The PATRIOT St. John Neumann Assembly #933

Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus

GOD BLESS AMERICA PATRIOTISM

VOL. LVIII– No. 11 CHARTERED OCTOBER 27, 1957 November 2016

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: kofcassembly933@aol.com. 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

St. John Neumann Medal

1— The Saint John Nuemann 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 Ad-miral who will in turn distribute them to the eligible Past Faithful Navigators. The Past Faithful Navigators must submit their neg-ative 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) affirmative 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 re-turned by mail to the Faithful Admiral by April 15th. A simple majority of returned 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 Ballot be signed. The ballots, when returned to the Faithful Ad-miral 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 and the Faithful Admiral. 3—The Medal shall be presented to the selected candidate as close to the anniversary date of Saint John Neumann’s canoniza-tion 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.

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.

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Faithful Navigator

Robert Watson, PFN, FDD, PGK

1312 West Pine St.

Trevose, PA 19053

215-353-7636

rwwatsonsr@comcast.net

Friar

Rev. Michael J. Davis

1900 Meadowbrook Rd

Feasterville, PA 19053

215-357-4324

frmike42@comcast.net

Captain

Michael H. Arment, GK

3418 West End Street

Trevose, PA 19053

215-470-2050

mh47@comcast.net

Admiral

Michael Baratucci, PFN

3428 Aubrey Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19114

215-200-7385

m.bratucci@aol.com

Purser

Matthew Kresz, PFN

3434 Oakmont St.

Philadelphia, PA 19136

215-331-0806

kofcassembly933@aol.com

Comptroller

Thomas B. Finnegan, PFN

2458 York Road

Pennsauken, NJ 08109

215-327-7916

t110940@aol.com

Pilot

John DeStefanis, PGK

3133 Welsh Road

Philadelphia, PA 19136

215-332-8923

destefanisj@ggmfirm.com

ASSEMBLY OFFICERS 2016-2017 Scribe

William Wixted, PFN

10938 Modena Place

Philadelphia, PA 19154

215-637-3570

wwixted@comcast.net

Inside Sentinel

Stephen Altimari,PGK

4516 Tolbut St.

Philadelphia, PA 19136

215-332-9613

stoney929@aol.com

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

jfxc5036@aol.com

2-yr Trustee

Pat Corey, PFN

643 Hendrix St.

Philadelphia, PA 19116

215-677-8549

pjcorey1@comcast.net

1-yr Trustee

Richard E. McMillan, PFN

15 Sweet William Way

Langhorne, PA 19057

215-702-0386

remcmillan@comcast.net

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.

St. John Neumann Assembly #933

Knights of Columbus

Annual Christmas Party

and Testimonial

Honoring SK Michael Baratucci, PFN

Sunday, December 4, 2016

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

New venue: Brook Side Manor

at Somerton Springs

50 Bustleton Pike

Feasterville, PA 19053

4 hour open Bar

All new Menu

Appetizers, Home Made Salads

Roast Sirloin of Beef w/ Bordelaise Sauce

Broiled Flounder w/sweet butter, lemon & capers

Stuffed Shells w/marinara sauce

Sweet Table

Tuxedo optional

To place an Ad and Patron Listings

and

For tickets @ $45.00 per person $85.00 per couple and for table of 10 reservations contact:

SK Richard Konstance

3412 Amity Road

Philadelphia, PA 19154 215-637-5834

Brothers:

This is our Annual and Only Social each year, why

not come out and show your support of the Assem-

bly . The time for tickets and table reservations is

running out—contact Brother Rich Konstance or any

Assembly Officer.

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PRO-LIFE UPDATE

by Ed Markowski, PGK, PFN

Within a matter of days, we will be electing the President of the United States. Many voters don’t like either candidate, and may be tempted to stay home and not vote. However we must realize that the results of this election will affect

our Country for many, many years, and particularly Pro-Life matters.

Where do the Presidential Candidates stand on Pro-Life Is-sues? There are significant differences in their positions,

and I will list them here for your consideration.

Donald Trump supports a ban on late-term abortions, while Hillary Clinton actually voted against the Partial-Birth Abor-tion Ban Act, which would have stopped the killing of fully-

developed, living babies in the womb, just before birth.

Trump supports a ban on taxpayer funding of abortions, and on tax funds for organizations, such as Planned Parenthood, that perform abortions. Clinton opposes any ban on taxpay-

er funding of abortion providers.

