If One Heartbeat Means Life... What Do Two Heartbeats Mean? VOLUME XCXIV ISSUE #4 IN GOD WE TRUST APRIL 2015 STATEN ISLAND COUNCIL #1662 OFFICERS

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1 Grand Knight PAUL J. DROZECK 45 Tremont Avenue Deputy Grand Knight MICHAEL DE FILLIPPO 288 Wilson Avenue Staten Island, NY Financial Secretary STEPHEN MILONE 42 Acacia Street Staten Island, NY THE ADVOCATE Monthly Publication of STATEN ISLAND COUNCIL # th New York District KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 22 HILLSIDE TERRACE STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK TEL K of C meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 8:00 P.M. Web Site at If One Heartbeat Means Life... What Do Two Heartbeats Mean? VOLUME XCXIV ISSUE #4 IN GOD WE TRUST APRIL 2015 ALLELUIA! HE IS RISEN! Advocate Editor JAMES P. FLOOD, SR., PGK 282 Cortelyou Avenue Staten Island, NY jasfsr@aol.com Insurance Advisor JOHN A. CARONE 83 Bay 8th Street Brooklyn, NY joncon98@msn.com STATEN ISLAND COUNCIL #1662 OFFICERS Chaplains Rev. Michael Cichon, Rev. Joseph Pasciuto, Rev. Andrew King Grand Knight Paul Drozeck Deputy Grand Knight Michael DeFillippo Chancellor Rosario J. Cannizzaro Recorder Thomas L. Sullivan Financial Secretary Stephen Milone Treasurer James Setteducato, PGK Lecturer Alex Giamboi Advocate John Elder, PGK Warden Anthony M. Cimaglia Inside Guard John Giardina, James Egan, Joseph DeLuca Outside Guard Don M. Pannattieri, John Hemmy Trustees 1 yr. William Seaquist, PGK, 2 yr. Richard Cole, PGK 3 yr. Richard E. Molloy, PGK PROGRAM DIRECTORS Program Director Michael DeFillippo, DGK Church Activities James P. Flood, Sr., PGK, FDD Community Activities Pro-Life Activities John Jack Fitzpatrick, PGK Youth Activities Alex Weir Council Activities Dominic Colasuonno Membership Activities James Setteducato, PGK Family Activities Steve Maresca Public Relations John Giardina home , cell C & B Chairmen Dominick Stavola, William Connor, James Guerriero Scholarship Chairman James P. Flood, Sr., PGK, FDD Retention Chairman John Elder, PGK Admissions Chairman James Setteducato, PGK Public Information Chairman Anthony Russo, PGK, PCC, FN Round Table Chairman James P. Flood, Jr., PGK, PFN

2 COLUMBIAN CLUB OFFICERS Operating Committee Finance Committee Chairman Robert Dawson, PGK, FDD (2) Chairman Richard Saccenti, PGK (2) 1st Vice-Chairman Joseph Panattieri (3) Richard Cole, PGK (4) 2nd Vice-Chairman James Egan (2) Joseph DeLuca (4) Audit Committee Governance Committee Chairman Stephen Milone (1) Chairman Ralph Falcone (1) William Seaquist, PGK (3) James Setteducatto, PGK (4) John Giardina (1) John Elder, PGK (3) Recording Committee Recording Secretary Thomas Sullivan (2) Richard Molloy (4) Michael DeFilippo (1) Directors Alex Weir (3) House Chairman Brothers, Happy Easter, the Lenten season has concluded and the Easter season is upon is. Remember, Christ has died for our salvation. Keep Christ and all others who have passed and are ill in your prayers. Staten Island Council had its Past Grand Knight Dinner on March 21 st, honoring our PGK Richard Molloy. It was a fun night with many friendly faces there. I would like to thank all who had a hand in the preparation and execution of this event. Most People do not realize how much time and effort is actually expensed to get an event like this to go smoothly, everything from making reservations, years in advance, to putting the final touches in the Journal, at the VERY LAST MINUTE, till it goes to press. Anyway, thank you to all for your hard work and all who attended the event. The Staten Island St. Patrick s Day Parade: It was a cold and snowy day. I would like to thank all who braved the weather and came to march, (you know who you are) thank you. To all the people who attended the annual after parade feast, hope you enjoyed your dinner. To the NAMELESS KITCHEN CREW, as usual a great banquet prepared, thank you. Membership and Participation. I firmly believe that every person that belongs to this Council has joined for a reason and every person has a different reason for joining; if you continue to keep your membership in good standing maybe there is someone you would like to sponsor. We as a Council can only continue to grow with your support and new membership. Now, I feel the need to say that every member of this Council has an obligation to participate in business and social meetings as well as attending functions when possible. I realize that time is a precious commodity, however we as a Council don t really ask too much of our membership on its entirety. Please try to attend the next business meeting or Council function. FORE!!! The annual Council Golf Outing will take place on April 24 th this year at LaTourette Golf Course. Get your foursomes and clubs together. It a fun day of food and golf. Always a laugh. See Alex Weir. And, speaking of golf, the annual Pocono trip is also right around the corner. June 17, 18 and 19. The combination of golf, comedy and good food is nothing short of a great time. See you on links. Youth Activity Award night is also this month, April 28 th, a night when we acknowledge all the fine young people for their outstanding efforts, time to be announced at a later point. Family movie night will be on April 29 th this month. Any thoughts on what to preview for the youngsters is welcomed. BLOOD DRIVE MAY 12 th the only resource on this planet that comes from you and be given to another person in need. Christ gave his life for us; we can give a little to help others. Please give if you can. *** Please also reference the Calendar of Events section in the Advocate for other functions. Don t forget, this month s business meeting is April 7 8:00 P.M., our social meeting is April 21 8:00 P.M. and the May business meeting is May 5 th 2015, 8:00 PM see you all there! My last thought: For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men. 2 Corinthians 8:21 Fraternally, Paul Drozeck

