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Grand Knight’s Message:
Dear Brothers,
Columbian Year ‘2011:
Grand Knight
Deputy Grand Knight
John
Financial Secretary
Inside Guard # 1
Inside Guard # 2
Outside Guard # 1
Outside Guard # 2
3 Year Trustee
2 Year Trustee
1 Year Trustee
Honorary Associate
Thomas Sorrentino Jr
Salvatore Calise
PGK & DD
Thomas Sorrentino Sr.
Carmine Carriero
Frank Romano
Ed McCarthy Sr.
Chris Andreani
PGK Frank V. Carone
Michael Trotta
Deacon F. D’Accordo
As we come to the close of our Columbian Year ( on June 30,
2012) , we all have much to be proud of for all that our Council has done and accomplished during these past eleven months.
We have continued and built on the traditions and held events that our Council has become known for , we have continued to support our Parishes locally , the Brooklyn Diocese -at large , our
Community , and another start-up Council through the volunteerism and charitable works of our members and have continued to make financial contributions to various charitable causes to aid and assist our local Parish Churches and Schools, the Brooklyn Diocese, various not-for-profit organizations , and various programs that support our youth , educational assistance , and those with special needs . We should all take a moment to reflect on all of the activities that our Council has been involved in over the past Columbian year and let this motivate us to continue our good works – into the upcoming Columbian year which starts on July 1st. As Grand Knight of our Council and on behalf of all of our Council’s Officers and Directors, I want to take a brief moment to thank all of our brother knights for all of your acts of charity , volunteerism , support and for simply participating in our Council meetings and events and for always responding to our needs and for making our Council a very special brotherhood . We continue to build strong bonds and friendships- and this comes from us working together and helping each other accomplish a task or in running an event. I thank God for what he has given us – an opportunity build strong relationships within our community and allow us to do good for others all while having fun. As I have said before, we have established a small town America – “Mayberry, USA” – right here in Brooklyn , NY- in the heart of the greatest city in the world. How lucky are we? I think we are all very lucky to be part of something so wonderful. I know that this sentiment is shared by many of our brothers. As we near the completion of our 5 th year as a Council and as we celebrate our 5 th Anniversary, we all owe a depth of gratitude and thanks to our Founding Past Grand Knight Carmine Evangelista for setting us on our course and to our recent Past Grand Knight Frank Carone for continuing us on that path and further building on that foundation. Thank you Carmine and Frank and to all of the Council’s Officers and
Directors ( past and present) who have continually supported our Past Grand Knights and all of our
Council’s endeavors.
I ask that we all say a prayer in remembrance of Brother Knight Robert Elias who recently passed away. Please keep Brother Elias and his family in your thoughts and prayers .
Website Committee Chairman: Frank Romano
Council Website: www.knightpost.com
In light of our Country’s recent Memorial Day Holiday, I also want to take a moment to thank all of
Website Administrator: John Reinhardt our service men and women in our military who have sacrificed their lives – in protecting and defending our freedom and liberty – as well as their families who have also sacrificed for our
Newsletter Editors :
Country. As we get ready to celebrate our Country’s Independence on July 4 th , our Council is continuing to take down old/worn Flags – that were previously put up around our local communities
Anthony D. Patrizio—patriz1@verizon.net
Anthony G. Patrizio—agp2760a@att.net
Dominick Finello
– and plan to replace the old/worn flags with new replacement flags. To do so, we need your support
– both financial to contribute to the purchase of new flags- as well as to physically assist with putting up the flags. John Mc Carthy is again leading this effort and needs your help. John is seeking volunteers to be available to help him in this effort, so if you are interested in helping to put up new
If you would like to mention something in the newsletter, please e-mail the editors. flags, please let John know so that you can be part of his team. Also, if you would like to make a donation to the purchase of new flags, please let John, our Treasurer Anthony Patrizio or me know .
I would also like to thank Mike Sorrentino – for recently making the rounds and removing many of the old /worn flags.

Council & Other Meetings:
Thursday, June 7th— Regular Meeting @ HRYC 8:00 PM
Wednesday, June 20th— Regular Meeting @ HRYC 8:00 PM
Annual Election of Council Officers will be held at this meeting.
Wednesday, June 27th —Golf Committee Meeting @ HRYC 7:00 PM
All Golf Committee members are requested to attend.