Trump believes that the Roe v. Wade decision should be reversed. Clinton supports the Roe v. Wade decision which

allows abortion for any reason at any time.

Trump has indicated that he would appoint Justices to the Supreme Court who would strictly interpret the Constitu-

tion, and not use the bench to legislate. Clinton would only appoint pro-abortion Justices to the Supreme Court.

Clinton also opposes protecting Catholic institutions, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor, from being forced to pay for

abortions, and she opposes protecting the lives of children who survive an attempted abortion.

Please give careful consideration to these major differences in the candidates’ positions on pro-Life issues before you

vote. Thank you.

As always, I urge you to pray that all of our elected repre-sentatives will somehow be enlightened, as St. Paul was

when he was struck by the light of God, and will reconsider their previous support of abortion in America. And may God continue to bless the United States of America, one nation

UNDER GOD, with liberty and justice for all!

2016 CALENDAR

Wed. Nov. 2, 7:30 PM Officer Meeting at Regina Mundi Council

Wed Nov. 16 at 7:00 PM Memorial Mass at St. Katharine Drexel, St. Elizabeth Chapel

Sun. Dec. 4 at 5:00 PM Christmas Party and Testimonial at Brook Side Manor at Somerton Spring

Color Corps on the Move

September 11, 2016—Our Lady of Constellation Church

In attendance: Robert Watson, FN, 4052—Anthony Stewart, 1294 Fred May, PGK 4052—Anthony Porretta, 4052

Michael Arment, FC, 4052

October 9, 2016—St. Jerome Church Installation Mass of Rev. Michael W. Rzonca as Pastor

In attendance: Michael Baratucci, PFN 1284 Anthony Vontor, 13800—Russell Hendrickson, 13800 Raymond Forish, PFN 4546– Joseph Connelly, 12384

Fred May, 4052– Matt Kresz, PFN, 1284 Mike Gould, (Mass Lector), 1284—John DeSefanis, (Choir), 1284

CHALICE GUARD

Joseph J. Davis - Council #3673

DOD: 8/19/16, Chalice Guard: 8/29/16

In attendance: Fred May, PGK 4052—Ed Fitzpatrick, PGK 4052 Richard McMillan, PGK PFN 1284—Frank Powel, FS 3673

Tom Luchansky, PGK 3673—Ed Fallasaro, GK 3673 Charles Shaw 4215

William Canfield—Council 3968

DOD 9/25/2016, Chalice Guard 9/29/16

In attendance: Dan Donovan, PGK 3968 Sean Malloy, DD3, FDD9 PGK, 3968

Richard McMillan, PGK, FDD, PFN 1284

Richard J. Gorski—Council 4921

DOD: 10/2/16—Chalice Guard 10/5/2016

In attendance: Fred May, PGK 4052—Charles Shaw, 4215 Tom Foltz, DD9, 4279—Russ Butch, 4279

Anthony Stewart, DD4, 1294—Glenn Dydek 4279 John Borkowski,4279—Jim Roberts, 4279

Mike Selinski, 4921—Mike Apice,4279—Mike McGurk, 4279 Raymond Forish PFN, 4546

Monsignor Anthony W. McGuire

DOD: 10/9/2016—Guard 10/13 & 14/2016

In attendance: Matt Kresz, PFN, 1284—Anthony Porretta,4052 John Carroll, PFN 5036—Ed Fitzpatrick, 4052

Bob Conrad, 4052— Fernando Giron, 4052—Pat Corey PFN, 5036 Fred May PGK, 4052—Charles Shaw, 4215

Michael Innamorato, 1295

Special Note

As you read this newsletter you may have noticed that it does not contain the usual message from our Faithful Navi-gator, Robert Watson. Brother Robert is struggling with a health situation, that we pray, is only temporary. It would be deeply appreciated if you would remember Robert and his wife Carol in your daily prayers.

In the meantime, the Faithful Navigator can rely on the support of the Officers and Past Faithful Navigators to con-tinue the programs of the Assembly, that he has outlined; until such a time as he may return.

Thank you.

Fraternally,

Matt Kresz, PFN Editor

PRAYER REQUESTS

Please remember the prayers the following: Our Military especially those in ‘Harm’s Way’, our Police, Fire and EMT personnel

Also our benefactors living and deceased to-gether with our Military, Police, Firemen, and EMTs. Remember also our —Priests, Nuns, Dea-cons, and those studying and contemplating the religious life.

Anne Kniese, Rosemarie Finnegan, Jean Trojak, John Carroll, John Fidishun, Carol Watson