ST. THERESA’S COUNCIL # 14615
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
450 Radio Road
Little Egg Harbor, NJ 08087
(WWW.KOFC14615.ORG)
December 11, 2014
Officers’ Meeting:
We will hold our December Officers’ meeting as follows:
Date:
Tuesday, December 16, 2014(NOTE DATE CHANGE AND TIME)
Time:
6:30PM
Location:
Faith Formation Center, St. Theresa’s Church
Council Meeting:
Our December meeting is scheduled as follows:
Date:
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 (NOTE DATE CHANGE)
Time:
7:00 PM
Location:
Faith Formation Center, St. Theresa’s Church
Officers’ Meeting:
We will hold our January Officers’ meeting as follows:
Date:
Tuesday, January 13, 2014
Time:
7:00 PM
Location:
Faith Formation Center, St. Theresa’s Church
OCEAN COUNTY CHAPTER MEETING:
DATE: Monday, January 12, 2014
LOCATION: Fr. Emil Kapaun Council #10022
Lakeside Lodge,
Leisure Knolls Community
Manchester, NJ 08759
TIME: 8:00 PM
DRESS CODE: Jacket and Tie
CHAPLAIN’S MESSAGE:
Dear Brothers,
The following is a beautiful excerpt from Pope Francis’ Advent Homily December 1, 2013
We have entered into the holy season of Advent; we begin a new liturgical year, that is, a new
journey of the People of God with Jesus, our Shepherd, who guides us through history toward the
fulfillment of the Kingdom of God. Through Advent we experience a profound sense of the
meaning of history. We rediscover the beauty of all being on a journey: the Church, with her
vocation and mission, and the whole of humanity, nations, civilizations, and cultures, all on a
journey along the paths of time.
But where is this journey headed? Is there a common goal? And what is this goal? The Lord
answers us through the prophet Isaiah and says: “At the end of days the mountain of the Lord’s
house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall
stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say: ‘Come, let us climb the Lord’s mountain, to
the house of the God of Jacob, that he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his
paths’” (Isaiah 2:2-3). This is what Isaiah says about where we are going. It is a universal
pilgrimage toward a common goal, which in the Old Testament is Jerusalem, where the Lord’s
temple stands, because from there, from Jerusalem, comes the revelation of the face of God and
his law. Revelation found its fulfillment in Jesus Christ, and he himself is the “Lord’s temple,”
the Word made flesh: he is both the leader and the goal of our pilgrimage, of the pilgrimage of
the whole People of God; and in its light other peoples too can journey toward the Kingdom of
justice, toward the Kingdom of peace. The prophet says further: “They shall beat their swords
into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; one nation shall not raise the sword against
another, nor shall they train for war again” (2:4). Let me repeat what the prophet says. Listen
well: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; one
nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again.” But when
will this happen? What a beautiful day it will be when weapons are destroyed to be transformed
into tools for work! What a beautiful day that will be! And this is possible! Let us bet on hope,
on the hope of peace, and it will be possible!
This journey is never finished. Just as in the life of each one of us there is always a need to start
again, to get back up, and to rediscover the meaning of our existence, so for the great human
family it is necessary always to redirect ourselves toward the common horizon that is the goal of
our journey. It is the horizon of hope! This is the horizon of a good journey. The season of
Advent that today we begin once again, restores the horizon of hope for us, a hope that does not
disappoint because it is founded on the Word of God. It is a hope that does not disappoint simply
because the Lord never disappoints! He is faithful! He does not disappoint! Let us think about
and fell this beauty.
The model of this spiritual attitude, of this way of being and of this journey of life, is the Virgin
Mary. A simple village girl, who carries all the hope of God in her heart! In her womb the hope
of God took flesh, became man, and became history: Jesus Christ. Her Magnificat is the song of
the People of God on its journey, and of all men and women who hope in God, in the power of
his mercy. Let us be guided by her, who is a mother, a mamma, and knows how to guide us. Let
us be guided by her during this time of waiting and active vigilance.
May God continue to guide us on our Advent journey to the light of Christ at his coming.
Fr. Mick
DECEASED MEMBERS (Please pray that God grant them Eternal Rest):
Brother Bob Dodd’s wife, Doris
ILL MEMBERS – please pray for their rapid return to health:
Past Grand Knight Thomas Hartley
Past Grand Knight John Hulme
Brother Peter De Feo
Brother Jack Murray
Brother Peter Prada
Brother Peter Hummel
Brother Sal Brunetto
Brother Rich Lacovara
Brother James Murray
Brother Jay Werling
Brother Franklin Clayton
Brother James Murray’s father, Martin
Brother Jonathan Pandolfo, our Knights of Columbus Insurance Representative
Grand Knight John Taaffe’s wife, May
Grand Knight John Taaffe’s daughter-in-law, Wendy
Brother Ray Keeler’s mother-in-law, Hilda Doreste
Brother Rich Herrmann’s mother, Elizabeth
Brother Peter Prada’s wife, Irene
Brother James Halsey’s sister, Maureen
Brother Bob Love’s son, Adrian
Brother Peter Marcellino’s daughter, Angella Fritz
Brother Tom Rzemyk’s wife, Brenda
Brother Dave Johnson’s mother, Marie
Brother Tom Rzemyk’s granddaughter, Christine Riech
Brother Jay Werling’s granddaughter, Rayven Grace Murphy
PARISH FUND RAISERS:
Father Mick has recently established a committee to start monthly Bingo in the parish. Members
of our Council are serving on this committee.