Wednesday, July 18th —Regular Meeting @ HRYC 8:00 PM
Wednesday, August 1st —Regular Meeting @ HRYC 8:00 PM
Wednesday, August 15th —Annual Summer BBQ (Tentative Date)
Tentative Rain Date—Thursday, August 15th
Upcoming Events:
June 4th —1st & 2nd Degree Ceremony @ Flatbush Council
June 4th —1st Degree Ceremony @ Cavallaro Council
June 10th —Knights Monthly Family Mass @ St. Bernard 11:30 AM Mass
June 13th —District Deputy Meeting @ St. Sylvester Council 7:30 PM
June 14th thru 17th —Mary Queen of Heaven, Annual Parish Feast
June 16th —St. Sylvester Council Doo Wop Show @ St. Rita’s 7:30 PM
June 19th— NYS KofC Fundraiser for St. Mary’s Hospital @ CITI FIELD
Mets vs Baltimore—Tix $25, Includes a Met Hat & Anniversary Pin
June 20th —St. Bernard Council Election of Officers - 2012/2013 Columbian Yr
June 21st —CYO Annual Golf Outing (Msgr Jamie—Chairman) @ North Hills
June 21st —1st Degree Ceremony @ Cardinal Stritch Council
June 26th —Holy Smoke @ Giando’s (Sponsored by Msgr Jamie & Cassato)
June 26th —3rd Degree @ Columbus Council
June 30th— LI Assembly 4th Degree Independence Day Parade
Line up at 11:15 AM—Step off at 12 Noon—13th Ave & 71st Street
September 24th— St. Bernard’s Knights of Columbus 5th Annual Golf Outing
Inwood Country Club—A day of Golf, including Breakfast & Awards Dinner
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Michael Sorrentino Anthony Guida
Msgr Jamie Gigantiello
Vincenzo Bonura
Charles Gampero Jr.
Thomas Sorrentino
Joseph Cosenza
Kenneth MacBride
Paul Oliveri
Raymond Legaspi
James Quigney
Anthony Giuliani
Michael Trotta
Anthony Benanti
Philip Caponiti
Arthur Gampero
Peter Vellios
John Tammaro
Joseph Santoro
Vincenzo Ginex
Joseph Rotante
Michael Reinhardt
Anthony D. Patrizio
Dominick Filocomo
Vito Riggio
John Soriano
Frank Gargano
Nicholas Manfredini
Ernest Schicchi
Michael Matarazzo
Thomas Jones
Emiddio Ungaro
Robert Tobin
Brian Perkins
Peter Modica
Christopher Meo
James Zito
John Welsh Sr.
Louis Verdi
Anthony Esposito
Rev Ralph Caputo
Frank Bumbalo
I also urge all of our brother knights to join our 2012 Golf Committee to assist our DGK Sal Calise in preparing for our upcoming Annual Golf Outing to be held in
September and to also volunteer to help and assist Brother Mike Trotta with our upcoming Annual Summer BBQ in August , along with Mike Reinhardt who is leading our Council’s effort for a blood drive on the same day of our annual BBQ.
Lastly, we have one final piece of business to tend to before we close out our final month of the Columbian Year- and that is our Council’s annual elections – to vote for our Council’s Officers for the upcoming 2012/13 Columbian Year. To that end, we have formed a Nominating Committee which consists of Brothers
Anthony G. Patrizio, Frank Guido and John Picirrillo . Our Council’s elections will take place at our Council meeting on Wednesday , June 20, 2012 – so please make every effort to attend and vote. In order to vote in the election and/ or to be eligible to be nominated and run for office, each brother must be a member in good standing and have a current 2012 membership card , and be current in having your dues paid. If you have not paid your dues , I would suggest that you contact our Financial Secretary to do so and to obtain your current membership card. I ask that every brother attend this meeting and participate in the election and voting process. Included in this Newsletter- is a Nomination Form- in which you can nominate a member in good standing – to run for an Officer’s position. Any nomination must be sent back to the members of the Nominating Committee and they will then contact the person being nominated to ascertain that the member is interested in running for office and will check that the member is in good standing- and will then proceed to place that person’s name on the ballot. Please also note that the Nominating Committee will initially put forth a slate of names for each Officer’s position- and that slate will represent the initial set of names included on the ballot for each position. We request that any names to be submitted to the Nominating committee be sent in by June 13 th - to allow for sufficient time to have the ballots prepared for our June 20 th election . If you have any questions with this process , please feel free to contact any of the three members of the Nominating
Committee.
Best wishes for a wonderful June and congratulations to all of the children who recently made their First Holy Communion and to all of the students who have recently graduated or will be graduating shortly.
May God Bless us and our families, Fraternally Tom Sorrentino—Grand Knight
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The Council’s Annual Communion Breakfast was held on Sunday, April 15th., in Caputo Hall, following the Knight’s Monthly Mass at St. Bernard Church. This years Guest of Honor was Mr. Carlo Scissura, Senior Advisor to the Brooklyn Borough President. The breakfast was open to all members and parishioner’s of St.
