR COUNCIL.

Even if it is not this year it will be in years to come. The subject of

retention came up and if it is done by the guide lines of Supreme and

the State it will help us retain members not lose them. We should

always spend more time bringing in new members than finding ways to

lose them. The importance of Round Tables was stressed even more,

showing the positive influence on the Council and the definite help to

the Pastor of the Parish where the Round Table has been started.

As time goes on, we will have an opportunity to start a new Council in one of those Parishes where a

Round Table exists. These Councils may be of different ethnic backgrounds (Polish, Spanish,

Vietnamese, Filipino) just to name a few.

Our State incentives offer every Council a chance to save money on their per capita. This year

again Supreme has instituted the $4.50 per active member to go towards Supremes per capita as

long as you make STAR COUNCIL .

Other additional Supreme incentive are::

COUNCIL INCENTIVE - Councils that recruit six or more members between January 1, 2017 and

March 31, 2017 will receive a DOMESTIC CHURCH KIOSK & BOOKLET SET. Councils that recruit

twelve or more members between January 1, 2017 and June 1, 2017 will also receive a Domestic

Church Kiosk & Booklet Set. Councils that qualify for the Domestic Church Kiosk incentive during the

third quarter of the fraternal year will receive a Booklet Set refill if they qualify again during the fourth

quarter.

RECRUITERS INCENTIVE -- Knight of Columbus members who recruit new members between

January 1, 2017 and March 31, 2017 will receive 1,500 VIP POINTS per new member that they

recruit.

FIELD AGENTS INCENTIVE -- Field Agents who service Councils that attain one or more levels of

the Star Council Award by June 30, 2017 will receive 17,000 VIP POINTS

DISTRICT INCENTIVE - District Deputies will receive 1,000 VIP POINTS for each first degree that is

held within their district from January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017. If at least one first degree is

held within the same district in each month (January, February and March), the district deputy will

receive an additional 5,000 VIP points. In order to receive credit, a Form 450 must be submitted to

the Ceremonials Department for each degree held. The deadline for Form 450 submissions for this

contest is April 15, 2017.

Remember to form a strong partnership with your Insurance Agent and anytime you need help with

membership do not hesitate to call the team.

Your friend in Christ,

Mike Vaclavicek, FDD State Membership Chairman

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Brothers:

We had a very productive meeting with the Grand Knights on January 7, where we

discussed upcoming programs and convention awards. Hopefully, your council participated in the

March for Life to show our support for pro-life legislation, like the Pain-Capable Child Protection

Act. Your council should be ramping up its pro-life efforts as we approach the convention, and

focusing on key programs:

Turn Off the TV Day. Hopefully, your council is well under way towards participation in this

program and has already had members send out letters to the networks and pledge cards to

members and parishioners. Then all we have to do is start off the Lenten season by turning off

our TVs on Ash Wednesday, March 1. A sample letter, addresses for the networks, and other

resources are available from the web site at this .

Adoption As An Option. We need to promote adoption as an alternative to abortion, and what

better way to do it than to advertise it publicly and encourage people to adopt by helping to

underwrite the cost of doing so. Our car magnets do both! Sell them to raise money and then

display them proudly on your cars! Get together with other councils in your District to save

money through a volume purchase of the magnets. For example, 100 are $2.75 each, while 200

are $2.15 each, a $0.60 savings per magnet! In a 5 council District, 200 would give each council

40 magnets to sell for $4-$5 each. Everything you need to order them can be found at this LINK.

Diapers for Babies. This program continues to be one of the

best ways to promote life and to show that we are around to

support the mother who chooses it after the baby is born.

Please increase your participation in the coming months

and be sure to report your achievements through the form at

this LINK. The State plans to issue a press release after

the convention based on program reports to convention. Let us

show to all New Jerseyans the tens of thousands of diapers,

wipes, and formula we provide to underprivileged mothers-to-be

and combat the lies of the pro-abortion lobby.

20/20 Project. I must continue to urge you to participate in this most important program. One of

its goals is to have 2,400 Masses offered for the Protection of Babies in the Womb and Their

Families by December 31, 2017. So far we have 739. We have a long way to go! Please

schedule a Mass and report it on the form at this LINK! Want to help promote the cause on social

media? Then add the project’s logo to your Facebook Profile Picture by going HERE. Finally,

please consider a donation to the cause. Those magnets and other materials cost money, and

they need our help.