3 APRIL BIRTHDAYS Steven Maresca PGK, FDD, PCC Richard Saccenti Michael G. Mannino PGK Robert Dawson PGK, FDD James P. Flood, Sr. Frank J. Salzone Peter Waters Phillip J. DiBello James Sheehan Robert Todaro James Egan John Giardina James Hayden Frank Squicciarini Richard LaGrand Michael A. Italiano William P. Kuntz Joseph P. Addolorato Nicholas T. Cole John Murphy Daniel J. Albano Robert Cina Angelo Melillo George M. Bergin Donald Panattieri, Jr. Raymond J. Spencer Peter Valenti Anthony Giardina John A. Spadaro Thomas Gisonda Louis Diorio, Jr. Anthony A. Ferraro Michael J. Santulli, III PGK, PCC, PFN Anthony Russo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCHOLARSHIPS We are now opened for applications for scholarships for the 2015 Freshman class. Do you have a child or grandchild going to Catholic High School in September 2015? Can you use some help with the tuition? Are you a member, in good standing, of Staten Island Council? If you answered yes to all these questions you are eligible for a K of C Scholarship. For applications for Staten Island Council Scholarship go to the Council website ( click on scholarship application, print it out and submit it to me at the address on the application or see me any Tuesday at the Council. For information and applications for the New York State Council Scholarships and Grants see the New York State Council web site at newyorkknights.com and look under Youth then Scholarships and print out Merit and Grant applications. For more information contact me. PGK, FDD James P. Flood, Sr. ( ). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BLOOD DRIVE On May 12th the Council will sponsor its Spring Blood Drive from 6:30 to 9:30 PM. The blood drive is in conjunction with Staten Island University Hospital s Blood Unit. It is open to everyone at least 18 years of age, so bring your family, friends and neighbors. It does not take long to donate and it might help someone you know. Hope to see you all there. John Elder, PGK, Blood Drive Chairman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ORÉMUS (Let Us Pray) Father Joseph Pasciuto; Frank Braga; Linda Leotta (wife of Brother Mario Leotta); Carl Flood (brother of PGK, FDD James P. Flood, Sr., uncle of PGK, PFN James P. Flood, Jr. and Brother Timothy C. Flood); Cheryl Gaffigan (wife of Brother Dennis Gaffigan); Bill Frick Frickenstein (friend of Brother Paul Cobb); Brother Anthony Portera; Chickie Longobardi (wife of Brother Tom Longobardi; Cindy Cobb (Daughter-in-law of Brother Paul Cobb); Rick Saccenti, PGK, FDD PCC; Brother Vincent Villani, George Strouse, PGK, FDD, PCC. If anyone knows of a Brother or member of his family in need of prayers please contact our Chancellor, Rosario J. Cannizzaro. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RESOLUTIONS Whereas, the principles of the Knights of Columbus are Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism, whereas, the Wounded Warrior Project will be holding their Annual Charity Fundraiser at The Staaten on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, whereas, Staten Island Council has been an ardent supporter of this event, be it resolved that Staten Island Council donate the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars to the Wound Warrior Project at their dinner in June. Respectfully submitted, Anthony Russo, PGK (continued on page 4) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

4 CALENDAR OF EVENTS APRIL 03 GOOD FRIDAY Fast and Abstinence 05 FEAST OF THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST HAPPY EASTER 07 Business Meeting 17 St. Patrick s Day Social Meeting 19 St. Joseph s Day 21 Social Meeting 24 Annual Golf Outing 28 Youth Activities Awards Night time TBD 29 Family Movie Knight MAY 05 Business Meeting 10 MOTHER S DAY 12 Blood Drive 19 Social Meeting 25 Memorial Day For information on any of the above events or to volunteer to help you can contact Paul J. Drozeck, GK at pdroze@verizon.net. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REQUISCAT IN PACE It with sadness we note the passing of Brother Sammy Pezzano; Raymond Maffei (the Brother-in-law of PGK John Elder) and Accursio Mandracchia (Father of Brother Vinny Mandracchia). May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Continued from page 3) RESOLUTIONS Whereas, the first principle of the Knights of Columbus is Charity, be it resolved that Staten Island Council #1662 donate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars to the Embrace the Kids foundation through Rutgers University For the kids Dance Marathon. This foundation helps children with cancer and blood diseases and their families during their most difficult time. Respectfully submitted, Tim O Keefe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whereas, the Knights of Columbus are strong supporters of Vocations, be it resolved that Staten Island Council 1662 donate the sum of $500 to Adolphus Muoghalu. He is currently a 4TH year Seminarian at St. Josephs at Dunwoodie in Yonkers New York. Respectfully submitted, John Elder, PGK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whereas the NYS Knights of Columbus 120th Convention is April 23, 24 & 25, 2015 in Calicoon, NY and whereas, Staten Island Council is to send two (2) delegates and one (1) alternate delegate, it is requested that the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars be allocated for said convention with all unused monies rightfully returned to the Council. Respectfully submitted, Micheal DeFilippo, DGK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whereas, Staten Island Council #1662 is a staunch supporter of Youth Activities, therefore be it resolved that Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars be set aside to recognize the winners of the Annual Poster Contest. Respectfully submitted, Jack Fitzpatrick, PGK

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