 Rick Siano - Chairperson
 John Taaffe
 John Mocko American Legion
 Matt Bieda (experienced - runs Bingo for the Legion)
 John Nowak
COUNCIL CHRISTMAS PARTY:
Our Council has finalized arrangements for our Annual Christmas Party. This is open to
members and their wives/lady friends. We will have a cocktail hour and dinner. Please mark
your Calendars so as not to miss this occasion:
Date: Saturday, December 13, 2014
Cocktail hour/Hors d’oeuvres (Cash Bar) - 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Buffet Dinner - 7:00 PM - to 8:30
Music & Dance - 8:30 - to lights out
LOCATION: Cuisine on the Green (Atlantis Golf Course)
PRICE: $ 35.00 per person includes your cocktail hour (Cash Bar), hors d’oeuvres, buffet dinner
with dessert, nonalcoholic drinks, coffee & tea.
Note: Cuisine on the Green’s price for the Buffet excluding appetizers and gratuity is $35.95.
The council will pay for the added cost, including appetizers and gratuity.
COUNCIL FUND RAISERS:
On Tuesday, December 2nd, we had a bus trip to the Tropicana Casino. Brother Francis Murphy
once again hosted a great trip. The net proceeds of this trip go to our Council’s General Fund.
200 CLUB:
The Council is starting a “200 Club” monthly fund raiser.
WE NEED COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SELL TICKETS
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. PROGRAM STARTS JANUARY.
FIRST DRAWING AT 6:30 PM, TUESDAY, JAN 27 (BEFORE OUR BUSINESS MEETING)
Join the Club for $10.00 per month (minimum membership is 10 months)
To get your name on the membership list, see Brother Lou Mankowski at our next business
meeting or call him @ 609 294 1623, or email mankowskil@aol.com.
Questions - contact Lou Mankowski at 609 294 1623 or the Grand Knight at 908-239-5988.
Come to our next meeting and join the fun - become a member of our 200 Club.
COUNCIL FELLOWSHIP EVENTS:
Future events in the planning for next year include:
 Horseshoes
 Night at a Baseball Game (same deal as we did in June)
 A day at the races Monmouth Park
Ideas welcome!!
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE:
We are continuing our assistance for the Little Egg Harbor Food Pantry. Assistance is always
needed in distributing the paper bags after Mass. Help is also requested for various events listed
below.
SUMMARY OF UPCOMING FOOD PANTRY EVENTS:
Day
Date
Time
Location
Event
Monday
Monday
Saturday
Saturday &
Sunday
Monday
December 15
December 15
December 20
December 27 & 28
January 4
9:00 AM
11:30 AM
9:00 AM
After all
Masses
8:00 AM
Food Pantry
Community Center
Food Pantry
Church
Church
Unload County Food Truck
Unload County Food Truck
Distribute Christmas Baskets
Distribute Paper Bags for Parish Food
Collection
Transport food from Church to Food
Bank
BABY DIAPERS:
Brother Rossetti, our representative with the Community Food Bank, has told us that he needs
baby diapers (sizes 3, 4 or 5) for distribution at the Food Bank. You can assist a variety of ways.
First, periodically bring a package of diapers to our Parish Food Drive. Second, periodically
bring a package of diapers to our monthly Council meetings. Third, we will have a container, at
the meeting, for cash donations. Please assist in this needy cause. Thanks.
COUNCIL OFFICERS:
Our Council Officers for the current Columbian Year, ending June 30, 2015, are:
TITLE
NAME
PHONE NUMBER
Grand Knight
John Taaffe
908-239-5988
Deputy Grand Knight Jeff Hawarden
732- 768-0479
Chancellor
John Nowak
609-812-9788
Warden
Francis Murphy
609-294-8244
Treasurer
Joe Palandro
609-296-3551
Recorder
Jim Halsey
609-296-3201
Advocate
David Johnson
609-296-9058
Inside Guard
Leo Rossetti
Outside Guard
Bill Murphy
609-294-9018
Lecturer
Peter Jacobs
609-294-2655
Trustees
Joe Lutz
609-296-2001
Earl Lind
609-296-4431
Joe Berdini
609-812-5577
The following Council members volunteered to serve as Program Directors for the current
Columbian Year:
TITLE
NAME
PHONE NUMBER
General Program Director
Jeff Hawarden
732- 768-0479
Church Director
Lou Mankowski
609-294-1623
Community Director
VACANT
Council Director
VACANT
Family Director
Joe Berdini
609-812-5577
Youth Director
Jay Werling
609-294-8393
Culture of Life Director
Conrad Zabinski
609-812-1310
Membership Director
John Nowak
609-812-9788
Our Deputy Grand Knight, Jeff Hawarden (732- 768-0479) is looking for members to assist as
either Community Director or Council Director. If you are interested, please contact Jeff about
assisting the Council.