Bernard, their families & friends and was fully sponsored by our Council. This years turn-out was exceptional and photos of the event can be found on page 3 of this newsletter. Plaques were presented to our two Chaplain’s in recognition of their spiritual leadership. Thank you to all the Brother Knights and their family members who attended the Mass & Breakfast, participated in the Mass and to the Brothers who helped prepare the Hall, serve the food and clean-up afterwards.
Also, thank you to Father Timothy for presiding at the Mass and joining us afterwards at the Breakfast.
There will be an Annual Election of Council Officers for our Council # 14269 on Wednesday, June 20th which is our 2nd meeting of the month. Many of the current officers will be completing their first year term and typically all officers are re-nominated for a second term. However, an individual can be nominated for any position, during any of the election years. Therefore, if you would like to nominate an individual to be an officer in Council # 14269, please complete the nomination form, included in this newsletter on page 7. The nomination form can be returned one of the individuals on the Nominating Committee, which this year includes,
Anthony G. Patrizio ( agp2760a@att.net
); Frank Guido ( fguido1@optonline.net
) & John Piccirillo ( jpiccirillolaw@aol.com) .
Congratulations to Anthony Pennachio & Frank Romano on having achieved the status of 4th Degree Knight in our order. Anthony & Frank have been members in our council since it’s inception and we are honored to have them as Brother Knights. A special thank you to our Financial Secretary, Thomas Sorrentino Sr., for his assistance in coordinating their exemplification with the 4th Degree Administrators and guiding them through the process.
In preparation for the Council’s Annual Golf Outing, the first Golf Committee meeting was held on May 16th. A date for the Golf Outing was selected and it will be held on Monday, September 24., at the Inwood Country Club. This is our council’s largest fundraiser of the year and also one, which requires much advance planning and organization. The golf committee consists of over 30 members, which will be working on eight different sub-committees, which include Finance,
Marketing, Administration, Raffles, Entertainment, Outreach, Sales & Liaison with the Golf Club. Salvatore Calise—DGK, will once again be the Chairman for this years event, with assistance from John McCarthy—Warden, as Co-Chairman.
Our council has recently made or will be making contributions to the following organizations: 1) St. Bernard Church—Proceeds from the Golden Gloves Event; 2)
To the Alive in Hope Foundation, a Scholarship Fund in memory of Msgr. Jamie’s Father, who passed away; 3) St. Athanasius Church; 4) Our Lady of the Snows
Church; 5) Diocese Golf Outing—Sponsored by Msgr. Jamie; 6) Lion’s Club Golf Outing; 7) Holy Smoke Event, which sponsors Catholic School Education; 6)
Annual essay contest awards, benefiting the children of St. Bernard & MQH Church; 7) The Tommy Meo Memorial Scholarship Fund. As you can see our Council is actively supporting events & charities which promote Catholic principles.
We have several events which will be coming up during the summer months, and we will be looking for volunteers to assist during these events. Our council will have a booth at the St. Bernard Summer Festival, where we will be selling C&B books. This will be the official kick-off to the C&B drive and we will need members to staff the booth, during the festival. Our Annual Summer BBQ is being planned and we are trying to coordinate a Blood Drive to be part of this event. In addition, we will be selecting a theme for this years BBQ, possibly some type of service awards to Brother Knights. More information will follow on the BBQ and the volunteers needed. As our Council nears its 5 year anniversary, we are contemplating some sort of celebration, such as a dinner / outside outing, for members & their spouses. A field trip is in the works for council members and their families to attend a Football game at Holy Cross College in September. The installation of
Officers will also be taking place, after the elections, sometime in September. So there are many events in the planning stages, which will require many volunteers.
If you would like to volunteer your time at one of our council events, please don’t hesitate to speak to one of the Officers and/or Chairs of the event and make your intentions known.
St. Bernard Church is in the midst of a Capital Campaign to raise needed funds for necessary repairs. The Dinner Dance has been completed and the Memorial
Walkway is still accepting contributions. You can now make a Church Pew Dedication for one of the 92 Pews that are in our Church. Dedication plaques will be placed on the back of the pew you have selected to memorialize. A diagram of all the Pews is located in the back of the Church and you can make your choice for the Pew you would like to have dedicated. The diagram with the pew numbers “taken and still available” will be updated weekly. A pledge form for the Church Pew
Dedication is located on Page 8 of this newsletter and it can be returned to Deacon Chris or Deacon Frank.