Keep fighting the good fight, Brothers!

Vivat Jesus!

Steven J. Richardson, FM

Culture of Life Programs Director

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My Brother Knights & Sir Knights,

Well winter has set in, we are past the Christmas season, ringing in a New Year, Installation of the 6th

Archbishop in Newark, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, a Presidential Inauguration, March for Life, just to name a

few. Many say winter is here and not much is going on, doesn’t sound like it. Now we rush into the shortest

month of the year and we hope the groundhog doesn’t see his shadow! That being said hopefully your

Assembly should have filled out its fraternal survey and submitted it by January 31st. There is always time

to recruit. Remember, recruitment is a 365 day of the year job. Food for thought, we have a little over

62,000 members in the Knights of Columbus in New Jersey and just a little over 10,000 4th degree

members! Many brothers to choose from if you take the time and explain the benefits of the 4th degree and

ask them to join us!

MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT OPPURTUNITY Fourth Degree members are united in their dedication to patriotism informed by our Catholic faith. The patriotic spirit of every Knights of Columbus member can be strengthened if he chooses to become a member of the Fourth Degree. To effectively support patriotism, the Fourth Degree aIways needs additional members. We encourage Third Degree Knights to take the patriotic degree of the Order. No matter if you are in the 1st or the 2nd District Fourth degree there will be

an opportunity to ask your brothers to take that final step and become a Fourth

Degree member and reach that final stage of becoming a Knight in full. It also

gives them the chance to become a member of the most visible arm of the

Knights, the Color Corps. Although it is not required again, we can always use

your help. The Color Corps is what most people remember, so please consider supporting us! Both

Districts will be hosting and Exemplification in April, details to be forwarded soon!

SCHOLARSHIP OPPURTUNITY

Many times we are asked about scholarship money for college students, in the past there is money

there but applications are not submitted so I have attached 2 links that have to be filled out and submitted

by March 1st. Start filling them out now time is running out!! Apply for both, good luck.

http://www.kofc.org/en/members/programs/scholarships/4thdegreepatria-scholarship.html

https://www.kofc.org/uns/en/members/programs/scholarships/john-mcdevitt-scholarship.html

MILITARY SUPPORT OPPURTUNITY

Please consider supporting our Military! We have 2 great programs that highlight our action to help.

Military Chaplain Scholarship is an ongoing commitment, if your Assembly hasn’t made a contribution

lately, please consider it. Also the Send a Hero home for the holidays, is in need of funds as they had

another great year and need to replenish for next year, again please consider a donation!

In closing, don’t forget your loved ones this month make sure you do something a little extra special for

Valentine’s Day, without our loved ones support the Knights would not be what we are!

Fraternally

Christopher Tomasello

Master 2nd New Jersey District

www.secondnjdistrict.org

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Take Ownership of the Knights of Columbus In the New Year we make resolutions for what we want to do better. Before we figure out what to do better we review what we did in the prior year, so we know what we did wrong and need to do better. My resolutions are to make someone laugh every day, to pray more and help someone who needs my help, every day. First laughter brings joy and the world needs more joy because joy springs from love and Christ’s sacrifice gives each of us a promise of a reward in heaven. As Catholics we need to help those in need. In the Gospel Jesus calls on us to help the least among us, because when we do so, we do so for him. As for praying more, I have always had a devotion to the Rosary, and though some people say that the Rosary is “boring” in its’ repetition, in my eyes it is Catholic Zen, a form of Catholic meditation. In the repetition of the time honored prayers, you try to clear your mind and focus on the mystery for that decade. The more I pray the Rosary, the more at peace I am, for often times the repetition clears my head. It gives me peace and quiet, which is so hard to find in today’s world with all the crazy distractions we face. And it is in that silence and peace that I see more clearly. I do my best thinking during and after praying. (Some will say that I should pray the rosary continuously to improve my thinking even more). That’s what I have resolved to do and here’s what I would like each of you to consider for you to resolve to do this year…… What I am asking each of you to resolve to do this year, is to take ownership of the Knights of Columbus. Take ownership of your council by getting involved in one or more of our programs, or by starting a program in your council that needs to be done in your parish or community. Take ownership of your faith by taking time out every day to pray. (It might give you peace and help you think more clearly as well.) And take ownership of the Order by taking advantage of our insurance program. 58% of our members do not have insurance for themselves from the Order. That is a statistic that amazes me. If you read Faith and Fraternalism, which was written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Order, on page 35 the author states the following. “During the first few years of the Knights of Columbus, Fr. McGivney worked exclusively on our insurance program”. For all the good works of charity we do and the strength we get from sharing our faith with our brothers, none of that is possible without our insurance program. It is that shared protection which Fr. Mc Givney founded us for. So, are you an “owner” of the Order of the Knights of Columbus? Fr. McGivney wanted every Catholic family to be protected by our insurance program. Make a resolution to take the time to sit with your agent and find out how the largest Catholic insurance company in the world can help your family. That’s who we are and what we do. Charlie Miraglia, GA Northern New Jersey