FOURTH DEGREE:
The Father Charles Joseph Watters Assembly, our new Assembly, will host the Installation of its
Inaugural Officers on Monday evening, December 29, 2014. The Installation will occur during
the 7:30 PM Mass, celebrated by our two Friars, Fr. Mick and Msgr. Ken, at St. Mary’s Church
in Barnegat. All Knights and their families are invited to attend.
For 2014, the Major Exemplification of the Fourth Degree was held on November 2, 2014 at the
Sheraton in Eatontown. Over two hundred new Sir Knights were welcomed into the Fourth
Degree, including ten who joined the new Father Charles Joseph Watters Assembly.
If you are interested in the Fourth Degree, please contact either Joe Lyons, the Assembly
Comptroller (jalkofc@aol.com), or John Nowak, our own Council Chancellor.
SURVEY OF FRATERNAL ACTIVITY:
Each year, our Council collects data for its Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity. We submit the
data we collect to the Supreme Council in January of each year. The Supreme Council
consolidates all the data collected from the Councils and Assemblies in the Order and submits it
to the IRS is support of the Order’s Tax Exemption as a Fraternal Benefit Society (501 (C) 8). It
all starts with you, the member, submitting the Annual Survey Worksheet at the end of this
newsletter to Jay, our Financial Secretary, by January 27th, our January meeting date. Please
help us report all of the Activity we perform as Knights to the Supreme Council.
INSURANCE INFORMATION:
The Pitfalls of Replacing Coverage
You know the old saying, “the grass seems greener on the other side of the fence,” but we all
know that it rarely is. The same holds true when it comes to replacing your existing Knights of
Columbus life insurance with coverage offered by another company. Perceptions are deceiving.
A move to the “greener” grass on the other side of the fence might seem like a good one, but it
can leave you with less green in your wallet — in some cases, a lot less. That’s why it pays to
remember another old adage, “Read the fine print.”
There are many reasons to keep your existing coverage in force, whether that coverage is with
the Knights of Columbus or with another company. I’ll focus on the potential pitfalls of
replacing coverage here — pitfalls that an agent trying to convince you that the grass actually is
greener might neglect to mention.
First, all life insurance contracts contain a contestability period, which allows the insurer to
contest claims made for a period — typically two years — after the contract is issued. Chances
are this is no longer an issue with your current coverage.
Second, it’s unlikely that you can obtain the same amount of coverage, for the same premium,
that you were able to obtain with your existing contract. The two factors that determine how
much you’ll need to pay for life insurance coverage are age and health. Certainly, you’re older
now than you were when you took out your current coverage. There’s no way around that. And
you have to ask yourself, has your health changed during that time? Is your blood pressure the
same? Your cholesterol? Have you gained weight? All these factors can affect the amount of
coverage you’ll get for your premium dollar.
If someone encourages you to replace — or worse, drop — your existing coverage, please call
me. I’ll show you how your existing coverage is working for you and why replacement is rarely
in your best interest.
Jonathan Pandolfo 609-549-6568
Jonathan.pandolfo@kofc.org
ODDS AND ENDS:
Articles for this newsletter are to be sent to Joe Lyons (address below) no later than the First
Friday of each month.
If you have an email address and received this newsletter via snail mail (US Post Office) please
contact Joe Lyons at jalkofc@aol.com so he may include you on the email distribution list and
save the Council money on postage. We no longer email this newsletter as an attachment but
rather as an email message. Thus you don’t need to “open” anything to read it.
If you have anything you wish me to include or any comments for improvements, please contact
me using the information below.
VIVAT JESUS!!!!
Fraternally,
Joe Lyons
Editor
609-296-2820
jalkofc@aol.com
ANNUAL SURVEY OF FRATERNAL ACTIVITY INDIVIDUAL MEMBER WORKSHEET
Last year, the Knights of Columbus donated more than $167 million to charitable and benevolent
causes and over 70 million hours of volunteer community service to aid the less fortunate. To
help prepare our Fraternal Survey for the Supreme Council office, please complete the
information requested below and return it at our next meeting.
If you are a Fourth Degree Knight, and also report your fraternal activity to your Assembly, do
not also report that activity to our Council. Just report Council activity to our Council.
This information will assist us in determining the total number of hours of community service
volunteered by our members during 2014.
Number of visits you made during 2014 to:
Sick — caring for the sick ...................................................................................
Bereaved — visits of condolence ........................................................................
2. Number of times you served as a blood donor during 2014:...................................................
3. Estimated hours of volunteer service during 2014:
Church Activities — service in all Church related activities................................
Community Activities — service in all community related activities..................
Youth Activities — service in all youth related activities ....................................
Habitat for Humanity - service in all related ……................................................
Miscellaneous Activities — service in areas not outlined above ….......................
4. Number of hours of fraternal service during 2014:
Sick/disabled members and their families — household chores, transportation,
tutoring, counselling, etc…………………………………………………………………
Please return this form to our Council not later than the January 2015 Council Meeting.
Fraternally,
Jay Werling
Financial Secretary