Congratulations to Salvatore Calise—DGK, Michael Trotta—Trustee, John Piccirillo—Director, Brother Frank Seddio, Brother Anthony Guida and Terry Sorrentino
(Wife of FS Tom Sorrentino Sr., and Mother of Mike and Tom Sorrentino), on their recent installment as Officers and Directors of the Bergen Beach Civic Assoc.
Congratulations to Brother Anthony Giuliani, on his recent installment as Co-Treasurer and Co-Editor of the Mill Island Civic Association.
Thank you to all of the Brother Knights who volunteered their time in setting up Father Caputo Hall for the Bergen Beach Civic Association’s annual senior luncheon that was held during the week of May 21st. Thank you to Brothers Sal Calise, Tom Sorrentino Sr., Mike Trotto, John Piccirillo and Terry Sorrentino. Our brothers took time out of their Sunday afternoon to help out for a community based event.
Thank you to Monsignor Cassato, Pastor of St. Athanasius Church, for spending time with our Council at the May 24th meeting, and being our Guest Speaker.
Also, thank you to all of the Brother Knights who attended this council meeting, as we had approximately 65 members in attendance. It was a very nice evening and good to see everyone.
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Our Council was represented at the Kings County District Deputy’s 2012 Annual Communion Breakfast by approximately 25 of our council’s brothers and family members on April 22, 2012. This year the Financial Secretaries of each council were honored . Congratulations to Tom Sorrentino Sr., our Council’s Financial
Secretary on being honored at this Breakfast.
Congratulations to Monsignor David Cassato of St. Athanasius church on having celebrated his 40 th Anniversary as a Priest during May 2012. Approximately 20 brother knights and family members attended the celebratory Mass held on Sunday , May 27, 2012 at St. Athanasius Church . Thank you to Anthony Brannan,
Robert Evangelista , Anthony D Patrizio, Dr. Pietro Baio, Chris Andreani , Vinny Sellito, Ed Mc Carthy, Tom Sorrentino, Sr., John Viverito, John Pensabene,
Thomas Nicholas Sorrentino, Anthony Sorrentino, - and all of the family members who attended this Mass. Monsignor Jamie was also part of the Mass celebration participating as a co-celebrant.
Congratulations to Bishop –Elect Raymond Chappetto , Pastor of Our Lady of Snows Parish in Queens ( and formerly Pastor of our Lady of Miracles Parish in
Canarsie) on his recent elevation to Auxiliary Bishop of the Brooklyn Dioceses. A celebratory Mass is scheduled on July 11, 2012.
Congratulations to the Scollo and Meo families on the recent birth of a son – for brother knight Frank Scollo Jr. and his wife, and to the proud grandfathers, Frank
Scollo Sr. and Tommy Meo.
Please keep in your thoughts and prayers the following family members of our brother knights: Mrs. Pat Reinhardt (Mother of Brothers Mike & John Reinhardt);
Dorothy Lindner (Wife of Brother John Lindner); Susanne MacBride (Mother of Brother Ken MacBride); Maria Fleming (Wife of Brother Jack Fleming); Johanna
Caruso (Mother-in-Law of Brother Joe Curcio); Raymond McCarthy (Brother of Ed McCarthy Sr.); Chuck De Vito (Father-in-Law of Brother Ray Zahra’s Son); Baby
Thomas Scollo, newborn son of brother knight Frank Scollo Jr., who is recuperating from surgery.
Best wishes and get well wishes to Brother Frank Seddio .
Monsignor Jamie has asked for our council’s assistance to help him out during the nights of his upcoming Parish Festival in June. Monsignor is asking for volunteers – to help out at the griddle with the Sausage and Peppers booth- that the Parish will be sponsoring. All brothers who are good at working the BBQ are asked to volunteer for a couple of hours or a night – if you can. The Festival is from June 14th thru June 17th .
Thank you to Brother Peter Modica – for helping to prepare the promotional documents for our Council’s annual Essay contest and upcoming 2012Golf Outing .
Thank you Peter for all that you do .
Thank you to Brother John Viverito- for again leading the annual essay contest for the children and students of St. Bernard School and Mary Queen of Heaven school, and the CCD programs. We are blessed as a Council to have John as our Council’s Recorder and to have his talents available to us to lead and spearhead our Council’s Annual Essay Contest. Thank you John for all that you do.
Thank you to all of the Council officers who attended and represented our Council at the Annual NYS Convention- in early May 2012. Thank you to PGK and
Trustee, Carmine Evangelista, FS , Thomas Sorrentino , SR, DGK Sal Calise, Recorder, John Viverito ,and Tom Sorrentino, Jr. GK.