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5 SCHEDULED DEGREES

DEGREE DATE LOCATION COUNCIL #

CAMDEN:

1st – Feb 6 Haddon Twp Council 1443

2nd – Feb 27 Pennsauken Council 3512

2nd – Feb 27 Waterford Council 7463

METUCHEN:

1st – Feb 27 Washington Council 5170

2nd – Feb 27 Washington Council 5170

NEWARK:

2nd – Feb 23 Hillside Council 3197

3rd – Feb 24 Rahway Council 1146

1st – Feb 26 Ridgefield Council 3550

2nd – Mar 8 Ridgewood Council 1736

3rd – Mar 24 Dumont Council 1345

1st – Mar 26 Ridgefield Councl 3550

PATERSON: 1st – Feb 13 Denville Council 3359 1st – Feb 15 Clifton Council 11671

TRENTON:

2nd – Feb 2 Atlantic Highlands Council 11660

1st – Feb 6 Allentown Council 7333

1ST – Feb 8 Princeton Council 636

1st – Feb 15 Fair Haven Council 3187

1st – Mar 3 Keyport Council 3402

2nd – Mar 3 Keyport Council 3402

3rd – Mar 24 Keyport Council 3402

1st – Mar 28 Little Egg Harbor Council 14615

Candidates and observers

should be dressed

appropriately, jacket and tie.

Candidate escorts should

have all Degree paraphernalia

when arriving at Degree

location.

COUNCil CHARTERED YRS

3784 - Cherry Hill February 1, 1954 63

5498 – Midland Park February 2, 1964 53

5503 – Clarksboro February 3, 1964 53

1607 – East Orange February 4, 1912 105

2346 – Nutley February 5, 1922 95

3962 – Ramsey February 6, 1955 62

3197 – Hillside February 11, 1949 68

405 – Atlantic City February 12, 1899 118

2355 – Cliffside Park February 12, 1922 95

2086 – Chatham February 15, 1920 97

4907 – Spotswood February 18, 1960 57

3969 – Clifton February 20, 1955 62

2853 – Fair Lawn February 22, 1942 75

1672 – Freehold February 23, 1913 104

3294 – Flemington February 26, 1950 67

5819 – Emerson February 27, 1966 51

1778 – Millville February 28, 1915 102

5088 - Avenel February 28, 1961 56

State Deputy Bruce DeMolli, along with the entire

NJ State Council and the Newsletter Staff would like

to take this opportunity to wish ALL councils best

wishes on their Charter Anniversary.

May your council continue to grow and do good deeds for many more years to come! Let’s continue to grow our Order, expand our programs and continue “Protecting God’s Kingdom!”

[NOTE: Due to the large number of anniversaries some

month, we have limited the publishing list to the names of councils celebrating Anniversaries of 25, 50

, or more

years.]

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Who Do You Trust? Worthy Brother,

For those of us who grew up in the days of Black & White television, you may recall this afternoon show

starring Johnny Carson. Fast forward to the days of the internet and cybersecurity: The integrity and safety of

the State Website AND any transmissions to each of you are just one of the reasons that I am 24/7. As the

need arises I request permission from our State Deputy to address each of you on a few Internet Security Tips

that may / or may not involve communications through the mail server.

We "scrub and remove" over 92,000 pieces of perceived Spam each and every day through software

such as SpamAssassin, and as the name implies, it kills the bad mail. Repeated or threatening mail is reported

to SpamCop, an industry supported team that has been used by me to prosecute offenders.