As many of you know , one of our Council brothers, Nick Vendikos , is CEO and President of Cabrini Mission Foundation, a Catholic based not for profit organization that does much to support and assist children and women – in need. The Foundation has an Annual Awards Dinner- to help raise funds for all of its fine works. This year’s dinner is scheduled for Wednesday, June 13,2012 and is being held at the Pierre Hotel in NYC. Tickets for this event are priced at $600 per person, but, Nick , has reduced the price to $300 per person for any brother knight who would like to attend this event and support the Cabrini Mission Foundation.
If you would like to attend you may contact Nick Vendikos directly at his e-mail address: nvendikos.cabrini@gmail.com.
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Our council held its Annual Communion Breakfast on Sunday, April
15th., in conjunction with the Knights monthly family mass. This years
Guest of Honor was Mr. Carlo Scissura, Senior Advisor to the Brooklyn
Borough President. After the 10:00 AM Mass at St. Bernard Church, a hot breakfast was served in Father Caputo Hall. All Brother Knights, Family
Members, Friends and Parishioners were invited.
I would like to share with the members of our Council an e-mail that
Salvatore Calise, DGK, sent to the officers, after the breakfast, “Brothers,
Today I took the leftovers from our Communion Breakfast to the Priests and Sisters at Visitation Church. I told them the food was from the Knights of the St. Bernard Council. Sister Rosanna was so surprised by our gesture she started to cry. What amazed me even more was the selfless act when she immediately knew that there were families in church that were needy and handed out some of the food to those people. In the end she saved a little for herself and her fellow clergy to have a wonderful treat today.
Each and every clerical person came up to me, hugged me and kissed me and repeatedly told me to say THANK YOU to all the Knights of St.
Bernard and may God Bless each and every one of us for our generosity to
Visitation Parish”. If you’ve ever wondered what our council is all about, this act exemplifies all the virtues of what it means to be a Knight in our order.
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It is with sadness that we report on the passing of one of our Brother Knights. Robert Elias, a member of our Council passed away during the month of May ‘12. In addition, the Mother of Brother Knight, Lorenzo Napolitano—Irene, also passed away during the month. Our Council’s prayers and thoughts are with the Elias & Napolitano families.
As you may already know, the father of our Co-Chaplain, Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, passed away in March. We would like to thank all the members of our council who attended the wake and/or funeral mass for Anthony J. Gigantiello. A scholarship fund has been setup, to serve as a lasting tribute to the life of Anthony J. Gigantiello. The scholarship fund will provide need-based scholarships to Catholic Elementary School Students. If you would like to contribute to the fund, please follow the directions below and return all correspondence to the Alive in Hope Foundation.
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C.Y.O. GOLF CLASSIC
This year’s C.Y.O. Golf Outing is being held at North Hills Country
Club on Thursday, June 21st. The Chairman for the Golf Outing is
Monsignor Jamie Gigantiello, a Chaplain in our Council. Also serving on the committee for this outing is Frank Carone, PGK. The
Golf Outing benefits the Brooklyn Diocese and it’s support of Youth
Sports and other programs. If you would like to attend the C.Y.O.
Golf Classic, please complete the form below and return, as indicated.
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Monsignor Jamie is also promoting a fundraiser for the Parish
Festival at Mary Queen of Heaven, which runs from June 14th thru
June 17th. The STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN Sponsor Board has two donation levels, which are ANGEL & ARCHANGEL. If you would like a sponsorship, please complete & return the below form.

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Planning for the St. Bernard—Knights of Columbus, 5th Annual
Golf Outing, has begun. Salvatore Calise—DGK, will once again be Chairman of the event and is being assisted by John
McCarthy—Warden, as Co-Chairman. The Golf Committee held its’ first meeting in May, with over 30 Brother Knights volunteering to assist with the planning and organization of this event. This years Golf Outing is scheduled for Monday,
September 24,2012 at the Inwood Country Club in Long Island.
If you have ever attended one of the Council’s previous Golf
Outings, you will know what an enjoyable day this is, culminating in a great dinner, with a chance to win some of the many great prizes that are raffled off, during the evening. So make sure you save the date and plan on attending this years Golf Outing on
September 24th.
James Giorgio is the Insurance Agent assigned to our Council and his contact information is listed on his business card. You may have recently received a ‘2012 Fraternal Survey that he sent to all of our members. The purpose of the survey was to share some new information regarding updated insurance benefits with the Knights of
Columbus. If you are interested in obtaining additional information on topics such as, Life Insurance (for Spouse, Children or Yourself);
Annuities; CD Alternatives; General review of your financial situation; etc..., then don’t hesitate to contact James, at the e-mail address or telephone number listed on his card.
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