How do you know who to trust?

1. Trust But Verify! When in doubt ask - forward complete e-mail to [email protected] with a request for

me to verify. Do not open, but until confirmed, do not delete either. If it is Spam, I might need for you to send

me the full "header" so we can track the IP address of the sender.

2. Be aware of non-descript e-mail. It "might" come from someone you know...maybe not. For instance, I

received an e-mail today from (name changed just in case) from William Jones; the subject had only "FW:

important message"; the body simply said Hello, new message please read;

and there was a hyperlink. DO NOT Click on a hyperlink unless you know WHAT it is, regardless of source!

3. I used to use all caps in the subject line for authentication – however, since the major ISPs block mail where

the subject line is all caps. So now, you should recognize official state e-mails when the first word of the subject

line is ALL CAPS...but there is more. I will also state the purpose in the subject line (i.e. December Issue The

Crusader, etc.)

4. If there is an attachment to the e-mail, the first two words in the subject line will read: SAFE attachment and

the first sentence in the body will describe the attachment and the file type (PDF, Word document, etc.).

5. My closing will always have "Vivat Jesus!!!" – Note: 3 exclamation points.

6. Time permitting, but always on a regular basis, I will include text below my name with the "Notice" regarding

why you are on the list and the procedure for you to "opt-out " or unsubscribe.

7. Protect your address book from "Phishing": A real simple method is to add a fictitious new name to your

address book. The new "person's" first name is 0000_; their last name is 0000_ (those are zeroes); do not enter

any e-mail address. When you click save, that new address will migrate to the top of your list and a phishing

program will get caught in an endless loop at address #1, but not be able to reach address #2.

8. There are only 2 "real" e-mail addresses that will utilize the @njkofc.org extension - [email protected]

and [email protected] - delete all other "official sounding" e-mails. Also, I will not be sending you

invoice, faxes, confirmation of orders, etc. Do not reply to Spam mail - it just confirms that they

have found a live person...and you will get slammed with even more junk mail!

9. Although rare, be aware that there are embedded viruses within the body of an e-mail. For this reason it is

better to delete before opening, any suspicious e-mails.

10. If you are sending me legitimate e-mail, PLEASE put the subject in the subject box. I receive over 300

pieces of e-mail every day (more right at the beginning and end of a fraternal year), I sort and open

based on priority.

Be Safe / Be Aware, Vivat Jesus!!!

Bernie Ernst, FDD, Webmaster

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* PLEASE NOTE - ALL MONTHLY REPORTS ARE DUE AT THE

STATE COUNCIL OFFICE ON THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH.

Be sure to make a note of the activities that are scheduled for

the next several months. Click the specific activity [hyperlink] to

obtain more information, details and forms. Log-in required.

2017

February 2 ~ Groundhog Day

February 6 ~ Master’s Meeting ~ 1st NJ District

February 12 ~ Lincoln’s Birthday – Fly your Flag

February 14 ~ Valentine’s Day

February 20 ~ Presidents Day – Fly your Flag

February 22 ~ Washington’s Birthday - Fly your Flag

February 25 ~ Polar Bear Plunge ~ Seaside Heights

February 26 ~ Paterson Regional Spelling Bee

March 1 ~ Ash Wednesday

March 4 ~ Master’s Meeting ~ 2nd NJ District

March 4 ~ Metuchen Regional Spelling Bee

March 5 ~ Testimonial Dinner for SD Bruce DeMolli

March 6 ~ Master’s Meeting ~ 1st NJ District

March 12 ~ Daylight Savings Time Begins

March 12 ~ Trenton Regional Free Throw

March 17 ~ St Patrick’s Day

March 19 ~ Paterson Regional Free Throw

March 19 ~ Camden Regional Free Throw

March 19 ~ Trenton Regional Spelling Bee

March 25 ~ Newark Regional Free Throw

March 25 ~ Metuchen Regional Free Throw

April 1 ~ Exemplification ~ 2nd NJ District

April 2 ~ Free Throw - State Finals

April 2 ~ Spelling Bee – State Finals

April 9 ~ Palm Sunday

April 13 ~ Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday)

April 14 ~ Good Friday

April 15 ~ Holy Saturday

April 16 ~ Easter Sunday

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Quarterly Calendar

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